Chapter 111 (Patreon)

Itachi winced at the thought of how the lower part of Susanoo was literally shattered into pieces by the First Mizukage's previous blow.

Under no circumstances should you expose yourself to attack!

With such thoughts, his Mangekyo Sharingan burst out with even greater force, and a powerful stream of orange chakra flowed into the hands of the surviving part of Susanoo.

And the very next moment a huge round shield formed in front of the upper part of Susanoo.

Yata Mirror!

And immediately after that, Yudao appeared in front of Itachi, without any nonsense, striking the center of the shield with his fist.

Boommmmm!

The First Mizukage's face showed surprise as the Yata Mirror vibrated violently, but still withstood his blow.

Of course, the echoes of this blow still passed from the Mirror of Yata to his hands, and then to all of Susanoo, leaving noticeable cracks on it.

At the same time, blood began to pour out of Itachi's mouth, but his bloody face showed obvious relief.

He had no time to take care of himself. After this blow, the Uchiha immediately began to restore the cracked Susanoo and even used a huge amount of the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan to form another intangible weapon after the shield.

Every shinobi has weaknesses, even the seemingly invincible and all-powerful First Mizukage.

And his Totsuka Blade is just capable of taking advantage of this weakness!

Because any target pierced by this blade will be forever sealed in a bottle and imprisoned in a genjutsu-like "drunken dream world."

“I will seal you at any cost, even if I have to sacrifice my life... you are a threat to the whole world!” – Uchiha Itachi stated decisively, spitting out blood at almost every word, which looked even more terrible coupled with the Mangekyo Sharingans bleeding with might and main.

“Eh, people like you won’t cause problems...” Yudao sighed and shook his head, looking with obvious recognition at the Uchiha, who did not waver in spirit even in such a deplorable physical condition.

Such people undoubtedly deserve recognition and respect even from the legendary First Mizukage, but that is why they must be killed first!

- Come on, show me your will, Uchiha Itachi! – he exclaimed militantly, launching two massive chains of chakra towards the enemy.

Boom!

Boom...

A moment later, a roar came again from the Hokage Rock.

But now Konoha, already in the midst of a war, did not have any free shinobi to check the mountain top.

Soon the noise died down.

The battle lasted at most another couple of minutes.

From beginning to end, there was not a speck of dust on Yudao’s clothes.

As for Itachi, who was standing nearby, only pitiful rags remained of his black cloak with red clouds. He was covered from head to toe with a layer of scarlet blood...

By this point, the Uchiha could barely stand.

When viewed from the outside, it seemed as if the breath of life was about to leave him.

“Quite a worthy opponent,” Yudao nodded approvingly.

Uchiha Itachi was strong, very strong. More specifically, he reached a new level when he started fighting with all his might. But his poor health could not withstand the increased load...

Under such strain, Itachi's flame of life gradually died out on its own, even when he was simply standing still, let alone fighting an active battle against a superior enemy.

“Kha... fortunately... I managed... to fulfill the conditions for activation... of this forbidden technique...” Itachi again coughed up blood, although very weakly, but still smiled victoriously.

Then he raised his head with difficulty and looked at the figure of the First Mizukage with his blurred gaze. By this point, the Mangekyo Sharingan had become so depleted that Itachi could barely see things at arm's length. But that didn’t matter anymore!

Yudao, of course, perfectly heard the quiet voice, one might even say the whisper of an extremely exhausted Uchiha.

And when he, slightly frowning his eyebrows, was about to finish off the enemy...

From Itachi’s bloody lips came a quiet whisper, like a gentle breeze: “Izanami...”

After this word, one of the Mangekyo Sharingans completely went blind in the eyes of the Uchiha and lost its light forever. And the frowning First Mizukage froze abruptly in place, like a stone statue.

Noticing this, the fighting Ranmaru immediately pulled away from Kisame and rushed as fast as he could towards the stunned Yudao.

– Yudao-sama! – exclaimed the young Swordsman of the Mist.

The Tailless Bijuu did not interfere with this. Then he also moved and looked at Itachi with mixed emotions, knowing full well that his partner did not have long to live.

– Izanami is an absolutely forbidden Dojutsu of the Uchiha clan, plunging the target into an endless cycle of constantly repeating events. Since I can’t kill or seal you, then all that remains is to change fate, because the only way to avoid an endless cycle is... - Itachi began to whisper with a victorious smile, looking at the motionless silhouette of Yudao, but suddenly fell silent and was completely confused.

– By recognizing the true results of your actions and accepting your fate, is that what you wanted to say? – Yudao finished his speech carefree, by this moment he had already come to his senses, instead of the stunned Itachi, and then grinned wryly. “Are you wondering how I managed to dispel the so-called absolute Dojutsu of the Uchiha Clan?”

– ...listen, when you decided to use this technique, didn’t you think for a second why Madara didn’t use it against me or Hashirama? – he smiled wider and wider, looking at Itachi’s frozen, victorious smile. – The fact is that the ability to know and accept oneself depends purely on the will of a person. And whose will could be stronger than the will of the people who shed rivers of blood and left behind mountains of corpses during the troubled Age of the Warring States?

Then the First Mizukage turned to Konoha and calmly said to himself: “I just want to destroy Konoha today, and at the same time see what surprise Hashirama has prepared for me!”

By this point, the breath of life was about to leave Itachi, but at the very last moment the dying candle flared up again.

“I won’t... I won’t allow... never... such a shinobi to walk around the world... you’re too dangerous!” – did not retreat from his Uchiha, continuing to firmly look at Yudao, even when one of his eyes lost the light and the other could barely distinguish the silhouette. – Yes, I will completely erase... I will completely erase your existence from this world!

By the end, Itachi was completely out of it, as if in some kind of trance.