Izanami

Kabuto slumped onto the lime-covered ground, gasping for breath as harsh, rapid wheezes came from his throat.

He stared fixedly at Chenshu Senju, his fingers unconsciously digging into the gravel beneath him. He did not even notice when his nails were torn open.

That brutal, unreasonable burst of chakra had utterly shattered every one of his mental defenses.

Itachi Uchiha, who had remained silent beside them, had scarlet light rapidly swirling in his eyes.

Without any hesitation, he walked straight toward Kabuto, who lay limp on the ground.

"What are you trying to do..." Kabuto gritted his teeth and instinctively tried to shrink back.

But the chakra within his body had been completely thrown into disarray, leaving his limbs without even a shred of strength.

A streak of dark red blood instantly flowed from Itachi's left eye, sliding down his pale cheek.

At that moment, Izanami was activated.

Without any sign of hand seals, this ultimate genjutsu that decided one's fate directly locked down all of Kabuto's senses.

Kabuto's body suddenly stiffened. He remained frozen in his retreating pose, both hands braced against the ground.

A few seconds later, the black pupils in his eye sockets gradually lost focus, and his eyes rolled completely white.

He remained sitting rigidly on his knees amid the rubble, becoming a living corpse that had lost all independent consciousness.

"Your eye..." Sasuke frowned as he looked at Itachi's left eye, now devoid of light.

"This is Izanami, a dojutsu that decides fate," Itachi said calmly.

"The price is blindness?"

"Only a necessary price. He has already fallen into an infinite-loop genjutsu and cannot break free."

With that, Itachi turned and continued toward Kabuto Yakushi, who had become as stiff as a wooden puppet.

He extended both hands and seized Kabuto's wrists.

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