Genjutsu Mangekyō

Chapter 44: Genjutsu · Mangekyō

Nest Hidden Village.

Five figures temporarily stopped at a certain inn, chatting about their future actions, with the Mangekyō in their possession naturally at the center of their plans.

"Look at this magnificent pattern, so beautiful and artistic," Iwashi said to the other four.

They sat around a small square table, a glass bottle filled with a special nutrient solution (ingredients: formaldehyde) in his hand. Iwashi held the glass bottle up to the overhead incandescent light, the bright red eyeball submerged in the transparent liquid.

"Indeed, as expected of an Uchiha's eye. Such a fresh and usable eye, I wonder what price it could fetch," Heimulin marveled.

"How about we try using it? See how much of the dōjutsu's effect can be maintained."

However, as soon as he said this, Aici stopped him, jokingly scolding, "I see you're just curious about the Mangekyō's dōjutsu. Don't overthink it; this level of eye is not something ordinary people can use.

You might even suffer from dōjutsu backlash and be sucked dry."

Iwashi couldn't help but frown. If this eye couldn't be used, wouldn't it be no different from a pretty decoration?

Aici saw his worries and said nonchalantly, "Our trip is primarily to track down the Tailed Beasts. Being able to acquire such a treasure along the way is simply great luck.

Maybe we can get a promotion and get rich with this eye, and even squeeze into the organization's inner circle."

"Is this eye really that powerful? But wasn't its owner killed by us quite easily?" Heimulin hesitated.

Aici rolled his eyes at him, scoffing, "Do you think the Mangekyō is as easy to activate as a ninjutsu? This thing has very high requirements for the host's physique and consumes an extreme amount of Chakra.

With a little girl's physique, she probably would have been exhausted before even unleashing the Mangekyō's power. It's quite funny, really, to have awakened such powerful dōjutsu through talent, only for it to benefit us now."

"I heard that prolonged use of this eye can lead to blindness. Will this affect the Mangekyō's price?"

Aici scoffed, "Have you forgotten how advanced the organization's technology is? Problems that are difficult for ordinary people to solve are as simple as breathing for them."

"Oh, oh." Heimulin, recalling the technology he had witnessed before, felt a lingering fear while the worry in his eyes instantly dissipated.

That was the kind of powerful vitality that could restore even a severed head in an instant. He heard that their research on the human body had reached its peak, and now they were only interested in eternal life!

They chatted happily, fantasizing about their future happy lives while looking at the Mangekyō in the bottle. They raised their glasses, the golden liquid swirling like waves.

With a soft clink, they drained the fine wine in their glasses, celebrating the arrival of a good day in advance.

Suddenly, the Mangekyō in the glass bottle flickered strangely, a flash of light scanning everyone in the room. Faced with the sudden change, the five were stunned, looking at the eye in the bottle, not understanding what was happening.

——Genjutsu · Mangekyō!

The five felt inexplicably strange. Could they have just been seeing things?

"My alcohol tolerance has been quite low recently. I'm already drunk after just a few sips," Iwashi felt dazed, his brain a little dizzy.

He shook his head, trying to stay awake, and after rubbing his temples, he strangely discovered that there was one more person in the room.

"It's you, the Mangekyō brat!" Iwashi exclaimed, not having time to think about how she escaped from the sea of fire. He immediately formed hand seals, while retreating and reminding his companions, "Get out of the way, I'm going to use 'Wind Cutter'!"

The seals were completed, and in the shocked eyes of his companions, Iwashi swung his arm quickly, like a blade cutting out a sword energy, a wind blade with a heavy color slashing towards 'Sarada'.

'Sarada' was immediately shocked, losing some of her composure, and shouted, "Are you crazy?!"

But she couldn't care about the reason and sprang up from the chair, dodging to the side.

Just as he stabilized his body and wanted to step forward to stop Iwashi, the other three also surrounded him. Their expressions were unkind, with surprise but more of killing intent.

"So what if you survived? You're still going to die!" Heimulin sneered.

The four of them stood in a row, their eyes locked on the retreating 'Sarada', the speed of their hand seals not slowing down at all.

"Wind Release: Air Pressure Cannon!"

"Fire Release: Agave Dragon!"

"Fire Release: Demon Dance!"

"Wind Release: Air Current Dance!"

Four powerful combined ninjutsu were released in an instant. To prevent 'Sarada' from dodging, they thoughtfully used large-scale killing moves. No matter how agile a monkey is, it can only jump on a single log.

