Chapter 10: The Uchiha Who Returned
The final shadows withdrew from the young man's face.
Dark hair moved within the violent currents of green chakra.
His forehead was bare.
There was no Konoha forehead protector.
No Leaf symbol.
No scratched metal suggesting that he still considered himself a missing shinobi from their village.
His body was covered in black-and-gold battle robes belonging to the Empire of Hope. The only familiar symbol visible upon him was the crimson-and-white fan of the Uchiha Clan.
Two Mangekyō Sharingan rotated within his eyes.
The God List focused upon his face.
Golden characters formed across the live transmission.
[Identity confirmed.]
[Name: Uchiha Shisui.]
[Former affiliation: Konohagakure.]
[Current affiliation: Empire of Hope.]
[Known throughout the shinobi world as: Shisui of the Body Flicker.]
The world became silent.
Then Konoha erupted.
"Uchiha Shisui?!"
"That's impossible!"
"He died years ago!"
"He threw himself into the Naka River!"
"How does he possess both Mangekyō Sharingan?!"
"What happened to him?"
The questions spread across the village.
Older jōnin remembered Shisui as one of Konoha's most talented shinobi.
The Uchiha had once considered him one of their greatest prodigies. Other clans knew him as a young man who could cross a battlefield so quickly that enemies could not distinguish his real body from his afterimages.
He had been loyal.
Painfully loyal.
He had believed in Konoha even while distrust between the village and the Uchiha Clan moved closer to open conflict.
Then he disappeared.
His body had never been recovered, but a suicide note was discovered.
Konoha declared him dead.
The Uchiha mourned him.
Now Shisui had returned.
Not as the poisoned, wounded and half-blind young man who had fallen from a cliff.
He had returned with both Mangekyō Sharingan restored.
He had returned beneath the authority of a foreign emperor.
He had returned within a Perfect Susanoo whose colossal armoured body towered over the surrounding landscape.
Inside an Akatsuki hideout, Itachi stared at the live transmission.
His expression, usually almost impossible to read, completely changed.
"Shisui…"
Kisame glanced toward him.
"You know him?"
Itachi did not answer.
His Sharingan remained fixed upon Shisui's restored eyes.
The right Mangekyō had been stolen by Danzō.
The left had been entrusted to Itachi shortly before Shisui's death.
Itachi alone possessed that eye now.
Nobody else knew.
Not Hiruzen.
Not Danzō.
Not Obito.
Not even Fugaku or Sasuke.
Only Itachi, Shisui and Kai knew where the original left Mangekyō remained.
Yet the Shisui standing within the Perfect Susanoo possessed two eyes.
They were not ordinary replacements.
Itachi recognised the patterns.
Kai had reconstructed both Mangekyō Sharingan when he resurrected Shisui.
The original eyes still existed elsewhere, but everything Danzō had taken from Shisui had been restored.
Shisui was complete again.
More powerful than he had ever been.
Itachi's fingers tightened beneath his cloak.
His closest friend was alive.
But Shisui had never contacted him.
He had not revealed his survival through the Worldwide Chat.
He had not spoken to Itachi.
He had returned only because Kai ordered him to rescue Sasuke.
The meaning was impossible to ignore.
Shisui had not returned for Itachi.
He had returned for the younger brother Itachi had abandoned inside Konoha.
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Messages began appearing across the Worldwide Chat.
[Uchiha Fugaku: Shisui…]
[Uchiha Mikoto: He has truly returned to life?]
[Uchiha Kagami: My descendant lives again.]
[Uchiha Itachi: Shisui.]
Shisui did not answer any of them.
His attention remained upon Konoha.
Another message appeared.
[Uchiha Madara: So this is the Uchiha Kai chose to send alone.]
The entire world waited.
Madara's judgment carried greater weight than that of any living shinobi.
He had died long before Shisui was born. He did not recognise the young man personally, but he knew the power surrounding him.
[Uchiha Madara: That is no incomplete imitation.]
[Uchiha Madara: It is a genuine Perfect Susanoo.]
Hiruzen's expression darkened.
[Uchiha Madara: The armour is complete. The chakra is stable. Its wings and weapons have fully manifested.]
