chapter 119

All the four members of the Team-11 were already gathered at the meeting spot within 20 minutes.

The first one to arrive wasn’t the Captain Kakashi, but Shisui.

Shisui has been continuously blaming himself for Shinichi’s defection, if only he used a different approach to explain to Shinichi the entire story, then maybe things would have turned out differently. To correct his mistake, Shisui had already made up his mind to bring Shinichi back to the village even if had to use Kotoamatsukami to do it.

Unfortunately, Hokage-Sama didn’t allow him to go after Shinichi last night.

This is why when he received the news that the temporary suspension on Team-11 has been lifted, Shisui was very happy and immediately rushed towards the Hokage Office.

Although Shisui doesn’t understand the exact reason why Sandaime allowed him to return to the Anbu, it is still not too important for now and his only concern right now is to safely bring Shinichi back to the village.

Kakashi also had a rare serious expression and said solemnly, “I am afraid that the mission this time is very dangerous, everyone must stay alert all the time!”

Shisui hurriedly bowed to everyone in a guilty tone, “I apologize for Shinichi’s actions, a member of the Uchiha Clan has caused so much trouble for everyone in the Village!”

Guy smiled heartily behind his monkey-mask and said in a youthful tone, “Heh… don’t worry too much about it, we are a team, and your problems are our problems, besides, with this team; completing this mission shouldn’t be that difficult!”

Noticing that time was already up, Kuroto said boringly, “I think we should depart; all the other things can be discussed en-route.”

Everyone nodded and immediately set off.

On the way, Kakashi described the details of the other Anbu team’s battle against Shinichi that took place in the forest outside Konoha and emphasized one detail with a deep voice, “He can also summon a huge chakra phantom that has a skeletal shape, I still don’t have any method to break through that!”

Shisui immediately said, “That Chakra Phantom is a Mangekyou specific ability, it’s called Susanoo.”

Kakashi muttered in shock, “Susanoo? A Mangekyou specific ability?”

Kakashi was obviously a stranger to Susanoo before he witnessed Shinichi use this technique, this is because both the time Shisui used Susanoo, Kakashi didn’t get a chance to witness it, one time it was inside the cave of the Demon Mountain in the Land of Swamp, to fight against the Demon Moryo and the other time was at the valley at the Land of Lightning, and at that time Kakashi was already unconscious and retreated under Guy’s protection.

And since, Shisui didn’t mention the Susanoo in the later detail, therefore Kakashi didn’t know about it.

Therefore, Kakashi is more shocked, and since Shisui mentioned that it’s a Mangekyou Specific ability, does that mean; can he also use Susanoo? After all, he also has a Mangekyou Sharingan!

Shisui noticed Kakashi’s distraction and misunderstood it as a worry about Shinichi’s Susanoo so said in reassurance, “Don’t worry Captain, I can also use Susanoo!”

“If that’s the case, then this mission just got a lot easier!”

With Shisui’s confirmation that he can also summon the Susanoo, Kakashi was greatly relieved, at the same time he again felt that only Sharingan can effectively deal with Sharingan, in which case, only an Uchiha is best to deal with another Uchiha!

With that out of the way; Kakashi again mentioned, Shinichi’s extra fast regenerative/recovery ability.

Feeling Kakashi’s expectant gaze, Shisui was silent and considered what could be the technique.

In the millennial year history of the Uchiha Clan, countless types of Jutsu have been developed and an unknown number of Mangekyou awakener have been listed, so even if he wants to guess; there are so many abilities that even Shisui doesn’t know where to begin with to guess the possible Mangekyou Jutsu that Shinichi might have awakened, after all, there isn’t any specific basis to guess what ability one would awaken, right?

On the other side, Kuroto was also silently considering the Mangekyou Technique that Shinichi might have awakened.

The Sharingan as per Nidaime’s words is actually, ‘The Eye that Reflects the Feeling’, so the possible ability that an awakener gain has some basis to it.

When Obito awakened Mangekyou, he fell into a state of despair and wanted to escape the reality of Rin’s death, so he awakened ‘Kamui’, a personal pocket space to which he could escape from everything.

When Shisui awakened Mangekyou, the contradiction between the village and Konoha was starting to become intense, and he urgently wanted to change people’s will and make everyone reconcile to let the peace last, therefore he awakened ‘Kotoamatsukami’, the strongest and unique genjutsu that allows him to modify other’s will without letting them discover it.

