Uchiha Itachi Goes Slack × The Transparent World Makes Its First Powerful Showing
A white dagger, wreathed in lightning Chakra, dazzled the eyes... making it impossible to open one's eyes completely.
Shisui and Itachi were standing nearby, suppressing their curiosity. They wanted to watch but were worried about being punished by Roy. While they were struggling with this dilemma, they peeked out and saw two more pebbles jump out of the basket.
"An additional two thousand per person."
A casual remark came over the phone. The younger brothers' curiosity and excitement were understandable, but... their focus on practicing the sword was still lacking.
Roy coldly uttered these words, facing Lightning and White Fang directly, staring intently at the man before him. This man, as one of the "Eight Colors of Konoha," like "Yellow Flash" Namikaze Minato, had long been instructed by the higher-ups of the various ninja villages...
Anyone who encounters them can abandon their mission without punishment, which shows... the strength of this man before them is even more evident. The descriptions of him in the * Book of Secrets * and the * Book of Formations * are as follows: one states that "the Sannin are merely a hazy existence before White Fang of the Leaf Sakumo Hatake," while the other explicitly states that "White Fang of the Leaf Sakumo Hatake, is even more powerful than the Sannin."
Faced with such a person...
Roy slowly drew his Asauchi, which trembled with excitement... until it emitted another sharp sword cry...
The Sun-Earring Boy's jet-black hair moved without wind, the tip of his blade pointed directly at Sakumo Hatake's throat, and he said casually, "Should I say it's my honor, Uncle White Fang?"
"At least if Father finds out, he might scold me for not respecting him enough."
"You dare to draw your sword against me, that's the greatest respect you can show me." Sakumo Hatake held the sword in one hand, his Lightning Release flowing, a wisp of light seeping from the tip of the blade, and then he poked a hole in the ground.
This scene reminded Roy of someone—a boy with short, blond hair, a pure and kind heart, a timid and pessimistic personality, who feared dying alone, but who would fall into a semi-awake state when pushed to his limit, thus wielding lightning, killing his senior brother, and avenging his grandfather... Agatsuma Zenitsu!
"It's coming." A bolt of lightning flashed by... accompanied by a gentle reminder.
With "White Fang" in hand, Sakumo Hatake transformed into lightning, using [Lightning Release] to greatly stimulate his muscles and Amplification his speed. In a flash, he appeared in front of Roy and swung his sword, aiming a swift strike at Roy's chest!
The man clearly held back with this strike. If he had been facing an enemy, not Roy, this strike wouldn't have been aimed at his chest, but... his neck!
"So fast!" With the battle imminent, Shisui swore he hadn't intentionally disobeyed his Nii-san. A crimson light flashed in his eyes as he Sharingan, attempting to capture Sakumo Hatake's movements. However, the man was too fast; so fast that Shisui could only see a wisp of lightning Chakra before it vanished from his sight. His hand trembled, and two more pebbles fell to the ground. "Itachi, add another two thousand!"
"Diverting your attention, Sun-Earring Boy, you're not focused enough either." Sakumo Hatake's words followed Roy's.
But then a crisp "ding" sound rang out...
As soon as the clang of weapons subsided, Roy, arriving late but first, blocked Sakumo Hatake's attack with a perfectly precise strike, calmly saying, "Uncle White Fang, you're overthinking it. I can barely handle it."
The clash happened in an instant... sword against sword, man against man. Shisui noticed a chill behind his head; Itachi was looking at him. He opened his mouth to apologize, but to his surprise... Itachi simply threw all the pebbles out of the basket, sat down cross-legged, and quietly watched from the side.
"Shisui, add ten thousand!"
The Eclipse shuddered, turned red, ignited, and then a cluster of Great Sun flames surged forth, instantly forcing White Fang back!
Roy stared blankly at Sakumo Hatake without turning his head, and said... Shisui glanced at Itachi, then at the sword in his hand and the basket hanging from it, and simply followed Itachi's example, sitting cross-legged next to him...
He wasn't going to stand all the way home today, even if it meant dislocating his arm; he couldn't miss this... Swordsmanship duel he might never see again in his lifetime!
"Whoosh!" The flames soared up, eclipsing even the Great Sun overhead!
With Sakumo Hatake wielding the White Fang and empowered by Lightning Release, he too unleashed a blinding burst of lightning!
From above, the interplay of red and white, a clash of powerful forces, had already startled flocks of birds in the forest, who fled in panic. "Fire Release... and it's no ordinary fire!"
The Sun-Earring Boy's ability to destroy the Ninja Academy wall with a single fireball technique the other day demonstrates his exceptional skill in Fire Release techniques, something Sakumo Hatake had already anticipated.
But now... what truly surprised him was--
His initial strike, even though he was holding back, was still blocked by Roy's counterattack, and even without... Roy activating his Sharingan. Sakumo Hatake clenched his White Fang and smiled... a very happy smile.
This was only one of the two times he failed to defeat his opponent with a single strike; the first time... was when Kazuya blocked that strike for him back then.
"Sizzle~" More electricity surged in, White Fang flashed white light, a gust of wind blew, causing Sakumo Hatake's white hair to sway... The man stared intently at Roy, gripped White Fang in reverse, and asked with narrowed eyes, "Aren't you going to activate your Sharingan?"
The Sharingan, the most powerful Sharingan of the Uchiha, not only possesses powerful abilities such as observation, copying, and hypnosis, but its user also has superhuman insight, able to observe Chakra flow, cast and see through Illusion Jutsu, and copy taijutsu and non-bloodline limit ninjutsu.
By not activating his Sharingan, Roy was essentially giving up his greatest advantage as Uchiha.
"It's a contest of swordsmanship, not a contest of eyesight."
"Moreover," the Sun-Earring Boy, wielding his sword with one hand and executing a beautiful flourish. Looking at Sakumo Hatake, his eyes suddenly blazed like two Great Sun. In that instant, he was both Uchiha Jin and Kamado Eiichiro, carrying two worlds within him. He stepped forward with his wooden clogs...
It was like returning to the world of Demon Slayer during the New Year holidays, to that great mountain, that small courtyard, that drifting snow, and to my father, Tanjuro, dancing barefoot, and my younger brother Tanjiro... while my sister Nezuko, my mother, Kie, my two younger brothers Takeo and Shigeru, and my youngest sister, Delia, nestled in my grandmother's arms...
As the snow fell heavily, following his father's rhythm, they danced the "Hinokami Kagura" together to celebrate the New Year. Roy gripped his sword again and suddenly exhaled a long stream of gas from his nostrils, saying with a hint of Infinite memories and tenderness, "I have the ' Sword Eye,' I don't need the Sharingan."
[Eyes of Truth] Open!...
Those eyes, born from the [Transparent World], blazed with a fiery red light... A delicate gray hue suddenly extended from Roy's feet... extended... and extended further...
Until Hatake Sakumo Hatake Shisui, and Itachi were submerged, when he regained his senses and looked around at the world, all the surrounding green trees, blue stones, birds, white clouds, and gentle breezes had vanished.
It was as if, at that moment, the entire world had completely lost its color, leaving only Roy and the three of them, lonely and isolated from the world.
Sakumo Hatake: "6"
Shisui:
Itachi: "6
For a moment, they were all speechless.