Chapter 168: Itachi's Death!
The great roar and heatwave that swept through the Leaf Village made even the window frames in a certain inn room vibrate.
Tsunade, who was dozing off, suddenly opened her eyes. The blazing orange light instantly illuminated her golden hair and her furrowed brows.
"Lava Style? What villain has that kid caught this time? Why is this place like the Tanzaku Gai? How is the Old Man managing the Leaf? How can it be filled with so many outlaws that the kid has his eyes on?"
The familiar, destructive surge of chaotic chakra in the air made a look of confusion flash in Tsunade's eyes.
"Shizune! Go see what that kid is up to!"
She shouted, and then, like an arrow released from a bow, she smashed through the window, unhesitatingly rushing toward the source of the fiery light.
"Lady Tsunade! Wait for me!"
Shizune screamed, instinctively hugging Tonton tightly, and then chased after her at top speed.
Meanwhile, in another part of the Leaf Village.
Jiraiya was sitting cross-legged on the Hokage Rock. He had just finished his communication with the two Great Sage Toads, Fukasaku and Shima.
Sage Shima's voice still echoed in his ears: "Little Jiraiya, that child named 'Hyūga Neji'… although his talent is astonishing and his fate is difficult, this old woman didn't sense the special light of the 'child who will bring about a change' in him."
"The prophecy from the Old Man and that rude Uchiha boy probably doesn't have a clue in him. However, he is a child with potential and can become a companion to the Child of Prophecy in the future."
Sage Shima continued, "If you don't mind the trouble, you can take him on as a disciple."
Jiraiya scratched his messy white hair. He sighed with some distress.
"So it seems I was on the wrong track. Taking him on as a disciple would be like stealing from the Hyūga clan. There are still many targets on the list, like that Uchiha girl who is with Ikeizumi…"
He was about to mention the "Uchiha Ikeizumi" who was always with Uchiha Ikeizumi when…
In the distance, the pillar of molten fire turned the pitch-black night sky an eerie orange-red.
This instantly captured all of Jiraiya's attention.
"What a commotion! This…"
Sage Fukasaku, perched on Jiraiya's shoulder, couldn't help but squint his blurry old eyes and ask, "Little Jiraiya, do you have a special firework festival in your Leaf Village tonight?"
"Fireworks show? What show! That's Lava Style—that's Ikeizumi fighting someone again! And it's the kind of fight where he doesn't hold back!" Jiraiya's expression instantly changed.
To force Ikeizumi to use Lava Style of this scale inside the village, his opponent's strength must be astonishing!
Countless possibilities flashed through his mind, and the worst-case scenario, like an icy cold shower, struck him.
In Jiraiya's impression, there were only a handful of people in the entire Leaf Village who could fight Ikeizumi like this.
"Hiss! That guy Ikeizumi… could he be attacking the Hokage?!"
He was startled by his own speculation.
More than half of the crows that scattered in all directions were affected by the lava, and they were instantly incinerated into ash.
As Uchiha Ikeizumi's gaze fell on a certain spot, a few crows flew to a telephone pole and converged into a single person.
The person's scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan had already transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan!
"Tsukuyomi!!!"
This was the first time Uchiha Itachi had used his Mangekyō Sharingan's ultimate dōjutsu on a fellow Leaf Village ninja. His left Mangekyō Sharingan pattern rotated slightly at this moment.
Uchiha Ikeizumi, standing on the riverbank, saw the pattern of Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō reflected in his eyes.
However, in the next second.
Uchiha Ikeizumi's body melted and pooled like a liquid.
"A Shadow Clone? A Lava Clone? He predicted that I would use my Mangekyō dōjutsu, so he immediately created a Lava Clone after using that jutsu? Wait, he knows I have the Mangekyō!"
Uchiha Itachi was instantly on high alert.
He suddenly realized a crucial question—since Uchiha Ikeizumi seemed to know many people's secrets, was it possible he knew about his Mangekyō Sharingan?
Did he know that his left eye was Tsukuyomi?
And did he know that his right eye was Amaterasu?
And…
Did he know that he had Shisui's Mangekyō?
The worry that suddenly sprouted in his heart did not extinguish the killing intent in Uchiha Itachi's eyes. His scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan flashed with a cold light. He took a deep breath, and instead of retreating, he advanced!
Swoosh!
Several kunai with explosive tags attached were shot out first, accompanied by the eerie sound of air being torn apart.
Almost at the same time, his hands had already completed a series of dazzling hand signs.
"Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Jutsu!!!" Uchiha Itachi leapt into the air, his face taut. He opened his mouth and spewed dozens of fiery balls like a torrential downpour, which cascaded over the water screen below.
The large number of fireballs, using the cover of the steam, sealed off all of Uchiha Ikeizumi's escape routes above!
However, the only response he received was an indifferent voice.
"Struggling in vain."
Facing a shower of kunai that would have riddled a normal jōnin with holes, Uchiha Ikeizumi didn't even move a step. The arm he extended instantly turned into lava.
The scorching, flowing crimson rock stretched and twisted like a living thing, solidifying into the half of a gigantic, angular lava hound.
The lava hound opened its mouth and bit down. The sharp blades of all the kunai, which could pierce steel, melted like ice and snow, finally turning into puddles of crimson molten iron.
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
The explosive tags on the kunai exploded one after another, riddling the lava hound with holes, but they couldn't harm Uchiha Ikeizumi in the slightest.
Uchiha Itachi's pupils constricted. This overwhelming power gap caused even him, a man of perpetual calm, to break out in a cold sweat.
