The Uchiha clan is known for their sensitivity and deep emotional bonds.
When a member of this clan loves, they do so with their entire being. This intensity of love, however, harbors the potential for uncontrollable rage.
When an Uchiha loses someone dear to them, their brain produces a special chakra that affects their optic nerves, transforming their eyes.
These are the eyes that reflect the soul — the Sharingan.
The deeper the love, the stronger the hatred upon loss, and the more powerful the awakened Sharingan.
At this moment, witnessing Itachi’s death inflicted a tremendous shock on Izumi Uchiha.
She had always been protected by Itachi, from the Nine-Tails incident to the Great Ninja War, and even during their recent encounter with Konoha’s ANBU.
If it weren’t for her being a burden, if it weren’t for saving her, Itachi wouldn’t have died.
Guilt, sorrow, hatred, despair… These intense negative emotions flooded her mind, continuously producing the special chakra that acted upon her eyes.
With a sudden motion, her three-tomoe Sharingan spun and morphed, ultimately taking the shape of a clover petal.
“Is that… the Mangekyō Sharingan?!” The ANBU squad leader, Tiger, was taken aback upon seeing Izumi’s eyes.
From the perspective of the Konoha ANBU, they had been attacking Itachi Uchiha relentlessly. Meanwhile, Izumi suddenly clutched her head, crying out in agony as if having a mental breakdown, and then awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
It was almost unbelievable.
Although they didn’t fully understand Izumi’s situation, her awakening was evident to all.
The ANBU were well aware of how powerful a Mangekyō Uchiha could be. If they were barely able to manage Itachi alone using their numbers and tactics, facing two Mangekyō users would significantly tilt the odds against them.
Realizing this, Tiger immediately shouted, “Quick, take her down before she gets used to her new powers!”
At his command, two ANBU members, a Hyūga and a Yamanaka, dashed towards Izumi like arrows. They were skilled in taijutsu and had practiced coordinated attacks that were hard to counter.
Their onslaught was relentless, not giving Izumi a moment to familiarize herself with the Mangekyō’s power.
This isn’t good.
Facing their ferocious attacks, especially the Hyūga’s Gentle Fist, Izumi had to dodge, feeling overwhelmed constantly.
Fortunately, Mangekyō’s abilities do not require hand signs.
As she dodged, the power of her right eye activated unconsciously.
Huh?
Izumi suddenly noticed that the two ANBU’s movements slowed down, and their bodies left a trail of afterimages, predicting their next moves.
The afterimages showed—
Their next attack would be a feint to divert Izumi’s attention, followed by a Gentle Fist strike from the Hyūga ANBU aimed at her heart.
If she got hit, she would be severely injured, if not killed, losing her ability to fight.
This feeling was incredible.
Izumi realized she could predict the enemy’s attack routes.
In the next moment, the two enemies attacked according to the afterimage paths.
Having foreseen their moves, Izumi effortlessly countered them.
“Ha!”
The Hyūga ANBU moved behind Izumi, aiming a strike at her heart.
But with a scream, his palm met the kunai in Izumi’s hand, impaling him.
How is this possible?
How could she predict my moves?
The Hyūga ANBU, shocked, locked eyes with Izumi and fell into the Sharingan’s genjutsu.
The Yamanaka ANBU, sensing danger, attempted to retreat.
However, as if knowing his escape route, Izumi didn’t even look and threw several shurikens backward.
“Ah!”
With a scream, the shuriken pierced the back of the Yamanaka ANBU’s head, making it seem like he had deliberately collided with Izumi’s attack.
After defeating the two enemies, Izumi turned her gaze to the remaining ANBU members.
What is wrong with this woman?
Tiger began to sweat, his face beneath the mask filled with fear.
It was clear that Izumi’s strange combat abilities were due to her Mangekyō.
As the squad leader, Tiger quickly realized that continuing this battle would lead to their defeat.
“Retreat!” he ordered, dropping a smoke bomb at his feet to cover their escape.
