Nagato walked over leisurely; he had actually been sensing the Flying Thunder God Mark of the Root, which was left by a Vegapunk Clone. For him, a clone also controlled by Vegapunk, it was compatible.
However, after entering the Root, he quickly sensed Uzumaki Naruto's mark—but this was only to be expected.
"Uzumaki Naruto's Nine-Tailed Chakra, Danzo's life... I wonder where those two Hokage Advisors, Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu, are? But it doesn't matter..."
"By clearing out all these old-timers, that clone can easily take control of Konoha... Hehe, want to completely control me? You should look in the mirror first!"
As Nagato walked through the dark corridor, an orange-red sword light suddenly whistled past from behind, accompanied by a light shout: "Kenyueen!"
With a squelch, the longsword surrounded by flames pierced Nagato's body. However, the attacker showed no joy; instead, his expression changed slightly as he retreated rapidly.
Nagato's body quickly burned violently, but it didn't emit the smell of cooked protein; instead, it sounded like burning wood, making crackling noises.
"A Wood Clone? This is Wood Release! How is that possible?"
The attacking Ninja's face showed a hint of shock, because Wood Release's significance to Konoha was simply too great! He never expected to see such Ninjutsu on a hostile Ninja attacking Konoha!
"Uchiha Shisui!?" Nagato's figure slowly emerged from the darkness, looking at the young Uchiha before him: "Actually mixing with Danzo in the Root? Truly... hopelessly naive!"
"Shut up, you madman!" Uchiha Shisui calmed his mind and spoke with narrowed eyes: "I won't let you destroy Konoha! I will use these Mangekyo Sharingan of mine to stop you once and for all!"
"Kotoamatsukami!"
Almost instantly, Uchiha Shisui went all-in, unleashing the strongest ability of his Mangekyo Sharingan. Blood slowly flowed from both eyes, and the three tomoe in his Sharingan quickly condensed into the Mangekyo pattern, spinning wildly.
However... "Thinking a mere Mangekyo can deal with the Rinnegan is simply too much!"
Amidst cold laughter, Nagato's eyes also turned purple. Shisui's Kotoamatsukami Genjutsu was completely useless before the higher-level Rinnegan, and he instead suffered a violent backlash.
In reality, even if Nagato didn't have the Rinnegan, Kotoamatsukami couldn't have worked. After all, what truly controlled Nagato was the chip in his brain, and that biological chip was directly linked to the Quantum chip in Vegapunk's brain. Trying to fully control the biological chip was equivalent to fighting the Quantum chip for control.
It wasn't that Vegapunk looked down on Kotoamatsukami; the Quantum chip, as his greatest masterpiece, had the special effect of growing faster the more knowledge it gained. After this period of iterative upgrades and development, especially in the parallel space where it absorbed almost all the knowledge of the Ninja World, its computing power was already comparable to one-third of the current quantum brain!
The quantum brain could perform galaxy-level molecular calculations. The Quantum chip was slightly inferior, but it could still perform planet-level molecular calculations, which was tens of thousands of times stronger than an ordinary human brain. No matter how powerful the Kotoamatsukami Genjutsu was, it was far inferior by comparison.
The consumption of a Genjutsu like Kotoamatsukami was arguably the highest among all Mangekyo ocular techniques; the fact that it required a cooldown of over a decade after one use already spoke to the burden it placed on the Mangekyo Sharingan.
If it succeeded, it was fine, but if it failed, the backlash was naturally immense. Uchiha Shisui groaned in pain; the blood-tears that were slowly flowing suddenly erupted like a water gun. He clutched his eyes in agony and fell to his knees, his vision turning pitch black.
"How... is this possible? Those are... the Rinnegan... damn it... the difference in ocular power is too great!"
Slowly walking up to Uchiha Shisui and seeing this Mangekyo Uchiha who had disabled himself, Nagato couldn't help but shake his head: "Sure enough, no matter which timeline it is, Uchiha Shisui, with such terrifying abilities, always ends up exiting the stage in a laughable manner..."
"It's over. Hand over those Mangekyo of yours! I'll take good care of them!"
Just as Nagato reached out, the voice of another Ninja sounded from behind him once again.
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Spear!"
A wooden spear harder than steel thrust toward Nagato's back. With a cold snort, Nagato didn't even bother with the attack from behind; he simply grabbed Uchiha Shisui's head. His soul absorption ability activated instantly, and Shisui let out a muffled groan before immediately losing his breath.
As for the wooden spear thrusting at Nagato, just as it was about to touch him, it was blocked by a surfacing Chakra armor. Nagato slowly turned back to look at the young Ninja who appeared before him, roughly the same age as Uchiha Shisui, and let out a cold laugh.
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