"Oh?"
Uchiha Itachi kept retreating. "So... this is the Lightning Blade's true form. Its power increases as you keep feeding it Chakra and build momentum with your charge?"
"Then before, the strain of the Sharingan kept you from sustaining the Chakra cost of such a powerful attack? What a shame..."
Hiss—
The three Tomoe in Uchiha Itachi's eyes spun.
The next moment,
they formed a three-bladed pinwheel. "Kakashi, since that eye isn't yours and it's harming you, why not hand it over?"
"You really are insufferable—! Even worse than that bastard Shinji Uchiha!" Kakashi roared.
Ignoring the half of his clothes shredded by lightning, he let out a long cry and charged at Uchiha Itachi again!
At the same time, the three Tomoe in his left eye spun.
He locked precisely onto Uchiha Itachi, determined not to let him escape with another one of his countless techniques!
"Heh..." Seeing that he couldn't dodge, Uchiha Itachi simply pressed a hand lightly over his eye. "Amaterasu!"
Hiss—The Mangekyo Sharingan turned, and a streak of bloody tears ran down his cheek.
Boom!
At the same instant, black flames ignited on Kakashi's arm from a distance.
Kakashi felt his arm burning, but he didn't waver. He kept charging, driving his thrust toward Uchiha Itachi!
Uchiha Itachi frowned and instinctively started to say something.
But he shook his head and drew a Kunai.
Squelch—
At the center of the battlefield,
both men grunted at once.
Uchiha Itachi frowned and glanced at his left shoulder. A large chunk of flesh had been torn away, exposing white bone, while the lightning had charred the fresh wound.
A foul smell rose from it...
"Another inch and you would have pierced my heart, Kakashi. You truly are a ninja worthy of respect. But... was it worth it?"
"Hah! Hah!