"Your obsession with the Sharingan is truly insane, but..."
Inside the alternate space made of pale flesh, venomous snakes and tentacle-like strips of meat gradually coiled around Uchiha Itachi until only his head remained exposed. A hint of coldness appeared on his face.
"A snake crawling on the ground dares to covet an eagle soaring through the sky, ignorant of its own limits. The only fate awaiting that snake is to be torn to pieces."
A scarlet, ominous glow burst from his eyes, staining the pale lumps of flesh clinging to him like growths a red so dark it was nearly black.
The next second, the flesh crumbled away.
Not only that, a bloody light began spreading outward from beneath Uchiha Itachi's feet, like ink dropped into clear water.
The power of the Sharingan was eating away at this alternate space!
"Impossible! How could this happen?! This is my..."
Higuchi Orochi cried out in disbelief, a tremor of panic in its voice.
"I believe I told you before. All your ambitions and tricks are meaningless before these eyes."
Uchiha Itachi raised his right hand and gave a slight flick of the ring finger bearing the "Vermilion" ring. The alternate space shook, and the head of a giant beast made of red flesh rose from the ground.
"How is this possible? This is my alternate space! How can you control it?!"
The dragon-like, serpentine beast of flesh opened its jaws and bit down, swallowing Higuchi Orochi.
"No!!!"
Inside the office building in the real world, the self-detonation had smeared the walls and floor with a layer of foul-smelling red paint.
Amid the mangled scraps of flesh, a white venomous snake opened its mouth. A slime-covered, half-human, half-snake monster emerged from it and sprawled on the ground with a pained expression, violently