[Uchiha Madara: Interesting.]
[Uchiha Madara: This young Uchiha has reached the same realm.]
The declaration struck Konoha like a physical blow.
Madara Uchiha had acknowledged Shisui's Perfect Susanoo as equal in development to his own.
The Worldwide Chat changed again.
[Senju Hashirama: Hiruzen, do not allow this to become a battle.]
[Senju Hashirama: If that Susanoo possesses power comparable to Madara's, Konoha cannot survive a confrontation.]
[Senju Hashirama: Even if you somehow defeat Shisui, there may be no village remaining afterward.]
Many shinobi waited for Tobirama to disagree.
The Second Hokage had previously declared that Kai's lone Uchiha would be captured.
No such message appeared.
His silence carried its own answer.
Tobirama had fought Madara.
He understood what a Perfect Susanoo represented.
Konoha possessed no Hashirama.
No living shinobi inside the village could meet that power directly.
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Inside Iwagakure, Ōnoki stared at the heavenly transmission.
His aged body had become rigid.
His hands trembled.
Akatsuchi noticed immediately.
"Lord Tsuchikage?"
Ōnoki did not answer.
His eyes remained fixed upon the green Perfect Susanoo.
Everyone else saw a monstrous chakra warrior.
Ōnoki saw the past.
For a moment, he was young again.
Young, proud and confident in Iwagakure's strength.
The Second Tsuchikage, Mū, had stood beside him.
They had confronted Madara Uchiha believing their positions demanded respect.
Mū possessed Dust Release—a power capable of erasing matter itself.
He was one of the most dangerous shinobi of his generation.
Ōnoki had believed that standing beside his teacher made them powerful enough to face anyone.
Madara destroyed that belief.
He had not treated them like the representatives of another great village.
He had treated them like children.
Their techniques, pride and authority meant nothing before him.
Ōnoki remembered Madara's eyes.
He remembered the crushing weight of his chakra.
He remembered the helplessness.
More than the defeat itself, he remembered the certainty that nothing he or Mū attempted could change the outcome.
That day had followed Ōnoki for decades.
He became stronger.
He inherited the title of Third Tsuchikage.
He fought through wars and watched generations of shinobi rise and die.
But he never forgot the despair Madara carved into him.
Now that despair returned.
The green chakra was different.
The face inside the Susanoo was different.
But the feeling was the same.
Power so overwhelming that ordinary courage became meaningless.
"Lord Tsuchikage?" Akatsuchi repeated.
Ōnoki finally spoke.
"Konoha cannot fight him."
Kurotsuchi looked toward her grandfather.
"You know that without seeing him attack?"
Ōnoki's eyes remained fixed upon Shisui.
"I do not need to see it."
His voice became quieter.
"I have stood before this kind of power."
Memories of Madara continued tormenting him.
"That Uchiha possesses the same kind of monster around him."
Kurotsuchi looked toward the live transmission.
"But Konoha has Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō, the Anbu and every major clan."
"It does not matter."
Ōnoki's answer was immediate.
"A thousand shinobi do not become Hashirama Senju merely because they gather together."
Akatsuchi had never heard the Tsuchikage admit such helplessness.
"If Konoha attacks," Ōnoki continued, "the village will disappear."
Then a more frightening thought entered his mind.
Shisui was not the ruler of the Empire of Hope.
He was a subordinate.
Kai had sent him alone as though retrieving Sasuke from Konoha were an ordinary assignment.
If one servant possessed power comparable to Madara, what kind of monster sat upon the throne?
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In Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage had stopped mocking Kai's declaration.
His arms remained folded, but his expression was severe.
Speed had always been his greatest confidence.
Few living shinobi could follow his movements.
But speed could not protect an entire village from a sword hundreds of metres long.
Even if the Raikage somehow reached Shisui, he would first need to break through the Perfect Susanoo.
He could not honestly claim he was capable of doing so.
In Kirigakure, Mei Terumī watched with equal concern.
Her Lava Release could melt nearly any defence.
Her Boil Release could corrode chakra constructs.
But the green warrior before her was too enormous.
Even if her techniques affected it, Shisui could destroy Kirigakure long before she penetrated its armour.
