Analyzing Kotoamatsukami

"Congratulations on becoming a Reincarnator under the great Main God. Your designation is 002."

Jiraiya still wore an expression of pain and despair.

He tried hard to maintain his previous appearance, unwilling to let Orochimaru know what had happened to him, while also searching for a way to obtain the power the voice had promised him.

Unfortunately, Orochimaru had already received the notification that the mission was complete.

"Mission: Make Jiraiya feel despair."

"Completion Rate: Extremely high."

"Reward: 100% reading and browsing access to part of the Scientific Ninjutsu scrolls, 1,300 Reward Points."

Beating Jiraiya, driving him into despair, and granting him the identity of a Reincarnator...

That series of actions had generated a total of 13,000 Resource Points. Ninety percent went to Wang Yan, while Orochimaru naturally received the remaining ten percent.

"1,300 Reward Points..."

A gleam flashed through Orochimaru's eyes, and his expression softened. "The Main God's generosity is beyond expectation..."

In his view, dealing with Jiraiya had been effortless. Still, he had some doubts. Would future missions always be this easy?

Orochimaru had already gained some understanding of the value of Reward Points.

The Scientific Ninjutsu scrolls he regarded as treasures, things he had thought he could study for a lifetime, could be exchanged from the Main God for only five hundred Reward Points!

Orochimaru already had a rough idea of how much purchasing power 1,300 points possessed.

Watching Jiraiya struggle to maintain his previous expression, Orochimaru pursed his lips and said disdainfully, "Stop pretending. Get up."

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A fool's sixth sense was always far sharper than ordinary people's.

Jiraiya keenly sensed Orochimaru's change.

The killing intent around him had completely vanished.

What he did not know was that Orochimaru had spared him solely because of Wang Yan's reminder.

"In non-killing scenarios, any killing between Reincarnators will result in the killer losing 10,000 Reward Points."

Every Reincarnator was now an excellent worker. Wang Yan allowed healthy competition, but he would not permit malicious slaughter—it would damage his source of income!

As for not warning Orochimaru and simply deducting ten thousand points after he killed Jiraiya?

Punishing without teaching was tyranny. Wang Yan was not that LOW.

The facts proved that his warning had been quite effective.

A deduction of ten thousand Reward Points would probably send the balance straight into the negatives. Orochimaru did not have that many points to deduct, and as an intelligent man, he had no desire to test the outcome.

When Jiraiya finally recovered a little Chakra and attempted to launch a sneak attack on the defenseless Orochimaru, he received a similar warning.

"You... you're a Reincarnator too?!"

Jiraiya was stunned for a while. "So this was all a scam? Including the part about ruining my reputation, even... the Child of Prophecy's true identity, all of it was made up by you?"

Orochimaru did not think much about Jiraiya's questioning or his exposed identity.

He was a scientist, not some bored Wise One who could see the Main God's schemes in everything.

In truth, he had no interest in the deeper meaning of this mission. After all, it offered no benefit to his research progress or immortality.

Unable to kill Jiraiya now and unwilling to waste too much energy on such a single-minded fellow, Orochimaru gave a straightforward answer. "Naruto Uzumaki is an exceptionally talented, gifted, and promising ninja. He truly is the Child of Prophecy who can bring nuclear peace to the ninja world."

Jiraiya was full of suspicion. "You won't harm him, will you? You should understand the value of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki better than anyone."

Hearing this, Orochimaru sneered. "What is the Nine-Tails worth? Compared to Naruto Uzumaki himself, it is completely unimportant."

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

If he could make the other man his research assistant...

"Then, the matter with Tsunade..." Jiraiya asked expectantly.

Interrupted in his thoughts, Orochimaru gave him a disgusted glance and waved his hand impatiently. "Of course I lied to you."

Jiraiya looked as if he had been struck by lightning.

Konoha, Root headquarters.

"You still dare to lose focus at a time like this! That will be the death of you!"

Shimura Danzō snorted coldly and unleashed the strongest mind-control technique that had once belonged to Uchiha Shisui—Kotoamatsukami!

This ability, born from the Mangekyō Sharingan, could directly invade an opponent's brain without being noticed and permanently, completely alter their will.

