Chapter 121: BUG-Level Mangekyō Dōjutsu
"I'll kill you!!"
Uchiha Izumi's chest heaved violently as she let out an incredibly furious low roar.
But before she could react,
Swish!
The figure before her instantly flickered.
When Izumi looked again, Uchiha Itachi had already vanished from his original spot.
A pair of scarlet eyes met hers.
So close!
Extremely close!
The distance between them was no more than two meters!
At this distance, Uchiha Izumi could even see the indifference in those eyes.
And the deeply hidden gloom and brutality.
The instant their eyes met, Uchiha Izumi suddenly understood something.
"Whether in a beautiful illusion or in cruel reality, Uchiha Itachi is just this kind of person."
"A selfish ghost vainly attempting to change all unsatisfactory current situations with his own weak power."
An incredibly naive, and also incredibly cruel fellow.
This was a fact that had never changed from beginning to end, and would never change.
The next moment,
The ninja sword Uchiha Itachi held high instantly fell, slashing towards Izumi's head.
Swish!!
The ninja sword tore through the air with extreme viciousness.
Uchiha Izumi's face changed drastically. She subconsciously raised her arm to protect her head, attempting to block this strike with her arm.
With a muffled "splurt,"
The ninja sword slashed into her arm, the sharp blade instantly cutting open the arm muscle.
However, it was then caught by the bone.
Crack! Crack crack crack!!
"Ngh!"
Feeling the sharp pain from her arm, Uchiha Izumi couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
But it was only for an instant.
"Don't underestimate me!"
Although her strength was insufficient, under this extreme threat of death, Uchiha Izumi still displayed strength far exceeding an ordinary person's.
Izumi grit her teeth, leaping cleanly into the air, distancing herself from Itachi.
Immediately, her hands flew through hand seals, the chakra within her body beginning to gather and circulate.
She specialized in Lightning Release and taijutsu.
But the advantages of Lightning Release ninjutsu lay in speed and penetration power, along with a certain paralyzing effect.
The disadvantage, however, was that its attack range was too small.
Izumi didn't think her Lightning Release could kill Itachi in one hit.
And she currently had no weapons or armor. If she were to engage in a close-quarters taijutsu duel, she wouldn't stand a chance at all.
Therefore...
She chose Fire Release, which had a wide attack range and an accompanying burning effect.
Ram! Horse! Dragon! Tiger!
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
Uchiha Izumi abruptly opened her mouth and spewed scorching flames.
The concentrated flames instantly expanded, transforming into a massive fireball seven or eight meters in diameter.
At this moment, Uchiha Itachi just stood there quietly.
Watching the fireball rushing towards him, he casually swung the ninja sword in his hand.
The bloodstains on the blade splattered into mid-air.
BOOM!!
For a moment, flames shot to the sky, thick smoke filled the air, and large chunks of rubble flew everywhere.
But before the smoke could dissipate,
Uchiha Izumi's expression suddenly changed.
She then abruptly turned around, her long black hair scattering in the air.
Her right leg subconsciously swept out behind her.
However, it was caught with incredible ease by an arm.
"Your hatred... is this all it amounts to?"
The cold voice came again.
Before Uchiha Izumi could react,
Uchiha Itachi, gripping Izumi's right leg, slammed her fiercely onto the ground.
Incredibly violent, incredibly ruthless, almost like flinging a piece of trash.
BOOM!!!
On the ground, already scorched black and incredibly hot from the Fire Release,
"Pfft!!"
Uchiha Izumi, her face twisted in pain, was directly embedded into the collapsed ground, unable to stop herself from spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.
Thud~
Uchiha Itachi landed steadily beside Izumi, just quietly looking down at her.
Then, without a word, he raised the butcher's knife in his hand.
That emotionless, cold gaze, and that blade glinting with cold light.
All of this,
Couldn't help but make Izumi feel extreme fear, the heart in her chest beginning to pound violently.
"Am I... going to die?"
Is this the feeling of death?
But, I'm really so unwilling!
I haven't avenged Mother yet.
I haven't killed this cruel and cold-hearted executioner yet!
"I originally wanted to let you die in a beautiful illusion, but I didn't expect you to actually be able to break free from Tsukuyomi."
Looking at Izumi's spiteful face, Uchiha Itachi said indifferently: "I'm sorry. After finishing you off, I still have to deal with the remaining Uchiha clansmen."
Deal with the remaining... Uchiha clansmen...
"You mean, you're going to kill all the Uchiha clansmen, including those children and the elderly?"
Facing her questioning, Uchiha Itachi made no reply.
But this silent stillness was already his answer.
"What kind of joke is this?!"
If what he said was true,
Doesn't that mean those innocent children still in their swaddling clothes...
No! Impossible!!
