Chapter 458

Because if Sasuke's situation were like Kakashi's, being tied to a cross and stabbed for three days and three nights, the outcome would be completely different.

After Tsukuyomi was broken, Sasuke regained his confidence.

Shuriken against Shuriken.

Sasuke used a trap to injure Itachi.

The assessment of Black Zetsu White Zetsu this is... how could they have avoided an attack they should have dodged?

Next up was a duel of Ninjutsu.

The two used Fire Release and Chidori to break through the dome of the hall and arrive at the top of the stronghold.

After another Fire Release: Great Fireball duel.

Sasuke's Great Fireball overwhelmed Itachi's Fire Release.

This is clearly another instance of Itachi letting it off the hook.

Because next, Itachi used Amaterasu, expending a large amount of Chakra, to destroy Sasuke's Fire Release: Great Fireball.

The two brothers were constantly scheming against each other.

Sasuke's Great Fire Dragon Technique soared into the sky, stirring up the clouds.

Cumulonimbus clouds... are brewing.

A vast amount of Amaterasu black flames covered the top platform of the Uchiha stronghold, much like the flames surrounding the arena.

A light drizzle began to fall.

Accompanied by lightning and thunder.

Sasuke knew his chance had come.

The Ninjutsu that was once intended for Naruto Uzumaki is now finally about to be unleashed in this world.

Sasuke leaped to the highest point and stood atop a wall that resembled a giant stone slab.

The speed of a lightning strike is one-thousandth of a second.

Sasuke, at this moment, was about to unleash the lightning.

"Let me scatter with the thunder... Lightning Release: Kirin!"

Accompanying the thunderous roar was a lightning bolt over 10 meters wide.

The natural lightning in the form of a Kirin struck the Uchiha at an incredible speed.

The deafening explosion illuminated everything in a bluish-white light.

When the light faded.

Everything has settled down.

Most of the Uchiha has been destroyed.

This is an attack comparable to Jiraiya's Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan!

Just when Sasuke thought Itachi was dead...

"Is this... how you wanted me to die?"

Sasuke: "!"

As Itachi rose from the ground, a giant, orange-red Chakra skeleton rapidly materialized. "If it weren't for this technique, I would be dead..."

Sasuke: "!"

White Zetsu: "What... is that?"

"You've really gotten stronger, Sasuke."

Itachi coughed up blood and looked at his younger brother.

"This time, let me show you my final trump card: Susanoo."

Muscles coalesced on the giant's skeleton, then covered it with a layer of armor.

The fourth stage, the armored half-body Susanoo, thus enveloping Itachi.

Standing atop Susanoo, Itachi gazed at his younger brother. "Use whatever techniques you have left, Sasuke, or you'll miss your chance..."

Looking at this move I've never seen before.

Sasuke was momentarily at a loss for how to react.

"Uh... Ah!"

The next second, Sasuke suddenly clutched his neck; the Cursed Seal... was burning.

Within the lit Heavenly Cursed Seal, a colossal serpentine body quickly appeared.

"Hiss~~~~!"

The howling Eight Branches Technique has appeared in the world!

This power emerged when Sasuke was at his weakest.

Of course, this is because Orochihime did not actually "die".

This can be considered a natural reaction caused by Orochihime's Chakra surging out of Sasuke's weakened body.

Orochihime Chakra berserk, eventually forming the monster Eight Branches Technique.

Facing the roaring, hissing giant snake.

Itachi nodded slightly; this was nearing the final step...

"What was meant to happen has happened..."

Itachi controlled Susanoo and cut off the snake heads one by one.

Then Amaterasu was released, burning the immortal serpent to ashes.

At this point... Orochihime's Chakra was completely removed from Sasuke's body.

Only the purest Uchiha bloodline remains.

This was Itachi's final insurance policy for Sasuke.

"Sasuke, let's settle this once and for all."

Itachi, who had killed Eight Branches Technique, approached Sasuke step by step.

"Your eyes... are mine... cough cough cough!!"

The weasel suddenly coughed, spitting out a large amount of blood.

It looks extremely frightening.

As a result, Susanoo regressed from the fourth stage to the second stage.

With Itachi's support, Susanoo stabilized and returned to its third stage.

Sasuke, in a desperate struggle, threw out Explosive Tag Kunai, using every trick in the book, but it seemed to be nothing more than a death throes.

Itachi walked step by step toward Sasuke, repeatedly shouting... "Those are my eyes!"

Sasuke drew his Kusanagi Sword, and with his last ounce of strength, leaped high into the air. "Whoa!!!"

The Kusanagi Sword pierced Susanoo fiercely.

Yet not even a trace could be left.

On the contrary, the incredibly sharp Kusanagi Sword was deflected directly.

Itachi continued walking towards Sasuke, bringing him the deepest despair.

Sasuke retreated to the wall, with nowhere left to go.

He could only watch helplessly as the bloodstained hand loomed larger before his eyes.

Smack

Itachi placed his index and middle fingers on Sasuke's forehead.

Then... he collapsed.

At the last moment, Itachi sealed "Transcription Seal: Amaterasu" into Sasuke's eyes.

Exhausted and with his life force depleted, he collapsed...

However, Sasuke, Black Zetsu, and White Zetsu believed that Itachi had died from exhaustion.

Then, Sasuke, with a distorted smile on his face, also collapsed.

It's raining from the sky.

The two brothers lay beside each other.

"..."

Obito Uchiha squinted and watched for a while before finally nodding in satisfaction.

"Itachi Uchiha... is dead."

Because within the Sharingan's field of vision, his Chakra had completely disappeared.

"Then, take Sasuke away, tell him the 'truth,' tame him, and make him a pawn for me to use against Pain...!"

I don't know how much time passed.

Sasuke wakes up.

He was Obito and told the truth about Itachi's massacre of his clan, which was all a conspiracy by Konoha. Sasuke, half believing and half doubting, decided to change his target of revenge to Konoha.

However, there were two things that Obito Uchiha didn't tell Sasuke...

1. The Nine-Tails was not a natural disaster, but rather something he brought upon himself.

2. He also participated in the extermination of his clan.

Obito concealed these two things.

And he thought that Sasuke would be used by him because of this.

However... Obito Uchiha guessed one thing wrong.

Sasuke not only possesses the ability to think independently, but from the very beginning, he was determined to kill him.

Furthermore, according to the official databook, Sasuke's intelligence is higher than Obito's, so Sasuke will inevitably uncover the whole truth and betray him.

"Oh, right."

Obito Uchiha seemed to remember something.

Looking at Sasuke, who was about to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.

He added insult to injury, "Your father... Fugaku Uchiha, was killed by Amakawa Akito!"

Sasuke: "!"

379. Live broadcast across the entire ninja world: Jiraiya's public trial.

Whoa!

Waves crashed against the shore.

Sasuke stood there, gazing at the azure sea and sky.

Memories of past moments spent with family flashed through my mind.

Grief, regret, hatred, remembrance...

A mix of emotions.

The images of my father, mother, and brother are so clear.

Thinking of the home he could never return to, Sasuke shed tears.