Chapter 88: Decoding Izanagi! The Defying "Izanagi Training Method"

Chapter 88: Decoding Izanagi! The Defying "Izanagi Training Method"

"You... what exactly do you want?"

Danzo's voice faded as he noticed a subtle change in the surroundings.

Although it still looked like the same courtyard, everything seemed to feel more real. Ishihara appeared in front of him again, but Danzo stood motionless, devoid of any extra thoughts, staring blankly.

Ishihara was calmly sitting at a stone tea table in the courtyard, leisurely sipping tea as he looked at Danzo.

"You're the one who barged in here without my permission, and now you're asking me what I want?" Ishihara said with a smile.

"Obviously, I want you dead."

Danzo's face remained blank, but his heart filled with deep regret. If he'd known it would come to this, why did he ever provoke such a monster?

"Just kill me then," Danzo sighed.

"Killing you directly would be too boring," Ishihara responded, putting down his teacup and stroking his chin thoughtfully.

Danzo was startled by his words, but a glimmer of hope flickered in his eyes. Yet in the next moment...

Slice!

"Ahh!!"

Danzo clutched his eye in agony as blood flowed through his fingers.

Ishihara, who had been sitting at the tea table, now walked out from behind him, holding Shisui's Kotoamatsukami eye.

Yet another Ishihara still sat at the table.

"You bastard!" Danzo roared, on the verge of madness.

Even now, this man continued to manipulate him with illusions.

How was this even human?

Ignoring him, Ishihara calmly extracted one of the Sharingan embedded in Danzo's arm and sat back at the table, now holding two Sharingan in hand.

The illusionary Ishihara vanished.

"Tell me about the Izanagi technique," Ishihara said casually.

Originally, Ishihara had planned to obtain this forbidden jutsu through the Uchiha clan, but with Danzo delivering himself, there was no need to waste the opportunity.

Danzo looked up, expressionless. "If I give it to you, will you let me go?"

"No," Ishihara replied calmly.

"Then I won't say a thing."

"This is my final stand as a Konoha elder," Danzo muttered, resignation in his voice, though he had half expected this response.

"That's not your choice to make..." Ishihara chuckled, amused by Danzo's futile attempt to gain sympathy. He had chosen the wrong person for that.

"Genjutsu Space!"

Buzz—

Danzo's body trembled, a sense of dread filling him as his face tightened with anxiety.

"What are you planning to do?" he asked warily.

Ishihara stepped forward, suddenly appearing in front of Danzo with a smile.

"I'm going to let you experience Kotoamatsukami firsthand."

Danzo's pupils shrank in shock, his breathing halted.

No one knew better than he did how terrifying Kotoamatsukami was. He would rather die than fall victim to it!

"Shisui's Kotoamatsukami has already been used, so it can't be activated again in such a short time…!" Danzo protested.

"Don't worry, I know how to use Kotoamatsukami too," Ishihara replied, his words freezing Danzo in disbelief.

Before Danzo could process how Ishihara could possibly know Kotoamatsukami, a surge of energy rushed into his mind, halting his thoughts.

It felt as if only a moment had passed, or perhaps an eternity.

Danzo's consciousness slowly returned, and he looked at Ishihara with deep fear in his eyes.

"If I give you Konoha's forbidden jutsu, will you truly let me go?"

Seeing this change, even Ishihara couldn't help but feel a bit of awe.

Throughout the process, he had carefully observed Danzo, but on the outside, Danzo showed almost no visible flaws.

Danzo was still acting as if nothing had changed on the surface.

However, deep inside, his will had already been completely bent by the terrifying power of Kotoamatsukami.

Danzo spoke in a completely incoherent manner, yet it sounded natural, with no awareness that his will had been altered. Moreover, the genjutsu space didn't consume as much energy as Ishihara had expected, allowing him to use it again if needed. Smiling, Ishihara found this to be a pleasant surprise.

"Of course!" he replied. Whether Danzo lived or died didn't matter to him. In fact, if Danzo were gone, the drama with the Uchiha clan would be much less entertaining. Additionally, he was dissatisfied with the Uchiha clan's progress in unlocking their Sharingan, so keeping Danzo alive could prove useful in intensifying the situation.

"Now, hand over the Izanagi technique," Ishihara said casually.

"Fine!" Danzo gritted his teeth and began explaining the Izanagi technique. After listening, Ishihara fell into deep thought.

The Izanagi technique, by permanently blinding a Sharingan with at least three tomoe, allows its user to negate unfavorable events for a limited time, making them as if they never happened, while keeping beneficial occurrences real. This technique is often jokingly referred to as the "little invincibility jutsu."

However, just by reviewing the content of the Izanagi, it was hard to see the true potential. Even though it was a forbidden jutsu, Ishihara only needed one reading to fully grasp it.

Activating his Byakugan and unlocking the Transparent World, Ishihara connected a chain of life to the Sharingan he had extracted from Danzo and then activated Izanagi.

Buzz—

A subtle fluctuation emanated from the Sharingan, influencing his body.

"Is this Yin Release chakra? And the Sharingan's unique ocular power?" In that instant, Ishihara uncovered the source of the strange energy fluctuation, his eyes flashing with insight.

Yin Release chakra is the force that creates form from the formless, but within Izanagi, the process is reversed—creating the formless from the formed. After casting Izanagi, Ishihara's body entered a state between form and formlessness. He could still affect reality and, at the same time, be affected by it. However, when Izanagi ended, the Yin Release chakra would transform any detrimental aspects from form to formlessness, while retaining the favorable ones. This was the core principle of Izanagi.

"Yet another power tied to Yin-Yang Release!" Ishihara thought with growing excitement.

Indeed, the execution of Izanagi involved both Yin and Yang Release, not just Yin. The technique's ability to alternate between illusion and reality mimicked a brief simulation of the process of creating life. Ishihara's understanding of Yin-Yang Release surged as his mind raced with newfound insights.

[You have decoded the forbidden technique, Izanagi. You have achieved enlightenment and created the secret Izanagi Training Method.]

[Izanagi Training Method: Through the mastery of Yin-Yang Release and the power of creation, the user can enter the Izanagi state. Each use of the technique consumes a large amount of Yin-Yang Release energy.]

Hiss!!!

As Ishihara processed the information flooding his mind, he couldn't help but draw a sharp breath, overwhelmed with joy. Mastering this method would allow him to reverse life and death itself—a terrifyingly powerful ability. Though the technique had its limitations, who would care? After all, this was an invincible, life-saving godly skill!

Naturally, the threshold for mastering this secret technique was extremely high—only those at the level of the Six Paths would be qualified to even study it.

But Ishihara didn't mind. Reaching the Six Paths level was only a matter of time for him.

Though excited, Ishihara quickly restrained his emotions and returned his gaze to Danzo, curious about what else he could extract from him. "What about the other forbidden techniques?"

Danzo pulled out a scroll and handed it over, as if he had always intended to give these secret techniques to Ishihara. Ishihara opened the scroll, glanced at it, and frowned slightly.

Reanimation Jutsu!