Chapter 111: Second One, What Will You Do?
"In the end, you only followed your own narrow justice and peace. Beyond that, you achieved nothing."
Menma's eyes were sharp, his voice gradually turning cold, his words like blades stabbing straight into the heart.
"How long are you going to keep kneeling?"
He then looked at the kneeling Uchiha Shisui, saying coldly: "Your mistake was being too naive, too foolish. But rather than kneeling on the ground begging for forgiveness, it's better to think of a way to make up for your own errors."
"If you still can't make up your mind, I can do it for you."
Menma's words also made the Uchiha clansmen present react.
Uchiha Yashiro looked deeply at Menma, then turned to Shisui: "Shisui, the mistake you made, you make up for it yourself. Don't even think about ending it with death."
Uchiha Tekka also patted Shisui's shoulder: "That's right, Shisui. We don't blame you."
"Shisui, you mustn't..."
Not a single Uchiha clansman present blamed Shisui.
This allowed Shisui, who was on the verge of collapse, to regain some composure.
Huff~
"I understand."
Shisui let out a long breath, a trace of determination flashing in his eyes.
He stood up, looking coldly at Uchiha Itachi, as if looking at a stranger.
"You are a mistake I created. I will correct my mistake with my own hands."
Looking at Shisui's cold eyes, Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.
Shisui-bro, you can't understand me either?
I clearly did it for Konoha's peace.
The Uchiha's rebellion was doomed to fail, would only cause a Shinobi World War, more people would die because of it, more families would be broken.
However, how could Shisui not know these things.
But Shisui originally thought Itachi's thinking was the same as his own, wanting to do his utmost to repair the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Konoha.
But he never expected Itachi's thinking to be so extreme, actually colluding with outsiders to slaughter his own clansmen, even ruthlessly killing children and the elderly.
Even if they failed in the end, at least they would have tried their best.
But Itachi's actions...
If you can't resolve the conflict, then resolve the people creating the conflict?
Are other people's lives lives, but Uchiha clansmen's lives are not?
Many people will die because of this, many families will be broken. Won't the Uchiha also?
"Itachi, your hands are stained with the blood of innocent clansmen."
"Yes, but I don't regret it!"
Uchiha Itachi's answer was a double entendre, but Shisui's eyes only grew colder.
"You are too selfish, too hypocritical, and too foolish. Incurable. Unworthy of the Uchiha surname."
Shisui took a deep breath, his low voice echoing around: "From this day forth, as long as I exist for even a single second, no matter where you flee to the ends of the earth, I will personally deal with you."
With that, the scarlet Mangekyō in his eyes appeared.
"I am just a charitable person."
Menma also looked at Shisui with a slight smile, saying with approval: "If you have such determination, I don't mind giving you a chance."
"Although Konoha's Uchiha have been destroyed, the Uchiha's embers have not been extinguished. I saved many Uchiha children, you know."
Shisui froze upon hearing this, then abruptly looked at Menma.
"You... there are still children alive?"
Seeing him nod, Shisui's expression instantly became a twisted mixture of crying and laughing.
"Hahaha! Ha... Laughable, too laughable!"
Itachi, in whom he had placed such great hope, a fellow Uchiha, became the executioner who killed the Uchiha clan.
And the one who preserved the Uchiha's embers was actually the masked man who had killed him before.
"Regardless of your purpose..."
Shisui's expression gradually returned to calm. Looking at Menma, he said: "You saved those children. You are the Uchiha clan's benefactor."
With that, Shisui grit his teeth, a scarlet light flashing in his eyes.
The next second, the green giant's breastplate opened from the center.
"Susanoo - Tsukumo!!" (Ninety-Nine)
From the giant's chest, a tomoe-shaped mass of chakra appeared, and countless green chakra arrows shot out from it, heading straight for Uchiha Itachi's red giant.
Uchiha Itachi's face darkened. He immediately raised the Yata Mirror, attempting to block this move.
But the dense attacks continuously struck the Yata Mirror and Susanoo, forcing him to retreat constantly, his pupil power also depleting at an alarming rate.
The battle between the two giants made the ANBU ninja watching unable to believe this was a battle between ninja.
What surprised them even more was that Shisui and the masked man had so easily blocked Lord Third's ultimate attack.
This was a battle they couldn't interfere in at all.
The Uchiha clansmen originally hiding within Susanoo weren't idle either.
