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"Itachi."
Izumi gazed at the boy's back and couldn't help but recall that night five years ago.
From that moment on, Izumi knew that Itachi had nearly lost his life, disregarding his own safety to protect Konoha.
Therefore, during the two years Itachi was in a coma, the girl's constant companionship and care wasn't simply due to her own affection for Itachi or the bond between companions.
More importantly, Izumi was caring for a hero who dedicatedly protected the village, yet remained virtually unknown.
Back then, Izumi was still young and hadn't considered the details.
But now, a ninja of considerable skill, she was amazed at how Itachi, then only five years old, could possess such incredible power.
However, Izumi, ever attentive, never questioned the answer to this question.
Simply knowing Itachi was Itachi, the person she knew, was enough.
"Ah… Damn you!"
Struggling violently, Manda glared at Itachi with venomous intent, its serpentine pupils gleaming with murderous intent.
Itachi glanced at Manda with his right eye, now bleeding from the effects of Amaterasu.
Amaterasu indeed possessed an inextinguishable quality, but Itachi knew that this level of black flame alone couldn't incinerate Manda.
Sasuke had once used Orochimaru's Oral Rebirth Technique, a technique similar to a snake shedding its skin, to dodge his Amaterasu.
Surely Manda could do the same.
"Bang!"
Immediately, a vast cloud of summoning smoke rose above the stream, and Manda vanished.
Of all the abilities Itachi possessed, Amaterasu was the one that could quickly and efficiently eliminate Manda.
With a swish, after Manda vanished, Itachi's gaze shifted to Orochimaru, and he vanished from the spot.
Orochimaru had never imagined that Manda could be so easily defeated.
So when Itachi lunged at him again, a look of deep shock crossed his handsome, overly pale face.
"What on earth was that black flame just now? This kid hasn't even formed a seal yet."
But even amidst his shock, Orochimaru continued to analyze.
As one of the Sannin, he'd certainly had access to a high level of intelligence in Konoha, but he'd never heard of the Uchiha clan possessing such a terrifying fire-style jutsu.
"The black flame wasn't spewed from his mout. It was created from thin air. It seems he just locked onto the snakes with his eyes."
Orochimaru gazed at the swiftly approaching Itachi and came to an even more shocking conclusion.
"Could that fire-style jutsu just now have been a dojutsu activated with his eyes?"
"How is that possible?!"
Orochimaru's pupils constricted.
A dojutsu activated solely with the eyes wouldn't be possible with the Sharingan in its normal form.
Only eyes higher than the three-magatama Sharingan, a form not seen in many Uchiha clans, could achieve this.
"Impossible! How could he possibly possess the Mangekyō Sharingan at such a young age!"
Orochimaru, holding the white-haired boy, retreated backwards, coming to a conclusion that almost overturned his own understanding.
With his current knowledge and perspective, he couldn't believe for a moment that Itachi, only ten years old, could possess the Mangekyō Sharingan, a rare sight in Uchiha history.
This wasn't simply a matter of talent!
However, the reality before him made it impossible for Orochimaru to disbelieve.
"Wow!"
Under the night sky, Itachi's eyes opened, the patterns within them trembling, and crimson chakra emanated from his body.
The crimson chakra formed a two-meter-tall, incomplete skeleton behind Itachi.
With a click, bones sprouted from the skeleton, forming a complete hand.
The hand rose and suddenly slapped Orochimaru.
"What!?"
Itachi's attack once again exceeded Orochimaru's expectations.
By the time he reacted, Susanoo's palm had appeared above him, crashing down.
"He actually used Susanoo directly! That's not like Itachi."
"He hasn't recovered from the chakra he consumed earlier," Shisui muttered.
While Orochimaru was agile, and the misty environment here affected his eye techniques, each use of Susanoo consumed a significant amount of chakra and eye power.
Even though Itachi's ten-year-old body had been transformed, he couldn't use Susanoo for very long.
