Chapter 80 – The End of the Ferret, the Birth of a New Bond
Even though Aike had told them the complete Susanoo was strong, Nami and the girls only now truly felt it.
Past enemies had never been worth this form. Izumi usually ended fights with a glare.
They had only seen the skeletal stage during internal sparring.
Tsunade was equally stunned.
"So this is what Grandpa faced…"
"Unbelievably strong."
But she was more concerned about the casual conversation between Carina and Aike earlier.
From their tone, it sounded like every girl in the group could do the same thing.
If that was true, then this crew wasn't just dangerous—they were a walking apocalypse.
At the center of the lake,
facing Izumi's full power, Itachi let out a long breath.
He already saw his ending.
"So this is the Eternal Eye he spoke of…"
"A power worth longing for. Shame I can't give it to Sasuke."
Blood tears streamed down his face as his vision blurred.
He was at the end of his rope.
Even for a Mangekyou user, Susanoo's burden was far heavier than he had ever imagined.
"Your eyes couldn't carry the weight of your so-called 'greater good' after all."
Izumi looked down at him coldly.
"Good. I'm done playing."
"Time to join the clan you murdered. Atone."
"All-Cutting Slash!!"
The complete Susanoo swung.
For one frozen moment, the world held its breath.
Nothing existed except that descending blade.
The lake water surged upward. The earth screamed. The ground cracked like tofu.
Itachi gave up running.
Escape was a fantasy. His plans for Sasuke were ashes.
So he met the strike head-on.
Until the very end, he never believed he had chosen wrong.
The village over the clan—that was the "greater good."
But guilt existed.
So he fought with everything he had left.
When the blades met—
BOOM!!!!!
A shockwave ruptured eardrums. Blood trickled from Tsunade's and Jiraiya's ears.
They couldn't even see the center—just blinding light and pressure.
Aike and the girls saw everything clearly.
No surprise.
Izumi's slash paused for half a heartbeat, then shattered Itachi's Susanoo like glass.
Even the Yata Mirror, said to reflect all physical attacks, cracked and spider-webbed.
The gap was absolute.
It was over.
Izumi dismissed her titan and stood over the broken, dying Itachi.
The chains around her heart finally shattered.
Nami, Carina, and Kaya walked up and stood beside her.
Izumi looked at them—her new family—and smiled.
The first genuine smile since the night of the massacre.
Aike, meanwhile, extended a sinful hand toward the rapidly fading Itachi.
Against Six Paths-level power, spiritual treasures had no will to resist.
Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror floated obediently into his palm.
He wasn't done.
The guy was dying anyway.
A pair of Mangekyou Sharingan—and the spare Shisui eye still sealed in Itachi's crow—politely joined the collection.
Tsunade and Jiraiya watched the whole looting process.
Their mouths twitched in unison.
This guy robs corpses without blinking.
Zero morals. Insane strength.
Official verdict: Do NOT piss him off. Ever.
The girls didn't bat an eye.
This was standard Aike procedure: If it has value and isn't nailed down, it's his. If it is nailed down, he'll pry it loose anyway.
Itachi, already on the edge of death, stopped breathing a few seconds after the final harvest.
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