Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

Conversely, although Bruce can extract chakra naturally distributed in the ninja world, he cannot replenish his chakra on his own because his genes are different from those of humans in the ninja world.

He understood.

This blood had already told him that the legends of this world were true, and that the Sage of Six Paths was probably very powerful, capable of influencing the genes of the entire human race and the nature of the ninja world in one fell swoop. Therefore, creating the moon was not impossible.

Furthermore, given the abrupt nature of the ninja legends, the Sage of Six Paths is most likely an alien; otherwise, such a person wouldn't have suddenly appeared in a low-level martial arts world where everyone fights with swords and melee weapons.

Then there's nothing to be afraid of. Bruce can continue doing what he needs to do without holding back.

Since the Sage of Six Paths is an alien, it doesn't matter whether he's still alive or not in the ninja world. As long as he dares to show up and interfere with or even try to kill Bruce Wayne, he'll dare to call for help from Kassadin on the spot and see who's stronger!

Bruce, who had been quite wary of the legendary Six Paths Old Man, instantly felt a little relieved.

At the same time, Orochimaru also dissected the blood he had obtained and discovered many things. For example, Bruce's lineage of human cells had far fewer cells than the visible humans in the ninja world, only about one-third, and they could not produce their own chakra, nor had they undergone any genetic mutations or evolution.

All of this, to some extent, confirms the reliability of the other party's claim that they are living in seclusion and are a branch of the Sage of Six Paths' brothers.

But he always felt that it wasn't that simple...

Although no matter how he analyzed this vial of blood, it seemed to have nothing special about it except for these few situations, after looking at it for a long time, he could vaguely see a jet-black dragon, or perhaps a giant jet-black bat!

Although that thing disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if it were Orochimaru's illusion, a word that had never existed before suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Crisis power...?"

What do you mean?

"—I'm all better!" Just then, Sasuke's voice rang out, pulling Orochimaru back to reality.

Interrupted, Orochimaru simply banished his inexplicable whim, looked at Uchiha Sasuke, retrieved the instruments he had set up, examined Sasuke's various output data, and nodded with great appreciation:

"You've really gotten stronger, Sasuke-kun. Don't worry, even though your little friend is a Jinchuriki and has Jiraiya teaching him, I can assure you that no matter how much he evolves, you have already far surpassed him."

Just as Orochimaru was speaking, Bruce shamelessly leaned closer and openly stole glances at the various research results Orochimaru had recorded after analyzing his blood, while also nodding involuntarily.

The strongest scientist in the ninja world is indeed not some country bumpkin. A first-class scientist is first-class no matter what world he is in. Orochimaru has indeed made great achievements in a short period of time. We really can't underestimate him.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't care about that idiot Naruto!" Sasuke Uchiha's face flushed red. His weakness was long gone. Although he no longer wanted to die with Itachi, he didn't live to go back and reconcile with Naruto!

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

Orochimaru didn't insist on correcting this stubborn tsundere. He simply shifted his position naturally to openly peek at Batman's research results, while asking, "According to my information, once the Mangekyou Sharingan is awakened, it should grant one or two unique special eye techniques. What did you get, Sasuke-kun?"

"Do you think I'd tell you? This is a ninja's secret trump card." Uchiha Sasuke was speechless.

"Don't resist so much. My desire to possess you is practically zero right now." Orochimaru chuckled. "Tell me, okay?"

Now that the fundamental conflict of interest regarding possession was gone, he could view Sasuke more simply. He was quite fond of the boy. Although he had never married or had children, and believed he would never have such thoughts, he guessed that his feelings towards Sasuke might be somewhat like those of an old father.

“That won’t do.” After hesitating for a long time, Sasuke Uchiha finally said helplessly, “I don’t know what kind of eye technique I have. It seems to be very chaotic.”

Although he seemed to have some names like [Amaterasu] or [Kagoto-no-Mikoto] flashing through his mind, it seems that these two names were replaced before they were finalized. Although he has now awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, it seems that some kind of eye technique is still brewing and cannot be used forcibly at the moment.

Even if he wanted to show it to Bruce and Orochimaru, he couldn't do it right now.

"Compared to that," Sasuke Uchiha said, "can that fear gas really make me stronger?"

"There's no problem with the package. If it's not effective, you can come and settle the score with me. I can guarantee that."

Bruce raised his hand. "But before that, there are other things we need to do first."

Chapter 237 Sasuke, who was played to death, becomes the Batman who unifies the ninja world.

The effect of fear gas is to evoke the deepest and most fundamental fears in the victims' hearts, which establishes the premise that this substance is not entirely controllable.

Bruce, based on all his observations of Sasuke, can conclude that Sasuke's deepest fear right now is undoubtedly the night of the massacre of his clan.

