Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Oh, that face..."

The tall man closed his eyes and took a step back without leaving a trace. While making simple communication with Bai Jue, who also had a solemn expression, he said in a somewhat unexpected tone:

"I thought that when you chose to wear the Kirigakure forehead protector, you had completely abandoned your family, village and everything in the past, Uchiha Shisui."

"Maybe," Uchiha Shisui put his hand on the short knife behind his back with disbelief, "but compared to you guys, the things I have thrown away don't seem to be that many."

"Make no mistake, it was Konoha who abandoned us first and abandoned Danzo-sama's teachings and will. We who couldn't tolerate all of this have become the 'roots' we are now... But there is no way and Mingming is still being treated by so many people. People are looking forward to it, but they choose to compare it with you who actively gave up everything."

The tall man said this while putting his hand on Bai Jue's head.

"Want to escape?" Uchiha Shisui's eyes narrowed, he raised his hand and threw the katana in his hand at the opponent at high speed.

"I have no interest in fighting someone like you so close to the Uchiha clan's residence, who knows whether he has sincerely defected."

The tall man listened to the wind and created a huge rock shield, blocking Uchiha Shisui's weapon throw. He calmly gave up a reason to blame, and then used earth escape with Bai Zetsu's clone to sneak into the ground. , disappeared into the dark forest as silently as when he came, and what remained in the air was his profound words:

"For you Uchiha clan members, if Konoha is weaker and more chaotic, it should be a good thing that you are happy to see, right?"

Uchiha Shisui's expression did not waver in any way because of the words that the other party dropped before running away. After waiting for a while and making sure that the other party was completely gone, he casually pushed Uchiha Itachi, who was in shock, towards him. He threw it on the tree stump beside him and said in a cold voice:

"Those two guys have left. The ninjas from the Uchiha clan who came to find you are not far from this area. Go in the direction you came from and you will see them soon."

Listening to Uchiha Shisui mentioning the direction in which he came, Uchiha Itachi, who had just fallen on his butt, couldn't help but froze for a moment. He didn't care about the fatigue and pain on his body, and asked with his eyes widened:

"You, why would you... No, no, those marks I saw, were they all left by you on purpose!?"

"The response is good, but it's a little too slow." Uchiha Shisui turned his face sideways, with undisguised disappointment in his blood-red Sharingan eyes, "If you were at the third trace I left, you would be able to realize If you realize that these traces may be a trap set by the enemy to lure you deeper, and turn back to report to the tribe, I may think that Mr. Fugaku's expectations of you are not unreasonable."

"But now it seems that his expectations are really placed on a completely wrong person... Sure enough, even if the eyes that can see the future fall into the hands of ordinary people, they will not be able to accomplish anything."

Hearing this, Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but clenched his fists.

He still remembers his father's expression after Uchiha Shisui was captured, as if he was carving self-blame and regret deeply between his eyebrows. He still remembers that his father wanted to get Uchiha Shisui back at all costs. The melancholy and confusion when the proposal was rejected by Konoha, and I even remember my father's expression turning gray almost instantly when he heard the news that Uchiha Shisui had defected to Kirigakure's side...

"Father, he has always been working hard for your cause. Even after being rejected by Konoha so many times, he is still the most determined person in the clan who wants to bring you back from Kirigakure... For A person who cares about you so much says bad things, is this how you behave, Uchiha Shisui!?"

"Remorse, self-blame, concern, care... can these things make it possible to turn back time and correct the mistakes that happened in the past?"

Uchiha Shisui looked into Uchiha Itachi's eyes. The slowly rotating three magatama sharingan eyes reflected the young man's immature and irrational face, but his love for his family was pure enough. He slowly shook his head. , "You can't change anything with your mind alone, and you can't realize those lofty and beautiful ideals with your own strength... You still have a lot to learn, Uchiha Itachi."

"But after learning so much, didn't you still choose to betray everything?"