In Sunagakure, Rasa's golden sand gathered around him instinctively.
He was still alive.
The Chūnin Exams had not yet begun, although his village's secret preparations were already progressing.
Rasa stared at the Perfect Susanoo and imagined it appearing outside Sunagakure.
His sand could defend against massive attacks.
It could restrain a tailed beast.
But could it stop a sword capable of dividing mountains?
He already knew the answer.
It could not.
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Twenty kilometres from Konoha, the Perfect Susanoo moved.
Its enormous head turned toward the distant village.
The wings upon its back slowly unfolded to their complete width.
Green chakra covered the western sky.
Then the wings moved.
Once.
The forest beneath Shisui exploded.
Trees were uprooted.
Boulders rolled across the ground.
Clouds scattered.
A violent pressure wave crossed the distance toward Konoha.
"Brace!"
Earth-style shinobi slammed their palms against the ground.
"Earth Release: Multiple Earth-Style Walls!"
Rows of stone barriers rose along Konoha's western boundary.
They were not defending against an attack.
They were protecting the village from the wind created by one movement of the Susanoo's wings.
The pressure struck.
The first wall shattered.
Cracks spread through the second.
Shinobi were thrown backwards.
Roof tiles tore from buildings.
Windows exploded.
Market stalls overturned.
The western gate groaned beneath the force.
Civilians screamed and rushed toward shelters.
Several genin collapsed.
The Perfect Susanoo had not attacked.
It had only started flying.
The sensory division descended into chaos.
"The chakra is moving!"
"It is approaching Konoha!"
"Distance—eighteen kilometres!"
"No, seventeen!"
"It is accelerating!"
The sensory shinobi could not comprehend the amount of chakra advancing toward them.
The Perfect Susanoo did not rush.
It flew slowly enough for everyone to watch its approach.
Every beat of its wings shook the village.
Its enormous shadow stretched farther across the land.
That slow advance terrified Hiruzen more than a direct charge would have.
Shisui was not moving cautiously.
He was not studying Konoha's defences.
He was giving them time to understand that nothing they prepared would stop him.
Hiruzen stood upon the western boundary with the Anbu and the strongest available jōnin.
He had changed into his battle armour.
Enma's summoning contract was ready.
Hiruzen had mastered five chakra natures.
He possessed knowledge of countless techniques.
He had once been called the Professor.
None of those accomplishments answered the question before him.
How could he stop a sword capable of destroying mountains?
Enma could become an almost indestructible staff.
It would accomplish nothing against a warrior of this size.
Hiruzen's objective was no longer defeating Shisui.
It was preventing Shisui from drawing his sword.
"Continue evacuating the western districts," Hiruzen ordered.
An Anbu captain appeared beside him.
"The underground shelters are filling quickly."
"Move everyone farther east. Clear every street near the Uchiha district."
"Yes, Lord Hokage."
"And repeat my command to all forces."
The captain waited.
"No one attacks Shisui without my direct order."
The Anbu disappeared.
Shikaku directed the major clans away from the offensive positions.
"Abandon the assault formations."
Several jōnin looked at him in disbelief.
"What are we supposed to do if he enters?"
"Protect the evacuation routes."
"You want us to surrender?"
"I want Konoha to survive."
Shikaku looked toward the approaching Perfect Susanoo.
"This is no longer a battle formation."
His expression became grave.
"It is a survival formation."
Hiashi and the Hyūga monitored the Susanoo through their Byakugan.
Ordinary shinobi saw the outer form.
The Hyūga saw the chakra flowing through every section of the immense body.
They saw no weakness.
Every plate of its armour contained more chakra than many jōnin possessed within their entire bodies.
A Hyūga member's face became pale.
"Clan Head…"
"I see it."
"We cannot break through that."
"I know."
Hiashi turned toward his clan.
"The Hyūga will assist with the evacuation. No one attacks unless the Hokage directly commands it."
Kakashi's Sharingan strained to comprehend the enormous concentration of chakra.
Pain spread behind his eye.
Beside him, Guy stared silently at the approaching Susanoo.
Neither pretended that their current strength could stop it.
If Shisui swung his sword, the village would be destroyed even if the attack missed them directly.
