Shin Uchiha (4)

Konoha Hospital.

A small, one-eyed White Zetsu stood on the windowsill. Besides its unique Mangekyō, it had only a mouth painted with black lipstick and a small tail wagging excitedly.

Inside the ward, a woman lay unconscious. Her cherry-blossom pink hair made her easily identifiable, and she was the little White Zetsu's target.

Just as it was about to activate its Mangekyō's eye technique, a hand suddenly grabbed it from behind. The little guy sensed something was wrong and turned its head with a look of horror.

It was another person cloaked from head to toe, with the same pale skin, but this wasn't the little guy's boss. It was another enemy who wanted to steal its eye!

The little guy was about to use its eye technique to escape, but the cloaked figure pinned it firmly to the windowsill. At the same time, the figure's other hand swiftly sliced across the little guy's face, gouging out the special Mangekyō.

"You..."

The little guy wanted to say more, but the cloaked figure had no intention of letting it go. It stuffed a handful of 'warmers' into its mouth, tossed it high into the sky, and then it exploded with a bang.

The explosion of the Exploding Tags quickly attracted medical-nin. The cloaked figure calmly removed one of its own eyes, inserted the Mangekyō Sharingan, and quickly connected the optic nerves.

As Shizune rushed in, drawn by the noise, the cloaked figure activated its eye technique and left. Shizune, pushing the door open, saw nothing but blood dripping from the windowsill (the little guy's) and the curtains swaying in the breeze.

She hurried to the windowsill. The sky was filled with smoke from the explosion, and the little guy's body fragments scattered and fell like rain.

Shizune murmured, "What kind of enemy dares to attack Konoha Hospital?"

On the other side, on a protruding stone pillar in the canyon, Shin Uchiha was preparing to attack Sarada. After removing his black robe, he revealed another familiar, long-lost uniform: the Akatsuki's cloud cloak!

"The resurrection of Akatsuki!"

"Yes!"

Below him was a group of White Zetsu wearing the Uchiha clan emblem. They all had Sharingan and were waiting for their father on the platform to speak.

During the long wait, instead of the little guy bringing Sakura back to base, they saw another strange man emerge from the space-time.

He said coldly, "Let you guys go cause some trouble for me first."

"Who are you? Wait... your eyes?!" Shin exclaimed in horror.

The Mangekyō's eye technique activated, and the power of the space-time vortex engulfed Shin and the group of White Zetsu below, teleporting them to Boruto's location.

Here, Naruto was trying to comfort the distraught Sarada, but she was still fixated on her parents' relationship. Since she couldn't get answers from her father, she would have to ask the woman in the photo herself.

In the space-time, Shin and his group appeared from the sky. Before they could figure out what was happening, they were forced into battle with Naruto and the others.

Shin saw that all of his sons had been teleported here. Forced by the situation, he had no choice but to deal with Naruto and the others first, then find a way to escape.

"Go, Shin," Shin Uchiha said.

"Yes, Father!" the White Zetsu chorused.

Before landing, they threw a barrage of throwing weapons, including Shuriken and Kunai. Shin Uchiha threw blades, double-edged ones.

Naruto, who had been comforting Sarada, heard the sound of Shuriken cutting through the air and quickly manipulated the Nine-Tails' power to form a protective shield, completely blocking the Shuriken.

Landing, Naruto was stunned by the sight of all those Sharingan. He quickly locked his gaze on Shin Uchiha, who was wearing the Akatsuki cloud cloak.

The other party also stared coldly at Naruto. Although he had planned to attack Naruto, being passively teleported here annoyed him, and it also eliminated the possibility of escaping at any time.

As the leader, he didn't care if his subordinates died; after all, they could be cloned at any time. But he himself absolutely couldn't afford to be lost!

At this moment, Sasuke emerged from the tower, and the two sides quickly faced off. Boruto and Sarada stood behind them.

Naruto immediately activated his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, a golden-orange fox head protecting the three of them. Sasuke, standing outside, launched an attack on the enemy.

Shin Uchiha refused to be outdone and immediately jumped into the air, diving down to clash with Sasuke, who was charging from the ground. Shin threw a barrage of blades from his sleeves, which were completely captured by Sasuke's Sharingan. With incredible speed, Sasuke blocked them with his Kusanagi Blade.

