[Itachi Uchiha]: As expected… it finally comes to me.
[Boruto Uzumaki]: So, uh—what kind of monster is Master Sasuke's big bro anyway?
[Sasuke Uchiha]: Itachi… what are you still hiding from me?
Sasuke staggered for breath.
Across from him, Itachi's voice was faint—almost a whisper.
"If not for this, I'd have died to your last strike."
The word barely fell when a crimson flare rolled out like thunder—
Bones rose from nothing.
A skull. Ribs. A looming frame knitting itself around Itachi's body.
"Without this, I might really have fallen," he said, eyes unfocused, gaze fixed beyond Sasuke.
Pressure hit like a wall.
Everywhere, jaws dropped.
[Iwabe Yuino]: I seriously thought three-tomoe was the ceiling for the Sharingan…
[Denki Kaminarimon]: Same here—guess not!
[Sarada Uchiha]: Uncle Itachi's Susanoo feels totally different from Shisui-nii's!
[Shisui Uchiha]: Itachi's talent surpasses mine.
"You've grown strong, Sasuke," Itachi murmured, shambling forward.
"This time, I'll show you my last trump card—Susanoo."
Sasuke's face tightened. He'd already burned through his chakra hurling Kirin.
He couldn't stop the thing roiling in his shoulder—
A white-scaled maw tore free: Yamata no Orochi.
"Finally," Itachi's eyes chilled. "The one I wanted to drag out… comes out."
Orochimaru lunged through the serpent, delighted.
The red giant met him head-on.
Itachi's Susanoo drew a sake-gourd hilt—the Totsuka Blade—and cleaved.
One snake head tumbled; earth shuddered.
The others struck as one.
In his left hand, the giant raised a rippling mirror—Yata Mirror—and the rush broke like rain on stone.
Another thrust—Totsuka's point flashed scarlet.
Only three heads remained.
Across the world, pupils tightened.
Two divine treasures—in one Susanoo?
[Boruto]: Uh… is Uncle Itachi actually stronger than Master Sasuke?
[Izuna Uchiha]: Why is his Susanoo fully kitted out like a final boss?!
[Madara Uchiha]: The Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror… both in one bearer.
[Sasuke]: …No. That can't be true.
Sasuke stared up at the sky-screen, stunned to the marrow.
Compared to his brother's myth, he felt painfully small.
Two serpent heads coiled around the crimson giant—
Susanoo flexed and shattered them. One head remained.
For the first time, Orochimaru looked afraid.
Slime-slicked, he slid free of the serpent's throat, a pale figure grinning as he drew the Kusanagi from his own mouth.
[Boruto]: Ewwww. That guy is gross.
[Sarada]: Why is there… slime everywhere?
[Mitsuki]: …Mom? Dad?
Everyone: Huh?!
Boruto-era classroom, instant silence.
Mitsuki smiled serenely. "The person in the video is my mother… and also my father. They created me."
Sweat dotted Boruto's brow. "S-so are they a he or a she?"
Sarada pushed up her glasses, studying Mitsuki's face—then Orochimaru's.
"…I can kind of see the resemblance."
[Jiraiya]: Orochimaru… when did you get this disgusting?
[Tsunade]: Seriously. Why this disgusting?
[Orochimaru]: Hehe. I merely pursue the art of eternity.
[Sasuke (youth)]: So the me on-screen… is being overtaken by Orochimaru?
[Sarada]: Wait—my textbook said your teacher was Lord Orochimaru?
[Sasuke (adult)]: In a manner of speaking.
Sasuke, far from the village, glanced at the feed and answered in that calm that sounded cold to strangers.
[Boruto]: Master Sasuke! You finally spoke! When are you coming back to teach me ninjutsu?!
[Sasuke (adult)]: Haste makes waste, pine-apple head.
[Boruto]: …Oh.
[Naruto (adult)]: (Ahem) Your dad can also teach you, you know.
[Kushina]: That's my grandson? So cute! Looks just like little Naruto!
[Minato]: Spitting image.
White Zetsu and Black Zetsu gagged in unison. "Why is he always slimy when he shows up?"
"This is the moment I've been waiting for…"
Orochimaru's smile widened, eyes drinking in the towering red avatar. "Show me more—Susanoo."
He moved first—
and Itachi's Susanoo answered, mirror singing, blade poised to seal.
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