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Naruto struggled against the chūnin ordering him toward a shelter.
"Let me go! Sasuke is still in the Uchiha district!"
"That is exactly why you cannot go there!"
"I'm not hiding while someone comes to take my teammate!"
Sakura stood nearby, her face pale.
She stared toward the west.
The sky had turned green.
Someone had finally come to rescue Sasuke from Root.
But that rescuer possessed enough power to destroy their entire village.
"Sasuke…" she whispered.
Naruto looked toward the abandoned Uchiha district.
He wanted to find Sasuke.
He wanted to stop him from leaving.
Yet the God List had exposed the village's role in the massacre.
What could Naruto say?
That Sasuke should remain loyal to the people who killed his family?
That he should calmly forgive Danzō?
Even Naruto could not accept that.
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The Perfect Susanoo crossed half the distance.
At ten kilometres, the live transmission briefly flickered.
A golden notice appeared.
[Worldwide Chat has been reopened during the live transmission.]
Shisui did not shout across the remaining distance.
He entered a message into the Worldwide Chat.
[Uchiha Shisui: I have come by the command of His Majesty Kai.]
Every living person and every soul capable of using the God List saw his words.
[Uchiha Shisui: My mission is to retrieve Uchiha Sasuke.]
Beneath the Naka Shrine, Sasuke raised his head.
Shisui had truly come for him.
Outside the concealed vault, Root continued attacking the ancient barriers.
Their commanders had received direct orders from Danzō.
They were to capture Sasuke before Shisui entered Konoha.
The Worldwide Chat changed again.
[Uchiha Shisui: Do not interfere, and I will leave without harming your village.]
Hiruzen answered immediately.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Shisui, wait. There is no need for bloodshed.]
[Uchiha Shisui: Then do not create any.]
Hiruzen's fingers paused.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: You once loved this village.]
Shisui's response did not appear immediately.
The Perfect Susanoo continued approaching.
Only after several seconds did his message appear.
[Uchiha Shisui: I did.]
[Uchiha Shisui: I loved Konoha enough to sacrifice my name, my future and my life for it.]
[Uchiha Shisui: I trusted its Hokage.]
[Uchiha Shisui: I trusted its elders.]
Hiruzen felt every word like a blade.
[Uchiha Shisui: I believed surrendering everything could preserve peace between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.]
[Uchiha Shisui: Your village rewarded that loyalty by stealing my eye, hunting me and exterminating the people I died to protect.]
Messages stopped appearing across the Worldwide Chat.
Nobody interrupted.
[Uchiha Shisui: Do not speak to me about love for Konoha, Lord Third.]
Hiruzen lowered his head.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: I failed you.]
[Uchiha Shisui: Yes.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: I failed the Uchiha Clan.]
[Uchiha Shisui: Yes.]
There was no hatred in the answers.
Only cold agreement.
That made them more painful.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: But Sasuke is still a child overwhelmed by grief. Allow me to speak with him before he makes a choice he cannot reverse.]
[Uchiha Shisui: Sasuke has already chosen.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: He does not understand the consequences.]
[Uchiha Shisui: He understands that Konoha slaughtered his clan and then forced him to remain beside those responsible.]
Hiruzen could not answer.
[Uchiha Shisui: His Majesty accepted the boy's plea.]
[Uchiha Shisui: This discussion is finished.]
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Deep beneath Konoha, Danzō sat inside the hidden headquarters of Root.
He had never joined Hiruzen at the western boundary.
He had not exposed his physical location to Shisui or the village.
Masked Root commanders stood before him, while communication teams maintained contact with the operatives positioned near Konoha's defences and inside the Uchiha district.
A large observation seal displayed the God List's live transmission upon the wall.
Danzō stared at Shisui's restored face.
Fear remained within him.
But fear had never prevented him from acting.
He remembered a different Shisui.
A young shinobi desperate to prevent civil war.
A prodigy who possessed terrifying power but remained chained by loyalty and compassion.
Danzō had exploited those weaknesses.
He poisoned Shisui.
He surrounded him with Root.
He attacked while the Uchiha was weakened and tore the Mangekyō Sharingan from his right eye.
Shisui escaped, but he soon died.
Danzō had defeated him once.