"You're crazy, you're all crazy!"

The bewildered 'Sarada', although angry, did not dare to be careless, after all, these were truly fatal attacks.

Fortunately, his main attribute was earth, so a high wall rose from the ground, standing firmly in front of 'Sarada'.

Rumble——!

In the buzzing explosion, the flames were amplified by the gale, turning into a sea of fire like a ferocious agave dragon. The terrifying high temperature dried the soil, turning it into sand, and eventually collapsed with a bang.

'Sarada', hiding behind, was slightly stunned. After all, it was only natural that he couldn't block the combined ninjutsu of four people.

He did not choose to resist head-on, but directly used Earth Release to sink into the ground. The fire tongue reached his position in the next moment, the intense high temperature burning fiercely, turning the inn into ruins in an instant.

"Earth Release: Underground Headhunter Technique!"

'Sarada' suddenly drilled out of the ground, randomly pulling a teammate into the earth.

"Damn brat!" Aici cursed softly, pressing his hands on the ground and injecting a large amount of Chakra, "Earth Release: Opening Earth Rising Excavation!"

The ground under his feet instantly bulged and protruded, and the two people under the ground were quickly squeezed out of the soil. Seeing this, 'Sarada' jumped away quickly. There was still a large sea of fire around him, and he didn't have much room to retreat.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

"Lightning Release: Lightning Guiding Flash!"

Iwashi and Heimulin coordinated their hand seals, releasing a new round of combined ninjutsu. A waterfall of water surged towards 'Sarada'.

Seeing this, 'Sarada' hastily formed hand seals, using an earth pillar to propel herself into the air, away from the water's surface.

He didn't want to be soaking in a pool of electrically charged water.

Aici continued the attack, "Fire Release: Wind Tornado!"

The flames that hadn't been extinguished were swept together by a hurricane. The howling wind made the flames burn even more fiercely. Although the ground was soaked by the tidal wave, the fire burned unceasingly!

Faced with this bizarre combination of water and fire, 'Sarada's' expression was unsightly. There was nowhere to retreat, and he couldn't block it. He couldn't help but roar, "What the hell are you doing? I'm Tazeshi!!"

However, no one paid him any attention. In their eyes, he was the Sarada who had been burned to death and inexplicably come back to life. Therefore, faced with this supernatural scene, they only wanted to eliminate him as quickly as possible.

Tazeshi felt like his whole world was collapsing. Danger was coming from all directions, and it would be difficult for him to evade this fatal attack!

But, although the situation before him was dangerous, it wasn't impossible to resolve. He took out a scroll from his satchel, carefully unfurled it, and summoned it with hand seals.

Poof. In the smoke, a tiny cyan crystal lay in his palm, held by a simple rope. Sensing the surging ninjutsu nearby, it autonomously emitted a green glow, devouring all the ninjutsu attacks!

Whether it was combined ninjutsu, or fire, water, wind, or lightning, all were absorbed by this unassuming little crystal.

Seeing the crisis temporarily averted, Tazeshi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, his eyes fixed on the three hostile figures on the ground as he fell into thought.

Could it be... an illusion? He remembered the strange light from the Mangekyō just now, and then they started attacking him.

While thinking, he used the crystal in his hand to absorb his companions' ninjutsu attacks, watching as the three figures stared at him with hostile eyes.

Although they were united against a common enemy, there was no need to target their own people!

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he turned his head and began searching the area... what about the person he dragged into the ground, who was then pushed out of the ground with him?

A bad feeling washed over him. The hotel had been reduced to ruins, and there were no other figures around. He didn't care about the lives or deaths of the hotel guests, but the other person was his companion!

Speaking of which, he couldn't help but wonder where the Mangekyō that caused all the chaos had gone? It seemed that from the beginning of the attack, they had stopped caring about their surroundings. The Mangekyō was powerful, but that was based on the premise that it was being used. When it was ownerless, it was just a fragile eyeball.

Could it be that the kid with the Mangekyō had come looking for them? He didn't believe in ghosts or spirits, so it could only be that the kid from Hidden Shadow Village had survived, perhaps with some secret means of protection.

After all, a twelve or thirteen-year-old child with the Mangekyō Sharingan couldn't be allowed to run around everywhere without any supervision.

At this moment, the White-Robed Man, who was accompanying Sarada in searching for the enemy in the Nest Hidden Village, suddenly sneezed