"Huff—"
Ingetsu landed his blow, but instead of retreating, he endured the pain, clenched his teeth without making a sound, and removed his Yachihoko Mangekyo Sharingan with his backhand.
His face twisted, and veins bulged on his forehead.
His right eye went dark.
His brain trembled.
Waves of unbearable pain assaulted him, and thick blood seeped between the fingers of his right hand.
As he panted heavily, Ingetsu did not hesitate. He put away the Yachihoko Mangekyo Sharingan and pressed the Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo Sharingan into his empty right eye socket.
The nerves within his eye socket, sustained by Chakra, transformed into countless pathways and successfully connected with the Mangekyo's universally compatible network.
The Uchihas opened their mouths wide, their eyes widening as though they could personally feel Ingetsu's piercing agony.
Izumi's heart clenched.
The Root Organization members' scalps tingled at the sight. That guy had not hesitated at all when changing eyes, nor had he made a single sound. Even in the Root Organization, there were few ruthless people like him.
Ingetsu opened his eyes. The vision in his right eye went from blurry to clear. The pain remained, but it had lessened considerably.
The Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo Sharingan lay quietly in his eye socket, observing everything around it. It trembled slightly as its vitality returned.
"Big brother..." Tamao watched Ingetsu's back as he endured the pain alone, and the viciousness on his face grew even stronger. He kicked Danzo away.
Ingetsu swept his gaze over the Root members in the trees.
He had expended seventy percent of the Yachihoko Mangekyo Sharingan's Yin Release Chakra to impose mental control over the hundred elite Root members in this forest.
Even without the Yachihoko Mangekyo Sharingan on him now, once the mark had been planted, these puppets could not break free from his control without outside help.
Mixed among the Root members were eight Uchiha Police Force members in disguise.
At that moment, beneath their masks, their faces had gone pale. Watching the scene below, their hearts suddenly pounded faster, their emotions surging.
On the way here,
Ingetsu had not explained the purpose of this operation.
Before leaving Konoha, he wanted to do something for the Uchiha: assassinate Danzo and reclaim what belonged to the Uchiha!
Just moments ago,
other than Tamao, even Uchiha Izumi had thought Ingetsu had gone mad.
Assassinate the Hokage Assistant!
Even the Uchiha High Council, who harbored thoughts of rebellion, had not dared to imagine or attempt such a thing!
Even elite Jonin from the other Four Great Shinobi Villages would not dare dream of assassinating this high-ranking figure known as Konoha's Darkness of the Shinobi World.
Even if Captain Ingetsu awakened the Mangekyo,
there was no way he could accomplish this!
Yet the scene before them told them that Ingetsu had exploited the chaos, led them into the Root Organization's ranks unnoticed, and completed a decapitation strike.
Before this, aside from Tamao, no one had believed Ingetsu could lead them this far.
"He really... did it."
Nanfeng froze in the tree. He subconsciously drew his ninja sword from behind his back, only to discover in astonishment that he had regained control of his body.
The other Uchihas reacted as well.
They looked toward the Uchiha Compound, where the cries and screams had begun to fade.
They could not go back.
The clan was gone.
Grief, desolation, and endless pain exploded in the minds of these Uchihas. Stimulated by their suffering, their Pupil Power began to surge dramatically.
"Damn Konoha higher-ups!!"
"If Shisui hadn't died, how could the Uchiha have ended up like this?!"
Since they had lost everything, they would follow Ingetsu, who had brought them this far, and vent their rage upon the true instigators!
At that moment, even Izumi, normally gentle and kind, thought the same.
They drew their ninja swords and stood guard around Ingetsu, silently awaiting the best opportunity to strike.
Ingetsu withdrew his gaze and looked at Danzo's corpse before him. After briefly assessing his condition, he found that his Yachihoko Mangekyo Sharingan had only ten percent of its Yin Release Chakra remaining.
Aside from the ten percent used to initially control nine clan members,
another ten percent of Yin Release Chakra had been carried by Ingetsu's Shadow Clone into the clan head's residence and implanted into Uchiha Mikoto's body.
Although he had acquired a Kotoamatsukami,
his Chakra was nearly exhausted.
He had to end this quickly, preserve his strength, and prepare to flee.
But the battle was not over yet!
