—Blood Rahma Manifestation!
Through the Crystal Ball's gaze.
The fleeting glimpse in Sasuke's buried memories overlapped with the image of the deity behind Itachi.
He curled his fingers slightly, a hint of melancholy in his voice. "When I fought Itachi in my previous life, that deity's image appeared behind him as he explained the Uchiha curse and the truth of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. I always thought it was something he'd dreamed up and rendered through intricate genjutsu, pairing it with his dramatic delivery to frighten my younger self..."
Orochimaru spoke calmly, his words carrying deep meaning. "What you saw then was indeed an Illusion, Sasuke-kun, but it wasn't a baseless invention."
Sasuke turned toward Orochimaru's inscrutable profile and waited for him to continue.
"Very well. At this point, it is no longer something worth concealing."
Orochimaru began his account.
"The Uchiha Curse truly exists. Both the Mangekyō Sharingan's limited sight and the cruel price of preserving that sight forever are Curses imposed by Blood Rahma!"
"Before the Sage of Six Paths died, he designated Asura, who championed love, as the heir to Ninshu, passing over Indra, who revered power. The conflict between them began there."
"But was Asura truly virtuous and selfless?"
"Even moonlight has its flaws, let alone human nature."
"To secure his legitimacy as Ninshu's successor, Asura stripped away his dark side. That darkness did not simply disappear. It remained in the world, gathering the resentment of the many members of Asura's Lineage who had died at the hands of Indra's Lineage, and became a deity named Blood Rahma!"
"That deity... is the embodiment of Asura's hatred for Indra!"
Suigetsu said, "I don't quite get it. The older brother was passed over for the younger one and stripped of his place as heir. Shouldn't it have been