Rengoku fought back, and the sound of crow cries rang out.
Also knowing the Crow Clone, Rengoku, at this moment, also turned into countless crows.
The crows formed Rengoku's upper body in midair, "You've clearly already failed Shisui's expectations, why won't you admit your failure?"
Itachi glanced at Sasuke out of the corner of his eye. Seeing that Yusuke had no other movements, he also relaxed in his heart.
He didn't respond to Rengoku's words at all, but instead narrowed his eyes. As blood tears flowed, he activated his eye technique.
"Amaterasu!"
BOOM!
Black flames instantly struck all over the crows' bodies.
No matter where Rengoku's real body was, it would be forced out by the flames.
Yet unexpectedly, a black Susanoo appeared midair and directly blocked Amaterasu on the outside.
"Mangekyō Sharingan?", Shock appeared in Itachi's eyes.
He hadn't expected that besides his father, Rengoku also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan.
The moment Rengoku landed, his Susanoo threw a punch at Itachi.
While still shocked, Itachi's orange-red Susanoo also threw a punch in return.
Due to Rengoku's tremendous force, the two Susanoo clashed violently, both shattering.
Seeing Itachi stay silent, refusing to answer his question, Rengoku waved his hand, "Don't want to answer? Yusuke! Kill Sasuke."
"Yes! Fourth Elder!", Yusuke threw Sasuke to the ground, then stepped on him.
"AHHHH!", A tender scream rang out.
Itachi blanked out for a moment. This scene… he seemed to have seen it somewhere before.
Rengoku had already approached Itachi with a blade, slicing across Itachi's face, making him once again feel the sting of his cheek.
This time, Itachi didn't use Susanoo, but turned his body, letting Rengoku's blade graze across his face.
He slapped his hand onto Rengoku's blade, knocking it away.
Then he kicked at Rengoku from below, who blocked with his arm and retreated backward.
Itachi quickly formed seals, throwing out shuriken while simultaneously spitting a fireball.
Fire Release: Pheonix Safe Flower Nail Crimson!
A large amount of flames, along with shuriken, shot toward the defenseless Rengoku.
Rengoku smirked and continued asking, "Shisui used his death to buy two years of time, what have you done in these two years?"
"You've done nothing!"
BOOM!
The black Susanoo appeared, firmly blocking Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson.
There was a hint of barely detectable panic in Itachi's eyes, yet he still said nothing.
"Don't want to answer? Yusuke! Kill Sasuke."
"Yes! Fourth Elder!"
The same scene repeated again.
Yusuke threw Sasuke to the ground, then stepped on him.
"AHHH!", A tender scream rang out.
The next moment, Rengoku's blade once again cut across Itachi's cheek.
This time, Itachi directly burst out his Susanoo, blasting Rengoku away.
"How is this possible!…"
Specialized in genjutsu, how could Itachi not know he was already inside an illusion?
"The Third Hokage always told you he would come up with a foolproof plan, so what did he do?", Rengoku asked again, and this time, Itachi's expression could no longer remain calm.
"Could this technique be?"
Seeing Itachi still not answering, Rengoku repeated, "Don't want to answer? Yusuke! Kill Sasuke."
"Yes! Fourth Elder!"
The same scene appeared again.
Yusuke threw Sasuke to the ground, then stepped on him.
"AHHH!", A tender scream rang out.
The next moment, Rengoku's blade once again sliced across Itachi's cheek.
———
In reality, Rengoku had already put away his blade, and his left eye had turned completely gray.
Izanami—able to record a sequence of actions taken by both parties, and replay that same sequence in loop.
The opponent trapped in the genjutsu would be imprisoned between the first and latest recorded sequence inside their memory, entering an endless cycle.
To escape Izanami, the only way for Itachi is to accept the fate he had originally rejected, and sincerely repent. Otherwise, he will never wake up.
Itachi now stood motionless like a puppet, eyes closed.
Unless Itachi faces his own failure and stops lying to himself, acknowledging what is within his ability, and what is beyond it, only then can Itachi leave the loop.
The conditions to use the forbidden technique Izanami are very demanding. To trap someone with Mangekyō Sharingan into the cycle, a sacrifice of equal Mangekyō Sharingan must be made.
Fortunately, he had activated this forbidden jutsu under the Great Elder's guidance, otherwise, Rengoku wouldn't have had time to learn it.
Rengoku waved at Yusuke and Hikari, and the two of them gathered beside him.
Yusuke held the unconscious Sasuke in hand, full of admiration as he asked Rengoku, "Elder, what's our next step?"
Itachi being taken down this easily, Yusuke's trust in Rengoku naturally rose again.
Rengoku sat on the ground, letting Hikari help him swap in the Kamui Mangekyō he got from Kakashi.
He replied, "I still need to deal with Itachi a bit more, I should be able to convert him. The Great Elder is still with Fugaku. Go check on them."
"If Fugaku and the Great Elder have a conflict, report the situation here honestly and ask them to cease fighting for now."
"Take Sasuke to the Great Elder, he knows what to do with him."
"Rally all clan members, prepare at any time to fight Danzo and his Root subordinates."
"After handing Sasuke to the Great Elder, keep watch in Konoha Village. If the Third Hokage comes with the Anbu, fire the blue signal flare immediately."
"Yes, Elder!"
Yusuke carried Sasuke and headed toward Fugaku's residence.
Hikari also helped Rengoku put in the new eye.
Rengoku closed his eyes, after resting for a few dozen minutes, his new eye would be functional.
In this world, eye replacement is one of the simplest surgeries.
On the battlefield, 13-year-old Nohara Rin could perform an eye transplant with Obito and Kakashi.
Though Hikari's medical ninjutsu wasn't particularly great, he was at least far better than little Nohara Rin.
After knocking out Kakashi, Rengoku directly retrieved the Uchiha clan's eye.
He had just used it directly as Izanami's sacrifice.
Actually, Kakashi's eye had already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan when Obito first activated his own.
They just hadn't realized it.
Now that this eye is ruined, Obito can forget about ever using double Kamui again in this life.
Hikari removed the Kamui eye and placed it in a bottle.
"Elder, what should we do with this eye?"
Rengoku picked up the bottle and gave it a shake, "Keep it for now, might be useful later."
Hikari nodded, took out a sealing scroll, and carefully sealed it inside.
Then handed the scroll to Rengoku.
Rengoku put the scroll away, then placed his hand on the head of the unmoving Itachi.
Time was pressing, he had to quickly guide Itachi to face reality.
After all, there had just been a battle here. Though short, the clan had patrol squads.
Fugaku's side would soon receive the news, and falling out with the Great Elder would be natural.
Uchiha's bargaining chips were already few, there could be no room for error.
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