The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 63 No one can disrupt the peace of the village!

With Itachi's mournful roar, the Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes spun wildly, turning into a blood-red vortex. Two streams of bloody tears flowed from his eyes, down his cheeks, and condensed into hideous blood crystals on his chin. His chakra also fluctuated violently.

The original energy skeleton around him rapidly grew chakra muscles, and then covered it with a layer of armor, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.

Although it was still only half-body, its aura surged dramatically, becoming incredibly imposing. The earth cracked under the pressure of Susanoo, and rubble floated upwards against gravity, only to be ground into powder by the chakra flow.

"Has he gone mad?" Scorpion remained expressionless, flicking the scroll in his hand, and a new humanoid puppet appeared in his grasp.

"That is..." Gangzi Tie and the others who were watching were immediately shocked.

The Third Kazekage's name was once renowned throughout the ninja world. Even if ninjas from various villages had never seen him in person, they had all seen his portrait in intelligence reports and recognized him.

Moreover, after the Third Kazekage disappeared, the two countries of Earth and Fire even fought a major battle over it, so the ninjas of Konoha Village had an even deeper impression of the Third Kazekage.

Now, upon seeing this human puppet, they were immediately terrified.

Scorpion completely ignored the group of small fry and stared intently at Itachi opposite him as if facing a formidable enemy.

When he was recruiting Kakuzu, he had witnessed Itachi's skills and knew that Itachi was top-notch in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu, not to mention the incredibly powerful Susanoo.

So the scorpion immediately enlarged its attack.

"Magnetic Release: Iron Sand Boundary Technique!"

With a flick of his ten fingers and a surge of chakra threads, the Third Kazekage puppet flew into the air. It opened its mouth, and a large amount of iron sand poured out, attracting and deforming each other in mid-air to form a giant iron spear, which it then shot down towards Itachi.

Itachi knew that Sasori was a formidable enemy, so he also unleashed his full power right away.

As he raised his shield to deflect the iron spear, he glared and activated an illusion.

"Tsukuyomi!"

The environment distorted, all colors vanished, leaving only black and white all around.

Sasori's body was suspended in mid-air, bound to a cross. Uchiha Itachi stood opposite him with a gloomy face, holding a long sword in his hand, and forcefully stabbed at Sasori.

"No one can destroy the village..."

"Peace!"

The sharp blade pierced his body, making a screeching sound, but Scorpion remained expressionless, showing no sign of pain.

"this one?"

"Your illusion magic is indeed powerful, but it's meaningless to me!"

Sensing the strange sensation emanating from the sword in his hand, Itachi's gaze sharpened. He held the sword horizontally and forcefully dragged it to the side.

"squeak……"

The blade scraped against the scorpion's body again with a piercing sound, creating a huge gash in the scorpion's abdomen.

Seeing the various pieces of wood and screws exposed inside the wound, Itachi fell silent.

He slowly drew his knife and slashed several more times, dismembering the scorpion's body into eight pieces, but what was revealed were all kinds of mechanical artifacts, without a single drop of blood.

"As you can see, I have long ago transformed my fragile body into a puppet."

Sasori spoke calmly, as if Itachi wasn't dismantling his body.

"So-called illusion techniques can only be applied to ninjas; they have no effect on a puppet."

"Puppets have no hunger, no pain, and no emotions. They can live forever simply by having their parts replaced occasionally."

"This is an eternal art, something that everyone has dreamed of since ancient times."

"No." Itachi slowly shook his head. "If you were truly a puppet, you wouldn't be able to appear in the illusion space at all."

"Since you've appeared here, it means you still possess a core of humanity."

Itachi disassembled Sasori's body piece by piece, and finally, looking at the round bead in his chest cavity, he raised his sword high and stabbed it down forcefully.

Where the blade fell, blood splattered everywhere!

Even as he watched his core being pierced, Scorpion remained unmoved, calmly stating:

"It's no use."

