Uchiha Fugaku looked toward Hyuga Shin.
"This favor, we of the Uchiha Clan acknowledge!"
"Danzo... Root... and the darkness of Konoha—I will definitely lead the Uchiha Clan past it all!"
The anger he felt after reading the information made Uchiha Fugaku unusually decisive.
Hyuga Shin nodded. "This is my personal request..."
"The Hyuga Clan today... I ask that the Uchiha Clan look after them."
Uchiha Fugaku's eyes flashed sharply.
"Mm... During the Hyuga Clan's transformation, when they are at their weakest, I, Uchiha Fugaku, will spare no effort."
"Thank you."
Hyuga Shin bowed slightly.
"Pff!"
At that moment, Hyuga Shin suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood, along with fragments of internal organs.
"Shin!" Uchiha Miya cried out. Looking at his dying friend before him, the Three Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes spun wildly. His eyes throbbed with pain, and a force seemed ready to surge forth.
"Lord Hyuga Shin!"
"Lord Shin!"
A wave of urgent cries rang out.
The Hyuga had arrived.
"How... did you get here?"
"We are willing to follow Lord Shin unto death!"
"Enough nonsense. Go back at once. You are not the people I am waiting for."
"Lord Hyuga Shin!"
The Hyuga shinobi said nothing. One after another, they dropped to one knee, having completely submitted to Hyuga Shin—the man who had opened a new era for the Hyuga!
Hyuga Shin watched this scene, his feelings complicated.
"If... you are willing to listen to me... then... heed my words. From now on, maintain unity within the clan. Then follow Namikaze Minato. He is not conservative. He represents the younger generation, and he is the perfect shinobi..."
"And..."
"After he kills me, the Hyuga Clan must harbor no grudge and seek no revenge."
The Hyuga shinobi: "!!"
The other Uchiha shinobi also shrank their pupils.
At that moment.
Uchiha Fugaku suddenly looked in a certain direction. "Who's there!"
The Three Tomoe Sharingan surfaced in his eyes and began spinning rapidly.
Over there.
Namikaze Minato stood atop a tree, his expression complicated and disbelief in his eyes.
He had no choice but to step out and then lightly land on the ground.
"Namikaze Minato... you came. Perfect timing."
Supported by Uchiha Miya, Hyuga Shin handed a file to Namikaze Minato.
"Danzo, Root, the darkness of Konoha... Yellow Flash, I hope your light can dissolve all the darkness."
"Hyuga Shin..." Namikaze Minato stared at the dying Hyuga Shin before him, his expression complicated.
He had never imagined it.
After exterminating the Main Family of the Hyuga, Hyuga Shin had rushed straight to Root without stopping—and had actually obtained a huge amount of information.
"Danzo has always wanted to use the Nine-Tails... as a weapon of war."
That simple sentence instantly struck at Namikaze Minato's deepest taboo!
He rapidly scanned the information in his hands. The young man who was like a small sun, someone who could even smile while killing his enemies, now suddenly became extremely grim.
"I can't kill Danzo, and I have no reason to kill him..."
"The person I want to kill..."
"Is the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi."
"The root of this village's weakness."
Namikaze Minato shook his head. "I can't let you succeed. Besides, even without me, you couldn't succeed in your current state... Your injuries are too severe."
"I know." Hyuga Shin nodded. "I killed shinobi from my own village, and even killed members of my own clan... I have committed truly heinous crimes. I also trespassed into Konoha's Root. The crimes I have committed are already too many to count."
"Minato..."
"I don't want to suffer after I'm captured."
"The darkness of Konoha, Konoha's weakness, the Hyuga Clan, the Uchiha Clan... I believe the only hope is you. Only you can change all of this."
"Kill me. Let me become your achievement."
Namikaze Minato stood motionless.
He stared deeply at Hyuga Shin.
If Hyuga Shin did not die here,
then.
What would happen after Hyuga Shin was taken back? Having committed so many grave crimes, he would certainly be subjected to severe interrogation, perhaps even tortured.
"It shouldn't be me. It should have been Uchiha Miya, or a member of the Hyuga... Either of them would have had more right to do this..."
"Minato... only you... because only you are... hope. Cough, cough!"
Hyuga Shin spat out blood again.
Then Hyuga Shin shoved Namikaze Minato away.
He slowly raised his hand.
A scene that made Namikaze Minato's eyes widen appeared.
A rapidly spinning water sphere floated above Hyuga Shin's palm.
"Consider it a favor..." Hyuga Shin said with a smile.
Namikaze Minato lowered his head.
His kindness had never meant he lacked decisiveness.
Was he lost?
Being lost was normal.
But the most frightening thing was doing nothing while lost.
Namikaze Minato raised his hand as well.
A rapidly spinning sphere of light appeared in his palm.
"Water Lightning Cannon!"
"Rasengan!"
Hyuga Shin and Namikaze Minato suddenly charged into each other!
Boom!
The water sphere, which had fused Water Release Chakra and Lightning Release Chakra, was actually extremely unstable. It could only serve to inspire Namikaze Minato.
Hyuga Shin did not know why he had done this either. It was as if... someone had implanted a suggestion in his mind.
I see.
So I had been seeking death all along. I had fallen under that Evil God's genjutsu.
At that moment.
After taking a Rasengan, Hyuga Shin collapsed to the ground, entering a dying state on the verge of death.
"Lord Hyuga Shin!" The Hyuga shinobi rushed over in tears.
"The Hyuga Clan... follow Namikaze Minato... harbor no grudges, seek no revenge, cut ties with the past... Walk toward the future with clean slates..."
"Father... Mother..."
Hyuga Shin murmured weakly.
At the final moment, he had probably seen a montage of his life, and his parents.
The scene fell silent...
Hyuga Shin was dead.
His breath had stopped completely.
"Boohoo... hahahaha! Boohoo... hahahaha!"
The Uchiha youth's laughter and sobbing shattered the silence. Blood tears flowed from his eyes.
"You bastard!"
"You got what you deserved! You wanted to die so badly! You got your wish, didn't you?"
Uchiha Miya cried and laughed wildly at the same time.
In the end, he bit his lip until it bled.
His mind was filled with Hyuga Shin's warm, radiant smile.
Smack!
Uchiha Miya slapped himself across the face.
He slapped himself several more times, leaving every shinobi around him stunned.
Only Uchiha Miya himself knew that he was condemning himself. When Hyuga Shin had been at his most anguished and conflicted, he had not been at his side!
How much resolve had Hyuga Shin needed? How much pain had he endured? To take this step—to exterminate the Main Family of the Hyuga and push the Hyuga Clan into a new era!
He had even obtained information on Root along the way and helped the Uchiha Clan!
"Hahaha! You really are useless! Uchiha Miya!! You actually let your companion face everything alone!!"
Uchiha Miya cursed himself furiously.
At that moment, the Three Tomoe in his eyes fused together, transforming into a circular pattern formed by four-sided diamond shapes!
Every member of the Uchiha Clan was suddenly shocked!
The Mangekyō Sharingan!!
And Uchiha Miya, overwhelmed by his emotions, did not even realize that he had activated the Mangekyō Sharingan. He merely stared blankly at Hyuga Shin's corpse...
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