Big Brother Did Not Lose

Danzo had no intention of holding back. He directly used the "strongest genjutsu" on Ingetsu.

An Uchiha with a Mangekyo, an Uchiha who dared not flee for his life at a time like this and instead attempted to assassinate him—Danzo considered that enough to take seriously and grant the respect due in battle.

As for using Kotoamatsukami—

If he could no longer suppress the mysterious Masked Man and Uchiha Itachi afterward, that would be Monkey's problem!

In that instant.

Ingetsu stood where he was, the mental pathways in his mind like program code that had been reset, waiting for someone to alter his thoughts and will.

This was a power he could not resist.

It ignored resistance from Pupil Power.

It ignored resistance from willpower.

This Yin Release Chakra was incomparably compatible with the structure of the human brain. It could perfectly integrate into a person's sensory system from any angle.

Then, it would weave another world—a world the victim could neither perceive nor escape.

Yet the master of that world did not belong to the victim, but to the caster.

Kotoamatsukami...

This Mangekyo Dojutsu, hailed as the "strongest genjutsu," took roughly more than a decade to use again after a single use. Yet once someone fell under it, they would basically be controlled for the rest of their life.

In the distance, seeing Ingetsu inexplicably controlled, the Uchihas' breathing quickened. They took a step back, their bodies stiff.

Uchiha Izumi, Uchiha Nanpu, and the other Uchihas seemed to see the fate awaiting them.

Ingetsu's assassination had failed. Danzo's reinforcements, the Third Hokage, were rushing over with a large number of ANBU.

Like those Uchiha clansmen in the clan grounds who had died at Itachi's hands, they would be buried tonight and reduced to dust in history.

In contrast, the Root Organization members finally let out the breath they had been holding. Their Lord Danzo had lived up to his reputation, easily resolving such a dangerous assassination attempt!

The Root Organization members showed no emotional reaction whatsoever to their companions being killed by Danzo's Wind Release.

To them, dying by Lord Danzo's hand was an honor as well!

A Root Organization captain glanced at the nearby Uchihas and sneered.

"A bunch of fish that slipped through the net. Just wait to die!"

The Uchihas' faces turned pale. They did not dare look at Ingetsu's fate, instinctively shielding Izumi and the severely wounded Tamao.

Even if they were to die—

They should die together.

Izumi noticed that the badly injured Tamao's body had tensed. She had wanted to say something, but then saw Tamao, who looked as though he were covered in blood, widen his Three Tomoe eyes. He climbed up from the ground, straightened his back, and roared:

"Big Brother hasn't lost!!!"

Ever since he was little, in Tamao's eyes, no matter what Ingetsu did, he had always kept his word.

Back then, when he said he would take him out of the hospital, he had ignored the clan head and the clansmen's objections and taken him out. Now that Big Brother said he would bring them to avenge themselves, he had brought them here to cut down Danzo!

Even if Big Brother died—

He still hadn't lost!!

The other Uchihas merely lowered their heads in silence.

"I'll give you a quick death!"

Danzo's expression was vicious. His right hand had already plucked out Ingetsu's left eye, blood streaking through the air as Ingetsu, struck by Kotoamatsukami, staggered backward.

"Heh..."

Danzo had succeeded. Though he revealed neither joy nor anger on his face, he was even more excited inside than when he had seized Shisui's Mangekyo.

He had acquired another control-type Mangekyo!

Happiness had come too suddenly.

Danzo lowered his head to look at the Sharingan in his hand and directly embedded it into the empty eye socket on the back of his right hand.

This right arm cloned from Hashirama Cells could perfectly withstand the impact of the Pupil Power from numerous Sharingan.

Its surface was covered in rows of pitch-black holes.

Once this Sharingan fused into it, the hole on the back of his hand wrapped around the eye like a real eye socket.

Logically speaking—

When Ingetsu had previously used Mangekyo mental control on him, the Kotoamatsukami Pupil Power in Danzo's mind should have been the first choice for resisting the invading Pupil Power.

However, the Hashirama Cells-cloned arm had taken the place of Danzo's brain. It instinctively used the remaining Three Tomoe Pupil Power in the arm to resist the Mangekyo, causing Danzo's mind to be controlled by Yachihoko.

