Was it genjutsu? No, it wasn't genjutsu!
Sasuke reacted at once, initially thinking it was genjutsu.
But the Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes and his perception of his own chakra flow both told him that what had just happened wasn't genjutsu. It had all been real. The fierce battle raging nearby between Hoshichi and the other Snow Ninja Anbu and the Root members, including Torune, proved it as well. Most importantly, the sensation of that strike had been unmistakably real.
No matter what the circumstances were,
Sasuke could be absolutely certain that his blow had pierced Danzō's heart.
So why hadn't it worked?!
His brows furrowed.
Confusion spread through his mind,
but it lasted less than a second.
His thoughts turned to a conversation from three years ago, when he'd exchanged messages with Naruto. Naruto had suggested that most of the bodies and Sharingan of Sasuke's clan might have fallen into the hands of Konoha's High Command after his clan was wiped out eight years ago. He'd also mentioned the secret technique of the Uchiha Clan—a mysterious jutsu that could use the Sharingan as a sacrifice to turn death into an illusion.
The Izanagi technique!
He didn't need much time or effort.
His mind raced.
After eliminating each possibility in turn and connecting the strange details of what had just happened,
Sasuke quickly deduced the only possible answer.
A powerful technique that sacrificed the Sharingan, leaving it permanently blind and sealed, to return the user to the state recorded—or, more accurately, copied—by the eye. Even death could be nullified!
In other words!
If his guess was right,
then beneath that bandage, Danzō had transplanted a Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan!
At the thought,
"Shimura Danzō!"
The fury in Sasuke's eyes burned even hotter. He fixed Danzō in the distance with