"So…"
"Which one of them are you going to interrogate first?"
Ishimori Haneda asked with slight curiosity. They had captured and subdued two Jonin-level ninjas, who were probably bounty hunters.
Usually, bounty hunters of such a caliber had plenty of interesting info and secrets. Even if they couldn't uncover anything related to their current mission, the secrets they were hiding in their minds should at least be substantial.
Of course, that was assuming that their luck wasn't too rotten.
Seimei, who just threw the last ninja beside the group's already crippled former vice-captain, turned his head around and asked with a confused expression.
"Does it really matter?"
Hearing this, Touma shook his head and explained, "Seimei, my friend, you don't understand."
Seimei felt even more confused and asked, "What is it that I don't understand?"
Touma glanced at the two cripped, Jonin-level ninjas and replied with a slight glint in his eyes, "We will deal with the subordinate Jonin first. This guy seemed to be following orders of the Shinobi who decisively bolted a few minutes ago."
"Let's deal with the leader in the end."
"This guy dared to fool me. I thought I would have an exciting battle. I was all pumped up. I even acknowledged this guy."
"But he dared to spit on my conviction and ran away. Bastard. If I don't torment this guy until his mind collapses, my surname is not Uchiha."
"I will hypnotize him, extract all the information from his mouth, and then I will slowly torment his mind and soul with Genjutsu. Our Uchiha clan's Genjutsu collection has a lot of interesting torture-focused illusion techniques to inflict mind-shattering pain upon the victims."
"I have learned quite a few of them. It's about time I use them on a real target."
Hearing Touma's words, Seimei and Haneda were instantly dumbfounded.
Sure enough! All Uchiha ninjas were crazy bastards with slight mental problems.
But this crazy bastard was still their friend, so there was nothing they could do. And it would be interesting to see what kind of Genjutsu Touma was going to reveal.
Although they suspected that Uchiha Touma had a slight sadistic tendency, watching his eyes gleam with delight and his lips turn upward in anticipation as he was planning to make his opponents suffer had now confirmed it.
Their friend, Uchiha Touma, was a sadist.
Plus, he and Uzumaki Keiko seemed to have a relationship closer than friends.
And everyone knew that the battle maniac, Uzumaki Keiko, was a masochist.
Hmm…
Interesting.
The more Seimei thought, the wilder his thinking became.
A sadist and a masochist becoming a couple?
Now, that was something.
Such a pairing. Godly couple indeed.
Unfortunately, Seimei didn't have time to indulge in his inner fantasies right now. He had a mission to do.
Cough…
Seimei coughed as he dispersed the wild thoughts that were forming in his brain.
Then, he turned his head toward Touma and said, "I don't care how you are planning to do your stuff as long as we can squeeze every single secret out of his mind."
"And finish your job within half an hour. We have already wasted too much time here."
Touma shrugged, "Very well."
Then, he stepped forward to trap the helpless ninjas in his Sharingan Genjutsu.
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Sharingan is the unique Dojutsu-type Kekkei Genkai or bloodline limit of the Uchiha clan and its ancestors, which is also known as one of the three great Dojutsu in the Shinobi continent.
Over thousands of years, Sharingan has gotten many names.
The Eye of Hypnosis, the Copy Eye, the Eyes of Insight, the Eyes That Reflect Soul—people have given Sharingan many similar names after witnessing the power and the horror of these Dojutsu.
Unlocking Sharingan was like unlocking a cheat code.
It could turn a ninja with average talent into someone akin to a genius Shinobi.
With the Sharingan's insight ability, the Uchiha ninjas could perceive and see even the smallest movements and the flow of chakra to anticipate the next actions of their opponents.
They could find other people's weaknesses during high-intensity combat and make the most optimal counterattack plans to defeat their enemies with utmost efficiency.
For most ninjas, fighting a Uchiha, who had unlocked Sharingan and had similar base stats, in a one-on-one situation was practically suicide.
The wielder of Sharingan would play them to their deaths.
They could copy your Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, and even Ninjutsu as you continued to battle the Uchiha Shinobi. And if they had the required talent and met the conditions to use the copied ninja arts, they would unleash your Jutsu and techniques against you.
As if that wasn't enough, Sharingan provided its wielder with an unmatched learning capability. With Sharingan, learning most ninja techniques, finding patterns in seemingly unrelated matters, and memorizing things would become easy, at least ten times easier.
Truly a Dojutsu that made people jealous as heck. Fortunately, Seimei also had Sharingan, so it wasn't like he was complaining.
However, what truly terrified people for thousands of years wasn't the insight or copy ability of Sharingan.
No.
What truly horrified people and made the Uchiha ninjas a menace was the Genjutsu casting, or the hypnosis ability of the Sharingan.
A single glance at those menacing crimson eyes could cause the opponents to petrify, even if it was only for a few moments.
Uchiha ninjas could cast Genjutsu just with a simple eye contact. There was no need for hand seals to cast simple Genjutsu that made people dazed.
And this power only became more terrifying and varied as the Sharingan evolved from one tomoe to two tomoe, and then to three tomoe.
To maximize the Sharingan's potential, the Uchiha clan also created a detailed compendium of various illusion techniques, concepts, and practical Jutsu.
It was none other than the infamous manual—Genjutsu: Sharingan.
With this, even an average one-tomoe Sharingan user could gain at least Chunin-level proficiency in casting Genjutsu. There were even some terrifying Genjutsu that only people wielding Sharingan could cast.
And once the Sharingan user evolved their eyes to two or three tomoe, the application of Genjutsu: Sharingan would become even more terrifying.
At that level, the Sharingan user could:
• Induce unconsciousness with a single glance.
• Completely paralyze an opponent's body with eye contact.
• Forcefully extract information from people's minds.
• Completely control a target's body and mind.
Of course, mind manipulation and total body control required other prerequisites that the Sharingan wielder must meet to successfully control their target.
Still, the fact that they could do it was enough to make most ninjas terrified.
Regarding Mangekyo Sharingan, let's not discuss it here. This is a completely overpowered cheat-tier Dojutsu. It's better not to get into the details.
Anyway, Touma, who had two tomoe Sharingan, had mastered the Genjutsu: Sharingan well enough to extract information from a target's mind.
And Seimei had already sealed the chakra of the two captured Jonin-level Shinobi. Right now, their mind was too shaken to muster enough willpower to resist any Genjutsu, let alone the Sharingan Genjutsu of Uchiha Touma.
It was just that Touma was planning to torture their minds even more.
Amitabha. May their soul find peace in the Pure Land.
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Touma's interrogation and torture continued for nearly thirty minutes. During that time, Seimei and Haneda heard a lot of screaming, weeping, and pleading sound effects from afar.
They had no intention of staying with Touma and watching this sadistic bastard extract information.
Since they had thirty minutes, it was better to rest a bit.
Of course, this didn't prevent them from hearing the two of their captured targets singing in a hoarse voice. The song was filled with plenty of sound effects that felt downright haunting.
Fortunately, Touma was mindful. After almost thirty minutes, he came over with a satisfied smirk.
Seeing him coming, Seimei asked curiously, "Got anything useful?"
They still had a mission to complete after all. Other information was good, but if they could get any leads to complete their mission, it would be even better.
"Oh yes, plenty," Touma replied as he showed a scroll that he used to record information and secrets he had extracted from those two Jonin-level ninjas.
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