"So these are future Sasuke's traits? Pretty luxurious…"
Uchiha Kai raised his brows slightly. Among the copyable traits, quite a number had not even been fully displayed.
Looking at it this way, putting everything else aside, Sasuke had no fewer Gold traits than Kai himself!
And every one of them was flashy as hell.
Compared to that, Naruto—who either rubbed balls or borrowed power from the fox—seemed a little lacking.
The special effects just weren't good enough.
Kai curled his lip, glanced at future Sasuke opposite him, and flicked his finger.
Amaterasu!
Pfft!
Black flames appeared once more!
Only this time, the one facing them was Sasuke!
"That ability that flicked away Amaterasu just now was…"
At this moment, Sasuke was still caught in shock, his eyes shrinking and expanding.
"Shinra Tensei!"
"But that… isn't that the Rinnegan's ability? Don't tell me Second Brother's eyes are already Rinnegan?"
"No! No! Absolutely impossible!"
He suddenly shook his head, and the waves in his heart surged wildly again.
To awaken the Rinnegan, one would at least need the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and then Hashirama's cells.
But how could his second brother possibly awaken the Eternal Mangekyō at this age?
Putting everything else aside, just the eyes he would have to transplant—
Thump.
Thinking of this, future Sasuke's pupils contracted once more.
A thought that was still not fully formed rose in his heart.
Could it be that the eyes he transplanted were that person's eyes?
So at this point in time, that person… was already dead too?
As he raised his head, he saw a pitch-black, overly flashy flame rushing toward him!
"Amaterasu? This is Amaterasu?!"
Wonderful.
That basically confirmed his thought.
He tugged at the corner of his mouth. While dodging Amaterasu with a flicker, he spoke bitterly.
"What did you do to… him?"
"Hm? You mean Itachi?"
Kai's brows lifted slightly.
This guy really was still thinking about his older brother.
"Mm…"
Hearing this, Kai grinned, revealing a bright smile.
"Killed him. Dug out his eyes too. The grass on his grave should be pretty tall by now."
As expected…
Sasuke's expression suddenly dimmed.
Even his crouched body trembled faintly.
That name and face that existed only in memory.
That man who had thought of him even in death.
That man who had personally destroyed his happiness!
One thing after another.
Too many crimes to record.
But if one day someone truly told him that he, Sasuke, could stab that person to death with a single blade…
Would he do it?
He probably would…
Sasuke thought this as his body swayed slightly.
His entire person seemed wrapped in enormous grief.
His breathing grew heavier and heavier. Continuous high-intensity taijutsu bursts, dōjutsu usage, rejection from time travel, and emotional turmoil were all making him increasingly exhausted.
Pop.
Pop.
The rain around him fell, cold and icy as it struck his face.
"When…"
He abruptly raised his head, staring at Uchiha Kai opposite him as the ripples in his Rinnegan spun madly.
"When did it happen? With your strength, stopping him should have been easy, shouldn't it?"
Boom!
As his questioning words fell, the drizzling rain above suddenly turned violent!
In the sky, the dark clouds seemed stirred by an invisible force, forming a massive vortex!
Boom!
Zzzzt!
Deep within the vortex, dazzling lightning rolled and roared through the clouds!
"So now you're angry?"
Complication flashed through Kai's eyes, but his tone remained frivolous, even mocking.
"I thought Little Sasuke twenty years later would be different somehow. Turns out you're still so…"
"…asking for a beating."
Sure enough, Sasuke's obsession with his older brother could not be changed.
Although it was understandable, daring to use a forbidden technique on his second brother?
He needed a beating!
"Kirin!"
Opposite him, Sasuke turned a deaf ear to Kai's words.
He only felt a fire growing and spreading in his heart.
But that fire was not aimed at Kai.
It was aimed at…
Itachi.
"Why! Why! Even in this time-space, did you still choose to stand against the clan?!"
"Damn it! Did you really have to wipe out the clan no matter what?!"
His single arm lifted the Kusanagi Sword high, the tip pointing directly at the center of the vortex!
He roared madly!
Every time a sentence fell, a bolt of thunder struck down from the sky.
He needed to vent.
He needed to explode.
He needed to release all the resentment and dissatisfaction that had been suppressed in his heart for twenty years!
Only then would his heart feel a little smoother!
Zzzzt!
Very quickly, the air within several hundred meters was filled with electric current!
"Stop! Your body hasn't recovered yet! You can't forcefully use such a powerful technique right now!"
Jiraiya's expression changed drastically as he shouted a warning.
But under the thunder, his voice seemed so tiny.
Boom!
Another piercing thunderclap suddenly exploded!
Within the clouds, hundreds of millions of volts were soon guided by the Kusanagi Sword, transforming into a savage lightning Kirin!
Its head emerged from the clouds!
It was as if it had torn open the heavens by force!
Covering the sky.
Blocking out the sun.
In the next second, it descended entirely toward the empty land pointed to by Sasuke's sword!
Rumble!
At this moment, blinding white light swallowed everything around them!
Forget light—even sound was completely buried under the massive roar.
The three little ones were stabbed by the blinding light until they shut their eyes, covered their ears, and dropped to the ground.
They did not dare look directly at it!
The hairs all over their bodies stood on end!
And at the edge of the open ground beneath Kirin, Kai simply stood there, looking at Sasuke, who had already exhausted himself. The complexity on his face deepened.
"Sigh… he really is a pitiful child."
Thinking this, he turned his head and glanced at little Sasuke crouching on the ground, then shook his head slightly.
That was what a truly carefree childhood should look like.
With that thought, he raised his head and looked at Kirin, already close enough to touch. Scarlet filled his eyes!
Dual Kamui!
Transfer!
Buzz.
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
In an instant, the enormous lightning Kirin descending from the sky was transferred into Kamui space by Uchiha Kai.
The light scattered.
Inside that space, a gray-robed hedgehog-haired man who had only just recovered from his injuries opened his eyes and prepared to move—
Only to suddenly discover that his vision had turned completely white…
His face darkened, and he roared himself hoarse.
"Damn it! He actually hit me on wake-up!!!!"
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