"What do you want to do?" Uchiha Sasukae felt a little numb under Fujiwara Kirito's gaze. If possible, he really didn't want to face this ma
"What do you want to do?" Uchiha Sasukae felt a little numb under Fujiwara Kirito's gaze. If possible, he really didn't want to face this man.
But Uchiha Itachi was just ahead. He had worked hard for many years just to kill Itachi.
At this point, he had lost too much.
If possible, he didn't want to give up this opportunity.
"Don't worry. I said I won't interfere with the fight between you and Itachi, but..."
Sasukae wanted to cough up blood. What he feared most was when this guy said "but."
"After using the Mangekyō last time, you should already understand its side effects. The more you use it, the greater the burden on your body, and you'll also face the risk of blindness. I guess your eyesight has already declined quite a bit."
"So what?" Sasukae frowned, not knowing what Fujiwara Kirito was plotting.
"No matter what," Kirito walked up to Sasukae with a smirk on his face.
"What do you want to do?" Sasukae was completely panicked. He subconsciously wanted to retreat, but his vision went black.
By the time he reacted, Kirito's hand was already pressing down on his head.
Sasukae felt dizzy, and the six-pointed star-shaped Mangekyō silently regressed into a three-tomoe Sharingan.
It was not until Kirito let go that he regained consciousness. "What did you do to me?" Sasukae asked, breathing heavily out of fear.
Kirito replied, "Of course I helped you seal the Mangekyō. In your current state, the Mangekyō would only cause you to lose control, just like last time—because you relied on it too much and had almost no combat intelligence left."
"Besides, I'm curious. Can you kill Itachi without relying on the Mangekyō?"
"Itachi is inside now. Whether you want to go in or not is your decision."
Leaving that sentence, Kirito made a symbolic hand seal, and with a bang, smoke dispersed and he vanished on the spot.
When he appeared again, he was already inside the underground space of the Uchiha stronghold.
At that moment, Mikoto Uchiha seemed to have returned to the days when Itachi was a child, recounting her experiences over the years.
Sometimes, she talked about Itachi's childhood.
Itachi listened quietly, a gentle smile on his face the entire time.
Fujiwara Chika listened quietly as well, as if hearing a story, and curiously observed her half-brother.
From the conversation, Itachi learned that his mother had lived happily all these years.
Truly happy.
He felt much more at peace.
He fully accepted Kirito as his stepfather.
But the more Itachi accepted it, the sadder Mikoto became, recalling every detail of the past in her mind.
She deeply regretted not guiding her son down the right path, and that regret had pushed her to extremes.
At the same time, she forced Itachi to admit that he was terminally ill and didn't have much time left.
Seeing her elder son on the verge of dying at the hands of her younger son in order to atone for his sins, Mikoto, as a mother, was heartbroken.
Even Kirito didn't notice—tears were flowing from her eyes.
Mikoto didn't notice it, but Chika did. She affectionately threw herself into Kirito's arms, waking Mikoto from her sorrowful memories.
"I'm sorry, Kirito. I spoke too much," Mikoto wiped her tears, took a deep look at Itachi again, and forced a smile: "Sasukae should be here soon. Let's go back."
Kirito nodded and placed his other hand gently on Mikoto's shoulder. He asked softly, "Finally, is there anything else you want to say?"
Mikoto turned around, "Itachi, I'm glad I could see you again before the end."
With that, Kirito took Mikoto and Chika, and disappeared from the underground space.
At that moment, the footsteps of Uchiha Sasukae echoed from the dark corridor.
"Me too, mother." Itachi wiped his tears, sat back in his original place, wore a composed expression, and said to Sasukae in the corridor, "How far can your Sharingan see?"
"I saw the date of your death." Sasukae emerged from the darkness, his three-tomoe Sharingan locked onto Itachi.
After sending Mikoto and Chika back to the Hidden Rain Village, Kirito once again comforted Mikoto.
When he returned to the Uchiha base, the illusion duel between Itachi and Sasukae had already begun.
"Move aside, move aside." Kirito's body merged into the stone ceiling as he spoke to Zetsu, whose black and white face peeked out.
"Kirito," White Zetsu was shocked, "That's the Mayfly Technique! When did you get here?"
"Don't be mistaken. This isn't the Mayfly Technique—it's an advanced usage of earth-nature chakra transformation. Perfect for spectating."
Kirito smirked and asked knowingly, "By the way, where's Obito? Isn't he interested in such a dramatic fight?"
"Obito is intercepting Konoha's ninja now," Black Zetsu replied with a hoarse tone and wary expression.
Then White Zetsu added, "But it seems Obito's in serious trouble now."
"Oh? Is it my little apprentice?" Kirito pretended to sense something and spoke playfully.
"Yeah, that little girl is terrifying. She even forced Obito to use Izanagi. She's just as fierce as you were in your prime," White Zetsu said carelessly.
Black Zetsu grew worried that White Zetsu might spill too much and quickly yelled, "White Zetsu, shut up!"
While the two argued, the illusion duel between Itachi and Sasukae concluded.
The shuriken battle had begun.
"That's strange." Black Zetsu, playing war correspondent, commented.
"What's strange?" White Zetsu asked, puzzled.
"Until now, Sasuke hasn't used the Mangekyō Sharingan. Even when facing Itachi's Tsukuyomi, he didn't use it. Is it pride?" Black Zetsu questioned.
"That's incredible. To break Tsukuyomi without the Mangekyō—it seems this battle belongs to Sasuke," White Zetsu said, bragging without restraint.
Kirito had ignored them the whole time, simply observing the battle between the two Uchiha brothers below.
Perhaps the combat level had surpassed them too much—he suddenly felt a sense of boredom.
At that moment, Obito, who had been blocking Konoha's ninja, finally couldn't stand their relentless pressure under Chinatsu's command.
After realizing that no matter which resurrection point he picked, Chinatsu would detect it,
He used the weakest Konoha ninja as a breakthrough, and when Izanagi's time limit ended, escaped by sacrificing an arm.
To stop the ninja from interfering further with his plans, Obito, after escaping the encirclement, used Kamui to return to the Uchiha stronghold.
There, he set up a barrier around it—the Uchiha Flame Formation—to isolate the entire stronghold from the outside world.
(End of Chapter)
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