Danzo burst into wild laughter. "Tremble! This is the eye that dominates wills! Anyone who has seen it will become my puppet!"

Indeed, Kotoamatsukami had major flaws. Its cooldown was excessively long; without Hashirama Senju's Chakra, the cooldown would last more than a decade. Even though Danzo had transplanted Hashirama Cells into himself, the number of times he could use it remained limited.

But using this opportunity on Wang Yan, Danzo felt that...

It was worth it!

An unprecedented master of Genjutsu!

The Root ninja who had undergone countless cruel training sessions had no resistance whatsoever to Wang Yan's Genjutsu!

"Such a powerful ability, and you do not know how to use it properly yourself. Then let me use it for you! The entire ninja world will submit to me! And I will lead Konoha to the true pinnacle of glory!"

Not far away, Wang Yan, who had completely ignored Danzo, smacked his lips and snapped out of the wonderful performance between Orochimaru and Jiraiya.

Jiraiya's life had actually been very lonely. He had no family. Amid the chaos of war, his students had died in battle, his teacher had sacrificed himself, his companion had betrayed him, and he had wandered alone for years until he ultimately died during an intelligence-gathering mission.

That should not have been his ending.

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

With a shift of thought, Wang Yan looked at Shimura Danzō, who was still spouting grandiose nonsense, with an enigmatic smile. His tone was quiet. "It seems you still haven't realized it."

"What?"

Danzo felt Wang Yan's lips move, as though he had said something, yet also as though he had said nothing at all.

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

Wang Yan looked at Danzo with mockery in his eyes.

The other man was like an idiot. The preliminary motions for releasing Kotoamatsukami had taken him half an hour. If Wang Yan had not wanted to watch the grand drama of Orochimaru and Jiraiya loving and killing each other, he could have gone out for a bowl of ramen and returned in time to catch the skill Danzo had cast.

"Wha... did... you... say..."

Danzo reacted as slowly as a dim-witted beast.

"I originally planned to kill you, but on second thought, there are still a few scapegoats I need you to carry. I'll spare your life for now."

Wang Yan rubbed his chin and seized the Mangekyō Sharingan that contained the power of Kotoamatsukami.

The part that should have been white was instead a sea of crimson, while a pitch-black four-bladed pinwheel rested at its center.

This was Kotoamatsukami, the ultimate Genjutsu!

Wang Yan had no intention of gouging out his own eye and replacing it. If he did that, he would also need the Uchiha Clan bloodline to match it, and that did not suit the Main God's style.

With a thought, Wang Yan said, "Scan."

An intangible Spiritual Power field poured into the Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Guide."

Inside the crimson eyeball, the black pinwheel began spinning rapidly.

"Analyze."

A trace of confusion showed on Wang Yan's face, as though he had encountered a difficult problem that left him baffled.

"Understand."

The confusion gradually faded, and he came to fully understand everything about Kotoamatsukami.

"Apply."

At last, Kotoamatsukami, the strongest ultimate Genjutsu, had been transformed by Wang Yan from an "innate bloodline divine ability" into an "art" that could be learned, understood, and freely used.

There was no lengthy cooldown, nor was the Uchiha Clan bloodline required, yet it could still achieve the same effect.

Using Danzo as a lab rat to test his new ability, Wang Yan felt extremely satisfied with the gains from this trip.

Kotoamatsukami and Professor X's psychic manipulation ability did not overlap much. After complementing each other, Wang Yan could now be considered a grandmaster in the field of psychic manipulation.

He erased Danzo's memories of meeting him, planted an evil seed deep in his heart, applied the fertilizer of madness, and watered it with twisted water...

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

Glancing at the blank-faced, dull-witted Danzo, Wang Yan smiled at the corners of his mouth. "Recycle this Mangekyō Sharingan."

The evil eyeball slowly vanished into the void, as though it had never existed.

"Recycling yielded 20,000 Resource Points."

"Changing Danzo's fate yielded 7,000 Resource Points."

Including the 6,760 points he had accumulated through various scattered methods earlier, including Orochimaru's Scientific Ninjutsu human experiments, as well as the 11,700 points contributed by Orochimaru's first mission, Wang Yan now held 45,460 Resource Points.