King Piccolo [First Generation] VS Uchiha Itachi

A wave of pain struck Uchiha Feng's mind, the aftereffect of a Shadow Clone dispelling. Before he could react, he made a decision.

"I can only sacrifice this card!"

Enduring the pain, Uchiha Feng decided to activate the card system's Card Burst function. By sacrificing this card, he could unleash the character's power without using his own chakra or ki.

However, recreating this card afterward would cost ten times the soul points—one hundred thousand points!

But he had no choice.

Because something had gone wrong with the other Chiaotzu clone.

The expressionless face of Uchiha Itachi gradually showed a trace of impatience.

He now suspected that the child before him had been sent by Shimura Danzo. He did not know the child's purpose, but if this dragged on, more variables would arise.

At the same time, the Chiaotzu clone's cruel actions had not only intimidated him, but also reinforced his resolve.

Anyone who harmed Sasuke could not be allowed to live.

Just as the two faced off, something changed. The space behind the Chiaotzu clone distorted.

A wretched-looking man wearing an orange mask appeared, revealing only one eye. The kunai in his hand stabbed into the Chiaotzu clone's lower back.

The clone only had time to see that final image.

Bang~

White smoke rose, and the clone dispersed. Its memories returned to Uchiha Feng's true body.

Seeing Uchiha Sasuke collapsed on the ground, Uchiha Itachi's heart ached even more. My little brother... you've suffered so much!

If Uchiha Feng had seen this, he would surely have wanted to say that the person who had truly suffered was already dead!

Though his heart ached, Uchiha Itachi still had to carry out his plan.

"I'll remember this favor." Uchiha Itachi looked at the masked man. He had used a crow to ask the masked man before him to act.

Although this resolved Uchiha Sasuke's immediate crisis, it also planted a hidden danger.

The persona he had built now had a crack in it.

"I need to see your sincerity!" After saying that, the masked man's body began to distort before vanishing once more.

Uchiha Itachi looked at where the masked man had disappeared, the image of that Mangekyo Sharingan still lingering in his mind. His feelings became incomparably complicated.

Turning around, he helped Uchiha Sasuke up and prepared to carry out his final plan: planting the seed of hatred in Uchiha Sasuke and helping him grow.

When he arrived where Uchiha Fugaku was, he saw the corpse before him with its eyes gouged out and began filling in the gaps himself.

He knew that Uchiha Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. So, the person who had abducted Sasuke earlier had merely wanted to lure him away and obtain those Mangekyo Sharingan. In the end, all signs pointed to one person.

"Danzo, you've gone too far this time!"

Uchiha Itachi looked at Uchiha Sasuke's severed finger. He could overlook Danzo plundering Sharingan, but laying hands on Sasuke was absolutely unacceptable!

All the clues seemed to point to Danzo.

His eyes transformed into Mangekyo Sharingan as he began carrying out his plan.

"My foolish, beloved little brother! I did all this for your sake!"

Muttering under his breath, he cast the genjutsu Tsukuyomi~

After confirming Uchiha Itachi's movements, Uchiha Feng's clone began collecting souls without restraint.

His true body, meanwhile, hid inside a deep well and studied the scroll the Great Elder had left him. It contained some Uchiha Clan corpses, as well as several Uchiha Clan property deeds and treasures.

At last, Uchiha Feng had collected all the souls. His soul points stopped at 5,080.

"Uchiha Itachi, prepare to face my wrath!"

At the bottom of the well, a glint flashed in Uchiha Feng's eyes as he gave the final command to his newly drawn card.

"King Piccolo [First Generation], Card Burst!"

Crack, crack~~

Within his mind, one of the two colorful cards—King Piccolo's card—began to shatter before finally vanishing.

At the mouth of the well, King Piccolo appeared in its place, radiating an aura of destruction. His immense power shook the barrier sealing off the Uchiha Clan, and this unusual energy fluctuation was also detected by Konoha's Anbu and Root sealing squads.

Boom~

"Cough, cough~ What an annoying little brat~ To waste my power like this."

King Piccolo pretended to cough as he looked toward Uchiha Feng hiding at the bottom of the well. At this moment, he possessed a portion of his own consciousness, but he still had to carry out the mission Uchiha Feng had arranged.

"Then let's make a mess of things!"

His aged body straightened. The ki radiating from him unleashed overwhelming destructive force, directly blasting apart nearby houses. For a moment, his body seemed to have returned to its youth.

His body slowly rose into the air, eventually hovering above Uchiha Itachi's location.

Uchiha Itachi was hypnotizing Uchiha Sasuke with Infinite Tsukuyomi when he also sensed this powerful presence.

"Demon Light Cannon!"

A brilliant light gathered in King Piccolo's hand before a torrent of immense power shot out, aimed directly at Uchiha Itachi.

Boom~

"Ha ha ha ha~~" King Piccolo burst into wild laughter. That thrill of destruction had returned.

As the smoke and dust cleared, a vast stretch of buildings below had been reduced to ash, and a massive crater had appeared in the ground.

"Hmm?" King Piccolo focused his gaze on the very center of the crater. "Is this your power? No wonder that brat feared you so much!"

A red skeletal Susanoo appeared, protecting Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke within it.

"Who are you?" Uchiha Itachi was even more shocked as he stared at King Piccolo floating in the air. The powerful pressure and evil aura around him surpassed anyone Uchiha Itachi had ever seen.

"Who am I? Someone collecting a debt for another person!" King Piccolo looked at Uchiha Itachi.

Based on the information Uchiha Feng had transmitted to him, the man before him had killed all of his family just to protect the younger brother in his arms.

Compared to himself, that kind of evil was truly complicated!

Without waiting for Uchiha Itachi to continue speaking, King Piccolo began charging energy at his fingertips.

"Demon Light Ray!"

His decrepit arm lowered gently, and streak after streak of energy shot from his fingertips, striking the red Susanoo, all concentrated on the area protecting Uchiha Sasuke.

The attacks struck the same point without pause.

"Not bad defense!" King Piccolo remarked.

Crack~ Crack~

The skeletal Susanoo was blasted full of cracks by the powerful energy. This so-called strongest defense in the ninja world began to collapse.

"How is this possible?" Uchiha Itachi increased his ocular power output, maintaining the Susanoo's form. What exactly was this man trying to do?!

That strange ability to fly, those incredibly powerful hand-signless ninjutsu, and his relentless attacks on Sasuke... Had he discovered his true intentions?

"Amaterasu!"

The Mangekyo Sharingan in his eyes spun, and a line of bloody tears ran from the corner of his eye.

A burst of white ki suddenly erupted around King Piccolo, forming armor that protected him.

Black flames began burning upon the ki he had released.

"Ki Cannon!" A powerful current of ki erupted from his body, directly shaking off the black flames.

The black flames fell to the ground and began to spread. Wood was instantly burned into nothingness, while even stone could burn beneath them.

Witnessing this, Uchiha Itachi was filled with confusion. This is Amaterasu? Why was it broken so easily?

"That really was dangerous!" King Piccolo remarked. With that temperature and its ability to spread, if it had landed on him, he could only have discarded part of his body.

He began considering killing Uchiha Itachi in one blow.

His ability to sense ki activated. The surrounding space changed, and having received the memories of the other card, he knew that an enemy was preparing to ambush him.