Analyzing Kotoamatsukami

"Congratulations on becoming a Reincarnator under the great Sovereign. Your number is 002."

Jiraiya's face remained one of pain and despair.

He tried hard to maintain his previous appearance, not wanting Orochimaru to know what had truly happened to him, while also trying to figure out how to obtain the power promised by the voice he just heard.

Unfortunately, Orochimaru had already received the mission completion notification at this point.

"Mission: Make Jiraiya despair."

"Completion: Extremely High."

"Reward: 100% reading and browsing access to partial scrolls of Scientific Ninjutsu, 1300 reward points."

Beating Jiraiya, making him despair, and simultaneously giving Jiraiya the identity of a Reincarnator…

This series of actions generated a total of 13,000 resource points. Nine-tenths of it went to Wang Yan, and Orochimaru naturally received the remaining one-tenth.

"1300 reward points…"

A sharp glint flashed in Orochimaru's pupils, and his expression softened. "The Sovereign's generosity is beyond expectation…"

In his opinion, dealing with Jiraiya was a piece of cake. He was just a little puzzled, wondering if the difficulty of future missions would always be this low.

Orochimaru already had some understanding of the value of reward points.

He considered the scrolls of Scientific Ninjutsu, which he thought he could study his entire life, to be treasures. Yet, under the Sovereign, they could be redeemed for only five hundred reward points!

Orochimaru had a good idea of how powerful 1300 points of purchasing power was.

Seeing Jiraiya struggling to maintain his previous expression, he curled his lip and said dismissively, "Stop pretending. Get up."

"?"

The sixth sense of fools was always far superior to that of ordinary people.

Jiraiya keenly sensed the change in Orochimaru.

The killing intent emanating from the other party had completely vanished.

He didn't know that Orochimaru wasn't killing him solely because of a reminder from Wang Yan.

"Non-lethal scenario. Killing a fellow Reincarnator will result in a deduction of 10,000 reward points from the killer."

Now, every Reincarnator was an excellent laborer. Wang Yan allowed healthy competition among them, but he did not permit malicious killing—that would damage his revenue streams!

As for not reminding Orochimaru and directly deducting 10,000 points after he killed Jiraiya?

Punishing without warning is cruelty. Wang Yan wasn't that low-class.

His warning had proven effective.

A full deduction of 10,000 reward points would likely put Orochimaru directly into the negative. Orochimaru didn't have that many points to be deducted, and as an intelligent person, he was unwilling to test that outcome.

When Jiraiya finally managed to recover a little chakra and intended to launch a sneak attack on the unsuspecting Orochimaru, he also received a similar reminder.

"You… you're a Reincarnator too?!"

Jiraiya was stunned for a moment. "So, this was all a trick? Including making me infamous, and even the prophecy about the Child of Prophecy, you made it all up?"

Orochimaru didn't dwell too much on Jiraiya's questioning and his own self-revelation.

He was a scientist, not a bored philosopher who could see the Sovereign's conspiracy in everything.

In reality, he wasn't interested in the deeper meaning of this mission, as it had no benefit to his research progress or eternal life.

Since Orochimaru couldn't kill Jiraiya now and didn't want to waste too much energy on this stubborn fellow, he answered directly, "Naruto Uzumaki is a ninja of great talent, gifted, and potential. He is indeed the Child of Prophecy who can bring peace to the ninja world."

Jiraiya asked suspiciously, "You won't harm him, will you? You know the value of a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki better than anyone."

Hearing this, Orochimaru scoffed, "What's the Nine-Tails? Compared to Naruto Uzumaki himself, it's completely unimportant."

The more he delved into Scientific Ninjutsu, the higher his realm became, the more he admired its creator—Naruto Uzumaki, who might exist in a certain branch of the future.

If he could make that person his research assistant…

"In that case, what about Tsunade's part…" Jiraiya asked expectantly.

Orochimaru, his train of thought interrupted, glanced at him with disdain and waved his hand impatiently, "Of course, I lied to you."

Jiraiya felt as if struck by lightning.

Konoha, Root Headquarters.

"To be distracted at a time like this! This is your path to death!"

Shimura Danzo snorted coldly and unleashed the ultimate mind-control technique that originally belonged to Uchiha Shisui—Kotoamatsukami!