However, given the current situation, Shisui could easily understand Itachi's decision to adopt such a combat style that went against his usual style.
Itachi harbored a strong desire to kill Orochimaru.
Besides Orochimaru being a traitor to Konoha, there was another, even more important reason for Itachi.
Shisui glanced at the pale-faced Izumi beside him.
Itachi hadn't mentioned it, but from Shisui's understanding and observation, he could clearly see the weight Izumi held in Itachi's heart.
He had always felt that Itachi wasn't someone who easily accepted feelings, especially those of the opposite sex.
But Izumi was different.
During the two years Itachi was in a coma, the girl had been by his side every day.
Itachi had said that, although he couldn't speak while in a coma, he was mostly conscious.
Two years of unwavering companionship, regardless of weather, could soften even steel.
Orochimaru was, after all, one of the Sannin, a top-tier ninja expert.
Despite the swiftness of Susanoo's attack, he had managed to escape before the crimson hand descended.
"Boom!"
The ground he had been standing on was struck hard, creating a massive crater.
With a resounding roar, the unconscious boy in Orochimaru's arms faltered, his eyes opening.
The boy looked even younger than Itachi and Izumi.
Although Orochimaru had dodged Itachi's attack, Itachi had used that time to close the distance.
Then, a crimson hand moved again, grabbing Orochimaru.
"Damn! How can this kid possess such terrifying power!"
Orochimaru gritted his teeth.
He still couldn't comprehend Itachi's inexplicable state, but in this state, he couldn't fight while protecting the white-haired boy.
Although the boy was a valuable test subject, facing the might of Itachi, he couldn't afford to care less.
Seeing the crimson hand approaching, Orochimaru threw the white-haired boy into the air without hesitation!
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"Orochimaru's test subject?"
Itachi manipulated Susanoo, changing its force.
A crimson chakra-filled hand gently grasped the white-haired boy Orochimaru had flung at him.
Orochimaru took advantage of this opening to step back, forming hand seals.
Susanoo quickly placed the white-haired boy behind Itachi.
Their eyes met for a moment.
"A member of the Kaguya clan?"
Itachi immediately recognized the boy's origins by his attire and the unusual chakra flow within him.
The Kaguya clan primarily practiced taijutsu, but due to their kekkei genkai passed down through generations, their chakra flow differed somewhat from that of ordinary people.
Itachi had recently battled members of the Kaguya clan.
The deserted village where Itachi had found Mitsumi Inoue and Ken Ishida must have belonged to the Kaguya clan.
He had determined this by the village's layout.
This white-haired boy must have been the one Orochimaru had brought from that village.
Itachi could see through his Mangekyō that, though the white-haired boy looked younger than him, his chakra was no less.
It was just that his chakra was weak right now, as if he were seriously ill.
"So that's why he didn't participate in the attack on Kirigakure?"
Itachi muttered.
Then, Itachi immediately turned his gaze.
Orochimaru's body was now filled with a vast amount of chakra.
He lay prone, chest pressed to the ground, mouth wide open.
"Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes!"
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"
From his mouth, a multitude of tiny snakes erupted at once, a dense hissing sound emanating, a terrifying effect.
"Same disgusting trick as always."
Itachi looked at Orochimaru, his expression impassive.
The dense torrent of snakes Orochimaru expelled instantly covered the ground in front of him.
Then, like a wave, the torrent surged upward, layer upon layer, enveloping Itachi.
The torrent of snakes surged, instantly covering both Itachi and the white-haired boy's heads.
"Trying to break down my defenses…"
Orochimaru had witnessed the power of Susanoo before, its strength seemingly impenetrable to ordinary ninjutsu, so he resorted to this technique, leaving Itachi defenseless.
Immediately afterwards, a wave of snakes surged down, completely enveloping Itachi and the other boy.
"Itachi!"
Across the stream, a pale-faced Izumi cried out in worry, watching this scene.
However, her strength had barely recovered, so her voice was muted.
