He watched the Third Raikage pass away with a smile.
The victorious clone did not intervene in the other clones' battles. Instead, he slowly sank underground and became a stump of rotten wood.
In the area that could loosely be called the main battlefield, which had shifted toward the island's center amid the fierce fighting, Sasuke's original body had just been sentenced to death by a man who looked remarkably like him.
Ayekashi sacrificed thirty years of the caster's lifespan to doom its target to death within three months!
It was the technique Orochimaru believed had killed Hashirama Senju!
Sasuke knew none of this as he stood on the battlefield, but he had indeed seen the dōjutsu chakra reaction in Izuna's left eye. Coupled with Izuna's expression, it convinced him that Izuna was not bluffing.
Yet he did not panic.
If this technique really exceeded the limits of Orochimaru's abilities and threatened my life, he would already have appeared, taken me away, and started working on a solution. The fact that he hasn't appeared proves he can handle it...
Seeing how Sasuke had remained calm ever since his death sentence was pronounced, Izuna was deeply puzzled.
"Hey, Sasuke, do you think I'm lying to you?"
Sasuke did not answer.
Izuna said, "My brother and I made a promise: Uchiha don't lie to Uchiha!"
Thinking of how Madara had used Obito, Sasuke said, "Your brother probably broke that promise."
Izuna sneered. "Heh, you talk as though you've met my brother."
Sasuke said, "Who knows?"
Izuna grew serious. "I see it now. You really aren't afraid. It makes sense. You're so young—even with all your power, you've never truly felt what death means!"
"Let me tell you, I was already accustomed to death when I was younger than you, whether those deaths