Chapter 45: Shisui, Death

Who exactly was that just now?

He had appeared so suddenly. Could it have been the Flying Thunder God Technique?

The Flying Thunder God Technique was extremely difficult to master!

Throughout history, only its creator, the Second Hokage, and the Fourth Hokage had mastered it.

Was this the culprit behind the Cloud Shinobi envoy incident four years ago?

Has he been monitoring me this whole time?

Or has he been watching Danzō?

Or was it merely a coincidence?

What exactly is his objective?

As Shisui fled at full speed, countless thoughts raced through his mind.

Yet he still couldn’t make sense of anything!

He couldn’t determine the other person’s identity.

He couldn’t determine the other person’s intentions!

Suddenly!

Sensing danger, Shisui came to an abrupt halt!

Dozens of kunai shot toward him from ahead!

Shisui quickly leaped backward.

Thunk, thunk, thunk~~~!

At the same time, the Root shinobi pursuing him arrived!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Several poison gas bombs exploded!

"Cough, cough!"

Shisui was already breathing heavily, and he accidentally inhaled a mouthful.

His body immediately went limp!

Damn it, I inhaled the poison gas!

Kneeling on one knee atop a thick tree branch, Shisui’s vision began to blur.

More than a dozen Root shinobi quickly surrounded him.

"You have nowhere left to run, Uchiha Shisui!"

"I..."

Shisui’s body swayed as he opened his mouth.

The surrounding Root shinobi quickly drew kunai with explosive tags attached, watching Shisui warily.

One of them said,

"Avoid the head. Aim for his legs!"

With that, the Root shinobi simultaneously hurled their explosive-tagged kunai at Shisui!

At the same time!

The three tomoe in Uchiha Shisui’s left eye spun rapidly before transforming into a Mangekyō Sharingan!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A series of tremendous explosions rang out, violently shaking the entire forest!

Smoke billowed into the air!

One of the Root shinobi narrowed his eyes.

"Did we get him?"

Suddenly!

A powerful shockwave spread outward from within the smoke!

A gigantic shadow gradually emerged from the haze!

"What happened?"

Suddenly!

Countless green arrows of light shot out from the enormous figure within the smoke!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

"Argh~!"

Cries of pain rang out one after another!

More than a dozen Root shinobi were pierced straight through by the green arrows!

Only two Root shinobi managed to escape, barely surviving.

The smoke finally dispersed.

"Wh-what is this?"

The Root shinobi stared in horror.

Uchiha Shisui was enveloped by an enormous green figure!

Susanoo!

The gigantic Susanoo raised the spiral spear in its right hand and thrust it fiercely toward the two remaining Root shinobi!

BOOM!

The explosion shook the heavens!

The two remaining Root shinobi were instantly killed!

Shisui’s body swayed.

He planted both hands against the ground, and the Susanoo surrounding him gradually dissipated.

"Haah... haah...!"

Shisui collapsed to his knees, completely exhausted, gasping for breath.

At this point, even refining chakra had become extremely difficult for him!

Suddenly!

Naruto, disguised as an ANBU, appeared behind Shisui!

Four years ago, Shisui had controlled the Nine-Tails.

Naruto had said back then that one day, he would definitely have the Nine-Tails kill him!

Now, it was time to fulfill that promise!

A sharp claw suddenly emerged from the Eight Trigrams Seal on Naruto’s abdomen!

Slash!

Shisui’s pupils contracted violently!

"Pfft~!"

A mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs sprayed from his mouth!

He appeared out of nowhere... Flying Thunder God... It’s him...

Shisui lowered his head...

A claw?

He saw a claw protruding through his back!

Shisui tried to turn his head to see his attacker clearly, but Naruto pressed down on his head.

How could Naruto possibly fail to guard against Kotoamatsukami?

"Cough... cough! Wh-who... who are you?"

Silence.

The only answer he received was silence.

Flying Thunder God... an animal’s claw? No... the Nine-Tails!

As his consciousness began to fade, Shisui suddenly widened his eyes as though struck by a final realization!

The chakra he could sense behind him was...

The Nine-Tails!

Naruto?

No! Impossible!

He’s only seven years old!

There’s no way he could have mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique at the age of three and assassinated the Cloud Shinobi envoy!

And there’s even less chance that he could command the Nine-Tails to attack me!

Besides, the seal inside Naruto’s abdomen can only be released using the unsealing formula known to Jiraiya!