Danzo understood that this was because, within his aged body, the Hashirama Cells held a higher status than his brain.

At present, he could not control the Hashirama Cells in his body, and they had nearly gotten him killed.

"Hmph, so long as this old man still lives, nothing can escape my control!

Evil Uchiha Brat by nature.

Accept judgment from fate!"

Danzo narrowed his aged eyes and slowly approached the retreating Ingetsu. He used Kotoamatsukami to alter Ingetsu's will, making him stop where he stood and willingly await slaughter.

Ingetsu froze in place.

So far, Danzo had only obtained one pair of Three Tomoe Sharingan. One had been consumed when he seized Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.

The remaining one had just cast Izanagi in exchange for this Mangekyo.

Trading a Three Tomoe for a Mangekyo.

What a bargain!

As Danzo sensed the new power his arm had gained, he had already arrived before Ingetsu.

Just as the corners of his mouth began to curl up, ready to personally snuff out the flame of Ingetsu's life, they suddenly fell. He abruptly lowered his head to look at the Hashirama Cells clone arm.

To his astonishment, he discovered that this Sharingan's Pupil Power was nowhere near as vast as that of a Mangekyo.

Because

its Pupil Power... was draining away!

Not only that.

Danzo's pupils widened as he watched the Sharingan close, lose its vitality, and begin brewing a Dojutsu he knew all too well.

He had just activated this Dojutsu.

"Izanagi?" Danzo stared at Ingetsu in shock and demanded, "How do you know this forbidden technique too?!"

Having lost both eyes and fallen into darkness, Ingetsu covered his eyes. He did not answer, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"No!!

You had no time to form hand seals just now. You couldn't even form seals one-handed. Even if you knew Izanagi, when would you have had the chance to use it?

Izanagi requires hand seals!

And besides.

You were actually willing to sacrifice even a Mangekyo?

Who exactly are you?"

Countless questions surged through Danzo's mind. He was shocked both by Ingetsu's true identity and by his decisive willingness to sacrifice a Mangekyo.

Suddenly, an answer surfaced in his mind!

Danzo's face twitched as he said viciously, "I know! It was a Transcription Seal. You sealed Izanagi inside the Mangekyo beforehand, so once you came under attack, it would automatically activate?"

Ingetsu shook his head, denying Danzo's guess. He looked at the rigid-minded man with a hint of pity.

At that moment, the offensive and defensive positions had reversed!

Ingetsu's Izanagi activated. He erased every outcome unfavorable to himself—such as being under Kotoamatsukami and losing the Kotoamatsukami he had possessed before—and gained one minute to control and alter the rules.

More than a minute had passed since Danzo cast Izanagi.

Now, it was Ingetsu's turn to control those rules.

The Kotoamatsukami in Danzo's right eye socket suddenly vanished, leaving behind a dark, empty socket. He had completely lost his connection to Kotoamatsukami.

"Kotoamatsukami! My Kotoamatsukami!"

Danzo's mind was once again flooded by the intense agony of losing an eye, and his spirits immediately slumped.

"Why do you think I removed the Mangekyo just now and placed Kotoamatsukami in my right eye socket?

Izanagi can only alter factors unfavorable to oneself.

I put Kotoamatsukami into my own eye.

Your Izanagi took it back.

You acted against me.

Once my Izanagi activated, Kotoamatsukami naturally returned to my eye socket and automatically dispelled the Kotoamatsukami affecting me.

Also.

Kotoamatsukami just returned to your body. Although you had used it before, it was also nourished by the Hashirama Cells in your body, greatly shortening its activation time.

Am I right?"

Light returned to Ingetsu's right eye. As he spoke, Kotoamatsukami appeared, and he also implanted the Yachihoko Mangekyo into his left eye.

At this point.

An incongruous sight appeared in his eye sockets.

In his left eye, a blade-shaped Mangekyo!

—Yachihoko!

In his right eye, a Shuriken-shaped Mangekyo!

—Kotoamatsukami!

PS: Please keep reading! The next chapter will be exciting!