"You are beyond saving."
Faced with Itachi's question, Makoto simply replied with these four words.
Makoto saw the clue immediately. White Zetsu had now attached itself to Itachi, giving the already terminally ill man the capacity to use the Complete Body Susanoo.
Many Naruto readers in the past had a misconception, thinking the Complete Body Susanoo could only be activated with the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. However, after Kakashi used the Complete Body Susanoo in the final battle, that rumor was dispelled.
In reality, the regular Mangekyo was already capable of activating it. It's just that forcing it with a regular Mangekyo consumed immense power... one use was often enough to destroy your eyesight. That's also why Kakashi's eyes gave out after using the dual-Kamui Susanoo just once.
In the games, both Itachi and Shisui have been shown using the Complete Body Susanoo. Although Itachi now only had Shisui's remaining eye, during the Fourth Great Ninja War, Madara also used Susanoo even after losing both eyes.
This means that for Uchiha Ninjas, the Mangekyo is like a key. Once successfully awakened, they can use Susanoo, regardless of whether their eyes are later extracted.
However, even so, Itachi being able to bring out the Complete Body Susanoo in this state did surprise Makoto, even if just a little.
Itachi looked down from his vantage point and saw Makoto's expression, like someone watching a clown. As if what stood before him wasn't a hundred-meter-tall Tengu giant, but an ant he could crush with a single step. Even a person with Itachi's temperament couldn't help but feel anger.
He wasted no more words.
The orange-red Complete Body Susanoo extended its left hand. The massive energy hand scooped up Sasuke from the rubble like it was picking up a chick, holding him in its palm.
"Sasuke—!"
Sakura's pupils shrank. She instinctively rushed forward two steps, but Naruto grabbed her arm.
"Sakura! Don't go over there!"
The Susanoo held Sasuke in its left hand and drew a massive Chakra sword with its right.
The sword swung down.
The colossal blade, like a heavenly pillar, swept across the ground with an aura of absolute destruction.
Before the blade arrived, the sword's pressure had already carved a deep trench in the earth.
Itachi knew his only option to carve out a path to escape with Sasuke was to continuously create chaos.
Did civilians die? He couldn't worry about that anymore.
Or rather, he had never been one to care about the lives of the innocent.
It's somewhat ironic: someone who talks about 'for the sake of peace' while mercilessly slaughtering civilians. Makoto considered himself a bastard, but even he tried to avoid harming the innocent when taking action. Yet this sanctimonious Uchiha weasel could be so ruthless when striking. It's really quite ironic.
The giant sword descended.
The Konoha's villagers and players who had gathered to watch were terrified, scrambling frantically in the opposite direction.
"Run—!"
"Help!"
"Don't push! Don't push!"
But there were simply too many people. The narrow streets were instantly clogged.
Stampedes occurred simultaneously at multiple points.
Screams, cries, and curses mixed into a chaotic din.
Even worse, the Complete Body Susanoo's attack range was far beyond what they could escape in time.
As the sword was about to fall—
Boom—!
Several figures shot skyward.
Saeko, Ace, Hiyori, Alice, and others struck simultaneously.
"Lion Menace: Slash Wave!"
"Divine Departure!"
"Peach Garden White Cascade!"
"Rokuogan!"
Multiple sword pressures and shockwaves met the Complete Body Susanoo's blade. They collided in mid-air.
Boom—!!!
In that instant, the sky and earth changed color.
The shockwave from the explosion spread like a nuclear blast in all directions, leveling the surrounding buildings.
A thunderous roar exploded across the sky, rattling everyone's eardrums.
However—
Despite the interception by Saeko and the others, a considerable amount of sword wave still leaked through the defensive line.
Those invisible blades swept out like the scythe of Shinigami.
Shrrrk—
Blood sprayed.
Many fleeing Konoha's scoundrels were bisected, falling before they could even scream.
Severed limbs scattered, blood pooled into streams flowing through the debris.