Tekka and Yashiro exchanged glances, then led the Uchiha clansmen charging towards the ANBU ninja.
Since Shisui still couldn't make up his mind, then let them be the villains!
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
A giant fire dragon spewed from Yashiro's mouth, rushing towards the ANBU ninja.
The Uchiha ninja beside them also showed no weakness, each using their most proficient ninjutsu.
"Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!"
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
The Fire Release attacks from dozens of Uchiha ninja were terrifying. The massive, scorching flames swept towards the ANBU ninja.
The temperature was so high that even from over ten meters away, they could feel the intense heatwave.
"What a pain. This stifling feeling."
Sarutobi Hiruzen grit his teeth, looking at the Uchiha clansmen rushing towards him, his hands already beginning to tremble.
Honestly, he was already a little scared.
His aging body, plus the truth of the clan extermination – all these things restricted him at every turn.
"Three pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan... the Uchiha clan truly is terrifying."
As Hokage, perhaps he really was old, unable to overcome the power of Susanoo head-on.
But as Hokage, he absolutely could not shy away from battle.
"Don't just stand there!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, while quietly retreating, loudly commanded: "They have been controlled by the intruder! They are our enemies now!"
With that, he used the last of his chakra to form hand seals.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Biting Explosion!"
Water Release chakra created a huge water vortex. Surging water currents rushed towards the sky, eventually gathering into a giant water dragon that lunged towards the Uchiha clansmen below.
The water waves surged forward, directly extinguishing the large swathe of flames unleashed by the Uchiha.
Its power undiminished, it even directly swallowed some Uchiha clansmen.
Over ten Uchiha clansmen were directly hit by the immensely powerful surging water dragon, turning into large white fragments in the air.
This scene directly inspired the ANBU ninja.
"Lord Third is too strong!"
But the white fragments in the air suddenly fell, gradually flowing back towards the "damaged" Uchiha clansmen.
The Uchiha clansmen who should have died actually stood up again. Those wounds had also vanished, their entire beings restored as if new, reappearing before everyone.
The bodies of the Edo Tensei deceased, after being injured, need a certain amount of time to recover.
In a way, it's equivalent to an immortal body.
"Th-this, what's going on?!"
The uninformed ANBU ninja, upon seeing this bizarre scene, stared wide-eyed.
This scene had far surpassed their scope of understanding.
How could there be such a bizarre ninjutsu?
Never mind coming back from the dead, they're actually immortal!
Hatake Kakashi snapped back to reality, glancing at the Third Hokage with a strange look in his eyes.
He seemed to want to say something.
But in the end, he chose silence.
"Sigh..."
Kakashi sighed lightly, then his hands began to rapidly form seals.
"Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"
Instantly, one after another, earth walls carved with dog heads rose from the ground, trapping the Uchiha clansmen in place.
Menma in the distance, looking at those dog-headed stone walls, also felt somewhat speechless.
"That guy Kakashi... truly a dog-head enthusiast."
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them, under the interweaving of fire and water, the air grew increasingly stuffy.
The sky also began to fill with dark clouds, completely covering the area overhead.
"Here it comes~"
Menma looked up at the dark clouds, a smile flashing in his eyes: "That's enough for today. The harvest has been sufficient."
As he spoke, a cold wind blew past. Menma's body slowly lifted off the ground, floating up into the sky.
"This..."
By the time Menma flew into mid-air, the ANBU ninja and Sarutobi Hiruzen raised their heads, looking at him with utter shock.
"Trying to leave?"
Itachi, still entangled with Shisui, immediately wanted to stop Menma upon noticing his intention.
But before he could act, Shisui's figure appeared before him again.
"Where are you looking?"
Shisui said coldly: "Your opponent now is me!"
Hearing this, Uchiha Itachi frowned deeply, explaining in a low voice: "Shisui-bro, I'm doing this for Konoha's peace!"
Facing so many ANBU ninja just now, he couldn't explain.
But now, with only him and Shisui left, surely Shisui would understand his actions after hearing his explanation!
But Shisui just sneered coldly, even laughing out of extreme anger.
"For peace... Peace? Hahaha!"
Shisui's laughter was incredibly bitter. He pointed a finger at Itachi and questioned loudly: "Then why did you leave Sasuke out of it?!"
Constantly talking about it being for Konoha's peace, yet his actions were utterly hypocritical!
