Yechen smiled as he watched the men charging straight at him and Danzo waiting in the distance for an opening.
The three tomoe in his eyes rotated slightly, and the charging Root Ninjas fell victim to his technique once again.
Yechen flickered through a series of movements. Several figures flew backward in succession, dying the instant they hit the ground. A single punch had shattered each man's heart.
At the sight, Danzo shuddered inwardly, as though he had realized what was happening.
"Impressive. If I'm not mistaken, you've awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, haven't you?"
It had only been a guess at first, but witnessing Yechen's terrifying genjutsu abilities made Danzo all the more certain.
Yechen smiled. The three tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly, becoming four before connecting into a shape resembling a black sun.
Seeing those eyes, Danzo trembled all over. Their oppressive presence had grown even stronger.
"You really have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. That ability to pull people into an illusion instantly must be the ocular technique of one of your eyes. What ability does the other one have?"
Yechen frowned slightly at his words. He had not expected Danzo to know the Sharingan so well, or to know that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan activated two ocular techniques.
Still, on reflection, it made sense. The Mangekyō Sharingan was rare, but it had appeared before.
The Shimura Clan, along with quite a few clans that had only risen to prominence in recent years, had ranked among the notable clans during the Warring States Period, even if they had not been as renowned as the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan.
With the intelligence Root possessed, it was hardly surprising that Danzo had uncovered some secrets about the Sharingan.
If he knew the secrets of the Mangekyō Sharingan and