The blades scattered in all directions, and Shin clashed head-on with Sasuke. The Kusanagi Blade and Kunai were briefly locked in a stalemate. Then Shin's eye technique activated, and the special blades ricocheted in mid-air, attacking Sasuke from all directions.

Just as Shin grinned triumphantly, Sasuke's left eye flashed, and the blades were only a few centimeters away from Sasuke's body when a sudden change occurred!

Sasuke and Shin switched positions, and Shin, completely caught off guard, took the full brunt of his own attack. He was immediately covered in shocking wounds. After all, the blades were specially made, and either side would pierce Shin's skin.

Blood gushed out immediately. Sasuke quickly turned around and thrust the Kusanagi Blade forward, one hand holding the blade and the other pushing the hilt, driving it in forcefully, aiming for Shin's heart with the force of gravity.

"Father!" the White Zetsu cried out in alarm.

Countless Shuriken rained down, their trajectory aimed at Sasuke's path of descent, trying to force Sasuke to dodge and give their father a chance to escape.

But Sasuke directly summoned a skeletal purple Susanoo. The Shuriken clattered harmlessly against the Susanoo, posing no threat to Sasuke's attack.

In a single exchange, Shin's arm was severed, cleanly cut off by the Kusanagi Blade. The pain caused Shin to let out a piercing roar, and he quickly retreated towards the White Zetsu army.

"Father, are you alright!" a White Zetsu asked with concern.

Shin Uchiha ruthlessly cut off its arm and grafted it onto himself. The White Zetsu was in pain, but remained still, awaiting orders.

This scene undoubtedly shattered Sarada's worldview. Witnessing this firsthand made her nauseous. After all, she was just a trainee ninja, not even a full-fledged one, and had never seen such bloodshed.

Boruto's reaction was relatively calmer. He remembered that the opponent's ability was object manipulation. He didn't launch a surprise attack using this eye power as in the original story, but instead openly revealed his ability?

Next, the injured leader retreated to the rear, and a group of Mangekyō White Zetsu launched a fearless charge towards Naruto's group. The two sides quickly engaged in a fierce battle. Without activating his Susanoo, Sasuke was at a disadvantage against so many opponents, especially since he only had one arm.

At this moment, Boruto, who was standing in the safe zone, took action. He stepped out of Naruto's fox-shaped shield and started with the Shadow Clone Technique, instantly evening out the numbers.

"Boruto?!" Naruto called out softly.

Boruto's shadow clones fought back and forth with the Mangekyō White Zetsu. The opponents' weapons were varied, while the shadow clones used standard Kunai, but Boruto still held his own!

The White Zetsu didn't expect this kid to be so powerful. In their minds, with the power of the Mangekyō and the proud identity of the Uchiha clan (self-proclaimed), the battlefield situation should have been one-sided!

While everyone's attention was drawn to Boruto, Shin Uchiha silently smiled and turned to run away. He never intended to fight them to the death in the first place!

Seeing this, Naruto quickly locked onto Shin Uchiha and created a Shadow Clone to continue protecting Sarada. The real Naruto used several Body Flicker Techniques to catch up to Shin Uchiha.

Firstly, this wasn't his laboratory, and being suddenly teleported here meant he didn't have as many weapons to manipulate. Secondly, because all the members were teleported here, the scene of Shin's betrayal from the original story didn't happen, and neither did the subsequent scene of Shin creating his own comrades.

So, if Shin died on the battlefield, he died. He didn't have a Mangekyō for escape either, so he could only choose to flee in a sorry state.

But his speed couldn't compare to Naruto's after all. Soon, an orange flash caught up to Shin Uchiha. Realizing he had no escape, he began to fight back desperately. After opening his Akatsuki cloak, his body was covered in Sharingan, like patterns and ornaments on clothing, except these ornaments were decorations on the surface of his skin.

Boruto, who had killed all the White Zetsu in the distance, watched this scene unfold and remarked, "And you even investigated Akatsuki thoroughly? Don't you know that Akatsuki members always die when they take off their clothes?"

Sasuke and Sakura, having finished off the White Zetsu, returned to Naruto's Shadow Clone. Sarada watched the whole process, her body still trembling slightly. Sasuke glanced at his daughter, then looked at Boruto fighting a bloody battle...

Boruto thought to himself: The pressure is on Sarada.