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"You're here," Uchiha Haru said calmly.
"You… knew I was coming?" Itachi asked in surprise.
He hadn't expected the current situation.
Haru chuckled lightly without offering an explanation.
"I came to kill you," Itachi said coolly, as if speaking about something mundane, his voice full of confidence.
He drew a kunai from his sleeve.
At the same time, his blood-red Sharingan flared, glowing with a dazzling red light.
Mangekyō Sharingan illusion — Tsukuyomi!
He dared to lock eyes with the evolved Mangekyō Sharingan of someone so close. That was courting death.
Before this, the masked man and Danzo had explained everything to him in detail.
Uchiha Haru was trouble, not easy to handle.
Is this the result? Itachi thought, disappointment flashing through him.
The Tsukuyomi realm was suffused with blood-red light.
Haru was suspended on a cross, immobile. Itachi stood before him, knife in hand.
"How can a three-magatama Sharingan block my Mangekyō Sharingan?" Itachi wondered aloud.
"Haru, I don't want to kill you…but I have to."
"Don't worry, under my Tsukuyomi, everything will be quick, and you won't feel much pain…"
His words stopped abruptly.
Itachi suddenly groaned and trembled violently.
When he lifted his head again, the crimson Tsukuyomi realm had vanished. Two bright red streaks of blood tears streamed down his face.
In front of him, Haru's eyes flashed the same mesmerizing red light.
The three magatama in his Sharingan linked into a blade-like shape.
Mangekyō Sharingan.
"You… you actually opened your Mangekyō Sharingan too!" Itachi said, voice low and filled with surprise.
He realized he had been careless.
Because of flawed intel, he had believed Haru's Sharingan was only at the three-magatama stage.
So, he had recklessly unleashed Tsukuyomi.
This ninjutsu was incredibly powerful—once it hit, the opponent's resistance could be crushed instantly, deciding the battle's outcome.
But using it carried huge risk.
If the target's ocular power exceeded the caster's, Tsukuyomi would fail and backfire.
That was why Itachi now had two lines of blood tears on his face.
Yet such a situation was extremely rare.
The Sharingan was unique to the Uchiha clan, granting near absolute ocular dominance over outsiders.
When using Tsukuyomi on non-Uchiha, unless the strength gap was massive, failure was unheard of.
Within the clan, however, it was different.
The Mangekyō Sharingan was exceedingly rare.
Over hundreds of years, those who awakened it could be counted on one hand.
Who would have thought today he would face one by chance.
"You're not the only one in the world with a Mangekyō Sharingan," Haru said slowly, standing.
This was the power of hiding one's true strength.
It had made Itachi misjudge his opponent.
Moreover, thanks to the blessing of the purple Illusion Master ability, Haru's resistance to genjutsu was significantly improved.
The blue Eye Power +100 ability also slightly enhanced his ocular power.
With all these factors combined, Itachi was heavily wounded as soon as the fight began.
Wiping blood tears from his face, he flung kunai and shuriken at Haru like a storm.
At the same time, he used the Body Flicker Technique to retreat violently, putting distance between them.
According to the masked man, Haru had reached Kage level relying purely on physical prowess.
Physical skills of that caliber were incredible.
Itachi was a genius ninja famed in both the Uchiha clan and the whole of Konoha.
His skills were outstanding.
But his rise to Kage was mainly due to his Mangekyō Sharingan and genjutsu.
Physically, though strong, he was not on par with Kage-level fighters.
Clearly, Haru's physical ability surpassed his.
Therefore, Itachi chose to keep his distance initially, avoiding close combat.
When fighting, it was wise to play to one's strengths and avoid weaknesses.
Recklessness was foolish.
He needed strategies suited to his opponent.
Previously, due to overconfidence, he had rushed with Tsukuyomi, only to be repelled.
Competing in ocular skills was pointless here.
Physical ability was Haru's strong point.
It was wiser to avoid that.
Instead, Itachi's advantage lay in ninjutsu and shurikenjutsu.
To win, he would have to exploit those.
In a flash, Itachi decided on his tactic.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" he declared.
Immediately after throwing his shuriken, he began the hand seals for ninjutsu without hesitation.
His movements were smooth, flawless; his seal speed breathtaking.
From the side, it looked as if countless shuriken in the air were trailing behind a huge fireball.
Before the shuriken could reach Haru, an overwhelming heatwave swept through the area.
In response, Haru countered with the same technique.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A massive flame erupted from his mouth, growing into a huge fireball that rolled forward.
The dense kunai and shuriken rained down like hail, but melted before even reaching the fireball.
The destructive power was extreme.
It was far stronger than in the previous simulation when he used the same ninjutsu.
This increase came from his three-magatama Sharingan evolving into Mangekyō Sharingan, enhancing strength.
Plus, the purple Elemental Master ability amplified his fire-style ninjutsu.
The two gigantic fireballs collided with a thunderous explosion.
Flames, hot enough to incinerate everything, spread from the blast, sending dust swirling into the sky.
Leaves and houses nearby ignited instantly.
Everything turned into a raging inferno.
Such power from two mid-level ninjutsu.
Any Chunin—or even Genin—could replicate these techniques, but when Haru and Itachi wielded them, the results were terrifying.
The aftermath alone would challenge many Chunin-level shinobi.
Yet Haru and Itachi, locked in fierce battle, paid no mind to the destruction.
The fiery blast forced a brief pause, then they resumed fighting immediately.
The incredible chakra output and blistering speed of their seal formation were dazzling.
The Uchiha clan, famous for their affinity with Fire Release, was now represented by two Kage-level masters unleashing fire-style ninjutsu relentlessly.
Amid the firestorm, shurikens and kunai flew hidden in the flames, each movement dripping with lethal intent.
The night of the Uchiha clan extermination was turning into a battle of gods and demons.
The wind howled, carrying the scent of smoke and blood.
Each combatant's eyes burned with resolve.
Neither was willing to concede.
Itachi's Sharingan flickered violently, calculating his next move.
Haru's Mangekyō shimmered with deadly calm.
Their clash was far from over.
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