Chapter 60: The Darkened Shisui
As Kakashi made his way to the Hokage Building, the village-wide brawl had already reached its peak. Most of the rioters who had gathered outside the Police Department to stage a coup had been rounded up, except for a few rogue shinobi disguised as civilians, who were still on the run. Despite their fierce resistance, which resulted in some injuries among the civilian police force, the Police Department's relentless pursuit meant that their capture was inevitable.
Those villagers living near the Police Department peeked through their windows, watching in fear as Uchiha patrol members dragged the battered rioters back to headquarters. Their bruised and bloodied forms looked more like corpses being dragged off than anything else. Terrified by the brutality, residents quickly shut their windows and doors, not daring to make a sound.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Douhuan was still sitting leisurely in Fugaku's office, drinking tea with Fugaku and Aburame Shihai. Even the Anbu messenger, who had come to summon him to the Hokage Building, had been detained.
Everything was progressing according to his plan. Tonight's chaos would mark the beginning of a new power dynamic. After tonight, his alliance with Kakashi would have all their bargaining chips laid bare, and he would become the true master of the game.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's invitation was nothing more than an attempt to negotiate, but Uchiha Douhuan had more pressing matters to attend to first.
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Suddenly, a powerful chakra pulse erupted from inside the Police Department, causing the entire building to tremble.
"The direction of the chakra... Your office?" Fugaku's face changed as he looked toward Douhuan.
"Don't worry, I'll check it out." Douhuan remained calm, giving a slight smirk as he turned away. Everything was going just as he had anticipated.
As he made his way down the corridor, a group of concerned patrol members gathered around, looking anxious.
"Don't worry about it," Douhuan reassured them. "Get back to work. I'll handle this."
"But, Vice Captain..." Uchiha Inoka hesitated.
"If something serious was happening, would I still be this calm?" Douhuan gave him a stern look, and Inoka reluctantly led the others back to their posts.
Reaching his office door, Douhuan gestured for Fugaku and Shihai to stay behind.
"You two wait out here. I'll deal with it."
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Two Hours Earlier
Shisui had been feeling more and more disillusioned as he watched the beatings and arrests of the rioters unfold. At first, he wanted to intervene—his innate sense of justice urging him to step in and stop the violence. Yet, every time he remembered how those same villagers mocked and ridiculed him earlier, his resolve wavered.
Conflicted and desperate for answers, Shisui had made his way to Douhuan's office. However, upon entering, he found it empty, with only a scattered stack of documents left on the desk. Curious and anxious, he picked up one of the papers.
What he read shattered his world.
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Pushing the door open, Douhuan was greeted by the chaotic scene inside his office. Papers lay scattered everywhere, and at the center of the mess was Shisui, kneeling on the ground, his eyes bleeding and spinning wildly with three-tomoe Sharingan. His chakra surged violently, and the atmosphere was thick with uncontrolled energy.
Shisui's expression was hollow, his eyes spinning so fast that the tomoe seemed to merge into a single pattern. Blood tears trickled down his face, and it was clear that he was just one step away from awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Douhuan remained calm, closing the door behind him and bending down to collect the scattered papers. The documents contained evidence of Danzo's atrocities, dug up from Orochimaru's hidden base—the very same papers Douhuan had deliberately left out to bait Shisui.
"Douhuan... this can't be true, right?" Shisui's voice was desperate, pleading for denial.
Douhuan let out a sigh, his tone indifferent.
"With your rank, you don't have the clearance to see this. But now that you've seen it... what do you want me to say?"
Shisui clenched his fists, his voice cracking,
"Tell me it's fake! Please!"
Douhuan's expression remained cold,
"This is the truth. These documents were retrieved from Orochimaru's base. Do you think they're forgeries?"
Shisui's mind snapped.
"Ahhhhhhh!" He let out a pained scream, clutching his head. His chakra continued to surge, the tomoe spinning violently, but the final evolution to Mangekyō Sharingan still did not manifest.
Douhuan watched with detached curiosity, realizing that the implanted Sharingan from Itachi wasn't sufficient to induce the Mangekyō transformation.
"Interesting. Even with this much emotional upheaval, it still doesn't awaken. Seems that transplanted eyes are inherently limited in evolution."
Stepping forward, Douhuan reached out and placed a hand on Shisui's shoulder, forcefully suppressing his chakra,
"You'll kill yourself at this rate. Calm down."
Finally, as Shisui's chakra was sealed, his body collapsed to the floor, gasping for air and still bleeding from his eyes.
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After some time, Shisui regained some semblance of composure, though his face was pale and his eyes swollen from crying. He looked up at Douhuan with hollow, broken eyes,
"Why? Why did it become like this?"
Douhuan poured a cup of freshly brewed tea and handed it to him,
"Have some tea. You'll feel better."
Taking the cup with shaking hands, Shisui barely sipped it before muttering,
"It wasn't supposed to be like this... I believed in the Will of Fire... I thought... that the village would... would..."
Douhuan's gaze turned icy,
"The Will of Fire? Stop kidding yourself, Shisui. The so-called will you've been chasing is nothing but a lie crafted to maintain control. Heroes are discarded, and those who don't fit the narrative are silenced. You think I'm the one to blame? Blame your own naivety. Blame the village elders who twist ideology to suit their purposes."
A tear rolled down Shisui's cheek,
"Then what... what should I do now?"
Douhuan smirked,
"Simple. Stop chasing illusions. Accept reality and use that pain to make a change. We'll tear down this rotten system from the inside out. If you really want to protect the village, stop being their loyal dog and start becoming their nightmare."
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