"I've already said it, puppets have no pain, no feelings."

"This is an illusion space; you cannot cause me any real harm."

"Everything you've done is a waste of time."

"At least, I now know where your weakness lies," Itachi said coldly before dispelling the illusion.

The black and white colors quickly faded, and the two returned to the real world. The iron spear formed by the Sand Iron World Technique had just flown in front of Susanoo when it collided heavily with the shield in Susanoo's left hand.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the iron spear shattered instantly, sending iron sand particles flying everywhere, turning the ravaged ground into a sieve.

Poor Sasuke, his head was like a rotten watermelon, rolling around everywhere after being shot with iron sand, and no one paid any attention to it.

Itachi raised his gaze and looked at Sasori's core area, his Mangekyou Sharingan spinning once more.

"Amaterasu!"

A black flame suddenly ignited on the scorpion's chest and quickly spread to its limbs.

With a flick of his fingers, Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage puppet, which immediately opened its mouth and unleashed a torrent of iron sand at Sasori, which, like a waterfall, swept towards the flames.

To Scorpion's surprise, the flames not only didn't go out, but they even ignited the iron sand.

Seeing that the flames were spreading, Sasori dared not hesitate any longer. He immediately flicked his arm, revealing a sharp dagger at his fingertips, and cut off the burning parts. He then flung them outwards and simultaneously retracted his chakra threads, lowering the puppet to his front to block it.

"It can even ignite iron sand; what a terrifying flame!"

"However, now it's my turn."

"Magnetic Release: Iron Sand Boundary Technique!"

Sasori activated his chakra threads once more, and the puppet clasped its hands together. The iron sand that had been blasted into the ground suddenly erupted, crisscrossing and spreading underground like vines, attracting and coalescing with each other, piercing the ground, and growing upwards.

Sensing the movement beneath his feet, Itachi quickly leaped up and landed on the nearby house. Looking down, he saw sharp iron sand branches shooting up from the ground, growing into a clump of steel thorns where he had just stood.

Moreover, this thicket of thorns continues to grow, spreading in all directions, threatening to turn this place into a steel forest.

"Itachi, your Susanoo's attack and defense are indeed very strong."

"However, thanks to Bai An, everyone now knows that the weakness of the half-body Susanoo lies under its feet."

"As long as you can't stay airborne like Payne, your defense will always have blind spots!"

"Come on, Itachi!"

"Let's see if you break through my core first, or if I turn you into my puppet first!"

"Uchiha An..." Itachi gritted his teeth and muttered the name he hated to the core.

In his view, while Akatsuki was indeed the enemy that invaded Konoha, it was Uchiha An, who instigated the conflict between Akatsuki and the village, forcing the two villages to start a war, who was the real culprit for Konoha's current state of war.

In particular, Uchiha An leaked information about many of the village's ninjas, which is why the village is now on the defensive against invasions.

As for reflecting on his mistakes, such as killing the entire clan and incurring Uchiha An's revenge?

Heh... Before dying, the Uchiha who could become a Mangekyou Sharingan had no concept of regret in their minds.

He would only think that his biggest mistake was not eliminating Uchiha Anya completely that day, but he would never regret starting the massacre.

This is the brain circuit of the Mangekyou Sharingan Uchiha!

"No, I must also report the Akatsuki's information to the village, otherwise the village might suffer significant losses!"

The thought flashed through Itachi's mind, instantly extinguishing his desire to continue fighting Sasori.

"Hey, Kotetsu, come and stop him. I have important information to share with Lord Sandai."

After saying that, Itachi canceled Susanoo and leaped towards the Hokage Building.

But as soon as he landed, a figure flashed before his eyes, and Gang Zitie and the others blocked his way.

"Itachi, I don't know if you two are really fighting or just pretending, but as a guard of the village, I can't let you pass through here, and I certainly can't let you get close to the Hokage at will."