Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 248 Shisui VS Itachi

Uchiha clan.

Shisui's icy question, "You have disappointed me greatly," was like a poisoned kunai, piercing through Itachi Uchiha's frozen defenses.

A tremendous shock and self-doubt surged within him. All the "reasonable" explanations he tried to construct were powerless to stop the rebellion, prevent the village from falling into war, or protect Sasuke...

However, all words seemed pale and powerless in the face of Zhi Shui's disappointed and distant gaze, like a fragile ice shell melting in the sunlight.

"I..." Itachi opened his mouth, his voice dry.

He wanted to explain, to recount the heavy dilemma, but faced with the utter resolve in Zhishui's eyes, all his words stuck in his throat.

Shisui had clearly decided that he had chosen the most extreme and unforgivable path.

He did not wait for an explanation.

At this moment, those three-tomoe Sharingan eyes, burning with intense rage, stared intently at Itachi and posed an even more fatal question.

"Who 'killed' me? Itachi, do you know?" Shisui's voice was eerily calm.

Itachi's body trembled almost imperceptibly.

He had long suspected Shisui's "death," but the truth was too dark, and he subconsciously did not want to delve into it.

Danzo's shadow has always loomed over this matter.

Shisui's voice was as cold as ice, each word striking Itachi's heart: "It was Shimura Danzo. He led the elite of Root to ambush me. Moreover... he transplanted a three-tomoe Sharingan and used Izanagi... to tamper with reality, thus successfully taking my right eye."

"Danzo?! Izanagi?!" The truth revealed by these words sent a chill down Itachi's spine.

The high-ranking advisors of Konoha and the controllers of Root actually used such dark and despicable means to steal the power of the Uchiha clan in order to harm the Uchiha geniuses!

This created a violent conflict and rift between him and the image of the "village" he perceived and wanted to protect.

On the high wall, Menma, wearing a white three-eyed fox mask, coldly observes the tragedy of the brothers fighting amongst themselves below.

He didn't linger, issuing his orders calmly and evenly: "Miyajo En, Kimimaro, Haku, proceed as planned, search for surviving Uchiha clan members. Gota, Yukimi, collect Sharingan. Be quick."

"Yes!" The star ninja who was called upon immediately accepted the order.

Miyajo En's blood-red dragon eyes swept across the blood-soaked streets, with Kaguya Kimimaro and Mizuki Haku close behind. The three of them quickly dispersed like ghosts, venturing deep into the clan's territory.

Wu Tai and Xue Jian exchanged a glance, their bodies instantly transforming into two colorless and odorless wisps of smoke, drifting towards the Uchiha ninjas lying in pools of blood.

On the other side, Uchiha Fugaku, the clan head, simply watched everything in silence, his crimson Mangekyou Sharingan fixed on Uchiha Hikaru and Shura on the high wall.

He did not stop the Star Ninja's actions, his eyes filled with complex and unfathomable emotions. To him, it was better for Uchiha Hikaru to take away the eyes of his clansmen than for them to fall into Danzo's hands.

And all of this... is just as Shura predicted...

Just then, the sounds of fierce fighting and ninjutsu explosions came from the entrance of the street!

Uchiha Yatsushiro, Inahisa, and six other survivors who broke through the bloody battle from the Konoha Police Department, carrying wounds and boundless hatred, finally returned!
They broke through the obstruction of the Dark Guard and the Root, and stormed into the main street, only to find a scene even more horrific than that of the police department.

The ground was littered with the corpses of clansmen, and Uchiha Itachi and... the person who should have died were locked in a standoff!
“Shi…Shisui?!” Yashiro stared at the familiar figure, his voice filled with disbelief and shock.

But that shock was instantly replaced by an even more raging rage. He abruptly turned to Uchiha Itachi, who stood amidst the corpses, holding a bloodstained ninja sword, and roared with bloodshot eyes, "Itachi! You beast! Why did you slaughter your own clan?!"

Inahime and the others glared angrily at Itachi, their eyes burning with deep-seated hatred.

Itachi's gaze swept over the bloodied figures of Yashiro and the others, and he understood.

The mysterious masked man who called himself "Uchiha Madara" failed in his operation with the police department.

His gaze fell once more on Shura and Uchiha Hikaru on the high wall, and he instantly understood the reason.

It must have been the Star Ninja they sent who intercepted "Madara" in time.

But how did they know... the date of the extermination operation?

