The moment the White Fang was unsheathed from beneath the Hokage's robe, chakra akin to a surging river was instantly channeled into the blade.
Crafted from chakra metal, the White Fang seemed to expand violently in that instant.
The friction between the metal blade and the scabbard erupted with a hair-raising hum.
A blade of light, pure white to the extreme, sliced apart the lake beneath his feet, striking straight toward Shisui Uchiha underwater!
Watching that light—white in its purest form—Shisui Uchiha felt a chill in his heart.
Having just severed a flood dragon, he had no time to dodge this murderous strike; he had no choice but to face it head-on!
He channeled the chakra within his body into the kodachi in his hand. Green chakra flames saturated the blade as Shisui Uchiha charged upward to meet the strike!
Kakashi watched the gloom of green beneath the water, the corners of his mouth curling into a smile.
Even though he had already decided to kill Shisui Uchiha right here, Kakashi couldn't help but admire Shisui's quick wit.
He had utilized Susanoo to coat his weapon, thereby countering Kakashi's sudden strike.
It really was a pity for such outstanding talent to die here.
However, pity was just pity. Since Kakashi had made up his mind, he would not hold back in the slightest.
The water below churned violently. The pure white blade of light was forcibly broken by Shisui Uchiha's Susanoo-infused blade, and Shisui emerged onto the surface of the water, looking rather ragged.
"If you kill me, will you then have an excuse to remove the Uchiha clan?"
Soaked to the bone, Shisui Uchiha slowly stood up on the water's surface, his pair of scarlet eyes staring straight at Kakashi before him.
Kakashi scrutinized the Sharingan in Shisui Uchiha's eyes, lamenting both the other party's naivety and his stupidity.
"With the Hawks now holding the primary voice within the Uchiha clan, any slight disturbance will snap their tightly wound nerves."
"And you..."
"The most dazzling genius within the Uchiha clan, Shisui Uchiha, who was bestowed the title 'Shisui of the Body Flicker' by enemies on the battlefield."
"To suddenly disappear at such a critical moment, only to reappear as a mutilated corpse."
As the knots holding the flame-patterned robe were untied, the haori symbolizing the title of Hokage fell to the water's surface. The combat gear beneath the flame robe was revealed to the vision of the Sharingan.
The sharp blade was slowly raised, pointing straight at Shisui of the Body Flicker.
At the same time, Kakashi continued to speak:
"At that time, a voice will suddenly emerge within this jittery Uchiha clan."
"'Perhaps it was the Hidden Leaf that killed their powerful Shisui of the Body Flicker?'"
"Under such circumstances, what will the Uchiha Hawks do?"
Kakashi's words were carved into Shisui Uchiha's heart, syllable by syllable, causing his entire body to tremble uncontrollably.
Sure enough, sure enough...
This person was the same as before; he had never changed.
Facing any enemy, he would think of every possible method to kill them.
As long as Shisui died here, according to the other party's operation, the moral high ground would be seized by this guy, and he would logically be able to purge Shisui's clansmen.
"What a truly cold-blooded and ruthless scheme."
"Unfortunately, Senior Kakashi, you missed one last point."
Shisui Uchiha suppressed the turmoil in his heart. The Sharingan in his eyes rotated slowly and distorted, forming a pattern resembling a pinwheel within his pupils.
Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Missed a point?"
"Is it your so-called..."
Kakashi walked toward Shisui Uchiha step by step, showing not a hint of evasion in the face of those strange and unpredictable Mangekyō Sharingan eyes.
Seeing the other party so calm and composed, a sudden sense of unease appeared in Shisui Uchiha's heart.
"Is it your so-called... Kotoamatsukami?"
!
Shisui Uchiha's pupils constricted violently.
How could this be?
He had clearly never told anyone about the abilities of his eyes!
Even Itachi Uchiha didn't know about his Mangekyō Sharingan.
So why did this person know?!
"Three years ago on the battlefield of the Land of Frost, you used this move to temporarily stall the Eight-Tails, didn't you?"
"Come on, give it a try?"
"See if you can make me like the Eight-Tails—left at your mercy."
Kakashi's words were like the final straw that broke the camel's back.
No matter how unwilling Shisui Uchiha was to believe it, he had to accept this fact.
The Kotoamatsukami he held as his trump card was laid bare in this man's eyes, like a young girl stripped of her clothes.
"My Kotoamatsukami is divided into two types: one is temporary control, and the other is permanent control."
"During the period of control, the subject will not refuse whatever I want them to do."
"But the usage interval for permanent control is extremely long; it requires at least ten years."
"If the permanent control has no effect on you, Senior Kakashi..."
Shisui Uchiha looked at the man before him with regret, his eyes turning slightly sharp.
"I will kill you here."
His words were cold as ice; no one would question Shisui Uchiha at this moment.
If the permanent Kotoamatsukami was ineffective against Kakashi, then he would pour all his power into killing him.
"Don't speak like that. I still have a wife-to-be waiting for me to come home for dinner."
"If you kill me, she will be angry."
There was a faint, almost imperceptible smile on the corners of Kakashi's mouth, which sent a chill through Shisui Uchiha's heart.
The Uchiha's... Ultimate Weapon.
If Kakashi died here, then there would be no one left to suppress that Hikari Uchiha.
This...
Shisui Uchiha felt conflicted internally, but Kakashi's approach left him unable to think about how to deal with Hikari Uchiha later.
Right now, he had to take down the man in front of him first.
Thinking of this, Shisui Uchiha hesitated no longer. The four-cornered pinwheel in his left eye spun rapidly, and terrifying Yin Release chakra converged on a single point.
With the Mangekyō as the vessel, Yin Release as the power source, and his line of sight as the path.
Go all out to make the Hidden Leaf and the Uchiha clan live together in peace.
The mental seal imbued with this thought pierced into Kakashi's mind like the sharpest of scalpels.
What does a thought look like?
Regarding such an ethereal question, many people have their own understanding.
Kakashi "saw" it at this moment.
He didn't know if it was because of Hikari's Yachihoko, or because fundamentally, his existence did not belong to this world.
But...
He "saw" his thought.
Amidst the countless bizarre scenes surrounding him, images flashed rapidly around "himself."
The past battle in the Land of Frost, the first meeting with Hikari, the dilapidated Hidden Leaf Village when he first arrived in this world...
As well as tall skyscrapers, vehicles driving on the roads, a familiar rental room, a black-haired man in the mirror...
And also.
The Self.
Representing his own Yin Release.
He "saw" the essence of this body's chakra.
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