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"Akatsuki?!"
Shisui's face trembled at the sight of the black robe adorned with a fire cloud pattern.
For years, Minato had dispatched Konoha's ANBU to gather intelligence on the Akatsuki organization, and the mission Shisui and several other ANBU were on this trip out of the village was specifically related to this.
The Akatsuki members were clearly here to ambush them.
As far as Shisui knew, all Akatsuki members were rogue ninja from various countries.
The ability to kill a single individual before he and several elite ANBU could react was a feat only the core members of the organization possessed.
These core members were terrifying criminals, comparable to S-rank rogue ninja!
Shisui gazed heavily at the Akatsuki-robed man perched on the other side of the mountain.
In the darkness, he could faintly see his eyes, adorned with strange patterns.
Meeting his gaze, Shisui's heart trembled.
He didn't know why he reacted so suddenly.
Sensing the gravity of the situation, he drew his sword.
"Everyone, disperse quickly! Be sure to pass the information to the Hokage!"
Swish!
In the darkness, Shisui's voice barely left his lips when, like a ghost, he appeared on the mountain opposite his previous position, his blade ablaze with flames.
The surrounding ANBU were astonished by the order issued by Shisui, the squad leader.
Even though the enemy's strength seemed formidable, Shisui was the foremost expert in the entire ANBU, perhaps even the entire Uchiha clan.
With several of these elite ANBU surrounding him, how could he not defeat the enemy?
Why would he simply flee?
"Hurry, follow the order! Move!"
Shisui's stern voice echoed again.
The reason was simple: he didn't believe the earthquake was a coincidence.
If it was a jutsu performed by the enemy, then their power must be formidable.
Moreover, since the enemy had chosen to ambush them here, they must have prepared a sufficient force.
When Shisui reappeared, he had swooped in front of the Akatsuki-robed man.
He swung his weapon, the flaming blade etching a brilliant streak in the air before descending in an instant.
Faced with such a fierce attack, the Akatsuki-robed man unexpectedly extended his left arm to block it.
Clang!
The blade struck the Akatsuki-robed man's arm, a sound like the clatter of metal against solid steel.
Shisui's pupils narrowed.
While his sudden attack wasn't particularly powerful, it was certainly not something flesh and blood could withstand.
Especially not blocked in such a way.
He had never encountered such an enemy before.
Meanwhile, the other ANBU accompanying Shisui, though skeptical, hesitated for a moment out of trust in his judgment, and then turned to leave.
Crack!
Acknowledging Shisui's intentions, the Akatsuki-robed man's body creaked with the sound of mechanical mechanisms, and his Akatsuki robes instantly ripped apart.
Shisui watched in horror as the man before him sprouted several mechanical arms out of thin air.
The blade he'd used to kill the ANBU was also part of his mechanical body.
"Not human?"
He gasped in shock, finally catching sight of the man's eyes, shrouded in a peculiar pattern.
Within those violet orbs, ripples of veins shone, resembling Rinnegan patterns.
"The Rinnegan?"
As a member of the Uchiha clan and possessor of the Sharingan, Shisui immediately recalled an ancient legend.
These eyes were the Rinnegan, possessed only by the legendary Sage of the Six Paths, the forefather of ninja!
Shisui was one of the few people in Konoha whom Minato trusted completely.
Because he was tasked with investigating the Akatsuki's movements, he had learned a wealth of detailed information about the organization from Minato.
The ANBU, whose investigations had been ongoing for years, had discovered that the leader of the Akatsuki, a man named Pain, possessed the Rinnegan!
Shisui never imagined that the leader of Akatsuki would personally come to intercept and kill them!
Just as he was shocked, the mechanical arms grew out from behind Pain, and then the palms squirmed, unexpectedly changing, forming several small missiles.
Swish, swish!
Then, all the missiles were fired, heading in different directions, pointing at the scattered and fleeing Konoha ANBU.
Shisui's eyes suddenly shook when he saw this.
