Like others, I think it's pretty obvious this will be an illusion, revealed next week.
Still, even if it's not real, it's pretty awesome seeing Sasuke get totally wtfpwned like that.

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Honestly, why does Kishi even waste our time with this?
Maybe, just maybe, if once in a while he would actually kill off main characters here and there, without the character announcing their own death several chapters beforehand, then these oh-no-a-main-character-is-in-trouble! moments would be just that and actually leave the readers in suspense. Instead we know to roll our eyes and wait for the illusion to be revealed in next week's chapter.
Heh, well said. This series is filled with moments like this.