"I can't let you leave."
[Might Guy, who had already opened the Eight Gates, said expressionlessly.]
"Is that so?"
["So..."]
Kisame Hoshigaki reluctantly stopped.
[Looking at Matt Kay.]
He took a deep breath.
["Water Release·Big Explosive Water Wave!!!"]
[boom--]
[In an instant.]
The surging waves crashed against it.
Matt Kay remained standing in the same spot.
[Faced with the overwhelming force of the water-based escape technique.]
[Completely without the slightest fear.]
[Next.]
Kisame Hoshigaki's eyes widened.
This guy...
[Then Might Guy was seen in the waves.]
But it remained completely still.
[Staring intently at Kisame Hoshigaki.]
Look closely.
[That water-based technique seemed completely unable to get close to Might Guy's body.]
[Upon approaching, they seemed to come into their own, lining up as if they were sentient.]
"How is that possible?"
This is the first time I've seen something like this.
Kisame Hoshigaki narrowed his eyes slightly.
[Whoosh—]
[At the moment the waves disappeared.]
He took a quick step.
The Samehada sword slung over his shoulder swung down in a slash.
[Bang--]
In an instant.
Kisame Hoshigaki only saw a flash of green light before his eyes.
Then, he was sent flying backwards.
[The Samehada sent out painful movements.]
Clearly, Samehada was kicked back.
[...]
On the other side.
[Inside the dense forest. ]
Itachi Uchiha stopped in his tracks.
He calmly removed the straw hat from his head.
[He slowly turned around.]
[Looking at Uchiha Sasuke standing on the tree behind him.]
My silly little brother~
[clatter--]
[The straw hat fell to the ground.]
The two brothers looked at each other silently.
No one spoke.
Beneath Itachi's expressionless face, however, lay a hint of relief.
It seems that all these years, my foolish little brother hasn't wasted his time.
[but. ]
It seems the hatred directed at me isn't enough.
The current situation is too peaceful.
So, let's see how far you've grown.
[Itachi Uchiha's mind stirred.]
Then his dark eyes turned crimson.
A scene involuntarily flashed through my mind.
Sasuke, who was under the influence of Tsukuyomi and witnessed the entire Uchiha clan massacre, only focused on the scene of a mere one-tomoe Sharingan.
"Don't disappoint me, my silly little brother~"
[Whoosh whoosh whoosh—]
[The three-tomoe Sharingan begins to rotate.]
In an instant, they were connected.
[Kaleidoscope Sharingan.]
[Tsukuyomi.]
[Buzz—]
Sasuke remained motionless, his gaze fixed intently on his older brother, whom he thought about day and night.
[See Itachi Uchiha awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan.]
Sasuke's lips curled slightly.
It was mockery, it was a cold laugh.
[The Tsukuyomi reading has arrived.]
This time.
[A different perspective.]
[The perspective has been changed to Itachi Uchiha's first-person view during the night of the Uchiha clan massacre.]
Gradually.
The coldness in Sasuke's eyes reached its peak.
[His eyes were bloodshot.]
[call out--]
Then.
Just when Itachi Uchiha thought he could increase his strength and break Sasuke down...
The Tsukuyomi world suddenly collapsed.
[A change finally appeared on Itachi Uchiha's usually expressionless face.]
He was somewhat incredulous.
This is the first time it has encountered such a situation.
[They actually managed to forcibly break free from Tsukuyomi?!]
[Sasuke...has he grown to this extent?!]
Even the night of the massacre of his clan couldn't break him emotionally.
Itachi Uchiha took two steps back.
The backlash from Tsukuyomi has arrived.
It covered its eyes, and its previously steady breathing became erratic.
[With one eye open, she looked at Sasuke, a figure both familiar and unfamiliar.]
"Hehehe...hahaha~!!!"
Sasuke suddenly smiled.
[As he laughed, he let out the maniacal laughter characteristic of the Uchiha clan.]
[Itachi Uchiha gradually recovered.]
[Slowly straighten up.]
The blood-stained hand slowly fell to its lower end.
"It seems you hate me even more than I thought."
"Sass, please."
Sasuke's smile slowly faded.
"Or have you forgotten everything that happened?" Itachi Uchiha asked calmly.
[Sasuke's forehead veins bulged.]
But the sound it emitted remained calm.
"I'll never forget it for a moment!"
"Did you know that, Itachi?!"
"I remember everything you did back then, you beast! I remember it all, it's etched into my mind, my bones, and my very soul!"
"So that I'll make you experience it all, no, a hundred times! A thousand times!"
Sasuke's dark eyes began to redden.
Soon, the three-tomoe Sharingan appeared.
Itachi Uchiha remained calm.
But soon, it unconsciously widened its eyes.
Even at the moment Tsukuyomi was interrupted.
It was already mentally prepared and had guessed it.
But, when the facts actually occur...
It still leaves it in disbelief.
[Whoosh whoosh whoosh—]
Sasuke's three-tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly.
They were connected very quickly.
[Kaleidoscope Sharingan.]
Sasuke raised his hand, pointing his thumb at his eye.
"Stop with your ridiculous tricks."
"That night, I watched it countless times, and dreamed about it countless times!"
"My eyes can now see through all illusions."
"Uchiha Itachi... no, you don't deserve that surname."
"Itachi, you damned beast!"
"I absolutely won't let you die, don't worry!"
"Even if you wanted to die, you couldn't!"
"Something rotten to the core!"
"I've imagined countless punishments to torment you."
"To avenge the countless Uchiha clan members!"
Sasuke closed his eyes.
A single tear slid down her cheek.
He raised his hand and wiped away his tears.
So... he can cry.
I thought I had cried all my tears out.
This scene.
It silenced countless people.
Sasuke certainly doesn't seem like a normal Uchiha.
Instead, they are more like normal people.
But that's precisely why.
He has a higher tolerance for stress.
They endured pain that others could hardly imagine.
They endured the pain day and night.
And because of his own weakness, he repeatedly cried from anger.
The moment I actually met Itachi Uchiha.
Sasuke, however, remained calm.
...
[The calmness in the face of Sasuke.]
[But Itachi Uchiha was not at peace.]
[Watching the purple chakra slowly emanating from Sasuke's body.]
Its breathing became rapid.
The facts are right in front of you!
"The Mangekyou Sharingan..."
"You've definitely exceeded my expectations."
"Sasuke."
"You've become stronger."
Itachi Uchiha closed his eyes.
["Is that so...? That's fine too."]
"Their hatred for me has reached this point... and it certainly deserves it."
"But now...it's not the time."