Chapter 64: Brotherly War

"Itachi!"

Sasuke turned around abruptly, his youthful face filled with intense hatred.

However,

unlike before, having had room to think after just coming into contact with the secret letter, his hatred was mixed with a trace of hesitation.

"My foolish little brother, what a disgusting look in your eyes!"

Itachi Uchiha's expression was cold as he frowned and said, "I actually see hesitation in your eyes. Is the hatred I gave you not enough? If that's the case... it cannot give birth to the perfect eyes."

He felt uneasy inside.

The suggestion he planted through Genjutsu should not have had any issues; could it be that someone told Sasuke something?

Sasuke opened his scarlet Sharingan, stared fixedly at Itachi Uchiha, and gritted his teeth: "You, who killed the entire clan and didn't even spare the elderly, women, and children—why have you returned to the village?"

"It has nothing to do with you."

Itachi Uchiha said coldly: "You are not yet qualified to pique my interest. Come back to question me when you possess eyes like mine."

"I don't need those eyes at all!"

Sasuke looked at him with resentment; even without those evil eyes that require killing one's closest kin to be Awakened, he could still take his revenge.

Itachi Uchiha frowned slightly and said: "It seems your hatred is still not deep enough."

What is going on?

Sasuke, who was being kept in the dark, should be using hatred as his motivation, constantly growing stronger to kill him.

This was the path to strength he had guided him toward; he didn't expect a mistake to occur now. It seems Sasuke's pursuit of power is not very strong.

Why?

It looks like he must make Sasuke recall the memories of being controlled by hatred.

Sasuke let out an angry roar: "Father, Mother, and the clansmen... why on earth did you kill them!"

He wanted to know the truth.

"So someone really did tell you something, foolish little brother."

Seeing his reaction, Itachi Uchiha immediately sensed something was wrong and said with a calm facade: "What exactly do you know?"

Sasuke suppressed his anger and growled: "With your strength, it would be impossible to kill everyone without a sound!"

"And so?"

Itachi Uchiha remained expressionless and said: "What can you do, when you can't even defeat me?"

He turned slightly to the side, revealing the tall figure of Hoshigaki Kisame.

"My companions are all S-Rank rogue ninja from the ninja world; let alone the Uchiha Clan, even a Shadow can be hunted."

He did not want Sasuke's hatred to involve the village.

When the time comes, his little brother will understand his painstaking efforts.

"Is that so?"

Sasuke swayed his body as he walked forward, gripping a long sword in his hand, and said: "None of that matters. No matter the reason, I must kill you. It is precisely because I hold this determination that I have been able to survive until now!"

He could see that Itachi Uchiha wanted to hide something, but it didn't matter; it was a fact that the other party killed his father and his clansmen.

This alone was unforgivable.

"Too weak..."

Itachi Uchiha raised his eyelids, about to continue provoking Sasuke's hatred, only to find that the other party had already vanished from where he stood.

Clang.

Bandages scattered.

The spiked Samehada blocked the descending long sword, sparks flying.

"Itachi-san, don't be careless. The strength of this little brother of yours is not right."

Hoshigaki Kisame gripped Samehada with both hands, feeling the immense force transmitted through it, his expression changing slightly.

Such astonishing power.

He had never heard of a ninja from the Uchiha Clan being skilled in Taijutsu?

Furthermore, Sasuke is still so young and his body has not fully developed; could it be that he is using some kind of secret technique to Reinforce his body?

"I understand."

Itachi Uchiha was also taken aback and pulled out a Kunai to stab at Sasuke's chest.

So much so that he couldn't even bring up his prepared lines.

He had originally intended to use pure Taijutsu to finish him off in a few moves, and then release Tsukuyomi to make him feel pain.

Itachi Uchiha curled his lips, lowered his head, and stared intently at Sasuke's eyes.

The scarlet Sharingan spun wildly, merging into the shape of a black windmill.

Tsukuyomi.

However, the next second.

The scene of Sasuke collapsing to the ground did not occur; he was completely unaffected and swung the long sword in his hand.

Cursed Sword Technique!

Purple Cursed Energy surged, coiling around the blade like dense, wriggling black insects.

Caught off guard, Itachi Uchiha had no time to dodge and could only raise his Kunai to withstand the Jiangji.

Crack!

The iron-forged Kunai was sliced in two as if it were cotton.

Itachi Uchiha quickly withdrew the hand holding the Kunai, but his left arm was grazed by the Cursed-covered blade, nearly being severed clean off.

Hoshigaki Kisame was stunned.

As a teammate, he knew well the strength of Itachi's mastery of Genjutsu, which the vast majority of ninja could not resist, yet the brat treated it as nothing.

"Itachi-san!"

Hoshigaki Kisame was shocked and swept Samehada horizontally; the spikes swayed like teeth, knocking Sasuke away.

"I am fine, Kisame."

Itachi Uchiha endured the pain, formed a seal with one hand, and a ball of flame appeared in his palm, cauterizing the severed wound on his left arm to stop the bleeding.

Fresh blood stained the ground red.

He coughed violently, looked at Sasuke with suspicion, and asked, "You were actually able to resist my Tsukuyomi; could it be?"

Mangekyo Sharingan!

Only the same eyes could contend with one another; he suspected the curse technique emitting black light was some kind of ocular jutsu that Sasuke had Awakened.

Sasuke flicked his long sword and said with a cold expression, "I said, I will not kill my closest kin to trade for those eyes; I have my own way of taking revenge."

He pressed his left hand fingers together and formed a spell seal.

The black curse technique on the long sword directly transformed into raging Black Flame.

As he swung,

he unleashed streaks of Black Flame Jiangji, rushing toward Itachi Uchiha and Kisame.

"What a terrifying ability, Itachi-san, your younger brother is definitely a genius!"

Hoshigaki Kisame stepped forward, blocked in front of Itachi Uchiha, and held up Samehada in a defensive stance, intending to intercept the Jiangji.

But he was pushed aside by Itachi Uchiha.

"Something is wrong, Kisame, dodge quickly."

Amaterasu!

Blood seeped from the corners of Itachi Uchiha's eyes, and wisps of black Amaterasu flames ignited; the two sides collided a second before the curse technique Black Flame touched Samehada.

Boom.

The two streams of black flame collided, and the resulting shockwave sent Hoshigaki Kisame flying.

"What a pity, I almost took out a formidable enemy first."

Sasuke showed disappointment.

What he had just swung was no ordinary Jiangji; the Jiangji imbued with Curse Flame was a core skill he grasped after changing his class to Cursed Swordsman, and it had already been upgraded to level 15, possessing terrifying power.

The consumption was also extremely high.

Even in the game, if one wore equipment that increased Blue Potential, the blue bar would be emptied after five uses.

Not to mention that Sasuke had taken out all his Reward Points to first certify a jewelry set with extremely high mental Resistance, which was the only way he could resist Itachi Uchiha's Tsukuyomi.

The remaining Reward Points were not enough to certify the rest of his equipment; in reality, he only had a level 15 Blue Potential set, and the few streaks of Curse Flame he had just swung had already bottomed out his blue bar.

Such a good opportunity for a sneak attack, once missed, would lead to a tough battle ahead.

(End of chapter)