Konoha: The Innately Evil Uchiha

Chapter 72 Stealing Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan

The orange-red Susanoo helmet was cut and shattered, and the Tengu's armor completely collapsed.

The tide has turned...

Itachi looked haggard. He withdrew his Susanoo, stood still, slowly raised his head, and stared at the dark red, fully-formed Susanoo that crashed heavily in front of him.

The sonic boom was deafening.

The moment the Susanoo's boots landed, a sonic wave spread out, and the air currents surged.

Itachi's short hair danced wildly behind him.

Robes fluttered in the wind.

Rock fragments were ejected.

Obito looked troubled, raised his right hand, pressed it tightly against the mask, distorted space, and once again entered the Kamui dimension alone.

A dark red demon god stood before Itachi.

Until the gale subsided.

The rhombus-shaped blood jade gemstone fell swiftly from the helmet to the ground.

With a cold expression, Yin Yue walked down the steps, passed through the dark red energy layer, emerged from the complete Susanoo, and headed straight for Itachi.

The enormous, dark red Susanoo, resembling a demon god, became the backdrop for Drinking the Moon.

After Yin Yue left.

Susanoo, its body ablaze with hellfire, knelt on one knee, its chakra sword planted deep in the ground, like a knight awaiting its master's return.

Ga-ga-ga-ga-

Suddenly, Itachi stared directly at the approaching Yin Yue. Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan suddenly spun, and countless crows appeared around him, scattering in all directions.

Black feathers were scattered all over the ground.

Yin Yue glanced at the flock of crows flying around her, and the huge Susanoo behind her, which resembled a knight, shone with a dark red light in its eye sockets, enveloping the flock of crows.

It was as if time had stopped in the air.

The wings of the flock of crows froze, hovering in the downpour, before one by one they fell from the sky into the mud.

One of the larger ravens circled once in the sky, then flew to Yinyue's shoulder and brought its left eye close to her face.

Yin Yue didn't look directly at it, but reached out and plucked out its terrified eyeballs, from which blood flowed.

The crow, controlled by the Eight Thousand Spears, let out a painful scream, and the plucked eyeball revealed the Kaleidoscope pattern of Kotoamatsukami.

thump--

The crow struggled for a moment with its wings, its chakra swelled, and it exploded into a cloud of blood mist, its black feathers falling to the ground.

At this point, Itachi's expression changed.

Yin Yue flipped her right palm over, took out a separate test tube containing the Kotoamatsukami Mangekyou Sharingan, and placed the Kotoamatsukami's left eye into it.

This test tube contains Shisui's right eye, which he stole from Danzo, and Shisui's left eye, which he just received from Itachi.

Two Kotoamatsukami Mangekyou Sharingan floated up and down in the potion. Yin Yue glanced at them, then put the test tube back into her storage space.

Space tremors.

The test tube disappeared.

"You want to use crows to confuse me and have them take away Shisui's left eye, but I have the Kotoamatsukami Mangekyou Sharingan and can discern the Yin Release chakra it contains."

Yin Yue spoke calmly, summoning Dark Moon with her right hand and infusing it with Wind Release chakra.

hum-

The pure black moon seemed to devour the space it occupied, flowing with distortions caused by high vibrations.

After speaking, Yin Yue moved with lightning speed, arriving in front of Itachi as if in a fleeting shadow. Dark Moon pierced through Itachi's right shoulder, and Itachi staggered backward, falling helplessly to the ground.

bang——

Mud and water splashed.

Yin Yue plunged the black sword into the ground, pinning Itachi to the spot. Itachi coughed up blood, completely losing the ability to resist, and his Mangekyou Sharingan faded due to insufficient chakra.

Pain surged through his body's cells like a tidal wave, blurring Itachi's vision. Coupled with the interference of the torrential rain, he could no longer see the moon shining down on him.

Itachi didn't even have a chance to use Tsukuyomi.

In order to deal with Itachi, Yinyue imprinted her spirit with the Eight Thousand Spears mark from the very beginning.

If Itachi uses Shisui's left eye to modify one's mental will, or if one is pulled into the Tsukuyomi world...

The mark of the Eight Thousand Spears will be triggered, correcting one's own mental will and continuing to execute the will to kill Itachi and seize Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan.

