Meanwhile, as Uchiha Gen fought Uchiha Obito.
The revolution launched by the Uchiha clan against Konoha's rotten high command, meant to set things right, had also entered its final stage.
After Uchiha Fugaku displayed his overwhelming might, many ninja clan shinobi joined the Uchiha camp and began settling scores with Danzo and the others, who had such "excellent popularity."
Uchiha Obito's intervention became the final straw that broke the camel's back, causing the remaining ninja clans to defect as well. The Hokage faction was completely isolated within Konoha.
Ōhirume was simply too powerful. Its ability to absorb ninjutsu gave the Uchiha camp an inherent invincible advantage.
Every attack from the Hokage faction was absorbed by Ōhirume's Gravity Vortex, while the Hokage faction's shinobi had to withstand every attack from the Uchiha camp head-on.
As one side waned and the other waxed, the Chakra of the Hokage faction ninja led by Sarutobi Hiruzen drained away like floodwaters. They quickly fell into a complete disadvantage and were slaughtered one by one.
Before long, only several powerful Kage-level fighters remained, still making their final futile stand.
But that was equally pointless beneath the dense barrage of ninjutsu.
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu had their Chakra completely exhausted, their physical strength wrung dry as well. In the end, they dropped dead on the battlefield from sheer exhaustion, only to be blasted into flying chunks of flesh and blood by a single Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm from Hyuga Hiashi.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, met an even less dignified end. After exhausting most of his Chakra in his battle against Uchiha Fugaku.
He was restrained by the combined efforts of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, his body locked down by the Shadow Binding Technique and the Yamanaka clan's secret mind arts. Then Akimichi Choza's Human Boulder smashed