"Sasuke will survive as the Uchiha's embers, growing up safely in Konoha!"
Hearing Itachi's answer, Shisui couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile: "Seems you've already discussed it with them."
He originally thought the Third Hokage was close to the Uchiha clan.
But looking now, he had indeed been too naive.
The Uchiha clan charged to the forefront of the battlefield in Shinobi World Wars, countless clansmen died for Konoha, making great contributions for Konoha.
The Uchiha clan had always considered Konoha their home from beginning to end.
Even the coup was only due to dissatisfaction with the Konoha higher-ups' suspicion, never once thinking of defecting from Konoha.
But now...
"The peace in your eyes is truly terrifying."
With that, Shisui began to disregard everything, frantically using Susanoo's power, launching continuous attacks at Itachi.
Even if he couldn't escape Konoha today, he had to avenge those Uchiha spirits!
Facing Shisui's attack,
Even if Itachi appeared exceptionally calm, he was still no match for Shisui.
When Uchiha with the same level of Sharingan fight, it comes down to the ability of their Mangekyō techniques and individual quality.
Although he had been avoiding eye contact with Shisui, whether in taijutsu, genjutsu, or ninjutsu, Shisui was far superior to Uchiha Itachi.
"Ughh!"
Itachi knelt on the ground in pain, blood continuously flowing from his eyes, already finding it difficult to continue.
The side effects of the Mangekyō Sharingan also began to appear; his vision was gradually becoming blurry.
Once his pupil power was finally exhausted, Shisui could kill him effortlessly.
"Is that a flight ninjutsu?!"
Looking at the slowly ascending masked man, a shadow flashed in Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes.
Could it be Iwagakure's Light-Weight Rock Technique?
Is the masked man from Iwagakure?
Sarutobi Hiruzen made a reasonable guess about Menma's identity.
As the Professor of Ninjutsu, he was extremely proficient in ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu.
But there was one thing.
He couldn't use flight ninjutsu.
"If this masked man doesn't die, he will definitely become a major problem for Konoha in the future."
Looking at the masked man rising into the sky, Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned, a trace of hesitation in his eyes.
Let him leave, or seize this opportunity for a desperate fight?
"Hahaha! Sarutobi Hiruzen, your cowardly posture is truly unsightly."
Menma's mocking laughter came unhindered from above to Sarutobi Hiruzen's ears.
"Damn you! You think you can escape?!"
Noticing the strange looks from the ANBU ninja, Sarutobi Hiruzen instantly grew annoyed.
His previously hesitant thoughts vanished in an instant.
Crackle!
He gripped the Adamantine Staff tightly, the lightning-wreathed staff suddenly extending towards Menma.
"Well come! Truly worthy of the Professor of the Ninja World!"
Looking at the long staff rushing towards him, Menma instead said mockingly: "Unfortunately, just an illiterate. Don't you know it's dangerous to point a stick at the sky when it's raining?"
"Coincidentally, I have another ninjutsu I want to test out. The Professor of Ninjutsu would make an excellent test subject."
As his voice fell, a torrential downpour began to fall without warning.
"Harmony with the heart of heaven, even heaven will not defy. Thunder serves heaven's mandate, how can it defy me."
Menma's hands rapidly formed seals, the chakra in his body beginning to circulate.
Immediately, his fists clenched, emitting explosive sounds, continuously making piercing screeches.
Reaching his arm towards the sky, he gently beckoned downwards.
The next second, a sudden change occurred.
CRACKLE!!
A pillar of lightning as thick as a water bucket descended from the sky, following Sarutobi Hiruzen's staff to strike him fiercely.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was shocked upon seeing this, and with a flick, sent the lightning aside.
BOOM!!
The lightning strike instantly blasted a black pit in the ground.
Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a long breath, also looking up and sneering: "Is that all?"
And I thought it was some amazing ninjutsu!
"Very good! You took the first one."
Menma smiled, then once again extended his arm: "Then, what about the second, and the third?"
The next second, dark clouds gathered densely in the sky. Countless thunderclouds instantly converged here, continuously rolling and roaring.
"Lightning Style: Ten Thousand Thunders!!"
Countless bolts of lightning roared madly, surging towards the ground with incomparable ferocity.
RUMBLE RUMBLE!!
In an instant, countless ferocious bolts of lightning converged into a sea of thunder. This entire area was ravaged by terrifying lightning.
(End of Chapter)
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