The remaining ANBU obeyed instantly, abandoning their injured comrades to flee.
Thinking of escaping?
Izumi’s left eye activated, tears of blood streaming from her eye.
Simultaneously, a thick darkness rapidly spread from her, covering a radius of several hundred meters.
From above, it looked like a hemisphere of darkness, resembling an inverted bowl in the forest. The darkness swallowed everything, leaving nothing visible.
“What’s going on? Why is it so dark?”
“It’s not the night; it’s an Uchiha’s genjutsu. Break it quickly!”
In the pitch-black world, the ANBU couldn’t see anything, like being on a night where you couldn’t even see your own hands.
Attempts to break the genjutsu failed, increasing their fear. Even the Hyūga’s Byakugan saw nothing but darkness, rendering it useless.
Their senses dulled, and even the best sensor ninjas couldn’t extend their perception beyond ten meters.
Worse, the darkness disoriented them, making them unknowingly stray off course and sometimes return to their starting point.
The Konoha ANBU had fallen into a dark abyss.
Swish.
Izumi arrived, flying freely in the darkness with her bat wings, launching air blades and mercilessly eliminating the ANBU.
“Ah! Ah!”
The screams marked the deaths of each ANBU member, their terror escalating with each loss until Izumi ended their despair.
In less than a minute, nearly ten ANBU members, including Tiger, lay dead, victims of Izumi’s onslaught.
The darkness receded, restoring light to the world as if nothing had happened, except for the corpses on the ground, their faces frozen in terror.
Izumi reverted from her beast form, wiping the blood tears from her face as her Mangekyō returned to normal eyes.
After venting her hatred and anger, she felt empty again, like a desolate wasteland.
Standing still for a while, she eventually walked towards Itachi’s body to take him home for burial.
But when she looked at Itachi’s body in sorrow, she saw it gradually becoming transparent until it vanished completely, even the bloodstains disappearing.
What is going on?
She blinked in disbelief and turned around, only to hear a familiar voice:
“Congratulations, Izumi. You’ve awakened your Mangekyō Sharingan.”
Whipping around, she saw Itachi standing there, smiling.
She rushed over, touching his chest and face to confirm he was real, asking incredulously, “Itachi, you’re… alive?”
“I wasn’t dead,” Itachi said, holding her hand.
Having transplanted Hashirama cells, Itachi had filled his chakra deficiency. Even if Susanoo was shattered, he could recover quickly.
Moreover, Itachi’s eyes possessed the strongest physical attack, Amaterasu, and the most potent genjutsu, Tsukuyomi. In Susanoo’s third form, he could wield the legendary Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade.
In the Uchiha clan, only Dan surpassed Itachi in strength.
A mere squad of ANBU couldn’t defeat him.
“No, something’s wrong,” Izumi said, stepping back. “I saw you die… What’s going on?”
Itachi smiled, finally revealing the truth:
“What you saw was an illusion from my uncle Dan’s Mangekyō Sharingan technique, ‘Ame-no-Ohabari.’ It can implant a realistic vision in someone’s mind, even fooling Mangekyō Sharingan users.
Before we left, my uncle sealed Ame-no-Ohabari in my eyes, and I used it on you. That’s why you thought I died.”
Izumi was speechless.
Itachi continued, “I deceived you to help you awaken your Mangekyō, as I did when I saw Shisui die. My uncle helped Shisui stage his death to stimulate me, and I wanted to do the same for you.”
Realizing the truth, Izumi was initially angry but then felt deeply moved by Itachi’s actions.
Finally, she lightly pinched his arm. “I understand now.”
Itachi smiled, enduring the pain. “I’m sorry.”
He then asked about her Mangekyō abilities.
Izumi’s right eye ability, “Butayutama,” allowed her to foresee the enemy’s attack paths, aiding in evasion or counterattack.
Her left eye, “Kusano,” created a vast dark barrier, blinding and disorienting enemies within.
These new powers, combined with Susanoo, significantly boosted Izumi’s strength.
The Uchiha clan had gained another formidable warrior.
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