"Don't worry, an attack of this magnitude won't do anything to Itachi," Shisui smiled at Izumi.
Amidst the dense tide of snakes, a bulge appeared.
No matter how the thin snakes covered it, they couldn't flatten it.
Buzz!
Gradually, a crimson light began to emanate from the dense mass of thin snakes.
"Boom!"
The next moment, accompanied by a resounding explosion, the entire area of thin snakes was swept away, and a massive crimson figure towered over the tide, completely shielding Itachi and the white-haired boy.
From the giant shadow, flesh-like structures rapidly grew, completely enveloping the skeletal Susanoo, transforming it into a samurai-like form.
The samurai raised his massive hand, and within his palm, dense chakra radiance surged once again, condensing into several massive, rapidly spinning magatama.
"Yasaka Magatama!"
Itachi locked his gaze with Orochimaru, and at the same time, the samurai Susanoo tossed the magatama in his hand.
The magatama spun, but Orochimaru's chakra had already weakened from the massive ninjutsu he had just performed, and he had no idea Itachi's power could surge to such a degree.
The crimson light in his golden, snake-like eyes shone rapidly.
In this critical moment, Orochimaru pressed his palms to the ground.
"Summoning: Triple Rashōmon!"
"Dong, dong, dong!"
A sudden clang of metal echoed from the ground before him, and a metal gate resembling a hideous ghost's face burst forth, appearing directly in front of the magatama.
"Bang!"
The magatama slammed into the gate with a resounding crash, bringing it crashing down.
Clearly, this single layer of defense couldn't stop Itachi's Yasaka Magatama.
But as the first gate collapsed, a second one appeared.
The pattern on that gate was equally terrifying and demonic.
The magatama landed on the gate a second time, pausing only to bring it down again.
A third gate emerged from the ground in front of Orochimaru, but before it could fully form, the crimson magatama swirled towards it.
The Triple Rashōmon deflected the magatama's trajectory and negated most of its power, but Orochimaru's reaction speed was now far slower than before after two powerful jutsu were used in quick succession.
"Bang!"
He was still struck by the magatama, his body splattered several meters along the ground before he could hear it.
"Cough cough…"
Orochimaru coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
At this moment, Itachi placed the white-haired boy where he was and manipulated Susanoo to follow.
Seeing this, Orochimaru suddenly transformed into a snake-like form, crawling along the ground and swiftly escaping into the distance.
"What a formidable fellow!"
Itachi had to admit.
Orochimaru, who hadn't yet completed the Living Corpse Reincarnation, was even more formidable to him than in their first encounter.
Without the suppression of his eye power, even Itachi would have had a difficult time dealing with this Sannin.
However, whether it was because Orochimaru had harmed the ninjas of Konoha and betrayed the village, or because he had captured Izumi and used her as a lure, for Itachi, he must die today!
"Chi!"
Within those blood-red eyes, the kaleidoscope patterns vibrated once more.
Susanoo seemed to roar, and crimson light surged once more from its surface, transforming into armor that covered the warrior's entire body.
Itachi had now pushed Susanoo to the limits of his mastery in his lifetime.
Clad in armor, Susanoo resembled a war god.
The gourd in its right hand surged with light, expanding to form a blade.
Totsuka Blade!
No matter how Orochimaru struggled, he could not escape Itachi's lock.
If Itachi had defeated him once with the Totsuka Blade, he could do it a second time!
Susanoo swung its blade, its crimson edge slashing down, extending ever further.
Against the intangible spirit weapon, the Totsuka Blade, Orochimaru's escape seemed futile.
The sword's light blocked all possible escape routes, slashing down with a sudden slash.
Orochimaru's face was filled with horror, and his hoarse voice growled in frustration.
"I'm going to die at the hands of an Uchiha boy?"
His heart trembled violently, and the breath of death filled his face.
"Rumble!"
At this moment, the ground around Orochimaru trembled, the soil and rocks cracked, and many thick trees grew wildly!
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