Looking at his son, who appeared no older than twelve and still very young, Fugaku frowned. "Why did you follow us here?"
Itachi replied earnestly, "My Mangekyou can freeze time momentarily. Although it's only a momentary freeze, it still provides Shisui with a crucial opening!"
Shisui nodded. "Itachi's abilities really do complement mine well!"
Under such an urgent situation, Fugaku couldn't afford to hesitate for long. After only a brief pause, he agreed. "Fine, you two will strike together when the time comes!"
After making these arrangements, Fugaku secretly approached Inoichi Yamanaka. "Inoichi, use the Mind Body Transmission Technique to relay my voice to the Kages!"
Soon after Fugaku transmitted his message, those who received it felt a surge of hope, barely managing to suppress their excitement from showing on their faces.
"So this is about creating an opening for that kid, huh?" A thought to himself, then shouted loudly, "Let the Uchiha take the front! They have the Sharingan and should be able to face the enemy directly!"
Many Uchiha jonin muttered silent curses inwardly. Even though they weren't afraid of genjutsu, how could they possibly block that opponent's sword techniques?
Compared to such a monster, most of them were just jonin on paper—those who had been promoted solely because of their Second Tomoe Sharingan—and they would probably be cut down one by one like so many weaklings.
Some even suspected in their hearts that the Raikage had previously coveted the Byakugan, and now perhaps he was eyeing the Sharingan as well.
"What are you hesitating for? Want to betray the Alliance?" A roared furiously.
"The Raikage sure does play the bully naturally!" Fugaku thought to himself, outwardly displaying deep anger and sorrow. "Follow behind me!"
The group originally numbering just over a dozen expanded to thirty, though most of these newly added Uchiha members trembled visibly, like lambs thrown to the slaughter.
With just a casual slash, Aizen threw the Uchiha jonin into disarray!
Judging the distance to the enemy, Shisui estimated about forty feet. "Although I could close in within ten meters with a single charge, it would be too risky..."
Their plan wasn't just about freeing others from genjutsu!
For someone like Aizen, a master at the peak of the shinobi world, ten meters was practically nothing—just a blink of an eye to him.
Therefore, the key was to use this brief window of genjutsu disruption to defeat or even kill the enemy!
And as the linchpin of this operation, he couldn't afford to be too close or too far.
Too close, and he might be cut down casually. Too far, and the enemy could easily move beyond the ten-meter limit.
"Five meters would be best!"
After receiving this mental transmission, A quickly responded, "Understood! I'll engage him in close combat while Minato Namikaze waits for the right moment to teleport you into position!"
With no time to waste, A charged forward without waiting for their reply.
Then, just as quickly, he flew backward, blood gushing from every limb!
Because he rushed in so fast, Minato barely had time to react, teleporting the group to only seven or eight meters from the enemy.
Luckily, Itachi immediately activated his ability, freezing Aizen in place.
Then, Shisui rapidly closed the distance.
[Genjutsu Nullification Field!]
"Their genjutsu has failed! Now's our chance!" Shisui shouted loudly.
No reminder was needed; everyone pounced at once, launching their full assault!
Previously, they had been too afraid to face their enemy directly or even approach him, greatly diminishing their combat effectiveness.
Now, everyone attacked without holding back, their combined might surging like a mountain collapsing and waves overturning the sea.
In an instant, a torrent of jutsu converged into a massive blast that engulfed Aizen, and the terrifying storm of energy sent everyone surrounding him flying away!
When the aftershocks finally settled, there was nothing left but a massive crater where Aizen had stood!
Seeing this, everyone let out a long sigh of relief.
"Phew! That monster is finally dead!"
"Good thing he didn't show up earlier. If he had teamed up with Madara Uchiha, we might have really been in trouble!"
Just then, a sighing voice sent chills down their spines.
"Really now, ganging up like that on an old man. Even I couldn't bear to watch."
Rigid with fear, everyone turned around slowly to see Aizen smiling beside the crater, with the charred body of the Third Raikage lying inside.
"Tsuchikage…what happened to you? Wait…surely it's not because of our attack just now?" A stammered awkwardly, rubbing his head while spitting out blood.
The others, on the other hand, were genuinely terrified.
"What just happened a moment ago?"
"Why is the Third Raikage lying there?"
If the enemy had simply dodged their attack, they wouldn't have been so shocked—but why was it the Third Raikage lying there instead of him?
An unthinkable suspicion surfaced in their minds.
Mei Terumi rasped, "Were we…caught in a genjutsu too?"
As soon as she spoke, someone immediately and vehemently denied it.
"Impossible! My consciousness is completely clear, my chakra is flowing normally. We clearly aren't under any genjutsu!"
"Right! That guy must have used some kind of space-switching technique to trade places with the Third Raikage!"
"If he could control us with genjutsu, he would've been unstoppable by now!"
Behind the crowd, Onoki inhaled deeply and raised both hands. "Allow me to verify this!"
With that, he launched a Dust Release attack directly at Minato Namikaze!
This idea was born from his past betrayal by Seiki and Mui.
Minato immediately activated a Time-Space Barrier, intercepting and neutralizing the Dust Release.
Then, the Dust Release was redirected and erupted from one of the kunai Minato had previously dropped during his teleportation, instantly blasting a massive hole through Aizen's chest!
"It worked…" Onoki felt a surge of joy, but his smile quickly froze.
Before his very eyes, the person pierced through the chest suddenly transformed into his own teacher!
Onoki stood there, bewildered—wasn't he supposed to be silently standing among the crowd? How had he suddenly ended up with such a massive hole through his chest?
Thankfully, he was already dead!
This time, everyone saw it clearly.
This was definitely not some space-swapping jutsu. They saw the enemy being hit, and then their vision blurred for a moment, only to show the Second Tsuchikage being struck instead!
"So it really was a genjutsu after all. But genjutsu can be broken by disrupting chakra flow, right?"
"I figured it out. His genjutsu must have deceived even our perception. We thought we disrupted our chakra, but maybe we actually did nothing at all!"
"What?! That kind of terrifying genjutsu really exists?!"
Though shocked, they felt even more terror.
If the opponent had targeted them, the living, instead of those "dead men" like the Third Raikage and the Second Tsuchikage, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
At this moment, someone else cut in, "If he could control us from the start, why bother fighting us?"
"Could the battle itself be a necessary condition for his genjutsu? Or maybe it's to hide the movements that activate his technique?"
Seiki, however, laughed, "When did you ever get the idea that everything you saw was the truth?"
Frowning, the crowd puzzled over his words—truth? Illusion? What did he mean?
Meanwhile, from the perspective of the hundred thousand people watching.
From the very beginning, those jonin were fighting wildly.
"Run fast! All the elites have gone mad!"
"Raikage-sama, Tsuchikage-sama, please stop fighting!"
"They've gone mad—the entire world's gone mad!"
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