That victory had become immovable within his mind.
The Shisui before him appeared far stronger.
His Susanoo was enormous.
Complete.
Oppressive.
Too perfect.
Danzō refused to believe it.
"An illusion," he muttered.
A Root commander looked toward him.
"Lord Danzō?"
"Shisui specialised in genjutsu."
Danzō studied the live transmission.
"The God List itself controls the image being shown to the world. Kai may be using it to exaggerate Shisui's appearance."
"But the western teams reported physical damage from its approach."
"Powerful genjutsu can manipulate every sense."
"The Hyūga observed the Susanoo's chakra directly."
"The Byakugan is not immune to Kotoamatsukami."
Danzō tightened his grip upon his cane.
"The purpose of this display is to frighten Konoha into surrendering Sasuke without resistance."
One Root commander hesitated.
"What if the Susanoo is genuine?"
Danzō's visible eye turned toward him.
"Then you will discover its limits."
The commander immediately lowered his head.
Danzō looked toward the observation seal again.
He saw the immense green warrior approaching the village.
But inside his mind, he still saw the poisoned teenager he had once tricked.
Shisui had been naïve.
Idealistic.
Weak enough to hesitate.
Kai might have restored his body and enhanced his chakra, but Danzō believed the person inside remained the same.
A boy he had already defeated.
Danzō entered the Worldwide Chat.
[Danzō Shimura: Konoha will not surrender one of its shinobi because of an oversized illusion.]
Hiruzen immediately responded.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Danzō, remain silent.]
[Danzō Shimura: Your fear has compromised your judgment.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: I am ordering every force in Konoha not to attack.]
Danzō looked toward the masked commanders inside Root headquarters.
"Hiruzen's authority does not extend to this organisation."
None of them disagreed.
[Danzō Shimura: I defeated Shisui once when he possessed both Mangekyō Sharingan.]
Inside his Akatsuki hideout, Itachi's expression hardened.
The entire world had already learned from Fugaku's ranking that Danzō poisoned and ambushed Shisui.
Yet Danzō still described it as a victory.
[Uchiha Madara: You poisoned him, surrounded him with subordinate and stole his eye while he attempted to protect your village.]
[Uchiha Madara: Do not confuse treachery with strength.]
[Danzō Shimura: Victory does not become invalid because the defeated lacked the wisdom to anticipate it.]
A new message appeared.
[Onoki: You are a greater fool than I believed.]
Danzō's visible eye narrowed.
[Danzō Shimura: The Tsuchikage is free to hide inside his village.]
[Onoki: I once stood against Madara Uchiha beside the Second Tsuchikage.]
[Onoki: I know the despair created by power of this scale.]
[Onoki: If you attack that Perfect Susanoo, you will destroy your own village.]
[Danzō Shimura: Your childhood fear of Madara has no authority over Konoha.]
Ōnoki's next message appeared immediately.
[Onoki: No. Experience gives me the wisdom to recognise a monster before it crushes me twice.]
[Onoki: You ambushed Shisui as a wounded boy and now imagine yourself stronger than the man he became.]
[Onoki: Attack him, and Konoha will pay for your arrogance.]
Danzō ignored the warning.
He turned toward his commanders.
"Activate the first formation."
The Root members hesitated for only a fraction of a second.
Then they bowed.
"Yes, Lord Danzō."
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The Perfect Susanoo passed within five kilometres of Konoha.
Its shadow reached the western boundary.
Shinobi looked upward and saw the green armoured giant filling the sky.
Some stepped backwards.
Others lowered their weapons.
A chūnin began trembling.
"We cannot fight that."
Nobody contradicted him.
The western defensive barrier became visible.
Blue chakra formed a vast dome over Konoha.
The pressure released by Shisui's approaching Susanoo collided with it.
Cracks of green light spread across the barrier.
The Perfect Susanoo had not touched it.
It had not attacked.
Its presence alone was destabilising Konoha's protection.
Hiruzen watched in silence.
Ōnoki was correct.
This was not an illusion.
The damaged walls, shattered windows and failing barrier were real.
The fear inside every experienced shinobi was real.
Hiruzen sent another message.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: All Konoha forces are ordered to stand down.]
