[Mei Terumī, Fifth Mizukage]: "Terrifying… to reach for power by killing your own clansmen!"
[Tenten]: "I finally get why Second Lord always kept an eye on the Uchiha…"
[Ōnoki]: "Watching Indra, I can't help but think of Madara—both are domineering to the bone."
Indra found Asura and made it simple: settle it here and now.
"I'll use my power to build a world without war."
"Indra, how is that any different from Kaguya?"
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki exhaled, disappointment heavy in his eyes.
No more talk.
Indra blurred, lightning blooming around him—orbs of thunder that turned the night to noon.
They streaked toward Asura. Asura crossed his arms and braced—
the impact hurled him across the plain.
Gasps rippled through the onlookers.
Asura pushed up, sweat beading his brow. "Enough. I don't want to fight you, Brother."
"Oh? You think not fighting means you can win?" Indra's tone iced over.
[Ino Yamanaka]: "He's handsome, but wow is he intense…"
[Tenten]: "He really does feel like Sasuke-kun."
[Indra]: "Strictly speaking, Sasuke is my reincarnation."
Indra raised his palm—more thunder orbs.
Asura's eyes hardened; there would be no dodging this duel.
His hands flashed through seals—a gale roared up to meet the bolts.
More seals. Dozens of chakra spheres spun into being—wind-aspected shells that howled as they flew.
Indra's gaze narrowed. He knew that bite. Amaterasu flared—black fire ate the barrier—
and the wind-shells spilled through like shrapnel.
The plain detonated. A stormfront of pressure knocked bystanders flat.
[Minato Namikaze]: "Incredible… so this is our forebear's true strength."
[Asura]: "Brother… you really lost your way."
[Indra]: "…"
As the smoke thinned, violet radiance strobed.
From it strode Indra—face cold, chakra rising.
Bone ribs unfurled, grew, took on muscle and armor—
his Susanoo climbed and climbed until it filled the horizon.
A four-hundred-meter, complete-body Susanoo stood there, blade in hand, Indra poised on its brow like a god looking down on mortals.
Mouths fell open.
[Fugaku Uchiha]: "Complete Body? On a fresh Mangekyō?"
[Itachi Uchiha]: "He's mastered Susanoo within hours?"
[Shisui Uchiha]: "So this is what they call genius…"
[Boruto]: "Side note—Sage Grandpa just… watches his sons throw mountains?"
[Shikamaru (adult)]: "He has his reasons, Boruto."
[Boruto]: "I don't get 'Six Paths parenting'…"
The titan stamped—earth cracked in spiderwebs and rolled like an earthquake.
Indra drew and cut once—the aftershock planed distant peaks flat, gale-shear bowling spectators over.
"Give up. Before a god like me, you've no chance."
The killing stroke fell—
and Hagoromo's Truth-Seeking Orbs surged up as a wall, catching the blade with a booming clang.
In that breath, Asura awakened the Six Paths' power—
light blazed from his eyes; his chakra shifted, fathomless.
Even so, Indra pressed harder, gravity itself buckling under his swing.
[Iwabe]: "Could Seventh Hokage beat either of them?"
[Sarada]: "He should… right?"
[Madara Uchiha]: "Tch. Little fish. Not half of me."
[Kotchō]: "Big talk for a dead guy."
[A]: "At least someone's sensible—Madara couldn't even take my Lariat."
[Mei]: "Washed-up Madara!"
(Most of chat: scoffing. Only Ōnoki, sweating quietly, remembers what a real Madara looks like.)
Indra eyed his brother. "So you, too, inherited Six Paths… Then—"
He hewed down again—pressure cratered the field. Asura faltered.
Seeing the tide, Hagoromo called out—"Lend Asura your strength!"
Hands clasped; faith and chakra flowed.
Asura's stance settled. His palms came together.
"Sage Art—Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"
A Buddha nearly a kilometer tall tore up from the earth, the air itself screaming as stone and sand lifted.
Its many arms fanned out like a mountain range; from above it towered three heads over the complete-body Susanoo.
Indra's lips trembled. He'd never imagined his little brother could call down this.
[Itachi]: "As expected—one person's strength is limited."
[Boruto]: "So the point is… trust your comrades?"
[Sarada]: "This is what our predecessors fought like… incredible."
[Kurama]: "Great, now I'm remembering the bad old days…"
The giant palm-shadows fell; Susanoo raised its blade—
two deities collided, sky cracking with the sound.
And just as the valley braced for the final exchange—
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