Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 556 Difference in Eye Power

"Sasuke, who told you the truth?"

Itachi Uchiha kept staring at Sasuke's face, trying to read something from her expression. His hands hung at his sides, and the bandages under his sleeves were clenched and wrinkled.

"This has nothing to do with you."

Satsuki's gaze swept across Itachi's face before returning to it. "I've been asking this same question the whole time. Is it really that hard to answer?"

Uchiha Itachi lowered his head, a bitter smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

He lowered his eyes, looking at the ground beneath his feet. His eyes, usually weary, now held a deeper, more unreadable expression. His beloved younger brother knew the truth, the whole story of what happened back then, and what he had been thinking when he did those things.

Even so, when Sasuke stood in front of him, he still looked the same—cold and distant, which hurt Itachi's heart somewhat.

He believed that everything he did was for Sasuke.

He wiped out his clan for Sasuke, joined Akatsuki for Sasuke, lived for Sasuke, and died for Sasuke.

He staked his entire life on this younger brother, giving him everything he could and couldn't give. And the result? The person involved completely rejected his path. Sasuke didn't want the future he had planned, didn't want his self-righteous protection, didn't want everything he had gained with his life.

Itachi Uchiha suddenly felt lost. Was it truly impossible, even in death, to be able to be with his younger brother like they were when they were children?

The child who followed him calling "brother," the child who clung to his clothes and wouldn't let go, the child who said "brother is the best"—is he really never coming back?

"...Yes, I will."

He remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking.

"Sasuke, it's only you I can't let go of. Even if it's Konoha... I just want you to be safe."

When he said this, he looked up at Satsuki. His Mangekyou Sharingan eyes showed no coldness as they did during battle, only a faint, almost imperceptible tenderness.

Even if I have no companions left by my side? Whether it's family, friends, or even a lover?

"Forgive me, Sasuke. But I can't afford to gamble."

Satsuki closed her eyes.

She is not Uchiha Sasuke of this world; she is Uchiha Satsuki.

But at this moment, the emotion welling up inside her was still an uncontrollable anger.

Even if there are no more ties or bonds around you?

She cannot kill Itachi Uchiha.

Because the Uchiha Itachi standing before her was not her Uchiha Itachi. This Uchiha Itachi belonged to this world; he was Sasuke's brother in this world, and the one who should judge him was not a soul from another world.

Let his fate be left to the real Sasuke of this world.

Suddenly, Zuo Yue felt a gaze fall upon her. The feeling was subtle; it wasn't murderous intent or hostility, but rather a more subtle, purposeful gaze.

She suddenly opened her eyes and looked in the direction of that gaze.

A crow was perched on a tree branch, and she probably wouldn't have noticed it at all if it weren't for those eyes. Those weren't ordinary crow eyes; they were the eyes of a Mangekyou Sharingan, slowly rotating there.

Satsuki's pupils contracted slightly.

"Gah!"

The crow suddenly let out a piercing scream, its body convulsed violently, its feathers bristled, and its entire body transformed into black feathers that drifted through the air and vanished completely in an instant.

Itachi Uchiha's face turned deathly pale in that instant.

He stared incredulously at the branch, at the empty space beneath his Kaleidoscope Sharingan, his eyes wide with shock.

What happened? Kotoamatsukami...failed?

The Kotoamatsukami he placed on Sasuke, the ultimate genjutsu that can silently alter a person's will, actually failed?

Itachi's mind went blank. Kotoamatsukami was the eye Shisui left him, an absolute power that no matter how strong the opponent, once the technique was implanted, they would be unable to resist. But now, that technique had failed.

Like a moth drawn to a flame, it was burned to ashes.

Kotoamatsukami is very powerful, but illusions ultimately have their limits.

Kotoamatsukami is not a rule-based skill, nor is it an absolute command like "what I say is what it is".

Its essence is the genjutsu of the Mangekyou Sharingan, and its power limit depends on the user's eye power.

Kaleidoscope illusion technique to counter the Rinne Sharingan.

Itachi Uchiha probably never thought about this question.

He only knew that Kotoamatsukami was very strong, strong enough to override anyone's will, but there were differences between illusions and between different eye powers.

An incredibly sharp needle can pierce any tough cloth, achieving victory with the small over the large, but what if you were faced with a mountain?

What good is a sharp needle?

Moreover, Uchiha Satsuki's Mangekyou Sharingan technique, Amaterasu, while requiring Amaterasu fire as a medium to activate, is truly terrifying because it can modify far more than just a person's will.

Given Zuo Yue's current strength, if she wanted to modify any concept below the Six Paths level, even turning a person into an orange would be a matter of a single thought for her.

Zuo Yue's face darkened. This guy is still incorrigible.

He said things like "I can't let go of you" and "I hope you can be safe," but then he turned around and planted Kotoamatsukami on her.

She really didn't know how to evaluate this kind of behavior—saying things that are for your own good but secretly using illusions to manipulate you.

"boom!"

A muffled roar resounded, and black flames suddenly burst into flames on Itachi Uchiha's body, instantly covering half of his body.

Uchiha Itachi looked down at the black flames burning on his body, a look of understanding flashing in his eyes.

Is Sasuke's Mangekyou Sharingan also Amaterasu...?

He closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and then he fell silent. His body really couldn't hold on much longer. Over the years, he had dragged his terminally ill body through the Akatsuki organization, and every time he used the Mangekyou Sharingan, he was overdrawing his remaining life force.

Now that it has been burned to ashes by Amaterasu, it can be said that it died a worthy death.

But... a sense of regret still welled up in his heart.

He really hoped that he could gain his brother's forgiveness before he died.

Even if it's just a word, even if it's just a glance, even if it's just Sasuke calling him "brother," he feels that his life has not been in vain.

"...?"

However, after a while, Itachi Uchiha finally realized that something was wrong.

Why isn't it hot at all this day?

He opened his eyes and looked down at the flames engulfing his body. The black flames were still burning, dancing on his chest, shoulders, and arms, but he felt no pain whatsoever, not even a burning sensation.

That's impossible. Amaterasu is a black flame that is said to "burn everything" and will not extinguish until its target is reduced to ashes.

But now, even though he was being burned by Amaterasu, it felt like he was taking a warm bath, with only a warm sensation all over his body.

Even his body began to feel lighter.

The feeling was strange, as if something that had been weighing on him was being gradually removed.

His breathing became smoother, the chronic chest pain disappeared, his limbs no longer felt heavy, and even the soreness in his eyes was relieved.

Itachi Uchiha felt as if the illnesses that had tormented him for years had been temporarily suppressed by the black flames, and he felt more relaxed than ever before.

"Sasuke... what is this?"

"Fight me."

Satsuki stared straight at Uchiha Itachi.

"You have no excuses now. Your body is intact, your strength is complete, and your eyes are your own."

"Then let me see if you think that awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan means you can decide other people's lives at will, and if you think that you can control everyone's fate by sacrificing yourself—just how much ability do you really have in your so-called magnanimity?"

Satsuki took a step forward, her eyes shining in the darkness.

Itachi Uchiha saw it.

In Zuo Yue's eyes, he saw eyes he didn't recognize at all.

It wasn't the Sharingan he was familiar with, nor the Kaleidoscope he had heard of; it was an eye he had never seen or imagined before.

Purple and red patterns intertwine, with the magatama slowly rotating within, radiating a light that inspires awe from the depths of one's heart.