Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

"Alright, you said it yourself, kid."

"Don't regret it later."

"Hmm." Sasuke nodded slightly.

Having received permission, Kurama immediately turned around and walked towards Itachi Uchiha.

Sasuke looked at Itachi, who remained unmoved, and his mockery deepened.

"What's wrong?" he said coldly. "Even now, are you still going to put on that so-called lecturing older brother posture?"

"If they don't even have the courage to fight me head-on..."

A flash of killing intent crossed Sasuke's eyes.

"Then you might as well just wait to die."

"..."

Itachi Uchiha closed his eyes, a sense of sadness in his heart.

He knew that no words would have any effect on Sasuke at this moment.

In this case...

Itachi opened his eyes, his voice becoming low and deep.

"Then, Sasuke."

"Before you actually embark on that path, let me, as your elder brother, tell you one last piece of advice."

Never underestimate any enemy.

After saying that, he also walked towards the Nine-Tails.

Sasuke watched Itachi's actions and saw the renewed fighting spirit in his eyes, knowing that Itachi had made his decision.

"Misfortune day."

An invisible fluctuation of pupil power quietly spread out.

Uchiha Itachi felt a blur before his eyes, and all the injuries and fatigue he had suffered earlier were wiped away in an instant.

Even the blood disease in his body disappeared without a trace.

"?!"

Itachi stared in horror at his hands, the feeling of returning to his peak filled him with unprecedented shock.

What kind of technique is this?!

Unheard of!

"To let you face defeat in your strongest form."

Sasuke's voice came from the sky, full of indifference, "Let me show you what true power is."

"Hey, Uchiha kid."

Kurama's voice turned deep and solemn as he asked, "You should know that technique called 'Susanoo,' right?"

The weasel nodded slightly.

"Then stop talking nonsense."

The nine-tailed fox grinned, revealing a ferocious smile, "Then attach it to my body immediately!"

"If we fight separately, neither of us can defeat him! Only by combining our strength as one will we have even a sliver of hope!"

Itachi instantly understood Kurama's intention.

Without the slightest hesitation, tears of blood flowed from his eyes once more.

"Susanoo!"

A vast expanse of crimson chakra surged forth from his body in an unprecedented manner!

But this time, the chakra did not condense and take shape on his body.

Instead, it surged wildly into the Nine-Tails' body like a living fluid.

"Awooo—!!!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox let out an excited roar, and its massive body began to undergo drastic changes under the infusion of this external power.

Crimson chakra flowed throughout his body like magma.

A layer of ferocious crimson chakra armor pierced out, covering its head, back, and limbs.

Next came the weapons, the first of which was a crimson shield engraved with peculiar patterns.

The "Yata Mirror" slowly condensed and took shape on its left claw.

And another longsword, a wine-red color, gleamed with an eerie light.

The "Ten-Fist Sword" was also tightly gripped in its right claw.

When the final armor on the head completely closed, a being powerful enough to make heaven and earth pale in comparison descended.

It was a gigantic nine-tailed fox demon clad in crimson armor and wielding a divine sword and shield.

Mighty Armor - Susanoo!

It roared to the sky, unleashing a chakra storm that even caused the entire sea to boil.

Under this oppressive force that could make the heavens and earth pale in comparison, Sasuke's slender figure appeared so small.

But there was no fear on his face.

On the contrary, a fervent fighting spirit is being ignited little by little.

"Ha ha ha ha......"

Sasuke let out a long, maniacal laugh.

"it is good......"

"very good!"

"This is how you should be, Uchiha Itachi!"

"Only someone like you deserves to die by my blade!"

This arrogant declaration caused Itachi Uchiha to frown slightly.

A hint of anger at being provoked flashed in the Nine-Tails' eyes.

Sasuke quickly stopped laughing, lowered his head, and plunged the "Indra," which was burning with black flames, upside down into the sea in front of him.

He crouched down, clasped his hands together, and gently placed them on the end of the black hilt of the knife, his eyelids lowering as he did so.

His spiritual pressure and chakra erupted in full force.

"What is this...?!"

Itachi's heart skipped a beat, and a strange sense of fear welled up inside him.

Sasuke's voice came from below, carrying a certain inhuman quality.

"Susanoo, Indra..."

"Swastika!"

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"Susanoo, Indra..."

"——Swastika!!!"

The moment the words left his mouth, Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes.

A similarly powerful purple torrent surged into the sky, outlining the equally enormous and ferocious skull behind Sasuke.

The purple skeleton roared to the sky, and in the instant it took shape, the aura it emitted caused the sea beneath its feet to recede wildly in all directions, creating a brief vacuum.

At the same time, the long, black sword that was stuck upside down in the sea also emitted a hum filled with longing.

The power of death and the void that had been gathering strength on the blade was suddenly unleashed!

A dark storm of spiritual pressure surged out from the blade and rushed wildly into the newly formed purple skeleton.

"Are you kidding me!"

Within the Susanoo, Kurama's horrified roar echoed, "That brat's power is still getting stronger?!"

"What is this...?" Itachi stared intently at the purple storm undergoing a terrifying transformation, his unease reaching its peak.

Under his gaze, veins and flesh began to grow rapidly on the purple skull.

Immediately afterwards, outside the pitch-black flesh, a layer of ferocious armor flashing with blackish-purple lightning began to condense and take shape piece by piece.

Ultimately, it transformed into a set of heavy armor covered in endless black flames and filled with an eerie aura, completely enveloping Susanoo's massive body.

A pair of enormous wings, large enough to blot out the sun, spread out menacingly from its back.

Its wings were eerie; with each flap, they stirred up a storm of black flames.

As the hideous and ancient black armor completely covered the giant's entire body, a grotesque mask resembling a celestial dog slowly closed, completely concealing the empty skull eye sockets.

"Click."

A soft click, like a mechanism unlocking.

The tightly closed, menacing mask slid open from the middle to the top and bottom sides, as if a mask had been removed to reveal the true face.

Behind the mask was a face that bore a striking resemblance to Sasuke.

Dark flames burned within his pupils.

When the pitch-black demon's body was fully formed, the sky changed accordingly.

The already waning moon shone brightly at that moment.

Boundless black clouds converged from all directions, forming a massive vortex that seemed poised to completely engulf the blood moon.

A blood-red moon hung high in the sky, and countless embers of burning black flames, like snowflakes burying the world, silently drifted down from that blood moon.