Chapter 163: Judgment!
As Obito gritted his teeth and forced out the word "retreat," he could only suppress the frustration in his heart, glaring at Uchiha Ikeizumi with immense resentment before swiping a hand in front of him. His body was immediately consumed by the Kamui dimension.
"What a bizarre ability..."
Watching the so-called "Uchiha Madara" vanish, Juzo Biwa couldn't help but gasp in awe. "So this is a Space-Time Ninjutsu, is it? It's a truly underhanded ability."
"Oh! Why did he leave so suddenly? He didn't even tell me?" After seeing Obito disappear, the Spiral-masked White Zetsu immediately distanced himself from Kūjirō and dispelled the Great Wood Golem.
Suddenly, Spiral Zetsu stumbled, tripping over a rounded branch. He tottered comically as if he were about to fall over, but just as he was about to hit the ground, he stabilized himself at the last possible second.
He straightened up again, his feet gradually merging with the earth below. In a peculiar tone, he spoke to Kūjirō, "You didn't fall for it. I thought you'd try to ambush me!"
"Next time I see you, I have to see if there's a difference between a cat taking a dump and a person taking a dump. I've got extensive experience spying on Lord Madara while he's... doing his business!"
With that, Spiral Zetsu didn't give Kūjirō a chance to attack. His entire body sank into the ground.
"Uchiha Ikeizumi."
The remaining Zetsu, now alone, stared intently at Uchiha Ikeizumi. Deep in its eyes, a profound sense of caution flickered. "The next time we meet, it will be after we've formulated a plan to kill you. You are in the light, we are in the shadows. You will never know when we will make our move."
"In this ninja world, sometimes knowing too much isn't a good thing. Sometimes, speaking of what you know to others is an act of courting death."
"Then..."
Just as Zetsu's body merged with the earth, with only half its head remaining, and it was about to disappear completely, its gaze locked with Uchiha Ikeizumi's left eye.
Zetsu's heart suddenly jumped, shocked to see a fresh vertical stream of crimson blood pouring from Ikeizumi's left eye again!
The strange Mangekyo Sharingan in his gaze rotated slightly!
"Judgment."
Zetsu's pupils shrank abruptly, the shape of Uchiha Ikeizumi's Mangekyo Sharingan slowly reflecting in its depths. The scene before its eyes was suddenly washed over with a layer of scarlet.
The entire world seemed to be shrouded in crimson, and as its gaze moved upward, it was as if the moon above had transformed into a Mangekyo Sharingan.
Suddenly!
A thousand years of memories flashed through its mind like a revolving lantern. But these were not Zetsu's own memories; they were the memories of the people it had harmed!
The despair, grief, struggle, hatred, and rage of countless people as they died at its hands all poured into Zetsu's consciousness in an instant.
Even for a special, non-human life form that had survived in the ninja world for a thousand years, its mind and consciousness felt as if they were detonating.
And this was magnified a hundredfold!
It felt as if six hundred billion explosive tags were detonating ceaselessly inside its head.
The never-before-felt bone-shattering pain left Zetsu instantly stunned.
This was an attack on its consciousness and its soul!
This was a hellish judgment from absolute justice!
"Aaaaaahhh!!!" The indescribable, tearing pain caused Zetsu's hands to shoot out from the ground, covering its head. With the furious pressure of its fingers, it even tore through its own skin and dug directly into its brain, its black-and-white face twisting into a mask of extreme agony.
The physical pain, mental torment, negative emotions, and situations of the people it had once wronged were all replayed in Zetsu's mind. It was forced to "personally experience" them, to truly understand the depths of their despair.
Furthermore, the greater the sins, the longer a person would be affected by the Genjutsu. The longest-lasting effects could torment a person for weeks on end.
A long-time schemer like Zetsu... or rather, Black Zetsu...
would surely have to endure weeks of this terrifying torment.
When Danzo Shimura was hit with one of Uchiha Ikeizumi's Judgment Eye, he was instantly in such pain that he lost control of his bladder and bowels, completely unable to resist.
Of course, Black Zetsu had no such excretory organs, so losing control was not an option for him. But the pain he displayed was dozens of times greater than Danzo's!
In the span of a thousand years, what evil deeds had Black Zetsu done? How many people had it directly or indirectly caused to be separated from their families, lose their homes, or die? It had likely lost count itself.
And the pain Black Zetsu had once inflicted upon others was now, at this very moment, being endured by it alone!
"What is this..."
Juzo Biwa watched the bizarre scene in shock. From his perspective, Uchiha Ikeizumi had simply stared at the strange-looking pitcher plant with his crimson eyes, and the pitcher plant instantly lost all ability to fight.
