Cruel!

"What did we do wrong?! Just because we have the Sharingan, do we deserve to be branded traitors and hunted down to the last?!"

"I have nothing left!" He suddenly raised his hand and pointed at his chest, his voice breaking with despair. "I destroyed everything I had with my own hands!"

"My mother! My sister! The people I wanted most to protect—all of them died by my hand! This is all because of this hypocritical world!"

With those words of utter despair, Uchiha Genki turned his gaze once more to Fugaku Uchiha, who was struggling to retreat.

Susanoo Armor strode forward in an instant, reaching out with a massive hand and snatching Fugaku up like a chick. It dragged him into the air.

"No—!! Father!!"

Below, Itachi Uchiha let out a desperate scream. The crimson Sharingan reappeared in his eyes. He squeezed every last drop of chakra from his body and swiftly formed Hand Seals. "Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!"

"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!"

One Ninjutsu after another blasted toward Susanoo Armor's giant hand, each in an attempt to save Fugaku.

But Itachi's chakra had long since run dry. His Ninjutsu were greatly weakened and couldn't so much as shake Susanoo Armor.

Uchiha Genki slowly lifted himself away from Susanoo Armor's head and staggered through the air until he was in front of Fugaku.

He was covered in blood, his hair matted to his cheeks. His eyes burned red, making him look like a demon crawling out of hell.

He glared at Fugaku, trapped in the giant hand and unable to move, and demanded in a hoarse voice, "Why?! Why did you just stand by and watch your clan members die? Why, as clan leader, couldn't you protect a single person?! Why?! Why?!"

Each "why" was like the sharpest blade, stabbing deep into Fugaku's heart—and Itachi's.

Fugaku opened his mouth to explain, but all he could manage was a pained groan as blood kept spilling from the corner of his lips.

"Not going to answer?!" The madness in Genki's eyes intensified. He thrust out his index and middle fingers like a pair of blades and without hesitation gouged at Fugaku's eyes!

"Gah—!!!"

A scream of unbearable agony burst from Fugaku's throat. Blood gushed from his eye sockets, instantly staining Genki's hands.

Fugaku thrashed wildly in the giant hand but couldn't break free.

Genki acted as if he hadn't heard a thing. With a twisted smile, he tossed the gouged-out eyeballs to the ground and ground them underfoot.

"Gah—! Genki! You monster!" Itachi roared wildly below. Tears mingled with blood and streamed from his eyes. He tried to summon Susanoo Armor again, but the excruciating pain in his eyes made his vision go black. Susanoo Armor barely began to take shape before it dissolved completely.

But this was only the beginning.

Uchiha Genki paid no heed to Fugaku's suffering. A Kunai had appeared in his hand, and he slashed at Fugaku's nose without hesitation!

With a wet chop, the nose came clean off, and blood gushed out once again.

Next came the fingers, hands, limbs, ears, tongue... Like a cruel butcher, he used the Kunai to slowly carve away Fugaku's body. Each cut was precise and vicious. Fugaku's agonized screams kept rising from his throat, growing fainter and fainter until only unconscious whimpers remained.

Jiraiya watched in horrified fury and launched one Senjutsu attack after another. "Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon!"

"Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan!" Countless white hairs shot toward Susanoo Armor like a torrential downpour, while the Big Ball Rasengan, surging with Senjutsu Chakra, slammed into it with tremendous force.

But Susanoo Armor's black armor blocked every attack. None could harm Genki in the slightest.

Sarutobi Hiruzen also exhausted his last bit of chakra and used Five Release: Great Combo Technique once more. A torrent of dazzling energy crashed against Susanoo Armor, but it only left a few white marks.

Obito Uchiha used Kamui several times as well, trying to pull Fugaku into the Kamui Dimension. But the black energy surrounding Susanoo Armor acted like a barrier, rendering his Kamui useless.

Neither Jiraiya's Senjutsu attacks, Sarutobi Hiruzen's Five Basic Nature Transformations, nor Obito Uchiha's Kamui could do a thing against Genki now.

The thousand-meter-tall Perfect Susanoo was an impenetrable fortress, blocking every rescue attempt.

As Itachi Uchiha watched in despair and agony, Uchiha Genki delivered one final blow and severed Fugaku's head. Then he used a Kunai to cut open Fugaku's chest and tear out his still faintly beating heart.

He gripped Fugaku's heart tightly, felt its last warmth, and laughed maniacally. "Hahahaha! So! So you had a heart after all! Your heart is red too!"

His laughter brimmed with hatred, grief, and boundless madness.

He raised the heart, his eyes so red they seemed ready to solidify.

"You're next! You! Sarutobi Hiruzen!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he crushed Fugaku's heart in his hand. Blood dripped between his fingers.

Fugaku's corpse lost its last trace of life. Genki controlled Susanoo Armor to crush it in one mighty squeeze, reducing it to a cloud of blood that scattered through the air.

After dealing with Fugaku, Uchiha Genki merged with Susanoo Armor once more and controlled the world-destroying giant as it strode toward the center of Konoha. Every step shook the entire village violently, as though the end of the world were at hand.

The sight made Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression change dramatically. His aged face was filled with fear and grim determination.

He whipped around and shouted at the ninja behind him, "Hurry! Everyone, stop him at any cost! Don't let him get anywhere near the center of Konoha!"

Yet his voice carried a tremor he hadn't even noticed himself.

If even Jiraiya's Senjutsu couldn't break through, could they really stop this monster who had gone completely mad?

Despair began to spread among the Konoha Ninja once more.

Their futile struggle went on, faint and hopeless as a candle flickering in the wind.

As time passed, more and more ninja arrived from every part of Konoha to reinforce them. The number gathered there had already surpassed thirty thousand.

Densely packed figures filled the ruins and the edges of the battlefield. Chakras of every color mingled in the night, forming a dazzling but futile sea of light.

Fire Release flames swept across the battlefield like a wildfire. Water Release surged forward like a raging river. Earth Release walls rose in layers to form a defense. Wind Release blades whistled through the air, while Lightning Release crackled and exploded... The thirty thousand ninja gave everything they had learned, unleashing their most powerful Ninjutsu without holding anything back.