Naruto World, Konoha Village.
"That looks so painful!!!"
Naruto cried out, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead as he looked at Sasuke beside him with great concern.
Even through the screen, Naruto felt a stinging pain in his own eyes; one could only imagine how the 'actual' Sasuke felt.
"..."
To Naruto's surprise, however, Sasuke was staring at the multi-anime projection screen expressionlessly, as if he felt no pain at all.
"The Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?" Jiraiya looked at Itachi in the video, a strange light flashing in his eyes.
As a disciple of the Third Hokage and one of the Konoha Three Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya's knowledge was extensive.
The legendary Uchiha Madara possessed such eyes, and the power he held was incredibly formidable.
At that time, besides Senju Hashirama, the Kage of any Ninja village were no match for him.
It was such a powerful existence who, together with Senju Hashirama, quelled the chaotic times and created Konoha Village.
"Is it all just for power?" Jiraiya looked at the screaming Sasuke in the video and shook his head slightly; he didn't quite believe it.
If Uchiha Itachi had slaughtered the entire Uchiha Clan just to obtain the Eternal Mangekyo, that would be going too far.
However, there were many madmen in the Ninja World, and those who destroyed their families for power were not few.
But according to Jiraiya's intelligence, the former Uchiha Itachi was a Ninja who was dedicated to Konoha; after joining the Anbu, he had resolved countless issues.
For such a person to suddenly become a Rogue Ninja and slaughter his own clan made Jiraiya smell the scent of a conspiracy.
The truth behind this likely involved the Konoha Higher-Ups once again.
Magical Girl Illya World.
"Aaaaaah."
The cute Illya let out another wail, her reaction even more exaggerated as she covered both her eyes.
"...Would other people's brothers really do that?" Miyu was also quite shocked to see this, clearly unable to understand Itachi's actions.
In Miyu's impression, 'brother' was a very wonderful word.
Because her brother had sacrificed everything for her, ended the Holy Grail War alone, and sent her away from that nightmare-like world.
But now, Miyu saw the 'bond' between Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke.
Like Illya, she received a massive shock.
The relationship between these brothers truly astounded them.
Inside the video.
Sasuke's screams remained loud as Itachi expressionlessly withdrew his hand.
Sasuke covered his eye with his hand, blood spreading from his palm and dripping onto the ground.
Looking at the suffering Sasuke, Itachi spoke calmly: "That's why I told you—without the Mangekyo Sharingan, you can never defeat me, who possesses these eyes."
Sasuke gave no answer; his whole body trembled—not from fear.
The tremors came from the agony of having his eye gouged out.
With his one intact eye he stared at the blood on his hand, his face frozen in disbelief.
In a single instant, he'd lost a Sharingan?!
Watching him, Itachi said indifferently, "The other one is mine as well."
The moment those words hit him, Sasuke's face twisted in defiance. Dense black cursed seals erupted across his body; a fleshy wing burst from his back and slammed Itachi several steps away.
'So that's the power of the curse seal…' Uchiha Itachi narrowed his eyes at the massive wing, a bottle filled with yellow fluid appearing in his hand.
Pop—
With that soft sound, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan dropped into the bottle.
Itachi sealed it and said flatly, "This is the gulf between our strength, and also…"
The instant those words fell, another Uchiha Itachi materialized behind Sasuke.
He seized Sasuke from behind, pinning him in place, and finished the sentence: "…the gap between our ocular powers."
With Sasuke trapped again, the Itachi in front began walking toward him.
Each step made Sasuke's expression more contorted.
Finally, when Itachi stood before him and reached to claim his last eye—
the curse seals on Sasuke's body surged, converging into his remaining Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Thud! Two pythons exploded from Sasuke's torso, instantly killing the Itachi behind him.
At that instant the world flipped upside-down; color drained into a realm of gray.
Uchiha Itachi froze.
So did Uchiha Sasuke.
The entire world seemed to press the pause button, halting for a moment.
In that near-static world, Itachi looked genuinely shocked.
Crack!
Fissures spider-webbed across the gray world.
Crack! Crack! Crack! CRACK!!!
Like a dying dimension, the gray shattered away, replaced by the real world.
Sasuke stumbled out of that gray space, gasping on his knees, clearly wounded.
"That was quicker than expected," White Zetsu remarked from the ceiling, gazing down at Sasuke. "Looks like Itachi wins."
"Why?"
Black Zetsu was puzzled, not understanding White Zetsu's certainty.
"Because he's caught in Tsukuyomi—he can't move. He's at Itachi's mercy now."
Just as White Zetsu declared it, Itachi suddenly dropped to one knee.
"Huh?!" White Zetsu's face showed clear disbelief, as though this scene shouldn't exist.
Below, Itachi clutched his left eye in evident 'pain,' astonished. "You… broke my Tsukuyomi…"
As he spoke, Sasuke stood, a smug look flickering across his face.
"Strange—why isn't Sasuke down after Tsukuyomi?" White Zetsu was baffled; in every report, once Itachi unleashed Tsukuyomi,
everyone collapsed—even Akatsuki's top fighters.
"No," Black Zetsu rasped, seeing the truth. "He didn't get caught—he shattered Tsukuyomi."
"What?!" White Zetsu exclaimed. "A mere Sharingan user beating the Mangekyo Sharingan?"
"The Sharingan is only a Ninja's weapon," Black Zetsu explained coolly. "A weapon's strength depends on its wielder.
Even with a Kunai, a master can lose to a stone-thrower.
What matters is the gap in power—Sasuke's talent has surpassed Itachi's expectations."