This time, unlike in the original story, Pain had created a clone of every Akatsuki member except himself.
These clones possessed half the power of their originals.
Itachi's clone walked toward Sasuke.
At the same time, he activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.
The two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan met in that instant.
The moment their gazes connected, Sasuke remarked, "Itachi, how much has your eyesight deteriorated over the years?"
Sasuke was no longer the child who had once been grabbed by the throat by Itachi, pinned against a wall, and threatened with the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Now, even without using the Rinnegan, Sasuke was more than capable of suppressing—or even killing—Itachi Uchiha.
Feeling the weakened ocular power in Itachi Uchiha's eyes,
Sasuke found it laughable.
This level of ocular power was something he had already matched years ago.
Itachi was no longer worthy of being his opponent.
The man who had once haunted his memories like a demon was now so frail.
Though Itachi was extremely powerful in the eyes of others,
before Sasuke now, he was merely a sick man on the verge of death.
The nightmare of the past had become so weak and insignificant after Sasuke had grown stronger.
For a moment, Sasuke was overwhelmed with emotion.
If I hadn't received Yeyu's help back then, at most I might have reached Itachi's current level, right?
Maybe not even that. Itachi was the Uchiha Clan's greatest genius back then. Even Father wasn't his match.
My talent was inferior to his from childhood. Without Yeyu's help, I probably wouldn't have been able to avenge myself. I would have been humiliated and killed by him instead.
Or perhaps Itachi would have helped me grow stronger in the end, but at most, I would only have become as strong as him.
At that