[Hashirama: Madara, I didn't expect your descendant to be the one to answer the question correctly. Who do you think he'll choose as his reward?]
[Madara (Uchiha): Of course, he'll use the Rinne Rebirth Technique to resurrect me! I'm the strongest man in Uchiha history. If he brings me back, I'll fulfill all his wishes!]
[Tobirama: You're dreaming. The power of the "Late-Stage Peak" is at least equal to yours. Why would he waste the reward to bring you back?]
[Madara: You… You don't understand! You don't know the weight I carry in the eyes of the Uchiha! That kid will bring me back!]
[Itachi: Sorry, Madara-senpai. My little brother doesn't even know who you are…]
[Madara: NANI?!]
[Hiruzen: I think Sasuke would probably want to bring back his parents.]
[Tobirama: Oh? His parents are dead? Who killed them?]
[Hiruzen: You forgot someone said earlier that they wiped out the Uchiha clan?]
[Tobirama: …]
[Itachi: …]
[Hashirama: What a kid… You killed your own parents? Just what kind of burden are you carrying?]
[Itachi: For the village, I would give up everything.]
[Itachi (quietly): But for my brother, I'd give up the village…]
As everyone in the group thought Sasuke would definitely choose to use the Rinne Rebirth Technique to revive his loved ones… they all overlooked a major detail.
Sasuke didn't even know what the Rinne Rebirth Technique was…
And more importantly, at that moment, he was facing a direct threat from Orochimaru. So, without hesitation, he chose Option 1.
Obtain late-stage peak power directly!
Ding! Congratulations to Uchiha Sasuke for obtaining late-stage peak power!
Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan (straight tomoe) — Activated!
Six Tomoe Rinnegan — Activated!
Mastered — Amaterasu, Kagutsuchi!
Mastered — Lightning Style: Kirin!
Mastered — Perfect Susano'o!
Mastered — Sealing Technique: Chibaku Tensei!
Mastered — Amenotejikara!
Mastered — Indra's Arrow! ...
Sasuke: "!!!!!"
Orochimaru: "!!!!!"
Sakura: "!!!!!"
Naruto: "ZZZZZ…"
[Hashirama: I hadn't realized before, but this young man actually awakened the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan at his peak. Madara, his ocular power is above yours!]
[Madara: Hmph! Hashirama! You think I never awakened the Rinnegan?!]
[Hashirama: What?! You had the Rinnegan too?!]
[Madara (in typical tsundere fashion): Hashirama, you thought you killed me back then, didn't you? But I actually lived many more years after that — and awakened the Rinnegan before dying.]
[Hashirama (sighs): Madara, if you hadn't left the village back then, with your power, you should've been the one to become Hokage.]
The scene cuts to the Forest of Death during the Chūnin Exams. Orochimaru, who was previously grinning evilly and licking his lips with his long tongue, was instantly stunned when he saw Sasuke awaken the Eternal Mangekyō and Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
"Oh Orochimaru… didn't you just say… you wanted to take someone?"
Sasuke, with two legendary-tier eyes, stared coldly at Orochimaru.
"I… uh…"
"Die, snake."
Suddenly, a massive purple mecha-like Susano'o appeared in the Forest of Death. Orochimaru's face turned green.
Orochimaru's inner monologue: "Damn it… there's a Genin piloting a Gundam in here! Is no one going to do anything?!"
"Uhh… Sasuke-kun, calm down… I… I was just passing by…"
A single drop of sweat ran down Orochimaru's forehead. "I used to believe in science. But reality just slapped me hard. Cheating is fine, but not this level of cheating!"
He couldn't help but recall the earlier scene of Sasuke in the Valley of the End. A version of Sasuke who could obliterate everything. At that moment, for the first time, Orochimaru — who had never feared anything — was filled with dread.
Peak Sasuke… was a being who could obliterate the heavens, the earth, and even air itself!
"You just mentioned Itachi, right? Do you even know… …that he's the one man I've vowed to kill?"
Sasuke's gaze turned icy cold as he stared straight at Orochimaru.
Back in the chat group: [Hiruzen: Itachi, what exactly did you do in the past? You were only told to secretly eliminate the Uchiha clan, so why does your brother hate you so much?]
[Danzo: I bet Itachi intentionally told his little brother something like 'Hate me' during the massacre so Sasuke would know he was the one who did it.]
[Itachi: …] (Itachi's inner monologue: Damn it, if I'd known Sasuke would get this OP, I never would've acted so edgy in front of him back then…)