This was a member of the Akatsuki who was suspected of having Wood Release! Most likely one of the core members of the organization.
Yet, in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi's strange eyes, he seemed so weak and helpless?
"This is the Judgment Eye from hell," Uchiha Ikeizumi said, not bothering to wipe the blood slowly streaming down his face. His tone was exceptionally cold. "In front of those who have never committed an evil deed, it is useless. Even if I used it a hundred times, it would have no 'judgment' effect on someone who has done no wrong."
"However, for a villain like you, it is hell's judgment on your evil deeds. As long as you have a consciousness and a soul, even if you are not a living creature, you will be judged by me."
In its endless torment and despair, with only a sliver of consciousness remaining, Black Zetsu no longer dared to show its head above ground.
It desperately sank back into the earth, fleeing for its life in an exceptionally pathetic display.
However, Black Zetsu didn't notice that just before it fully submerged, a few distinct blood vessels suddenly appeared on Uchiha Ikeizumi's right eye.
A crimson streak of blood also began to trickle from his right eye.
"Heavenly Scourge."
The Heavenly Scourge Flame from hell would place a deep brand on a random location of the villain's soul. As long as the brand was not actively removed by Uchiha Ikeizumi, the Heavenly Scourge Flame would pursue the target to the ends of the earth, until it had incinerated the victim's physical body and cast their soul into the Pure Land of Hell!
Even if the soul was already in the Pure Land of Hell, the Heavenly Scourge Flame would remain tightly bound to the victim. It would be punished with an endless burning torment from the Heavenly Scourge Flame, even in hell!
"Damn it, how did he know? And why did that bastard Jiraiya have to show up at this exact moment?! If he'd just given me a little more time, I could have figured out a way to kill that Uchiha Ikeizumi once and for all!"
Having retreated an unknown distance, Obito was frustrated. His face was as dark as a storm cloud. This was the second time he had been forced into an embarrassing "retreat" in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi.
He had never gained the upper hand against him!
He recalled that even when he first faced his Sensei, Minato, he had the advantage initially.
It wasn't until later that Minato had suddenly discovered a weakness in his Kamui ability.
"Ah! We escaped." A strange voice sounded from Obito's side.
It was followed by Spiral Zetsu's exaggerated complaint. "Why didn't you two tell me? I only realized I had to run when I saw you running! If I'd been left there alone, I'd have been so scared I'd have shat myself!"
"Oh! I forgot I don't have that function..." Obito watched, dumbfounded, as the creature suddenly squatted on the ground, a look of immense disappointment on his face as if being unable to defecate was the most depressing thing in the world.
Obito's mouth twitched slightly.
Before his death, Uchiha Madara had left him with three very special "Zetsu." One of them claimed to be a fragment of Madara's will; the other two were a pair of unusual White Zetsu.
One of them was the Spiral Zetsu standing before him now, with his distinct personality. The other was a White Zetsu that looked like an aloe plant. He also had a personality but was not very talkative.
When Obito was severely injured, these two special Zetsu had taken care of him.
But the aloe-like White Zetsu had already fused with Black Zetsu.
Obito couldn't be bothered to entertain Spiral Zetsu's crude jokes.
He frowned and asked, "Where's the other one?"
Spiral Zetsu was taken aback, looking around. "He should have run too, right? After all, he was the one who told you to run!"
As they stared at each other in mutual confusion, a black-and-white figure suddenly emerged from the ground.
Obito's furrowed brow relaxed at the sight, but before he could speak, a sudden scream left him stunned.
"Aaaaaaahhhh!!!" Black Zetsu emerged from the ground, clutching his head, and writhing in agony. His fingers had gripped so hard that they had mangled his own head.
"I... aaaaaah... I was hit by the Mangekyo..." Black Zetsu managed to squeeze out this sentence in his tortured screams.
Obito was shocked.
This was Uchiha Ikeizumi's Mangekyo ability? This was the Genjutsu he had almost fallen victim to earlier?
Watching Black Zetsu in such a pathetic state of pain, almost completely incapacitated, a few beads of cold sweat appeared on Obito's forehead.
"Wait, doesn't this body of yours have no sense of physical pain? Is this... pain that comes from the soul?!"
Obito felt even more horrified.
He had been grafted with White Zetsu cells, so physical pain and injury were of no great concern to him. Even if he was sliced by a sword, chopped by an axe, or burned by flames, it would only hurt a little. It was no big deal.
But this bizarre Mangekyo Genjutsu that attacked the soul directly...
It seemed to be a perfect counter to his special body.
Spiral Zetsu tried to help Black Zetsu up, but just as he was about to touch Black Zetsu's other white half, he felt a sudden pang of dread and instinctively yanked his hand back.
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