Hikaru Hokage

But now because of the appearance of Metkai, the person who followed them has disappeared again.

"Hino?"

Only then did Metkai, who was feeling depressed and preparing to face death, notice the two people behind him.

"And the Uchiha clan..."

"My name is Uchiha Shisui."

Uchiha Shisui lifted the scarred Metkai from the ground.

"Shisui? Are you Shunshen Shisui?"

After realizing that the ninja from the same village in front of him was a very powerful ninja, Metkai suddenly cheered up.

"Shisui? Is it the Shunshen Shisui?"

"No way, how could a guy like that appear in such a ghost place?"

"But, he does have the emblem of the Uchiha clan on his body, so it shouldn't be wrong."

The three Kirigakure ninjas who came here after Metkai had obviously heard of Uchiha Shisui, so they who had already thought of quitting were now even more frightened.

"It seems they are not here for the tailed beasts."

Hino Hikaru gave up observing the strength of the three chuunin in front of him, the Kirigakure ninja, and then looked back at Kushina and others who were still looking for the Three-Tails on the lake.

Nothing unusual.

It’s just that the people in Kirigakure Village don’t seem to value this place?

It was said that Kirigakure Village is also looking for the Three-Tails?

Why did only three ordinary fog ninjas come?

Speaking of which...the traces I saw by the lake before were also left by people from long ago.

Is Sanwei really still in this big lake?

Because the enemies that appeared were too weak, Hino Hikaru couldn't help but feel suspicious.

"They're running away."

Uchiha Shisui took out several shurikens from his ninja bag.

"Do you want to keep them?"

"Well, although it is unlikely that they know the information about Sanwei, we should arrest him and ask him."

Hino Hikaru also drew the ninja sword from his back, but he did not take action immediately.

Because Uchiha Shisui had already activated the ninjutsu when he nodded.

Fire Escape·Fengxian Fire Technique!

The thrown shuriken brought the flames of the Hosen Fire Jutsu, mixed with the scorching heat, and struck the three Kirigakure Chunin who had turned around and were running away into the forest.

"what!!!"

A ninja who had no time to dodge was burned into a ball of fire by the flaming shuriken.

"Damn it, since that's the case..."

Water escape·water bullet!

The other two ninjas worked together to use water escape, and the water bullets they spat out barely resisted the fire shuriken thrown by Uchiha Shisui.

But at the same time, in the vapor evaporated from the water and fire, Uchiha Shisui had unknowingly arrived behind the two ninjas.

"Shadow clone?"

It was clear that Uchiha Shisui in front did not move at all, but the two Mist ninjas simultaneously appeared behind each other.

The two of them realized almost at the same time that the figures appearing behind them should be clones, and they were also shadow clones with entities.

Because the long knife in the clone's hand has pierced their bodies

"So fast……"

After leaving these last words, the two mist ninjas fell to the ground one after another with horror on their faces, unable to get up again.

"Okay, that's awesome..."

Metkai couldn't help but praise.

At the same time, there was some hope in his eyes.

If it was Shunshen Shisui, maybe, maybe his father could still be alive...maybe there was still hope of survival?

Although he knows that the probability is very low, Metkay has no other choice now.

"Please, my father is fighting Kirikage's Seven Ninja Swordsmen in order to save me and my companions. Please... No, please save him!"

Metkay, who was only 12 years old, knelt on the ground and shed tears.

If it was Shunshen Shisui, he should be able to save his father, as long as his father hasn't reached the eighth door of death...

"Seven Ninja Swordsmen? Is your father resisting them alone?"

Uchiha Shisui remembered that the other party's father seemed to be just a genin.

"Yes, we were accidentally surrounded by each other. It was my father who arrived in time to save me."

Metkai wiped his tears.

"I know this will put you in danger, but I have no other choice..."

"It doesn't matter. Companions in the village should help each other."

Uchiha Shisui didn't intend to refuse.

In other words, Metkai's arrival just gave him a reason to leave Kushina's team.

"..."

Has the plot already reached this point?

Did Metkai's father still open the Death Door in the Eight Gate Dunjia to deal with Kirikage's seven Ninja Swordsmen?