At that moment,
"Huff—"
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Danzo staggered backward, trying to gasp for air, but he immediately suffocated. His left eye trembled as it stared at the two before him, then lost its life.
The moment his heart had been pierced by the ninja sword,
Danzo had died.
But through Ingetsu's Mangekyo, before Danzo died, the corners of his mouth had curled upward slightly in a cold, sinister smile.
Just as the other Uchihas believed victory was assured,
the black robe on Danzo's corpse suddenly slipped to the ground, revealing his bandage-wrapped right arm.
Its index and middle fingers were raised, forming half of a one-handed seal.
The white bandages around his arm unraveled layer by layer.
Under the moonlight, the other Uchihas discovered in shock that Danzo's arm resembled a pale, withered tree branch. A Three Tomoe Sharingan was embedded in the back of his hand, though it was slowly closing.
How horrifying!
"Shimura Danzō actually has a Sharingan too. The Dojutsu he activated... feels both familiar and strange."
Nanfeng, wearing glasses, stared at Ingetsu in shock.
A sense of foreboding suddenly rose within him.
The Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo Sharingan in Ingetsu's right eye suddenly vanished without warning. Even Danzo's corpse, leaning against the tree, disappeared bizarrely.
Like a mark erased from a blackboard.
Danzo appeared five meters away.
The Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo Sharingan emerged in his empty right eye socket, as though Ingetsu had never removed it.
Before Ingetsu made his move,
Danzo's concealed right hand had already formed a one-handed seal, using the Uchiha clan's forbidden technique, Izanagi.
It forcibly altered outcomes unfavorable to himself, such as being marked by Yachihoko, dying physically, and having his Mangekyo taken.
During that time,
he had already died. Even if Ingetsu took his Kotoamatsukami, he could not use that "strongest genjutsu" on him to alter his will.
For the next minute, Danzo could control the rules and alter anything unfavorable to himself.
That was the forbidden technique—Izanagi!
The Root Organization members in the trees all sighed in relief, while the Uchihas tensed from head to toe.
"Young man, let me give you some advice. In your next life, don't waste time talking when you assassinate someone!"
Wind swirled around Danzo's feet. He stepped forward, shattering the ground, and exhaled a powerful gust toward Tamao.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!"
Whoosh—
The gale howled.
Dust and sand flew everywhere.
Tamao seemed to be caught in the eye of a storm. The fierce winds transformed into countless steel blades, frantically slicing through his armor and leaving dense wounds across his skin, while the immense wind pressure crushed his internal organs.
Pfft—
Tamao spat out blood and thrust his ninja sword into the ground, trying to withstand the Wind Release with his body.
But he was still swept up by the immense force of the gale, sent flying backward. He crashed through numerous trees in the forest before falling heavily to the ground.
A large stretch of the forest was cut down by the Wind Release.
Izumi's heart lurched. After cleverly avoiding the continuing gale with her Three Tomoe Sharingan activated, she leaped from the tree, carried away the severely injured and unconscious Tamao.
The Uchihas in the trees scattered, avoiding the Wind Release that exerted immense pressure on them.
Boom—
Several immobilized Root Organization members watched helplessly as the Wind Release swept toward them at its peak. They did not even have time to scream before their flesh and blood were torn apart by the fierce wind, exploding into a mist of blood.
The Uchihas who had avoided the Wind Release looked back at the devastated forest, their eyes widening as they struggled to catch their breath.
After dealing with the insignificant nuisances, Danzo's figure appeared before Ingetsu out of thin air. Greedily, he reached for Ingetsu's left eye socket.
Danzo's counterattack was completed in an instant, even faster than Ingetsu and Tamao's coordinated attempt to kill him.
Not only did he want to kill this innately evil Uchiha brat, he also wanted to seize the other's Mangekyo!
His subordinates had not reacted at all.
It had to be because of that Mangekyo's ability!
Such a dangerous ability should belong to Konoha, and only Konoha could control it.
He would gladly accept it!
At the same time,
Clang—
Danzo's right eye bloomed with red light as the shuriken-shaped pattern of Kotoamatsukami rotated.
Silent Yin Release Chakra forced its way into Ingetsu's mind through their exchanged gaze.
The situation instantly reversed.
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