I'm Not Only Bold Enough to Insult You-I'll Hit You, Too!

"Stop! Who are you!? What are you doing at the Uchiha Clan's compound?!..."

A Uchiha Clan ninja on patrol shouted at him.

"I am Shimura Danzō, an elder of Konoha!..."

"Move aside at once..."

Danzō spoke very rudely as he looked at the Uchiha gathered before him.

"A Konoha elder!..."

Hearing Danzō announce who he was, the Uchiha ninja furrowed his brow.

A Konoha elder ranked just below the Hokage. Uchiha En really didn't know how to handle this.

"What kind of nobody dares act so brazenly in the Uchiha Clan's compound..."

Just then, Bai Ye walked over and looked at Shimura Danzō with disdain.

"Captain... Lord Bai Ye..."

Seeing Bai Ye approach, the Uchiha ninja nearby hurriedly bowed.

Once Bai Ye arrived, they seemed to have found someone they could rely on.

"So you're Uchiha Byakuya. Release them at once, then surrender..."

Danzō looked at Byakuya with contempt.

In Danzō's eyes, Byakuya was so young—what right did he have to oppose him?

With his status as a Konoha elder, he could take Byakuya down with ease.

"Get lost..."

Bai Ye gave the arrogant Shimura Danzō just one reply.

"What!? You dare insult me..."

Shimura Danzō flew into a rage.

[ Ding! Shimura Danzō's anger detected: +200 Negative Energy, Ninjutsu +15...]

"I'm not only bold enough to insult you! I'll hit you, too..."

Bai Ye used the Body Flicker Technique and appeared in front of Danzō.

Before Danzō could react, Bai Ye slapped him across the face.

"Smack..."

A sharp crack rang out, and a handprint appeared on Danzō's face.

Shimura Danzō was one of the masterminds who would eventually destroy the Uchiha Clan in the original story. Why would Bai Ye go easy on him?

Bai Ye's slap was so fast that Danzō couldn't react at all.

By the time he did, Bai Ye's palm had already struck his face.

"Uchiha Byakuya, you actually hit me!..."

"All Root Organization members, heed my command! Attack and take him down!..."

After being slapped, Danzō—already furious—flew into a rage and ordered the Root Organization members to attack.

"Yes... Lord Danzō..."

At Danzō's command, every Root Organization member drew their weapon in unison.

"What are you doing!..."

"You dare attack the Security Force? Do you want to become rogue ninja!?..."

Seeing the Root Organization members standing ready to fight, Bai Ye wasn't afraid in the least. Instead, he shouted at them.

At his words, the Root Organization members, who had been about to attack, all froze and looked toward Danzō.

Attacking ninja from the same village was tantamount to treason.

"Attack! Take every member of the Uchiha Clan into custody..."

"If anything happens, I'll take responsibility..."

Shimura Danzō shouted, his face dark.

Become rogue ninja?! What a joke.

He was a Konoha elder.

Whether someone was a rogue ninja or not was for him to decide.

Some Uchiha brat had actually slapped him.

This was absolutely unforgivable.

Today, he would make the Uchiha Clan pay.

"Attack!..."

"Lightning Release: Lightning Spear Pierce..."

With Danzō's order, the Root Organization members no longer had any reservations and charged straight at Bai Ye.

One of them even launched a Lightning Release attack.

The raging lightning exploded, sending up a massive blast.

But would an attack like that be able to hurt Bai Ye!?

Obviously not.

Bai Ye leaped into the air, easily dodging the Root Organization members' attacks.

"Captain, we're coming to help!..."

When the Root Organization members attacked, the Uchiha ninja all activated their Sharingan, gripped their kunai, and gathered around Bai Ye.

"Hmph, so you really do want to become rogue ninja!..."

"All Uchiha, heed my command! Take them down..."

"If they dare resist, kill them without mercy..."

Bai Ye issued his orders.

"Yes... Attack!..."

"Show them how powerful the Uchiha Clan is!..."

"They actually came here to cause trouble in our compound!..."

At Bai Ye's command, the Uchiha ninja attacked the Root Organization members without hesitation.

"En, send up the emergency summons signal!..."

"Konoha is under attack!..."

"..."

Bai Ye spoke to Uchiha En.

"An emergency summons signal!?..."

"Lord Bai Ye, we don't need one! With the strength of the Uchiha Clan, we can deal with them easily..."

Uchiha En looked puzzled at Bai Ye's words.

Konoha's emergency summons signal was a special signal used only when the village faced an invasion by a powerful enemy.

Every ninja in Konoha was required to come running as soon as they saw it.

"Idiot, do I need Konoha's help!?..."

"I want everyone in Konoha to see what happens when someone defies the Security Force's orders..."

Bai Ye said, unable to help himself.

He didn't take these Root Organization members seriously at all.

With the Uchiha Clan's strength, they could deal with them easily.

But simply defeating these Root Organization members wasn't enough.

Bai Ye wanted to seize this opportunity to show Konoha just how powerful the Uchiha Clan's Security Force was.

Of course, it would also help him gather more Negative Energy.

"I understand, Lord Bai Ye..."

At Bai Ye's words, Uchiha En didn't hesitate. He immediately took out a flare and fired it into the sky.

"Whoosh... Boom..."

The flare burst high in the sky, drawing the attention of every ninja in Konoha.

"That's!? An emergency summons flare!..."

"Is someone attacking Konoha!?..."

"That's!? The Uchiha Clan's compound!..."

"Quick!... Go help at once!..."

"Move..."

Seeing the flare, the Konoha ninja immediately dropped what they were doing and hurried toward the Uchiha Clan's compound.

Hiruzen Sarutobi also saw the emergency summons signal from the Hokage Building and furrowed his brow.

"This is!? An emergency summons signal!..."

"The Uchiha Clan's compound!?..."

"What happened over there!? Could Danzō have sent the signal!?..."

"Anbu, assemble! We're heading to the Uchiha Clan's compound..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was just as puzzled by the sudden emergency signal.

But to prevent anything unexpected from happening, he hurried over with the Anbu.

"What is that guy trying to do!?..."

"Why did he send up an emergency summons signal!..."

"No, whatever he's planning, we have to end this fight at once..."

Seeing the Uchiha send up the signal, Shimura Danzō was puzzled too. He had no idea what Bai Ye was up to.

But no matter what the Uchiha were doing, this fight had to end immediately.

With that in mind, Shimura Danzō joined the battle without hesitation.

"Wind Release: Wind Blade Technique..."

Shimura Danzō quickly formed Hand Seals and took a deep breath.

Then a blade of wind shot toward Bai Ye.

"Just what I wanted!... Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique..."

Facing Shimura Danzō's attack, Bai Ye met it with a Fire Release technique.

"Boom... Kaboom!..."

A tremendous explosion rang out. The raging fire dragon swallowed the wind blade and continued onward toward Danzō without losing momentum.

"What!? This is bad!..."

Seeing his ninjutsu overwhelmed, Danzō was shocked.

But he reacted quickly, using the Body Flicker Technique to dodge.

He narrowly escaped Bai Ye's attack.