"If that's the case, what about Sasuke? Are you going to kill him with your own hands too?!"
One must know, Uchiha Itachi loved his younger brother Uchiha Sasuke to the bone.
How could he possibly bring himself to do such a thing?
"Sasuke, ah..."
Uchiha Itachi fell silent for a moment, finally explaining: "He will become the last bloodline of the Uchiha clan, living on safely and peacefully in Konoha."
As soon as these words were spoken,
Uchiha Izumi's pupils instantly contracted.
Combining this with her experiences in the genjutsu, she realized the purpose of his actions.
This madman, this executioner!
He actually wanted to use the lives of the entire Uchiha clan in exchange for his younger brother Uchiha Sasuke's future?!
No, this self-righteous, arrogant, and selfish fellow.
Perhaps he believed that destroying the Uchiha clan would not only give Sasuke a bright future but also bring peace to Konoha.
This kind of thinking, this kind of thinking...
"Hahahaha! Laughable! You really are laughable!"
Uchiha Izumi, while laughing loudly and mockingly, had blood frothing from the corner of her mouth.
She trembled all over, her bloodshot eyes reflecting Itachi's cold face.
The Itachi from before, who always wore a gentle smile, also reappeared before her eyes.
Crack!
In a daze, everything from the past shattered at this moment.
"To think I once liked a guy like you... it makes me sick to my stomach."
Uchiha Izumi stared deadly intently at the figure she once admired immensely, and now hated with all her being.
The killing intent in her eyes was incredibly intense!
The three tomoe spun madly, even faintly showing afterimages.
"If I could do it all over again!"
"If I could have just one more time!"
"If I could have seen through your true face sooner!!"
The madly spinning three tomoe connected head to tail, gradually forming distorted lines.
"Even if I die, I'll drag you to hell with me!!"
The instant the low roar escaped, a flash of scarlet passed through Izumi's eyes.
In the next moment,
The butcher's knife in Uchiha Itachi's hand also descended towards her heart.
A dazzling cold light flashed. Izumi couldn't help but gently close her eyes.
Crack!
In a daze, a crisp sound seemed to echo beside her ear.
An invisible wave of power rapidly spread outwards from Izumi's body.
Wherever it passed, everything seemed to freeze.
The burning flames, the drifting smoke and dust, even the descending butcher's knife...
Everything around them began to reverse, like a film rewinding.
Unsure how much time passed.
Crack!
Another crisp sound echoed.
"Gasp! Pant!"
Uchiha Izumi abruptly opened her eyes, gasping heavily for breath, her chest heaving violently.
As if just jolted awake from a nightmare of drowning.
"Am I... already dead?"
Uchiha Izumi's memory was still stuck at the moment the butcher's knife fell. She looked around with a vacant gaze.
Familiar surroundings.
The familiar entrance hall door.
And... Uchiha Itachi standing there, her mother lying at his feet...
Uchiha Izumi blinked blankly, slowly looking down at her own body.
No injuries whatsoever, nor any pain as if worse than death!
The clothes on her body were as intact as they were initially.
It was as if...
Time had flowed backwards, returning to before her battle with Uchiha Itachi.
"What's going on? Am I under genjutsu?!"
However, this thought only appeared for an instant before Uchiha Izumi immediately dismissed it.
Impossible!
It absolutely couldn't be genjutsu!
Whether it was the feeling of her arm being slashed by the ninja sword,
Or those vivid scenes, that feeling worse than death – all proved it absolutely couldn't be genjutsu!
But before she could react,
An extremely sharp pain suddenly surged into her brain.
"Damn it, it hurts so much!!"
Uchiha Izumi cried out in pain and clutched her head, her expression becoming exceptionally twisted and ferocious.
The pain felt as if it were about to make her head explode.
And, it showed no signs of diminishing.
"Ahhhhhh!!"
Izumi didn't know what it felt like to have a knife plunged into her head.
But, she felt, this pain was by no means less than that.
"Space-time dōjutsu? And from the looks of it, it's a dōjutsu leaning towards time manipulation?"
Surveying the changes around him, the originally calm "Uchiha Itachi" also showed a look of astonishment.
Immediately, a playful look flashed in his eyes.
"Didn't expect this, really didn't expect Uchiha Izumi to bring me such a surprise."
Clearly, the one currently controlling "Uchiha Itachi" was Menma's own consciousness.
He had once imagined what kind of dōjutsu Uchiha Izumi would awaken.
But the Mangekyō Sharingan's dōjutsu were bizarre and varied; even Menma couldn't make an accurate judgment.
After all, the Sharingan is the eye that reflects the heart; the dōjutsu is closely related to the awakener's desires.
However, based on known intelligence, Mangekyō dōjutsu could roughly be divided into four types.
