Inorganic Reincarnation

Sasuke's battle was just as fierce.

Lightning from the Kusanagi Sword carved blue-white trails through the darkness. With every swing, an Impure World Reincarnation body was cut in half. But the severed bodies began to reform the instant they hit the ground—paper scraps scattered, bones reconnected, skin regenerated. In less than three seconds, they were restored and rose again to lunge at Sasuke.

"Damn it!" Sasuke gritted his teeth, his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan spinning wildly in its sockets.

He knew the weaknesses of Impure World Reincarnation—sealing techniques, or destroying the caster's will. But he did not know any sealing techniques, and Kabuto's will was clearly not something that could be shaken with a few words.

Sasuke's right eye suddenly contracted.

Amaterasu.

Black flames poured from his right eye like a black waterfall, cascading over the two nearest reincarnated bodies. The instant the black fire touched their gray-white skin, it began to burn. The unquenchable flames devoured their bodies bit by bit—bones, paper scraps, runes, all reduced to nothing within the black blaze.

This time, they did not regenerate.

Sasuke watched the two reincarnated bodies turn to ashes in the black flames, and the corner of his mouth lifted slightly.

"As long as I burn them to ash."

His gaze swept across the remaining reincarnated bodies, black flames poised to erupt from his right eye.

But at that moment, a powerful wave of dizziness struck his mind.

The Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan would not weaken his eyesight—that was Itachi's eye, possessing the power to never go blind. But using Amaterasu still consumed enormous amounts of Chakra and mental energy. Continuous use would slow his reactions.

Sasuke braced himself against the stone wall, took a deep breath, and suppressed the dizziness.

"Thirty seconds," he told himself. "I only need thirty seconds."

He raised