The city of Gotham sprawled beneath crimson twilight, its streets crawling with shadows and whispers. From the tallest rooftop, Itachi Wayne surveyed it all. Nineteen years had passed since that night in Crime Alley, and everything had changed.
The boy who once watched his cousin leave for the world had become something else entirely.
A New Itachi
The System announced its latest evolution. After years of quests, missions, and relentless training, his template had reached perfection.
[System Update Complete – Itachi Uchiha: Full Mastery]Template Level: 100% IntegrationAge: 19 (Physical & Mental Prime)Bloodlines: Uchiha (Peak), Uzumaki (Enhanced Chakra Reserves)Eyes: Eternal Mangekyō SharinganAbilities Fully Integrated:
Sharingan Techniques: Mangekyō, Eternal Mangekyō, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo
Susanoo Weaponry: Totsuka Blade (Eternal Dream Sealing), Yata Mirror (Indestructible Adaptive Shield)
Flying Thunder God Mastery
Ninjutsu: Rasengan, Rasenshuriken, Chidori variants (Katana, Senbon, Sharp Spear), Kirin, Kagutsuchi Chidori, Double Suicide Decapitation Technique
Taijutsu & Swordsmanship: Uchiha Taijutsu Mastery, Uchiha Swordsmanship, Throwing Style
Elemental Affinities: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning – Max Level
Advanced Earth Techniques: Mud Wall, Lightweight Rock, Added-Weight Rock
Sealing Mastery: Basic Object Sealing, Basic Seal, Suppression Seal, Tailed Beast Sealing
Genjutsu Mastery: Hell Viewing, Shackling Stakes, Bringer of Darkness, False Surroundings, Subtle Suggestion, Coercion Sharingan
Sensory Abilities: Life Sensing, Negative Emotion Detection (several kilometers range)
System-Upgraded Strategy & Intelligence: Tactical Genius, Multi-Step Battle Prediction
Other Signature Powers: Spiraling Ring, Great Spiraling Ring
Itachi's chakra flowed like a river of fire and shadow, massive yet perfectly controlled, the Uzumaki lineage granting him reserves that dwarfed even Konoha's strongest shinobi. Every technique he had ever learned — every weapon, every elemental attack, every sealing method — was now second nature.
He closed his eyes briefly. The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan burned behind his eyelids, a crimson storm of clarity and power. The memories of the original Itachi fused seamlessly with his own experiences. He wasn't just replicating a life; he lived it, strategizing with the brilliance of a prodigy, feeling the burden of impossible choices, carrying both sorrow and resolve.
Susanoo Ascendant
The wind picked up as he extended his hands. A figure of pure chakra erupted around him: the Susanoo, towering and indestructible. The Totsuka Blade hung in one hand, gleaming with sealing power, and the Yata Mirror shimmered in the other, adapting to the world around it.
Every attack was nullified, every opponent trapped in an eternal nightmare should the blade strike. Itachi's red eyes glowed within the armored form, an unstoppable combination of offense and defense.
Master of All
Itachi tested himself briefly:
Rasenshuriken spun violently in his palm, slicing the air with ease.
Kirin struck in a flash of lightning, thunder shaking the rooftops.
Amaterasu flames licked silently along the edges of a distant alley, consuming nothing intentionally — yet ready to incinerate in a moment.
Sealing jutsu manifested around objects, rendering them inert in perfect form.
Even the most complex systems — multi-step genjutsu traps, chained elemental attacks, Susanoo-linked strategies — were effortless.
He was not just powerful. He was perfection incarnate, the peak of shinobi evolution, enhanced by the System, bloodlines, and decades of focused training.
A Shadow Over Gotham
Itachi's eyes scanned the city below. Gotham had grown darker, more dangerous — but it didn't matter. Nothing in this world could match him now. Not criminals, not assassins, not gods.
He whispered softly, almost to himself:
"Let them come. All of them. I am ready."
And in that moment, Gotham's skyline felt the presence of a force that was beyond human comprehension. A phantom in crimson eyes, a storm of fire, water, wind, and shadow.
Itachi Wayne had transcended.
The world — DC and beyond — had yet to see the full scope of what he could do.