Hit by Kotoamatsukami

I did consider the idea of splitting it up!

The instant she activated the Mangekyō and gained control of the Kotoamatsukami, an idea suddenly popped into her mind:

What would happen if Kotoamatsukami were used on the main body, making the main body take that deity as its core and the main body itself as an extension of itself?

Even if one were to turn the original being into their own servant, so what?

The success rate seems quite high, because the main body has no suspicion of her... so the probability of this Kotoamatsukami being successfully performed is very high!

However, this thought ultimately just passed through her mind with a smile. She would never do such a thing, because she is also Sakura Haruno, Sakura Haruno is also her; the original body knows her temperament perfectly well, and it is precisely because the two share the same thought patterns and personality traits that the original body completely trusts her.

For someone with a darker mind, things might be different. In fact, it wouldn't be surprising if someone were extremely selfish, as the Clone Duplicate might have thoughts of betraying the Clone Duplicate the moment it was created... because the clone's spirit resides in the real body, thus possessing free will and a high degree of freedom, almost equivalent to a real person.

Clone Duplicate is such a dangerous Ninjutsu.

The original body didn't think the clone would be of any harm to her, but she was still taken aback by the clone's bold words.

"Let's try Kotoamatsukami!" the clone chuckled. "Anyway, it won't make you pregnant!"

"Pregnant my foot! Tsk... What are you trying to do?" The original's lips twitched, as if sensing the split's wicked amusement.

I suddenly had a bad feeling.

"It's impossible to understand the Kotoamatsukami Ninjutsu without trying it out yourself," she said seriously. "While the Kotoamatsukami's effects are powerful, the limitations are likely to be very strict. I plan to control the output of my eye power and try it out with the lowest possible force."

"Since we can't find any other test subjects, you'll have to be the guinea pig."

"Alright," I said, forcing myself to step forward, "No trouble allowed, especially no strange orders or anything like that..."

"I'm very serious..." the clone chuckled, gathering its eye power and transforming it into Genjutsu through the Mangekyō Sharingan, while secretly adding two words in its mind—

Yeah, right.

"Mangekyō Secret Technique: Kotoamatsukami!"

The preparation time for Ninjutsu is extremely short.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the eye power transformed into Genjutsu. Sakura Haruno had just sensed the fluctuation of Chakra when, in a moment of distraction, she was struck by the Kotoamatsukami.

Even with her resistance to Genjutsu magic and her unique soul constitution, she couldn't withstand the power of the Kotoamatsukami. After a moment of disorientation, her true self began to act according to the instructions within the Genjutsu—

He started taking off his clothes without thinking.

Once all her undergarments were pulled down to her ankles, the original body finally realized with a face full of embarrassment and anger. "You bastard, what kind of orders did you give through that Kotoamatsukami?!"

"Take off your clothes and let me wear them!" she replied matter-of-factly, pulling on her pants as she did so. "This lab is too cold. You, with your thick skin, don't feel it, but I'm a delicate newborn, I'm already frozen stiff!"

"But you realized it so quickly; it seems the Kotoamatsukami isn't as invincible as advertised."

Getting back to the point, the angry original self abandoned her intention to settle scores and said seriously, "That's right, although it did affect me at first, I eventually broke free from the Genjutsu's control..."

"But the effect is already quite astonishing. If this were a battlefield, we would be dead long ago." The clone poked its chin with its index finger, looking troubled. "And this is only the lowest level of power exerted by the Kotoamatsukami. If we maximized the consumption of eye power and used it to its fullest potential—"

"--The effect of Kotoamatsukami altering one's will will probably become permanent," Sakura Haruno continued, speaking solemnly.

That's why Uchiha Itachi used Kotoamatsukami as a last resort. If Sakura Haruno hadn't experienced it firsthand, she wouldn't have believed that such a powerful Ninjutsu existed.

"However, I won't fall for this Genjutsu again," the real person said confidently with a smile. "I've already memorized the unique fluctuations of the Mangekyō's power."

"Heh heh. The world's only pair of Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan are in your hands, of course you won't fall for it again..." The clone muttered to itself, then added, "Besides, the flaws of Kotoamatsukami are also very obvious; the cooldown time of the technique is terrifyingly long."

"In short, mana cost, cooldown (D), casting animation and recovery time, and other data are all here." She pointed to her head and said, "Anything else to test?"

Sakura Haruno shook her head.

"I originally wanted to see if Shisui's Mangekyō had any other abilities, but never mind."

According to the Uchiha Clan's records, most Mangekyō possess more than one ability, and usually each eye has a different ability. However, Shisui's Sharingan is strange; both eyes have the ability to create Kotoamatsukami... Sakura Haruno wanted to investigate further, but her clone was already somewhat exhausted. Forcing the use of such a powerful technique would be too much of a burden for a clone with limited power.

And she was freezing cold.

"Come back."

Sakura Haruno deactivated the Clone Technique, resealed the clone into the scroll, and then closed her eyes to carefully analyze the information transmitted back by the clone.

One major reason why the Kotoamatsukami isn't used on a large scale is its excessively long cooldown time. Even a single use of "Kotoamatsukami," lasting only a few minutes, consumed a significant amount of eye power, and judging from the eye fatigue, it will take at least a month to recover. If a permanent Kotoamatsukami" technique were used, the consumption of eye power would be ridiculously high, and the cooldown time would increase to the level of years!

In this case, the value of Kotoamatsukami becomes somewhat redundant. Using them for combat is too wasteful; and if used to change someone's will, they can only be used two or three times in a lifetime.

Perhaps Danzo knows more about the Kotoamatsukami? After all, he has possessed Shisui's Mangekyō for so many years.

The thought suddenly popped into Sakura Haruno's mind. She shook her head. "I finally understand why Danzo always manages to make a comeback."

Because this old scoundrel can be surprisingly useful sometimes!

After packing up the lab, Sakura Haruno completely froze the base and returned to Konoha via the underground river.

For several miles after that, she would occasionally visit the underground base.

She used her Clone Duplicate to familiarize herself with the power of the Sharingan.

However, he never activated the Mangekyō again, because his only ability, Kotoamatsukami, had entered a long cooldown period. And for the imperfect Mangekyō Sharingan, each activation would permanently reduce the Sharingan's vision—even if he did nothing, because maintaining the Mangekyō itself was already a burden.

Aside from that, he focused all his energy on preparing for his three children's Chunin Ninja Exams and his upcoming Senjutsu training.

June passed by quietly like flowing water. It seems like only yesterday that the height of summer, July, arrived.

July 1st.

The time for the first round of the Chunin Ninja Exams.

[Second update. Sorry for being late~]