Black flames spread across Chiya's chest in an instant.
Amaterasu!
The strongest physical attack in the Naruto World-once it caught its target, it would never go out until that target was burned to nothing.
Watching the black flames engulf Chiya, Uchiha Itachi impassively covered his right eye, his brows knitting slightly at the faint sting.
"It's over."
Itachi murmured, "There were a few surprises, but before the Mangekyō, they mean nothing."
Strangely, the figure bathed in black flames didn't scream. Instead, he burst into crazed laughter.
"Hahahaha! This is Amaterasu? This is the visual jutsu you're so proud of?"
"It's not hot enough! Not nearly hot enough, Itachi!"
Chiya sharply shook Ryūjin Jakka in his hand.
"Fire Rejection!"
Boom!
An overpowering burst of golden-red flames erupted from the blade, instantly forming a ring of repulsive fire around Chiya.
The black flames of Amaterasu, said to "never go out," were blasted away by Ryūjin Jakka's explosive flames!
Black embers scattered across the ground, burning deep pits into the earth, while Chiya stood unharmed. Not even the hem of his clothes was damaged.
"How is that possible?!"
Amaterasu was repelled?
No, it wasn't just repelled-it was overwhelmed by flames at an even higher temperature!
"You want to play with fire? Before Ryūjin Jakka, your Uchiha Clan's Fire Release is nothing but a puff of smoke!"
The ground beneath Chiya had already turned to scorched earth. He stamped down hard and shot into the air.
"Now it's my turn!"
"Nadegiri!"
Gripping his sword with both hands, Chiya swung through the air.
A slash of flaming sword energy instantly hurtled toward Itachi atop the utility pole.
Fast! Far too fast!
The heat warped the air, blurring everything in sight.
Itachi activated Susanoo's initial form, and ribs of red chakra had only just appeared.
Crack!
The flaming slash tore straight through, easily severing the Susanoo ribs that supposedly provided an absolute defense!
"Tsukuyomi!"
At the last possible moment, Itachi's left eye spun frantically as he tried to drag Chiya into a mental realm.
But Chiya neither dodged nor retreated, his eyes still brimming with killing intent.
"System! Break it!"
With Kage Level reiatsu and the system's support, Chiya's mind was already an impregnable fortress.
The instant Tsukuyomi's mental invasion touched Chiya's sea of consciousness, his savage will to slaughter shattered it.
"Urgh!"
The illusion rebounded!
Itachi grunted, bloody tears streaming from his eyes as his vision blurred.
In that instant of paralysis, Chiya was already upon him.
The scorching blade reflected in Itachi's terrified pupils.
"In your next life, stop obsessing over your little brother. Be a decent human being!"
Grinning savagely, Chiya brought his blade down.
Shhk-!
A head flew into the air. Before the warm blood could spray out, Ryūjin Jakka's heat vaporized it into a bloody mist.
Uchiha Itachi, the "God Itachi" praised by countless Naruto fans, was beheaded by a single stroke from Chiya at the very beginning of the massacre night!
His lifeless body fell, slamming heavily into the ground.
Those Mangekyō Sharingan still held the shock and confusion of his final moments.
Chiya landed and let out a long, stale breath.
That felt good!
So fucking good!
The fear that had weighed on him for so long vanished with that single stroke.
At the same time, the system's notification sounded-
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on killing the S-Rank Rogue Ninja Uchiha Itachi!] [Activating Plunder skill...] [Congratulations, host! Plunder successful! Acquired: Mangekyō Sharingan (both eyes)!] [Congratulations, host! Plunder successful! Acquired: Asura Chakra (trace amount)!] [Congratulations, host! Plunder successful! Acquired ninjutsu: Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo (divine artifacts: Totsuka Blade, Yata Mirror)!]
A cool surge of energy instantly flowed into Chiya's eyes.
His pitch-black pupils turned red in an instant. One tomoe, two, three... Then they rapidly spun and joined together, forming an intricate pattern-the Mangekyō unique to Chiya!
The world became clearer to him than ever before.
And because he had plundered the full ocular power, he suffered none of the Mangekyō's blinding side effects!
"So this is... what power feels like."
Chiya clenched his fists, feeling the chakra surging within him.
Just then, a flurry of rushing sounds came from the surrounding darkness.
Dozens of masked figures landed around the ruins, surrounding Chiya.
They were Root ninja.
The captain leading them stared at the headless corpse on the ground, his eyes beneath his mask filled with disbelief and horror.
"That's... Uchiha Itachi?"
"He actually killed Uchiha Itachi?!"
"Impossible! The intelligence never mentioned anyone this powerful in the Uchiha Clan!"
The Root ninja fell into disarray. In Lord Danzo's plan, Uchiha Itachi was the sharpest blade. Now that blade had snapped-how were they supposed to fight?
"Report to Lord Danzo! Uchiha Itachi is confirmed dead! Target: Chiya Uchiha. Threat level... extremely dangerous!"
A Root ninja bellowed into his radio.
At the center of the ruins, Chiya slowly turned, his scarlet Mangekyō coldly sweeping over Konoha's lapdogs.
Ryūjin Jakka blazed in his hand once more, stretching his shadow far behind him.
"Danzo's dogs..."
"Since you're here, none of you are leaving."
"Perfect. My Mangekyō just awakened. I could use a few sacrifices to celebrate."
Chiya's mouth split into a grin, revealing stark white teeth. That smile sent a bone-deep chill through every Root ninja.
"Kill him!!" the Root squad captain ordered sharply.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!"
"Fire Release: Great Flame Technique!"
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
Dozens of ninjutsu attacks bombarded Chiya from every direction.
Rather than retreat, Chiya advanced. A red skeletal frame instantly rose around him-Susanoo!
But this Susanoo was different from Itachi's. In its hand, it held a long flaming sword formed from chakra, mirroring the Ryūjin Jakka in Chiya's hand.
"If Konoha has no place for the Uchiha, then Konoha might as well be destroyed!"
Laughing wildly, Chiya commanded Susanoo to swing its sword.
"That's... the direction of Danzo's hideout, isn't it?"
"You're next, Danzo!"
"Wash your neck and get your Sharingan and Wood Release Cells ready for me!"
The Nightmare of Konoha had only just begun.
In the distance, Itachi's corpse seemed to twitch before a dark figure swept it away...
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