But, he had confirmed one thing—the Uchiha Ikeizumi in front of him was the real body!
A look of determination instantly flashed in Uchiha Itachi's eyes!
Since Tsukuyomi was seen through, he would use the black flames that incinerate all!
His right Mangekyō Sharingan was stretched to its limit. The distorted windmill pattern visibly rotated!
All his willpower, all his chakra, all his resolve and killing intent were poured into it!
He locked his gaze on that blurry figure shrouded in steam.
He gambled that Uchiha Ikeizumi only knew about "Tsukuyomi"! He gambled that the other party was not "all-knowing and all-powerful"! How could there be an all-knowing and all-powerful ninja in the ninja world? Wouldn't that be a god? How could a mere thing called Absolute Justice give birth to a god of the ninja world?
Uchiha Itachi's gaze focused…
An unprecedented dōjutsu power surged in his right eye!
"Amaterasu!!!"
In an instant, an indescribable, ultimate darkness that could swallow even light appeared out of nowhere in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi.
It was black fire! Fire that had no ignition point and could not be extinguished, the undying flame that consumed all!
The black flames burned silently, suppressing the high temperature of the lava, as if they wanted to incinerate Uchiha Ikeizumi's body completely.
"Hah… hah… hah…"
Uchiha Itachi was gasping for breath. At only twelve years old, after continuously using Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu, the dōjutsu power in his body was close to its limit.
His face was deathly pale.
"Cough… cough, cough!" He couldn't help but cough, covering his mouth. When he moved his hand, he saw a bright, crimson streak on his palm—it was the blood he had coughed up.
"Phew!"
But Uchiha Itachi didn't care. He exhaled heavily and looked at the black flames and Uchiha Ikeizumi in front of him.
"Did it work?"
"Hmm?"
Uchiha Itachi was suddenly stunned. When a gust of wind blew away much of the surrounding steam, he was shocked to see a circle of huge crimson bones around Uchiha Ikeizumi. A terrifying surge of chakra and dōjutsu power was emanating from the other's body.
The pitch-black flames of Amaterasu were not burning on Uchiha Ikeizumi's body, but on the circle of giant bones.
A word… came out of Uchiha Itachi's mouth: "Susanoo!"
"Uchiha Itachi." Uchiha Ikeizumi's cold voice showed no hint of fatigue. Even though he had already used his Mangekyō dōjutsu twice before, his condition was many times better than Uchiha Itachi's.
His voice slowly resounded. "When I meet a fool, I will try to knock some sense into him in my own way. If that doesn't work, I'll cut off an arm. If that still doesn't work, I'll cut off all his limbs until he sees the light."
Uchiha Itachi was startled.
What did those words mean? Could it be that even though he wanted to kill Ikeizumi, Ikeizumi still intended to spare his life?
"But."
But Uchiha Ikeizumi's next sentence cut off Itachi's speculation. "If the fool I meet is both stupid and wicked, and has committed a forbidden act of justice, I will use a simpler and more direct method."
As his voice fell, a giant crimson skeleton, covered in armor, appeared and grew around Uchiha Ikeizumi, who was watching in shock. As it grew, a weapon appeared in its hand.
—It was a giant ninja blade.
"The difference… is this great…" Uchiha Itachi felt a little dazed.
He had always thought that since he also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, even if he was a little younger than Uchiha Ikeizumi, his strength might be slightly inferior, but not by too much. In a one-on-one fight, he might lose most of the time, but he would still have a chance of winning.
It wasn't until he actually clashed with Uchiha Ikeizumi that he realized the gap between them.
"But… don't underestimate my resolve! And don't underestimate my will to protect the Leaf!" Uchiha Itachi's eyes bled. His young face became even paler. A similar circle of giant bones was slowly forming around his body!
Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo was very similar in color to Uchiha Ikeizumi's Susanoo.
"Susanoo!"
The cold voice, filled with determination, came out of his mouth.
His Susanoo quickly entered its second form.
On the foundation of the skeleton, a large number of blood-like veins began to form rapidly. The chakra cloak completely enveloped the Susanoo's bones, and a crimson greatsword was tightly grasped by the Susanoo.
"Hah…"
"Hah…"
The second form of Susanoo was the limit for the twelve-year-old Uchiha Itachi. This was the first time he had used this ability.
He didn't know how long he could maintain it, perhaps half a minute, or maybe only ten seconds, or even less.
"I must… end this quickly…"
Before he could finish his thought.
Uchiha Itachi froze. His eyes and his gaze kept moving upward, until he had to lift his head completely. A look of undisguised shock was in the depths of his eyes.
He saw—
An extremely tall, fully armored crimson Susanoo stood haughtily in the Leaf Village. Its height was three or four times taller than Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo!
At the moment it stood inside the Leaf Village, the Susanoo looked like a crimson volcano!
"Face reality. There is a gap even between Mangekyō Sharingan users." As Uchiha Ikeizumi's voice reached Uchiha Itachi's ears, the giant, lava-surging crimson ninja blade came chopping down on him.
Even the ninja blade in the other's Susanoo was bigger than the Susanoo he had summoned…
—RUMBLE!!!
Uchiha Itachi's second form Susanoo was sliced vertically in two, like a fragile piece of tofu!
The image in his vision was frozen on the crimson Susanoo that resembled a god.
"It will indeed…"
"…end quickly…"
He murmured.
In the flash of the blade, his fragile body was instantly vaporized. There was not a single chance for him to be reanimated by the Impure World Reincarnation.
Uchiha Itachi…
Was dead!
(End of Chapter)
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