In Kaguya's alternate dimension, a vast and barren land stretched endlessly beneath a dim sky, radiating an ancient and oppressive aura.
At the center of this wasteland stood a colossal stone palace, its walls carved with intricate, timeworn patterns glowing faintly with residual chakra.
Around it, tall, pale-white humanoid creatures patrolled—the unmistakable White Zetsu.
"I didn't expect to find White Zetsu here," Sasuke muttered, cloaked in his dark robe as he silently observed from the shadows.
In the next instant, his figure flickered and vanished. When he reappeared before the White Zetsu patrols, his left eye shimmered with a deep, ominous purple light.
"Amaterasu!"
Black flames erupted from his gaze, instantly engulfing the White Zetsu.
Their agonized screams echoed briefly before their bodies disintegrated into smoke and vanished into the air.
Once the last of them was gone, Sasuke lowered his arm and began walking toward the massive stone palace.
But before he could take another step, he noticed movement in the sky.
A white clay bird soared toward him, carrying a familiar figure.
"Sasuke!" Deidara shouted from above, riding his clay creation.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "That outfit… Akatsuki? Deidara? Impossible. You're supposed to be dead. Edo Tensei… someone revived you."
Deidara grinned maniacally and stuffed a large amount of clay into the mouth on his chest, which began to writhe and swallow greedily.
"Don't tell me—he's planning to blow himself up again," Sasuke thought grimly.
"Art is…" Deidara roared, leaping off the clay bird as his body swelled like a bomb ready to explode.
"Explosion!"
But before the detonation could occur, Sasuke's body blurred.
In the next instant, he appeared right in front of Deidara. The Kusanagi Sword in his hand was now coated in brilliant lightning.
"Chidori Sharp Spear!"
The lightning sword pierced through Deidara's expanding chakra sphere, tearing it apart with blinding force.
The blast never came—Deidara's body disintegrated and reformed a few meters away.
"Damn it! Rinnegan ability?" Deidara spat angrily.
"Deidara, who used Edo Tensei on you?" Sasuke demanded coldly.
"Hah! You wouldn't understand art anyway, you bastard!" Deidara cackled. "But don't worry, you'll meet plenty of people you didn't expect soon. Hahaha!"
Sasuke's expression darkened. "Others…? Could it be—Itachi?"
Before he could react further, nine figures wearing Akatsuki cloaks appeared in the distance.
Sasuke froze, his eyes widening as the chakra signatures reached him.
"Itachi… Father… Shisui…!" His voice trembled. "Who did this?!"
"Universal Pull!"
Nagato raised his hand, dragging Deidara's reformed body back with an invisible force.
"It's useless to waste your energy, Deidara," Sasori said flatly. "Your art isn't impressive anymore."
"Tch! You'd die in seconds too, puppet bastard!" Deidara barked back, clearly irritated.
Meanwhile, Fugaku stepped forward, his gaze filled with pride and melancholy. "Sasuke… you've grown."
"Father…" Sasuke whispered, torn between disbelief and emotion.
Kisame shifted Samehada on his shoulder. "Should we start, Nagato?"
"No need to rush," Nagato replied calmly. "Let them have their reunion first."
Sasuke clenched his fists. "Father… who revived you? Orochimaru? Kabuto?"
"Sorry, Sasuke," Fugaku said softly. "We'll talk later. Right now, we need your Rinnegan."
"My Rinnegan?" Sasuke's voice turned sharp. "So it is Orochimaru!"
"Enough talk," Itachi interrupted. "Sasuke… show us your strength."
"Big Brother…"
"Sorry, Sasuke," Shisui added quietly.
"Then let's begin," Fugaku declared.
"Universal Pull!" Nagato activated his Rinnegan once more, attempting to drag Sasuke toward him.
But Sasuke's body vanished in a flash of lightning.
"Too slow."
The next moment, his Chidori-cloaked figure appeared behind Deidara. Lightning flashed—and Deidara's body was sliced in half again, scattering like shredded paper.
Before Hidan could even react, Sasuke blurred once more—his sword cutting through the air.
"Damn it! My head flew off again! I didn't even attack yet!" Hidan shouted, his decapitated head rolling across the ground.
"Sasuke's power is beyond what we expected," Itachi said grimly. "Everyone—use your Susanoo! Drain his Chakra and eye power as much as possible!"
"Understood!" Shisui responded.
Two colossal figures rose instantly—Itachi's crimson Susanoo and Shisui's emerald one. Their blades swung down in perfect unison, unleashing massive waves of destructive chakra.
Kisame, Konan, Nagato, Sasori, and Kakuzu followed with their own attacks, filling the battlefield with a storm of deadly techniques.
Sasuke stood firm. "Susanoo!"
A blinding purple aura erupted around him as his Complete Body Susanoo formed—towering, armored, and wreathed in tangible flames.
The combined attacks struck, but his Susanoo endured them all, unyielding like a mountain.
"Damn! It's huge!" Deidara gasped, watching in disbelief.
"Earth Creation of All Things!" Nagato shouted, raising a black sphere toward the sky. The ground cracked open as gravitational forces tore the battlefield apart.
Even Sasuke's Susanoo was pulled upward, straining against the force.
Unfazed, Sasuke expanded his Susanoo's form even further—into a colossal samurai-like warrior. Its sword gleamed with condensed chakra as he swung it down.
The sword's slash collided with Nagato's gravitational core, igniting the sky with blinding white light.
"You've grown strong, Sasuke," Itachi said quietly. "But this battle isn't over."
Suddenly, a brilliant blue slash tore through the battlefield, splitting the earth apart. Dust and debris flew as the ground cracked open like a canyon.
Sasuke raised his sword just in time, blocking the massive energy wave.
When the light faded, he looked up—and froze.
Standing across the battlefield was another towering Susanoo, glowing blue.
"Complete Body Susanoo… that's—Madara Uchiha! How is that possible?!"
Before Sasuke could recover, the earth quaked again. A colossal wooden giant emerged beside Madara's Susanoo, its wooden fists clenched tight.
Sasuke's eyes widened as realization dawned.
"Damn it… Hashirama too?!"
The battle had just reached a level even he hadn't anticipated.
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