Ryōsuke naturally felt an astonishing suction force attempting to absorb his spiritual energy, but his eyes successfully blocked the dōjutsu Itachi had unleashed once again.
'This move should be Tsukuyomi. It counts as one of the top spiritual genjutsu attacks in the ninja world.'
It was specifically targeted at a person's spirit.
Ryōsuke hadn't expected Itachi to be so incorrigible, still aiding the villain.
Anger rose in Uchiha Ryōsuke's heart.
If the opponent weren't a member of the Uchiha Clan, he would have kicked Itachi to death right then and there. At this moment, he had to capture him alive and let the family judge him.
The minimum punishment would be to gouge out that pair of eyes and imprison him for life.
Itachi looked very unwell. He was shocked to realize he couldn't drag the opponent's spirit into the genjutsu space.
'How is this possible?'
'Why did my Tsukuyomi have no effect? This is my exclusive dōjutsu.'
Ryōsuke looked at him with a cold sneer.
"It's useless. All genjutsu are ineffective against me."
Uchiha Itachi was shocked to hear this.
All genjutsu were impossible to execute successfully?
How could that be?
His genjutsu could be considered the very best. Had the opponent awakened some incredible genjutsu defense?
But he didn't have time to verify it now. Since Tsukuyomi didn't work, he would use another trump card—one that could burn everything to nothingness.
He focused his pupil power, gathering it in his right eye, and then concentrated it on Ryōsuke.
A mass of black flames burst forth rapidly.
Launching these black flames caused Itachi severe pain in his eye. He couldn't help but close his right eye as blood streamed down.
Seeing the mass of black flames, how could Ryōsuke not recognize it?
This was Amaterasu, the terrifying fire that could incinerate everything.
He could extinguish ordinary fire with a wave of his hand, but not this.
He hurriedly dodged to the side. The black flames struck a tree behind him, instantly bursting into a raging fire and emitting thick black smoke.
This scene surprised Uchiha Ryōsuke.
He absolutely could not let that fire touch him.
Uchiha Itachi was disappointed; he missed.
Enduring the pain in his eye, he opened it again and shot another mass of black flames at Uchiha Ryōsuke.
Ryōsuke naturally chose to evade.
He didn't choose to risk approaching Itachi, because getting touched by those black flames would be disastrous.
Although in principle the burning part could be amputated—the Fourth Raikage in the original story accidentally took this hit, got contaminated by the black flames, and had to painfully cut off his own arm—that was truly a huge pain. Ryōsuke naturally wasn't willing to do that; he didn't want to chop off parts of his body.
With his current speed, he could easily dodge. He wanted to see just how much pupil power Itachi had to keep shooting these black flames.
A great fire ignited in the forest, producing sky-filling black smoke that naturally attracted the attention of the Uchiha clansmen in the clan grounds.
They were surprised. The direction of the black smoke was the small grove where Uchiha Ryōsuke always trained.
Since it was on fire, they decided to go put it out.
Because the area was surrounded by forest, if a large fire broke out, their clan grounds would also be in danger.
Several Uchiha clansmen quickly rushed to the place emitting smoke.
They saw the black flames burning on the trees and were startled.
These black flames induced an inexplicable fear at first glance. They weren't orange, but black.
Just as they were about to grab things to extinguish them, Uchiha Ryōsuke noticed his clansmen arriving. Seeing that they actually wanted to use tools to put out the fire, he thought they were oblivious to death.
He hurriedly shouted, "Don't get close to that fire! Stay far away!"
Hearing Ryōsuke's shout, the expressions of the clansmen who wanted to fight the fire changed drastically.
They stopped their movements to extinguish the fire and hurriedly backed away.
At this moment, they could also see Uchiha Itachi in the distance launching that black fire at Ryōsuke.
What shocked them even more was that the eyes in Uchiha Itachi's sockets weren't Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.
Another clansman had actually opened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
However, they were also very confused. Why were Itachi and Ryōsuke fighting, and using such terrifying moves?
Even if it were a sparring match, this was completely unnecessary.
Wasn't this a fight to the death?
Thinking of this, they already had a premonition that things were bad.
Could it be that Uchiha Itachi wanted to kill Ryōsuke?
This was a major event; they had to go back and report it to the Clan Head immediately.
They chose not to rashly join the battlefield.
After all, even Ryōsuke could only keep dodging in the face of those black flames.
Uchiha Itachi saw people arriving.
He became even more anxious. This incident would soon spread to the family.
He had to eliminate Uchiha Ryōsuke quickly, or the consequences would be severe. Enduring the intense pain in his eyes, he shot out black flames again.
This time, the fresh blood flowing from the corner of his right eye dripped onto the ground.
Ryōsuke saw that Itachi still had the pupil power to launch Amaterasu, completely disregarding the pain in his eyes, and was speechless.
'Motherfucker, does he hate me that much?'
He roared, "I didn't kill Shisui! Is it necessary to be so ruthless against me?"
Anyone who didn't know better would think he had killed the guy's whole family. But thinking about it, he suddenly understood.
Itachi insisted on standing on the Third Hokage's side, thinking he was righteous. But in reality, if the village changed leaders, wouldn't it be the same?
Uchiha Itachi didn't disdain to respond.
Uchiha Ryōsuke was nothing more than a simple clan nationalist; he couldn't understand Itachi's great ambition.
Leading the Uchiha Clan on a path to greater strength would only make the Uchiha stronger, not the Leaf Village.
On the contrary, the village would decline invisibly.
The villagers would lose their freedom of thought and become puppets of the Uchiha Clan. This wasn't what he truly wanted.
He would keep the opponent here today even if it meant risking his life.
Even if this pair of eyes was ruined, it didn't matter at all.
Immediately, he squeezed out the last of his pupil power to shoot black flames at Uchiha Ryōsuke again.
Ryōsuke naturally chose to dodge, feeling utterly speechless.
'Itachi, this guy, he really doesn't care about his life.'
'But it doesn't matter. This guy can't fire many more shots.'
Finally, Uchiha Itachi saw that his Amaterasu couldn't kill Uchiha Ryōsuke.
Disheartened, he had done his best.
His vision in his right eye was already a bit blurry.
Seeing that Itachi could no longer fire Amaterasu, Uchiha Ryōsuke cautiously approached him and delivered a whirlwind kick directly to his head.
Uchiha Itachi slid along the ground, leaving a long trail, and finally fainted.
Only then did Ryōsuke relax. After firing so many shots of Amaterasu, if the eyes weren't blind, the pupil power was at least exhausted.
But this pair of eyes still had great use. He walked directly to Itachi's side and gouged out both eyes.
This kind of person was completely hopeless; his thinking was too extreme.
This pair of eyes could be saved for Sasuke later; perhaps they could be used to create an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
It was just that Uchiha Sasuke was still young now, and Ryōsuke didn't know if he could successfully open the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Because Sasuke hadn't opened his eyes yet. In the original story, he only opened the Mangekyō Sharingan because of Itachi's death.
For now, Ryōsuke didn't kill Itachi directly.