"It's time."
Just as the two were about to part, in a critical moment, Chiya, who had been hiding in the dark for a long time, finally made his move. The fourth-level Tiangang Jue erupted, combining its built-in teleportation skill with the Body Flicker Technique, achieving an almost unparalleled speed.
Including Shisui, who was in severe pain from having his right eye taken, no one could see what happened. They only saw a flash of blade light streak through the two. When they separated, Shisui lost his right eye, and Danzo lost his entire left arm.
"W-What... just happened...?"
Danzo, who thought he had complete control of the situation, stared blankly at his severed arm falling to the ground. His palm was open, but the Sharingan was nowhere to be found. In the next moment, a piercing pain from the depths of his soul overwhelmed him. Unable to bear it, he let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Ahhh!!!"
Chiya sneered coldly without any intention to stay, turning around and leaving. Danzo's left arm was now completely crippled. The moment Chiya's Zanpakuto severed it, it wasn't just his flesh that was cut, but also his soul.
From now on, unless Danzo got himself a puppet arm, any attempt to transplant a new arm would result in necrosis and an inability to gather chakra.
Such a troublesome matter — let Danzo deal with it himself.
"Lord Danzo..."
The Root members hiding in the dark were stunned and quickly emerged to protect Danzo.
They had no idea what had just happened.
All they saw was a shadow flash by, and the next moment Danzo's left arm was gone.
Shisui quickly reacted as well, clutching his hollow eye socket. After glancing at Danzo's severed arm, he immediately realized that a third party had intervened and swiftly formed hand seals.
"Fire Style! Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A massive fireball roared toward Danzo and the Root members.
These Root members had already been positioned by Danzo to capture Uchiha Shisui. Without hesitation, they quickly formed hand seals.
"Water Style! Wild Water Wave!"
The water and fire collided, creating a large cloud of steam in the air.
Taking advantage of the cover, Shisui immediately fled.
The Root members looked toward Danzo.
"Lord Danzo, Uchiha Shisui has escaped."
"Damn it! Who... who the hell...?"
Danzo's face was contorted with pain, his left shoulder bleeding profusely, veins popping on his forehead, his eyes filled with unwillingness and fury.
A man who always prided himself on meticulous planning was utterly humiliated today.
"Lord Danzo, should we give chase...?" a Root member cautiously suggested.
"Chase? Chase what?! Hurry and retrieve my left arm and escort me back to the Root base!" Danzo roared.
Although he didn't see who severed his arm, it was impossible that it was Shisui.
In that situation, Shisui simply lacked the strength or the courage.
Now, with his Sharingan depleted, his body heavily injured, and his right arm — implanted with the First Hokage's cells — still sealed, he was vulnerable.
If that mysterious person attacked again, his life would be forfeit.
...
On the other side, after obtaining Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, Chiya did not choose to reveal himself.
Instead, he made his way to the Naka River — the place where Uchiha Shisui would soon die.
"So this is Kotoamatsukami..."
Chiya looked at the bloodstained Sharingan he snatched from Danzo. Feeling slightly disgusted, he casually stored it in his system inventory.
The system inventory possessed an absolute time and space stasis feature. Chiya had tested it by putting a rabbit and a fish inside, and after a long time, both remained perfectly alive. This made it an ideal place to store the Sharingan.
As for implanting it...
Chiya had absolutely no interest in digging out his own eye. That was beyond insane.
Moreover, he didn't want to end up like Kakashi, whose body couldn't handle the Sharingan, resulting in eventual blindness.
Besides, a single Sharingan looked incredibly ugly.
If anything, he would rather do what Uchiha Itachi did — implant the eye into a summon beast instead. Now that would be perfect.
However, the moment he stored the Sharingan in his inventory, a long-lost system notification appeared.
[Ding! Detected Sharingan from the Naruto world in the inventory. Would you like to fuse it? ]
"What happens if I fuse it?" Chiya asked in his mind.
[Ding! Fusion will replace the host's right eye.]
"...Hell no. I'm not becoming another Kakashi." Chiya's mouth twitched. He looked up at the cliff with a sharp gaze.
"System, what happens if I throw Uchiha Shisui into the inventory and fuse?"
[Ding! If the host is unafraid of developing split personalities, feel free to fuse. ]
"...Screw that. Only an idiot would fuse him." Chiya cursed inwardly.
Without hesitation, he decided to capture Shisui and throw him into the inventory. Dead or alive, it didn't matter — he would test it later.
At the same time.
Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi had arrived at the cliff.
This was where they often played as children.
"Shisui... your eye?" Itachi, usually reserved, couldn't hide his inner turmoil as he gazed at Shisui's hollow eye socket.
"As you can see… it was taken." Shisui turned, revealing his empty eye and a bitter smile.
He continued, "The Uchiha coup is inevitable. If civil war breaks out, other nations will invade, sparking the Fourth Great Ninja War. I planned to use Kotoamatsukami to stop it, but Danzo took my eye."
"I was too naive… Danzo never trusted anyone. He would sacrifice everything to protect the village in his way."
"In the end, my efforts were in vain, and I only paved the way for others."
Shisui then recalled, "A mysterious person appeared the moment Danzo took my eye and severed his arm. Their speed was beyond anything I could match, even with the Body Flicker Technique. I fear my left eye is now targeted too. And Danzo will not stop."
Pausing briefly, Shisui took out his remaining left eye. "So, before it's taken, I want you to keep it safe."
"Shisui..." Itachi, usually calm, felt a lump in his throat, his eyes welling with tears.
"You're the only one I can trust to protect the village and the Uchiha." Shisui smiled, blood covering his palm as he handed over the eye.
Itachi took it, summoning a crow to store the eye. "What will you do now?"
"If I die, the coup will end, and peace will return. I left a suicide note already."
Shisui slowly backed toward the cliff.
"Wait... Shisui!" Itachi finally lost his composure, reaching out to stop him.
"Don't stop me… if you still consider me a friend."
With that, Shisui let himself fall backward, vanishing into the darkness of the cliff.