First, ninjutsu-type dōjutsu: Itachi's and Sasuke's Amaterasu.
Second, amplification-type dōjutsu: Sasuke's Kagutsuchi.
Uchiha Madara's dōjutsu was also suspected to be an amplification type.
Third, genjutsu-type dōjutsu: Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, Itachi's Tsukuyomi.
Uchiha Fugaku's dōjutsu was also suspected to be a genjutsu type.
The final, fourth type.
Is Obito's Kamui, the most troublesome and versatile space-time dōjutsu.
And Uchiha Izumi's Mangekyō dōjutsu before him was very likely the fourth type – space-time dōjutsu.
But compared to Obito's Kamui, which leaned towards spatial intangibility, Izumi's dōjutsu actually leaned more towards time!
Although Menma had indeed tried to guide Izumi, he never expected it would actually succeed.
It wasn't in vain that he went to great lengths to personally create a double genjutsu for Izumi.
But whether it was truly a time dōjutsu still needed confirmation.
"Let's first see if I can force out Izumi's second dōjutsu."
Looking at Uchiha Izumi, clutching her head and trembling continuously, a thoughtful look flashed in "Uchiha Itachi's" eyes.
"Izumi's state... is it a side effect of overusing her pupil power?"
It should be because she just awakened her eyes, so she can't skillfully use her dōjutsu yet.
After all, the current range is already a hundred meters in radius.
It's already a very BUG-level ability.
If she had this level of proficiency right after awakening, that would be simply too terrifying.
It must be due to forcibly overdrawing her pupil power.
Meanwhile.
Uchiha Izumi also recovered after a good while, her chaotic mind gradually clearing.
Scattered memories in her mind finally formed a continuous picture.
"...Yomotsu Hirasaka... Michikaeshi no Kami?" (Path to the Underworld... God that Leads Back/Reverses Path?)
Unknown memories flooded into her mind, allowing Izumi to learn how to use her Mangekyō Sharingan without instruction.
Immediately, the three tomoe in her eyes began to spin and fuse.
Finally transforming into a spiral pattern.
Uchiha Itachi (Menma) looked at Uchiha Izumi, who was gradually calming down, his playful gaze also slowly turning indifferent.
Menma had logged off.
Now online was Uchiha Itachi.
"Your capacity is too weak. Better to just die here."
His tone was cold, filled with disdain: "These eyes of yours... I will use them to protect Konoha's peace."
"Protect... Konoha?"
The dazed expression on Uchiha Izumi's face gradually dissipated.
Immediately, the corners of her mouth gradually curled up, and she began to laugh maniacally: "Hahahaha!!"
Her originally delicate and pretty face was now twisted beyond recognition.
She laughed while tears streamed down.
"Want to kill me?"
A chilling chakra surged into her brain. Uchiha Izumi's resentment and anger intensified severalfold.
"Then, come and try it!"
Uchiha Izumi's crazed laughter abruptly ceased. A pair of scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan stared deadly intently at Itachi.
Then, as if driven mad,
Crack!!
She casually snapped off a nearby iron pipe.
Then, recklessly, she charged fiercely at Uchiha Itachi.
A pair of scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan, though slightly lowered,
In reality, she had already locked onto Itachi's position and vital points.
Swish!
The sharp end of the iron pipe slashed viciously towards Uchiha Itachi.
But Itachi merely sidestepped unhurriedly, easily evading Izumi's attack.
Then his knee shot up sharply, slamming into her abdomen.
BOOM!!!
Feeling the sharp pain from her right abdomen, Uchiha Izumi's face became twisted and ferocious.
She was nearly made to vomit on the spot by this blow.
Her somewhat petite body hadn't even had time to fly backwards.
Uchiha Itachi instantly extended an arm, fiercely grabbing Izumi's slender neck.
"Cough!!"
Izumi, her neck gripped by Itachi's single hand, held suspended in mid-air, her face gradually turning flushed red as she struggled weakly.
"Even with the Mangekyō Sharingan, your strength is still so weak. You still can't see the scenery in the distance."
Uchiha Itachi said calmly: "Even if given another chance, in the end, you still can't change anything."
His tone was devoid of waves, but Izumi heard his disdain.
"Bastard! I'll kill you!"
Being treated like this by the murderer who killed her mother, a scarlet glint instantly flashed in Uchiha Izumi's eyes.
Her scarlet pupils abruptly dilated.
The whites of her eyes were suddenly filled with dense, horrifying blood vessels.
A trickle of tragic blood flowed from her left eye socket.
"Hmm?"
Seeing this, Uchiha Itachi showed no hesitation.
He decisively released Uchiha Izumi and instantly retreated backwards.
However, it was already too late.
Uchiha Izumi's lips curled into a slightly crazed arc.
