Chapter 133: The Fate of Killing One's Own Kin — There Is No Escape!
The history of the ninja world is actually a cycle: those who sow the seeds reap their consequences.
Itachi desperately wanted to awaken his father, to stop him from continuing this meaningless slaughter.
So he resolutely took up a weapon and charged toward his own father, intending to fight him.
Fugaku, who had been overwhelmingly dominant—someone even Shisui had to retreat from—suddenly faltered.
When he saw the tiny figure of Itachi rushing toward him with a knife in hand, shouting for him to stop,
In that instant, Fugaku's mind went blank.
Clang—
Itachi's attack landed on Susanoo. It didn't even scratch it—instead, Itachi himself was violently repelled.
He crashed heavily to the ground, unwilling to accept defeat.
He quickly climbed back to his feet.
"Enough!! Father!!"
"Let it end here!"
"Stop making mistakes! Stop fighting the village!!"
"Isn't it enough for the Uchiha clan to live peaceful lives? Why must we covet so much?!"
Itachi kept shouting at Fugaku while once again charging forward with his weapon raised.
Looking at that small figure, Fugaku's heart suddenly clenched painfully.
The Itachi before him was so weak.
He could crush him with a single step.
But… that was still his son!
His most beloved, the child he was most proud of!
Graduating from the ninja academy at six, awakening the Sharingan at such a young age.
In the future, Itachi's achievements in the ninja world might even surpass Shisui's current level.
How could a father like Fugaku bring himself to kill such an outstanding son?
Fugaku wavered. He hesitated.
"Could everything I've done really have been wrong?"
"I only wanted fairer treatment for the Uchiha clan… I only wanted to prevent the Uchiha from becoming pawns in the games of great nations… Was I wrong?"
In that moment of deep self-doubt and crushing despair, Fugaku lowered his head.
He looked at the countless fallen Uchiha elite scattered across the battlefield—lifeless, their dreams extinguished.
Then he looked down at the tiny figure of Itachi, swinging his weapon desperately against his Susanoo, yet unable to even scratch its defense.
Suddenly, Fugaku felt that Itachi's earlier words carried truth.
Had the Uchiha clan truly been chasing things that were never meant for them?
This battle could have been avoided entirely.
If only he had stayed calmer, if only he had thought of a better way to resolve the crisis.
Why did it have to come to this—leading the Uchiha clan straight into the abyss of destruction?
Unfortunately, Fugaku's realization came too late.
It was already far too late.
Almost every Uchiha clansman on the battlefield had already been killed.
Though Konoha had paid a heavy price for it, everything was irreversible.
Even if he now said he regretted it, even if he apologized—nothing could bring back the dead.
The Uchiha clan, under his leadership, had been completely destroyed.
"I am the sinner of the Uchiha clan…"
Thinking this, Fugaku's body swayed.
But that brief moment of wavering was quickly overtaken once again by hatred and rage.
Fugaku glared furiously at the remaining Konoha ninja around him:
"It's all because of you!"
"You're the ones who caused this!! You killed the Uchiha clan! Tonight, all of you will pay!!"
"And you—traitor to the Uchiha clan—you no longer deserve to carry the Uchiha name!!"
Fugaku snarled viciously, turning his gaze toward Shisui not far away.
Then he resumed his frenzied assault on the surrounding Konoha ninja.
Massive chakra blades and fire-style chakra cannons roared outward in every direction.
Shisui, seeing Fugaku's madness, immediately stepped in to intercept once more.
The two clashed fiercely for a while, but gradually their movements slowed.
The ferocious, high-speed exchanges from the beginning were gone.
After a little longer, suddenly both Fugaku's and Shisui's Susanoo began to rapidly dissipate.
The colossal chakra giants shrank quickly until both men returned to normal.
"Chakra depletion…"
Shisui's expression was grave. He instinctively reached back for his short sword—only to grasp empty air.
He remembered it had fallen during the fight.
His gaze instinctively shifted forward and locked onto Itachi's small figure. His weapon was still in the boy's hand.
"Enough!! Father!!"
Itachi was still in the throes of intense emotion.
Seeing Fugaku fall from the sky, he didn't realize his father was already at his limit.
To stop his father from continuing to endanger Konoha's safety, from killing more ninja and causing even greater casualties—
Itachi gripped Shisui's short sword and charged without hesitation, thrusting straight toward Fugaku's heart.
Schlick—
Fugaku didn't dodge or block.
Itachi watched in stunned horror as his blade pierced cleanly through his father's heart.
He recoiled violently, releasing the sword, staggering back several steps in disbelief and terror:
"Why… why didn't you dodge??"
Itachi's eyes flickered wildly with shock and confusion, his pupils trembling as they fixed on the bloody wound.
"You've improved again recently, Itachi…"
Fugaku spoke, blood immediately surging up his throat. With a wet gurgling sound, more blood spilled from his mouth.
"Father!!"
"Don't talk, Father!! I'll find a medical ninja right away!!"
Itachi snapped out of his daze and rushed forward to support his collapsing father.
"I wonder… how your little brother Sasuke… and your mother… are doing… cough… cough cough cough…"
"If… they're still alive… then from now on… live well… with them… Itachi…"
"I… don't blame you…"
"You will always be… my best… my very best… son…"
Fugaku's voice grew weaker and weaker. His eyelids slowly drooped, heavier and heavier.
Finally, his body went limp and collapsed to the ground.
That tall, imposing frame fell like a toppled mountain—impossibly heavy.
No matter how Itachi tried to hold him up, no matter how he tried to keep him from falling, it was futile.
Watching his father collapse completely, his body growing colder and colder, unresponsive no matter how loudly Itachi called—
In that instant, Itachi's entire mental world shattered.
The surrounding Konoha ninja, having witnessed the whole scene, remained silent. No one moved to attack again.
And Shisui—one of the central figures of this battle—felt his mind go blank the moment he saw Fugaku killed by Itachi.
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