Using Genjutsu Before Me?

"Clan Head, what are you talking about?"

Uchiha Sen went pale, struggling to defend himself.

"No need to argue. Since I'm saying this, I naturally have conclusive evidence."

Uchiha Fugaku remained unmoved, his expression icy.

"So I was discovered after all!"

Seeing the certainty in Uchiha Fugaku's tone and knowing further excuses were useless, Uchiha Sen stopped defending himself.

All this time, he had worried that his identity as an infiltrator would be exposed.

He often woke from nightmares because of it.

Now, that day had finally come.

"Though you only have half Uchiha blood, the Uchiha Clan has never treated you unfairly. Is this how you repay the Uchiha Clan?"

Uchiha Fugaku looked at Uchiha Sen with disgust.

The Uchiha Clan had always treated Uchiha Sen equally and had never shortchanged him.

They had even protected the young Uchiha Sen, placing him in the relatively safe rear.

Otherwise, Uchiha Sen, who had been only twelve at the time, might not have survived the battlefields of the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars.

Although Uchiha Sen had become an Elite Jonin through talent and hard work, he undoubtedly could not have done so without the Uchiha Clan's cultivation.

Compared to Elite Jonin from civilian backgrounds, Uchiha Sen's path to becoming an Elite Jonin had undoubtedly been far easier.

And all of that had earned them nothing more than a traitorous mole.

"I know I've let the clan down. I'm sorry for what I've done to the clan."

Uchiha Sen looked ashamed. Uchiha Fugaku's words had stirred up his memories.

He remembered when his father had died in battle, and his mother had brought him back to the Uchiha Clan.

Though the Uchiha Clan was cold toward outsiders, it took rather good care of its own.

It was the Uchiha Clan's protection that had allowed him to survive the cruel battlefields of the Shinobi World Wars.

"Put away that act. If you truly felt even a shred of guilt, you would never have willingly remained an infiltrator in the Uchiha Clan for sixteen years, and things would never have reached this point."

Uchiha Fugaku said coldly.

"Though I feel guilty, I don't regret it."

Uchiha Sen shook his head.

"Konoha needs peace. Everything I've done was for Konoha's peace."

"The Uchiha Clan cannot bring peace to Konoha. Only the Third Hokage, only the Will of Fire, can bring true peace to Konoha."

"The Will of Fire?"

A trace of mockery appeared at the corner of Uchiha Fugaku's mouth.

Another person brainwashed by the Third Hokage with the Will of Fire. The Third Hokage's ability to brainwash people was truly impressive; even as an enemy, he had to admire the Third Hokage's methods.

His mouth seemed blessed with a bewitching power, drawing people in before they even realized it.

Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi were like this, and so was Uchiha Sen before him.

"The Third Hokage is nothing but a hypocritical politician. He cannot represent the Will of Fire, much less bring true peace to Konoha!"

"Don't insult Lord Third Hokage!"

Enraged by Uchiha Fugaku's words, Uchiha Sen glared furiously at him.

"Insult? I'm merely stating the facts. Do you know what the Third Hokage has done behind the scenes over the years?"

Uchiha Fugaku scoffed.

"He manipulated public opinion to drive Konoha's White Fang to suicide, deliberately let the rogue ninja Orochimaru escape and leave the village with a massive hidden threat, and clung to the Hokage position without selecting a Fifth Hokage..."

"Do not insult Lord Third Hokage again—Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!"

Completely enraged, the three tomoe in Uchiha Sen's eyes spun rapidly. He pushed his Dojutsu to its limit and unleashed the strongest genjutsu he could use.

Puff, puff, puff!

One enormous metal stake after another fell from the sky, piercing Uchiha Fugaku's body.

They nailed Uchiha Fugaku in place, leaving him unable to move as intense pain assaulted him.

"Using genjutsu before me?"

A contemptuous smile appeared on Uchiha Fugaku's lips.

Against someone outside the Uchiha Clan, even a Kage-level expert, genjutsu cast through the Sharingan could still have some effect.

But before him, who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, this was undoubtedly an extremely foolish decision.

Swish—

His eyes transformed into a complex pattern of tomoe and rings, with a black dot in each of its three sections.

An eerie and terrifying power radiated from his eyes, and the metal stakes piercing his body snapped one after another.

In an instant, he broke Uchiha Sen's genjutsu and regained his ability to move.

Not only that, he pulled Uchiha Sen into the True Illusion of his right-eye Dojutsu.

"The Mangekyō Sharingan—you awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan?!"

With his genjutsu broken, Uchiha Sen stared in shock at the unique pattern in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes, so different from an ordinary Sharingan.

Having infiltrated the Uchiha Clan for sixteen years, how could he not know what the Mangekyō Sharingan was?

It was an eye far superior to the ordinary Sharingan, possessing power vastly greater than that of the ordinary Sharingan. In terms of might, it was not much weaker than the First Hokage's Wood Release Kekkei Genkai.

Yet after Uchiha Madara, such eyes had never appeared within the Uchiha Clan again.

He had never expected them to reappear, much less in Uchiha Fugaku, whom he considered ordinarily strong and wholly unqualified to serve as Clan Head.

"As someone with Uchiha blood, you must have longed to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan as well, haven't you? Today, I'll satisfy your curiosity about these eyes and execute you with them!"

Uchiha Fugaku said in a frigid voice.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"

Sensing an intense danger, goosebumps rose all over Uchiha Sen's body. Keeping his guard up against Uchiha Fugaku, his hands rapidly formed seals.

"Roar—"

A massive roaring fire dragon appeared, raising its flaming head and lashing its fiery body as it lunged to bite Uchiha Fugaku.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"

Uchiha Fugaku neither moved nor formed seals. He looked at Uchiha Sen with contempt, like a cat toying with a mouse.

Only when the enormous fire dragon was nearly upon him did he raise a hand and point.

An identical massive fire dragon appeared and crashed into the incoming one.

Boom!

The two enormous fire dragons collided and exploded, both dispersing into nothingness.

"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique—"

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation—"

Uchiha Sen unleashed one powerful ninjutsu after another, but Uchiha Fugaku easily blocked them all with the very same techniques.

"He didn't form seals!"

Staring at Uchiha Fugaku warily, Uchiha Sen's forehead was already covered in cold sweat.

It was not that Uchiha Fugaku formed seals too quickly for him to see. Uchiha Fugaku had not formed seals at all; he could activate ninjutsu without forming seals.

Given the speed at which the other man cast ninjutsu, if he had not intended to toy with him instead of killing him immediately, Uchiha Sen would likely already have died beneath his ninjutsu.

It was not that he had not tried to flee, but no matter which direction he ran, the other man would appear before him in an instant.

A sense of helplessness rose within him. It was like an ant trying to shake a tree; he could not sense the slightest chance of survival.