Both are kaleidoscopes of the mind manipulation type, but their eye powers are currently disproportionate.

Unfortunately, Itachi didn't have time to change his eyes. Once he changed Kotoamatsukami, his Susanoo would not be able to be maintained. After releasing Susanoo, his chakra might not be enough to support him in using Kotoamatsukami.

Faced with absolute power.

Itachi was powerless to do anything.

"After you lose your Mangekyou Sharingan, have you ever thought about how Konoha, which you cherish, will treat you? How will Hiruzen Sarutobi treat you?"

Yin Yue stretched out her right hand, her fingers reaching towards Itachi's forehead. In Itachi's dazed vision, her fingers shifted to the left and then reached towards Itachi's left Mangekyou Sharingan.

Blood oozed from his eyes.

With practiced ease, Yin Yue removed the Tsukuyomi kaleidoscope and then moved her fingers to the right, smoothly removing the Amaterasu kaleidoscope as well.

The weasel's eyes were tightly shut, his teeth were shattered, and intense pain emanated from his eye sockets. Amidst the intertwined pain in every cell of his body, he nearly fainted.

"You knew perfectly well that Danzo had taken Shisui's right eye, yet you still chose to draw your sword against someone weaker."

It must be difficult for you to get Shisui's eyes back, right?

A rare genius of the Uchiha clan?

A ninja with the mindset of the Hokage?

The nameless one who supports the light in the darkness?

Oh……"

Yin Yue finished speaking calmly.

then.

He flipped his right palm, causing the space to tremble again. He summoned a potion test tube, placed Itachi's kaleidoscope eyes inside, and stored them together in his storage space.

Yin Yue crouched down beside Itachi, her gaze calm as she looked directly at the battered and barely clinging Itachi, and asked:

"Explain to me what a village is, what a clan is, and what a ninja is!"

Itachi remained silent.

puff-

With a swift movement, Yin Yue drew his sword and plunged Dark Moon from Itachi's right shoulder into his left collarbone. Blood spilled out and was diluted by the torrential rain.

"Ugh!!!"

Itachi groaned repeatedly, clenching his teeth and remaining silent, until Dark Moon circled around, moving from his left shoulder to his right thigh, stabbing countless holes in his body.

Yin Yue moved with the speed and precision of a machine, wielding his knife with practiced ease.

Each strike avoids vital points.

Every cut is excruciatingly painful.

"ah--"

Itachi's face contorted in pain, and after a cry of agony, he seemed unwilling to die so unwillingly. He spoke in a trembling voice as a final act of defiance:

"A village... is a bridge connecting clans... Ninjas exist to protect the connections between the people of a ninja village..."

Yin Yue nodded and asked in return:

"What about your family? What about the family members who gave you life, raised you, and nurtured you?"

Itachi remained silent for a long time before responding:

"Their magnanimity..."

Yin Yue interrupted Itachi, calmly saying:

"So you killed your parents who carried you for ten months and raised you, and you killed all the people of your clan who shared your lineage, protected you, and provided you with resources."

You should know.

Before they began their scheme, most of them still trusted you, the one monitoring them.

Itachi's face contorted in pain as he gritted his teeth and said:

"You should know that they are destined to fail, they are doomed to fail, and the village will only be destroyed faster!"

"Heh, weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, but arrogance is, and your arrogance is exactly the same as that of your people."

Yin Yue reached out, pinched Itachi's cheek that was turned to the side, turned his face back, and said calmly:

"Your mistake was that you didn't even give them a chance to put aside their arrogance and sit down with their people for a proper talk."

"Sit down and talk," Itachi muttered to himself. "Arrogance is... an obstacle to survival..."

In that instant, he seemed to have a sudden enlightenment, understanding something yet feeling it was all too vague and unreal.

"The village is a bridge connecting families; your understanding of the village is very good."

However, when a village is unable to resolve a conflict with a certain family, it may unite with other families, relying on their power to suspect, exclude, suppress, expel, and plot against that family.

Such leaves.

Is it a bridge?

After asking the question, Yin Yue sighed deeply:

"Konoha is sick, and you are willing to go along with them and become a cancer cell. You need to understand one thing: without the power of the Uchiha, you, Uchiha Itachi, are nothing in the ninja world."

(End of this chapter)