Seeing Metkai kneeling down to please Uchiha Shisui, Hino Hikaru couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"All seven of Kirigakure's ninja swordsmen are powerful jounin. The situation is urgent. Hino, I have to leave here."

After listening to Metkai's description, Uchiha Shisui immediately turned back and looked at Hino Hikari next to him.

"understood."

Hino Hikaru glanced at Metkai, who was hopeful and grateful, ready to lead the way.

He had no reason at all to refuse Uchiha Shisui's departure.

only……

"Don't you need my help?"

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't the more help you can get when rescuing your companions, the better?

And Uchiha Shisui opened his mouth because he wanted to act alone.

Thinking of this, Hino Hikaru asked deliberately.

"Hino..."

Metkai looked back at Hino Hikaru movedly.

"Although I'm just an ordinary chuunin, I can still be of some help."

Hino Hikaru continued to stare at Uchiha Shisui's face.

"Well... I think it would be better for Hino to stay and protect Captain Kushina. And if it's just to save people, even if they are not as powerful as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, I should be fine with my teleportation technique."

"Then let Kakashi go with you. His Thunder Release and Psychic Beast are very capable of restraining the ninjas of Kirigakure Village."

Although what Uchiha Shisui said made sense, Hino Hikaru had no intention of giving up monitoring Uchiha Shisui.

"I have used the clone technique to notify Kakashi."

As he spoke, a white-haired ninja wearing a mask appeared in front of everyone.

"Kay?"

Kakashi didn't expect to meet his good friend Metkai here.

"Kakashi..."

After seeing Kakashi too, Metkai couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Now is not the time to reminisce about old times, you should leave as soon as possible."

"Ok!"

Hearing Hino Hikari's urging, Metkai became even more moved.

"..."

Seeing that Kakashi had already come over, Uchiha Shisui could only accept his fate.

"You're really sharp, but there's something I have to do."

Even if Kakashi followed, he couldn't stop him.

The difference between the Mangekyo Sharingan and the ordinary Sharingan is huge.

"Or what do you think I should do?"

After handling Metkai's request, what he did next was indeed not a good thing.

No...I've never been a good person.

Uchiha Shisui mentally refuted Hikaru's previous statement that "good people do bad things".

"I don't know what you are going to do, but when you encounter a problem that puts you in a dilemma, my advice is always to solve the person who raised the problem."

Hino Hikaru was thinking about the possibility of Uchiha Shisui killing Sarutobi Hiruzen.

But no matter how you think about it, this probability seems to be infinitely close to zero.

"you……"

Uchiha Shisui hesitated to speak.

He remembered the conversations he had with Hino Hikari before——

'I won't do anything bad to you, you don't need to spy on me', 'You should say this to Hokage-sama, right? '

Hino Hikaru's behavior of sending people to monitor him is very similar to the behavior of the Third Hokage sending people to monitor the Uchiha clan.

In the final analysis, it was all because of groundless suspicion.

And just for this level of suspicion, the life of their Uchiha clan is at stake...

Uchiha Shisui's mind suddenly flashed back to a time when Danzo's sudden appearance caused Sarutobi Hiruzen to begin to distrust his eyes.

No, that was just a momentary misunderstanding.

The Third Hokage still trusts me.

Uchiha Shisui shook his head and did not think deeply about Hino Hikari's words.

He is also afraid that he will really have some "rebellious" thoughts.

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"Where did Kakashi and that Uchiha Shisui go?"

Because her "adventure" to find the Three-Tails was suddenly interrupted, Kushina, who returned to the shore from the lake, looked quite unhappy.

"And the bodies on the ground..."

Looking at the charred and two blood-stained corpses on the ground, except for Konan who was relatively calm, Kushina and Nohara Rin both looked a little nervous.

"They are the ninjas of Kirigakure Village."

Hino Hikaru briefly explained what happened just now.

Then he put his hand on the Mist Ninja who was burned into a "black man" by Fire Release.

Although it looks very serious, Fire Release cannot burn anyone to death, so this ninja must be the one left alive by Uchiha Shisui.