Naruto: The Uchiha Who Wields Haki Chapter 17: Fine. I’m Done Fighting

In a blink, Ren's fist slamd into the green Susanoo's massive knuckles.

BOOM—!!

A thunderous shockwave detonated outward, and the entire village seed to shiver.

Below, faces went pale.

Terrifying.

Absolutely terrifying.

No one expected Ren to charge Susanoo head-on—much less et it with a bare fist.

On the already-shattered Hokage Rock, Shisui's Susanoo and Ren held their punching stances—

but the force rolling off that collision kept spreading, cracking the stone beneath them.

Crack… crack…

The Second Hokage's stone face began to fracture, lines spreading like spiderwebs.

Inside Susanoo, Shisui's eyes widened.

That black sheen coating Ren's fist… and the strength behind it—

How could a body that looked so lean contain power this brutal?

This was Susanoo.

And Ren was trading blows with it.

It made no sense.

Ren's lips curved slightly.

"Been a long ti since I've felt this excited."

His voice was cold—almost pleased.

"Your Susanoo is strong… but my taijutsu isn't weak either."

Then—

The black coating shifted.

It wasn't just armor anymore.

It flowed.

In the next instant, that force slipped into Susanoo's fist—like a needle piercing a shell.

Not chakra.

Not ninjutsu.

Sothing else.

Internal Destruction.

BOOM—!!

The invading force rampaged through Susanoo's structure from the inside, tearing at the skeletal frawork like a storm trapped in a cage.

Shisui's expression snapped tight.

"Damn it!"

His Mangekyō Sharingan flared—dōjutsu power surging as he forced Susanoo to fight back, purging the foreign force out of its arm.

A mont later—

THUD!

The green giant staggered backward, forced to retreat several steps before stabilizing.

Shisui stared, breathing heavier.

"What… is that?"

He could feel it clearly.

That black power wasn't chakra.

It wasn't a bloodline.

It was sothing he couldn't na—and that was the most unsettling part.

Then the stone finally gave up.

BOOOOM—!!

The already-damaged Second Hokage face broke apart completely.

Shisui reacted instantly.

"Rise!"

Susanoo lifted him into the air.

And Ren—

"Geppo."

He stepped on air and climbed into the sky, hovering opposite Shisui.

Midair, Shisui's tone turned serious.

" Uchiha Ren… your 'taijutsu' isn't what it looks like."

Ren rolled his wrist lazily, like he was warming up.

"This is the most fun I've had in a while."

And in the back of his mind, another thought flickered—dangerous and thrilling.

If I ever awaken Susanoo…

If a monster like Whitebeard had Susanoo… what would that even look like?

The image alone made his blood stir.

Shisui narrowed his eyes.

"Then… again."

Susanoo blurred forward and slamd a fist down, chakra roaring with it.

Ren didn't retreat.

He punched back.

BOOM—!!

Fist to fist again.

And again.

BAM—! BOOM—! CRACK—!

In full view of the crowd below, Ren traded raw, brutal punches with the towering green giant.

Each collision shook the air.

So impacts were so violent the atmosphere warped—thin, jagged distortions flashing for a heartbeat before vanishing.

The spectators couldn't even speak properly.

"This… this is Ren's taijutsu?"

"He's exchanging punches with Susanoo…!"

"His physical strength… what kind of monster is he?!"

The truly terrifying part wasn't Shisui.

It was the implication.

Everyone watching understood the sa thing:

If that fist hits , I die.

Ten minutes passed like a nightmare.

Finally—

BOOM—!!

A massive shockwave blasted outward, forcing both fighters apart.

Susanoo skidded back in the air.

Ren drifted back, steady as a feather.

Inside the green giant, Shisui's eyes had begun to bleed.

Thin red lines slid from the corners—strain from keeping Susanoo active this long.

He'd wanted to crush Ren's faith in taijutsu.

Instead, he'd been the one getting crushed.

Ren's Observation Haki read the situation instantly.

Shisui's dōjutsu output was starting to stutter.

The backlash was obvious.

Mangekyō's side effects… already this bad.

And honestly?

It only confird what Ren had always believed.

Shinobi bodies hit their limits fast.

Compared to the monsters he'd seen—compared to what he was becoming—this was… short endurance.

Ren exhaled.

Keep unlocking the Whitebeard Template. That's the real road.

Then his Observation Haki caught a shift—subtle, but unmistakable.

Shisui was about to switch tactics.

Genjutsu.

Ren didn't hesitate.

He spoke clearly, so everyone would hear it.

"Uchiha Shisui. I'm done."

Shisui blinked.

"…What?"

He'd been preparing to drag Ren into illusion—because if Susanoo wasn't enough, then he'd use the most terrifying weapon an Uchiha could wield.

And yet Ren just… stopped.

For a second, Shisui looked irritated—

then reality caught up.

His eyes burned.

His vision wavered.

He couldn't maintain this much longer anyway.

"…Fine," Shisui said stiffly.

Stopping here ant the assessnt could end without further destruction.

The only thing he regretted—

was that he never got to "correct" Ren.

Never got to force the Will of Fire into him.

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