"So that's how it is!"
Kurosuki Raiga gripped his Kiba Twin Swords tightly, his eyes half-lidded and his tone utterly flat.
"You, burdened with the honor and hatred of the Uchiha Clan, intend to use me as your whetstone?"
"However..."
At this point, Raiga's pupils dilated violently, his face twisting into a savage grin, and his killing intent intensified to an icy chill.
"Can those all-seeing Sharingan of yours glimpse your own future death?!"
"Those eyes show only your demise! Your future holds but one certainty—death!"
The more wounds Sasuke sustained and the more intense the battle became, the more strangely calm he grew.
At this moment of life-or-death, the usually erratic, neurotic Sasuke had become astonishingly composed—utterly serene.
Sasuke gripped the Thunder God Sword tightly.
Even without looking, he instinctively felt the sword had fused with his very being.
Every iron plate on the hilt, every subtle texture and grain, was as clear and familiar as if he were holding it in his palm, transparent and utterly comprehensible.
Invisible to the naked eye, countless golden lightning snakes coiled densely around the golden light blade, swirling in a rapid, cascading rotation like an electric drill, creating a high-speed, spiraling impact!
This technique, Chidori: Breakthrough, was created by Sasuke, mimicking the principles of an electric drill by employing an electromagnetic rotational magnetic field to slice through targets.
It was the most powerful, fastest, and most penetrating Lightning Release technique he possessed!
Though Sasuke had conceived of this technique less than half a month ago, he had already mastered this ultimate move with remarkable proficiency.
Having honed his Lightning Release skills for over four years—to the point where he could sculpt intricate statues with his eyes closed using lightning—Sasuke's mastery of this element far surpassed that of ordinary ninjas.
While many other ninjas in the world might possess a wider repertoire of Lightning Release techniques, few could rival Sasuke's unparalleled control over Lightning Release chakra.
It was precisely this exceptional control that allowed Sasuke to effortlessly manipulate Lightning Release chakra into countless microscopic lightning strands, swirling them in a rapid, cascading rotation, naturally mastering this formidable technique!
As the golden lightning snake spun faster and faster, countless crackling sparks erupted from Sasuke's body, spreading like birdsong across the battlefield.
The sparks multiplied rapidly, growing louder and more intense with each passing moment.
Suddenly, all the sparks converged, coalescing into the blade of his sword.
Sasuke's razor-sharp killing intent and chakra fluctuations faded to almost nothing, as if he had poured all his power and aura into this single strike!
Seeing this, the manic desperation vanished from Kurosuki Raiga's face, replaced by unprecedented solemnity.
With a wave of his hands, he dispelled the Lightning Armor encasing his body, channeling all his chakra and focus into the Kiba Twin Swords.
"Uchiha brat, let's descend to hell together!"
No sooner had the words left his lips than he raised the Twin Swords skyward. A thunderous roar echoed from the storm clouds overhead.
The twin blades transformed into lightning rods, drawing down a massive bolt of crackling, electric power that struck the swords with violent force.
Kurosuki Raiga leaped into the air, gripping the blades wrapped in layers of surging lightning, and swung them down at Sasuke.
His descent resembled the Thunder God himself descending to earth, clutching thunder and lightning in his hands.
[ Thunder Blade Technique: Thunder Burial! ]
The raw material for forging the Thunder Blade: Fang was Thunder Pattern Steel—a lightning-attribute material formed when Chakra metal, by sheer chance, repeatedly endured natural lightning strikes without being destroyed.
If the characteristic of Fire Obsidian, the material used to forge Kagutsuchi, was its ability to absorb light and heat, then the property of Thunder Pattern Steel, having been repeatedly struck by lightning, was its capacity to summon thunder from the sky, acting like a lightning rod to unleash the fury of nature upon its enemies.
Regardless of its true power, the principle behind this technique bore a striking resemblance to Sasuke's later Kirin!
In the original timeline, Kurosuki Raiga never actually used this technique against an opponent.
Instead, after losing his will to live, Raiga summoned lightning to engulf himself, using it as a means of suicide.
Now, however, he intended to use it to take Sasuke down with him!
Faced with Raiga's suicidal attack, Sasuke's previously calm heart suddenly surged with unprecedented excitement.
The hand gripping the Thunder God Sword trembled slightly—not from fear!
But from the exhilaration of boiling blood!
"Come on! Hahahahaha!"
The golden lightning crackling around Sasuke's longsword froze for a moment before he launched himself forward with explosive force, a muffled boom echoing like a deep-sea mine detonating in the abyss.
In an instant, Sasuke achieved unprecedented acceleration, his figure transforming into a blinding golden bolt of lightning that tore through the air, leaving violent shockwaves in its wake.
