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  Konan stepped out of the room, casting a quice at Shin before immediately l her head.

  "Good thing Kushina, Mikoto, and Tsunade aren't here... Otherwise, Konan would probably be so embarrassed she'd pass out," Shin muttered under his breath.

  "Shin-nii, what did you say?" Konan asked softly, tilting her head.

  Shin's voice had been too low for her to hear.

  "Nothing. e o's eat," Shin replied casually.

  Pullio the table, he sat down with her. This time, Konan didn't seem as flustered—perhaps she was already getting used to it.

  "Are we tinuing training today?" Konan asked after finishing breakfast.

  "Nope, let's take a break today. Konan, You don't have to push yourself so hard, You should rex sometimes," Shin said.

  After taking the day off, the m, with Konan fully recovered, Shin led her out.

  "Shin-nii, where are we going?" Konan asked happily, holding Shin's hand.

  "To che Nawaki. He went off for revenge—I want to see how he's doing," Shin replied.

  "But... how do we even find him?"

  The Land of Rain might be a small try, but it was still quite rge.

  "Just follow me. I find him."

  Shin smiled. He had pced a marker on Nawaki.

  ....

  They soon arrived at the battlefield between Konoha and Iwa. They found Nawaki there, fighting a red-haired Shinobi.

  "That idiot actually ran straight into the battlefield. Looks like ing here was the right choice," Shin said, looking at Nawaki.

  Rushing into an active warzone just to get revehat was reckless even for Nawaki. Did he not realize Konoha's forces might kill him on sight?

  "Shin-nii, should we help him?" Konan asked.

  "No, let's wait. Nawaki has a lot of pride—if I interfere, he'll probably just get pissed. We'll only step in if he's in real danger," Shin said, pulling Konan down to sit beside him.

  From the sidelihey observed the battle between Nawaki and Uzumaki Kai.

  "Huh? Is that the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

  Shin's eyes widened in surprise. Uzumaki Kai... actually had a Mangekyō?

  For a moment, he thought he was mistaken, but after taking a closer look, there was no doubt—those were Mangekyō eyes.

  Where the hell did he get them?

  It must be transpnted. Kai had no e to the Uchiha .

  Shin's first thought was Danzo. Maybe Danzo had given Kai a pair of Sharingan, but then again... would Danzo really be willing to part with something so valuable?

  At the moment, Uzumaki Kai was pletely unaware that he had drawn Shin's attention. He was too focused on fighting Nawaki.

  Despite all the hardships Nawaki had endured over the years, his strength had grown signifitly.

  "Nawaki's strength has reached Kage level. He's quite talented."

  Given his lineage as Hashirama's grandson, it wasn't surprising. If he hadn't died young in the inal timeline, he likely would have bee a major pilr of Konoha.

  And unlike before, Nawaki had survived... albeit as a missing-nin.

  ....

  "Uzumaki Kai, today I will have my revenge!"

  Nawaki yelled angrily after sending Kai flying with his Kunai.

  He couldn't five Kai for almost killing him, even after ten years.

  If Kai hadn't been staying in Konoha, Nawaki would have sought revenge long ago.

  "Hah! You think you take me down?" Kai sneered. "You're just an idiot who got lucky a few times. You really think you stand a ce?"

  "Bastard!" Nawaki growled through gritted teeth.

  "Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

  An enormous dragon made of rock surged toward Kai.

  "Seriously? You think that'll work?"

  Kai dodged the attack effortlessly, flickeriween positions with rapid Body Flickers, his expression filled with disdain.

  "Alright, enough of this. Time to show you what true power looks like."

  Kai's Mangekyō Sharingan spun rapidly, his voice filled with arrogance.

  "Amaterasu!"

  Nawaki didn't know about Amaterasu, so his right arm was instantly engulfed in bck fmes.

  "These fmes are iinguishable! You'll burn to death! Hahaha!"

  Kai ughed maniacally, wiping the blood from his left eye.

  "Of all the possible Mangekyō abilities, you ended up with Amaterasu too?"

  Shin and Konan appeared behind Nawaki. The bck fmes on his arm were already extinguished. Shin had used Kagutsubsp;to trol ainguish them.

  Kagutsuchi could trol the shape of the Amaterasu fmes ainguish them.

  It was the perfect ter to Amaterasu.

  "....."

  "Y-You're... Uzumaki Shin!" Kai stammered.

  "Tch... You still reize me, huh? Not bad, Kai." Shin said.

  Shin smiled, then poi Kai's Mangekyō Sharingan. "Where did you get those eyes? Is the Mangekyō Sharingan being sold in bulk these days?"

  Kai scowled, his expression darkening.

  "Hmph. And why the hell should I tell you?"

  "Shin, what are you doing here?" Nawaki asked after treating his burns.

  "You should be gd I'm here. Otherwise, you'd be a pile of ash now. I don't care if you die, but don't make Tsunade sad."

  "What do you mean you don't care if I die?" Nawaki said, feeling hurt.

  "You recklessly came to the battlefield. You were practically asking to die," Shin said ftly.

  Nawaki was a missing-nin now. It didn't matter who he was before. He was ao Konoha.

  And he wasn't friends with Iwa either. ing to the battlefield alone was suicide.

  He couldn't eve Kai. If Shin hadn't intervened, he would be dead now.

  Nawaki scratched his head. He hadn't pnned on fighting Kai here, but he couldn't trol his anger when he saw him.

  "How did you extinguish my Amaterasu?" Kai suddenly asked Shin.

  "Want to know? I tell you. But first, tell me where you got your Mangekyō Sharingan from. Then I might sider telling you."

  Shin said, looking at Kai's eyes. He was truly curious.

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