Risking His Life

In the arena.

Beneath the crimson Susanoo, Fugaku still felt numb all over, and fury surged in his heart!

He had indeed planned to reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan during this contest for the Fifth Hokage position, but not like this—not forced into using it.

"Damn it!"

Fugaku gritted his teeth as an indescribable sense of humiliation welled up within him.

In his vision, this match should have been a stage for him to proclaim the majesty of the Uchiha Clan's patriarch and display the power of his Mangekyō Sharingan.

On this stage, he was supposed to defeat Kakashi first, then reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan as the victor and declare to everyone in the venue that he was the best candidate for Fifth Hokage. He was not supposed to be driven into a corner by Kakashi and left in such an embarrassing state.

The more Fugaku thought about it, the angrier he became. His gaze swept across the Flying Thunder God kunai scattered all around him.

"He openly scattered those kunai in front of me from the beginning, then launched a fierce attack with the Flying Thunder God Technique as soon as the battle began. So it was all a tactic to lure me in..."

Having fallen for it, Fugaku finally understood Kakashi's strategy.

Kakashi had begun laying the trap from the moment he scattered the Flying Thunder God kunai. The subsequent all-out assault with the Flying Thunder God Technique, regardless of chakra consumption, had also been part of that trap.

The purpose had been to draw all his attention to the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Flying Thunder God kunai scattered around them, then take another route and unleash the true killing move from underground!

"He knew I had studied him and would place particular importance on the Flying