Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 465 The Death of Uchiha Itachi
boom!
It was like a sun falling onto a ravaged land.

Wherever the light reached, everything was swallowed up. Whether it was the earth or the ruins, everything collapsed and turned into dust the moment it touched the ground.

The gradually spreading explosions lifted the ground, causing the earth to tremble and shake violently. Even dilapidated houses a short distance away were blown away and torn to pieces.

"Ugh..."

"What kind of ninjutsu is this?!"

In the distance, Uchiha Yakumi and the others kept a considerable distance, and at this moment they were like a small boat in a raging sea, covering their ears with their hands, their faces showing pain, and blood seeping from between their fingers.

The next moment, a blast of air surged forth, sending Uchiha Yakumi and the others flying and crashing into the ruins further away, each of them looking utterly disheveled.

As the light dimmed slightly, just enough to make it barely visible, the ground beneath their feet continued to tremble violently. Yaowei and the others struggled to lift their heads and look into the distance.

A gigantic mushroom cloud, so large it was unimaginable, rose into the air, swirling and emanating a terrifying aura.

After an unknown amount of time, the deafening roar was gradually replaced by the sound of the wind, and the smoke and dust slowly dissipated in the raging air currents.

The place where the demon Susanoo was originally nailed was a relatively flat area, but now what everyone sees is a huge, empty pit.

The bottom of the pit was no longer scorched earth, but crystals solidified under high temperature, reflecting a scarlet luster under the red moon.

As for the Susanoo and its "fierce eye," they have completely disappeared without a trace, as if they had never existed in this world.

"That is……"

Uchiha Yakumi and the others looked into the pit and saw a large cloud of black smoke billowing around, emitting a strong, chilling aura. It was clearly the residual spiritual energy of the "Fierce Eye".

At this moment, the plume of black smoke surged, as if it had lost its support, and was rapidly dissipating.

The Uchiha Hollows, who had been absorbed into the body by the 'Evil Eye', were now like ghosts that had broken free of their restraints, constantly flying out of the black smoke and transforming into Hollows all around.

despair……

Naruto Uzumaki slowly landed on the ground from the air, his nine tailbone extending from behind him, enveloping and sealing the black smoke in front of him.

"This is good stuff."

Naruto muttered to himself as he turned to look into the distance at the battlefield where Itachi Uchiha and his companion were fighting.

At this moment, Itachi Uchiha lay on his back on the ground, blood gushing out from the wound that cut diagonally from his left chest to his collarbone, pooling into a pool of blood beneath him.

Just like Obito, who was stabbed in the heart by Kakashi in the original work, Itachi Uchiha is not completely dead yet, thanks to the powerful life force brought by White Zetsu.

However, he could clearly feel his life slipping away, and waves of coldness assaulted his consciousness.

At the same time, the almost depleted power of his eyes was rekindled by the recovery of Bai Jue's arm, like a candle flickering in the wind, yet it ignited the last bit of light in his eyes.

"I can still use 'Michishiki no Kami'!"

"If I could go back to before Minato Namikaze's sneak attack, even just a few seconds ago, I could avoid that attack and regain control of the situation!"

"I can still complete my plan and get back on the right path!"

Uchiha Itachi stared intently at the red moon in the sky, his Mangekyou Sharingan beginning to spin, attempting to use his eye technique once again to reverse everything.

Eye Technique: Dao Shiki...

Suddenly, without warning, the wisp of pupil power that had just been gathered began to connect cause and effect, as if it had crashed into an invisible and intangible wall of sighs.

"cough!!"

Uchiha Itachi's eyes widened suddenly, the blood he coughed up staining his neck red, and the light that had just risen in his eyes was instantly replaced by disbelief.

"Surprised?"

A hoarse, cold voice rang out from not far beside him.

As the footsteps grew closer and finally stopped beside him, Itachi Uchiha's unfocused eyes slowly turned to look at them.

Sasuke Uchiha, his face stained with blood and dust, looked down at Itachi Uchiha with his Mangekyou Sharingan.

"I think your original plan was to first test the waters of my Mangekyou Sharingan's eye techniques, and then find an opportunity to attack me. That should be your style, but unfortunately..."

Sasuke tilted his head, a mocking glint in his eyes: "Ever since you entered this virtual world, your plan, which you thought was in control of everything, has been completely ruined."

“The attack by ‘Evil Eye’ was unexpected, Naruto’s power exceeded expectations, Minato Namikaze’s sudden loss of control, and your excessive reliance on your ‘Way of the Gods’.”

"Cough!" Itachi Uchiha managed to utter a few words, each one laced with blood and foam, "Your eye technique..."

"The Way defies God," Sasuke said calmly. "This is my eye technique."