Probably because Uchiha Shisui unexpectedly talked to him a lot about irrelevant topics, Uchiha Itachi's overly tense mood gradually calmed down. He looked close at hand, but Uchiha Shisui, who seemed to be about to disappear into the darkness, took a deep breath and asked the other party something that made everyone in the Uchiha clan very confused, but no one had the chance to ask it face to face. The problem:

"What is the reason for, Uchiha Shisui? Why do you do something like this... to make everyone who cares about you, cares about you, and waits for you so sad? Is it really like the clan members? As some people say, were you permanently changed by the evil illusion of the Fourth Mizukage?"

Listening to Uchiha Itachi's questions that were full of confusion, doubts, and even some unrealistic expectations, Uchiha Shisui was silent for a while, and then looked at the slowly swaying approach hundreds of meters away. In the light of the fire, in an almost trance and confused tone, he mocked himself and said:

"Because the days I stayed in Kirigakure made me realize a fact."

"What fact?" Uchiha Itachi asked subconsciously.

"If you want to defeat darkness, you must at least have a sufficient understanding of the depth and silence of darkness."

Uchiha Shisui's figure slowly retreated. The moonlight that originally shone on his face left his body little by little, but the invisible shadow surged up like a tide, completely covering his body and face. , only those eyes that can still reflect the light of the soul even in the darkness are left.

"Mr. Fugaku hopes that one day I will be able to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan, so that I can surpass Rei Kaguya with my own eye power, and with this glory, I will push the Uchiha clan to unprecedented heights... But while watching Rei Kaguya When I was under Kirigakure's rule, I realized that I knew nothing about him. I could neither see through the power he possessed nor understand what he wanted to make the world look like. I couldn't find such an enemy. A way to defeat him."

"But I am not Mr. Fugaku's only hope. In the future he sees, there is another pair of Mangekyō Sharingan."

"So I think... if I can feel the darkness deeply, deeply, understand the darkness, and experience the darkness, then even if I am lost in the darkness and stand in front of the next person who wants to defeat the darkness, then he After stepping over my body, maybe I can find a way to break the darkness from the knowledge I have gained."

Uchiha Itachi listened to Uchiha Shisui's words that were almost gibbering. His innate gentle character made him forget the fact that the other party was essentially a rebellious nin. He subconsciously looked in the direction where Uchiha Shisui disappeared. He stretched out his hand and shouted in a tone that was a little overwhelmed by the huge impact:

"wait wait wait……"

However, Uchiha Shisui's figure had completely disappeared into the darkness, leaving only Uchiha Itachi's unknown retainer pointing to someone in the air, and Uchiha Itachi rushing towards this side as if he had sensed something. The sound of dense footsteps.

"Itachi!? Is it Itachi!? Are you here!?"

Listening to Uchiha Fugaku's voice, which combined many complex emotions such as anxiety, uneasiness, panic, regret and fear, gradually approaching, Uchiha Itachi slowly put down his raised arm and stood there in a daze. land.

He could not feel the falseness in Uchiha Shisui's words, but could only feel a bit of depression, a little desolation, and a deep loneliness that seemed to be burned into his eyes and heart.

Uchiha Shisui...are you really ready to go forward alone, without any regrets even if you are lost in the darkness?

…

"Well, he is indeed Uchiha Itachi's senior and leader. After polishing his words a little, the effect of using it to deceive Uchiha Itachi seems pretty good..."

"Uchiha Shisui" who escaped into the darkness released the transformation technique on his body, and landed steadily on a towering ancient tree, looking at the vaguely visible Hokage Yanyan on the rock wall in the distance.

"Sa, what are you going to do next, Uchiha Obito? Although Shisui's move was exposed to your eyes, letting you know that I am also paying attention to things in Konoha, but taking advantage of the weak seal, The Jinchuuriki cannot resist the opportunity to take away the Nine-Tails by force, and this is the only time..."

"Will you rationally give up this fight for the Nine-Tails and just try to take away the Kamui Mangekyo from Kakashi Hatake, or...will you continue to attack?"

Good news, the first test was negative.

Bad news, this low-grade fever just won’t go away over and over again...