At the boundary of the Uchiha district, by the riverbank of the Naka River,
Qianyu stood quietly, waiting.
This battle with Uchiha Shisui had been delayed far too long.
Not only was Sarutobi Hiruzen growing impatient—
Qianyu himself had waited long enough.
It was time to put an end to everything.
Below the cliff-like riverbank, the Naka River surged endlessly.
Qianyu's mind was calm and focused. Even while waiting, he continued refining his state.
Until—
Two figures slowly appeared along the riverbank.
Uchiha Shisui…
And Uchiha Itachi?
Qianyu didn't care.
As they drew closer, the killing intent radiating from Shisui grew heavier and heavier.
That man…
Like a mirror.
An opposite.
Another extreme.
At this point, separation was inevitable.
Shisui raised his chakra and combat power to the absolute limit.
The killing intent he released was the kind born only from real battlefields—
cold, sharp, and deadly.
"Uchiha Qianyu."
He called out in a low voice.
Qianyu lifted his head.
"You're here."
"Enough talk," Shisui said grimly.
"It's time to end everything."
Qianyu's lips curled slightly in mockery.
"Fine."
In an instant—
On the banks of the Naka River, the two men's chakra erupted violently.
Their pressure collided head-on, crushing the air itself.
Itachi, watching from the side, turned deathly pale.
Though he was a prodigy, facing the aura of these two monsters left him breathless.
He didn't even dare breathe loudly.
As an Uchiha, that instinctive fear—
the terror etched into the soul when facing superior ocular power—
was impossible to suppress.
"Shisui is one thing…
but Qianyu has grown this strong too?"
Cold sweat ran down Itachi's back.
"Will Shisui… really win?"
Far from the riverbank, at least three forces were secretly observing.
Danzō Shimura and Root
• Koharu and Homura's faction, monitoring Danzō
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and his ANBU
All of them waited for one thing—
For Shisui and Qianyu to wound each other, so they could reap the benefits.
Meanwhile, on the other side—
Uchiha Fugaku stood with the clan, watching from afar.
"Qianyu…"
It was Qianyu himself who had asked them not to intervene.
But Fugaku couldn't help worrying.
This was a battle of destiny.
A peak confrontation.
Since Minato's death, with the Sannin gone and the Hokage aged,
Shisui was widely regarded as Konoha's strongest shinobi.
Even Fugaku felt uneasy.
"Come!"
Shisui moved first.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Shuriken appeared between his fingers in an instant,
shooting toward Qianyu with deadly precision.
Itachi's eyes lit up.
That shuriken technique…!
Unreachable… absolute perfection!
No one could evade—
But Qianyu merely shifted slightly.
Casual.
Almost careless.
Yet every shuriken missed.
It was as if Qianyu had moved first—
and Shisui had thrown them into empty space afterward.
Itachi's eyes widened in shock.
"That movement—?!
Not Body Flicker…!"
"He saw the trajectories in advance…
and responded instantly!"
Shisui wasn't shaken.
He had already activated his greatest weapon.
"Phantom Flicker Technique!"
Shisui's body split—
one became two, two became three—
More than a dozen figures surrounded Qianyu.
These weren't illusions.
They attacked simultaneously.
And they didn't disappear when struck.
This was no Shadow Clone—
It was supreme Body Flicker mastery, turning speed itself into multiple physical existences.
Countless enemies had died to this technique.
But Qianyu was ready.
"Lightning Release Chakra Mode."
Lightning surged through all 130 trillion cells in his body.
In an instant—
Crackling thunder exploded around him.
He became a god of lightning.
BOOM!
Qianyu vanished—
transforming into a streak of light invisible to the naked eye.
Observers froze.
"That really is—"
Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
The Raikage's secret art.
The two fastest techniques since the Flying Thunder God—
Shisui's Phantom Flicker.
Qianyu's Lightning Mode.
Who was faster?
Everyone held their breath.
Even with the Sharingan active, Itachi struggled to track them.
Steel clashed.
Lightning collided with blades.
Dozens of exchanges in a heartbeat.
Qianyu moved like flowing light—
unreachable.
Shisui's attacks couldn't touch him.
Speed alone—
Qianyu had surpassed Shisui of the Body Flicker.
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