Mangekyo VS Mangekyo

"Itachi, long time no see. How have you been?" Sasaki glanced mockingly at Fugaku and Mikoto lying in a pool of blood not far away, then looked at Itachi and said.

"Get lost, or I'll kill you!" Itachi's eyes widened sharply, glaring fiercely at the newcomers. The tomoe in his Mangekyo spun wildly.

He looked incredibly deranged.

"You..." The two Three Tomoe Uchiha ninjas beside Sasaki were about to step forward to teach Itachi a lesson, but under the gaze of Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan, they simply didn't have the courage to attack.

"You two step back. Leave this to me." Sasaki raised his right hand and waved, signaling the two to leave first.

Although the Three Tomoe was considered quite strong within the Uchiha Clan, they were practically crushed when facing the Mangekyo.

So even if the two dared to rush up and challenge Itachi, they wouldn't have the slightest chance of winning.

The gap between the Three Tomoe and the Mangekyo was even greater than the gap between the One Tomoe and the Three Tomoe. This statement was not an exaggeration, because it was the truth.

"Itachi, is it that pair of Mangekyo Sharingan that makes you so arrogant?" Sasaki said dismissively, ignoring the pressure Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan put on him.

When Itachi heard Sasaki's words, he frowned. The other party didn't seem surprised at all that he possessed the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan. His tone was as casual as if he were discussing the One Tomoe and the Two Tomoe.

"Sorry, Mangekyo Sharingan? I have it too." Sasaki, who was staring intently at Uchiha Itachi, suddenly widened his eyes. A Mangekyo Sharingan in the shape of a plum blossom shuriken appeared before Itachi's eyes.

"Mangekyo? I didn't expect you to have this cursed eye as well." He really hadn't expected that the eyes that had only existed in the legends of the Uchiha Clan would now appear one after another. Shisui had it, Itachi had it, and now Sasaki had it too.

"But even if you have the Mangekyo, so what? Before, your strength was behind mine, and now you are still below me." Itachi's emotions had calmed down, returning to his previous tone, as if someone owed him millions.

How to describe it? It was a very punchable tone, at least that's how Sasaki felt.

"I really don't know where you get your confidence, but you can try." Sasaki said, drawing a Tachi from his back, a Tachi exactly the same as the one by Itachi's side.

Although Itachi wasn't particularly skilled in swordsmanship or taijutsu throughout the original story, having spent a considerable amount of time in the Anbu, it wasn't that he couldn't use them. It was just because of his ninjutsu, which was as fast as instant casting with six hand seals in one second, and his almost unsolvable genjutsu and dōjutsu, that his swordsmanship and taijutsu seemed not very strong.

Sasaki here was actually similar. Meruem was completely clueless about swordsmanship. If you asked him to use boxing or something, he could instantly teach you how to be an adult. But swordsmanship? It seemed he had only secretly learned a little from Beyond's Hyakushiki Guan Gong, but the usage of that large sword and a Tachi was completely different, alright.

So, the swordsmanship of the two was actually on par.

Drawing his Tachi, Sasaki rushed towards Itachi at high speed, swinging forward with the power of acceleration. This was the simplest and most basic Battōjutsu technique in Japanese swordsmanship, but if practiced well, it was also a very powerful move.

The prerequisite was that you needed to be fast enough. In martial arts, speed is king. This principle holds true everywhere.

"So fast, more than twice as fast as before." But unfortunately, although Sasaki's body had been enhanced, it hadn't reached a superhuman level. Under the BUG-like eyes of the Mangekyo Sharingan, Itachi could still grasp his movements.

Itachi simply held his Tachi horizontally and steadily blocked Sasaki's sword.

"Such great strength." Itachi shook his slightly numb arm. Sasaki's body had indeed been enhanced quite a bit, much better than Itachi's body, which was weakened from taking Soldier Pills.

If they only competed in taijutsu, Itachi was no match for him.

The two continuously swung the Tachi in their hands, clashing and separating repeatedly. Because they both had the Mangekyo Sharingan, the other's movements did not exceed the range they could perceive.

So, for a time, it was difficult to determine the winner, but in terms of stamina, Sasaki had a slight advantage. Moreover, during the continuous battle, his Tachi became more and more proficient.

"You've become much stronger... It's not just that pair of Mangekyo, or perhaps you were always hiding before?" After another clash, perhaps because tonight was the night of Konoha's extermination of the Uchiha Clan, or perhaps because of the death of his parents at his own hands, Itachi, who was deeply moved, spoke a few more words than usual.

