Big Brother Didn't Lose

Danzo had no intention of holding back. He directly used the "strongest genjutsu" on Ingetsu.

A Uchiha who possessed the Mangekyo, and a Uchiha who dared not flee for his life at this moment but instead assassinate him, was worthy of Danzo's attention and the respect due to an opponent in battle.

As for using Kotoamatsukami...

If he couldn't suppress the mysterious Masked Man and Uchiha Itachi afterward, that would be the monkey's problem!

In this instant.

Ingetsu stood where he was. In his mind, his mental pathways were like program code that had been reset, awaiting someone to alter his thoughts and will.

This was a force he could not resist.

It ignored Eye Power resistance.

It ignored willpower resistance.

This Yin Release Chakra fit the structure of the human brain and nerves perfectly. It could seamlessly merge into the human sensory system from any angle.

Then, it would weave another world—a world the victim could neither perceive nor escape.

The master of this world did not belong to the victim, but to the caster.

Kotoamatsukami...

This Mangekyo ocular technique, known as the "strongest genjutsu," required more than ten years before it could be used again after a single use. Yet the person under its control would basically remain manipulated for the rest of their life.

In the distance, seeing Ingetsu inexplicably controlled, the Uchihas breathed rapidly and took a step back, their bodies stiff.

Uchiha Izumi, Uchiha Nanfeng, and the other Uchihas seemed to see the fate awaiting them.

Ingetsu's assassination had failed, and Danzo's reinforcements—the Third Hokage—were rushing over with a large force of ANBU.

They would follow the Uchiha Clan members who had died at Itachi's hands in the clan compound, be buried on this very night, and become specks of dust in history.

By contrast, the Root Organization members' suspended hearts finally settled. Their Lord Danzo had lived up to his reputation, effortlessly defusing such a dangerous assassination!

The Root Organization members showed no emotional reaction to their companions dying after being caught in Danzo's Wind Release.

To them, dying at the hands of Lord Danzo was itself an honor!

A Root Organization captain glanced at the nearby Uchihas and sneered.

"A bunch of fish that slipped through the net. Wait for death!"

The Uchihas' faces were pale. They did not dare look at Ingetsu's fate and instinctively protected Izumi and the heavily wounded Tamao.

Even if they died...

They should die together.

Izumi noticed the heavily wounded Tamao's body tense. She had wanted to say something, but then she saw Tamao, covered in blood, widen his Three Tomoe and climb to his feet. Straightening his back, he roared:

"Big Brother hasn't lost!!!"

From childhood until now, in Tamao's eyes, Ingetsu had always done exactly what he said he would do.

Back then, when he said he would bring Tamao out of the hospital, he had ignored the clan leader and the clan members' objections and brought him out. Now, when Big Brother said he would lead them to take revenge, he had brought them here to cut down Danzo!

Even if Big Brother died...

He still hadn't lost!!

The other Uchihas lowered their heads in silence.

"I'll give you a quick death!"

Danzo's expression was sinister. The fingers of his right hand had already plucked out Ingetsu's left eye, and blood drew a line through the air as Ingetsu, under Kotoamatsukami's control, staggered backward.

"Heh..."

Danzo had succeeded, and his joy and anger did not show on his face. But inwardly, he was even more excited than when he had taken Shisui's Mangekyo.

He had obtained another control-type Mangekyo!

Happiness had come too suddenly.

Danzo lowered his head and looked at the Sharingan in his hand, then directly embedded it into the empty eye socket on the back of his right hand.

This right arm, cloned from Hashirama Cells, could perfectly withstand the impact of a large amount of Sharingan Eye Power.

Its surface was covered with rows of pitch-black holes.

After this Sharingan merged into it, the holes on the back of his hand wrapped around the eye like real eye sockets.

In theory, when Ingetsu had previously released his Mangekyo's mental manipulation against him, the Kotoamatsukami Eye Power in Danzo's mind should have been the first choice for resisting the invading Eye Power.

But the Hashirama Cells clone arm had taken the place of Danzo's brain. Acting on instinct, it had used the remaining Three Tomoe Eye Power in the arm to resist the Mangekyo, causing Danzo's mind to be controlled by the Eight Thousand Spears Kaleidoscope.