In mythology, Izanagi, in his quest to retrieve his deceased wife Izanami, ventured into the Land of the Dead, witnessed her corrupted and hideous appearance, and then fled.

Enraged, Izanami dispatched the Eight Thunder Gods to the border of Yomotsu Hirasaka. Izanagi used the "Thousand Hiking Stones" to block the passage, and the "Thousand Hiking Stones" are the so-called Rebellion Gods.

"If the 'fierce eye's' pupil technique is to erase the process between 'cause' and 'effect' and achieve a certain result, then..."

“And your ‘Michifuki God’ is able to return from ‘effect’ to ‘cause’ and forcibly reset the state…”

Sasuke Uchiha leaned slightly closer and said coldly, "Then my 'Rebellion Against God' is to block the passage between 'cause' and 'effect'."

"It cannot attack directly, nor can it cure directly. Its only function is to prevent a person or thing from achieving its purpose and result."

"At the moment Naruto left, I awakened this eye technique and finally realized that my ugliness and selfishness were no different from yours."

Having said that, Sasuke slowly exhaled, his tone filled with satisfaction: "Do you know how long I've put up with you?"

"From the moment you used 'Dōshūgami,' I already sensed your eye technique and guessed that it was related to 'cause and effect.'"

"But I know I only have one chance."

"For this reason, I would rather be tricked by you with 'Dōfukujin' time and time again, and I would rather endure the torment you inflict on me with Tsukuyomi, than let the power of 'Dōfukujin' be hidden until the very end."

"Now, I've finally caught you, for the last time."

As he spoke, Sasuke Uchiha slowly bent down, extended his fingers, and reached towards Itachi Uchiha's eyes, his fingertips touching the warm edges of the eye sockets.

puff!

With a slight pressure, his fingers dug into the eye socket, separating the eyeball from the nerves and muscles.

Sasuke Uchiha completely dug out those two Mangekyou Sharingan eyes.

Blood gushed from Itachi Uchiha's empty eye sockets, leaving bloodstains on his pale face. His body convulsed from the intense pain, but the convulsions quickly subsided.

The pained expression on his face receded like the tide, replaced by a sense of relief and tranquility.

die?

It doesn't matter anymore.

From the moment he turned against his clansmen for the sake of Konoha's stability, he had already disregarded his reputation and even his own life.

He never felt fear because of death itself.

Or perhaps it should be said that he died at Sasuke's hands, who personally gouged out his eyes, fused them with his own, and obtained the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan to protect Konoha and the ninja world...

This was the ending he had originally planned and had been working towards ever since.

It's just a pity that they couldn't eliminate the unexpected factor of Naruto Uzumaki.

But at least, Sasuke gained his own power and embarked on the "right" path...

Just as Itachi Uchiha's consciousness was gradually sinking into darkness, carrying this twisted and self-satisfied "relief," he was preparing to face death.

Tap...tap...

A steady, unhurried footstep approached from afar. "Sasuke, throw that thing away," Naruto's voice reached their ears.

Sasuke frowned as he looked at the two warm, scarlet eyeballs in his hand, which seemed to still be pulsating slightly. Hearing Naruto's words, he subconsciously turned his head to look.

Naruto walked over, pointed to the ball of spiritual energy behind him that was wrapped around the nine bone tails, and said, "'Kyogan' was, after all, your father when he was alive."

"His eye power and spiritual energy are of the same origin as yours. Absorbing and fusing them will be enough to help you obtain the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan."

Upon hearing this, Sasuke Uchiha was stunned, staring at Naruto's smiling eyes.

"……What did you say?"

A hoarse, weak voice came through.

The one who spoke was not Uchiha Sasuke, but Uchiha Itachi.

Naruto tilted his head slightly, his gaze falling on Itachi Uchiha's blank face.

"What?" Naruto tilted his head. "You think Sasuke would use your eyes?"

"Do you think Sasuke will follow the script you wrote, gouge out your eyes, merge them, and obtain the power of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?"

"Then, inherit your ridiculous idea of ​​'protecting Konoha in the dark,' and prove in your expected way that your sacrifices were worthwhile and meaningful?"

"Do you think that your death, your gift, can become nourishment for Sasuke's growth, and that your absurd and unparalleled sense of justice can be continued and proven in Sasuke?"

"I hope that one day in the future, when he faces death, he will use the power you left behind to understand you, and even be grateful to you?"

Each rhetorical question made Itachi Uchiha tremble, and the relief and calm that had just appeared on his face quickly melted away.

"You..." He opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

However, before he could speak, Sasuke Uchiha, who had already come to his senses, completely lost the last trace of hesitation in his eyes, which was replaced by a smile.

