"A Good Opportunity!"
Seeing Uchiha Fugaku suddenly deactivate his Susanoo, Uchiha Shisui didn't know what exactly happened—but he instantly realized:
This was a chance—a chance to kill Fugaku.
Boom—
Susanoo's spiral sword began spinning violently, generating a massive tornado from the blade.
Then, Susanoo charged at Fugaku with the spiral sword at the forefront.
Fierce winds howled, lifting dirt and dust into the air, blinding the eyes of any onlookers.
"Shikotsumyaku: Bone Forest Barrier—"
Fugaku quickly formed hand signs, then thrust his hands into the ground.
From his hands, countless bones spread underground, piercing up from below to form row after row of towering white bone fences ahead of him.
Boom—
The spiral sword struck the bone barriers with great force.
The first row shattered.
The second row broke.
But by the third row, the spiral sword could no longer break through.
This Shikotsumyaku jutsu, powered by super-Kage-level bloodline strength, had terrifying defense—its hardness rivaled chakra-infused metals.
Though Shisui's Susanoo was powerful, it was stopped.
"Shikotsumyaku, and this kind of defense?"
Shisui was shaken.
Aside from Ice Release, Fugaku was now displaying Shikotsumyaku, and the jutsu he cast with it had defensive power even Susanoo couldn't penetrate.
How had he obtained this bloodline limit—one that didn't belong to the Uchiha clan?
"How did you do it?"
Shisui's voice trembled slightly from the shock.
"The dead don't need to know."
Behind the bone fences, Fugaku responded coldly.
As he spoke, he once again formed hand signs and thrust his hands into the ground.
"Shikotsumyaku: Bone Prison—"
Bones erupted from the earth all around Shisui's Susanoo.
They linked together rapidly and tightly.
In a short time, a massive bone prison formed—trapping both Shisui and his Susanoo inside.
Boom—
Shisui quickly controlled Susanoo, sweeping the spiral sword to try and break the bone prison.
But its toughness was beyond imagination—he couldn't break through right away.
"Shikotsumyaku: Spear of White Bone—"
Fugaku approached the temporarily trapped Susanoo. His right arm twisted with surging bones, forming a massive bone drill over ten meters long, then launched it at Susanoo.
Its tip was razor-sharp, radiating a terrifying aura.
It pierced the air—and seemingly tore through space itself.
Crack—
Susanoo's heavy armor began to crack—and then shattered.
The white bone spear drilled inward, piercing deep into Susanoo's core.
Slash—
Inside the Susanoo, Shisui's body was impaled on the white bone spear.
A gaping hole was blown through his chest—blood poured out endlessly through the cracks between the spear and his body.
His body went limp—his life force vanished.
By all accounts, Shisui was dead.
But this... was clearly not a normal situation.
Buzz—
Shisui's "corpse" vanished and reappeared dozens of meters away—his right eye slowly turning gray and losing light.
The horrific wound he had suffered—was completely gone.
"So you finally used it."
Fugaku stared coldly at Shisui's reappearing figure.
Shisui had stolen the Uchiha clan's secret jutsu—Izanagi. Fugaku had never believed that Shisui would die that easily.
"I failed..."
Shisui stared cautiously at Fugaku.
Kotoamatsukami didn't work on him. In strength, Shisui was no match for Fugaku. Without Izanagi, he'd already be dead.
He didn't want to admit it—but the mission had completely failed.
"Body Flicker!"
Using the Body Flicker Technique, Shisui became a trail of afterimages, darting away to break through.
The mission had failed—but he was confident he could escape.
In terms of Body Flicker, Fugaku couldn't match him.
And the bloodline-based instantaneous movement required the Ice Mirror technique to support it. Fugaku didn't have time to set that up.
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
...
Suddenly, a barrage of enormous fire dragons surged from the direction Shisui was fleeing.
It was as if an entire army of fire dragons had been launched in his path—roaring, breathing flames, and charging toward him.
They blanketed a vast area—even Shisui's Body Flicker couldn't evade them in time.
"Susanoo!"
Shisui quickly activated Susanoo again to shield himself.
Boom—
Using Susanoo, he blocked the incoming fire dragons—but was halted in his tracks.
Swish, swish, swish!
Even before the flames cleared, figures charged out from all around.
They wore clothing emblazoned with the Uchiha clan's crest—they were Uchiha clan members.
"Uchiha Fire Flame Formation!"
The group moved in unison, forming seals and casting a barrier technique.
A cylindrical fire barrier surrounded both Shisui and the approaching Fugaku.
These were the fifty-plus clan members who had secretly left the village to train in joint ninjutsu and barrier arts.
While Shisui and Fugaku were fighting, they had already surrounded the battlefield in ambush.
No matter which direction Shisui tried to flee, he'd be hit with coordinated jutsu from that angle.
Blocked and trapped—he now found himself within the barrier of the Fire Flame Formation.
Inside the blazing cage, Shisui stared in disbelief at the fire barrier surrounding him and Fugaku.
His voice was shaken with suspicion as he questioned Fugaku:
"You knew I'd come to stop you all along?"
These people casting the barrier—they were Uchiha.
Where had they come from?
He already knew the answer.
The clan leader had anticipated his move—and stationed many clan members nearby to ambush him.
"This was a trap set for you from the start!"
Fugaku sneered coldly, then solemnly declared:
"Uchiha Shisui, you betrayed the clan. According to our laws, you are sentenced to death. Execution begins now!"