Chen and Mikoto's mission came with one clear requirement: they had to leave one person alive.
This was not to extract intelligence from the last remaining sand shinobi, but to use him to infiltrate the Hidden Sand Village's base—and perhaps even the front-line battlefield.
Of course, not in their current appearances.
As long as someone could become a Jonin in a village, no matter which faction they served, their loyalty to that village was beyond doubt.
Sunagakure's ninja would remain loyal to Sunagakure until death, just as Konoha's ninja would remain loyal to Konoha until death.
To achieve their objective, they had to control him, and that usually required Genjutsu... exceptionally powerful Genjutsu.
Taking everything into account, the task fell to Chen.
"I have a small favor to ask of you. I hope you won't refuse."
As soon as he spoke, the sand shinobi's terrified gaze became utterly vacant. After Chen's Three Tomoe Sharingan slowly spun several times, the man regained his senses.
"Your Genjutsu really is powerful," Mikoto said enviously after climbing down from above the Valley.
She also possessed the Three Tomoe Sharingan now, but she still could not control enemies with Genjutsu as freely as she wished... much less ninjas at the Elite Jonin level.
In truth, even among those with the Three Tomoe Sharingan, every Uchiha Ninja differed in their aptitude for Genjutsu.
How great could that difference be...? Just look at Sasuke and Itachi.
It was related to ocular power—or, on a deeper level, Yin Release.
Chen's Genjutsu was powerful, and naturally, his ocular power was immensely strong as well.
How strong...? He could already sense a barrier. In other words, even if he had not been a transmigrator and knew nothing of the Mangekyo Sharingan, his talent alone would have allowed him to sense