The secret chamber shattered completely, sending rubble flying everywhere.
Sasuke and Orochimaru fought to the death. Years of scheming, three years of keeping each other in check, and the grudges between master and student would all be settled in today's battle.
Orochimaru knew the full extent of Sasuke's abilities and had long since prepared countermeasures.
Orochimaru transformed into a snake, drawing on years of combat experience to fight Sasuke while continuously releasing toxins from his serpentine body.
The toxins permeated the air, seeping into every opening.
After several exchanges, Sasuke seemed not to have noticed. In an instant, his limbs went numb, his chakra grew sluggish, and his body stiffened!
"Hahaha! Sasuke, did you think three years of growth would let you turn the tables on me?"
"Don't forget, I taught you. I know every trick you have better than you do."
"I've roamed the shinobi world for half my life. Fighting head-on has never been my greatest strength!"
Orochimaru moved like a phantom, countless white snakes coiling around him, his eyes filled with the crazed amusement of someone certain of victory.
Seeing Sasuke's rigid body and drastically weakened fighting strength, he stopped delaying and unleashed his ultimate forbidden technique!
Living Corpse Reincarnation!
A reincarnation barrier instantly spread out in all directions, its chilling soul power violently restraining Sasuke's body.
Orochimaru shed his physical form, becoming a writhing mass of deathly pale serpentine shadows. With an overwhelming suction that threatened to devour everything, he lunged viciously at Sasuke!
He intended to seize this Uchiha body he considered perfect while Sasuke was poisoned and weakened!
Since Sasuke refused to have children and even wanted to resist him...
There was no helping it. He would just have to do it himself.
After three years of waiting, his wish would finally be fulfilled today!
But in the very next second!
At the center of the battlefield, just as his body was about to be taken over, Sasuke's eyes suddenly blazed scarlet!
Activate-!
Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
Uchiha ocular techniques were highly effective against genjutsu, soul techniques, and similar Secret Techniques!
Living Corpse Reincarnation, the technique Orochimaru relied on for eternal life, was essentially soul transference—a Secret Technique for stealing bodies. But Orochimaru had already reincarnated many times.
His soul was far too weakened...
Before Sasuke's special Sharingan Eye Power, he was no more than an ant!
"What?!"
Orochimaru's serpentine shadow froze, disbelief written all over his face.
His—his invading soul was actually being forcibly suppressed by Sasuke's three-tomoe Eye Power!
The raging Eye Power trapped his soul like an inescapable net!
"Impossible! How could a mere three-tomoe Sharingan break my Living Corpse Reincarnation?!"
Orochimaru roared in terror.
Someone had actually broken his technique through sheer force!
But Sasuke's expression remained cold, his gaze indifferent. He held absolute control.
The reincarnation technique originally meant to let Orochimaru devour Sasuke was forcibly rewritten!
It erupted in reverse!
Orochimaru's soul, chakra, and everything he had built up were forcibly drawn into Sasuke's body, devoured and absorbed!
"No-!!"
Orochimaru let out a desperate roar and struggled frantically, but the Eye Power pinned him down, leaving him unable to move.
He had schemed against Sasuke, laying his plans for three years in the hope of claiming an Uchiha body for himself.
In the end, the Sasuke he had personally raised had shattered his Secret Technique of immortality!
"This isn't how it was supposed to go."
"No, this isn't the end!"
"I will return!"
With one final shriek, Orochimaru was gone!
Sasuke stood alone amid the shattered ruins.
His chakra slowly settled, and the toxins in his body had already dissipated.
He slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his presence was steady.
Without hesitation, Sasuke began searching the room for spoils.
Outside the Sky Screen, the entire shinobi world fell silent for a second before exploding into an uproar!
"A reversal! A complete reversal!!"
"Sasuke was at a disadvantage from the poison, but he forcibly broke the reincarnation technique with his three-tomoe Sharingan and devoured Orochimaru instead!"
"My god! Is this the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan? It actually turned the tables and suppressed Orochimaru, one of the Sannin!"
"Orochimaru spent his entire life scheming, only to raise the very nemesis who killed him!"
"That was so satisfying! A lifetime of sinister schemes, only to die by his own forbidden technique!"
At the Akatsuki Base, Uchiha Itachi's tense body finally relaxed, and the killing intent in his eyes slowly faded.
He silently watched his younger brother standing composed within the Sky Screen, complex emotions churning in his eyes.
The foolish, weak Sasuke he remembered had grown so quickly after three years with Orochimaru.
"But now that all of this has been exposed, the future will change."
Uchiha Itachi's expression darkened. He hated this feeling of things slipping beyond his control.
The Konoha Ninja Academy was utterly silent.
All the young students stared wide-eyed at the Sky Screen hanging high above them, their faces full of disbelief.
By now, they all knew who Orochimaru was.
He was one of the legendary Sannin!
He was a direct disciple of the Third Hokage!
He was a terrifying figure who roamed the shinobi world, mastered countless forbidden techniques, and inspired fear in all Five Great Shinobi Villages!
Yet such a frighteningly powerful figure had actually been killed by the future Sasuke Uchiha when he tried to take him down!
Shock surged through the entire class, and gasps rang out one after another.
"Orochimaru... was actually killed by that kid Sasuke?!"
"The future Sasuke is really that strong? That's ridiculous. I feel like I could do it too!"
"Exactly! How could he get that strong in just a few years? Was he cheating?"
Shock, envy, jealousy, and awe mingled in every child's heart.
Sakura Haruno stared blankly at the cold, stern boy in the Sky Screen. Her eyes instantly sparkled, brimming with admiration and pride she couldn't hide.
Inside, she was already screaming, I knew it! That's the man I fell for!
Wherever he goes, he'll always be the most dazzling one!
But that fervent admiration lasted only a moment before giving way to deep disappointment.
Sakura frowned slightly, her heart filled with conflict and wistfulness.
She couldn't help thinking regretfully, Actually, Sasuke could listen to Orochimaru about a few things...
Beside her, Naruto Uzumaki let out a long breath, his chest rising and falling slightly. His eyes remained fixed on Sasuke in the Sky Screen, and he clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned faintly white.
He didn't know when it had started, but every time he saw Sasuke, a strange, indescribable feeling rose in his heart.
There was frustration, concern, and a flutter that came from deep within.
He didn't know why, but no matter what, he absolutely, absolutely could not lose to Sasuke!
Meanwhile, Sasuke Uchiha watched impassively as his future self rummaged through drawers and cupboards in the Sky Screen, eager to inherit Orochimaru's possessions.
He quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as I thought.
The Uchiha are the strongest.
The Sharingan is the strongest.
So what if he was Orochimaru?
In the end, he still lost to the Uchiha's Sharingan.
Sasuke's expression didn't change in the slightest as he felt his classmates' gazes upon him, filled with shock, envy, jealousy, and awe.
Then Sasuke tilted his head slightly and let out a very soft, dismissive snort.
And then...
A group of girls flushed bright red, stars in their eyes. Unable to hold back any longer, they began screaming, their gazes filled with infatuation!
So handsome!
"Sasuke!"
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