The blood moon hung high, bodies littered the ground, and blood flowed like a river…
Sasuke turned back, looking at the familiar yet alien scene before him, his hands clenched. Beneath the moonlight, his scarlet eyes revealed an evil gleam.
"Mitokado Homura! Utatane Koharu!" Sasuke gritted his teeth, muttering repeatedly about those who made his most beloved brother suffer such pain, releasing an overwhelming killing intent.
Shimura Danzo was killed by Neji, and Sarutobi Hiruzen died by Orochimaru's hand, but he would absolutely not let the remaining two escape lightly.
He didn't try to break through this illusion, because he knew that only his brother could show him all these scenes. He now firmly believed his brother wouldn't harm him. Since the illusion hadn't ended, it meant there was more he needed to know.
Just as expected, the scene before him changed the next moment, dissolving into nothingness like Utakata, and then he found himself in a dense forest.
As soon as he appeared, a white centipede suddenly fell from the sky, landing right in front of him. Before Sasuke could react to what was happening, a deafening sound abruptly rang out, and a mushroom cloud instantly rose from beneath Sasuke's feet, engulfing him.
After the smoke and dust cleared, Sasuke looked ahead in utter confusion, his expression stiff. What was going on?
A surprise welcome!
Before he could figure it out, hundreds of red-robed puppets suddenly appeared in the sky, each holding sharp weapons, looking ferocious. Simultaneously, another pillar of fire and a stream of water surged towards him.
Sasuke frowned, spat lightly, and quickly moved away. The surrounding forest had no leaves left after the earlier explosion, so he could only retreat to the edge of the scorched earth.
Once Sasuke steadied himself, he finally saw a familiar figure being attacked and couldn't help but shout, "Itachi!!!"
…
"Phew, that's about it."
In reality, Neji watched Sasuke tremble and sweat profusely, wiping a nonexistent bead of sweat from his own forehead.
Although he only played a supporting role, it was still very dangerous. With his powerful genjutsu abilities, if not controlled properly, Itachi's Tsukuyomi could collapse, possibly turning Sasuke into an idiot. He had given it his all.
"Is this really going to work?" Inuzuka Kiba asked doubtfully. Even if he hadn't experienced the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, he had heard the rumors. Could such a powerful ability really be awakened by them?
"It should be fine. If you want to know why, just look at Sasuke twitching like that," Shino said calmly, pushing up his glasses.
"Ah, judging from his current state, Sasuke's mental resilience is probably at its limit," Shikamaru frowned, his dull eyes lazily glancing at Sasuke. He thought to himself: Awakening a Mangekyo Sharingan is so troublesome.
Shikamaru had reached a new level of laziness.
"Huh? Brother Neji, what's wrong?" Hinata asked, looking at Neji, who was frowning, with her hands clasped in front of her chest.
"It's not enough," Neji said in a deep voice, his eyes wide as he watched the chakra flowing into Sasuke's pupils. "This much chakra is still not enough to activate the Mangekyo Sharingan."
"How can that be?" Hinata gasped, covering her mouth. With her Byakugan activated, she could clearly see a large amount of chakra constantly flowing towards Sasuke's eyes, incredibly immense, yet it still wasn't enough?
"Itachi!"
"I understand!"
Neji didn't need to say anything; Itachi knew what to do. The three tomoe Mangekyo Sharingan pattern in his left eye flashed rapidly, shedding a large amount of blood. If anyone entered Sasuke's genjutsu, they would find that Itachi had mixed all the memory fragments together, flashing one by one like a slideshow.
Childhood innocence, the tragic deaths of his clan, his brother bearing a bad reputation, and finally his tragic death in the Akatsuki organization…
"Ah!!!" Sasuke suddenly roared, clutching his head with his hands.
"Cough, cough…" The immense backlash made Itachi, who was already injured, cough up a large amount of blood, splashing onto Sasuke's face.
"Sage Art!" Neji's chakra suddenly turned green, flowing into Itachi's body with vitality, stabilizing his injuries.
"Thanks," Itachi said gratefully.
Even so, the chakra flowing into Sasuke's eyes still hadn't reached the level required to activate the Mangekyo Sharingan.
"I…" Neji felt like screaming. How strong was Sasuke's mental resilience? Anyone else would have awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan by now with such terrifying mental torment, but he was still just a tiny bit short, just that tiny bit!
A bit?
Neji's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood something, forcefully injecting his genjutsu into Tsukuyomi.
At this moment, in Sasuke's eyes, the slideshow-like memories suddenly disappeared, and he found himself in a canyon.
The weather was gloomy, heavy rain poured down. Before him, a blond kid wrapped in red chakra, and a man with orange hair and purple ripple eyes wearing a black robe with red clouds fought.
"Naruto?" Sasuke woke from his daze, murmuring when he saw the person before him.
Who was the other person?
"Give Sasuke back to me!" Naruto roared, a monstrous claw swiping ferociously.
"Almighty Push!"
Tendo Pain looked at Naruto with indifferent, cold eyes and said, "It seems you've learned pain, but my pain is a hundred times greater than yours."
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…
Black rods shot out from his black robe, piercing Naruto's body in various places.
"Give Sasuke back to me!" Naruto, as if oblivious, continued to roar, his demonic aura growing stronger. Six tails suddenly appeared behind him, and gray-white bones began to cover his body.
Boom, boom, boom!
He finally shattered all the black rods. His vacant eyes indicated he had lost consciousness, only thinking of killing the man before him.
"Do you understand sorrow? Because of a companion's death," Tendo Pain said emotionlessly, pointing at the "Sasuke corpse" that was already dead. "This world has lost its value long ago. All that remains is suffering!"
"Let the world feel pain! Universal Pull!" Tendo Pain roared, reaching out to pull Naruto closer, while Naruto growled and swiped a claw at him.
Sasuke finally saw his own 'corpse' and quickly cried out, "Naruto, no! That's not me!"
Saying this, he rushed forward, the Chidori Sharp Spear instantly forming in his palm, intending to cut through Tendo Pain, but unfortunately, he couldn't touch him at all.
Swish!
The black rod pierced into his bone, blood dripping. Naruto's heart was pierced through. The Tailed Beast Cloak gradually faded, and Naruto's vacant pupils slowly dimmed.
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