"Will of Fire" Was So Useful!

"This... is Lord Byakuya..."

At Byakuya's words, Uchiha En glanced at the Uchiha Clan Head lying on the ground. After only a moment's hesitation, he immediately grabbed Uchiha Gen.

Although Uchiha Gen was the clan head, Byakuya was the one En followed now.

Besides, Uchiha Gen had always kept them down.

En had long since had enough of him.

Now they had the perfect chance to overthrow Uchiha Gen and make Byakuya their clan head. How could they let it slip away?

"You actually dare to arrest me...!"

"Do you want to rebel?!..."

Uchiha Gen struggled and shouted.

"Rebel? I'm not the one rebelling. You are..."

"As the Uchiha Clan Head, you actually want to shield a rogue ninja..."

"In the name of the Will of Fire, I'll do what's right, even if it means punishing my own family..."

Byakuya reprimanded Uchiha Gen with righteous indignation.

Byakuya realized that no matter what he did, as long as he invoked the "Will of Fire," it all seemed perfectly justified.

No wonder Hiruzen Sarutobi was always talking about the "Will of Fire." It really was so useful.

"You... you despicable..."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Hearing Byakuya shamelessly say that, Uchiha Gen was so furious he began coughing violently.

He had never expected Byakuya to use the "Will of Fire" like this.

[ Ding, sensed Uchiha Gen's anger, +300 Negative Energy, Taijutsu +5... ]

[ Ding, sensed Uchiha Gen's anger, +400 Negative Energy, obtained ninjutsu: Fire Release—Great Fire Annihilation... ]

"Oh, right. Get the clan head a doctor..."

"I don't want to watch him die here..."

Just before leaving, Byakuya thought of something and spoke to Uchiha En.

Byakuya wanted to keep squeezing Negative Energy out of such a fine source.

He wasn't about to let him die so easily.

"Yes... