The golden greatsword's power, unleashed after Lin Yu tore through the Four Violet Flames Formation, terrified the Konoha ninjas. Most of them scattered and fled, casting aside any notion of the Will of Fire. Survival was paramount!
Only the Konoha ninjas surrounding Hiruzen Sarutobi, with him at their head, were left behind by Lin Yu. This group also constituted the majority of those on the list!
"Third Hokage-sama, what should we do now?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi scanned the severed limbs and broken bodies on the ground. At least dozens of Konoha ninjas had been killed by the enemy, including Chunin and Jonin. Most of them were older ninjas, with very few from the younger generation.
Others who had been struck by the golden greatsword were utterly annihilated. Thinking of these ninjas being killed before his eyes, and his disciple defecting with the enemy, Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared to age ten years instantly, his back stooping.
"Clear the battlefield and preserve the bodies of the fallen ninjas! Konoha will remember this enmity!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi followed the tracks. He was going to support Minato!
...
On the other side of the Forest of Death, the Uchiha clan, equally terrified by the golden greatsword, did not flee with the other ninjas. After all, the proud Uchiha would not allow their embarrassment to be witnessed by others.
*Clang!*
The metallic clash continued as Shisui fought with the Uchiha clan!
*Bang!*
Shisui kicked Fugaku away. Just as he was about to unleash the Uchiha Style Swordsmanship, *whoosh!* his ear twitched. A kunai shot towards Shisui at an incredibly tricky angle, forcing him to retreat and evade.
Within the two eyeholes of his mask, three tomoe spun. Shisui saw a steel wire tied to the kunai's handle. A smile touched his lips; he knew who had arrived!
At that moment, another kunai flew through the darkness. Its target was not Shisui, but the first kunai that had just passed him.
*Clang!*
The kunai collided with the first, altering its trajectory and sending it towards Shisui's back at an angle he couldn't see.
Shisui didn't even look back. After hearing the sound of cold weapons clashing, he swung his kunai behind him, knocking the first kunai to the ground. Just then, three more kunai landed on the ground around Shisui.
Five kunai formed a crisscross pattern around Shisui. Immediately, the steel wire was yanked backward violently, entangling Shisui's body as if it were a pre-arranged knot. Then, a rather indifferent voice sounded from behind Shisui.
"Don't move! Move again and I'll kill you!"
Shisui felt the cold sharpness against his back. Within his pupils beneath the mask, there was a hint of relief. His younger brother Itachi was far more capable than those fools.
Itachi held his kunai against the back of the black-robed figure. Just as he was about to incapacitate the person before him, he suddenly felt a familiar aura.
Itachi's expression changed. He thrust the kunai he held forward, but it felt as though it didn't pierce flesh. The black-robed figure before him dissolved into several crows and disappeared.
Just as Itachi was about to turn, a cold sensation came from below his neck. A hoarse, indistinct voice said from behind him, "Don't move! Move again and I'll kill you!"
Shisui, with a touch of dark humor, returned Itachi's words to him. Itachi's fighting style was all his teaching; how could he not understand what his younger brother was thinking!
Younger brother Itachi, you still need time to grow!
"Let Itachi go!"
The entire fight had lasted only ten seconds. Fugaku, having regained his senses, saw his pride and joy, Itachi, captured by the enemy. The three tomoe in his eyes spun faster and faster!
He absolutely could not let Itachi get hurt! He was the future hope of the clan!
Fugaku's gaze fixed on Shisui. The three tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly, slowly transforming into a bizarre pattern.
With no other ninjas around, Fugaku chose to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan. Rather than having his strength known, he cared more about Itachi's safety.
Suddenly, in Shisui's vision, two giant Mangekyo Sharingan appeared in the sky. They were shaped like three-bladed shuriken, but with a black dot adorning the space between each blade.
Subsequently, Shisui found that everything around him had turned black and white, and it was spreading towards him, like an oil painting losing its color, gradually turning into a monochrome drawing!
In the black and white world, Fugaku's footsteps, keeping pace with the spread of the monochrome, approached Shisui relentlessly. He shouted sternly, "Take off your mask! I want to see which Uchiha you are!"
Shisui had intended to use Itachi as a threat, but found that Itachi was nowhere to be seen. Looking at the approaching Fugaku, Shisui swallowed and rasped, "This is a Mangekyo dōjutsu, isn't it? I didn't expect Clan Head Fugaku to also possess a type of genjutsu!"
"Also?"
Fugaku's pupils constricted. He roared, "Don't cling to false hope anymore! Under my Sharingan, you have nowhere to run!"
He refused to believe the other party also possessed Mangekyo!
But just as Fugaku finished speaking, the black and white that was spreading forward seemed to hit a pause button, unable to advance any further.
Fugaku looked up. A flock of black crows surrounded Shisui, forming an impenetrable wall that stopped the spread of the monochrome.
"You have Mangekyo Sharingan too?!"
Fugaku gritted his teeth. He understood that only Mangekyo could contend with Mangekyo; ordinary Sharingan could not resist his genjutsu!
Fugaku clenched his teeth and said sternly, "You've already fallen into my genjutsu. Within this space, everything you do will be controlled by me! Drink!"
The Mangekyo in Fugaku's eyes spun furiously. He was willing to expend even more ocular power to capture the opponent, otherwise, his Uchiha clan would never know peace!
Being targeted by a Mangekyo Uchiha would be a terrifying prospect!
The black and white, which had stopped spreading, once again swept across the land due to Fugaku's ocular power, faster and more violently than before!
The black crows that had surrounded Shisui were constantly being eroded by the black and white, which then transformed into its own power, devouring the other crows.
Fugaku's face showed a smug expression. He crossed his arms and said, "If you are willing to return to my Uchiha, I may spare your life out of kinship! But you must obey..."
Before Fugaku could finish speaking, his eyes suddenly felt a sharp pain. Then, the black and white in the sky rapidly retreated.
Flocks of black crows enveloped the sky, obscuring the Mangekyo Sharingan above. Countless black crows surged from Shisui, rapidly encroaching on the space around Shisui and continuously squeezing Fugaku's territory.
Beneath Shisui's bizarrely patterned eyes, a Mangekyo Sharingan resembling a wind shuriken was monstrous and dazzling. The red light in his eyes flashed again, his ocular power unleashed without restraint, pushing back the black and white with waves of crows.
"You dare compete with me in genjutsu? My codename is..."
Shisui stood proudly amidst the crows and said coldly, "Phantom God!"
Then, with a wave of his hands, the crows danced, obscuring the sky!