Naruto has absolutely no way to undo the seal and make the Nine-Tails extend its claws from within!

Flying Thunder God... the Nine-Tails... the method for releasing the Eight Trigrams Seal...

Could it be...

A terrifying thought suddenly emerged in Uchiha Shisui’s mind!

Seven years ago, the Fourth Hokage had split the Nine-Tails into two halves!

One half was sealed inside Naruto, while the other...

Horror filled Shisui’s eyes.

His vision began to blur.

His consciousness was about to disappear...

With his final breath, he slowly uttered two words.

"Fo...urth..."

His body went limp and collapsed to the ground.

Heh~ Quite the imagination. The Fourth Hokage?

Naruto secretly shook his head.

Poor Father. Even after dying, he’s still being blamed for everything.

Without thinking about it any further, Naruto silently said in his heart:

System, analyze Uchiha Shisui!

At the same time, he used his right hand to dig out Shisui’s left eye!

With Uchiha Shisui dealt with, the threat of being controlled by Kotoamatsukami had finally been eliminated!

Naruto could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained the Uchiha physique, Mangekyō Sharingan, Fire, Wind, Lightning, and Yin chakra attributes, as well as all the ninjutsu Uchiha Shisui possessed during his lifetime! Existing attributes will be merged and strengthened! Would you like to extract them?

Extract and merge everything!

There was no need to hesitate.

The moment Naruto gave the command, he felt countless streams of ninjutsu knowledge flood into his mind.

At the same time, a strange sensation spread throughout his body.

There was no pain or discomfort.

It was simply... incredibly refreshing!

Not a bad haul!

Once the abilities had finished merging, Naruto was delighted.

He had obtained the Uchiha physique and Mangekyō Sharingan, while his various chakra attributes had also been strengthened considerably!

And he still had Shisui’s other Mangekyō Sharingan in his possession.

Together, the two eyes could be fused into an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan!

He wondered if the system could fuse them directly.

Since the thought occurred to him, he immediately asked:

System, can you directly fuse them into an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan?

Ding! Yes!

Hearing the system’s answer, Naruto became even more excited!

Unfortunately, he currently had only the left eye with him.

The right eye had been hidden away and wasn’t on his person.

So he could only put the matter aside for now.

First, he needed to erase all traces from the scene!

Naruto formed a series of hand seals before placing his hand against Shisui’s head.

"Seal!"

This was the Memory Sealing Technique Minato Namikaze had used in The Lost Tower.

Although it was called a sealing technique, it actually permanently erased memories.

Naruto erased only the past three minutes of Shisui’s memories.

After roughly calculating the timing, he erased everything from just before Shisui used Susanoo—specifically, after the Root shinobi had thrown their explosive-tagged kunai.

With the threat of Konoha investigating Shisui’s memories eliminated, Naruto said to the Nine-Tails in his heart:

Kurama, recover as much of the chakra you’ve dispersed into the air and the chakra remaining inside Shisui’s wounds as possible.

After saying that, Naruto examined Shisui’s wound.

The Nine-Tails had only pierced Shisui’s heart with the tip of one claw.

The wound wasn’t particularly large, roughly the thickness of a child’s arm.

As long as the Nine-Tails recovered the chakra remaining around the wound, that would be enough.

Even if Konoha later examined the wound and concluded that Shisui had been killed by some kind of wild beast, there was absolutely no way they would suspect Naruto.

He was only seven years old!

The fact that Shisui would rather believe that Minato Namikaze was still alive than suspect Naruto himself was enough to show just how absurd it would be for a seven-year-old to have mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, released the seal, and commanded the Nine-Tails.

That’s right. There’s no way.

There’s no way a seven-year-old could do any of that.

"It’s all been recovered, Naruto."

Kurama’s voice sounded in his mind.

Good.

After confirming that nothing had been left behind, Naruto didn’t linger.

He immediately activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and disappeared.

...

More than ten minutes later...

An ANBU shinobi who had noticed something unusual in the area arrived.

When he saw Shisui lying on the ground with both eyes gouged out, the ANBU’s body trembled.

He slowly walked over and knelt in front of Shisui.

"Shisui..."

He lifted Shisui’s body into his arms and whispered softly.

The three tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly.

Then they transformed into a Mangekyō Sharingan.

A single trail of bloody tears slid down from the corner of his eye.

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