As for Itachi, when he awakened Mangekyou, the relation between the Village and the Uchiha Clan was already past the point of reconciliation and one side must be destroyed for the peace to continue, therefore he awakened ‘Amaterasu’, the undying flame of Hell that can destroy everything in his right eye and since there was still a desire of a world where things could have been different so he awakened ‘Tsukuyomi’ in his left eye, one of the most power genjutsu where Itachi had absolute control of everything even the esoteric space and time!

And finally, when Sasuke Awakened Mangekyou, he was consumed by hatred and a desire for revenge, for which he wanted to completely destroy Konoha, so he awakened ‘Amaterasu’ and ‘Kagatsuchi’ in his left and right eye respectively.

So, if Shinichi’s mentality at the time of awakening Mangekyou or his base emotions that led to him awakening Mangekyou can be guessed then it is possible what ability he might have awakened.

With that thought in his mind, Kuroto asked, “Shisui, explain to me the process of Uchiha Kurumi’s death again…”

Shisui didn’t ask much and quickly explained the entire that Shinichi described at the clan.

Listening carefully to Shisui’s explanation, Kuroto suddenly asked, “Wait a minute, you are saying that Uchiha Kurumi didn’t die immediately when she was pierced by the Kunai but she died in Shinichi’s arms while he was bringing her back to the village?”

Shisui nodded seriously, and added, “Shinichi did mention that the last words she spoke were for him to ‘Be Careful!’”

Understanding this Kuroto thought to himself, ‘The girl he loved took her last breath in his arms, but he was helpless and couldn’t do anything and just watch her die, moreover even in her death she warned him to be careful of something! So, the moment he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, his ability should be ‘Recovery’? Recovery does make sense but it isn’t the entirety of it… and the next question is whether the ability of both his eyes are the same or are they different?’

While Kuroto was busy thinking, Kakashi suddenly seemed to remember something and said with a solemn expression, “Uchiha Shinichi’s genjutsu mastery has also increased a lot and most of the Anbu and Root ninjas he has killed using genjutsu combined with Kenjutsu, so be careful of that…”

“Hahaha!” – Hearing Kaksahi’s words, Guy laughed loudly.

Shisui was puzzled by this asked in confusion, “Guy-San, why are you laughing?”

Guy rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and said with a triumphant thumbs-up, “Recently I have been practicing a trick to not look into the enemy’s eye while fighting and still be able to judge their movements, with this I will finally be able to defeat Kakashi, didn’t expect that it would come in handy for this mission, when I meet Uchiha Shinichi, I must defeat him!”

Kakashi said helplessly hearing Guy’s words, “The one I am most worried about is you, Guy!”

Shisui also nodded, “Well, when we meet Shinichi, let me take care of him, I can use both Susanoo, and in terms of Genjutsu also, I should still be better than…”

Half-way stopping in his sentence, Shisui turned towards Kuroto who was still busy with his analysis.

Noticing Shisui’s gaze, Kuroto looked at him and asked with a gentle smile, “Just speak whatever you want to, there’s no need for any hesitation.”

“Kuroto-San, you must promise me!”, After a pause, Shisui continued, “If you can, please try to save Shinichi, although a little arrogant; his nature is not bad, it’s just that recently he has been…”

Hearing Shisui’s words, both Kakashi and Guy looked at Kuroto with visible confusion in their eyes.

The way Shisui asked for Kuroto to promise felt quite strange to both.

His manner of speaking clearly implied that if Kuroto wants he can easily crush Shinichi, but Uchiha Shinichi with the Mangekyou Sharingan caused such chaos at the Root Base, and then defeated 3 Anbu squads chasing after him with complete ease, this just goes to show how strong he has become.

And even if they know that Kuroto has also become incredibly strong, and has already surpassed the level of a Jonin, both of them still don’t think that Kuroto could be so strong that he could easily crush Uchiha Shinichi!

Hearing Shisui’s request, Kuroto shook his head helplessly, “Mangekyou abilities can get too weird, so if I don’t fight with the determination to kill him, the battle might just get troublesome!”

In the shinobi world, no one has the qualification to underestimate the enemy.

And this rule even applies to the likes of the ‘Jubi Jinchuriki’ Madara and the ‘Chakra Ancestor’ Kaguya!