The Anbu obeyed.
The clans obeyed.
The ordinary jōnin obeyed.
Root did not.
The Perfect Susanoo reached the exterior of Konoha's western barrier.
It stopped.
It did not enter.
Shisui honoured his warning.
He remained outside Konoha and waited for the village to surrender Sasuke.
His message appeared.
[Uchiha Shisui: Final warning.]
[Uchiha Shisui: Release Uchiha Sasuke.]
Hiruzen prepared to answer.
Before he could, hundreds of figures emerged from concealed positions outside the village.
Root.
They had been positioned throughout the forest before Shisui's arrival.
Dozens formed hand seals.
Others activated prepared sealing formations.
Black markings spread across the ground.
Hiruzen saw them.
"Stop!"
His voice could not reach every hidden operative in time.
Inside Root headquarters, Danzō lowered one hand.
"Attack."
The first wave began.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Flame!"
"Earth Release: Stone Spear Barrage!"
Massive wind blades tore through the sky.
Fire transformed the currents into burning torrents.
Stone spears larger than trees launched from the earth.
Thousands of explosive tags rose upon chakra wires.
Poisoned projectiles filled every opening between the larger attacks.
Root sealing squads slammed their palms against the ground.
Black chains erupted from prepared formations and wrapped around the Perfect Susanoo's limbs.
Every attack converged simultaneously.
Explosions consumed the western sky.
Fire swallowed the Susanoo's chest.
Wind blades disappeared inside the smoke.
Stone shattered against green armour.
Explosive tags detonated one after another.
The western forest vanished beneath fire and dust.
The recoil shook Konoha's boundary.
The already damaged barrier flickered.
For several seconds, the Perfect Susanoo could no longer be seen.
Inside the underground headquarters, several Root operatives watched the observation seal.
Danzō remained calm.
"You see?"
Smoke continued covering the battlefield.
"The appearance was intended to frighten us."
One operative looked uncertain.
"We have not yet confirmed damage."
"Shisui always depended upon deception."
Danzō leaned upon his cane.
"I defeated him once. An emperor's protection does not change what he is."
The smoke began moving.
Something enormous shifted within it.
The black sealing chains tightened around the hidden figure.
Then every chain shattered.
Fragments of chakra seals scattered across the forest.
Green light pierced the smoke.
The Perfect Susanoo emerged.
It stood exactly where it had been before the attack.
It had not raised one arm.
It had not blocked.
It had not retreated.
There was no damage upon its armour.
Not one crack.
Not one mark.
Root's combined assault had failed to disturb even the outer surface of Shisui's chakra.
Across Konoha, hope disappeared.
The Perfect Susanoo slowly lowered its head.
Its Mangekyō-shaped eyes looked toward the village.
Then Shisui's message appeared.
[Uchiha Shisui: You have not changed, Danzō.]
Inside Root headquarters, Danzō's visible eye narrowed.
[Danzō Shimura: You remain as arrogant as every Uchiha before you.]
[Uchiha Shisui: Years ago, I trusted Konoha.]
[Uchiha Shisui: I intended to prevent the coup without bloodshed.]
[Uchiha Shisui: You poisoned me.]
Itachi stared at the Worldwide Chat.
[Uchiha Shisui: You surrounded me with Root while I was weakened.]
[Uchiha Shisui: Then you tore the Mangekyō Sharingan from my right eye.]
The entire world had witnessed parts of that betrayal during Fugaku's ranking.
Now the victim himself confirmed it.
Danzō did not deny the accusation.
[Danzō Shimura: Your eye possessed the power to control anyone without their knowledge.]
[Danzō Shimura: It was too dangerous to remain in Uchiha hands.]
Shisui's restored Mangekyō rotated within the live transmission.
[Uchiha Shisui: It was my eye.]
[Danzō Shimura: It became a weapon of Konoha.]
[Uchiha Shisui: You stole it because you feared a peaceful solution you could not control.]
Danzō's hand moved toward the bandages covering the right side of his face.
Shisui could not physically see him inside the hidden headquarters.
But that did not matter.
Shisui knew exactly where his original Mangekyō remained.
He could feel the distant trace of his own chakra.
Danzō entered another message.