He couldn't stop the missiles that had already scattered, so his eyes could only lock on Pain in front of him.
A sharp look surged in his blood-red eyes.
He held a sword in his right hand, and at this moment, he suddenly raised his left hand, as if preparing to form a hand seal and launch a ninjutsu.
At this moment, above the heads of Shisui and Pain, a man in Akatsuki robes slowly descended from the air.
Seeing Shisui forming hand seals, the man gently shifted his palm, facing Shisui below.
Buzz!
Black light pulsed within his palm.
At that moment, Shisui, still forming hand seals, suddenly felt his body lose control and rise involuntarily into the air.
It was as if an invisible force was pulling him upward.
Although Shisui could no longer fully control his body, he hadn't lost control of it.
He turned his head sharply upward and saw another man in Akatsuki robes hovering in mid-air.
"So, there are other accomplices?"
Shisui's eyes shone slightly.
From the previous encounter, he had determined that the man with the seemingly non-human, multiple mechanical arms, was likely Pain, the leader of Akatsuki.
While his abilities were unique, they didn't seem overly powerful.
And this fellow's ability to levitate and forcibly pull him aloft, seemingly without any ninjutsu or external force, was even more bizarre.
Just as Shisui's body floated upward, his gaze fixed on the sky, the blade curled up behind Pain below and suddenly thrust out at him.
The next moment, the blade pierced Shisui's body.
Ah, Ah, Ah!
However, not a single drop of blood splattered.
Shisui's pierced body suddenly disintegrated, transforming into dozens of crows, only a scattering of black feathers.
"Clones... was it just a feint from the start?"
The man floating in mid-air muttered, his strange eyes narrowing slightly.
Boom, boom!
At the same time, from between the mountains, several blade beams like flaming meteors shot up into the sky, slashing at the missiles falling from different directions, detonating them all with a bang.
Flames from the explosions splashed down from the sky.
Shisui, sword in hand, stood atop a mountain, his eyes raised with a solemn expression, gazing at the Akatsuki-robed man hovering above.
The man's gaze also fell toward him.
When their eyes met, Shisui's pupils shrank again.
...
"Rinnegan?"
A man with orange hair appeared, floating in mid-air, looking far more human than the figure with multiple mechanical arms.
But his eyes, notably, also possessed the Rinnegan.
"What is happening?"
Shisui exclaimed, his face filled with disbelief.
This supreme eye technique, rumored to be possessed only by the Sage of the Six Paths, suddenly had two owners today.
And which of these two was Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki organization?
"As expected of Shunshin Shisui! Such swift movements!"
The orange-haired man in Akatsuki robes chuckled faintly, but his eyes were completely indifferent, devoid of any emotion.
"But no matter how you struggle, you must stay here today."
The orange-haired man's voice deepened, and he quickly flew toward Shisui.
At the same time, another man with the Rinnegan, standing on the mountain, fired several more missiles from his arms, targeting the surrounding Konoha ANBU.
Faced with such a dire situation, Shisui's heart grew calmer.
He knew that if he panicked now, he and the other ANBU would have no chance of survival.
Swish, swish, swish!
Shisui launched several kunai at the orange-haired man charging toward him, then quickly formed hand seals.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
From his mouth, small fireballs emanated, instantly enveloping the kunai Shisui had just launched, increasing their destructive power.
Itachi had used this technique before, against Shikaku during the graduation exam, but he hadn't used his full strength then.
Now, Shisui used it with all his might, far surpassing Itachi's in both speed and power.
The flame-encrusted kunai quickly appeared before the orange-haired man, but he made no defense or counterattack, continuing to fly straight ahead.
Shisui was slightly startled by this.
"Why doesn't this man dodge?"
Just as he was filled with wonder, he saw the balsam claw flames, about to strike the orange-haired man, pause in that exact spot.
The air vibrated slightly, and the entire attack was deflected!
Seeing this, Shisui was once again filled with shock.