"Heh, what do you think? As for you, Itachi... you're the one who's been hiding all along, aren't you? You traitor of the Uchiha Clan."

There's a traitor among us... cough

"What do you understand? What do you know? Do you know how many civilians would die if the Uchiha rebelled? Do you know that the Uchiha Clan's rebellion would trigger a war? All because of your selfishness, because of your ambition!" Itachi's eyes flashed with anger.

"Oh? By your logic, the civilians of Konoha are civilians, but our ordinary Uchiha clan members are not? Look at what you've done? If you think we caused the war and disrupted Konoha's peace, then just kill those of us who awakened our eyes. You know, not all of our clan members agreed with our actions. But did these guys you brought spare our innocent ordinary clan members? This is simply indiscriminate slaughter!"

"To avoid hatred, I did this for peace, to avoid war."

"Ridiculous. Don't talk as if you're so selfless. You didn't even spare our ordinary clan members. Why did you spare your brother?"

"That's none of your business! Sasuke is innocent!"

"What about our other innocent clan members? The infants waiting to be fed, the clan members who didn't awaken their eyes and weren't even involved in this incident? Did you ever think they were innocent too?"

Although the Uchiha Clan's affairs had nothing to do with Meruem, he was still speechless at Itachi's illogical reasoning.

He didn't know why a strange anger suddenly rose in his heart. Was this the last emotion the owner of this body could leave behind? Because of Itachi's words just now.

Of course, Meruem understood even more clearly that even if Itachi had spared the ordinary Uchiha clan members, Konoha wouldn't have. Itachi simply chose the village over the clan.

As for the so-called peace? The so-called civilians? Bullshit, that was just psychological comfort.

"Hypocritical. Actually, you and we are the same, ruthless and selfish butchers who stop at nothing. Don't talk about being selfless. You killed the parents who gave birth to and raised you, which is considered unfilial; you betrayed the entire clan and sold it out to Konoha, which is considered disloyal; you brought disaster to those innocent clan members, which is considered heartless; you killed your blood relatives and friends, which is considered unjust. You, a disloyal, unfilial, heartless, and unjust person, what right do you have to say that we brought the war?"

"Do you know? The Uchiha didn't want to start a war, but look at what Konoha did, marginalizing the Uchiha Clan, little by little encroaching upon the Uchiha Clan. Think about the Uchiha decades ago, the largest clan in Konoha, with thousands, even tens of thousands of members. And now? For a little survival, just for a little resource. Ambition? We just wanted our clan members to live a little better."

"Do you know why Konoha is so targeting the Uchiha? You don't, do you? This has been implemented since the Second Hokage, because Tobirama Senju was afraid. He was afraid that another Uchiha Madara would appear in the Uchiha Clan! Or rather, he was just jealous of the Uchiha Clan's talent."

"What about for peace? He just thinks our Uchiha Clan is evil. But what is evil? What is justice? Why is he just, and our Uchiha Clan can only be evil?"

When it came to talking, this wasn't Meruem's specialty. However, remembering some things about Netero's insistence on eradicating the Chimera Ants in the Hunter world, coupled with the residual emotions of the previous owner of this body, he was a little agitated.

"If you are truly so selfless, then kill your brother! Because once he knows the truth, he will definitely choose to destroy Konoha. If you can't do it, then I will." After saying that, Sasaki put away the Tachi in his hand and was about to walk out.

"I will never allow you to do that—Amaterasu!" Black flames, filled with an ominous aura. One of the signature techniques of Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyo, the evil fire that burns everything relentlessly, Amaterasu.

"I knew you would sneak attack. Shatter!" Sasaki's left eye glared at the black flames coming towards him, but the black flames had no other reaction except shrinking a little.

"Damn it, compared to the power of a properly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan, this Mangekyo awakened by squeezing potential is still a bit lacking."

"Then freeze it for me! Absolute Zero Flame of Death!" White flames spewed out from Sasaki's right eye. As soon as the white flames met the black flames, they instantly froze them.

But Meruem, who was controlling Sasaki, could feel that the black Amaterasu flames had not been extinguished, they were just temporarily unable to burn.

"Shatter!" There was no other way, Sasaki could only use the ability of his left eye again, and this time he finally extinguished the black flames.

"It took two abilities to finally get rid of one Amaterasu. Although they are both Mangekyo, the abilities are still far apart."

In terms of taijutsu, Itachi is not my opponent, but in terms of abilities, Itachi is stronger than me.

"Tsukuyomi!" Just then, Itachi activated the ability of his other Mangekyo against Sasaki, the ultimate time genjutsu, Tsukuyomi Space.

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