Sasuke wasted no more breath. His Susanoo surged forward, its massive arm swinging down as he clashed head-on with Itachi.
The collision of the two colossal chakra warriors produced a thunderous shockwave that shook the entire battlefield.
The force of their blows sent clouds of dust spiraling skyward. Trees bent violently beneath the pressure, and the earth beneath their feet cracked and collapsed, unable to withstand the clash of such overwhelming power.
"Itachi—let's end this!"
Sasuke roared, and his Susanoo expanded once more. Muscles and armor-like flesh began forming over its skeletal frame—the third-stage Susanoo, the highest level his body could sustain for now.
Sasuke's Susanoo pressed down on Itachi's with crushing dominance.
Seeing Sasuke's transformation, Itachi's eyes flickered with shock. His fingers curled tightly—instinctive tension.
Sasuke's strength had far surpassed what he predicted.
"So… you've already grown to this height?"
Itachi let out a soft laugh. But beneath that smile surged a fierce fighting spirit. At once, his own Susanoo began to transform—muscle and chakra sinew forming over its frame. The air trembled with the intensity of its chakra.
If ordinary shinobi could see their battle, they would call it monstrous.
Watching from afar, Black Zetsu even sighed.
In raw talent, these two are no weaker than Uchiha Madara. What they lack… is only the right era.
"Indra's Arrow!!!"
Sasuke's Susanoo manifested a massive chakra bow. He drew the string back, forming three arrows of pure, world-breaking lightning and chakra.
Whoosh!!!
Three Indra's Arrows shot forth simultaneously—each one carrying enough destructive force to obliterate a mountain range. They struck Itachi's Susanoo with catastrophic impact, detonating in a blinding explosion that shook heaven and earth.
A massive cloud of smoke swallowed everything.
Itachi stared calmly into the smoke—without the slightest relief of victory.
As expected, when the dust dispersed, Itachi's Susanoo stood firm—shielded behind the legendary Yata Mirror.
But the price was immediate: Itachi coughed out a mouthful of blood, and thin streams of blood trickled from the corners of his eyes.
"Can you… still hold on?"
Sasuke's expression tightened.
"You awakened your Mangekyō far too early," Sasuke said quietly.
"Overusing its abilities has been overdrawn from your body for years. That's why you were in such a rush to fight me now, isn't it? My eyes saw through everything."
Despite his calm tone, Sasuke could not hide the relief he felt.
He remembered Naruto's warning—the reason Sasuke delayed awakening his own Mangekyō.
The Mangekyō Sharingan wielded godlike power.
Without a strong enough body and chakra foundation, it devoured its wielder more viciously than any enemy.
But Sasuke's current foundation was overwhelming—years of strengthening his body, chakra, and mental endurance. The addition of Hashirama cells only elevated his potential even further.
And so, after awakening his Mangekyō, Sasuke pushed his Susanoo into its third stage almost instantly.
When he first left to confront Itachi, he could only form the second stage.
But in the heat of battle—
He surpassed that limit.
He evolved.
Despite pushing his Susanoo to its limits, Sasuke's body felt almost no strain.
His foundation was solid—stronger than any ordinary Mangekyō user could ever hope for.
Seeing that Itachi had reached the end of his endurance, Sasuke spoke quietly:
"In that case… let's finish everything with one strike."
He poured his power into his Susanoo. Lightning gathered, condensing into a blinding spear of energy.
Sasuke intended to fire a railgun-like strike through his Susanoo.
As chakra and lightning compressed, Itachi smiled faintly.
He knew Sasuke had surpassed him—but he wanted to witness it fully, here at the final moment.
Itachi's Susanoo raised the Yata Mirror in one hand and the Totsuka Blade in the other. His eyes held unwavering resolve.
"Come, Sasuke. Show me whether your power can uphold the pride of the Uchiha."
He burned the last sparks of his life force, channeling every ounce of chakra he had left into Susanoo.
On Sasuke's side, white light surged—lightning roaring like a massive thunder serpent as it shot toward Itachi.
BOOM!!!!!!
The blast tore through the battlefield, carving a deep gorge through the earth.
Even Black Zetsu, watching from a distance, was jolted in shock.
When the smoke cleared, Itachi's red Susanoo was covered in fractures—its chest blown open, hollowed out into a blackened void.
Uchiha Itachi lay motionless on the ground.
The upper half of his mesh underarmor was shredded into tatters, barely clinging to his body. Scorch marks streaked across his skin. Sasuke's lightning had pierced straight through his Susanoo—and through him.
And this was with Sasuke holding back at the last moment.
Otherwise, Itachi might not have even had a body left.
Sasuke rushed to his brother's side. Feeling a faint breath, he immediately wrapped him in his blue healing flames, stabilizing him enough to prevent immediate death.
But Itachi's gravest issues weren't wounds—they were the years of illness, suppressed damage, and the irreversible toll of the Mangekyō.
Sasuke pulled out Naruto's secret contingency. Space fluctuated—
And in an instant, Sasuke vanished with Itachi, leaving only a ruined battlefield behind.
Far away, Black Zetsu stared in disbelief.
Uchiha Sasuke had taken Itachi away… using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
It resembled a Reverse Summoning Technique.
If Itachi lived or died, one thing was certain:
Sasuke was close to obtaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
The consequences made Zetsu's expression darken.
If another Eternal Mangekyō awakened in this era…
It could produce a second Uchiha Madara.
Madara's talent was unique—something even Black Zetsu had waited centuries to find—but Sasuke with an Eternal Mangekyō would be extremely dangerous. It would greatly strengthen Naruto's side.
And Black Zetsu could not allow that.
The Ten-Tails revival would become far more difficult.
He vanished immediately, rushing to inform Obito.
Meanwhile, Sasuke reappeared directly within the Umbrella Base, through Naruto's Space-Time technique.
News spread instantly: Sasuke had returned with Uchiha Itachi alive.
The most stirred were the remaining Uchiha clan members.
Their hatred for Itachi was etched in blood.
Although he wasn't the only orchestrator of the massacre, he was the most visible one still alive.
Everyone else involved had already been dealt with.
As for the Sarutobi and Shimura families—they were now preyed upon by countless rogue shinobi across the world. Their clans still held vast hoards of stolen resources, but rogue nin were disorganized, chaotic. The only reason Naruto hadn't eliminated those families himself was simple—
He used them as live training targets for Umbrella's new recruits.
Let the younger generation hunt them down—
A perfect training exercise.
Tsunade approved wholeheartedly.
After the betrayal of Konoha, she had no intention of letting those two clans live comfortably.
Only after their corruption was exposed did she truly understand how much blood they had drained from the village.
(End of Chapter)
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