The Mangekyō Sharingan and the Stand are very similar.
They are both the desires and obsessions in the heart, highly condensed within the subconscious domain. After forming into a gigantic existence, they appear in the real world as a projection of the mind.
Uchiha Itachi, who lived during a time when his clan was in crisis, because he longed to use his own power to create a wonderful world where everyone could live in harmony, he obtained the ultimate illusion just below Kotoamatsukami, Tsukuyomi.
And because he clearly understood that the above beauty only existed within illusions, Itachi's other eye was the Amaterasu black flames that longed to destroy and burn everything.
He wanted to create new life from the ashes.
This was Itachi's belief.
This also explains why he supported Nagato's Tailed Beast weapon plan back then.
As for Uchiha Fugaku, he was an extremely contradictory person.
On one hand, he was a member of the Uchiha clan, he was the backbone and elite when he was young, and after he grew older, he became the clan leader.
On the other hand, he was a husband and father.
A third aspect, he was a ninja of Konoha.
Clan, family, village, ever since Uchiha Fugaku was born, the three were entangled with one another. Loyalty, filial piety, justice, impossible to balance.
Different from Itachi, who either created a world of illusion or destroyed everything.
Uchiha Fugaku desired to walk out a narrow and winding path in the midst of chaotic conflict of interests, a path where everyone could survive.
Therefore, Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan was named, "Tentaigyōmei"
This was a Mangekyō ability that nobody had ever known. Only Uchiha Itachi had personally witnessed it once, on the eve when Fugaku decided to launch a coup.
Its ability was, a "deduction" that was close to foresight.
Once Tentaigyōmei was cast on a designated target, it could obtain a large amount of information fragments related to the target from the void.
Tentaigyōmei would filter and deduce these information fragments, thereby forming a "prediction" of the future.
Fugaku used these eyes to look at himself, look at the clan, and look at the Third Hokage.
In his predictions, the clan's coup could succeed.
But the only thing he didn't look at, was his own son.
Yes, how could a father treat his son as an imaginary enemy?
It was this neglect that gave Uchiha Itachi the chance to massacre the clan, until Fugaku saw Itachi holding a blade standing before him.
He looked at Uchiha Itachi for the first time.
Tentaigyōmei saw the destruction of the Uchiha clan, and there was no second road to take.
So, he chose to entrust everything to Itachi, and walked toward death together with his wife.
Otherwise, with both having Mangekyō, if Fugaku and Itachi put on a full stance and fought a real battle with real blades, who would win and who would lose, truly hard to say.
When applied in daily life, Tentaigyōmei's ability was like fortune-telling deduction. Applied on the battlefield, it was almost omniscient battlefield prediction.
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Uchiha Itachi did not look at the falling golden sand spikes. He stepped out, calmly weaving through them, no golden sand could touch his body.
"What?!"
This was the first time Rasa had encountered such a situation.
Itachi said softly, "All your actions, the next step, the step after that… are all under my control."
"Having my father's eyes, I am invincible."
Uchiha Itachi flashed forward to attack, a kunai spinning in his hand, then gripped in reverse, swinging toward Rasa.
There was still more than a meter between the kunai and Rasa. Normally, it was impossible to reach.
But Rasa's instinct from years of battle detected danger.
He waved his hand to set up a gold sand defense, and he didn't fully trust the sand barrier. He pressed Gaara's head down, both of them bending to evade.
Almost at the same time, a massive orange-red arm extended from the tip of the kunai Itachi swung.
Armor on the arm glinted with a chilling shine. In its hand, it held a long sword burning with fierce flames.
Totsuka Blade.
Uchiha Itachi had no intention of probing.
He already had information on Rasa and Gaara long ago. The longer he delayed, the more dangerous Itachi would be.
Uchiha Itachi unleashed his strongest battle stance right from the start.
Zzraaah!
The gold sand defense barrier was torn apart by the Totsuka Blade.
