Shisui Uchiha gazed at his friend's corpse in his arms, overcome with grief.
All along, he had thought that what he needed to protect was his clan and the village.
Only when he saw Jin die before his eyes did he belatedly realize that, compared to everything else-
His friend was what mattered most!
Some things only revealed their importance once they were lost.
Although he did not know why his friend had killed himself, ultimately, it was his own failure to protect him.
If only he had reacted in time and stopped him.
Then Jin would not have died before his eyes.
Shisui Uchiha gently laid Jin's body on the ground, then slowly rose to his feet and looked at Deva Path Pain and Obito Uchiha.
"You're the ones who got Jin killed. I'll make you pay."
As his words fell, blood seeped from his eyes, trickling down his cheeks and dripping onto the stone slabs beside his feet.
The pattern of his Mangekyō Sharingan slowly rotated, like a pinwheel, like a whirlpool, like a blossoming flower.
An immense surge of chakra erupted from his entire body.
The ground began to crack, and loose stones floated into the air, spinning around Shisui.
Green chakra spilled from his body, then began to condense and take shape, outlining an enormous figure behind him.
An emerald skeleton materialized out of thin air, its ribs sheltering him like a series of arches.
Muscles and meridians followed, chakra weaving into fibrous tissue that covered the bones.
Last came its outer covering, a suit of ancient armor patterned with raven feathers that enveloped its entire body. Beneath its helmet, two red flames ignited in its hollow eye sockets.
The enormous Susanoo slowly rose behind Shisui Uchiha, its towering form blotting out the sky and sun,