Tsukuyomi · Danzo

Obito's crazed appearance made Black Zetsu realize something.

Uchiha Yuan's ability...

might be like a virus, capable of controlling other Sharingan.

Holding Uchiha Yuan's Mangekyō Sharingan, Obito was preparing to leave when two figures appeared at the same time...

Deva Path Pain and Uchiha Itachi!

Without the slightest hesitation, Deva Path Pain was the first to attack.

He raised a hand and unleashed a powerful repulsive force that swept forward like a raging tide, the blast consuming everything around it.

Uchiha Itachi stood behind Obito and released the black flames of Amaterasu...

Obito's body phased through the black flames. Space seemed frozen in that instant as the temperature rose sharply.

His hands rapidly formed seals, and a massive surge of energy erupted in an instant, blocking Pain and Itachi's combined attack.

"Are you two challenging Uchiha Madara?"

Uchiha Itachi glanced at Deva Path Pain beside him. "Do not speak to him at all!"

As soon as he spoke, Uchiha Itachi flashed away, his body transforming into countless crows. The crows scattered in all directions before gathering behind Obito.

A second wave of Amaterasu's black flames came crashing down. Obito instinctively phased his body, evading the fatal strike.

Then something unexpected happened.

Deva Path Pain took the opportunity to unleash a powerful attractive force. Everything around them was dragged by the violent force, converging toward the center.

Just as Obito was about to counterattack, the bottle containing Uchiha Yuan's Sharingan was caught by Pain's gravitational pull.

Then...

Uchiha Itachi swept past like a Ghost.

His target was the bottle in Obito's hand...

Seizing the moment, he accurately grabbed the bottle, his movement so fast it was nearly impossible to follow.

"Uchiha Itachi!"

Obito became even more frantic. He let out a low roar...

"Put that eye down! It is her hope..."

Her?

Although Uchiha Itachi wanted to ask who she was...

he feared Obito might have some strange Word Spirit curse on him...

Uchiha Itachi chose to keep his mouth shut and say nothing!

He was now certain that the mysterious Uchiha clansman before him...

had already been controlled by Uchiha Yuan...

Yuan's ability... was likely another, upgraded version of Kotoamatsukami...

"You understand nothing..."

The pattern in his Sharingan spun wildly, and distortions rippled through space.

His figure began to phase, as though he were about to escape into another dimension.

"We cannot let him get away!"

Pain said in a low voice, raising his hand to release another repulsive force.

Uchiha Itachi appeared before Obito and activated Tsukuyomi!

Before Obito could even react, his gaze was forcibly drawn into Itachi's deep Mangekyō Sharingan.

In an instant, Obito's consciousness was dragged into the mental world meticulously constructed by Itachi.

This was an endless darkness.

The lake water was crimson and viscous, emitting a suffocating stench of blood. In the center of the lake, Obito, wearing a spiral-patterned mask, stood silently.

He lowered his head to look at his feet and fell completely silent.

Uchiha Itachi said nothing more.

In an instant, the blood-colored lake began to boil. Its crimson surface suddenly swelled, rolling up countless waves that devoured Obito like a starving abyss.

Yet in that instant, everything underwent a bizarre transformation.

Itachi felt space suddenly spin. Amid the upheaval, he had somehow switched places with Obito.

The lake's enormous waves were now crashing toward him with even greater force!

His entire body rapidly sank into the crimson lake.

"Itachi..."

The voice behind the mask was no longer Obito's...

but a colder tone...

so cold it was almost numb.

"Do you want to slaughter the Uchiha Clan again?"

The tone...

was so low it sent chills down one's spine.

Uchiha Itachi forcefully suppressed his emotions. Stronger ocular power flared in his Mangekyō Sharingan as he tried to seize control of this space once again.

The Masked Man...

was completely unaffected by his Tsukuyomi. He stood calmly in the center of the lake without even moving a step.

How could this be?

Just as Itachi was giving everything he had to break through this abnormal situation, he noticed countless strange red lights slowly emerging from the darkness behind the Masked Man.

The red lights became clearer and clearer—they were pairs of scarlet Sharingan!

Dozens, hundreds of Sharingan appeared behind Obito at once, densely arranged like the gaze of countless dead souls, staring coldly at Itachi.

Not only that, the Masked Man slowly raised his palm, and a scarlet Sharingan eerily opened in the center of it!

"How is this possible..."

Uchiha Itachi was utterly shocked.

His memories instantly returned to the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre. Those dead clansmen, those once-warm faces, now seemed to have all turned into cold, accusing eyes fixed viciously on him.

Most crucially...

the air was thick with indescribable strangeness and oppression.

The Masked Man silently removed the spiral-patterned mask, slowly raising his head to reveal his true face.

"Danzo!"

It was Shimura Danzō!

How could it be? How could the Masked Man be Danzo...

For a moment, Uchiha Itachi felt as though his mind had short-circuited, unable to think...

"Itachi, you seem very surprised?"

"What is going on..."

Uchiha Itachi stared at the person before him...

"Who exactly are you?"

Danzo did not answer. He merely slowly spread his arms. The countless Sharingan behind him seemed to receive some sort of command, all lighting up with scarlet radiance in an instant as they stared at Itachi together.

"The power of your Uchiha Clan truly is astonishing..."

The increasingly bizarre Danzo was covered in Sharingan from head to toe. That terrifying appearance surpassed all of Itachi's imagination and understanding.

Step by step, he drew closer. The blood-colored lake churned with him, massive waves sweeping forth as Itachi struggled against the endless oppression within the mental world.

"Itachi, are you not Konoha's spy? Why are you so nervous upon seeing me?"

Danzo's tone was cold and arrogant.

"Your ocular power and suffering are all mine to use now!"

"Shut up!"

Uchiha Itachi suppressed his voice and roared furiously. Danzo sneered, utterly unmoved.

"How much longer can you resist, Itachi? You personally slaughtered your own clansmen, yet you still fantasize about opposing me once more?"

Itachi stared at Danzo, consumed by Sharingan, and an indescribable rage surged in his heart.

Just as he was about to be completely devoured, his Mangekyō Sharingan suddenly erupted with an intense wave of ocular power!

His ocular power exploded, and the entire mental world shook violently.

In an instant, the darkness shattered, the blood-colored lake collapsed, and the Masked Man Obito had become... flashed into view before him.

Uchiha Yuan's eyes once again fell into the Masked Man's hands.

"Are you Uchiha Madara, or Shimura Danzō?"

Nagato and Black Zetsu: "...!?"

Meanwhile, inside Konoha's Root base.

Strange... I actually dreamed just now, and I even dreamed of Uchiha Itachi...

Danzo opened his eyes and warily raised his head...

That dream just now had been too real...

Could it be because he had transplanted too many Sharingan?