"How disappointing. After all this time, you still haven't improved at all," Itachi said coldly.
But what he actually thought was, Sasuke, you really have improved a lot.
After his initial shock, Sasuke suddenly became furious.
But with Itachi pinning him against the wall by the throat, he couldn't speak at all. Then, under that intense emotional stimulus, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan activated!
Seemingly not having expected Sasuke to have already awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, a flicker of surprise involuntarily crossed Itachi's eyes.
Unfortunately, Sasuke didn't notice.
"Are you... pretending I don't exist?"
At some point, Shinji had appeared behind Itachi, mercilessly sweeping the Kubikiribōchō across at him.
Flutter, flutter...
Itachi, who should have been decapitated by that slash, instantly turned into a flock of crows that scattered and flew away.
It was the Crow Clone Technique, one of Itachi's specialties!
"Cough... cough!"
Sliding down the wall, Sasuke immediately clutched his throat and coughed twice, then rushed toward the window without hesitation.
He stuck his head out and looked. Sure enough!
That man stood on the opposite rooftop, looking down at him.
That look again...
That same lofty look, as though he were staring at a lump of hopeless mud that wouldn't stick to a wall!
Sasuke felt blood rush to his head. Every scenario he had imagined for their reunion shattered, and all the questions he had prepared to confront him with flew out of his mind.
All he wanted now was to defeat that man!
Just as he was about to jump out the window, Shinji suddenly spoke. "Have you thought this through? As you are now, you can't possibly beat him. There's too big a gap between your levels. If you take this step, you'll probably get beaten pretty badly."
By then, Sasuke already had one foot on