As the sun set, the Vulture was about to die of old age. Gazing at the setting sun, he recalled his glorious and magnificent life, and remembered that if he hadn't obeyed Danzo's orders to wipe out the Light Organization and obtain the secret to becoming Six Paths cultivator, none of this would have been possible.
It really is a cruel twist of fate.
I wonder what happened to the Uchiha Clan members who dealt with that Ice Release user back then.
But before the Vulture could continue marveling, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Yeah, what Uchiha from back then? It seems like we haven't seen them since they returned to the village.
No, something's not right. Why can I remember those Uchiha Clan members now, but not their faces?
The only thing I remember is the meaningful look in the eyes of that now-dead member of the Light Organization.
At that moment, the Vulture seemed to suddenly realize something. He looked around, at his own body, and at the distant sun. A strange sense of unease permeated everything. He thought, "Is this all an illusion?"
Just as he was thinking this, a sound like a mirror shattering rang in the Vulture's ears.
Immediately afterwards, he discovered that cracks had appeared out of nowhere in the scene before him.
Then the cracks grew larger and larger, and with a "crash," the scene in front of me shattered completely. Then everything went black, and I had no idea what had happened.
When a new light appeared in his eyes, his consciousness cleared again, and he opened his eyes wide to look ahead.
What came into view was the scene of himself leading the Root ninjas to besiege Aizen, a member of the Aizen Light Organization.
He was stunned for a moment. This disorienting feeling of illusion and reality intertwining, and of time and space being distorted, made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
At the same time, he shook his head to clear his mind and sort out everything that came to mind.
"So, everything I experienced before was really Genjutsu." Having sorted out his memories and understood what was real and what was illusory, Vulture asked Aizen with a wry smile.
He felt a wave of weakness wash over him, and the enemy's strength filled him with despair.
He no longer dared to hope of defeating Aizen. The Genjutsu he had just witnessed made him realize the gap between himself and Aizen, not to mention his subordinates who were trapped in the Genjutsu and unable to extricate themselves.
If it weren't for my keen senses that detected something amiss, I wouldn't have been able to break through the enemy's Genjutsu.
What Vulture didn't know was that the Genjutsu on him wasn't broken by him, but rather Aizen deliberately released him, because Vulture still had some use in Aizen's future plans. Otherwise, how could his willpower have broken Aizen's Genjutsu?
"That's right. Your previous experiences were all part of an Genjutsu I created called the Infinite World. This world satisfies all human desires, allowing people to be forever trapped in it. The only price is that the time or injuries you experience in this world will be reflected in your real physical body," Aizen said calmly.
"What?"
These words startled the Vulture, which immediately began to examine its own body.
It would have been better if they hadn't checked. Once they did, they discovered that although they were only in their early twenties, their bodies were already nearing their end, and they were about to burn out.
After he cried out in alarm, it was as if a chain reaction had occurred, and his teammates around him fell down one by one, each with different injuries.
For example, some people's bodies suddenly shrink and they die of old age. Others die from sudden bleeding due to numerous injuries, or from being burned or drowned.
Various ways of dying were displayed on his companions.
"Damn it, what kind of Genjutsu is this?" Seeing his teammates dying in Eight Gates, Vulture felt an overwhelming sense of fear.
His mind was racing, trying to figure out where such powerful Genjutsu abilities came from.
The ability to inflict real damage within an illusion is terrifying.
Wait, is it causing real damage within the Genjutsu?
Suddenly, in his panic, the Vulture remembered that there was indeed a clan in the Shinobi World with this ability, and that clan was located in Konoha. They were the Kurama Clan, who possessed the ability to control the five senses through Kekkei Genkai.
Back when Root was expanding its forces, it searched for ninja clans, large and small, within Konoha that possessed special territories.
They also took into account the unique Genjutsu Kekkei Genkai of the Kurama Clan.
However, I later learned that although the Kurama Clan's ninjas were highly skilled in Genjutsu, they were physically very fragile.
This led to the people at the Root completely ignoring the recruitment of Kurama-ichi.
After all, in their view, even if the physically weak Kurama Clan had powerful Genjutsu, they still had their own limits, at Special Jōnin.
Furthermore, no particularly powerful ninjas have emerged in the field of Genjutsu, and Genjutsu is generally regarded as a supplementary means in the Shinobi World and is not highly valued. Therefore, the Kurama Clan, who only possess Genjutsu talent, is not worth their time to win over.
Therefore, they skipped over the Kurama Clan.
Now, Aizen's Genjutsu is very similar to the Kurama Clan's abilities. Both involve creating illusions that cause damage that is then fed back to the human body, thus deceiving the body's nervous system to cause the body's cells to self-destruct.
This suggests that Aizen, a member of the Light Organization, may be related to the Kurama Clan of Konoha, or even more boldly, Aizen may be a member of the Kurama Clan.
After all, in this Shinobi World where bloodlines are paramount, only those with the same bloodline can use similar abilities.
Upon receiving this conjecture, the eyes beneath the Vulture mask widened in shock, and he couldn't help but ask, "You're from the Kurama Clan?"
This surprised Aizen; he hadn't expected this Vulture from Root Aizen recognize his ability. After all, given the Kurama Clan's relatively unknown reputation in Konoha, not many people should know about them.
Aizen was unaware that when the Vulture were searching for ninja clans with special talents, they had paid close attention to this particular clan and were quite disappointed when they learned of the Kurama Clan's weaknesses.
This is the fundamental reason why the Vulture was able to recognize his abilities today.
Therefore, it can only be said that man proposes, God disposes; this time, Danzo to deal with them, and it just so happened that there was someone in the team who knew Aizen's abilities.
Looking at the silent Aizen, Vulture became even more certain of his guess: Aizen of the Light Organization was definitely related to the Kurama Clan, and perhaps even more so, the Kurama Clan might have some very serious problems.
If Aizen knew what was going on in Vulture's mind, he'd probably be both amused and exasperated.
He would admire the Vulture's keen observation skills, which allowed him to guess his identity based on his abilities, but he would definitely be speechless at the Vulture's wild imagination.
After all, the fact that an ability comes from one ninja clan doesn't mean there's something wrong with the entire clan. Couldn't it be someone whose bloodline has been depleted, missing-nin, or someone with similar abilities?