At this moment, Uchiha Shisui had half his body severely injured, completely robbed of the dignity he once possessed as a mighty figure.
Now…
Blood-tears trickled from both Mangekyō Sharingan eyes, his face white as a sheet, and blood also seeped from his lips. Half his torso and an arm had been burned into something like charred coal by the explosive lightning that destroyed Susanoo.
However miserable, he still endured—
Even now, forcibly standing upright by sheer will, breathing in ragged gasps through agonizing, bone-deep pain.
But anyone could see…
Uchiha Shisui had lost.
His final trump card, his ultimate move—Susanoo—had been broken by Chiyu.
His chakra and ocular power had nearly run dry, and he himself was gravely wounded, almost completely spent in combat ability.
"Th-that technique just now… Was it…Chiyu's Mangekyō Sharingan power?"
"He actually blew up Susanoo in a single strike—never heard of such a power!"
Uchiha Fugaku couldn't help being stunned, eyes wide, gazing in shock at what had transpired.
Uchiha Itachi looked even paler, his entire body trembling slightly.
Yet his analytical mind was indeed exceptional:
"It looked like Uchiha Chiyu's left-eye Mangekyō…That six-pointed star shape seems to have an extreme insight ability. The light converged on that spot of Shisui-senpai's Susanoo—likely the weakest point.
Then, with one strongest blow, he directly smashed Susanoo. That left Mangekyō must truly be the ultimate 'eye of insight'…"
He was drenched in sweat, clenching his fists, voice shaking:
"Shisui-senpai…"
Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō felt an even deeper fear inside.
"That man has grown to this extent…?
Even Shisui's Susanoo can be shattered in one strike?! Just what sort of power is that… Shisui really might lose…"
Though they were all shaken, Hiruzen and Danzō's minds had begun rapidly plotting ways to seize more advantage for themselves.
"Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan still has one last power, that greatest ultimate Genjutsu… Kotoamatsukami! Should we strike now and steal it?"
"But that damned Uchiha Chiyu won't stand aside, and who knows how much power he still has left? Even if he's not entirely unscathed after the fight with Shisui, we can't be sure we can handle him…"
Originally, Danzō yearned to swoop in once both sides were beaten down and seize Shisui's Kotoamatsukami. But now he hesitated, not daring to act rashly.
Since Danzō held back, Koharu and Homura, and finally Sarutobi Hiruzen, likewise chose inaction.
Uchiha Shisui let out a bitter laugh.
Gasping raggedly, blood dripped from all seven orifices in his face.
"Uchiha Chiyu…that's your left-eye Mangekyō Sharingan jutsu?"
Chiyu saw no need for secrecy.
He knew full well people were watching, so concealing it any longer was futile.
"Kuebiko—the Eye of Insight. It has absolute perception, able to locate weaknesses in any ninjutsu and destroy them."
Shisui trembled with awe yet still softly praised:
"Only a man like you could awaken such an ability… I never expected your strength would reach such heights… Indeed, I've underestimated you all along…"
Their fight had encompassed ninjutsu, taijutsu, ken-taijutsu, then Sharingan, Mangekyō competition—truly thrilling and all-encompassing.
Yet by this point, Chiyu had steadily kept the upper hand, firmly locking in victory.
Even so…
Uchiha Shisui had not given up.
He still had one last move.
Uchiha Itachi did not know what that move was, but from Shisui's resolute eyes, he could guess: it was his final attack.
"Shisui-senpai…"
Shisui even glanced back at the distant emptiness behind him, where he sensed not only Danzō but also the Hokage quietly watching.
He remained loyal to Konoha, always. Now was the time to prove his devotion and worth.
"Hokage-sama, I'll use Kotoamatsukami to forcibly alter Uchiha Chiyu's will, so he can't resist being loyal to the village. After that, whether he lives or dies, that's for Hokage-sama to decide…
Don't worry about the rest of the Uchiha—I have two Mangekyō eyes. Overcoming Chiyu only needs the power of one, while I still keep the other to prevent the clan's coup…"
He silently made up his mind.
He knew using Kotoamatsukami would likely exhaust his Mangekyō, bringing it ever closer to blindness and ruin.
But he had no regrets.
Shisui inhaled deeply. He was battered to near-death, extremely bedraggled, yet still radiated that ferocious resolve of a cornered beast.
He opened his eyes, fixing them on Chiyu.
Just as he tried to speak, suddenly…
"Uchiha Shisui, you plan on using Kotoamatsukami on me, right?"
Shisui froze, his chakra momentarily stalling.
"H-how… how do you know—?"
Of course, Chiyu refused to answer him.
"Such a vile power…should never exist in this world."
Shisui tried to retort.
But Chiyu had already acted first:
"Let me deliver divine judgment upon your sins!"
Right then,
Uchiha Chiyu unleashed the right-eye Mangekyō power!
In a blink…
Buzz—
A radiant, blood-red gleam burst from the six-pointed star in his right Mangekyō.
Though they stood apart, Shisui was instantly engulfed, swallowed, obliterated by that ocular might!
"Wh-what is this power…?!"
Shisui's eyes widened, mouth agape, wanting to resist, only to find he had lost all chance to struggle.
Before him appeared a scene like the netherworld's Pure Land or perhaps a living hell!
Mountains of corpses, seas of blood, severed limbs, cruel tortures, ghostly wails…
Was this a truly hellish dimension?
Or the power of Chiyu's Mangekyō?
His left eye: the Eye of Insight…
His right eye: the Eye of Judgment…
Uchiha Shisui finally understood the hidden depths of Chiyu's strength.
But it was already too late.
He was forcibly dragged into that hellspace, with the scene of a bloody Underworld—the earth littered with bones—brutal red flames surging everywhere like scarlet lotus fire!
"That's… Karmic Fire?!"
Abruptly,
Trapped in the infernal dimension, Shisui saw Chiyu's image up ahead—colossal, majestic, sanctified yet terrifying, dark and gory yet righteous…
That aura defied words.
"Confront your sins!"
"Eye of Judgment: Magatsuhi no Kami!"
Shisui's mind fell into hazy disarray…
All the slaughter in his past, the hatred, the fury…
Following the village top brass in betraying the Uchiha…
Supporting the Anbu in setting traps for—and killing—his clansmen and fellow shinobi…
Willing to kill his own kin and even hand them over to outside enemies…just for that so-called "peace…"
One by one, they rose like infinite crimson-lotus blossoms in Shisui's vision.
Chiyu even let Shisui see the original timeline:
He himself was ambushed by Danzō, lost his right eye, realized he had been utterly betrayed and used by Konoha's higher-ups, yet still died handing his left eye to Itachi, telling him to continue upholding the Will of Fire—yet that eventually led Itachi to massacre the entire clan…
At last…
Shisui could endure no more. Letting out a piercing scream, his entire being was suddenly alight with karmic flames—the raging fires of guilt—burning mind and body at once!
From the spectators' perspective, it was over in an instant.
The moment Chiyu declared "divine judgment" and invoked the right-eye Mangekyō technique, Shisui collapsed, wreathed in a roaring, lotus-like blaze that never ceased to burn.
"Shisui-senpai!"
Itachi cried out but dared not draw near…
Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, even Uchiha Itachi…all were dumbfounded, utterly astonished.
"W-what was that eye technique?!"
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