My clan was exterminated when I was three years old, and you want me to beat Uchiha Itachi? Chapter 059

Because you simultaneously activated your bloodline power and resisted Kotoamatsukami’s dōjutsu, you surpassed the limits of your body and mind. The symptoms you exhibited were extremely similar to those of Sasuke Uchiha after Itachi forced his Mangekyō Sharingan to awaken.

You received a long period of sick leave.

After your mental state slightly recovered, you continued to use Soul Sever to constantly wear down the residual power of Kotoamatsukami. At the same time, you gradually absorbed the ineffective dōjutsu into yourself, thereby accelerating your mental recovery and promoting the growth of your dōjutsu.

[Day 6]

As you were recovering, Danzō did not continue to use Kotoamatsukami to strengthen his control over you.

You used Soul Sever to continue wearing down the Kotoamatsukami imprint remaining in your mental world.

[Day 7]

Although you were still recovering, Danzō insisted on visiting you despite the medical staff’s dissuasion. In reality, he wanted to see if you could control the activation of your left eye’s double tomoe.

The results proved that you could freely use your newly awakened left eye.

Compared to Sasuke, whose both eyes had awakened a single tomoe Sharingan but couldn’t control its activation, keeping it constantly closed, your situation greatly satisfied Danzō.

Danzō once again tried to build rapport with you. If one ignored their identities and the killings Danzō demanded of you, the way you two interacted was almost identical to a normal family’s grandfather and grandson.

Fortunately, because you suffered severe mental trauma, Danzō, fearing lingering after-effects, did not use Kotoamatsukami to continue hypnotizing you.

This gave you more alone time to wear down the residual Kotoamatsukami imprint.

[Day 8]

Under your continuous, day-and-night use of Soul Sever, the remnants of Kotoamatsukami in your consciousness had become extremely faint.

Meanwhile, you continuously absorbed the thoroughly shattered Mangekyō dōjutsu, elevating your own dōjutsu and mental power to a higher level.

[Day 9]

Just as you intended to continue refining the Mangekyō dōjutsu to feed your own power, you discovered that the last remaining trace from the previous day had completely vanished.

This made you realize that the power of this Kotoamatsukami seemed to naturally fade over time.

[Day 10]

Danzō came to visit again. Whether he had experimented before and knew that the power of this Kotoamatsukami would naturally dissipate, or if it was due to years of experience accumulated in Root, Danzō once again used Kotoamatsukami to give you the same suggestion.

Since Danzō had Aburame Ryōma and another guard by his side this time, you couldn’t find an opportunity to kill him and could only let him hypnotize you.

[Day 11]

A new round of tug-of-war between you and the Kotoamatsukami imprint began again.

But this time, you clearly felt that wearing down this dōjutsu was much easier than before.

You guessed that this was due to your mental power strengthening and your previous absorption of this power to enhance your own dōjutsu, leading to a common origin between enemy and self, making it easier to break.

[Day 12]

Due to your repeated use of Soul Sever to attack the Kotoamatsukami imprint, your understanding and application of mental power gradually improved.

Therefore, you further optimized Soul Sever, allowing you to condense pure mental power into various forms, transforming into blades, chisels, axes, saws, and hammers. You could precisely pulverize the Kotoamatsukami imprint like a carpenter or stonemason, while also consuming less energy.

Furthermore, the upgraded Soul Sever, when releasing mental attacks on people, could also condense into the forms of senbon, shuriken, or even kunai, increasing its killing efficiency and range.

It could even be stored long-term in the Sharingan for later use, without the need for a sealing jutsu.

This placed you in a safer position, less susceptible to backlash from enemies with powerful mental energy!

[Day 13]

You completely eradicated the Kotoamatsukami imprint in your mental world and divided two streams of mental power, condensing them into shuriken forms and storing them separately in your left and right eyes.

On the same day, Danzō came to visit, also intending to use Kotoamatsukami to solidify his hypnosis over you.

Just as Danzō was about to unleash Kotoamatsukami, he looked at your activated double tomoe left eye and was startled.

However, whether using perception ninjutsu or calling in a specialized sensory ninja to examine you, no abnormalities were found. Instead, the conclusion was that you had fully recovered and could be discharged from the hospital.

Only a few individuals, when gazed upon by you, would experience the same situation as Danzō did before.

But this situation was intermittent and inexplicable.

Ultimately, it was attributed to the extraordinary potential of your Sharingan.

Upon hearing this result, Danzō, with a stern face, led you to the bottommost level of a vertical shaft, a room directly carved out of the rock wall, then reinforced with molten steel, and covered in seals and barriers. He informed you that this would be your future residence.

Tomorrow morning, you would, like other Root members, participate in rigorous training on time!

Only by surviving until the end of the training could you officially become a Root ninja!

You nodded. After entering the room, you quickly activated the shuriken-shaped Soul Severs you had condensed in advance in both eyes, shattering the Kotoamatsukami imprint before it had fully entered your mental world, and then breaking it down piece by piece…

At night, Danzō, returning from Konoha Hospital, slowly walked down the dark streets, leaning on his cane. The smile on his face was wild and unrestrained, making it impossible to associate him with the legendary “Darkness of the Shinobi World.”

—Hiruzen, it seems you were a step too slow this time!

[Day 14]

Early in the morning, you were awakened by the dull thud of an iron rod.

Then, you remembered what Danzō had told you yesterday: you were to participate in the selection training to become a Root ninja!

You immediately pushed open your door. The rapid patter of footsteps echoed from the maze-like suspended corridors above. You activated your Sharingan and saw hundreds of children, roughly your age, dressed in identical uniforms, scrambling towards the training ground above.

Is this the special training to become a Root ninja?

Without time to ponder, before the ninja who knocked on your door could strike your back with his iron rod, you sprinted up the stairs from the bottom floor, then slightly bent your left leg, and with astonishing spring, directly traversed two floors of stairs.

You landed among a group of peers who were fighting and running, constantly shifting positions.

Your sudden intrusion caused this group of squabbling individuals to instantly unite, simultaneously drawing kunai to attack you. Looking at their speed, which was like a snail’s crawl to you, you extended your hand, grabbed the neck of the leader, and flung him headfirst down the stairs.

Then, with a flying kick, you sent four or five people tumbling down. The fallen individuals blocked the only path, yet those trapped behind them didn’t even have the courage to look you in the eye, instead wrestling among themselves, seemingly resigned to forever ranking behind you, with their own rankings chosen only among themselves!

You casually grabbed one person, intending to ask about the rules of the Root ninja selection.

Forget it, direct genjutsu interrogation is more convenient!

It turned out that this was the first stage of the selection.

What they had to do was arrange rooms according to their entry time into Root, their strength, and their potential.

Those who entered early and were strong were placed in the topmost rooms, while those who entered late and were weak were placed in the bottommost rooms!

You were the last to arrive, and your strength hadn’t been tested, so you were placed on the lowest level!

You needed to reach the training ground within a specified time. The earlier you arrived, the better the reward you would receive. The reward could be a bag of ninja tools, or even a ninjutsu, and the strongest could even choose their own reward.

The last person to arrive would be challenged by anyone.

There were only two outcomes to the challenge: defeat ten people consecutively!

Or have everything taken by the one who killed you!

The strong get stronger; that was the only rule here!

Interesting!

You bared your teeth, looking up at the light coming from the top of the vertical shaft, revealing a bloodthirsty gaze.