Once a thriving estate, the Uchiha Clan Estate was now reduced to utter ruin.
Looking out across the grounds, one saw broken walls and corpses scattered everywhere.
The terrain looked as though it had been upended by an earth-shaking tremor, marked by scorched black scorch marks and crimson bloodstains.
The Uchiha Clan had been passively drawn into this brutal, bloody battle without any preparation.
Many jounin within the clan had perished silently during Obito's assassinations.
A number of them had subsequently awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but...
Their true combat power was mediocre; they were great at bullying weaklings.
Even when pitted against ordinary jounin, they would not necessarily fall to a disadvantage.
However...
If you made them face Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage fighting at full power, it was nothing more than marching to their deaths.
Even Tekka and Yashiro, who had unlocked the Mangekyo, found their usefulness greatly diminished once the Third Hokage made his move.
This wasn't because the Third Hokage was too strong, but rather that Tekka and Yashiro simply lacked sufficient strength!
Were Shisui and Itachi formidable?
Ordinary people only ever noticed their Mangekyo, yet they overlooked the fact that even without the Sharingan, both possessed the combat prowess of seasoned jounin.
The augmentation of the Mangekyo elevated them to Kage-level fighters, allowing them to even trade blows with opponents above Kage-level by leveraging intelligence advantages.
Yet clearly,
the two Mangekyo users currently among the Uchiha Clan lacked such formidable combat expertise.
"Despicable!"
"Damning!"
"It's all that ungrateful dog Itachi; if he hadn't assassinated the clan head, our side wouldn't have been pushed into such a passive state!" Tekka Uchiha said bitterly and resentfully.
Yashiro shook his head with a sigh. "There's no point in dwelling on that now."
Yakumi glanced at the despondent-looking Yakumi, then