Susanoo Entangled by Wood Release

Uchiha Itachi held his ninja blade horizontally and directly activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Looking at his terrified, disbelieving clansmen, Uchiha Itachi said coldly, "I have obtained Uchiha's strongest eyes. The Uchiha Clan can no longer keep up with me."

"To increase my capacity, I need to kill every Uchiha."

What an absurdly edgy, idiotic reason.

Although that was not Itachi's true purpose, the fact that he could come up with such a completely illogical excuse fully exposed how brain-dead Uchiha Itachi was.

Not only was the young Uchiha who had questioned him dumbfounded, but the other Uchiha ninja and ordinary clansmen could hardly believe it either.

"No, impossible..."

"Nothing is impossible. Only by casting off the shackles of the incompetent can I gain greater capacity and ensure that Uchiha's glory never fades."

As he spoke, Uchiha Itachi slightly lowered his body, preparing to attack.

He had used his Mangekyō Sharingan, killed every ninja at the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters, personally murdered his parents, and even used Tsukuyomi on Uchiha Sasuke.

Uchiha Itachi was already quite exhausted. He was only thirteen, and the stamina of his still-developing body was limited.

He had to finish the work for that man calling himself Madara Uchiha as quickly as possible and ensure the Uchiha Clan was completely purged.

So, he intended to kill Izumi first by the fastest means possible, letting her die as comfortably as he could.

Just like his father and mother, he would cut off Izumi's head in an instant so she would feel no pain.

This was Uchiha Itachi's greatest tenderness toward the girl he liked, and also how he expressed his most sincere love!

Even though Uchiha Izumi had always avoided him, that did not stop Uchiha Itachi from believing so himself.

"Izumi, I'm sorry. I'm going to kill you now."

Suddenly, Uchiha Itachi leaped down from the utility pole.

Using the Body Flicker Technique to escape everyone's sight, he swept through the air in an arc like a giant bat and pounced toward Uchiha Izumi.

Just as Uchiha Itachi was about to swing his blade, he was suddenly seized by overwhelming terror and activated the Mangekyō's ultimate power without hesitation.

[Susanoo]

His ocular power and chakra surged wildly. Just as a red spinal column emerged and wrapped around Uchiha Itachi, Shazo's fist slammed into it.

Boom—!

A thunderous roar erupted, waking the entire Konoha.

Everyone was startled awake, including ordinary villagers still asleep.

Boom—!

Boom—!

Boom—boom—boom—!!

The continuous thunderous blasts completely roused Konoha. People screamed, children cried, dogs barked wildly, and all manner of sounds blended together into deafening chaos.

Now, whether it was the Anbu, the Third Hokage, the ninja clans, or the civilians, they all knew they could no longer hide beneath their blankets and pretend nothing was happening.

Konoha Ninja poured out of their homes, standing atop the highest rooftops and treetops as they looked toward the Uchiha compound.

Under the dim starlight, a colossal creature in the Uchiha compound was fighting something.

The Konoha Ninja armed themselves at top speed, then rushed toward the Uchiha compound.

Their hearts rose to their throats as they prayed again and again that tonight would not become another "Nine-Tails Night."

Uchiha Itachi looked at Shazo in horror. When he had been struck, he had not felt any impact at all.

Those punches just now seemed meant solely to create tremendous noise, as though they carried no force whatsoever.

Yet those seemingly powerless fists made him feel a lethal threat.

Shazo threw six consecutive punches, then suddenly stopped attacking. He returned to Uchiha Izumi's side as if teleporting and viciously kicked the ground.

The ground beneath Uchiha Izumi instantly caved in. Within the suddenly formed bowl-shaped crater appeared a ninja wearing an orange spiral-patterned one-eyed mask and pure black clothing.

A Mangekyō Sharingan with strange, intricate patterns stared at Shazo through the mask's single eye, revealing barely restrained shock.

Shazo had grabbed Uchiha Izumi by the back of her collar, and she happened to see those eyes. She cried out, "That's a Sharingan! Are you also a ninja of the Uchiha Clan?"

"What kind of pattern is that? How can a Sharingan have such a pattern?"

Shazo stared fixedly at Obito Uchiha and loudly warned every Uchiha, "That is the Mangekyō Sharingan, a powerful Sharingan obtained by breaking through from the Three-Tomoe Sharingan."

"All ninja below the Three-Tomoe level, be careful not to meet his eyes, or you will be pulled into a genjutsu."

"Even if you have a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, stay on guard."

The surviving Uchiha ninja were numb with shock tonight. The Mangekyō, which had not appeared since Madara Uchiha, had suddenly appeared—and there were two pairs.

Well, one and a half pairs.

Yet the two Uchiha with Mangekyō Sharingan were actually enemies of the Uchiha Clan and were even joining forces to slaughter them.

The Mangekyō Sharingan ninja we were so proud of wanted to kill us.

The Uchiha found it impossible to accept.

Thus, even after hearing Shazo's warning, they stood stunned for several seconds before finally snapping out of it and responding.

But every ninja understood that they had no power to resist the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan. Everything depended on that tall, unfamiliar ninja.

Obito Uchiha sneered. "The Mangekyō Sharingan is invincible. And you're facing two Mangekyō Sharingan users—are you still going to resist?"

Shazo gave a cold chuckle. "You two frogs at the bottom of a well. If the Mangekyō Sharingan were invincible, then during the Warring States period, when the Uchiha Clan produced so many Mangekyō users over several centuries, why didn't they become invincible beneath the heavens?"

"Uchiha is strong, but not invincible."

Uchiha Itachi and Obito Uchiha were both left speechless. They both thought of the Wood Release that was truly known as invincible.

Obito then remembered that he had mastered Wood Release as well, and his confidence immediately soared.

That's right. I have Kamui, which no one can hit, and Wood Release, which guarantees death after it attacks. I have mastered the two strongest powers. I am already invincible beneath the heavens.

Uchiha Itachi, on the other hand, thought of Susanoo. He had only manifested a section of its spine, yet he could already fight this man evenly. No matter how impressive the man's words sounded, once he fully deployed Susanoo, he could crush him.

Uchiha Itachi had recognized Shazo by now and felt that he had been deceived.

No wonder you refused to tell me how to resolve the conflict between the village and the clan. So you chose the Uchiha Clan's side!

Since you stand with the rotten Uchiha Clan, then die alongside them.

Uchiha Itachi no longer cared about the pain in his body. He squeezed every last drop of his ocular power and chakra. Red bones formed and continuously extended upward from his lumbar vertebrae—ribs, collarbones, shoulder blades, humeri, ulnae, radii, wrist bones, finger bones, and most importantly, the skull.

A massive half-bodied red skeleton appeared at the edge of the Uchiha compound, seen by countless Uchiha ninja, Root ninja, Anbu ninja, and Konoha Ninja rushing over.

Before they could even be shocked, towering trees burst from the ground and tightly entwined the enormous chakra skeleton.