[Danzō Shimura: You already possess two eyes.]
The world looked again at Shisui's restored Mangekyō Sharingan.
[Danzō Shimura: Whatever Kai did, the eye I possess is no longer necessary to you.]
Shisui did not respond immediately.
He could not reveal that Itachi secretly possessed his original left Mangekyō.
That secret would remain between Shisui, Itachi and Kai.
His eventual judgment of Itachi would come later.
For now, his attention remained upon Danzō.
[Uchiha Shisui: His Majesty restored what you took from my body.]
The announcement stunned the world.
Kai had not implanted ordinary replacements.
He had reconstructed two unique Mangekyō Sharingan with their original abilities.
Even Madara responded.
[Uchiha Madara: He restored eyes created through the evolution of unique Uchiha chakra?]
[Uchiha Madara: Kai's abilities are becoming more interesting.]
Shisui continued.
[Uchiha Shisui: But restoring my body did not transfer ownership of the original eye to you.]
[Uchiha Shisui: The Mangekyō inside your skull still carries my chakra.]
Hiruzen immediately entered the conversation.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Danzō, return it.]
[Danzō Shimura: No.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: You stole it from a loyal Konoha shinobi.]
[Danzō Shimura: I secured a weapon necessary for the village's protection.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Your actions have already endangered the entire village!]
[Danzō Shimura: My actions protected Konoha when your weakness could not.]
Inside the hidden headquarters, Danzō began removing the bandages covering his right eye.
The cloth slowly unravelled.
A crimson Mangekyō Sharingan opened within his right socket.
Shisui's original eye.
The God List did not reveal Danzō's physical location, but its live transmission shifted briefly to show the eye he had exposed.
The entire world saw it.
Sasuke stared from beneath the Naka Shrine.
Another Uchiha eye had been stolen by Danzō.
Another member of his clan had been betrayed in the name of Konoha.
His hatred intensified.
Inside the Akatsuki hideout, Itachi instinctively raised one hand toward the crow carrying Shisui's other original Mangekyō.
Nobody noticed.
Nobody knew.
Danzō entered his final refusal.
[Danzō Shimura: This eye belongs to Konoha.]
The green chakra surrounding the Perfect Susanoo changed.
It became denser.
Heavier.
The ground beneath the colossal warrior cracked.
New fractures travelled across the western forest.
Clouds began rotating around its head.
One of its immense hands moved toward the hilt of its sword.
The moment its fingers closed around the weapon, the entire region trembled.
The Naka River became violent.
Avalanches fell from distant mountains.
Buildings throughout Konoha groaned.
Civilians screamed inside the shelters.
Hiruzen stared upward in horror.
Shisui remained outside the village.
He had not broken the barrier.
He had not entered Konoha.
He had given them every opportunity to surrender Sasuke peacefully.
Danzō had ordered the first attack.
Now the consequences belonged to him.
The Perfect Susanoo began drawing its sword.
Only a small portion of the blade emerged.
The pressure released by that movement tore across the forest and struck Konoha's western barrier.
The blue dome shattered like glass.
Shinobi were thrown from their positions.
The remaining western walls cracked.
Inside Root headquarters, the ground trembled violently.
Dust fell from the ceiling.
For the first time, several Root members looked frightened.
Danzō refused to retreat.
The stolen Mangekyō rotated within his eye.
Shisui's message appeared across the heavens.
[Uchiha Shisui: Danzō Shimura.]
Every conversation stopped.
[Uchiha Shisui: You poisoned me.]
The Susanoo's sword continued sliding from its sheath.
[Uchiha Shisui: You attacked me from the shadows.]
The blade's edge divided the clouds before it had been completely drawn.
[Uchiha Shisui: You took one of my Mangekyō Sharingan.]
Inside Root headquarters, Danzō tightened his hand around his cane.
He stared at the observation seal.
Shisui's restored eyes looked back through the God List's live transmission.
The original right eye rotated inside Danzō's skull.
A final pair of messages appeared.
[Uchiha Shisui: Return it to me.]
The Perfect Susanoo tightened its grip upon the sword.
[Uchiha Shisui: Or suffer the consequences.]
End of Chapter.
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Author's Note
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