One sword wave slashed directly towards Kuroko.
Kuroko's pupils shrank to pinpricks.
His mind went blank. All he could see was a distorted light rapidly expanding, like a reaper's scythe swinging towards him.
At that critical moment—
"Look out, Tetsu!"
Aomine's figure rushed from the side.
He charged with all his might, slamming his right elbow hard into Kuroko's side.
Thud—!
Kuroko was sent flying sideways, crashing hard to the ground and tumbling twice before stopping.
Just before he fell, he turned his head—
And saw the sword pressure descending, engulfing Aomine completely.
"AOMINE-KUN—!!!"
Kuroko's scream was heart-wrenching.
The moment the sword wave fell, Aomine vanished as if he had been erased from existence.
Kuroko sat slumped on the ground, stunned.
"So this is... a true battle between superpowered beings..."
Although monsters attacked daily in the real world, those living in Nishikawa Nation had it too easy.
With Makoto and other superpowered beings shielding them, they had never truly faced the threat of death.
They never had to worry about monsters.
Now, they experienced it firsthand.
Death could come so easily.
"What are you gawking at? Run!"
Kagami rushed over, hoisted Kuroko onto his shoulder, and sprinted madly.
Watching this, Makoto couldn't help but think, 'What a pair of star-crossed lovers.'
When he watched Kuroko's Basketball in his previous life, Makoto felt it was less a sports anime and more a BL Anime.
Every team seemed to have a pair of gay guys.
Especially when watching Kuroko and Kagami play against Aomine, it always had the vibe of 'Kuroko introducing his current to his ex'. The love triangle energy was too strong.
Momoi, the basketball club's manager, was equally shocked by the scene.
Although she had already decided to switch allegiances, moving from 'Aomine's side' to Makoto's, the shock of seeing her childhood friend die right before her eyes was greater than she could have imagined.
That boy she had grown up with...
Was he... gone just like that?
While mourning the departure of her childhood friend, she made a decision in her heart—
She must become stronger.
She couldn't let something like this happen to her.
Boom—!
The moment Tsunade landed, she raised her right leg high and stomped down.
Monstrous Strength: Heavenly Spear Foot!
Her heel hit the Complete Body Susanoo's ankle with a deafening crash.
Debris flew, dust billowed.
Yet—
The mountain-like Complete Body Susanoo didn't budge.
Tsunade's brow furrowed tightly, sweat beading on her forehead.
Without using the Strength of a Hundred Technique, trying to contend with the Complete Body Susanoo was pure fantasy.
"Hey, hey, hey! You brat, give me a hand!"
Tsunade couldn't help but shout at her junior disciple.
Her Strength of a Hundred Technique required gathering Chakra... she needed time to release the Yin Seal.
She didn't have that luxury now. More civilians died every second she delayed.
Makoto wasn't in a hurry to act, though.
He looked up at Itachi at the center of the Complete Body Susanoo's forehead and asked with a smile.
"Rumor has it you killed your entire clan to prevent greater sacrifice."
"But what you're doing right now seems to go directly against that."
Itachi's voice came from high above, cold and devoid of warmth.
"It doesn't matter what becomes of this world now."
Obito, being carried on Kakashi's back, heard this and couldn't help but blink.
'Why did that sound... kind of familiar?'
Hearing this, Makoto's expression grew more exaggerated. He held his stomach with one hand and pointed at Itachi with the other, laughing so hard tears nearly came out.
"You people are truly something else!"
One massacred his own clan for 'peace', another planned the Infinite Tsukuyomi for a woman.
They had blood on their hands but spoke of noble ideals.
While Makoto was laughing, Itachi raised his sword again.
The orange-red blade glowed blindingly in the sunlight, Chakra even more violent than before gathering on its edge.
He was about to launch a second indiscriminate attack.
"The hell are you laughing at, brat? Act now!"
Tsunade's voice changed pitch, practically roaring.
Just as the orange-red Susanoo's sword was about to fall again—