A towering, deep-blue giant enveloped Hiruko.
Susanoo battled Susanoo!
The two giants crashed into each other and began a frenzied brawl. Their savage flurry of fists whipped up gusts of wind, churning the sea around them.
"Susanoo, fall before the power of Susanoo!"
Hiruko stared at Susanoo. A massive sword appeared in his hand, and he swung it at Susanoo.
"What did you call that?"
Susanoo froze, wondering if he'd heard wrong.
"Susanoo! It's a jutsu modeled after the legendary Susanoo!"
Hiruko shook his head and explained.
?
Modeled after the legendary Susanoo?
Huh?
The legendary Susanoo?
Who am I? Am I not Susanoo?
Hearing Hiruko's explanation, Susanoo, still consumed by rage, froze completely.
"An opening!"
Seeing Susanoo distracted, Hiruko controlled Susanoo and brought its sword down, cleaving Susanoo's chest open. Blood gushed out.
"Argh!"
Susanoo let out a cry of pain and snapped back to his senses. He cast aside that absurd, bewildered feeling and fought Hiruko again.
"You actually dared to let your guard down while fighting me? Hehehe, who else could die but you? Susanoo, witness the power of Susanoo! Hahaha!"
Laughing wildly, Hiruko rained blows down on Susanoo with his mighty sword, the Sword of Ten Hands. Susanoo drew his own weapon to block it, but to no avail. The divine-chakra-forged Sword of Ten Hands even sliced straight through his weapon.
In the end, Susanoo was hacked to death by Susanoo, slain by a knockoff Sword of Ten Hands.
The noble original had been killed by an imitation, a twisted reimagining.
Hiruko climbed down from Susanoo. His body began to swell, and a mass of tentacles poured from the gaping mouth in his chest, swallowing Susanoo, who was still warm and whose soul had yet to enter the underworld.
Now Amaterasu and Susanoo had both become