"Yomotsu Hirasaka!!" (Path to the Underworld!!)
The Mangekyō in her left eye began to spin.
Click!
Only a familiar crisp sound was heard.
Immediately, the area within a one-meter radius around Uchiha Izumi fell into a state of stagnation.
Including Uchiha Itachi at the one-meter boundary.
His figure also stopped in mid-air with extreme strangeness.
Before Itachi could react,
A trickle of blood flowed again from Uchiha Izumi's right eye socket.
"Michikaeshi no Kami!!" (God that Leads Back/Reverses Path!!)
As her voice fell, the Mangekyō in Izumi's right eye also began to spin.
Uchiha Itachi, originally frozen in mid-air, actually flew bizarrely towards Uchiha Izumi.
In the blink of an eye, both returned to their positions and postures from two seconds prior.
The next moment,
The stagnant figures of the two suddenly regained their freedom.
Uchiha Itachi hadn't even had time to react.
His fierce knee strike, just like before, once again slammed towards Izumi's right abdomen.
Speed, force, angle...
Completely identical to the previous strike!
However, the difference from before...
This time, it was Uchiha Izumi's home ground!
Izumi swiftly sidestepped the knee strike.
Creak!
"Die!!"
Uchiha Izumi gripped the steel pipe tightly in her left hand.
The sharp steel pipe, like lightning, stabbed fiercely towards Uchiha Itachi's neck.
Looking at the tip of the steel pipe glinting with cold light, Itachi's pupils couldn't help but contract sharply.
But he could only rely on instinctive reaction, doing his utmost to twist his body, raising his arm to block beside his neck.
Attempting to dodge or block the incoming attack.
Splurt!
After a very muffled sound,
The sharp steel pipe pierced through flesh and bone, then met with extremely strong resistance.
It was Uchiha Itachi's arm bone.
"You..."
This nearly fatal, thrilling strike made Uchiha Itachi's heart thump violently, the hairs on his body standing on end.
Reacting, killing intent filled Itachi's eyes.
His left arm pressed against the steel pipe, then he swung his short sword towards Uchiha Izumi's arm.
"Weren't you going to kill me? Come on! Come on!!"
Izumi grit her teeth, her legs tightly wrapped around Itachi's neck.
The steel pipe, caught in Itachi's arm, stabbed downwards again without losing any force.
The palm of her other arm stabbed fiercely towards his eye.
Splurt!
The attacks of the two struck each other almost simultaneously.
"Ngh!!"
Uchiha Itachi's right eye was directly gouged out. He couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
Uchiha Izumi's right arm, gripping the steel pipe, also emitted a crisp "crack".
It was instantly severed by Itachi's short sword.
But she still paid no mind, laughing wildly with a crazed grin.
"Hahahaha!"
Immediately, under Itachi's disbelieving gaze,
Izumi, her expression ferocious, opened her mouth wide and bit fiercely onto his ear.
Rip!!
"Ahhh!!"
Blood splattered everywhere, completely covering Izumi's face.
The warm sensation, coupled with the chilling feeling in her mind, actually gave her a strange sense of excitement.
Uchiha Itachi cried out in pain, his eyes also turning red.
The short sword in his hand frantically slashed at Uchiha Izumi's body, attempting to make her fall off him.
But Uchiha Izumi's legs clamped tightly.
Her severed arms protected her head and neck, then she continuously bit at Uchiha Itachi's neck with her teeth.
Her ferocious appearance was simply like a cornered beast fighting for its life.
"Hahaha!"
Uchiha Izumi's smile became even more crazed: "If I don't have claws, I'll use fangs."
"If I don't have fangs, I'll use bones."
"If I don't have bones, I'll use my life."
"Let's go to hell together!!"
The two completely lacked the appearance of ninja fighting.
They looked just like two beasts fighting for their lives.
The wounds on Uchiha Izumi's body grew more numerous, but Uchiha Itachi's slashes also became weaker and weaker, the tearing wounds on his neck even more horrifying.
Blood continuously flowed from both their bodies, forming a large pool on the ground.
Excessive blood loss made Itachi's slashing speed noticeably slower, his strength greatly diminished!
Uchiha Izumi knew, this was the moment she had been waiting for.
Suddenly, finding an opening as Itachi raised his sword,
Uchiha Izumi abruptly lunged.
A headbutt smashed fiercely towards him.
BOOM!!
Uchiha Itachi was dazed by this headbutt, his body swaying as he fell to the ground.
"Cough!"
Uchiha Izumi also fell to the ground, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood, blood also continuously flowing from her body.
But looking at Uchiha Itachi, whose eyes were gradually dimming,
Izumi's face was filled with a smile, her eyes full of hatred.
"This is... my hatred."
(End of Chapter)
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