However, he quickly recalled how the orange-haired man had just pulled him up in mid-air, and how he had deflected his attack without a single movement.
Pulling, deflectingāin other words, it was like the interaction of gravity and repulsion.
He had a hypothesis, but Shisui wasn't entirely certain at the moment, so he decided to test it further.
As Shisui and the orange-haired man clashed, another man fired missiles, each directed at the nearby ANBU.
These ANBU, who had accompanied Shisui on his mission to investigate the Akatsuki, were all exceptionally skilled.
While the missiles fell quickly, they weren't unavoidable.
Swish!
Everyone dodged, and the missiles grazed their bodies.
Just when they thought the battle was over, two ANBU standing nearby saw the missile their companion had dodged reflect back at them.
This ANBU's gaze flickered to the side, and he shouted, "Be careful! The enemy's jutsu has tracking capabilities!"
As he finished speaking, his ears twitched, and he used the sound to locate the tracking missile behind him.
Then, with a flash of his body, he left a black afterimage in the air, dodging the attack once again.
This ANBU was also skilled in speed, and at the critical moment, he used the Body Flicker Technique.
Boom!
Then, an explosion echoed among the mountains.
Despite being warned, one ANBU was still unable to react and was forced into a dead end by the missile.
The missile exploded, and the aftermath ripped off his arm.
However, he was resilient and did not lose his fighting spirit despite the injury.
He drew his sword with one hand, gripped it tightly, and looked at the missile still tracking his companion, his eyes flickering with lightning.
Swish!
The next moment, the armless ANBU threw the sword in his hand, and the blade was wrapped with strong lightning.
Swish, swish, swish!
At this moment, in the sight of the orange-haired man who rushed toward Shisui, Shisui's figure split into five, intertwining with each other, then continuously slashing at him with flaming swords.
"What swift speed!"
Shisui's movements fell into the orange-haired man's Rinnegan and were naturally seen through at a glance.
These five figures before him were not clones, but could be said to be all real entities.
This was because they were afterimages formed by Shisui's continuous intertwining positions while performing the Body Flicker Technique.
The speed was so fast that even with the Rinnegan, if he couldn't react quickly, he would not be able to capture Shisui's true body.
Shisui's attack had already enveloped him.
Such a move truly lived up to his reputation as Shunshin Shisui.
However, his gaze remained calm as he looked upon Shisui and his attack, and the figure that had been charging toward him paused.
The orange-haired man raised his right arm, palm thrust toward Shisui directly below.
"It's just as he said. If we don't deal with him sooner rather than later, he'll be a formidable opponent."
"But any tricks are meaningless in the face of absolute power!"
His eyes trembled, and the air around him shook violently like ripples, suddenly spreading out.
Bang!
At this moment, Konoha's ANBU launched their own interlocking attacks, detonating the missiles that pursued their comrades.
Several explosions erupted across the mountains, and flames spread.
Boom!
At this moment, a repulsive force like a tsunami rippled from the low sky, and the mountains shook violently as if they had experienced another earthquake.
Shisui's blade gleamed and shattered under the terrifying repulsive force, then poured down upon his true form and the other four afterimages, spreading outward.
The mountains shook, and the surrounding rocks, along with Shisui's figure, were thrown back by the unstoppable force.
Smoke billowed, and a patch of yellow sand appeared beneath the rocky path.
"Captain!"
The surrounding ANBU, seeing Shisui struck head-on by this terrifying force, simultaneously abandoned their attempts to escape and turned back.
In the sand, struck by the immense repulsive force, Shisui staggered to his feet.
Though his body didn't collapse, the direct impact had left him with internal injuries.
A trickle of blood seeped from his mouth.
He raised his eyes, his Sharingan piercing the dust and smoke, resting on the orange-haired man who had just landed on the ground.
The orange-haired man also gazed at Shisui, his voice indifferent and slow.
"Do you still want to continue struggling?"
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