Ino quickly walked out of the store, but Itachi and Kisame were nowhere to be seen.
She felt extremely annoyed. What in the world was wrong with them? Did I provoke you? Why use Genjutsu right off the bat?
Since transmigrating, she had never felt so wronged.
Their condescending sense of superiority truly agitated her.
She possessed exquisite Ninjutsu, Summoning Technique, and Sealing Technique, but she fell before she even had a chance to use them.
What kind of nonsense was this?
Can the Sharingan legends truly do whatever they want?
She now understood the helplessness Orochimaru and Deidara felt when facing Itachi. Holding a Joker, a pair of Jokers, and four Twos, but the opponent didn't give any chance, just flipped the table with the Sharingan, right?
She looked left and right, and soon spotted Sakura standing in a daze in front of the bookstore.
Sakura's eyes were vacant, staring straight ahead.
No doubt, she had also fallen under Genjutsu.
Sakura's Genjutsu talent was good, but it was useless against the Sharingan. Yuhi's Genjutsu was the best in Konoha Village, yet she still fell victim. This was also why Ino had never spent time on Genjutsu or used her skill points on it.
The Sharingan legends are not to be trifled with!
"Sakura? Release!" Ino channeled her Chakra into Sakura's body, dispelling her Genjutsu.
Afterward, she dispelled the Genjutsu for several infatuated girls near the bookstore.
The Genjutsu Itachi used was just a standard one, not difficult to dispel. However, his attitude of wanting to 'cleanse' every girl who had interacted with his brother was truly insane, he was seriously ill.
"Ino, that was..." Sakura was a bit dazed after waking up, stammering and unable to form a complete sentence.
Ino didn't mention that she had also fallen under Genjutsu. She "hmphed" and casually bluffed: "I bet you looked into that man's eyes, didn't you? Don't look next time. It's best to wear the straw hat I gave you and look at his chin with your peripheral vision. That way, you can resist Genjutsu."
Wearing a straw hat can resist Genjutsu? Sakura stood there, pondering foolishly.
Ino searched for Itachi and Kisame's whereabouts in the market.
Whether it was to vent her frustration or to maintain her genius persona, she had to track them down.
I truly can't provoke that single-universe-level Otsutsuki God, but am I afraid of a "mere" Uchiha Itachi? Am I still going to be able to hold my head high?
In this day and age, it's all about getting revenge without delay.
She couldn't find the two using her sensory abilities; they most likely had some kind of ability to shield themselves from perception. No problem!
"Single Wheel Flower Bloom!"
The moment she fell under Genjutsu, their Chakras had made contact. This contact time was very short, but it did happen. Ino's Chakra, like pollen, would stick a tiny bit on Itachi's body during the contact. Now, this bit of pollen pointed her in the right direction.
"Hmph, I found you... You are a human after all, not a god."
Ino did not alert Uchiha Itachi.
She crossed the Naka River and quickly arrived at the old Uchiha Clan compound. After the night of the massacre, the Village had taken it under the guise of temporary custody. Now, Jiraiya was in the process of returning the old compound to Uchiha Sasuke and was coordinating with various factions, so the old compound was empty.
To fool Kabuto, Ino had haphazardly modified Edo Tensei, Dead Demon Consuming Seal, Spirit Transformation Technique, and Mind Body Switch Technique, combining them with her Ninjutsu knowledge. This was also a learning process, and it had yielded some results.
Her Spirit Transformation Technique had actually reached the introductory level, but because Tsunade didn't want to lose another important person, and Ino's personality was more cautious, not wanting to take risks unless it was 100% safe, the final step of the Spirit Transformation had been delayed. In fact, her technique was 99% complete, just one last push away.
She could use Spirit Transformation as a guide, communicate with the deceased using Edo Tensei's techniques, and then have the deceased's soul reside in some physical sealing object, returning to the material world.
Previously, the Summoning Technique in the Ninja World was "Summoning Technique: Toad" or "Summoning Technique: Giant Snake." Now, her new technique could be named "Summoning Technique: Soul"!
Following the method of Edo Tensei, she drew a Summoning Technique formula on the ground. This formula was obtained from Kabuto; Kabuto had seen Orochimaru draw it, but the subsequent steps were completely unknown. Ino didn't care; she was only borrowing the first step.
As she gathered Yin Style Chakra and began searching for lost souls, gusts of cold wind swept through the old Uchiha Clan compound. The trees rustled, and the wind seemed to carry some unintelligible calls.
Many people had died here. As the Summoning Technique was continuously cast, souls appeared one after another.
Some souls had long lost their self-awareness and become wandering spirits, while others, having fulfilled their wishes, rejected the summons. She performed the Summoning Technique seven times in a row and finally found her target.
"Hmph, Uchiha Itachi, looking down on me? Let me show you my power!" She formed a Hare hand seal, remotely activating the flower-attribute Chakra on Itachi's body.
Wearing a straw hat and walking through the streets of Konoha Village, Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki were in no hurry, strolling leisurely.
As they walked, Itachi suddenly stopped.
He looked left and right, feeling that something was amiss.
"What's wrong, Mr. Itachi? Are there pursuers?" Kisame Hoshigaki asked casually.
Itachi looked at him, making Kisame feel uneasy.
"Is something wrong with me?" he asked.
In Itachi's eyes, Kisame's body was still the same, but his shark head had changed, transforming into a beautiful young girl with long black hair and a tear mole at the corner of her eye.
The girl's smile was full of sunshine: "Itachi, how about I treat you to some three-color dango?"
Was someone using Genjutsu on him? His Sharingan rotated twice, but he didn't detect any signs of Genjutsu.
If it wasn't Genjutsu, then what was it? How could a dead person suddenly appear before him?
"Itachi, I wish you an early awakening of your Sharingan."
"Itachi, save me! Hurry and save me!"
Kisame was utterly confused by Itachi's gaze. Mr. Itachi's look at me is strange, what should I do? He wouldn't have any ulterior motives towards me, would he?
In Itachi's line of sight, the beautiful girl's eyes suddenly turned into two bloody holes: "Itachi, I really hurt so much, so much. Save me... Please!"
Itachi, who had been silent, finally spoke, his words icy cold: "I don't know how you appeared, but... Izumi, you are already dead. Don't appear before me again."
As if hearing his thoughts, Uchiha Izumi's phantom vanished with a sigh. In Itachi's eyes, Kisame's shark head returned.
"What exactly happened? Did you fall under Genjutsu? Do the Ninja of Konoha Village have that kind of ability?" Kisame, being battle-hardened, roughly understood the reason by now.
Itachi clearly didn't want to say more: "It's nothing, I was just seeing things."
On the other side, seeing Uchiha Izumi return disappointed, Ino poured herself a cup of tea.
She asked: "How was it? Was your wish fulfilled?"
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