Kapitel 12: Danzo Loses His Arm, Shisui Dies
"It's time." Just as the two were about to part, at the critical moment, Aizen, who had been hidden in the shadows for some time, made his move. With the fourth level of *Heaven* activated, he unleashed a combination of its flash technique and the *Body Flicker Technique*, moving at an almost unimaginable speed.
Even Shisui, who was in pain after having his right eye taken, couldn't see what had happened. All anyone saw was a flash of a blade passing between the two. By the time they separated, Shisui had lost his right eye, and Danzo had lost his entire left arm.
"W-What just happened?" Danzo, who thought he had victory in hand, stared blankly at his severed arm lying on the ground. His palm was open, and the Sharingan had vanished. In the next second, a searing pain deep in his soul overwhelmed him. Danzo couldn't hold back and let out a heart-wrenching scream, "Aaaah!"
Aizen coldly smirked, not pausing for a second as he walked away. Danzo's left arm was now completely ruined. Struck by the *Zanpakutō*, it severed not only his flesh but also his soul.
From now on, unless he fitted a puppet arm, even if he transplanted a new arm, it would rot and be unable to gather chakra.
Let Danzo worry about that problem himself.
"Lord Danzo!" The Root shinobi, hidden in the shadows, were also taken aback and immediately surrounded Danzo.
None of them had seen what truly happened.
They had only seen a fleeting shadow, and then Danzo's arm was gone.
Shisui, reacting quickly, covered his now empty right eye. Seeing Danzo's left arm severed at the base, he realized that a third party had intervened. His hands swiftly formed seals.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A massive fireball rushed toward Danzo and the Root ninjas.
These Root members, already prepared to deal with Shisui Uchiha, immediately formed seals in response. "Water Style: Water Colliding Wave!"
Water and fire clashed, sending steam billowing into the air.
Shisui used the opportunity to escape swiftly.
The Root shinobi turned to Danzo. "Lord Danzo, Uchiha Shisui has escaped."
"Damn it, who could it be?" Danzo, clutching his left shoulder in pain, his forehead veins bulging, was filled with anger and frustration.
For someone who always calculated everything perfectly, having someone else steal the prize was infuriating.
"Lord Danzo, should we pursue him?" one of the Root shinobi suggested.
"Pursue? Pursue what? Quickly pick up my arm and take me back to the base!" Danzo roared. Even though he hadn't seen who severed his arm, he knew it couldn't have been Shisui.
In that situation, Shisui lacked both the strength and the audacity.
Now, with his Sharingan used up, and his body severely injured, Danzo's right hand—implanted with Hashirama's cells—remained sealed, making it unsuitable for use in Konoha.
If that mysterious person attacked again, his life would be over!
Meanwhile, Aizen, having obtained Shisui's *Kotoamatsukami*, chose not to reveal himself yet.
Instead, he headed to the Naka River, the site of Shisui Uchiha's demise.
"So, this is *Kotoamatsukami*?"
Looking at Shisui's right eye, which he had taken from Danzo, Aizen felt a wave of disgust and quickly stored it in his system inventory.
The time and space inside the system inventory were in complete stasis. He had once experimented by tossing in a rabbit and a fish, and after some time, they remained unscathed, which meant he could safely preserve the Sharingan there.
As for transplantation?
Aizen had no such intention.
He wasn't about to gouge out his own eye in such a grotesque manner.
He also didn't want to end up like Kakashi, whose non-Uchiha bloodline had caused the Sharingan to drain his energy and eventually blind him. That would be far too tragic.
Besides, a single Sharingan was simply too unsightly.
Rather than that, he would prefer to follow Uchiha Itachi's example and transplant it into a summoning beast. Wouldn't that be much better?
However, just as he tossed the Sharingan into the system inventory, the long-absent system prompt sounded.
**Ding! The system inventory has detected a Sharingan from the Naruto world. Do you wish to fuse with it?**
"What happens after the fusion?" Aizen asked in surprise.
**Ding! After fusion, it will replace the host's right eye.**
"No way! I don't want to be another Kakashi!" Aizen's mouth twitched, and he looked up at the top of the cliff, his eyes filled with thought. "System, what would happen if I tossed Uchiha Shisui into the system inventory?"
**Ding! If the host is not afraid of developing dissociative identity disorder, feel free to proceed.**
"Screw that! Only an idiot would do that," Aizen cursed inwardly.
Not bothering with unnecessary details, he resolved to toss Shisui into the system inventory first and see what would happen. After all, Shisui was going to commit suicide anyway. Dead or alive, it didn't really matter.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Shisui and Itachi had already reached the top of the cliff.
This was the place where they had often played as children.
"Shisui... your eye?" Itachi, normally not one to express his emotions, remained calm in appearance, but deep inside, he was seething with anger.
"As you can see, it's been taken." Shisui turned, revealing his empty right eye socket with a self-mocking smile.
He continued, "The Uchiha coup is inevitable. If we allow an internal conflict in Konoha, other nations will surely seize the opportunity to invade, triggering the Fourth Great Ninja War. I had intended to use *Kotoamatsukami* to stop the coup, but Danzo took my right eye."
"I was too naive. Danzo never trusted anyone. He will sacrifice anything to protect the village in his own way."
"In the end, it was all for nothing. I've made a wedding dress for someone else."
"There was a mysterious person who appeared right when Danzo took my eye, cutting off Danzo's left arm. His speed was so fast, even my *Body Flicker* technique couldn't match it. I'm afraid my left eye will become his next target, and Danzo won't stop, either."
Pausing briefly, Shisui removed his remaining left eye. "So, before it's taken from me, I plan to entrust it to you."
"Shisui..." Hearing this, Itachi, normally stoic, couldn't hold back any longer. His eyes misted over, and he spoke with difficulty.
"After all, you're the only friend I can trust with it. You must protect the village, and protect the Uchiha," Shisui said, showing a serene smile as he extended his blood-soaked eye. By now, he had resigned himself to his fate.
Itachi closed his eyes in pain, summoning a crow to take Shisui's eye. "I've secured your eye. What will you do next?"
"If I die, the situation will change. The Uchiha coup will come to an end. I've already left behind a suicide note." Shisui slowly backed toward the edge of the cliff.
"Wait... Shisui!" Seeing this, Itachi could no longer remain calm. He wanted to stop him but heard Shisui say, "Don't stop me, not if you're truly my friend."
With those words, Shisui fell backward, disappearing into the darkness below.
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