At this moment, Sasuke recalled the time he had just become a Genin.
At that time, his goal was pure: besides restoring the glory of the Uchiha Clan, he wanted to kill Itachi—the man who had destroyed the Uchiha Clan.
Now, after so much time, Sasuke was no longer the naive boy he once was; he was now an avenger.
"Have we finally reached this stage?"
Sasuke looked at Uchiha Itachi and said coldly, "The moment to fulfill my goal!"
"It's as if you have seen me dead." Uchiha Itachi looked into Sasuke's eyes and spoke calmly, "But you cannot defeat me, who possesses the Mangekyo Sharingan."
"Regrettably, your goal can only end in an illusion."
"If you ask why, it is because you do not have the Mangekyo."
While Uchiha Itachi spoke, he quietly put on his Akatsuki Organization uniform; clearly, he was getting serious.
At this point, Sasuke couldn't be bothered to answer Itachi's words as he silently unwound the bandages on his hands.
Once he finished unwinding the bandages and tossed them aside, Sasuke stared at Itachi and said, "No matter how you use those eyes, I will use my hatred to turn illusion into reality."
"..."
Itachi didn't say a word, silently watching Sasuke with his Mangekyo Sharingan.
"And your reality," Sasuke stared into Itachi's Mangekyo, his tone dead serious, "is nothing but a dead end!"
The two brothers locked eyes.
Poof!
Accompanied by this sound, white mist erupted from the'Seal' character on Sasuke's wrist, and two shuriken appeared in his hands.
Swish swish swish—!!!
With the sound of breaking air, Sasuke threw the shuriken from his hands.
Not to be outdone, Uchiha Itachi also threw out shuriken.
Clang clang clang clang—!!!
Countless shuriken collided, sparks flying everywhere as the deflected shuriken fell all around them.
The offensives of both sides seemed evenly matched.
Once they had thrown all their shuriken, Sasuke immediately drew his kusanagi sword, intending to slash at Uchiha Itachi.
However, his movements had already been seen through by Uchiha Itachi.
Uchiha Itachi also rushed forward, grabbing Sasuke's hand to temporarily immobilize him.
The two were locked in a stalemate for a moment, then another Itachi appeared, jumping up with three Kunai in hand, ready to launch an attack on Sasuke.
!!!!!
Seeing this, Sasuke was exceptionally shocked, thinking to himself: 'He could still form the hand signs for a Shadow Clone during that clash...'
"..."
That Itachi slowly threw the Kunai from his hand.
Seeing this, the three-tomoe Cursed Seal on Sasuke's neck lit up, and a White Snake extended from his neck, knocking away the Kunai Itachi had thrown.
Clang clang clang—!!!
As the Kunai flew off, the White Snake opened its mouth and lunged to bite Itachi's hand.
However, Itachi proactively let go and quickly retreated backward, dodging the strike.
Seeing Itachi dodge, the White Snake returned to Sasuke's side, rapidly circling around him.
Poof!
With the appearance of white mist, the White Snake vanished, replaced by a fuma shuriken in Sasuke's hand.
Swish—!!!
Without a word, Sasuke threw the fuma shuriken.
Clang—!!!
Itachi used a Kunai to block the fuma shuriken.
Chirp chirp chirp chirp—!!!
Accompanied by the piercing sound of birds, electricity manifested on the fuma shuriken, enhancing its sharpness.
Crack!!!
After resisting for a moment, Itachi's Kunai was sliced through, and his left hand was also cut. He said in surprise, "Combining Chidori..."
Before Itachi could finish his sentence, this body of his turned into Crows and vanished.
Caw— caw— caw—!!!
Along with the cries of Crows, countless Crows swarmed Sasuke's face.
Sasuke seemed to see something, his pupils shrinking slightly.
Swish—!!
As if teleporting, Uchiha Itachi appeared in front of Sasuke and, without a word, kicked Sasuke in the abdomen, sending him flying.
Bang!!!
Sasuke was kicked away and crashed heavily against the wall. He wore a pained expression, then intended to use Chidori to continue his attack.
But Itachi's attack was too fast; he rushed up, reaching out to interrupt Sasuke's attack and pinning him down before delivering a punch to his stomach.
This left Sasuke temporarily unable to fight.
"Ha... ha..." Sasuke gasped for air.
Seeing this, Itachi slowly reached out his hand, placing it over Sasuke's eye as he said calmly, "Forgive me, Sasuke."
At that moment, Sasuke's Three-Tomoe Sharingan trembled; he was afraid, deeply afraid.
Then the camera focused on Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan, as he said calmly, "This is my reality. I'll be taking this light!"
Squeltch!
The sound of something being plucked out rang out.
AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
In the next instant, Sasuke's agonizing screams echoed incessantly.
Naruto World, Akatsuki Organization.
"Wow, Itachi... you're really ruthless."
At this point, Deidara felt that Itachi wasn't taking it easy. Although he didn't know if they were still in the illusion world, this move alone...
Even Deidara felt that it must be incredibly painful.
After all, judging by Sasuke's screams, Itachi's strike was exceptionally cruel, even though the next frame hadn't appeared yet.
But Deidara could already imagine Sasuke's Three-Tomoe Sharingan being ripped out.
This deepened Deidara's fear of Itachi; if this guy was so ruthless to his own brother, he would certainly be even more so to his enemies.
He decided to be more behaved lately and stop mocking or provoking Itachi for no reason.
"Hmph, should I say, as expected of Itachi?" Sasori watched Itachi's ruthless strike, his tone not showing much emotion.
If the biological brother didn't care about his own sibling, why should he care about Sasuke?
Sasori said calmly, "However, if it's just a Three-Tomoe, it seems that wouldn't be enough for you to awaken the Eternal Mangekyo, Itachi."
Sasori still remembered that Itachi needed Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan to awaken the Eternal Mangekyo.
If it only required a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, why didn't Itachi just gouge out his father's Sharingan and transplant it into himself?
"Perhaps Itachi has his own methods."
Black Zetsu spoke raspily, adding, "Moreover, the Itachi in the video seems to want to provoke Sasuke further, hoping to make him awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, though his method is a bit crude."
"..." Itachi looked up at Black Zetsu, then shifted his gaze, saying calmly, "Who knows."
Seeing Itachi's indifferent attitude, Black Zetsu gave a sinister laugh and said nothing more.
Because he knew very well why Itachi had joined the Akatsuki Organization.