This ability, derived from the Mangekyo Sharingan, could directly invade the target's brain without being detected and permanently and thoroughly alter their will.

Danzo laughed maniacally, "Tremble! This is the eye that controls will! All who have seen it will become my puppets!"

Indeed, Kotoamatsukami had significant drawbacks, such as an excessively long cooldown period. Without Hashirama Senju's chakra, the cooldown could last over a decade. Even though Danzo had transplanted Hashirama Cells into himself, the number of times he could use it was still limited.

But this opportunity, used on Wang Yan, Danzo felt…

Worth it!

Unprecedented Illusion Master!

Root ninjas, trained through countless brutal methods, were completely defenseless against Wang Yan's genjutsu!

"Such a powerful ability, if you don't use it well yourself, then let me help you utilize it! The entire ninja world will bow before me! And I will lead Konoha to truly reach the pinnacle of glory!"

Not far away, Wang Yan, completely ignoring Danzo, smacked his lips, snapping out of Orochimaru's spectacular performance.

Jiraiya's life was actually quite lonely; he had no family. In a time of war, his students died in battle, his teacher sacrificed himself, his comrades betrayed him, and he wandered alone for a long time until he finally fell during an intelligence-gathering mission.

That shouldn't have been his end.

Perhaps, after becoming a Reincarnator, Jiraiya's life would become more exciting, with a little more joy and less of the burden of life and historical missions.

With a shift in his thoughts, Wang Yan looked at Shimura Danzo, who was ranting loudly, with a half-smile and a faint tone, "It seems you haven't realized yet."

"What?"

Danzo felt Wang Yan's lips move, as if he had said something, yet it also felt like he hadn't said anything at all.

"I've adjusted your consciousness and thought speed. How long do you think has passed since we met? One minute? Two minutes?"

Wang Yan looked at Danzo with amusement in his eyes.

The other party was like an idiot, taking half an hour just for the preparatory movements to release Kotoamatsukami. If it weren't for wanting to watch the grand drama of Orochimaru and Jiraiya fighting each other, Wang Yan could have gone out for a bowl of ramen and come back to counter his skill.

"You... what... did... you... say..."

Danzo reacted with extreme slowness, like a Slowpoke.

"I originally planned to kill you, but now that I think about it, I still need you to take some blame, so I'll spare your life for now."

Wang Yan rubbed his chin, snatching the Mangekyo Sharingan that contained the power of Kotoamatsukami.

The part that should have been the sclera now showed a scarlet red, with a jet-black, four-ringed windmill coiled in the center.

This was Kotoamatsukami, known as the ultimate genjutsu!

Wang Yan had no intention of gouging out his own eyes to replace them. If he were to do that, he would need the corresponding Uchiha clan bloodline, which wouldn't fit the Sovereign's style.

He had a thought: "Scan."

A formless mental energy field poured into the Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Guide."

In the scarlet eyeball, the black windmill began to spin rapidly.

"Analyze."

A hint of confusion appeared on Wang Yan's face, as if he had encountered a perplexing problem.

"Understand."

The confusion gradually faded, and everything about Kotoamatsukami became clear in his mind.

"Apply."

Finally, the strongest ultimate genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami, was transformed from a "bloodline innate ability" into a "jutsu" that Wang Yan could learn, understand, and freely use.

There was no long cooldown period, and it didn't require the Uchiha clan bloodline, yet it could still achieve the same effect.

Using Danzo as a guinea pig to test his new ability, Wang Yan was very satisfied with the gains from this trip.

Kotoamatsukami and Professor X's mind control abilities had little overlap. After complementing each other, Wang Yan could now be considered a true master in the field of mind control.

Erasing Danzo's memories of seeing him, planting seeds of evil deep within his heart, fertilizing them with madness, and then watering them with twisted water...

"I hope your performance won't disappoint me."

Glancing at the blank-faced and dull Danzo, Wang Yan smiled at the corner of his lips, "Reclaim this Mangekyo Sharingan."

The evil eye slowly vanished into the void, as if it had never existed.

"Reclaimed resource points: 20,000."

"Changed Danzo's fate, gained resource points: 7,000."

Adding the 6,760 points accumulated from various previous sources (including Orochimaru's Scientific Ninjutsu human experiments, etc.) and the 11,700 points contributed by Orochimaru's first mission, Wang Yan now held 45,460 resource points.