Chapter 191

Danzō's mind screamed in madness.

"Why don't you keep running?"

Ishihara's voice rang out clearly right before him.

As if he were just one meter ahead!

Right within reach!

But!

Danzō's scalp prickled as he stared ahead—there was no one there!

The voice at his ear clearly told him Ishihara stood right before him.

But his eyes told him there was no one before him!

"Damn it!"

Danzō gritted his teeth and swiftly formed hand seals. "Release!"

But his vision remained utterly unchanged!

His face hardened; he pulled out a kunai and stabbed wildly forward!

"Just a little farther—you'd be able to touch me now!"

Step forward, stab again!

"Just a little more!"

Step forward again, stab again!

"One more step and you'll pierce me!"

Danzō stopped moving, but the voice at his ear clung to him like a nightmare.

He furiously scanned the surroundings, screaming in madness:

"Damn Ishihara, have the guts to show yourself!"

As his words ended, Ishihara's figure suddenly appeared before him.

Hiss!!

Danzō frantically retreated, putting distance between them, his eyes filled with terror as he stared at him.

His face was drenched in cold sweat.

He had not sensed at all how Ishihara had appeared.

This situation was too bizarre!

Was this even a genjutsu?!

"I'm out now. What are you going to do about it?"

Ishihara watched him with mockery.

"Damn you! Do you think you've already won?!"

Danzō roared in fury, tore open his clothes, and moved to act.

Ishihara suddenly spoke.

"Do you plan to use the Reverse Four Symbols Seal to kill us both?"

"Then tell me—is the me standing before you now my true body? Is the distance between us truly this small?"

"Most importantly—do you think you've activated Izanagi, or haven't you?"

He pointed at Danzō and smiled mockingly.

Danzō froze, staring at the several Sharingan eyes still open on his arm, sweat pouring down his body.

Could Ishihara have used genjutsu to fake whether or not he'd activated Izanagi?

If he hadn't activated it, wouldn't using the Reverse Four Symbols Seal be suicide?!

What was real? What was false?!

Danzō's face shifted wildly—he couldn't determine anything, his expression growing increasingly insane.

He swiftly formed hand seals and activated Izanagi again, roaring:

"I am Danzō! The Deputy Hokage of Konoha! The Shadow of the Shinobi!"

"I'd rather die than be toyed with like a monkey by you!"

"Reverse Four Symbols Seal—activate!"

Hum—

Black ink surged from Danzō's body, forming a spherical space that slowly sealed shut.

He watched Ishihara before him—still calm, utterly unaffected by the seal—his eyes' madness turning to disappointment and despair.

He had been completely fooled!

Ishihara was still alive—but he was about to die!

Damn it!

Danzō's heart swelled with bitter resentment.

But the next moment.

Danzō stared, stunned, at his own intact body.

He wasn't dead?!

Had he successfully activated Izanagi just now?!

But before he could rejoice—

Shh!

Ishihara's figure reappeared before him, watching him with mockery.

"Tobirama, do you still have the courage to die once more?"

Tobirama froze, then gritted his teeth and said, "Of course I do!"

Ishihara looked at him with some surprise, then extended a hand in a beckoning gesture and smiled, "Then let's continue with 123!"

Over and over, Tobirama died in Ishihara's illusion, resurrected, died, resurrected, caught in an endless cycle.

After each resurrection, Ishihara gave him hope, only to plunge him back into despair.

Once, twice, thrice...

After the fifth resurrection.

Tobirama stood motionless where he was, his expression dazed, his body beginning to tremble!

Not everyone possesses the courage to face death directly.

The first time, he could summon the courage to unleash the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.

The second time, he could wager his own dignity!

The third time, he could wager his own pride!

The fourth time, he could wager...

But when he resurrected for the fifth time.

His essence, energy, and spirit had already scattered.

There was nothing left to support him in mustering the courage to kill himself again.

He could only stand there, shivering, staring blankly ahead at the calm Ishihara.

The distance between the two was clearly only one meter, yet it seemed as vast as the horizon, utterly unreachable.

No matter what means he employed, he could not reach the man before him!

He could not even get close!

Tobirama had broken!

"What exactly do you want?"

After speaking those words, Tobirama's spine bent.

He knew he had already lost!

Lost completely!

Not only in strength, but his spirit too had utterly submitted!