allendalepharm Chapter 83 What is a Ninja?
Chapter 83 What is a Ninja?
Chapter 83 What is a Ninja?
Inside the cold, damp cave, the occasional hissing of snakes could be heard.
What exactly happened?
Kabuto Yakushi's body was mostly hidden under a mud-colored robe, and his face under the straw hat showed a rare look of panic. A giant snake wrapped around his body also raised its head, its eyes revealing an anthropomorphic look of unease.
In that instant, Kabuto Yakushi, who considered himself one of the instigators of the Fourth Shinobi World War, was horrified to discover that he could no longer control Uchiha Touch, who had been resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation.
Who is he?
Itachi Uchiha, standing outside the light screen, looked puzzled.
Itachi Uchiha had initially believed that the person he had summoned to fight using the Impure World Reincarnation technique was Orochimaru, his former defeated opponent. However, he now saw an unfamiliar face.
However, even through the light barrier, Itachi Uchiha still felt a strange sense of familiarity with the chakra that Kabuto Yakushi had unconsciously unleashed when he was startled.
Orochimaru's disciple?
Itachi Uchiha sensed the presence of the White Phosphorus Serpent from Kabuto Yakushi.
"Isn't it Amaterasu?"
Sensing that the Mangekyou Sharingan power of Edo Itachi had returned to calm, Edo Nagato's face showed a look of confusion.
After completing its mission, the black raven that carried Kotoamatsukami circled once and landed on Naruto's shoulder.
Strange, why is this crow so friendly to me?
Naruto, in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, clearly sensed the crow's emotions, his eyes filled with confusion.
"I never expected this to happen—"
Realizing that the Kotoamatsukami technique had already taken over the control of the mastermind behind the scenes, Edo Itachi's face was filled with a sense of being fooled by fate.
Originally intended as a backup plan to correct Sasuke's path of no return, it unexpectedly ended up happening to him instead.
"Amaterasu!"
Having understood everything, Edo Itachi acted decisively. Taking advantage of Kabuto's inability to control Edo Nagato, he immediately activated his Mangekyou Sharingan, and raging black flames ignited on the Hydra, quickly spreading to its entire body.
Did Amaterasu miss its target?
Seeing the black flames spreading, Naruto, who was standing on the back of the multi-headed dog, jumped to the treetop next to him.
Even if Naruto is in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, if he is hit by the black flames, he will be severely injured even if he doesn't die.
"That crow is yours, isn't it? What did you do with it?"
Kabuto's consciousness descended directly onto the body of the reanimated Nagato, hoping to get answers from him.
I was careless. Uchiha Itachi, this guy is completely different from ordinary dead people, even this Edo Tensei...
Inside the cave, Kabuto Yakushi's face was solemn; the confidence he once had in manipulating the entire ninja world had vanished completely.
"It's a success."
When faced with Kabuto's question, Edo Itachi simply replied with a nonchalant remark.
"I see!"
Upon regaining consciousness, Edo Tensei Nagato revealed a look of surprise.
Itachi actually broke free from the control of the mastermind behind the scenes.
"Amaterasu."
Blood tears welled up in Itachi's eyes once again, and Amaterasu's black flames immediately spread down Nagato's body.
Will Amaterasu be activated continuously?
Uchiha Itachi, standing outside the light screen, couldn't help but show a hint of envy.
Being in the Edo Tensei state actually greatly enhances Itachi's fighting power. He doesn't need to worry about losing his sight due to overuse of the Mangekyou Sharingan, he won't be hampered by his seriously ill body, and he doesn't need to worry about chakra consumption.
The Yatagarasu, ignited by Amaterasu's black flames, let out a loud cry and flung the Edo Tensei Nagato, who was also enveloped in black flames, to the ground.
"You're here?"
Seeing the Edo Itachi leap from the Yatagarasu and land on the adjacent tree canopy, Naruto couldn't help but assume a fighting stance.
"Calm down, I've broken free of control. The enemy's ninjutsu has been replaced by a new genjutsu, a genjutsu called 'Protect Konoha,' which negates the Impure World Reincarnation Technique—"
Seeing that Naruto still looked puzzled and his eyes were not completely wary, Edo Itachi could only continue to explain.
"That crow was something I prepared beforehand. It will appear in response to the Mangekyou Sharingan, just in case."
Seeing that the battle had stopped, Killer Bee, carrying Samehada on his back, leaped onto the treetop.
"What exactly happened?"
Edo Itachi watched the crows take flight and then explained all the reasons.
"In the crow's left eye lies a Mangekyou Sharingan—"
With the help of the reanimated Nagato, Kabuto Yakushi in the cave also heard the explanation from the reanimated Itachi. From the very beginning, Kabuto Yakushi understood everything.
"It's that person's eyes. There's only one kind of illusion magic capable of doing something like this!"
Kabuto's eyes twitched incessantly, revealing that he was in a state of extreme turmoil.
"Uchiha Shisui, Mangekyou Sharingan, the strongest genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami!"
As Kabuto Yakushi had predicted, Edo Itachi uttered that name, as if it possessed a magical power—that Uchiha genius boy who, even after many years of death, still profoundly influenced the entire ninja world.
"Thanks to this illusion, I was able to break free from control and regain my autonomy."
Just as Edo Itachi was speaking, the Mangekyou Sharingan in Crow's eyes reverted to the three-tomoe state.
While Kotoamatsukami is undoubtedly the most powerful illusion technique, its cooldown time is also extremely long. Unless one obtains the power of all things in the universe, it takes more than ten years to cast it again.
"Uchiha—Shisui?"
Naruto looked bewildered, but Killer Bee next to him offered an explanation.
"The strongest genjutsu ninja of the Uchiha clan, Shisui of the Body Flicker Technique?"
The reanimated Itachi turned around and nodded.
"Masami's eye power can be freely manipulated without the target's awareness, making it the strongest illusion technique."
I cast a genjutsu on that Mangekyou Sharingan to protect Konoha, then implanted it into a crow's body, and gave the crow to you, Naruto. I never imagined that I would be the one to fall victim to this jutsu.
In the future, I will indeed place my last hope of saving Sasuke on Naruto?
Itachi Uchiha, who was outside the light screen, had already guessed everything, and now it was confirmed once again.
"Why did you have such eyes, yet you gave them to me?"
Even after going to such lengths, Naruto still hadn't connected everything.
"The true ninja is the nameless ninja who sacrifices himself to silently protect peace from the shadows. That's what Shisui taught me. He foresaw that his eyes would cause a war, so he created the illusion of dying with the Mangekyou Sharingan. I was also suspected by the village for helping him. The last time I saw Shisui, his right eye had been taken by Danzo, so he entrusted his left eye to me and told me to use it to protect the village."
Finally, I entrust this eye to you, who share the same thoughts as Shisui.
Outside the light screen, Itachi Uchiha watched the memory of Shisui Uchiha's figure gradually receding into the distance, feeling his eyes well up with tears, and he barely managed to stop them from falling.
"If Sasuke, whom I left behind, becomes a threat to the village, then as the one who obtained Shisui's eye, I will definitely stop him. In order to obtain true power, the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, Sasuke will definitely transplant my eye. At that time, the crow will respond to my eye and appear to use Kotoamatsukami on Sasuke, so that he can protect Konoha. This is my plan."