The icy killing intent rushing toward him.
More importantly, he had to face the utterly cold gaze in Uchiha Itachi's eyes.
"So we really have to fight it out, don't we!? Fine, I'll give you what you want, Uchiha Itachi!"
Sasuke's own powerful presence erupted.
The profound disappointment plain in his eyes.
But this was still within his expectations.
Whatever his elder brother's true goal might be,
Sasuke had no intention of letting him off easily.
Just as he had said before,
Whatever the reason, the reality before him was that Uchiha Itachi had personally slaughtered their clan, including their parents. Itachi had to answer for that responsibility and that sin!
For their clan.
For their parents.
For the convictions deep in his heart.
Sasuke could never choose to forgive Itachi.
The form of his punishment, however, was another matter.
But first, he obviously had to use force to subdue this "once-beloved older brother" of his!
The two stood facing each other.
The powerful chakra waves erupted directly from them.
"Boom!"
"Whoosh!"
A flash of extreme speed.
A terrifying gleam of cold steel blazed into view.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
As they closed in.
The instant they clashed.
A deafening roar burst forth with overwhelming force.
The battle between the brothers.
It had finally begun in earnest!
Neither of them would ever yield to the other.
And just as their battle began,
atop a high point to the northwest, outside the abandoned castle,
"Vmmm!"
In midair,
space shuddered.
A spatial passage tore open.
A tall, slender figure emerged from within. The unmistakable Spiral Mask, and a blood-red Sharingan in his single exposed eye.
It was Uchiha Obito. He had just finished coordinating with Nagato in the Land of Rain on how to deal with the Allied Shinobi Forces. While Nagato led the