Chapter 440: The Departed

Why the Uchiha clan was being suppressed no longer mattered; what was crucial now was the kaleidoscope eye in the opponent's eyes.

"Your eyes will fulfill my dream!"

He extended his index and middle fingers; Danzo looked at Shisui's bloodshot eyes, and his excitement was plain to see.

The long-sought kaleidoscope eye was right before him; how could he not be agitated?

"You really showed up!"

Just as he was about to succeed, a ripple appeared behind Shisui, and then an arm rested on his shoulder.

But facing this, Danzo showed no panic; before acting, he had already ordered his subordinates to stay alert for that elusive fellow.

Swish swish swish!

A volley of kunai and hand-held swords brushed past Danzo's side and Shisui's shoulder, shooting toward Obito behind Shisui.

At the same time, his hand didn't stop, continuing to reach for the kaleidoscope eye in Shisui's eyes.

Hmph!

With a muffled grunt, Shisui covered his eye with one hand, exerted his remaining strength, used the Body Flicker Technique, and left Danzo and Madara's side.

"Keep an eye on Shisui, don't let him escape!"

Danzo calmly took out a glass tube filled with nutrient solution from his sleeve, gave a brief order, then fixed his gaze on the opposite Madara Uchiha.

"It seems… our cooperation must end here!"

Although the two cooperated, how could mutual distrust allow sincere cooperation? They were merely using each other.

"Kill him!"

Although the opponent's methods were strange, our side had enough manpower to give it a try.

Keeping this person would be no good for the Leaf Village; better to finish him here.

Although the chance of that is small.

"Really, being treated like fish on a cutting board!"

With his remaining single eye, Shisui watched as one after another of the dark squad passed through the mysterious person, knowing he had reached the end of his life.

"Still here!"

He reached into his ninja tool pouch and took out his last smoke bomb and the few remaining explosive tags, making an important decision.

His right eye had already been taken by Danzo; he couldn't let his left eye fall into the opponent's hands—too dangerous.

Bang!

A puff of smoke enveloped the exhausted Shisui, causing everyone present to lose track of him.

"Be careful, don't let him get away again!"

Seeing another cloud of smoke rise in the battlefield, Danzo and Obito ceased their mutual attacks and turned their gaze to the spot where Shisui last appeared.

"At this point, still wanting to make a death struggle?" Danzo rubbed his eyes and shouted at his subordinates: "Surround him, don't let a single fly escape your encirclement!"

He greeted his subordinates, surrounding Shisui; Danzo seemed to think of something, his expression suddenly changed, and with a body flicker he rushed into the smoke.

Not only him, but Obito also seemed to realize something, likewise charging into the smoke.

"Damn it!"

He rushed to Shisui's side, looking at what was attached to him, especially the explosive tag about to be activated on Shisui's remaining eye.

Danzo's face turned livid; ignoring the faint hissing from the explosive tags, he took a swift step to Shisui's side and reached toward his eye socket.

"Trying to destroy the kaleidoscope eye? Dream on~"

"Danzo, don't be so eager!" a voice came from behind Danzo: "Let's still talk about how to cooperate!"

While speaking of cooperation, Obito's ninja dagger thrust toward Danzo's heart; if he didn't pull back, this strike would directly end Danzo's life.

"Hmph~"

With a cold snort, Danzo treated Obito's attack as nothing; his eyes held only the eye in Shisui's gaze.

"Damn it, it's Izanagi!"

Obito certainly wouldn't think Danzo was crazy for wanting the kaleidoscope eye; he must have mastered the forbidden technique of the Sharingan.

"I won't let you succeed!"

Although he couldn't see, Shisui simply turned a few times and avoided Danzo's hand.

If it weren't for tonight's excessive exhaustion, he really would have wanted to use his eye technique Heavenly Separation God on this Leaf Village high-ranking official.

But unfortunately… he still had one chance to use his eye technique, which was wasted by that mysterious person behind Danzo.

Boom!

A tremendous roar.

The previously pervasive smoke dissipated completely due to this explosion.

"Lord Danzo!"

The surrounding Root members, seeing the explosion, looked at the empty ground, each expression turning very strange.

A mixed expression of relief, bewilderment, and excitement flashed across their faces, then they quickly composed themselves.

They all exclaimed in surprise, then widened their eyes and carefully searched the vicinity.

"What are you looking at?" Danzo said icily: "We'll settle accounts later when you return!"

After sweeping his gaze over his subordinates' faces, he gave a hard stare to the few who showed clear emotion; Danzo then sank into a grim face, staring blankly at the place where Shisui died.

The next morning, the sky was still somewhat dim.

In the Uchiha clan head's residence, Itachi, dressed impeccably, had just stepped out of his front door when he saw a black crow perched on the eaves of his home.

He gave a knowing smile: "Is Shisui having some news for you to deliver?"

This is the messenger crow they jointly raised; there are many of them, and normally when he and Shisui are stretched thin, they let the crows handle communication.

Croak! Croak! Croak!

Seeing Itachi's silhouette, the crow circled around him several times, then landed on his shoulder, simultaneously extending its left claw as if grasping something.

For some reason, Itachi sensed a feeling of sorrow from the crow's voice.

"Could it be…"

Suppressing the bad thoughts in his heart, Itachi extended his palm under the crow's indication.

"…Itachi, the Uchiha name, is entrusted to you!"

After taking the object from the crow's claw, a familiar chakra transmitted from it, and then images were transmitted into his mind one after another.

Finally, it turned into a word of advice, dissipating in Itachi's mind.

"... Shisui!"

Originally Shisui could have directly destroyed his own eyes, but in order to leave this power to Itachi, he delayed until Obito's arrival, then used the cover of a smoke bomb to summon a spirit crow once more.

Let it bring his remaining eye to Itachi.

At the same time, to cover his actions, he even did not hesitate to use an explosive tag to blast his own body to pieces.

Otherwise, Danzo's harvest today would have been just a corpse.

PS: Personally, I think Shisui must be cool, not for any other reason, but because of the Kotoamatsukami in his eye. Also, the recommendation banner tomorrow should be updated five to six times, roughly around a week.