If Rasa's dodge was slower by half a beat, he and Gaara would already be ripped open, cut into two halves at the waist.
They dodged, but the fleeing civilians didn't.
With Itachi's full swing, the Totsuka Blade stretched nearly a hundred meters long. With a flash of sword light, houses on two surrounding streets collapsed with a loud boom. Thousands of innocent civilians fell beneath the ruins and pools of blood, letting out painful screams.
"You motherfucker!"
Rasa cursed angrily and was about to counterattack.
Suddenly, a violent wind roared from above.
The overwhelming pressure of wind made Rasa unable to breathe. When he looked up, an enormous shield was smashing downward.
Yata Mirror.
The falling Yata Mirror shattered the gold sand floating in midair.
If it hit, Rasa would be crushed into minced flesh on the spot.
Rasa grabbed Gaara, looking left and right, searching for a way to dodge.
Everywhere he looked was pitch black.
He didn't know when, but Uchiha Itachi had opened his Amaterasu eye again. The pitch-black flames sealed all escape routes for Rasa.
Use the Totsuka Blade to force Rasa into defense.
Use Amaterasu flames to confine him.
Use the Yata Mirror to finish him off.
Against the Tentaigyōmei ability, even the experienced Rasa now looked like a newly recruited rookie, being forced step-by-step into a dead end.
"I told you, all your movements, in my eyes, are already 'the past.'"
Uchiha Itachi's expression was cold.
"What the hell are you yapping about!"
Rasa recalled all gold sand, forming the strongest barrier. At the same time, he grabbed Gaara's hand and spoke softly, quickly, "I'm going to use Earth Release in a moment to hide you underground. There's a city drainage system below. What you need to do is run, run as far as you can."
"I'll make a clone disguised as you and stall Itachi."
"Understand?"
The Yata Mirror was already above them. Rasa didn't have time to wait for Gaara to answer. He was just about to form seals to send him underground.
Gaara instead grabbed his father's wrist.
His young, timid eyes changed for the first time.
Gaara stepped forward, pulling his father behind him. His other small fist clenched tight, aimed at the falling Yata Mirror, and with all his strength, he punched.
BOOM!
Dust rose like a tidal wave, blocking everyone's vision.
A fierce storm from deep within the desert swept in, blowing away the dust, revealing two giant figures locked in a clash.
One-Tail Shukaku vs Susanoo.
Shukaku's fist smashed heavily into the Yata Mirror.
Two towering bodies nearly a hundred meters tall stood in the center of Koorin City. The terrifying chakra waves they released swept through the streets with the wind, causing everyone in the entire city to tremble.
Iwane Minamoto Masako stood on a rooftop, speaking to the "rats" who followed her, "You go evacuate the civilians immediately."
"Big Sis, what about you?"
She took a disc from her waist and tucked it into her chest. Her usually gentle eyes turned resolute.
"I'm going to support the battlefield."
Government Office Building.
Having just finished his meeting with Rasa not long ago, the strolling City Lord Shirakawa saw the two gigantic beings appear in the city center. He said to the adjutant beside him, "Hurry to my office, call for help!"
"Milord, what level of assistance?"
"The highest."
For rescue calls, from low to high, there are, surrounding ninja villages, annihilation army, sky battleship, etc. The higher the call level, the more reinforcements would come.
Only the highest level, there was only one person, Ryosuke.
"Understood!"
The adjutant was about to dash out when City Lord Shirakawa grabbed him, "Use my 'snack-buying direct line,' it'll save one minute."
Two minutes.
That was enough time for this intel to reach Kirigakure.
Seeing the disbelief in the adjutant's eyes, City Lord Shirakawa took a piece of preserved fruit from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth, "You didn't seriously think I spent so much effort installing a direct communication line just to secretly buy snacks from the Land of Water, right? Hurry!"
The adjutant nodded hard, biting the preserved fruit, rushing toward the city lord's office.