Chapter 661: Orochimaru’s Shock
He laughed and dived ahead to get a hold of Danzo’s body…
But for some reason Orochimaru didn’t understand, instead of grabbing Danzo’s body, he caught nothing in his grasp and fell into the rocks ahead.
He glanced at his empty hands, perplexed, and questioned, “What the hell happened?”
Orochimaru was baffled as to what had happened…
All the delight and excitement on his face faded as he stared at his empty palms, leaving him with feelings of loss, incredulity, and perplexity.
Orochimaru, startled, twisted his head mechanically and gazed toward the location where Danzo’s body was supposed to be… But it was the fact that the body that had been lying there only a few seconds before had vanished into thin air as if it had been a trick of the light.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Was it only a Genjutsu?” he questioned, “but I’m certain Nidaime Hokage-sama killed him…” “How can it be a Genjutsu?”
It was an odd thing to behold… and no explanation.
And, if Orochimaru appeared dazed and bewildered, Homusubi, on the other hand, appeared to be completely awake. At the same moment she noticed Danzo’s corpse vanish into thin air, she spun abruptly around and with great control made a sharp slash with the Golden Sword of her Susano’o.
The golden sword slashed through the air, carving vast ravines into the earth.
As a result of the ravines extending towards the magma pool not far away, magma began to flow through them and rise to the surface of the earth.
“Ahhhhhh….!”
Well, whoever it was, he or she did an excellent job, and the information that should have been stored in that scroll is no longer there within it.
And, because Orochimaru betrayed Konoha so early in the game, he didn’t have the opportunity to learn about it from Danzo’s mouth either, which was unfortunate.
Homusubi is also aware of this truth, and as a result, she provided Orochimaru with a brief explanation of the ins and outs of Izanagi.
“How many Sharingan do you think Danzo has on his body?” she inquired after giving a brief summary of the situation.
And Orochimaru responded promptly, “Nine… with a matching set of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan glinting in his eyes.”
Prior to the ceremony, Danzo had a total of eight Sharingan on his body, with one in his eyes and the other seven in his arm.
During the ritual, his other eye was also converted into a Sharingan, bringing the total number of Sharingan on his body to nine.
“It means that Danzo has a total of ten lives…” stated Homusubi, who rebuked Orochimaru fiercely. “Only one of his ten lives was finished…” she added. “And you lost yourself to your avarice seeing that, not only did you disrupt the battlefield’s flow, but you also undid the Edo Tensei of both the Shodaime Hokage and the Nidaime Hokage… even if Danzo wasn’t actually defeated at the time!
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmDanzo still has nine lives left despite the fact that the two of them are no longer present.
And I have my doubts about your ability to summon them again…!”
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes as he heard Homusubi say those words.
Homusubi shrugged her head, completely ignoring Orochimaru’s expression.
Homusubi couldn’t care less about the ideas that were racing through Orochimaru’s head at the time because her attention was diverted wholly elsewhere at the time.
Homusubi was able to detect Danzo’s usage of Izanagi and his concealed appearance behind her at the time, which is why she was able to instantly react and deliver a sharp slash in the appropriate manner.
The reason behind this is her pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
It’s almost as though both pairs of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan are connected to one another, which explains why she can foresee where Danzo will appear with the use of her pair of Sharingan…
It is not incorrect to state that her pair, as well as Danzo’s pair, have both far beyond the level of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan at this time… A strong hostility between the two couples appears to exist at the same time, as evidenced by the fact that they loathe one another.
Because both sets of eyes appear to have some sense of reasoning, they appear to grasp that only one of them has the potential to evolve any further… which is why they both appear to harbor animosity toward one another, and clearly, as their users, Homusubi and Danzo are both adversely affected by their animosity toward one another.
This explains why Homusubi was able to detect the presence of Danzo, who was attempting to sneak up on her from behind and launched a counterattack of her down on him.