Chapter 147: Open Cards Battle — Who Is the Strongest?
Meanwhile, inside the Uchiha clan compound.
Mikoto rushed out of the room in a panic. After carefully confirming no enemies were outside, she leaped onto the roof and gazed into the distance.
Earlier, the massive battle between Oborotsuki, Shisui, and Itachi had shaken the entire village. The two enormous Susanoo clashing inside Konoha caused earth-shaking tremors.
This wasn't just felt by countless people in the village—even Mikoto, far at the edge in the Uchiha compound, clearly sensed it.
The moment she reached the roof, she spotted Shisui's and Itachi's Susanoo relentlessly attacking a single target.
The distance was too great for her to see clearly who was being besieged.
But from that overwhelming chakra aura, Mikoto instantly knew who it was.
Only Oborotsuki could possess such terrifying power.
"This is bad…"
Realizing Oborotsuki was being surrounded by Shisui and Itachi, Mikoto's face instantly turned pale.
What she feared most was exactly this—Oborotsuki fighting against Itachi.
Yet the thing she least wanted to see had still happened.
"I have to stop this!"
Almost without hesitation, Mikoto made her decision.
Oborotsuki's strength was immense—she had witnessed it herself.
The dozens of Root ANBU sent by Danzō to hunt them had been wiped out by him in an instant.
But now Shisui and Itachi were clashing with that man.
She was deeply worried.
"What about Sasuke…"
Mikoto quickly remembered the baby still at home who needed care.
After thinking it over, she finally steeled herself. She returned to the house, picked up little Sasuke, and quietly left the village—heading toward the direction where Oborotsuki, Shisui, and Itachi were fighting.
At this moment, Mikoto's mind was in complete chaos. She hadn't even considered what she would do if she ran into Konoha forces along the way.
…
While Oborotsuki was single-handedly facing Shisui and Itachi, the two Uchiha geniuses finally managed to force him far outside Konoha—deep into the primeval forest on the outskirts. Only then did they breathe a slight sigh of relief.
This intense exchange had taken a heavy toll on them.
After all, maintaining Susanoo consumed several times more chakra than normal Mangekyō usage.
By now, both were breathing heavily.
"Very good. You two have successfully pissed me off."
Oborotsuki sneered coldly. He swung his Decapitation Greatsword and leaped straight toward Itachi's Susanoo.
His powerful chakra sensing told him Itachi was nearing his limit.
For someone who had only just awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, lasting this long was already remarkable.
Shisui's mastery of the Mangekyō was far superior, so he still appeared relatively fine.
Seeing at a glance that Oborotsuki intended to target Itachi first, Shisui reacted immediately.
"Watch out!"
He swung his chakra greatsword toward Oborotsuki, trying to block the attack on Itachi.
But before the blade could connect, Oborotsuki vanished.
BOOM—
The Decapitation Greatsword struck Itachi's Susanoo like a mountain.
The violent force erupted like a tsunami. In an instant, Itachi's Susanoo staggered backward several steps, its body emitting cracking sounds.
"What terrifying destructive power!"
"That's no ordinary weapon…"
Itachi stared in shock, looking incredulously at the Decapitation Greatsword in Oborotsuki's hand.
At that moment, Shisui leaped in.
Whoosh—
His chakra greatsword sliced through the air with a deafening roar, slashing down at Oborotsuki from above.
But this wasn't the real killing move. Shisui's true trump card was the chakra he had accumulated to its peak.
This chakra wasn't meant for ninjutsu or powerful attacks—it was prepared for Kotoamatsukami!
Because Shisui's chakra reserves were limited, Kotoamatsukami could only be used once. After that, the cooldown would last over a decade—or even longer.
He had to make sure it landed perfectly.
However, when Shisui unleashed Kotoamatsukami on Oborotsuki, he had no idea that Oborotsuki's Eternal Mangekyō cooldown had already ended.
The advanced version of Izanagi activated once again.
Thirty seconds of true invincibility!
During this period, any unfavorable factor targeting Oborotsuki would automatically become a dream—including death!
After activating Kotoamatsukami, Shisui stopped attacking. His sharp gaze fixed on Oborotsuki, convinced he had succeeded.
But in that moment, he saw Oborotsuki turn around—with a mocking, playful expression.
"You…"
Seeing Oborotsuki's face, Shisui instantly realized his genjutsu had failed!
"Even the strongest genjutsu Kotoamatsukami has no effect on you? How… how did you do it??"
Shisui stared at Oborotsuki in utter disbelief.
He couldn't even imagine how the opponent had broken his technique.
Kotoamatsukami activated without any warning to the target.
It was a supreme genjutsu capable of rewriting the target's will in complete silence and secrecy.
"Oh, my bad…"
Oborotsuki looked at the stunned Shisui and the bewildered Itachi, then shook his head with a wry laugh.
When he raised his eyes again, his ordinary black pupils had transformed into the six-pointed star pattern!
Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan!
The moment Shisui and Itachi saw Oborotsuki's eyes, both of them froze as if struck by lightning—stunned and rigid.
"Your eyes… that's a Mangekyō!!"
"How is this possible?! You're not an Uchiha—how do you have those eyes??"
Shisui stared at Oborotsuki in shock, confirming over and over that this man absolutely could not be a member of the Uchiha clan.
"No wonder you kept dodging our genjutsu attacks earlier… it must be the power of those eyes…"
Itachi's expression was extremely grave.
He had never imagined that the first opponent he faced after awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan would be someone like this.
"Do you two know that Danzō was the mastermind who ordered the extermination of the Uchiha clan—leaving no one alive, not even infants in their cradles?"
After revealing his Eternal Mangekyō, Oborotsuki had no intention of wasting words.
He questioned Shisui and Itachi while preparing his final attack.
He intended to use his remaining invincible time to thoroughly defeat these two clueless kids.
"You invaded Konoha just to meddle in other people's business?"
Itachi stared coldly at Oborotsuki and asked back.
"Meddle in other people's business? Heh…"
Oborotsuki looked at him like he was looking at an idiot:
"Do you know that if I hadn't 'meddled,' your mother and your little brother would already be dead at the hands of Root right now?"
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