Watching everyone leave, Danzo touched his right eye, his heart brimming with delight.
The reason Ōnoki had cooperated so readily during the allocation just now was the Dōjutsu of this Mangekyō Sharingan taken from Shisui Uchiha—Kotoamatsukami.
It was a Dōjutsu that could invade a target's mind and alter their will without them ever noticing.
In other words, Ōnoki had no idea he was under a genjutsu.
Moreover, this Dōjutsu required no eye contact to activate, making it exceptionally discreet.
"A pair of Rinnegan, plus Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan... Hiruzen, what a timely death! Now the position of Fifth Hokage will be mine!" Danzo could not keep the corners of his mouth from rising.
Danzo felt he was about to soar. His era was coming, and he would finally be able to realize his grand ambitions.
Up in the sky, Neji suddenly stopped flying and looked at Sasuke beside him. "Looks like we're late. This battle ended quickly."
"Their battle is over?" Sasuke asked.
Neji nodded. "It's already finished. I saw Uchiha Itachi's corpse."
"Uchiha Itachi is dead?!" Sasuke clenched his fists involuntarily.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi's too," Neji added.
"He got off easy!" Sasuke gritted his teeth.
"Is Uchiha Itachi really dead?" Sasuke asked with a frown.
"The corpse I saw certainly looked like Uchiha Itachi, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was him," Neji said.
"Even your Tenseigan can't tell whether it's real?" Sasuke frowned.
"I'll give it a try." Neji was still several kilometers away.
The veins around his eyes bulged as he pushed his Tenseigan eye power to its limits, directing his gaze toward Uchiha Itachi's corpse.
This time, Neji finally noticed something. The Tenseigan's formidable eye power revealed the corpse's true nature.
It was not Uchiha Itachi's corpse at all. In reality, it was the corpse of a deathly