The night over Gotham was silent for the first time in days. The rooftops, alleys, and skyscrapers seemed to exhale collectively, sensing the end of a storm.
Itachi stood atop a cliff overlooking the city, crows swirling around him in a dark halo. His crimson eyes glowed faintly beneath his hood, reflecting the system's announcement with cold precision.
[Milestone Achieved: Main Protector of Gotham Defeated.][Template Completion: 100% — Itachi Uchiha.][Abilities Unlocked: Full Itachi Powers, Peak of the 4th Shinobi War Itachi, Forbidden Techniques: Izanagi and Izanami (usable once per month with full eye recovery), Mangekyō Sharingan mastery, Susanoo (Perfect Form), Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu.][Chakra Reserves: Doubled — now exceeding Super Kage level.][Combat Experience: Maximum, including ANBU, Jōnin, and warfield strategy.][System Unlock: Naruto Shop — purchase bloodlines, weapons, tools, and rare abilities using system points.][Next Template Available: Kakashi Hatake — Current Progress: 0%.]
Itachi exhaled, the weight of power settling comfortably on his shoulders. The path of the Uchiha had been completed. Every skill, every forbidden jutsu, every blade, and every illusion was now under his control.
He flexed his fingers experimentally. The Yata Mirror shimmered faintly, the Totsuka Blade seemed to hum with intent, and his Mangekyō Sharingan burned with limitless clarity. Even the forbidden jutsu, Izanagi and Izanami, whispered their power, waiting for the precise moment to be unleashed.
He was no longer just a child in a foreign city. He was a force beyond reckoning, capable of war, subterfuge, and domination on a scale few could even imagine. Gotham had tested him, and he had emerged unchallenged, victorious against its greatest defenders.
And yet…
Even as the city slept, Itachi's mind wandered to the system's next step: Kakashi Hatake.
Another template. Another life, another mind to inherit. The thought of new abilities stirred a quiet anticipation. This world, stitched together from animated series, comics, and movies, offered infinite challenges. And he would meet them all with a power beyond legend.
Itachi turned away from the city, crows scattering as he took flight.
"Kakashi," he whispered. "Let's see what you have to offer."
The system points gleamed faintly in his mind — the currency of his next evolution, the means to craft a path unrivaled by anyone in this world.
A new chapter of power, strategy, and conquest had begun.