The air screamed with the piercing, high-pitched wail of a thousand chidori birds.
In the blink of an eye, the golden sword in Sasuke's hand morphed into a colossal, high-speed, rotating golden spiral drill, like a comet tearing through the heavens.
As he streaked past, the lightning summoned by Kurosuki Raiga's Thunder Blade Technique proved utterly ineffective against this golden drill, shattering into nothingness.
'Chidori: Breakthrough!'
Though Sasuke had always despised the drill's crude appearance, he knew its form was perfectly suited to maximize the destructive power of this ultimate technique.
In this life-or-death moment, Sasuke abandoned his disdain for aesthetics and embraced raw power. 'Whatever works best, works best!'
A deafening thunderclap erupted as colossal lightning bolts and surging Chakra exploded from the point of their collision.
Fragments of scorched flesh, blood, and charred debris, carried by a putrid gale, surged outward like towering waves crashing across the sea.
At the heart of their clash, an absolute vacuum formed.
Marine life and vegetation were caught in the maelstrom, tossed outward like withered leaves in a hurricane, their corpses eventually floating on the surface.
In the original timeline, Sasuke and Naruto's first final battle—fought in their one-tailed half-Tailed Beast transformation and Curse Mark Stage 2 forms—had also created a vacuum over the lake's surface.
Yet this clash between Sasuke and Kurosuki Raiga generated a vacuum domain far greater in scale and destructive force!
"What's that?!"
Naruto and Sakura, having just defeated Haku, were about to approach the unconscious figure to check if he was dead or merely unconscious.
But then, two radiant bolts of lightning—one golden, one blue—blazed across the distant sky like the descent of thunder gods, their ferocious aura instantly seizing their attention.
"That's coming from Sasuke's direction!"
"No! Sasuke's in danger!"
Naruto and Sakura's expressions shifted instantly.
Reacting quickly, they exchanged a glance, completely ignoring Haku lying unconscious on the water's surface, and raced toward the thunderous clash of battle!
When the dust settled...
'Huff, huff...'
Sasuke panted heavily, dragging his heavily wounded body toward Kurosuki Raiga, who lay motionless on the water, completely drained of combat power.
Sasuke was a mess. His skin was covered in countless cuts, and his once crimson blood had turned pitch-black and charred.
The hilt of his Thunder God Sword had been completely shattered, leaving only the pristine blue-gold chakra crystal intact.
In stark contrast, Raiga's Kiba Twin Swords were shattered into multiple fragments.
It was clear that both weapons had suffered catastrophic damage in the final clash!
"Uchiha brat, can I ask you for one last favor?"
Kurosuki Raiga had lost. A massive hole had been pierced through his chest, and his life force had completely vanished.
He clung to life only through sheer willpower.
Though on the verge of death, Kurosuki Raiga's tone was unusually calm as he faced Sasuke, almost carrying a hint of relief.
"Speak."
"Please give Ranmaru a proper burial. He was a kind and innocent child who shouldn't be buried beneath the sea. Cough.. As for me, don't bother with a burial. Let the sea be my grave."
Sasuke paused, then nodded. "Very well. I will bury you together."
Kurosuki Raiga was taken aback.
Sasuke continued, "Just as you said, he was an innocent child. With your companionship in the afterlife, he won't be lonely or bullied."
"Heh heh heh..." After a moment of silence, Kurosuki Raiga suddenly chuckled.
"Uchiha Sasuke, you truly are an intriguing person."
"Then strike me down!"
'So, after burying countless others, today I finally face my own funeral?' Kurosuki Raiga closed his eyes, thinking with a sense of liberation.
Watching the dying Kurosuki Raiga with his eyes closed, Sasuke paused before slowly drawing Kagutsuchi.
"Konoha ninja, show some mercy!"
A group of Kirigakure ninjas, clad in their signature flak jackets and wearing masks emblazoned with the village's emblem, rushed toward the scene.
The leader, a ninja with bluish-gray hair, shouted urgently.
'Pfft!'
Sasuke heard the warning, but his hand didn't falter. The blade pierced steadily into Kurosuki Raiga's neck.
"You!"
The bluish-gray-haired ninja, who wasn't wearing a mask but instead sported a mysterious rune-inscribed eyepatch over his right eye, glared fiercely, his left eye widening with fury.
"Konoha ninja! Didn't you hear me? How dare you?! You—"
Before he could finish, Sasuke slowly turned his head and cast a cold, impassive glance at him.
'Sharingan!?'
Staring into the young man's crimson, impassive eyes, the bluish-gray-haired ninja froze, his face paling, and his words caught in his throat.
At that moment, Sasuke's voice, as calm as still water, cut through the silence.
"Are you trying to teach me how to do my job?"
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