Dual Kotoamatsukami Acquired

Uchiha Shūichi, who had just snuck back from Orochimaru's base, opened his front door and immediately saw Uchiha Itachi unconscious in the yard.

At this moment, Shūichi already knew the outcome of this battle from the intelligence he had obtained from Orochimaru.

Most importantly, he knew that Uchiha Itachi had now reclaimed Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.

"What's this? I just got home, and there's a gift package delivered straight to my door?"

Shūichi's voice carried a hint of joy, like finding money on the road—not just a couple hundred bucks, but an entire sack full of hundred-yuan bills.

Without wasting any time, he immediately searched Itachi's body and quickly found the other Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo.

"Thank goodness Itachi didn't stuff this Mangekyo into the Crow Summon's eye, or I'd have to waste one use of Kotoamatsukami first."

After muttering softly, a wildly excited grin spread across Shūichi's face. He picked up this Kotoamatsukami and, without a second thought, immediately gouged out his own left eye.

Shūichi's left eye was the Kamui Sharingan he had taken from Hatake Kakashi. If you compared sheer absurdity, Kamui was more than a match for Kotoamatsukami.

Though Kotoamatsukami had an astonishing effect, it came with a long cooldown period. Kamui, on the other hand, was known as the most combat-effective of all known Sharingan.

Uchiha Obito, relying on just a single Kamui Sharingan, could stir up chaos across the entire shinobi world and even trade blows with his own teacher, the Fourth Hokage, the Yellow Flash.

If he had both eyes and sufficient ocular power, even the Fourth Hokage might not have been his match.

Especially in the final battle, Kakashi, equipped with dual Kamui, could even intervene in the fight between the Child of Prophecy and Kaguya Otsutsuki—proof of its sheer power.

However, Kamui was only a single eye, and with Mangekyo Sharingan, having one eye versus both was a completely different story.

Two Kotoamatsukami Sharingan meant Shūichi could awaken the Uchiha Clan's strongest power—Susanoo!

Even though Susanoo, as an inherent ability of all Mangekyo Sharingan, seemed somewhat common, being common didn't mean weak. On the contrary, it could be interpreted as something refined through countless trials, irreplaceable.

Susanoo was exactly that kind of irreplaceable ability. No matter how bad a Mangekyo Uchiha's luck was, no matter how useless their awakened Mangekyo ability, as long as they had Susanoo as a foundation, when fully unleashed, they were inevitably a top-tier Kage-level powerhouse!

Never mind whether the Mangekyo would go blind after going all out—just ask if a Mangekyo Uchiha was strong when they went all out!

Because Shūichi himself hadn't awakened a Mangekyo, and his two Mangekyo were taken from two different Uchiha, he had never awakened Susanoo.

But now, he had assembled Uchiha Shisui's own pair of Mangekyo. Plus, after his body's genes had been modified, he could fully integrate the Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo. So with both Kotoamatsukami complete, there was a high chance of awakening Susanoo.

Shūichi pressed the Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo into his eye socket. Moments later, the eye had completely merged with him.

The two Mangekyo instantly resonated in a strange harmony. Shūichi could feel that with both eyes intact, Kotoamatsukami's power had even increased somewhat.

Most importantly, a certain special power was flowing out from the pair of Mangekyo. Shūichi immediately understood—this was the Mangekyo Dojutsu he had been hoping for.

"Susanoo!"

A faint green light covered Shūichi's body, instantly forming ribs made of pure Chakra.

These Chakra ribs looked slightly ethereal. Shūichi pulled out a kunai and tapped them lightly. As he gradually increased the force, a sharp crack rang out, and the steel-forged kunai snapped clean in two.

This kunai was standard-issue for Konoha shinobi. The world of Naruto wasn't some ancient era—its technology had already developed to a near-modern level. As the Land of Fire's official military force, Konoha's weapons were naturally high quality.

Generally speaking, even with impure iron ore, Shūichi's kunai could sink three inches into it. The Susanoo's strength certainly didn't disappoint him.

Shūichi then sensed the consumption of ocular power in his eyes. Thanks to his enhanced White Zetsu Cells, this rib-stage Susanoo didn't put any burden on his ocular power.

Muscles kept growing over the ribs, and the ribs themselves expanded. A skull and arm bones appeared... Moments later, a green half-body giant, covered in muscles like a skinless medical model, emerged.

Even though it was only half a body, this Chakra giant was still seven or eight meters tall. If Shūichi's residence hadn't been in a remote corner of the Uchiha Clan, other Uchiha would have spotted it long ago.

"In this state... the Chakra consumption is considerable, but my ocular power can maintain balance. In other words, this level of Susanoo is basically a normal attack for me."

As for the higher stage—growing skin and being covered in armor, the third stage of Susanoo—that would probably count as a big move. It should have some impact on Shūichi's pair of Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo.

But with the power of White Zetsu Cells, even if his ocular power dropped, he could recover after resting for a while.

"I should be able to open Susanoo to the stage with legs, but the final Susanoo with wings is uncertain..."

The fourth stage of Susanoo, also called the Complete Body Susanoo, grows legs and becomes a fully armed Chakra giant. An ordinary Mangekyo user going all out could also open this stage, but using it once would cost them their eyesight.

Even with White Zetsu Cells, using this level of Susanoo would make Shūichi shed bloody tears and suffer temporary vision loss. Still, that was far better than other Uchiha.

After all, this was Uchiha territory. Even though he was on the edge, Shūichi didn't plan to bring out a Complete Body Susanoo. He didn't even use the third stage, instead retracting his ocular power.

Then he looked down at the unconscious Uchiha Itachi—he had already collected his gift. Now, all that remained was to deal with the current problem.