A Beam of Light (Please Vote!)

In Itachi and Shinichi's dim, lightless soul worlds, Hyuga Kagami's arrival was like a beam of light descending from the heavens, piercing the curtain and scattering the darkness!

"Senior!"

In Itachi's soul world, the utterly exhausted Itachi raised his head to look at Hyuga Kagami, at that beam of light.

Hyuga Kagami still made no move. He merely gazed quietly at Itachi, a faint disappointment appearing on his face. "Is this the conviction with which you protect your clan and village? Is this all you've got?"

Itachi wore a bitter expression. "I'm sorry. I can't suppress the First Hokage's chakra. It's too powerful!"

Hyuga Kagami's expression turned cold. This was the first time he had seen Itachi fear and shrink back like an ordinary person.

"How rare. You know how to admit defeat too!" After a pause, Hyuga Kagami's lips curved upward. "Since you can't endure this test, then Sasuke will have to do it instead. Perhaps he can endure hardship better than you!"

Itachi's entire body jolted as though struck by lightning.

Given the talent Sasuke had displayed so far, Itachi firmly believed that Sasuke would awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan someday. Including their father, Uchiha Fugaku, their family had three pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan in total.

In other words, their family could fuse at most one pair of Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. If Itachi could not suppress the First Hokage Cells, then he could only choose the easier option and leave this difficult path to his younger brother Sasuke.

"No, I absolutely cannot fail!"

The thought of his younger brother Sasuke having to endure pain that even he found unbearable if he failed reignited Itachi's fighting spirit.

In Shinichi's soul world.

The equally exhausted Shinichi also raised his head to look at Hyuga Kagami, who was bathed in light like