"Jin!"
Shisui Uchiha was the first to react, rushing forward in panic to catch his friend before he fell.
"Why would you do this?"
He looked at his dying friend in his arms, his eyes instantly reddening and his voice choking with tears.
He could not understand why Jin would kill himself.
Shisui Uchiha could accept his friend taking his eyes to upgrade them to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
But he could not accept this inexplicable suicide.
Wasn't it just a matter of giving up his eyes?
What was the big deal?
It wasn't as though he was unwilling to give them...
All Jin had to do was ask, and he would gouge his eyes out immediately.
Shisui Uchiha pressed both hands firmly against Jin's chest, channeling chakra into him in an attempt to stop the bleeding, his voice filled with uncontrollable fear.
"Don't be afraid. I'll have Lord Hokage take you back to the village for treatment right away!"
This was no time to dwell on why Jin had tried to kill himself. The priority was getting him back for treatment.
Minato Namikaze approached and crouched down to examine Jin's condition, his expression grave.
The short blade had pierced his heart.
In this condition, unless Lady Tsunade treated him herself, his chances of surviving under anyone else's care were less than thirty percent.
He did not understand why Jin had suddenly done this.
Could he have been affected by a Rinnegan genjutsu?
"Cough, cough... you don't need to..."
Uchiha Jin wanted to tell them not to worry about him, but his injuries were too severe. When he opened his mouth to speak, blood came pouring out.
He did not even have a chance to explain.
Right now, he just wanted Shisui to stop channeling chakra into him.
Wanting to