Danzo understood that this was because, within his aged body, the Hashirama Cells held a higher position than his brain.

He currently had no way to control the Hashirama Cells in his body. They had nearly gotten him killed.

"Hmph, as long as I'm still alive, there is nothing that can escape my control!

Naturally evil Uchiha brat.

Accept the judgment of fate!"

Danzo narrowed his old eyes and slowly walked toward Ingetsu, who was retreating before him. Using Kotoamatsukami to alter Ingetsu's will, he made him stop where he was and willingly await slaughter.

Ingetsu stood frozen in place.

By now, Danzo had obtained only one pair of Three Tomoe in total. One eye had been consumed when he took Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.

The remaining eye had just released Izanagi in exchange for this Mangekyo.

Three Tomoe for a Mangekyo.

What a profitable trade!

After sensing the new power his arm had gained, Danzo had already arrived before Ingetsu.

He was just about to bare his teeth and personally extinguish his opponent's life when the corners of his mouth suddenly dropped. He abruptly lowered his head and looked toward the Hashirama Cells clone arm.

He was astonished to find that this Sharingan's Eye Power was not as rich as a Mangekyo's.

Because...

Its Eye Power... was flowing away!

Not only that.

Danzo's pupils widened as he watched the Sharingan close, lose its vitality, and begin brewing an ocular technique he knew all too well.

He had just used this ocular technique.

"Izanagi?" Danzo looked at Ingetsu in astonishment and demanded, "How do you know this forbidden technique too?!"

Having lost both eyes and fallen into darkness, Ingetsu covered his eyes. Under Kotoamatsukami's control, he did not answer, but the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

"No!!

You had no time to form hand seals just now. You couldn't even form them one-handed. Even if you knew Izanagi, when would you have had the chance to use it?

Izanagi requires hand seals!

And...

You were actually willing to sacrifice a Mangekyo?

Who exactly are you?"

Countless questions surfaced in Danzo's mind. He was shocked both by Ingetsu's true identity and by the decisiveness and extravagance of sacrificing a Mangekyo.

Suddenly, an answer appeared in his mind!

Danzo's face twitched as he said harshly:

"I know! It was a Transcription Seal. You sealed Izanagi inside the Mangekyo in advance, and once you were attacked, it would be triggered?"

Ingetsu shook his head, denying Danzo's guess. He looked at the rigid-minded Danzo with a trace of pity.

At this moment, the positions of offense and defense had reversed!

Ingetsu's Izanagi activated. He erased every outcome unfavorable to himself, including being struck by Kotoamatsukami and losing the Kotoamatsukami he had previously possessed, and gained one minute in which he could control and modify the rules.

More than a minute had already passed since Danzo released Izanagi.

Now, it was Ingetsu's turn to control these rules.

The Kotoamatsukami in Danzo's right eye socket suddenly vanished, transforming into a pitch-black eye socket. He completely lost his connection to Kotoamatsukami.

"Kotoamatsukami! My Kotoamatsukami!"

Danzo's brain was once again filled with the intense pain of losing an eye, and his spirit immediately became listless.

"You thought I had just plucked out the Mangekyo and put Kotoamatsukami into my right eye socket for what?

Izanagi can only alter factors that are unfavorable to oneself.

I put Kotoamatsukami into my own eye.

Your Izanagi took it back.

You targeted me.

Once my Izanagi activated,

Kotoamatsukami naturally returned to my eye socket, and it also automatically dispelled the Kotoamatsukami affecting me.

And besides,

Kotoamatsukami had just returned to your body. Although you had already used it, it had also been nourished by the Hashirama Cells within your body, greatly shortening the time required before it could be activated again.

Am I right?"

Ingetsu's right eye regained its light. As he spoke, Kotoamatsukami appeared, and he also embedded the Eight Thousand Spears Kaleidoscope into his left eye.

At this point,

his eye sockets presented an incongruous sight.

His left eye held a blade-ray-shaped Mangekyo!

—The Eight Thousand Spears!

His right eye held a Shuriken-shaped Mangekyo!

—Kotoamatsukami!

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