The Rinnegan That Didn't Belong to Sasuke

If anything in this world could still fill Sasuke with fear from the bottom of his heart...

It was probably the sight before him.

At that moment, Uchiha Sasuke's deepest fear was dragged out and magnified without limit. His exposed right eye trembled wildly, then shifted straight into its Mangekyō form.

Tsukuyomi?

No. When did it happen?

The scene from decades ago was unfolding before his eyes once more.

Or was everything I've experienced until now—including this world that feels unfamiliar yet so satisfying—part of Itachi's Illusion Technique?

"Look how scared you are." Xuanye released Mirror Flower, Water Moon and returned to his seat.

Once Itachi's phantom vanished, Sasuke stared in terror at Xuanye, who sat in exactly the same pose Itachi had held in the illusion. Sasuke instinctively took a step back.

At the same time, he frantically checked his chakra but found no trace of interference.

How was that possible?

He had one of the Sage of Six Paths' eyes now.

And even without that Rinnegan, his other eye was an Eternal Mangekyō. How could he fall so easily under someone else's Illusion Technique?

Even if this mysterious Uchiha also had a pair of Mangekyō.

Rather than believe an unfamiliar Uchiha had controlled him with a single Illusion Technique, he would sooner believe the life he had always known—including this utterly absurd journey through time—was all taking place inside Tsukuyomi.

At least then he would have lost to Itachi, not some Uchiha who had appeared out of nowhere.

Seeing his youngest son looking as though he had seen a ghost, Fugaku coughed.

"Don't worry. Lord Hokage was probably just playing a little joke on you."

In the corner, Itachi nodded and gave his younger brother from decades in the future a sympathetic look.

Lord Hokage could conjure illusions