Chapter 280: Illusion—This Is All Illusion!
"Ahhh..."
Itachi awakened screaming amid intense pain.
The moment his eyes opened, he saw a group of Uchiha Edo Tensei bodies surrounding him, holding various "torture instruments," randomly cutting, piercing, and pounding his body.
Itachi's heart immediately startled. Instinctively he tried rising to resist, but upon moving, he discovered all his limb bones had been smashed. He absolutely couldn't resist—could only lie there allowing numerous Uchiha to torment him.
"Right, this is an illusion!"
Itachi suddenly realized.
"This is inside Konoha Village's trial chamber. The Uchiha couldn't possibly conquer here silently."
"You can't deceive me—this is an illusion!"
"No illusions can deceive Uchiha eyes!"
"Sharingan, break for me!"
Itachi shouted loudly. However, he discovered with alarm that his Mangekyō Sharingan—which he'd always relied upon, which had always proven invincible—now completely failed to respond to his prayers.
Eyes once incomparably nimble now felt like an ordinary person's eyes—no response whatsoever.
And these "illusion" scenes before him showed no signs of shattering.
"My eyes!"
"Where are my Sharingan?"
Itachi couldn't help but cry out in panic.
"Hahaha..." The numerous Uchiha laughed loudly, raising their "torture instruments" in unison before heavily bringing them down upon Itachi's body again.
Intense pain struck multiple places across his body, making Itachi unable to resist screaming again.
"Ahhh..."
But after screaming, Itachi still refused to give up, continuing to shout loudly.
"My Mangekyō Sharingan cannot disappear—this must be illusion!"
"You cannot deceive me!"
"Shatter, illusion!"
However, his shouts only brought loud mockery from the Uchiha.
"Haha... this fool still thinks this is illusion!"
"Then feel more carefully—is this pain real or not?"
More pain sensations arrived one after another, making Itachi's body involuntarily bounce like a dying fish lying on a chopping block, making death struggles.
"Ahhh..."
Itachi screamed while opening his eyes wide, struggling to look around.
He saw this environment clearly remained the previous "trial chamber." That person wearing "Sora Jakuen's" white coat, smiling at him—clearly Uchiha Yasushi.
"Impossible! This isn't real!!"
Itachi seemed to realize something, but the fear in his heart made him completely unable to believe his own judgment.
If all this was real, then what the village had been doing these past days...
Itachi trembled all over with fear, not daring to think deeper.
"Illusion—this is all illusion!"
Itachi screamed with tears streaming down his face, seemingly wanting to completely deny his rational judgment.
But the various pains continuously transmitted from his body, the insane laughter heard in his ears, and everything clearly seen with both eyes—all clearly kept telling him: "Admit it—this is reality!"
"I won't admit it!"
"I won't admit it!"
Itachi's body bounced violently on the operating table. The yin chakra aura across his body grew increasingly intense. Those originally transplanted ordinary human eyes—their pupils began fluctuating violently, greatly resembling the posture of mutating into Sharingan.
Seeing this, Yasushi smiled slightly. Taking advantage of Itachi's vision being blocked, he rapidly formed hand seals, using Transformation Jutsu to change appearances again.
Then he stepped forward, pushing several Edo bodies aside before lowering his head to look at the violently struggling Itachi, speaking with sinister laughter:
"Itachi, how does it feel being abused by your own clansmen?"
Itachi's entire body shook, looking at the newcomer with shock.
"Danzo?"
"You're not dead?"
Correct—Yasushi had changed to Danzo's disguise to toy with Itachi again.
"Hehe..." "Danzo" laughed sinisterly. "Evil Uchiha! Did you think self-exterminating your entire clan would make me spare you?"
"Dream on!"
"What does 'complete clan extermination' mean?"
"Leaving you as remaining evil—that's not called complete extermination!"
"Only dead Uchiha are good Uchiha!"
"Danzo!!!" Itachi roared furiously, body bouncing, wanting to pounce at "Danzo." But—
"Danzo" smiled coldly, extending a hand to crush his heart with a single squeeze.
Itachi's heart ached. Full of unwillingness, he closed his eyes.
But before he could die, Yasushi changed disguises back, then rapidly used dojutsu mixed with Yin-Yang Release to repair Itachi's shattered heart. He even gently squeezed a few times, performing cardiac resuscitation for Itachi.
"Ahhhh!"
Itachi cried out in alarm, reviving again.
He opened his eyes once more, only to discover "Danzo" before him had disappeared again—transforming back into Uchiha Yasushi.
"This is... illusion!"
"Right, this must be illusion!"
Itachi felt wild joy in his heart, completely uncaring about his body's injuries, only shouting loudly there.
"You cannot deceive me—this is an illusion!"
"Illusion?" Yasushi smiled eerily while stepping aside. "Then everyone let Itachi properly experience this illusion's power again!"
The numerous Uchiha grinned malevolently, again raising "torture instruments" while surrounding him.
Seemingly finding spiritual sustenance in his heart, Itachi firmly treated everything before him as illusion. His pain endurance correspondingly improved considerably.
However, this was even better. The Uchiha precisely enjoyed Itachi's expression while painfully wailing. The longer he endured meant the longer they could play.
Human bodies ultimately had endurance limits. After repeated torment, Itachi finally grew feeble, again falling into death.
But no matter—with Yasushi this "divine doctor" present, dying proved difficult.
Yasushi repeatedly pulled Itachi back from death's edge. Each time he changed methods, continuing to play until all Uchiha were satisfied before finally ending today's entertainment activities.
Yasushi released Edo Tensei jutsu, sending all Uchiha back to the Pure Land. Then he re-transplanted Itachi's eyes back into the unconscious Itachi.
Finally, he retrieved "Wood Release cells," casually injecting them into Itachi's body.
However, these "Wood Release cells" weren't from his own body this time. Instead he'd randomly found a White Zetsu, extracted some White Zetsu cells to make do.
Moreover, he'd selected the poorest quality White Zetsu.
The purpose was simple—avoiding letting Itachi's strength improve too greatly after obtaining Wood Release.
Since they weren't cells from his body, he naturally couldn't control them. So after finishing the injection, he simply tossed him aside without further concern, allowing cell fusion circumstances to develop freely.
Success was success. Failure didn't matter either.
However, with inferior "Wood Release cell" quality, erosive power naturally weakened considerably.
Under Mangekyō Sharingan's yin chakra balance, ultimately Itachi still smoothly completed the "trial," becoming a new Wood Release ninja.
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