The Ōtsutsuki Isshiki template

Douyang, who had been watching Itachi, suddenly froze in place, unable to move.

"You can save others, but you can't save yourself."

Uchiha Itachi was extremely confident in his genjutsu. Without a Sharingan, Douyang had no way to resist it.

"Naive."

Just then, Uchiha Douyang chuckled, instantly broke free of the genjutsu, and charged at Uchiha Itachi with his long blade in hand.

Clang!

Amid a series of metallic clashes, the two figures met and sprang apart, standing opposite each other as they studied one another intently.

"Ever since I obtained this eye, everything I see has been absolutely real," Uchiha Douyang said impassively, touching his right eye.

Uchiha Itachi looked at Uchiha Douyang with a slight frown.

Douyang's right eye bore a golden, wheel-like pattern, with four triangles surrounding the pupil.

A golden eye with a radial pattern?

Where did he get this power?

Uchiha Itachi frowned slightly.

He soon thought of Orochimaru, who had defected more than two years ago.

Orochimaru had conducted human experimentation expressly forbidden within the village. After the Third Hokage discovered it, he fled Konoha.

But some time before defecting, Orochimaru had placed the Cursed Seal of Heaven on both Uchiha Douyang and Mitaraishi Anko.

The fact that Orochimaru had placed the Cursed Seal of Heaven on Uchiha Douyang meant the two had countless ties.

Could this golden, radially patterned eye also be a product of Orochimaru's research?

No eye can compare to the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan.

But I can't let my guard down.

Uchiha Itachi's expression was cold, his thoughts racing.

Despite Uchiha Itachi's gentle, refined appearance, he was actually just like the other Uchiha: he possessed the arrogance unique to the Uchiha deep in his bones.

He placed himself in the position of judge and slaughtered the Uchiha Clan. That was one form of arrogance.

He used his own values as the standard to choose Sasuke's path, even planning to use Kotoamatsukami to alter Sasuke's will. That, too, was arrogance.

"I see. Unable to awaken the Sharingan, you chose to work with Orochimaru, willingly debasing yourself and becoming his test subject."

"Willingly debasing myself?"

Uchiha Douyang said coldly, "You think your capacity surpasses the clan's, yet you still take pride in the clan's Sharingan. Without the Sharingan, what would you amount to?"

Uchiha Itachi's gaze froze. He had no answer.

He took a deep breath and changed the subject.

"Douyang, your thinking is too dangerous. I absolutely cannot let you live."

Uchiha Itachi swept his arm out, throwing twelve Shuriken while forming Hand Seals with one hand, and called out, "Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson!"

Twelve balls of fire hurtled toward Douyang.

A B-rank ninjutsu, Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson.

It possessed the intense heat and destructive power of Fire Release, along with the cutting ability of Shuriken.

Then something inconceivable happened.

Uchiha Douyang slowly extended his right hand, and the twelve balls of fire flying through the air vanished instantly.

Douyang's right eye was called the Kokugan, and it housed two ocular techniques: Sukunahikona and Daikokuten.

Sukunahikona could shrink the user himself and any object he could see, and restore them to their original size in an instant.

However, apart from the user himself, it could not shrink other living beings.

Notably, once an object was shrunk, the energy contained within it would decrease as well.

Thus, Sukunahikona countered every ability that took a nonliving form.

Uchiha Itachi raised his eyebrows slightly.

The Sharingan possessed powerful perception.

Sasuke's Three-Tomoe Sharingan could clearly see Deidara's C4 Karura.

Itachi's Three-Tomoe Sharingan could likewise clearly see objects shrunk by Sukunahikona.

Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson was shrunk. Is that his right eye's ability?

Immune to genjutsu, able to shrink ninjutsu and ninja tools... then it seems only Taijutsu can defeat him.

Uchiha Itachi quickly devised a countermeasure. His figure blurred as he charged forward with his blade.

In the original timeline, Itachi had often used genjutsu to decide his battles in a single stroke.

Combined with his serious illness, this gave people the false impression that his Taijutsu was weak.

In fact, the way Itachi, brought back through Impure World Reincarnation, could clash head-on with Naruto in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode without falling behind showed that his Taijutsu was also extremely formidable.

But without having awakened the Mangekyo, Uchiha Itachi could not possibly defeat Uchiha Douyang, who possessed the Kokugan.

Douyang suddenly vanished-shrinking himself-and dodged the slash of Uchiha Itachi's Ninja Blade.

Then he abruptly appeared in front of Uchiha Itachi and drove a vicious kick into his chest.

Itachi immediately spat out a large mouthful of blood, his chest caving in.

He flew backward, crashing through rows of trees, and finally fell to the ground with torn tendons, broken bones, and blood all over him, like a fish stripped of its scales, at another's mercy.

Uchiha Itachi struggled to get up, but the pain throughout his body was unbearable, and his consciousness gradually faded.

He severely wounded me with one kick...

His Taijutsu is far above mine...

No, that's not right... that power isn't something humans can wield...

Am I going to die?

Shisui... I've let you down.

Sasuke, from now on, I'll never be able to...

Footsteps drew closer and closer, interrupting Uchiha Itachi's thoughts.

He lay on the ground, unable to move, and could only ask in a trembling voice:

"Killing me will only enrage the clan and make them launch their coup sooner. Even with you, they can't defeat the village. You'll destroy the clan."

"I can't be bothered to explain. You don't deserve to hear it."

An Uchiha like Uchiha Itachi, already thoroughly brainwashed by the Will of Fire, could not be changed. Death was the only option!

Whoosh!

Douyang raised his blade and brought it down, cutting off Uchiha Itachi's head and storing it in Daikokuten's space.

Daikokuten.

The Kokugan's other ocular technique controlled a separate dimension where time stood completely still. Any object, even a living being, could be placed inside and retrieved at any time.

After cleaning up the scene, Uchiha Douyang slipped back into the village and headed to Kurenai Yuhi's home to visit his father-in-law, Shinku Yuhi.

On the way, Uchiha Douyang's gaze sharpened slightly, and he said inwardly, Panel, activate!

An extremely simple panel appeared in Douyang's field of vision.

[Host: Uchiha Douyang]

[Template: Ōtsutsuki Isshiki (5%)]

[Chakra attributes: yang, fire, earth]

[Bloodline: Kokugan (Sukunahikona, Daikokuten)]

It had already been seventeen years since he transmigrated into the Naruto world.

But he had only awakened his cheat last year: the Ōtsutsuki Isshiki template.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was Kaguya's superior. Thousands of years ago, the two had crossed the universe and come to Earth to plant the God Tree.

Unwilling to become fodder for the God Tree, Kaguya launched a sneak attack while Isshiki was completely unprepared, severely wounding him.

But on the brink of death, Isshiki escaped and took up residence inside Jigen's body, clinging to life.

Isshiki had lived for thousands of years, witnessing every change across the ages.

He witnessed Kaguya plant the God Tree and swallow the Chakra Fruit.

He witnessed Kaguya enslave humanity with Infinite Tsukuyomi.

He witnessed Hagoromo and Hamura seal Kaguya.

He witnessed the Sage of Six Paths establish Ninshu.

He witnessed the thousand-year feud between Indra and Asura.

He witnessed Hashirama Senju join forces with Madara Uchiha to pacify the age of chaos and establish the ninja village system.

He witnessed four Shinobi World Wars.

Compared to Black Zetsu, Isshiki was the ghost in the truest sense.