Beating Itachi Uchiha to a Pulp!

"Muda muda muda muda..."

"MUDA!"

The World's fists struck Itachi Uchiha's body in a flurry like wind and rain.

Smack!

Suddenly, The World was no longer satisfied with the sensation of every punch landing. It thrust out its five fingers and seized Itachi by the throat.

To The World, standing over two meters tall, Itachi Uchiha was like a toy in its palm.

With just a little force, it pinned him directly onto the sea's surface.

Even Kaze, who had witnessed The World's power, could not help but praise it.

"Truly worthy of a Stand with A-rank power and speed."

The next instant, The World raised its right foot, aimed at Itachi's face, and began stomping down fiercely.

"Muda muda!"

The World's stomping speed rose wildly, its roaring momentum like that of a beast!

Within the Genjutsu World Kaze had created, it relentlessly brutalized Itachi Uchiha!

Though Itachi in the real world would not suffer any serious harm, the feeling still left Kaze thoroughly exhilarated.

"I wonder if Tama can travel to the world of JOJO."

"If she can bring back the Golden Scarab Arrow..."

"Then the Uchiha Clan's power will definitely rise by quite a bit."

As Kaze mused inwardly, he watched The World savagely beat Itachi Uchiha!

This time, his Time Stop limit reached seven seconds before it was forcibly interrupted.

The more than a thousand punches The World threw, along with its hundreds of stomps, left bump after bump across Itachi's refined features.

A bruised and swollen face was nothing compared to this.

Itachi Uchiha's hand seals were also forcibly broken apart.

By the time Itachi Uchiha came back to his senses, his heart was in Stormy Waves.

He could not understand what had happened at all.

"What exactly is going on...?"

Itachi Uchiha sucked in a deep breath, trying to calm his thoughts.

The Genjutsu World Kaze had created was simply too bizarre.

Normally, as long as one realized they were inside a Genjutsu World, they could dispel it with a technique.

Yet whenever he tried to dispel the technique, his body suffered severe damage the very next instant.

The hand seals needed to dispel it were interrupted as well.

"Could it be that Kaze can stop time...?"

"Wait..."

Suddenly, a flash of insight struck Itachi Uchiha.

Though Kaze could not understand Itachi's train of thought, he had to admit that Itachi's combat talent was indeed terrifying.

"I understand now."

"This is Kaze's Genjutsu World. Time flows differently here than outside."

Moreover, Itachi himself was a master of Genjutsu, so he quickly deduced the answer.

In the original story, when Itachi fought Kakashi,

he stabbed Kakashi for seventy-two hours, yet only a few seconds passed in the real world.

It was Itachi's Genjutsu attack that slowed the flow of time.

Thereby torturing his enemy slowly.

Making them reveal the information he wanted.

Who would have thought Kaze was even more ruthless, directly stopping time within the Genjutsu World?

"Even in a Genjutsu World, not every kind of attack can be Launched."

"First, you need to be able to imagine that Attack Method and believe from the bottom of your heart that you possess such power."

"Only then can you create that power within the Genjutsu World."

"For example, I have never seen Madara Uchiha at the height of his power, so I cannot create Madara at his peak within the Genjutsu World..."

Itachi Uchiha's mind raced.

He felt Kaze's terrifying nature deeply.

"Za Warudo!"

Standing where he was, Kaze activated Time Stop once more.

The World flew out low through the air again and began beating Itachi Uchiha savagely.

Although Itachi had guessed part of the answer,

faced with such an unreasonable Attack Method, Itachi Uchiha could not think of a countermeasure for the moment.

He could only become The World's punching bag.

Whenever Itachi Uchiha prepared to dispel the Genjutsu, Kaze would use Za Warudo to stop him.

Even Kaze himself could no longer remember how many times he had beaten Itachi Uchiha within the Genjutsu World.

Perhaps it had been several hours.

Perhaps several days.

Whenever Itachi Uchiha was beaten to the brink of death, Kaze would erase his injuries.

Then start over.

Of course...

Kaze's purpose in attending the Clan Meeting at Naka Shrine tonight was not to beat up Itachi Uchiha.

Beating him was merely incidental.

"After all, Itachi can't die yet..."

Kaze's eyes shifted as he carefully considered it inwardly.

The current Itachi Uchiha had nothing but ordinary Three-Tomoe Sharingan in both eyes.

He did not have trump cards like Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, or Susanoo.

It would not be difficult for Kaze to kill him.

And Kaze had a way to pin his death on Danzo.

After all, in the Naruto World, it was always right to dump any blame on Danzo.

But...

"It would be such a waste to deal with Itachi Uchiha now."

Kaze narrowed his eyes as he watched Itachi Uchiha being beaten by The World.

If Itachi died, his Sharingan would remain only Three-Tomoe.

They would never awaken into Mangekyo.

And the medical theory of the Naruto World differed from that of Kaze's previous world.

When transplanting eyes, there was no need to worry about details like optic nerves.

Just plug and play.

And after they were inserted, another person could still wield the Sharingan's power.

For instance, Kakashi could use Kamui with one eye and Susanoo with both.

Based on various reasons, Kaze did not actually want to kill Itachi so soon.

"Let's stop playing for today."

Who knew how much time had passed in the Genjutsu World.

Only then did an expression of boredom appear on Kaze's face.

He withdrew The World, his Stand.

Then gave Itachi Uchiha the chance to dispel the Genjutsu.

In an instant...

Their thoughts both returned to the real world.

The difference was...

Kaze now let his hands hang naturally at his sides, looking down at Itachi Uchiha.

His pupils were blood-red, with three black Tomoe resting within them.

As for Itachi Uchiha, the genius everyone had always called him, the moment his thoughts left the Genjutsu World, an unprecedented sense of exhaustion swept over him.

Thud!

In an instant, Itachi Uchiha's body went into severe collapse. Not only did he drop to one knee, but bead-sized drops of sweat continuously fell from his forehead.

They struck the floor with dripping sounds.

Fresh sweat covered his back and palms as well.

A suffocating sensation followed.

To ease the pain, Itachi Uchiha had no choice but to open his mouth and draw in great breaths.

Then exhale heavily.

In the deathly silent Naka Shrine, his heartbeat pounded, its rhythm so fast that it reached one hundred sixty or seventy beats per minute.

Itachi Uchiha had never dreamed...

that he would suffer a crushing defeat to Kaze in the field of Genjutsu he took the most pride in.

"I... lost..."

Only after panting for roughly a full minute did Itachi Uchiha seem to regain the ability to speak.

He had no choice but to admit defeat to Kaze.

Because he no longer had any spare strength to compete with Kaze in Taijutsu or Ninjutsu!

The Uchiha clansmen gathered at Naka Shrine were all dumbfounded upon hearing Itachi's words!