He was forced to accept Danzo's orders just yesterday, and only today did he finally make up his mind to carry out this hellish mission...

A chill ran through my heart. Was the intelligence capabilities of the Star Kingdom really that terrifying?
As for the questions from Yashiro and the others, Itachi's face was expressionless, only a deathly coldness remained.

When he chose to bear the sin of slaughtering his clan, he had already banished himself from humanity.

He doesn't need to explain to anyone, nor does he bother to.

However, the chaotic situation he was facing far exceeded his expectations, causing his originally desperate "sacrifice" plan to completely spiral out of control and head towards an unknown abyss.

At the entrance to the street.

Almost at the same time that the Eighth Hokage and others rushed in, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Danzo Shimura led more than sixty elite members of the Anbu and Root, surging in like a tide to join the Sarutobi Shinnosuke squad that had been responsible for monitoring and blocking the area.

"Reporting to the Hokage! A fierce rebellion has broken out of the Uchiha Police Department, and the rebels have broken through and fled back to their clan territory!" Shinnosuke quickly reported in a low voice. He naturally wouldn't reveal in public that his team was blocking the perimeter of the police department, but only emphasized the "facts" of the Uchiha "rebellion" and "collusion with the Star Ninja".

"Shura?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's face turned ashen. His gaze swept across the ravaged battlefield, and when he saw the figure on the high wall wearing a white three-eyed fox mask and exuding an unfathomable aura, his pupils suddenly contracted.

What alarmed him even more was the Uchiha female ninja beside Shura, who possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan and had a cold expression!
That person Shisui mentioned in his report—Uchiha Hikaru!
Danzo stared intently at Uchiha Shisui, who had "come back to life," his single eye flashing with surprise and ruthlessness.

He instantly understood the truth behind Shisui's disappearance!
Shisui's disappearance back then must have been caused by him killing Shisui and then being rescued by Shura!
"Hiruzen!" he shouted immediately, "You saw it! Fugaku Uchiha really colluded with the Star Ninja! He let a wolf into the house!"

Danzo immediately characterized everything before him: "Uchiha Shisui was sent by him to contact the Land of Stars. This is all part of their meticulously planned rebellion! Shura's appearance is the evidence! Shisui was the contact!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Fugaku, who was confronting his son on the street, and then at the corpses scattered on the ground and Shura and Uchiha Hikaru on the wall. His face was filled with pain and exhaustion.

He also guessed that Shisui's disappearance was most likely related to Danzo, and as for what Shura did behind the scenes... it was no longer important.

But things have come to this point, and neither Konoha nor he has any way out.

Only by nailing the Uchiha clan to the pillar of shame as traitors can the village's "stability" and "justice" be maintained.

Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, all that remained was the dignity and cold decisiveness that a Hokage must maintain.

He took a deep breath, raised the Vajra Staff in his hand, and his voice, though somber, carried an undeniable authority that resounded throughout the entire clan compound: "All Konoha ninja, heed my command! The Uchiha clan has colluded with the leader of Hoshigakure, 'Shura,' and brazenly launched a rebellion! The evidence is irrefutable! Anbu! Root! Suppress the rebellion with all your might! Kill them all without mercy!"

"Yes!" A thunderous reply rang out, and more than sixty members of Konoha's most elite assassination squad instantly unleashed a powerful killing intent.

"Nonsense!" Upon hearing this, the Eighth Hokage of Uchiha trembled with rage, his hair standing on end. "It was you! It was the Konoha leadership that ordered the massacre of us! It was you who wanted to wipe out my entire Uchiha clan!!"

"Fight them! Avenge our fallen clansmen!" Inahisa and the other surviving police ninja roared in grief and anger.

The battle escalates instantly!

Seven wounded but furious Uchiha Jonin, including Yatsushiro and Inahisa, charged headlong into the Anbu and Root army, which outnumbered them, like moths to a flame, with a death wish!
Meanwhile, deep within the clan's territory, some Uchiha clan members who had previously escaped the slaughter or been rescued by the Star Ninja were also stirred by the earth-shaking battle cries, roaring as they charged out and joined the fray!
"Wind Escape·Vacuum Continuous Waves!"

Several Root ninjas were the first to form hand seals, and sharp wind blades cut through the air like razors, sweeping towards the charging Yatsushiro and the others.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

Uchiha Inahisa slammed her hands on the ground, and a massive earthen wall rose up, forcefully blocking the wind blades.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

The Eighth Hokage of Uchiha roared, and a huge fire dragon roared out, charging towards the Anbu crowd with the momentum to burn everything.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

The squad leader of the dark unit reacted quickly, raising a water barrier that collided violently with the fire dragon, producing a loud "sizzling" sound and sending up a large cloud of white mist.

