Whether it was Schwarzer's plan or anything else, Uchiha Itachi never paid it any mind. The only person he cared about now was Uchiha Sasuke.
Although Schwarzer had promised to send him back to the ninja world after the plan succeeded, he had already done enough for Konoha. Now, he was more concerned with taking care of his dear younger brother.
"Too weak, Sasuke."
Facing the charging Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi simply delivered a single roundhouse kick, sending him flying over a dozen meters away.
Sasuke had already activated his Cursed Seal mode. His gray skin and the fleshy wings on his back were as twisted as his own heart, which would stop at nothing for power.
And yet, it still wasn't enough. This level of power, at best, allowed him to reach the level of an elite jōnin. He couldn't even touch Kage-level, so naturally, he couldn't touch Uchiha Itachi either.
The gray figure flew backward even faster than he had charged forward, embedding himself in the wall of a ruined building.
"The pieces haven't all been gathered yet. Are you starting the final stage so soon? Or are you, in fact, not the 'administrator'?"
Gojo Satoru instantly appeared behind him, teleporting with his Limitless technique. However, instead of attacking, he posed a question.
"It has already begun. All the game pieces are gathered in one city. On the scale of the planet, that counts as being 'gathered' together."
The rules had a number of 'loopholes' from the very beginning. The Culling Game's rules only execute commands rigidly, so this is one of its features!
Uchiha Itachi's honest answer was unexpected to Gojo Satoru. But before he could make a move, the Uchiha Itachi before him dissolved into a large flock of crows and scattered.
Thanks to the power of Limitless, they couldn't harm Gojo. However, among the flock of crows, one had red eyes. The pattern of a Mangekyo appeared within Gojo Satoru's field of vision.
'Damn it!'
The moon in the sky turned blood-red, and everything around him faded away, eventually forming a solitary cross that bound Gojo Satoru to it.
"To think you can activate a technique through such a medium... Truly terrifying."
"But don't think you can use the same trick on me twice!"
A pitch-black kunai in Uchiha Itachi's hand became an instrument of torture. Ignoring Gojo Satoru's words, he stabbed it into his heart.
It felt as if a sharp blade was churning inside his heart. The intense pain paralyzed Gojo Satoru's nerves, but just as he said, the same move wouldn't work twice.
Even such excruciating pain couldn't stop his actions. His semi-perfected Senjutsu Chakra disrupted his mind, breaking him free from the Tsukuyomi space.
As a price, the front half of Gojo Satoru's right side was petrified.
"Crack."
Without any hesitation, he broke off the petrified part of his arm. Reverse Cursed Technique instantly restored it, a feat of recovery unimaginable for a ninja.
"So there's a way to break it like that." For the first time, Uchiha Itachi felt surprised. He realized he had underestimated this world's strongest.
But it was meaningless. It was only semi-perfected Senjutsu Chakra. Even if Jiraiya himself were here, he would not lose.
Uchiha Itachi had that much confidence. He would only ever lose to one person: Uchiha Sasuke.
"Your opponent isn't just Gojo Satoru."
While he had Gojo occupied, Itadori and Fushiguro Megumi followed close behind, launching a pincer attack from the left and right.
Uninteresting attacks. In his eyes, sorcerers were merely weaker beings. While many of their Cursed Techniques had powerful mechanics, the power they could bring out was far too low.
This was especially true for such simple attacks. They looked powerful, but in reality, they couldn't even touch him.
He easily twisted his body. Under the vision of the Mangekyo, their attacks were easily dodged. However, waiting for him was Okkotsu Yuta, who had long been ready.
"Ready, Rika." Pressed close to his Shikigami, Okkotsu Yuta extended a hand towards Uchiha Itachi.
A giant serpent emerged from Fushiguro Megumi's shadow, attempting to coil around Uchiha Itachi and restrain his movements.
A blast wave like a cannon beam, concentrated with Okkotsu Yuta's immense Cursed Energy, struck Uchiha Itachi directly.
No one thought an attack like this could finish off Uchiha Itachi. The moment he was hit, Uchiha Itachi vanished and reappeared on top of a nearby streetlight.
"I have a clear grasp of your abilities now. With strength like this, it will be difficult to survive at the hands of the other 'administrators'."
He knew full well that he was not the strongest. The mysterious Uchiha Obito was actually more powerful than him—he had deduced this from Schwarzer's attitude.
If they couldn't even defeat him, they would fall even faster against Obito.
There were still a few who had yet to make a move, including Kakashi and Naruto Uzumaki, whom he had been keeping an eye on.
As the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, Naruto's power was the only thing that could make Uchiha Itachi feel threatened—assuming, of course, that he chose to face him head-on.
Naruto Uzumaki, being a Jinchuriki, was a natural counter to him. A perfect Jinchuriki is unaffected by genjutsu because the Tailed Beast within them can break them out of it.
As for the threat from Kakashi... the Mangekyo itself was the greatest threat. He still hadn't figured out what the technique of Kakashi's Sharingan was.
'Before that, I'll eliminate a few opponents. It will be a good way to stimulate Sasuke.'
Uchiha Itachi quickly made his decision. The main group of heroes hadn't suffered any casualties yet. Things were a bit too comfortable—so comfortable that Sasuke lacked a strong sense of crisis.
"Amaterasu!"
Black flames instantly appeared on Okkotsu Yuta's body—inextinguishable flames that would burn everything they touched to ashes.
Completely caught off guard by such an ability, Okkotsu Yuta instinctively tried to extinguish the flames on his chest, but it was futile.
"Okkotsu Yuta!" Fushiguro Megumi immediately summoned Max Elephant, and a massive torrent of water washed over him. However, even underwater, the flames were completely unaffected.
'These flames can't be extinguished.' Okkotsu Yuta realized this instantly. Sorcerers have a very high tolerance for strange techniques.
He acted decisively, slicing off the entire patch of burning skin from his chest and then using Reverse Cursed Technique to heal it.
This time, the inextinguishable Amaterasu was rendered useless as well.
"Everyone, be careful! His eyes can release black flames. If you get hit, cut it off as quickly as possible."
The overly simple mechanics of Amaterasu were too easy to understand in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. In an instant, they knew how to evade it: don't make eye contact, and don't be in his direct line of sight.
Even Gojo Satoru, with his Limitless, felt that this was tricky. He had to restrain his Six Eyes; otherwise, Uchiha Itachi could pull him into a genjutsu at any moment.
For the first time, the young group of protagonists had encountered such a difficult enemy—one who combined raw power with complex mechanics, making him comprehensively and flawlessly strong.
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