This time, Hyuga Kagami was not spouting nonsense like before. The Chidori in his hand thrust toward Sasuke's Susanoo without the slightest hesitation.
Boom...
With a deafening explosion, the two sides collided violently.
Crack...
Immediately afterward, the sound of shattering rang out. Even amid the booming explosions and shrill chirping of birds, that crack was exceptionally clear and piercing!
"Th-this...!?"
Sasuke's face filled with terror as he discovered, to his horror, that his opponent had actually pierced his Susanoo!
When he saw that his Chidori had successfully broken through Sasuke's Susanoo defenses, the corners of Hyuga Kagami's mouth curled up slightly beneath his mask.
The Chidori developed by Kakashi had originally been a weapon for surprise attacks. On top of that, he had fused Purple Electricity and Storm Release into it, making the Chidori he used now several times more powerful than an ordinary Chidori.
At the same time, the area of the Susanoo he had chosen to attack was the very spot he had just bombarded with Storm Release ninjutsu at the cost of massive chakra consumption. With all those factors combined, the formidable Susanoo was pierced through in a single strike!
The thrust did not stop!
Amid repeated cracks, Hyuga Kagami used his lunging right hand as the spearhead, forcefully piercing through the ribs on the front of Sasuke's Susanoo and charging straight into its interior.
Terrified, Sasuke instinctively controlled the fractured Susanoo to contract layer by layer, using each layer to block Hyuga Kagami's charge.
In an instant, the violet Chidori reflected in Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan drew closer and closer. The familiar chirping of the Chidori beside his ears sounded like a death knell to Sasuke.
How could I, after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, still lose?!
In that instant, rage and unwillingness surged into Sasuke's heart.
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