"Shadow Imitation...!" The Nara clan's ANBU member tried to control it, but was interrupted by a precise kunai throw from the Uchiha ninja next to him.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson!" Several Uchiha Chunin coordinated, fireballs enveloping shuriken, forming a rain of fire.

The entire Uchiha clan territory was completely transformed into a bloody battlefield! The Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon clashed and exploded with the Anbu's Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, the deafening roar of explosive tags filled the air, kunai and shuriken flew in all directions like locusts, and the Sharingan and various secret techniques flashed wildly in the night.

Screams, roars, and the sounds of clashing ninjutsu intertwined to create a symphony of destruction.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura stood on a relatively high rooftop, warily watching Shura and Hikaru Uchiha on the opposite high wall.

Danzo's single eye flashed with greed and fear, but the unfathomable aura emanating from the other party made him feel extremely threatened, and he dared not make any rash moves.

In particular, Uchiha Hikaru's aura was completely different from any Uchiha ninja he had ever seen before, reminding him of... Uchiha Madara!
Hiruzen Sarutobi gripped his Ruyi Jingu Bang tightly, his heart heavy with sorrow.

Despite the numerical advantage of Konoha, with elites like Kakashi and Shinnosuke, the intimidating presence of Shura and Uchiha Hikaru, along with the chaos of the battlefield itself, made the situation unclear.

In the center of the chaotic battlefield, the area where Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi confronted each other seemed to form an invisible vortex.

"You and I... are now like strangers." Shisui's voice was icy cold, devoid of any warmth. He slowly drew the ninja sword from his back, its blade gleaming coldly under the blood moon.

Seeing his once most trusted friend now become the executioner who slaughtered his clan, Shisui's last shred of affection was completely severed.

As Itachi Uchiha watched the battlefield spiral out of control and become even more devastating because of his own choices, and as he saw Blade, his former best friend, completely break off their friendship, his mental state finally collapsed.

He found himself transformed into a complete clown, a butcher stained with the blood of his own people in the eyes of Konoha, an unforgivable traitor in the eyes of his clan, and even a fuse that brought about greater disaster in the face of the "peace" he wanted to protect.

The intervention of the Star Ninja, the desperate resistance of the Uchiha, and the brutal suppression by Konoha…

It all started because of him, but it has taken the worst possible turn.

'No! That's not right! Shura and Uchiha Hikaru must have some scheme against the Uchiha clan!'

The appearance of Shura and Hoshinobi, and Uchiha Hikaru's "recruitment" of the Uchiha clan in Konoha, all became, in his eyes, a huge plot against Konoha.

'We must not allow Konoha to be destroyed before our eyes!'

Even if it means bearing the stigma of a traitor, even if it means severing the last bond with one's dearest friend!
"This is... my persistence!" Itachi's voice was low and hoarse, carrying an almost desperate madness.

His Mangekyou Sharingan spun wildly, unleashing a torrent of powerful ocular energy.

His figure vanished instantly; he had activated the Body Flicker Technique!

Keng! Keng! Keng!
A crisp, metallic clang rang out!

Itachi's ninja sword clashed violently with Shisui's ninja sword, sparks flying everywhere!

The two figures flashed past each other, moving so fast that they were almost just afterimages.

With his kaleidoscope's dynamic vision and increased strength, Itachi's attacks were faster and faster, like a storm.

Shisui barely managed to hold on thanks to his transplanted three-tomoe Sharingan and his experience, but his strength was slightly inferior, forcing him to retreat step by step.

Itachi feinted, fooling Shisui's defense, and then kicked Shisui hard in the chest, sending him flying several meters.

Shisui steadied himself, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his eyes grew even colder.

He stopped fighting head-on and instead used his Body Flicker Technique and exquisite swordsmanship to maneuver around Itachi.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique!" Shisui quickly formed hand seals while dodging, and several fireballs were scattered towards Itachi.

Itachi snorted coldly: "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

The powerful hurricane dispersed the fireball, while its shape drew closer once more.

The two engaged in close combat once more, their ninja swords flashing like streaks of silver light, each collision accompanied by a piercing screeching sound.

