At this moment, Uchiha Shisui was no longer the peerless genius he once was.
Half of his body had been utterly destroyed.
Blood streamed from his eyes like tears.
His face was pale as death, crimson spilling endlessly from the corner of his mouth.
One arm and half his torso had been scorched black—burned to charcoal by the lightning that had torn through Susanoo.
He was in a state of complete ruin.
Even more terrifying—
By forcibly activating Susanoo, his already exhausted Mangekyō eyes had been pushed beyond their limits.
His mental and spiritual power were nearly depleted.
He was standing purely on willpower alone.
But anyone could see it.
Uchiha Shisui had lost.
His final trump card—Susanoo—had been shattered.
His chakra was gone.
His ocular power exhausted.
His body broken.
He was no longer capable of fighting.
"T-that technique just now…"
"Was that Qianyu's Mangekyō ability?"
"He destroyed Susanoo in a single blow—I've never heard of such power!"
Uchiha Fugaku stood frozen in shock.
Even Uchiha Itachi trembled slightly, his face drained of color.
Yet his analytical mind remained sharp.
"Qianyu's left-eye Mangekyō…"
"The six-pointed star form—its perception must be absolute."
"The light focused on Susanoo's weakest structural flaw…"
"Only then could he destroy it with one decisive strike."
"That left eye is… the ultimate Eye of Insight."
Cold sweat poured down Itachi's back as his fists clenched.
"Shisui…"
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō Shimura felt true fear for the first time.
"That man's power has reached this level?"
"He even shattered Shisui's Susanoo?!"
"What kind of monster is he…?"
Yet even amid shock, their minds were already calculating profit and opportunity.
"Shisui still has one final power…"
"The strongest illusion of all…"
Kotoamatsukami.
"Should we seize it now?"
"But Qianyu won't allow it…"
"And after such a battle, even he must be weakened…"
Danzō hesitated.
For the first time, his ambition wavered.
Because for the first time—
He felt genuine fear.
Shisui let out a broken laugh.
Blood leaked from all seven orifices as he gasped for breath.
"So that was your left eye's Mangekyō ability…"
Qianyu did not hide it.
"Kuenbiko—the Eye of Insight."
"It sees through all techniques, finds the flaw, and destroys them completely."
Shisui was shaken—but nodded in admiration.
"Only a man like you could awaken such an ability…"
"I underestimated you… from the very beginning."
Their battle had encompassed everything—
Ninjutsu.
Taijutsu.
Ninjutsu-enhanced combat.
Sharingan.
Mangekyō.
And from beginning to end—
Qianyu had been in control.
Yet—
Shisui had not given up.
He still had one final move.
Even Itachi, though unaware of it, sensed Shisui's resolve.
This is it…
Shisui even glanced into the distance.
He knew they were watching.
Danzō.
And even the Hokage himself.
I have always been loyal to Konoha.
Now is the time to prove it.
"I will use Kotoamatsukami to forcibly rewrite Uchiha Qianyu's will."
"He will become loyal to Konoha—unable to resist."
"As for whether he lives or dies afterward… that decision can be left to the Hokage."
"My Mangekyō has two eyes."
"One is enough to deal with Qianyu."
"The other will still be able to stop the Uchiha rebellion."
Shisui had made his choice.
He knew what this meant.
Once Kotoamatsukami was used—
His Mangekyō would truly begin its descent into darkness.
After stopping Qianyu…
After preventing the Uchiha uprising…
He would likely become a cripple.
But he did not regret it.
Shisui inhaled deeply.
Though grievously wounded, he burned with the fury of a cornered beast—desperate, feral, absolute.
He raised his eyes to face Qianyu—
And before he could speak—
"Uchiha Shisui."
"You're about to use Kotoamatsukami on me."
Shisui froze.
His chakra faltered.
"H-how do you know…?"
Qianyu did not answer.
"That kind of power should never exist in this world."
Before Shisui could respond—
Qianyu struck first.
"Let me judge your sins in heaven's stead."
At that instant—
Qianyu activated his right-eye Mangekyō ability.
Humm—
The six-pointed star in his right eye erupted with crimson light.
Shisui was engulfed.
Swallowed.
Erased.
"What… is this power…?"
Shisui's eyes widened as resistance became impossible.
Before him—
Appeared hell itself.
Mountains of corpses.
Seas of blood.
Endless screams.
Crimson flames.
Was this the afterlife?
Or divine judgment?
Left eye—Insight.
Right eye—Judgment.
Only now did Shisui understand Qianyu's true power.
But it was too late.
He was dragged into a purgatory of blood and fire.
"Those flames…"
"Crimson Karma Fire?!"
Qianyu appeared before him—
Towering.
Sacred.
Terrifying.
Divine and monstrous at once.
"Look upon your sins."
"Judgment Eye — Harae-no-Hinokami."
Shisui's past unfolded.
The killings.
The betrayals.
The willingness to sacrifice his own clan.
Brainwashing his people.
Offering kin to foreign enemies.
Preserving 'peace' at any cost.
Even the future—
His betrayal by Danzō.
His death.
Itachi's massacre.
All of it burned.
The flames consumed body and soul alike.
From the outside—
It happened in an instant.
Qianyu spoke judgment.
Shisui collapsed.
Crimson karma flames engulfed his body.
"Shisui!"
Itachi cried out—but could not move.
Hiruzen.
Danzō.
Everyone stood frozen in horror.
"That… what kind of dōjutsu is that…?!"
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