“I heard about the situation with Zhisui. Konoha has already decayed. Staying in Konoha is not a wise move.”
Itachi remained silent, seemingly unwilling to speak.
Obito was slightly surprised by Itachi’s reaction, but continued, “Join us. For the future of the ninja world…”
“Uchiha Madara!”
Itachi roared.
Obito was taken aback. Why did Itachi suddenly shout? In the moment Obito looked at Itachi…
“Tsukuyomi!”
No test, just full strength power! The surging chakra poured out!
Obito's vision blurred. He found himself in the black, white, and red world of Tsukuyomi.
“Itachi, how did you know?”
Bound, Obito’s expression was calm. He seemed unfazed by being caught in the genjutsu.
Itachi mistaking him for Madara was rather amusing.
Itachi stood before him, silent, holding his sword ready to strike.
Humph, Obito snorted.
The power of the Mangekyo Sharingan erupted.
However, the illusion only trembled for a moment, then returned to normal. Obito was shocked.
The blade pierced his body, and sharp pain shot through him, but the illusion remained unbroken.
He opened his eyes, back on the tree stump. Another strike…
This was the power of Itachi’s Mangekyo Sharingan?
“Shhh.”
Another stab.
Obito groaned. His spiritual energy was also being drained.
Admittedly, Obito’s spiritual energy was incredibly strong. He endured seven days of torture in the illusion and still stood.
However, his Sharingan weakened due to the drain on his spiritual energy.
It had already regressed from the Mangekyo to the three-tomoe state, and then even fell from the three-tomoe, completely closing.
Obito had just escaped Tsukuyomi. His spirit hadn’t recovered yet. A kunai had already pierced his throat.
“Ambitious…”
Obito’s figure became illusory and disappeared into the ground.
Itachi looked at the place where Obito had disappeared, with no surprise.
Ugh…
Itachi covered his eyes, unable to stand steady.
He quickly took two steps back, leaning against a tree.
Tick… tick…
Blood tears flowed from his eyes, staining his clothes red.
The pain continued until the Uchiha clan members returned to find him.
Izumi treated Itachi’s wounds with tenderness. The others stood guard.
Soon, Izumi’s treatment began to take effect. Itachi could at least stand normally.
“We can’t stay here long. Let’s go!”
…
Kawasaki had informed Itachi of Obito’s true identity.
Therefore, Itachi went all out, using all his power to maintain Tsukuyomi, vowing to make Obito lose his Sharingan.
Itachi knew deep down that this man controlled the Nine-Tails, causing Konoha to be suspicious of the Uchiha for a long time, fueling their hatred.
In the future, Sasuke’s death would also be a burden Obito could not escape.
Itachi poured all his available chakra into Tsukuyomi. This was a do-or-die attack.
Fortunately, it succeeded!
Since Obito liked to play the role of Uchiha Madara, let him be.
This encounter today was a valuable lesson for Obito.
At least this would prevent Obito from obsessing over Itachi.
Itachi was no longer alone. He had hundreds of followers, and Izumi.
…
Within the Kamui dimension.
After the illusory fluctuations, Obito stood up, covering his face.
“You look like you’ve taken a beating.”
A figure, like an unfurling aloe leaf, swayed back and forth. Black Zetsu slowly spoke.
The mask was removed, and the Sharingan in Obito’s left eye had turned gray and lost its function.
Black Zetsu was greatly surprised, “You even used Izanagi? Itachi is that strong?”
Izanagi!
The Uchiha clan’s power to reverse fate. Any disadvantage could be rewritten, but the price of this technique was the loss of sight in the Sharingan.
Originally, Obito’s space-time jutsu Kamui had given him a great advantage in various jutsu and taijutsu battles.
But he had a huge weakness: he couldn't resist genjutsu.
So in the past, Obito never dared to be arrogant outside.
Until Uchiha Itachi was tricked by Danzo and destroyed the Uchiha clan. Fugaku died. Zhisui and Itachi were no more.
Only then did Obito feel free to roam about.
Because without the Mangekyo Sharingan, no one could threaten him with genjutsu.
And Sasuke, a typical jutsu-type ninja, was not proficient in genjutsu.
He didn’t expect that as soon as he met Itachi, before even exchanging greetings, Itachi would use such a powerful attack.
Although Itachi had attacked by surprise, it was undeniable that Itachi’s genjutsu was too effective against him.
“It was just a temporary mistake.”
Obito stood up.
“Luckily Itachi didn't know about Izanagi. Otherwise, it would have been dangerous.”
Obito took out the blind Sharingan.
“He wasn't willing to be recruited by you?”
Black Zetsu asked curiously.
“I don't know. I thought Itachi was different. I didn’t expect him to be like the other Uchiha. A madman who attacked me right away.”
There was regret in Obito’s tone. Having not experienced the Night of the Uchiha Massacre, he…
Actually didn’t have many spare Sharingan. Losing one was one less.
…Aren’t you just as crazy? Black Zetsu remained silent for a moment.
“Do you want to attack Itachi again?”
Obito shook his head. “Let him go. Uchiha Itachi is such a powerful force. It’s good that he left Konoha. It’ll be easier for us to capture the Nine-Tails in the future.”
Obito should be grateful. If Zhisui hadn’t been drained of chakra before and hadn’t recovered, he would have given him a full Kotoamatsukami.
…
Kumo Village.
Killer Bee and Yugito were about to set off when they were recalled by the Fourth Raikage.
“Big bro! Why did you call us back? Yo! Yo! You’re a fool!”
It was Killer Bee.
Every time he spoke, he had a strange tone. His rap skills, for now, were debatable in terms of good or bad.
He was really into “
ap, even though everyone else thought it was sarcastic.
Ai was used to his younger brother's way of speaking.
As the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, he’d been stuck in the village for too long. It was nothing to have a small hobby.
“We’ve received news. Uchiha Itachi took half of the Uchiha elite and left Konoha.”
“The Uchiha maniacs finally couldn’t hold back anymore? Yo! Yo! You’re a fool!”
The great ninja villages had spies in each other’s territories. After all, with such large villages, it was hard to prevent espionage.
Therefore, they knew about Danzo stealing Zhisui’s eyes two days ago.
After the incident, Konoha became the laughingstock of the entire ninja world.
Killer Bee had no political sense. Even decades later, he would still be politically naive, not to mention now.
So he couldn’t see through the intricacies.
But Yugito was more cunning than Killer Bee. She immediately grasped the point: “Konoha has been weakened again? Should we change our target to the Uchiha?”
Ai shook his head. “The situation has become complicated.”
He then handed the intel to Yugito. Killer Bee leaned over and took a look. He noticed the imposing photo of Susanoo.
“This… is Susanoo? Yo! Yo! You’re a fool!”
Yugito finished reading the intel and realized that while over one hundred Uchiha elites had left the village.
There were no casualties in the clan, except for buildings.
It also revealed that Fugaku and Itachi were both Mangekyo Sharingan users…