In a fierce exchange of blows, Itachi's blade narrowly grazed Shisui's Konoha headband, leaving a deep scratch!

Immediately after, Shisui's blade grazed Itachi's headband, leaving a mark as well!
The Konoha headbands on their foreheads, which symbolized their shared faith, were now slashed by each other's own hands!
Itachi's attacks grew increasingly fierce, and his Mangekyou Sharingan was poised to unleash its full power.

During a parry, Shisui's arm went numb from the immense force, and his ninja sword nearly slipped from his grasp. He staggered backward, his chest heaving violently, his breathing rapid.

Having lost his Mangekyou Sharingan, Shisui gradually found himself outmatched by Itachi's all-out effort, and the difference in their strength began to become apparent!
Shisui looked at Itachi's cold and crazed Mangekyou Sharingan, his heart filled with sorrow.

He knew that the person in front of him was no longer the boy who had talked with him about ideals and wanted to change the relationship between the village and his family by the Nanga River, nor was he the close friend he could entrust his back to.

Just then, a figure silently floated up to Shi Shui.

It's an Asura!
He hovered in the air, his black robes fluttering slightly in the night breeze, his white three-eyed fox mask looking down at him like a deity descending to earth.

Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, Shura slowly raised his right hand.

A sealed glass tube appeared in his palm without his knowledge.

The tube contained a pale green liquid, and floating in the liquid was an eyeball with three black tomoe in its pupil!
That's Uchiha Shisui's left eye!

After being captured by Uchiha Hikaru, it was kept by Menma.

“Now,” Shura’s calm and indifferent voice came through the mask, “it should be returned to its rightful owner.”

Shisui's body trembled violently, his gaze fixed on the eye that belonged to him inside the glass tube.

Of course he understood what this meant.

Accepting this eye means completely severing ties with the past of Konoha and surrendering one's soul and power entirely to the person before them and the Star Country he represents.

Shisui looked up, his gaze sweeping across the chaotic battlefield: Konoha's Anbu and Root ninjas were slaughtering his clansmen.

The Uchiha clan members, who were once Konoha ninjas, are now fighting alongside the Star Ninjas under Shura's command against the Konoha Anbu and Root ninjas.

The icy gazes of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura, and the sight of Itachi Uchiha, whom he once considered a brother but who had now utterly fallen into darkness…

Fantasies about the village, trust in those in power, and bonds with close friends...

Everything was utterly destroyed on this bloody night.

He no longer hesitated!
Whoosh!
With lightning speed, Shi Shui reached out and grabbed the glass tube!

Use all five fingers!

Click!

The glass tube shattered with a crack, and green liquid splattered all over my hands.

The warm, seemingly still-pulsating Sharingan fell into his palm.

Without the slightest pause, under everyone's shocked gaze, Shisui unhesitatingly dug out his transplanted left eye and forcefully pressed this left eye, which originally belonged to him, into the blood-soaked, empty eye socket!
The intense pain caused him to groan, but his movements remained unusually resolute!

The omnipotent chakra is connected to this Sharingan that has been dormant for more than a year!

After a brief silence—

hum!
An immense and terrifying amount of chakra suddenly erupted from Shisui's body!
An invisible shockwave spread out from him, sending dust and gravel flying from the ground!
His eyes opened again, and the three-tomoe pattern on his left eye slowly appeared. Then the three tomoe began to spin, twist, and merge rapidly!
Against a scarlet background, the three magatama eventually transformed into an intricate and mysterious windmill shuriken shape!
A massive and intense pupil power erupted from his left eye like a volcano!

"Susanohu!!!"

With a roar of suppressed rage from Shisui, a vast expanse of emerald green chakra erupted from his body like a volcanic eruption, instantly condensing and taking shape above the Uchiha clan's territory!
A colossal green giant, clad in ancient warrior armor, as if he had stepped out of mythology!
Susanoo!

Rise up from the ground!

Its enormous, imposing skeletal body, radiating an eerie green light, instantly enveloped a large area of ​​the city. The terrifying pressure it exuded caused all the sounds of battle to fall silent! It instantly terrified the entire battlefield!
Uchiha Shisui stood within the crystal of Susanoo, his left Mangekyou Sharingan radiating a cold and resolute light as he looked down upon the land that had given him life, yet had also ruthlessly betrayed and destroyed him.

At this moment, Konoha's "Shisui of the Body Flicker" had already died.

Standing here is Uchiha Shisui from the Land of Stars!

(End of this chapter)