The five fingers slowly tightened...

puff!

With a soft crack, Sasuke mercilessly crushed the two Mangekyou Sharingan eyes that Itachi Uchiha regarded as the meaning of his life.

A warm, sticky sensation seeped from between his fingers, and a scarlet liquid dripped from between his fingers onto the ground.

"..."

Upon hearing this crystal-clear voice, Itachi Uchiha, lying on the ground, seemed to have all his life force drained away. His anger froze on his face, and he looked like he was dead, even his breathing stopped.

pat...

Sasuke Uchiha shook the filth off his hands and threw the lump of rotten flesh at Itachi Uchiha with a soft thud.

"The Uchiha clan will break free from the shadows of the past, from the bloodshed and curse you brought, and move towards a new revival. They will live better without you."

He lowered his head, looked at the blank-faced Itachi Uchiha, and said calmly, "Konoha and the Land of Fire will be reborn through change and pain, not through your 'protection'."

"The entire ninja world will usher in true peace and a future because of new power and new ideas, but this future is not built on your 'sacrifice'."

"None of this has anything to do with you."

"All you bring to others is endless pain and death."

"To my parents, to my clan, to me, and to those innocent people in Konoha who lost their lives because of you, your existence is nothing but a cruel executioner."

"No one asked you to do that. Konoha doesn't need it, I don't need it, and no one else needs it either."

"What you have done is not some kind of 'righteous cause,' but merely out of your disgusting arrogance and your twisted selfish desires of self-satisfaction and self-pity."

Sasuke's voice grew colder and colder: "Uchiha Itachi, you are just an executioner who uses 'righteousness' to mask your cruel nature."

"Your life, your entire life, your self-righteous ideals, everything you did with those hands stained with the blood of your loved ones..."

"It's all meaningless."

As soon as he finished speaking, he no longer felt any lingering attachment, and he didn't even bother to see what Itachi's expression would be at the end. With his back to Itachi, his tone became calm.

"And so you go, with your meaningless life and your equally worthless righteousness..."

"Die meaninglessly."

Having said that, he strode away without looking back, walking with Naruto towards the Uchiha group, who were supporting each other, in the distance.

"Roar……"

Deep growls and greedy panting echoed from all directions.

The Hollows, who had been hiding in the distance out of fear of Naruto Uzumaki, now emerged from behind the ruins, their crimson eyes filled with greed and venom as they looked at Itachi Uchiha.

Having lost the power to resist, the anger, fear, resentment, hatred, and despair emanating from the opponent were, in the eyes of Uchiha Itachi, nothing less than the most delicious delicacy.

"Uchiha Sasuke!!"

Uchiha Itachi finally managed to squeeze out an angry and unwilling roar from deep in his throat.

The relief on his face was completely shattered, and the blood flowing from his seven orifices twisted and grotesque his entire face, making him look like a demon crawling out of hell, especially with his empty eye sockets.

But the next moment, the surrounding Hollows, like a swarm of sharks that had smelled blood, suddenly pounced on Uchiha Itachi, their angry roars turning into screams of agony.

puff!

Click!

hiss...

The sounds of tearing, chewing, and bones breaking came from behind Sasuke and the other person. They could only vaguely see limbs being torn apart, flesh being separated, and souls being greedily devoured.

Uchiha Sasuke did not pause in his steps, nor did he even look back.

"Ugh."

Seeing the Uchiha clansmen who had been turned into Hollows by Itachi Uchiha, now engulfing and devouring Itachi, Minato Namikaze sighed with a complex expression.

The expressions on the faces of Uchiha Yakumi and the others varied, some were pleased, some sighed, and some were bewildered, but when they saw Sasuke's expressionless face, they all turned to worry and gratitude.

"Sasuke."

Looking at Sasuke's blood-stained yet unusually calm face, Uchiha Yakumi, as an elder, took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"That guy, after all, is..."

Before he could finish the last two words, Sasuke Uchiha shook his head and calmly interrupted him: "It's alright."

His gaze swept over the group of wounded tribesmen before him, and he smiled and said, "My family and companions are all here."

Upon hearing this, a warm feeling instantly flowed into the hearts of the Uchiha clan members present, and the expressions on the faces of Uchiha Yakumi and others were slightly touched.

"Excuse me for interrupting," Naruto's voice suddenly came through. "We're probably leaving now."

Uchiha Sasuke and the others subconsciously followed Naruto's gaze and looked at the bottomless pit in the distance, the place where 'Evil Eye' died.

The space there seemed to have been torn apart by an invisible hand, and the dark, deep rift leading to who-knows-where was slowly opening to both sides.

That's a black box.

That's the entrance to the next stop.

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