Hyuga Kei watched the battle between the two from the sky through his Tenseigan. This was already Uchiha Itachi's final battle.
Second Pillar versus Uchiha Itachi. He wanted to see how much less water Itachi would use against the strengthened Sasuke.
Crows gathered on the ceiling, and Itachi's figure hung upside down from the ceiling behind Sasuke. He drew a kunai and leaped down like a ghost, charging straight at Sasuke below.
In an instant, Itachi arrived behind Sasuke. Yet Sasuke did not turn around. Instead, he swiftly drew the Kusanagi Sword at his waist and blocked the strike perfectly.
Sasuke turned around and shoved Itachi before him away with one hand. He formed seals with one hand, and lightning instantly wrapped around the sword in his hand. Sasuke pressed forward step by step, driving his sword into Itachi and pinning him firmly to the wall.
"Foolish little brother..." Itachi's voice sounded beside Sasuke's ear.
The genjutsu vanished. When the two opened their eyes again, Uchiha Itachi was still sitting motionlessly in his chair, while Sasuke was still standing where he had been.
Their exchange just now had been nothing more than a clash of genjutsu. Sasuke had actually not fallen behind in a battle of Three Tomoe Sharingan. But the real show was only beginning.
"Stop playing these useless tricks." Sasuke spoke with an impatient look. He could no longer wait to kill Uchiha Itachi.
Leaning against his stone seat, Itachi said calmly, "It seems you did not heed my words. You possess the same eyes as I do."
Sasuke looked disdainful. "Then kill me with your Mangekyō Sharingan. Or is it that... you can no longer measure my capacity?"
"What blind confidence." Itachi slowly rose to his feet and descended the steps. "From the moment the Mangekyō