Ōnamuchi, a Game-Breaking Dōjutsu

He bit straight into the Wood Clone, his face flushed crimson and his eyes filled with terrifying bloodshot veins.

"Whoosh..." Before he knew it, a special Chakra surged directly into his brain.

The three black Tomoe abruptly transformed into an intricate pattern.

Brilliant lines bloomed within them.

Mangekyo Sharingan!

Activated!

"Huff... Huff..."

His entire body was drenched in sweat.

As if he had exhausted every ounce of his strength.

Rikuto slumped there, gasping for breath.

"Tsk, tsk, you awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan? Incredible..."

Gazing at the intricate patterns in the original's blood-red eyes, the Wood Clone was thoroughly puzzled. "But what exactly just happened?"

"The Chakra and ocular power contained in those Sharingan were too mixed. They actually resonated with my Sharingan and made me see the moments when their hosts awakened them. Even my emotions were affected..."

He let out a long breath.

Recalling what he had just experienced, Chiya Rikuto said gravely, "Because of that, rather than saying I awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan by absorbing the ocular power of those Sharingan, it would be more accurate to say I awakened it myself after receiving intense mental stimulation..."

Although he had nearly been affected by those emotions, the misfortune had turned out to be a blessing!

There was most likely a fundamental difference between a Mangekyō awakened through his own power and one awakened by fusing the ocular power of numerous Sharingan.

Especially since...

After his own Mangekyō's ocular power...

Fused with the ocular power of the Sharingan he had absorbed...

His own ocular power had grown unimaginably strong.

"Here..."

Rikuto took the mirror the Wood Clone handed him.

He looked at the black patterns in the crimson eyes reflected in the mirror.

He discovered that his Mangekyo Sharingan was a little different.

Its pattern was far more intricate than those of Obito Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, Uchiha Itachi, and the others.

It looked more like a combination of two Mangekyō patterns, closer to the pattern of an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Was it because he had absorbed so many Sharingan?

Chiya Rikuto touched his eyes, unable to suppress an excited smile. "I can feel the immense ocular power in both eyes. It far surpasses Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō!"

"And because of my own perfect Yang Release power, I won't go blind from overusing my ocular power!"

Even the mere half-baked Hashirama Cells Obito Uchiha had...

Could completely offset the strain caused by his single Mangekyo Sharingan.

All the more so for Rikuto, who possessed perfect Yang Release power through the combination of being a Logia Woods-Woods Fruit user and a descendant of the Senju Clan.

As long as he didn't directly use Forbidden Techniques like Izanagi or Izanami...

He was in no danger of going blind at all.

"Then what kind of Dōjutsu did you awaken?"

The Wood Clone was immensely curious.

He was full of anticipation for the Mangekyo Sharingan Dōjutsu the original had obtained.

"My Dōjutsu?"

Rikuto gently touched his eyes, the corners of his mouth rising.

The mysterious patterns in his blood-red Mangekyō began to turn.

He vanished from the Wood Clone's sight.

"Hm?"

The Wood Clone's pupils contracted sharply.

The next moment, he felt someone tap his shoulder.

But there was no one around him.

However, his sensory ability, inherited from the original...

Could clearly sense that astonishing Chakra.

He could confirm that the original was right in front of him.

He was close at hand, yet the Wood Clone couldn't see him.

"Is it invisibility?"

He tried to reach out.

But, eerily, his hand passed straight through.

"Hm? Sharingan!"

The Wood Clone closed his eyes.

He snapped them open, his gaze narrowing.

A blurry black figure appeared in his field of vision.

Its intricate Chakra network was clearly visible. It was unmistakably the original, Rikuto.

"Can you see me?"

Chapter 36: Ōnamuchi, a Game-Breaking Dōjutsu

"Whoosh..."

Inside the room...

Rikuto's figure appeared.

Looking at Rikuto, who had suddenly appeared in front of him but had actually been there all along without moving...

The Wood Clone was astonished and couldn't help analyzing it aloud. "I can see that you're there, but I can't touch you..."

"And you definitely touched me just now..."

