Chapter 17: Chapter 17 : Koto In Action
Sukuna was surprised to feel such negative emotions generating from the Uchiha territory all of a sudden. The moment he felt it, he knew that it was starting.
A lot earlier in fact. He didn't remember how long after Shisui's death the Uchiha Clan massacre happened, but just days after was a little too much.
No wonder—this was the butterfly effect of his actions.
He had very little time to take action then. Infiltrating the Uchiha territory wasn't easy. On his way, he had to sneak in and even had to kill a few Konoha shinobi to shush them up.
Good thing that his unusual condition made him harder to detect. It was much like how Toji was for the sorcerers back in JJK. Normal chakra sensing didn't work on him well.
This allowed him to sneak in with minimal attention drawn towards himself.
And his first target... he directly went for the Konoha Police Department. Because he knew that Obito would be there.
As soon as Sukuna saw Obito, he was blasted with a serious wave of negative emotions. He could feel all sorts of twisted energy emitting from this man. Part of the reason he was so easy to track down was also him being this twisted and fallen into the darkness.
"Obito Uchiha..."
He felt a visible reaction to that name from the masked man, instant killing intent and negativity of his emotions heightening.
Calling out his name to unnerve him was indeed a good idea, and then came the moment of truth.
As soon as Obito looked at him, he thought his mask with Shisui's eyes implanted in his shocked, activated Kotoamatsukami. This was the eye which he stole from Shisui himself and in canon Itachi comes to possess.
He wasn't sure whether the theories of Shisui's left eye, which he gave to Itachi, being stronger than his right eye which Danzo took, were real or not. However, Sukuna wasn't ready to take any chances.
He used his best move right off the bat.
And the result—
Obito all but paused in his place... his eyes went dull, gaze flickered into them. Sukuna could feel the chaotic emotions inside the man calming down a bit.
And then, he slowly removed his mask, throwing it away, revealing a completely scarred right side which was hard to look at. However, Sukuna by now had seen far worse to even bat an eye.
Sukuna kept his eyes on him, tracking all his movements with his Sharingan until Obito removed his mask and his eyes went towards his own eyes.
Both hands dug in his eye sockets and pulled out the Sharingan in one go. And with that, a wide menacing smile appeared behind Sukuna's mask.
However, that smile didn't last long, because just then he felt multiple targets with negative emotions coming towards him.
"Shit... ANBU? No, Root. Must be Danzo's doing. Old goat must have expected the masked man would show up...tsk."
Gritting his teeth, Sukuna without delay swung his hand, finger pointing at Obito who was blind now, holding both of his eyes out for Sukuna to take them.
The next moment, a deadly gash tore into his flesh. In a single hit, it dug deep inside his body, tearing both of his hands away and almost cutting his body into two.
A dismantling with his best output so far. Obito was thrown back, blood spreading out like waves. Sukuna's attention though was on the hands which were left behind. With swift motion he took out a scroll and put both the arms inside with both of Obito's eyes still in their hold.
Much to his disdain though, he still wasn't fast enough. By the time he put the scroll aside, the Root members were there. Surrounding him.
"Fuck..."
20 Root members surrounded him. "Danzo really didn't hold back, huh..." Sukuna couldn't help but curse under his breath.
Sukuna could take down a few easily with sneak dismantles, but they would soon switch to long-distance jutsu which would be an issue for him.
"Guess I got no other choice... I had this vow made for times like this after all. No point holding it back." He slowly waved his hand above his head, like pushing back his hair.
He didn't actually push back any hair though; his pink hair was too striking to let others see it. He had covered his entire head with mask and hood. But the hand gesture alone invoked the vow.
Air vibrated around him, cursed energy came to life as it formed an almost visible aura around him.
His binding vow was to hold back 50% of his cursed energy most of the time in exchange for getting 150% in times of dire need. And now he activated that vow. He was currently at 150% of his power and output.
"It's a fine night, gentlemen... let's start cooking."
And without hesitation, he threw another powerful Dismantle.
In a flash, invisible slashes ripped through the air. Three Root shinobi fell instantly, sliced cleanly before they even understood what happened. Blood sprayed and their heads rolled off their shoulders.
The others leapt back in panic, forming hand seals as they kept their distance.
"Fire Style: Phoenix Flame Jutsu!"
"Lightning Style: Thunder Net!"
"Earth Style: Mud Wall!"
Jutsu rained in from all directions. Sukuna dodged and weaved easily enough with his Sharingan... has to say, this eye was a cheat.
His cursed energy erupting as he cut through the incoming flames and lightning with ease. But more were coming—too many.
Two Aburame shinobi sent swarms of chakra-eating insects toward him. With his Sharingan, he was able to see all of them. With a simple flick of his fingers, he took down the two Aburame and the bunch of insects moving towards him.
"Shadow Possession Jutsu!"
A Nara shinobi's shadow surged toward him from behind. Sukuna leapt into the air, barely avoiding it, but in that split second, a Yamanaka shinobi aimed for his mind.
"Mind Transfer Jutsu!"
He twisted mid-air, eyes flaring with annoyance. "Enough."
Sukuna's power surged again. He was faster now. It was rather raw and unrefined, but skills can't overcome raw power when the gap is big enough. With his binding vow released, his cursed energy now overflowed at 150%. He twisted his body mid-air and swung his hands around, launching multiple Dismantle.
The biggest sin when fighting him was standing in one place. That Nara shinobi using Shadow Possession Jutsu and the Yamanaka shinobi using Mind Transfer Jutsu learned it firsthand when their heads flew off in the air.
His mid-air attack rather unnerved others as their constant attacks faltered only for a second. He noticed the gap, sped up, and vanished only to reappear in front of three more shinobi—cutting them down with ease.
But even so, their numbers were starting to wear him down. Coordinated long-range jutsu, teamwork, tracking insects, shadow control… he couldn't close in without being slowed or pinned.
Long-distance attacks weren't a problem for him, but none stood in one place for long. Just their sheer numbers were throwing him off.
Then it happened.
One Root shinobi dodged his Dismantle.
Sukuna froze for half a second. That shouldn't be possible.
A bad feeling arose inside him, which he suppressed down almost immediately because he remembered he had seen this before.
Only one person had ever avoided his cursed slashes before—Shisui Uchiha, and he had the Sharingan. Sukuna's eyes narrowed. With his own Sharingan active, he focused on the Root member's face—just a glimpse through the mask…
A Sharingan. In one eye.
There was only one person in Konoha with a single Sharingan in his eye. The famous Copy Ninja himself.
A wicked grin spread across Sukuna's face. "Oh okay... I can work with this."
Sukuna made his move. He blurred through the battlefield, slashing and weaving through jutsu until he got close to Kakashi.
Others were keeping their distance from him. By now he had already taken down more than half with those invisible attacks of his. However, Kakashi was different. He was able to see those attacks with his Sharingan.
Nothing but a fast blur of chakra, but he was able to reach them, given enough space between them. So he dared to come a little closer.
"Yo, mind giving me a little hand, Kakashi?" Sukuna muttered, making Kakashi's eyes slightly widen upon knowing this masked person knew him and that when his eyes met Sukuna's.
Kakashi's body jolted. His posture relaxed, then shifted. He turned, Sharingan now cold and focused—but not on Sukuna.
Sukuna's smile widened. He just used Kotoamatsukami from Shisui's other eye on Kakashi. Now he had a helper.
"With Kakashi sensei, I'm invincible..."
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