With Orochimaru's swift defeat after activating the 'Eight Branches Technique,' the three Hokages watching the battle from a distance also sensed something was wrong.
The Second Hokage spoke with certainty: "There's something wrong with this Itachi Uchiha!"
The Third Hokage asked: "Teacher, what did you see?"
"Among all Kekkei Genkai, the Uchiha clan's Mangekyo Sharingan is a very special existence." After a pause, the Second Hokage continued to explain: "In my opinion, awakening from Three Tomoe Sharingan to Mangekyo Sharingan cannot be considered evolution, but a mutation!"
"Mutation!?"
The Fourth Hokage frowned slightly, realizing something.
The Second Hokage continued: "So once an Uchiha clansman activates the Mangekyo Sharingan, his fate is already sealed. Infinite darkness is the end of his life!"
The Third Hokage also knew that the pupil power of the Mangekyo Sharingan was a consumable, just not as profound as the Second Hokage's understanding. Reminded by the Second Hokage, the Third Hokage frowned and looked at the distant battlefield again: "Itachi's tactics are indeed too aggressive. This doesn't seem like his style!"
Rumble...
As the 'Totsuka Blade' in 'Susanoo's hand slashed down again, a huge noise came from the distant battlefield. That was the roar caused by the huge broken limbs of Yamata no Orochi hitting the ground after being dismembered by the 'Totsuka Blade'!
Simultaneously, accompanied by the huge roar was a cloud of dust covering the sky and earth.
Under the cover of the sky-filling dust, the residual limbs of Yamata no Orochi exploded into puffs of white smoke one after another like Shadow Clones being destroyed. Only one head didn't explode but turned into countless small white snakes, scattering around in panic.
Noticing this, 'Itachi Uchiha' didn't hesitate, directly activating a large-area 'Amaterasu' towards the area where the small white snakes gathered.
Whoosh...
Instantly, the entire battlefield was enveloped by 'Amaterasu' black flames, turning into an incredibly huge open-air furnace!
As the hot air surged upward crazily, the sky began to be densely covered with dark clouds. For a moment, the whole world darkened, as if it were the end of the world!
"This..."
Looking at the 'Amaterasu' black flames filling the vision, the Fourth Hokage clicked his tongue endlessly.
Originally he didn't care much about 'Amaterasu'. With his speed and reaction, as long as he was alert, he would almost never be hit by 'Amaterasu'.
But seeing 'Itachi Uchiha' activating 'Amaterasu', a Mangekyo pupil technique level Fire Release, as casually as 'Great Fireball Technique', he still couldn't help his scalp tingling.
Not only the Fourth Hokage, even the Second Hokage who had dealt with 'Amaterasu' during the Warring States Period, watching this scene, couldn't help twitching the corner of his eye.
At the same time, doubts arose in his heart.
Unless the problem of Mangekyo pupil power was completely solved, no Uchiha dared to consume pupil power like this.
And the 'Itachi Uchiha' in front of him reminded him of Madara Uchiha back then.
In his impression, Madara Uchiha was such a monster. In the final battle at the Valley of the End, even the First Hokage had to use full strength to confront Madara Uchiha controlling the Nine-Tails.
Even now, the Second Hokage felt regret for not being able to study Madara Uchiha's corpse.
Of course.
The Second Hokage didn't know that Madara Uchiha didn't truly die during the battle with the First Hokage at the Valley of the End back then. Instead, at the cost of sacrificing an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he activated 'Izanagi' delayed by several days. So the corpse of Madara Uchiha he secretly recovered was just a fake from beginning to end, not swapped by someone.
Precisely because of this, the Second Hokage failed to comprehend the secret of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Boom...
Suddenly, with a flash of strong light, a thunderclap came from the dark clouds overhead!
"It's going to rain..." Pausing, the Third Hokage lamented: "This reminds me of a jutsu named 'Kirin'!"
The Fourth Hokage was curious: "Kirin?"
"That's a ninjutsu developed by a young man named Shinji Uchiha!"
Then, the Third Hokage briefly explained the basic principle of the jutsu 'Kirin'.
The Fourth Hokage, who developed 'Rasengan', understood the principle of 'Kirin' as soon as he heard it, and looked up at the thunderclouds in the sky: "That young man named Shinji Uchiha is really not simple!"
The Second Hokage nodded lightly: "If one can guide the natural lightning brewed in thunderclouds to attack the enemy, the power will probably be several times stronger than ordinary Lightning Release ninjutsu!"
The Third Hokage shook his head: "Pity, don't know if he survived the catastrophe of Orochimaru attacking the village before."
Just as the three Hokages were chatting, the 'Amaterasu' black flames on the field continued to spread, almost burning everything on the battlefield completely.
The Second Hokage's attention was also attracted by the 'Amaterasu' black flames on the field at this time, wondering: "I didn't feel the contract change, Orochimaru is not dead yet?"
The Third Hokage shook his head helplessly.
He had a deep understanding of his disciple's ability to save his life. Otherwise, he wouldn't have pinned his last hope on 'Dead Demon Consuming Seal', a sealing jutsu, to perish together with Orochimaru.
On the field, 'Itachi Uchiha' also seemed to notice this, his gaze searching inch by inch on the battlefield. However, the messy battlefield and the sky-filling 'Amaterasu' black flames prevented him from completely searching every inch of land on the battlefield.
So he extinguished all 'Amaterasu' black flames and began searching on the battlefield according to his own sensing.
After a while, he raised his head abruptly, looking into the distance!
Land of Rain.
"Heh, Orochimaru's ability to escape is indeed first-class!"
Shinji raised the corner of his mouth, a smile appearing on his face under the mask.
Undoubtedly, before resisting 'Itachi Uchiha', Orochimaru had already prepared for unfavorable combat. So after Yamata no Orochi was easily dismembered by 'Itachi Uchiha', he immediately activated the backup plan, letting Yakushi Kabuto far away in the Land of Fire activate 'Reverse Summoning Jutsu' to summon him away from the battlefield.
Otherwise, even if his recovery ability was strong, he couldn't withstand the indiscriminate coverage attack of 'Amaterasu' black flames washing the ground.
But this could only escape for a while. With the tracking ability of the fake 'Itachi Uchiha', Shinji estimated it wouldn't take long for him to block Orochimaru again.
"Fortunately sent Orochimaru to solve Tanjiro..."
Immediately, Shinji felt fortunate again.
If he had acted impulsively and dealt with Tanjiro personally at that time, then the one being chased all the way by the manifestation of fear now might be him.
The matter of the fake 'Itachi Uchiha' couldn't be left alone anymore.
But right now the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters needed him to watch constantly, and the struggle between Shion and Moryo was still continuing, also needing his attention. Shinji, unable to be in two places at once, could only activate the plan thought of before, letting Itachi Uchiha deal with the fake one himself...