After using Genjutsu to explain everything to Second Pillar in an instant, Uchiha Itachi began to make his move against Yakushi Kabuto.
Izanami was a special forbidden technique. Its cost was similar to Izanagi's, but its purpose was not to harm others—it was to save souls that had fallen into extremity.
Thus, Izanami could not be activated instantly. It required the user to use ocular power to establish three nodes.
To the enemy, they had to be three deeply memorable moments.
Second Pillar did not act, choosing instead to watch from the side. It was not merely because Uchiha Itachi had an Impure World Reincarnation body, but because he intended to use this opportunity to learn that forbidden technique of the Uchiha Clan!
Uchiha Itachi launched a series of attacks that looked entirely ordinary! Yakushi Kabuto was no weakling; his current strength was enough to rival Orochimaru's.
Even Uchiha Itachi was drawn into a bitter struggle...
Yet through Second Pillar's eyes, he could clearly see that Uchiha Itachi had cast Izanami.
The first node... was a drop of water from the battlefield falling onto Yakushi Kabuto's shoulder. Naturally, no one would notice such a trivial thing amid war, and Yakushi Kabuto continued attacking Uchiha Itachi.
The second node came when Uchiha Itachi was about to be struck. The flock of crows gave Yakushi Kabuto a momentary opening.
As for the third node, it was Uchiha Itachi concealed within the Crow Clone Technique, striking the horn on Yakushi Kabuto's head with perfect precision!
Once the three nodes had been completed, Izanami was fully cast. One of Uchiha Itachi's eyes lost its light even in his Impure World Reincarnation state.
Yakushi Kabuto stood silently in place, his eyes vacant. He had completely lost control of his body...
"So the three nodes of