Tension crackled in the air as neither side backed down.
Just as Danzō's patience began to fray and he was about to give the order to attack, a shout came from the distance.
"Stop!"
The Uchiha clan head, Uchiha Fugaku, arrived with several elite Uchiha in tow.
Behind him trailed representatives of multiple major Konoha families.
Though their relationship with the Uchiha was strained, they had been invited under the pretext that Danzō's Root was attempting to steal another clan's kekkei genkai.
None of them could ignore such a claim...if Root could do this to the Uchiha today, they could do the same to anyone tomorrow.
Moments later, the Third Hokage himself arrived, alarmed by the disturbance and the gathering of so many clans.
He brought with him a squad of ANBU and several skilled medical-ninja.
Under Fugaku's request and Hiruzen's signal, one of the medical-nin began examining Shisui's condition.
After a brief moment, the medic's expression darkened.
He shook his head.
"The poison in his body is… extremely rare. I've never seen anything like it.
I can use a secret technique to restore some of his strength so that he can speak, but saving his life… is beyond me."
The crowd fell silent. Under the medic's jutsu, Shisui's breathing stabilized slightly. His eyes fluttered open, weak but lucid.
"Lord Third… Clan Head…" he rasped, his voice barely audible.
"It was Shimura Danzō… he's the one who did this to me. He wanted my Mangekyō Sharingan.
I can even feel it...the eye hidden beneath his bandages… it's a Sharingan as well."
His words sent a wave of shock rippling through the gathered crowd.
The assembled clan heads exchanged glances.
They had long suspected Danzō coveted their bloodline techniques and secret arts.
Many had even lost clan members to his 'recruitment' under the Hokage's name...men like Aburame Torune and Yamanaka Fū were proof of it.
But now, hearing Shisui's dying accusation, the suspicion became undeniable truth.
Murmurs spread among them, anger simmering beneath their calm façades.
The Uchiha, however, erupted outright.
Dozens of Sharingan flared crimson, each filled with fury.
Their collective gaze fell upon Danzō like a storm about to break.
"Unwrap your bandages!" one shouted.
"Prove you're not lying!" another demanded.
Danzō's face twisted.
Though he didn't know how Shisui had seen through his secret, he knew the situation had turned against him.
The last thing he could allow was for his implanted Sharingan to be exposed before all these witnesses.
Realizing the mission had failed and the crowd's hostility was beyond control, Danzō's expression hardened.
"The old man owes no explanations to anyone," he said coldly, turning on his heel.
At his gesture, the Root agents immediately began to withdraw, forming a protective line as they retreated with their leader.
As they left, Shisui's faint breathing began to falter.
His chest rose and fell once… twice… and then stilled.
A long, final breath escaped his lips.
Silence fell.
Uchiha Arata stared at Shisui's lifeless body, disbelief and grief twisting in his chest.
The sight of Danzō's callous retreat....the man who had caused all this pain....ignited something dark within him.
Rage, raw and burning, erupted in his veins.
In the original timeline, it was this same man who had manipulated Uchiha Itachi and orchestrated the massacre of their clan.
Those countless stolen Sharingan on his arm were proof of his greed and cruelty.
Now, that very man stood before him once again, walking away as though Shisui's death were nothing.
Arata's killing intent surged like a tidal wave. His voice roared across the clearing...furious, trembling, filled with grief.
"Old dog! You killed Shisui, and you think you can just walk away?!"
He raised his hand, chakra flaring wildly.
"Die!"
Old dog, you're going to die."
With those words, Uchiha Arata's Sharingan flared to life, three crimson tomoe spinning wildly in his eyes.
His chakra surged violently through his body, his muscles trembling with raw power.
Through the pain stabbing at his eyes, Arata shouted, "Susanoo
!"
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