Inside the sky-chat, Hiruzen wiped sweat from his brow.
Beside him, the "Fourth Kazekage" Rasa glanced over with a curl of disdain.
"Hmph. Old man, have you really fallen this far? Even now you won't admit the truth?"
Orochimaru—wearing Rasa's face—fought the urge to lick his lips. "You shame me, Lord Kazekage…"
Hiruzen forced a brittle smile.
[Sarada Uchiha]: Can Uncle Itachi really handle Root…?
[Sasuke Uchiha]: Hnh. I know Itachi better than anyone. He won't pull his punches. If nothing goes wrong, he'll defeat that Root operative.
[Itachi Uchiha]: …
[Deidara]: Hah, Itachi—your little brother's loud. Un!
[Kisame Hoshigaki]: Itachi-san, want me to deal with this "Sasuke"?
[Itachi]: No. I'll handle Sasuke myself.
Rain poured like strings, drumming on Itachi's oiled umbrella. He fell silent.
Kisame's shark-toothed grin widened. "As expected of Itachi-san."
Down in the video, a Root operative scoffed at the two boys. "Surrender, brats. We have the numbers."
Shisui's eyes hardened. "Don't underestimate the power of the Uchiha…"
He flowed forward in a spiral line—and the Root in front of Itachi collapsed.
Even the veterans watching had to admit it: both of these kids were monsters.
[Sarada]: As expected of Uncle Itachi…
[Sasuke]: Tch. Nothing special. At that age, I could do the same—if I felt like it.
[Boruto]: Exactly! If Master Sasuke feels like it, even the two of them together—
[Sasuke]:Cough.
Sasuke stared at the feed, regretting every boast he'd ever made in front of Boruto. Right now, Shisui + Itachi was… a lot. Future Sasuke? Different story.
[Pain]: Naïve. Only force can secure lasting peace.
[Hashirama]: Not true. People can be moved by love!
[Pain]: Heh.
[Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]: …bubbles up.
[Kinkaku]: "Moved by love"? First Hokage, you're absurd.
[Ginkaku]: Yeah, yeah!
[Mei Terumī]: The First Hokage isn't as solemn as the stories said…
[A (Fourth Raikage)]: Hmph. Overhyped titles. I still want that duel with the Shura of the Ninja World.
[Madara Uchiha]: Mere gravel. Not worth half of me.
[A]: Big talk.
[Ōnoki]: You're all too naïve…
The music swelled.
Shisui held off two jōnin alone. Bang! Bang! Bang!
Steel blurred in his hands; his gaze was calm, breath even—completely in control.
"Itachi's side looks stable… Then I'll wrap this up."
He flipped back to open space, hands weaving seals—
and then vanished.
Never underestimate the name of Shisui of the Body Flicker.
One Shisui became two. Two became four. In an instant the pond was full of Shisui—
afterimages with bite. The Root operatives hesitated.
"Just Shadow Clones," one muttered—and then froze.
Something was wrong.
Every figure hit like a real body.
A blade came in from the left; they parried—only to eat a kick from the right.
Edge after edge flashed; sparks flowered in the rain.
One Root went down hard.
The big one snarled and hammered a fist into the ground—boom!
Water leapt in jagged sheets.
Across the rippling surface, mirrored Shisui afterimages stared with winter-cold eyes, blades poised.
The water itself seemed to rise, lifting a hundred silhouettes toward the sky.
The audience gaped. The new generation, most of all:
[Boruto]: Okay, that might be stronger than Konohamaru-sensei…
[Mitsuki]: So this… is how our predecessors fought.
[Yuino Iwabe]: Terrifying. What age do we live in?
[Akimichi Chōchō]: Our "fights" are baby food compared to this…
[Sarutobi Mirai]: The Body Flicker is unreal…
This was Shunshin no Shisui.
This was the Uchiha.
The big Root operative frowned through the spray. No clean hit… So no "result."
But their attacks have weight. How—
"The figures you see have no 'body'… yet in another sense, all of them are real,"
Shisui's voice floated in from behind.
A piercing whistle cut the night—an abort order.
The big man gave the boys a long, measuring look… then retreated with his team.
The image froze on Shisui's face.
[System]:This is Shisui at age twelve—Uchiha genius of the Body Flicker.
[Hiruzen]: Shisui… a good child.
[Uchiha Kagami]: Hiruzen…
Kagami fell quiet. He wanted to speak the truth:
Danzo had been the one who hounded Shisui to the edge.
[System]: Next up—Shisui's signature moments…
[System]:"Susanoo with a Single Eye!"
Every Uchiha present felt their pupils tighten.
[Uchiha Tekkō]: Susanoo? So that means… the Mangekyō Sharingan?
[Uchiha Dōka]: The same eyes Lord Madara wielded…
[Madara]: Interesting. So our descendants do awaken the kaleidoscope.
[Hashirama]: Then why did Shisui take his own life?
[Danzo Shimura]:Cough. Nothing to do with me.
[Orochimaru]: By the way, Lord Second—should I tell you how Kumogakure tried to steal the Hyūga's Byakugan?
[Tobirama]: Not now.
The sky-screen dimmed, just for a heartbeat—
and then lit up emerald.
A colossal ribcage unfurled around a lone, one-eyed silhouette, chakra roaring like a storm.
Somewhere off-screen, a bandaged hand tightened on a cane.
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