Chapter 91: The Power to Control Dreams and Reality!
After taking a heavy blow from Uchiha Dali, blood sprayed three meters into the air on the spot.
Logically speaking, Shimura Danzo should have been undeniably dead.
Yet, at that exact moment, he suddenly launched a counterattack. The kunai in his hands lashed out fiercely at both Uchiha Dali behind him and Namikaze Minato.
The abrupt nature of this reaction completely caught Namikaze Minato off guard.
Unprepared, he barely managed to block Shimura Danzo's sneak attack. Although he avoided a fatal wound, he was still injured, taking a hit from Danzo's kunai.
Uchiha Dali, on the other hand, fared much better.
The instant Danzo launched his counterattack, Dali had already detected it using his Sharingan combined with his extraordinary sensory perception.
In a flash, Uchiha Dali dodged the strike with ease. At the same time, a system notification sounded in his mind.
[Ding! You have witnessed the enemy activating the Sharingan forbidden technique "Izanagi"! Your Bloodline Limit surges in response—your power has greatly increased!]
[Mangekyō Sharingan Enhancement: Reduced negative effects upon use, decreased risk of blindness, technique power doubled, chakra consumption halved!]
Uchiha Dali was momentarily stunned by the voice in his mind.
He hadn't expected to gain enlightenment at such a moment.
But he quickly refocused, ignoring the system's voice and turning his full attention to dealing with Shimura Danzo.
"So that old dog sacrificed the Sharingan in his right eye to activate Izanagi… No wonder he was able to come back from the dead."
Uchiha Dali sneered inwardly.
Izanagi was one of the Uchiha clan's forbidden Sharingan techniques. In exchange for permanently losing vision in one eye, it activated the most powerful illusion.
During the illusion's duration, any negative events affecting the user could be rewritten and transformed into dreams.
Conversely, anything beneficial to the user could be converted into reality.
That was the true reason why Danzo, who by all rights should have been dead, was now alive and well.
In other words, Danzo was now in a "deathless" state. No matter how many times he was injured or even killed, as long as Izanagi was still active, he would fully regenerate from every attack.
However, the duration of Izanagi was limited.
Once the effect ended, that would mark the moment of his true death.
"What's going on?"
Namikaze Minato clearly didn't know the secrets behind this forbidden Sharingan technique.
But even as he wondered, he carefully observed.
Danzo was now relentlessly pursuing Uchiha Dali, treating him as the sole enemy and barely sparing Minato a glance.
At that moment, Danzo was launching ranged Wind Release attacks in a continuous barrage at Uchiha Dali.
But Dali effortlessly dodged each assault using advanced Flying Thunder God techniques.
He wasn't in a rush to fight back—only to evade.
Because for now, any attack on Danzo would be pointless.
But Namikaze Minato couldn't just stand by and watch.
"Lord Danzo!"
"Please stop. Let it end here. Don't keep making the same mistakes!"
As he spoke, Minato leapt forward, attempting to stop Danzo's madness.
He came up behind Danzo and pressed a kunai against his throat, trying to force him to surrender.
Danzo did stop—but only for two seconds.
Then, without warning, he resumed his assault.
This time, his target was no longer Uchiha Dali—it was Minato.
"If you're so eager to die, then you can perish here alongside him."
Danzo spoke coldly, launching a lethal strike toward Minato.
His Wind Release was terrifyingly powerful.
Minato, already wounded from earlier, narrowly evaded the blow this time thanks to his caution. But seeing Danzo repeatedly try to kill him finally pushed him over the edge.
His heart grew heavy.
Now fully aware of Danzo's true nature, Minato abandoned all illusions.
"Lord Danzo, if you insist on walking this path of destruction, then I have no choice but to stop you!"
With that, he began his counterattack.
Uchiha Dali simply watched the show.
He had wanted Minato to come to his own conclusions.
This way, Minato would naturally take his side.
Honestly, he should thank that old villain Danzo.
Right now, Uchiha Dali could barely stop himself from breaking into song.
"Let me say thank you~ because of you…"
Minato launched his counterattack against Danzo. A Rasengan formed in his palm, and taking advantage of the Flying Thunder God marker he'd secretly left on Danzo earlier, he launched a surprise assault, smashing the Rasengan into Danzo's body.
Danzo coughed up a mouthful of blood, but moments later, his body twisted strangely and returned to perfect condition.
"It's useless."
"You can die now too!"
Danzo spun around to retaliate, firing a barrage of Vacuum Spheres that forced Minato onto the defensive.
He immediately followed up, closing in to land a finishing blow.
However, Minato once again used the Flying Thunder God to teleport away, finding another opportunity to counterattack.
"Is it the power of that Sharingan eye?"
"This must be some kind of forbidden technique… clearly he's wounded, yet he can completely heal…"
As he fought Danzo, Minato quickly analyzed his opponent's ability.
He struck with another Rasengan.
This time, he noticed something different—the Sharingan in Danzo's right eye had begun to dim significantly.
Compared to the brilliant crimson glow it had when first activated, it was now a pale imitation.
At this moment, that eye had begun to cloud over with a grayish hue.
Seeing Minato finally deduce the truth, Uchiha Dali finally spoke up: "He sacrificed the entire Sharingan in that eye to activate one of our Uchiha clan's forbidden techniques—'Izanagi.' While the effect is active, no attack can harm him."
"Izanagi?"
Hearing Dali's explanation, Minato froze for a moment. Then, when he looked at Danzo again, realization dawned on him.
At that same moment, Danzo also seemed to understand that he couldn't possibly win against both Uchiha Dali and Namikaze Minato at once.
So, he stopped resisting entirely—standing motionless in place.
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