He looked at his original and asked curiously, "Is it a space-time Dōjutsu like Kamui?"

"That's right, but rather than a space-time Dōjutsu like Kamui, it's more like Limbo: Border Jail..." Rikuto chuckled. "Although in a sense, you could call it a space-time Dōjutsu too!"

"Limbo: Border Jail? That's a Rinnegan-level Dōjutsu..."

The Wood Clone was astonished and found it hard to believe. "Although your ocular power is far beyond that of an ordinary Mangekyo Sharingan, it's still not an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, is it?"

"Dōjutsu: Ōnamuchi!"

Rikuto didn't keep him guessing. He smiled and said, "That's the Dōjutsu my Mangekyo Sharingan awakened!"

Like Obito Uchiha's Kamui...

Both his eyes had the same ability, but their functions differed.

"Ōnamuchi can open a parallel dimension called Kakuriyo."

Rikuto folded his arms and said, "I can also place myself in that world, becoming partially or completely invisible to the outside world and ignoring all attacks..."

"Isn't that just Kamui's intangibility?"

Listening to the original's explanation, the Wood Clone raised an eyebrow.

At first hearing, it seemed inferior to Obito Uchiha's Kamui.

But judging by their test just now, the Dōjutsu called Ōnamuchi was clearly capable of more than that.

"Of course, that's far from all..."

Rikuto added with a smile, "What truly makes it impossible to counter is that, like Madara Uchiha's Limbo: Border Jail, I can launch attacks directly from the parallel dimension of Kakuriyo that are invisible to the naked eye."

The eyes that reflected the heart truly lived up to their name.

This reflected his ambition, which was like an abyss, visible yet out of reach.

Of course, it wasn't without limitations.

At present, he could only enter Kakuriyo for ten minutes at most.

Moreover, unlike Limbo: Border Jail, which ordinary people couldn't detect at all...

Rikuto could be seen while in Kakuriyo by advanced Dōjutsu such as the Sharingan and Byakugan.

Since he currently had no way to hide his Chakra like Second Tsuchikage Mu, some sensory-type ninja could indeed sense his presence directly.

But as long as he was in Kakuriyo...

Attacks from the outside world were ineffective against him.

Even so, it wasn't quite right to call it a lesser version of Limbo: Border Jail.

Because, powerful as Madara Uchiha's Limbo: Border Jail was...

He could only control the shadows in the world of Limbo: Border Jail and couldn't enter it himself.

When faced with danger, the original could swap places with a Limbo Clone and let it die in his place.

But there was still considerable risk.

Rikuto, on the other hand, was effectively in an "invincible state."

Moreover, from within the parallel dimension of Kakuriyo, he could launch invisible attacks directly at his enemies.

"So it combines some of the abilities of Kamui and Limbo: Border Jail..." The Wood Clone nodded in realization. "Although its effects don't add up to the full extent of both, it has its own natural advantages!"

"Exactly!"

All in all...

Regardless of whether it could match Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan Dōjutsu, Limbo: Border Jail...

For a Mangekyō-level Dōjutsu...

Rikuto was already very satisfied that it could reach this level.

"Still, what I'm more curious about is what kind of Dōjutsu Uchiha Fugaku's eyes have!"

Rikuto's gaze grew intense, with a hint of anticipation.

He looked toward the pair of Mangekyo Sharingan he had yet to absorb.

For now, even if he directly consumed another ninja's corpse, he couldn't obtain their Ninjutsu or memories.

Unless, in the future, he could build on this foundation...

And combine it with certain Secret Techniques that could directly probe others' memories or even plunder a target's Ninjutsu to develop an entirely new Forbidden Techniques.

That wasn't impossible.

After all, the Yamanaka Clan's Secret Techniques alone...

Could read a target's memories from when they were alive directly from their corpse and obtain relevant intelligence.

But for Rikuto, it was too early to talk about that.

The Sharingan was different, though.

He already possessed the Sharingan himself.

And could make use of the Woods-Woods Fruit's mutated ability.

There was a strong chance he could obtain the Dōjutsu awakened by Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō while directly plundering its ocular power.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two fingers stretched out.