That won't do. Although playing the Night of the Clan Massacre on repeat can enhance his control over suppressing emotional fluctuations, it can't simultaneously increase his combat power. It would be best to change Sasuke's primary fear.

How to change it? It's easy to handle. Just make him realize that the consequences of losing to Itachi Uchiha are far worse than the night of the massacre of his clan.

"Is there anything else we need?" Sasuke Uchiha asked impatiently, eager to improve quickly.

“You’re too weak right now.” Bruce glanced at him. “Go and rest for a while. Orochimaru and I will do some more research here. We’ll let you start tomorrow once your energy and blood have recovered. Don’t try to refuse. If you do, I will completely destroy all the fear gas you brought with you.”

Sasuke Uchiha hesitated, his path blocked by Bruce, and could only mutter to himself with his head down, "I don't know who made me so weak..."

First, they drew five large tubes of blood from him, and then they made him use a lot of taijutsu and ninjutsu. Now, his physical strength, endurance, mental strength, and chakra reserves are all completely overloaded.

"Hmm?" Bruce raised his voice, causing Uchiha Sasuke to cough twice, quickly turning the page on his veiled words. He glanced at Orochimaru and, finding that Orochimaru did not object to Bruce's statement, felt helpless.

What else can we do? Just obey.

Watching Sasuke limp away as he was forced to go back to rest, Orochimaru muttered to himself, "Is he over his rebellious phase? He's become so obedient."

Never mind, that's not important.

"Give him six hours to rest. During that time, I'll give you a detailed explanation of Itachi Uchiha's fighting style and give you a preview."

As Orochimaru spoke, he asked suspiciously, "You need to maintain the transformation jutsu the whole time. Due to the limited number of cells in your body, you only have one-third of the chakra of a normal ninja. It's less, but it's enough for just one transformation jutsu. But can you maintain it skillfully?"

The topic was abruptly changed, but Bruce nodded and smoothly continued, "Yesterday was enough time for me to practice such a simple ninjutsu."

Intelligent people don't need many words.

Now that Orochimaru knew the root cause of the Fear Gas's effectiveness, he immediately understood Batman's plan. Once Sasuke went back, ate, and fell asleep, when he woke up again, the poor kid would face Itachi Uchiha's attack.

The mere thought of bullying children brought a relaxed and gleeful smile to the faces of both the King of Gotham and the legendary Sannin, making them utterly repulsive.

Various noises immediately came from the training room.

Soon, six hours passed in the blink of an eye. Lying on the bed, Uchiha Sasuke, still half-asleep, rubbed his eyes and got up. The timing was perfect, exactly the same as the expiration time of the hypnotic gas that Bruce had precisely measured.

"what?"

Confused.

Sasuke Uchiha turned to look out the window, then was taken aback. No, he hadn't planned to go to sleep and rest at all! He had intended to eat all the tonics that Kabuto had prepared for him, then pretend to go back to his bedroom to rest, but actually secretly watch the 24-hour live stream of the Ultraman Universe Martial Arts Tournament in the chat group!

How did I fall asleep so inexplicably? Oh my god, this is a huge loss!

No, no, I have to make up for it right away. Live stream in the chat group, start! ———— Although he wanted to do it right away, at that moment, Sasuke suddenly shuddered, and every sensory cell in his body seemed to be screaming, urging him to look in the opposite direction from the window.

"Boom!"

The bedroom was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Although the entire secret base was usually very quiet, it seemed unusually quiet at this moment, so quiet it was completely abnormal.

"Don't you dare turn around and confront this pathetic reality? My foolish brother." A familiar voice, one that he had once hated day and night in his dreams, suddenly rang out.

Uchiha Sasuke's body moved faster than his mind. In an instant, he jolted awake, shaking off all the drowsiness from just waking up, and leaped out of the window, creating a huge distance between himself and the window.

Being ambushed by a waiting enemy in a cramped bedroom is definitely not a good idea!

"You escaped so quickly, but you'll only end up like them, my foolish little brother." Itachi Uchiha's unhurried yet extremely imposing voice rang out again, accompanied by the sound of two thrown objects.

As Sasuke Uchiha jumped out of the bedroom and into the spacious area outside, he reflexively dodged, fearing that it was some kind of hidden weapon. But the moment he dodged, his Mangekyou Sharingan pupils contracted, and his entire body instantly became tense!

He saw them; they were the heads of Bruce and Orochimaru, respectively, still bloody and emitting a pungent smell!

"No, this is impossible!" Sasuke Uchiha roared. "You might be able to defeat them, but you can't kill them! How could you possibly do such a thing!"

Swish!

His mind raced, and a premonition rang out: "Is it you? Are you lying to me? Batman, Orochimaru, I've seen through you!"

