Dazed and groggy, Uchiha Sasuke suddenly snapped awake, her consciousness returning to her body.
The cold touch against her skin, and the pungent, iron-like scent of blood around her nostrils, made her instinctively assume a battle stance.
Before her eyes was a shocking scene: walls streaked and splattered with fresh blood.
It felt as if she had been thrown into an abandoned warehouse, cluttered with debris everywhere. Through the only window, she could see nothing but the pitch-black night outside.
On the slightly worn walls, thick blood was smeared in patches. Looking closer, she noticed small fragments of flesh mixed in.
"Where… am I?"
Sasuke's mind was still foggy, her memory frozen at the moment just before she lost consciousness.
Suddenly, she heard whispers outside the room. When she went to investigate, she was shocked to find that Sakura, her roommate, had mysteriously disappeared.
What happened next was entirely beyond her expectations.
In the empty room, footsteps echoed, accompanied by the whispers, growing closer and closer until they suddenly stopped.
The moment she turned her head, a pale face came into view.
After that… her memory went blank.
But why had she woken up in an abandoned warehouse?
After taking some time to calm her scattered thoughts, Sasuke decided to step outside and see.
It wasn't without risk. Up to this point, she still didn't know who the enemy was, nor did she understand why they had left her in the warehouse.
"I have to find the others and regroup as soon as possible."
Sasuke checked her gear. Everything was there, including the chakra sword that Jiraiya had spent a fortune crafting for her.
She gripped the hilt of her sword, cautiously crouching as she pushed open the warehouse door.
A crimson blood moon hung high in the sky, and the air was thick with a pungent stench of blood. Sasuke suddenly froze in place, his eyes fixed on the scene before him. It was too familiar.
"This… is… the Uchiha estate?!"
The low, tightly packed houses instantly made her realize—this was the Uchiha estate in Konoha!
But the problem was, she had clearly been on a mission outside. How could she suddenly be back in Konoha?
In an instant, Sasuke guessed the answer, gritting her teeth. "It's a genjutsu!"
That's right. There was no other possibility. It had to be a genjutsu. Without a sound, she had been pulled into someone's illusion.
Now that she thought about it, everything that happened inside the wooden house must have been part of the genjutsu too.
"Ah—!"
Suddenly, a piercing scream rang out, snapping Sasuke out of her thoughts.
She rushed toward the source of the scream, but as soon as she stepped out of the alley, she saw a scene that would haunt her for the rest of her life.
Along the main road leading to the Uchiha residential area, bodies of clan members lay mutilated beyond recognition.
Limbs had been brutally severed, heads cut off, and blood covered almost the entire road, seeping deep into the soil. The air was filled with a sickening, heavy metallic scent of blood.
Sasuke stared blankly at the scene, and deep within, a spark of anger and hatred began to grow.
"Show yourself!"
A fierce wind swirled around her as she swung her sword.
The chakra-infused sword slashed through the air, as if venting invisible rage, tearing up the ground around her. Yet no matter how loudly she called out, no one answered.
Sasuke's eyes burned red with anger, but she knew she had to remain calm. She could not fall into the trap set by her enemy.
At that moment, the whispering voice came again.
Sasuke whipped her head around. The three tomoe on her Sharingan spun rapidly, finally locking onto the target.
Chakra surged violently beneath her feet, propelling her forward like a rocket.
Along the entire road leading to the main estate, shredded bodies of Uchiha clan members were scattered everywhere.
"Night of the Massacre."
At this moment, Sasuke finally understood.
The illusion she had been pulled into was none other than the Night of the Massacre itself.
If nothing went wrong, the one who caused that night—the most infamous traitor in history, Uchiha Itachi—was here!
The thought of finally seeing Uchiha Itachi with her own eyes made Sasuke's killing intent surge uncontrollably.
She tightened her grip on the sword and increased her speed.
Leaping across rooftops, she flipped over several houses, and two wind wings sprouted from her back, carrying her as she glided through the air.
Soon, a figure appeared in her sight.
"I found you!"
The next moment, Sasuke formed a hand seal and took a deep breath.
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Technique!"
Boom!
A raging torrent of fire tore across the night sky like a dragon, carrying waves of blistering heat.
However, the towering flames were instantly met with an unexpected defense.
The figure's chakra boiled violently, forming a massive skeletal structure.
The giant skeleton smashed her ninjutsu with a single swipe of its hand.
Seeing this, Sasuke landed on a rooftop, her eyes widening slightly in surprise.
But she quickly regained her composure, staring intently at the figure in the dust.
The anger that had been building in her chest surged outward, pure and unrestrained.
"Uchiha Itachi!!!"
As the smoke cleared, Uchiha Itachi in his black robes turned to look at Sasuke on the rooftop, a faint smile curling on his lips.
"Ah, you've finally come, Sasuke. I've been waiting for you a long time."
The moment Sasuke saw Itachi, every rational thought in her mind snapped like a broken string.
Ever since she was young, Shisui had instilled in her a single purpose: to avenge the Uchiha clan.
To take revenge on Uchiha Itachi!
Lightning danced across her palm, radiating a deadly aura.
"Chidori—Lightning Spear!"
This was a jutsu she had refined herself, inspired by the original Lightning Sword.
Though its destructive power was not as great as the true Lightning Sword, it had the advantage of being reusable and low on chakra consumption.
Sasuke gripped the blazing Chidori spear and hurled it fiercely at Uchiha Itachi.
However, just as she finished charging her attack, her pupils suddenly shrank, and her wrist was tightly grabbed.
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