Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

But that's enough!

Upon entering Cursed Seal 2, Sasuke, now in the form of an alien, extends the giant hand-like fleshy wings from his back to shield himself.

At the same moment Sasuke made this move, Amaterasu's black flames completely engulfed Sasuke's fleshy wing!

Sasuke and Itachi were so close to each other that they didn't need to focus their gazes.

Itachi could set Sasuke ablaze with Amaterasu with just a slight movement of his eyes.

But this fleshy wing covered in black flames can be discarded!

Sasuke's left-hand Kusanagi sword no longer blocked the Fuma Shuriken; he decisively used the Kusanagi sword to cut off the burning right half of the fleshy wing.

The blade of the Kusanagi sword facing Amaterasu was also stained with black flames.

Before Amaterasu could further ignite the Kusanagi sword, Sasuke had already begun discarding it while slashing at the fleshy wings.

Having lost the Kusanagi sword, the Fuma Shuriken immediately pierced Sasuke's left shoulder and chest under Itachi's force.

And Itachi finally had the chance to grab Sasuke's right hand, which was used to unleash Chidori!

Sasuke's Chidori landed on Itachi's chest.

With just one step away, Chidori could pierce the weasel's heart.

However, Sasuke's last bit of chakra was no longer enough to maintain the Chidori form.

The chakra dissipated from Sasuke's hands, and then the cursed seal also faded from Sasuke's body.

Sasuke couldn't even maintain his Sharingan.

"Sasuke, what you just did is commendable."

Itachi held the Fuma Shuriken in one hand and plunged the blade deeper into Sasuke's body, while using his other hand to restrain Sasuke's right hand that was using Chidori.

The Sharingan can see chakra, and Itachi was certain that Sasuke, who had returned to his normal appearance, no longer had chakra.

"But that's all. Next, I'll kill you and take your eyes."

The difference between the Mangekyou Sharingan and the Three-Tomoe Sharingan is, as Itachi said before, absolutely insurmountable.

Sasuke today is the best example of this.

Sasuke lost his duel with Itachi.

Itachi, who was dragged into a protracted battle by Sasuke, who only had three tomoe Sharingan, was almost blind and had his eye power almost completely depleted. It is hard to call him a victor.

Alternatively, in the duel between these two Uchiha brothers, the victor may not emerge from either of them.

"Of course I will die."

Sasuke's eyes, now black again, stared at Itachi's right Sharingan, which could no longer maintain its Mangekyou Sharingan pattern.

Sasuke exhausted all his chakra to deplete the power of Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan, which possessed Amaterasu.

He traded his life for his right eye.

The value comparison is really not worthwhile.

Itachi suddenly felt Sasuke's right hand being turned around and tightly gripped by Sasuke.

It's as if Itachi was restraining Sasuke, while Sasuke was also restraining Itachi.

"Avengers, in their pursuit of revenge, will not consider their own survival."

Sasuke looked at Itachi, his voice filled with determination: "Let's die together, Itachi."

As the words fell, a raindrop landed on Itachi's face.

A chill instantly swept over the weasel's entire body.

Itachi looked up at the sky outside the rooftop that had been destroyed by his own explosive tag kunai.

The sky, which was originally clear and sunny, suddenly became covered with dark clouds.

That single raindrop served as a warning, and a sudden downpour followed.

Along with the dark clouds came heavy rain.

There were also terrifying sounds of lightning and thunder.

"This is……"

Jue also stared at the strangely formed dark cloud.

The thunderclouds at this moment are clearly natural weather phenomena formed by the condensation of natural energy.

Otherwise, with Jue's perceptive abilities, it would have been impossible for him not to notice the anomaly.

But no one would believe that the appearance of this thundercloud was a coincidence.

I absolutely do not believe it.

Itachi Uchiha naturally wouldn't think so either.

"It was the Fire Release technique from earlier."

Itachi guessed the reason why the thunderclouds were gathering.

The other dragon fire had already disappeared.

"You've made yourself the one to trigger the lightning."

At that moment, Itachi understood Sasuke's thoughts.

Using fire-escape techniques, they artificially created thunderclouds as natural weather.

Then, using a small amount of chakra to create a small amount of lightning release as a guide, he transformed the lightning in nature into his own power.

Furthermore, it differs from the Lightning Release ninjutsu used by ninjas through the nature transformation of chakra.

Lightning in nature is far more powerful than the lightning release technique of ninjas.

In just a fraction of a second, lightning in nature can strike a target with terrifying power.

That is why Kakashi Hatake, the genius of Konoha who can seize that one-thousandth of a second to cut off the lightning in nature, can have his Chidori called the one and only Raikiri!

Sasuke, however, took a different approach, choosing a strategy opposite to Kakashi Hatake's, who was fighting against lightning. He used Chidori to guide the lightning.

The technique that uses a thousand birds to cut through lightning is called Raikiri.

The technique that uses a thousand birds to guide lightning is called—

—Qilin!

Chapter 65 Susanoo

With a deafening roar of thunder, lightning struck from the thunderclouds!

It felt as if lightning had split the sky and the earth apart!

Could Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan see even a fraction of a second?

Sasuke closed his eyes wearily. The Kirin descending from the thunderclouds would kill him, and it would also kill Itachi.

He finally killed Itachi, his wish fulfilled, and Sasuke calmly accepted his death.

The tigress will die in agony.

The thunder roared down with a deafening sound, but...

"I thought you'd want to witness my death firsthand, Sasuke."

But is the pain of being struck by lightning... or rather, facing death in a fraction of a second, truly painful?

Or perhaps...

Itachi Uchiha has become so powerful that he can withstand lightning.

Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes, and what came into view was a huge orange-red skull that enveloped him and Itachi.

"What...what kind of joke is this..."

The scene was so shocking that Sasuke's eyes trembled violently.

Lightning did indeed strike from the sky, as evidenced by the surrounding ruins.

Lightning that can easily destroy everything.

But it couldn't kill Itachi!

"This is the Mangekyou Sharingan... As long as you have the Mangekyou Sharingan in both eyes, you can awaken the absolute defense... Susanoo."

Itachi glanced at Sasuke, whose eyes were filled with resentment and...despair.

"It seems that the lightning release you just used was your last trump card."

As he said this, Itachi raised his head, his gaze shifting from Sasuke to the clearing sky.

Sasuke's trump card obviously cannot be used a second time.

"In that case, you should die too."

As he said this, Itachi reached out, intending to gouge out Sasuke's eyes once more.

This time, faced with Sasuke's bewildered indifference to Itachi's actions, Itachi once again stopped what he was doing just within reach.

The scalding blood splattered onto Sasuke's face, snapping him out of his daze.

Itachi had released his grip on Sasuke, who was hunched over and coughing violently.

The blood that Itachi spat out covered his entire face.

This is... an opportunity!

Sasuke, seemingly oblivious to the pain in his own body, pulled out the Fuma Shuriken, which was deeply embedded in the flesh and bone of his left shoulder, wanting to seize the opportunity to kill Itachi!

It is a fact that ferrets can withstand lightning.

But his weakness at this moment is also a fact!

But just as Sasuke painfully pulled out the Fuma Shuriken, the tall, half-skeletal Susanoo that appeared next to Itachi grabbed Sasuke with its skeletal hand.

He forcefully threw Sasuke out of Itachi's Susanoo.

Itachi certainly wouldn't give Sasuke the chance to kill him.