"Batman? What a strange name." Uchiha Itachi, disguised as an Akatsuki member, emerged from the bedroom with his blood-red eyes wide open, his expression calm and composed, showing no sign of panic at being exposed. "Sasuke, talking nonsense won't delay your death."

He moved slowly, step by step, but with an air of complete indifference and arrogance, perfectly matching Sasuke's impression of Itachi Uchiha.

Sasuke gritted his teeth. He refused to believe that Itachi, no matter how powerful, could have killed those two people without him noticing. At the very least, the noise of the fight should have woken him up.

His gaze quickly swept over the two heads lying on the ground. Bruce's head was wearing a Batman mask, his expression solemn yet calm and collected, while Orochimaru's head wore a deliberately effeminate smile that suggested he was in complete control.

Both expressions matched his perception of these two people; no matter what kind of enemy they encountered, they would always pretend to be calm or bluff with a smile.

Furthermore, judging from their expressions, both of them likely died from genjutsu without prior warning. This explains why the battle was so one-sided. Itachi Uchiha assassinated the infiltrator and killed Bruce and Orochimaru, who were separated, by sneak attack.

But he still couldn't believe that these two old schemers could die so easily. Bruce, not to mention that he hadn't seen his various trump cards in depth yet, he could only infer from his sinister temperament that he was the same kind of person as Orochimaru, and he had seen too much of Orochimaru's immortality.

Sasuke Uchiha's eyes gleamed as he said, "So it really is you guys!"

"I left a backup plan on you back then. As soon as I received the news that you had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, I rushed over. It wasn't for nothing that I deliberately spared your life, Sasuke."

Uchiha Itachi didn't respond, but said quietly, "As long as I gouge out your eyes, my eye power will be even greater. After letting them grow for so long, the time to reap the rewards has finally come."

Yes, these words are quite in line with his understanding of Itachi.

But Sasuke Uchiha still didn't believe it. He remembered something that had been said in the group chat: if a member died, their avatar would turn gray or they would be deleted. So, was Bruce Wayne and Orochimaru just trying to trick him? He could just look at the group chat and it would be clear!

However, just as Sasuke was thinking, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

"—?!"

No longer Orochimaru's secret base, it had become the edge of Konoha Village. Under the night light, the screams of men, women, and children of the Uchiha clan rose and fell, the bloodshed reaching its peak!

There's no mistake, this is the night of the massacre of his clan. Back when he hadn't yet defected but had encountered Itachi, he was imprinted with this scene by Itachi using Tsukuyomi, which was repeated countless times. He will never forget this!

He hadn't mentioned this to anyone, not even Orochimaru or Bruce Wayne. Moreover, the scene was incredibly realistic, on par with Tsukuyomi, something ordinary illusions couldn't achieve. Neither Orochimaru nor Bruce Wayne possessed that level of skill.

The case is solved! This couldn't have been an act by those two; it really was Uchiha Itachi who attacked!

"Damn it, Aa ...

Uchiha Sasuke is furious!

His feelings for Orochimaru had become quite complicated recently. He was very grateful to Orochimaru after they no longer had a life-or-death conflict. Bruce was the first chat group member to come over, carrying the trust that Bruce placed in the chat group, as well as the trust that the other members of the chat group placed in him.

With Orochimaru dead, he'll never have the chance to repay his debt of gratitude again. With Bruce Wayne dead, who knows if Yotsuya Miko will become suspicious and distant from him!

"boom!"

A fierce and sudden attack is coming!

Appearing and disappearing unpredictably, Itachi, whose speed was so fast that no one knew when he had used the Substitution Technique and the Shadow Clone Technique, closed in. He delivered a knee and elbow strike to the stomach of the enraged Sasuke, sending him flying. Itachi's various taijutsu attacks were unpredictable and far surpassed Sasuke's taijutsu level, resulting in a one-sided and overwhelming defeat for Itachi.

He would have collapsed before he even activated the Mangekyou Sharingan, but now, for Orochimaru, for his own honor, and also to avenge Bruce, and even more so to avenge the entire Uchiha clan.

Having witnessed the vastness of the universe, he would never admit defeat!

"You've killed so many people, and now you're killing them all. It's not that you're going to gouge out my eyes, it's that I'm going to gouge out yours! You deserve to die, you deserve to die, Itachi!!"

……

"Oh dear, it seems to have gone berserk!"

Seeing Sasuke start to grunt and his eyes turn red, Orochimaru smiled with interest and withdrew his transformation jutsu, looking at Batman, who had also withdrawn his transformation jutsu, and said, "Won't he be scared if this continues?"

"Whatever," Bruce waved his hand dismissively. "I'll just increase the dosage!"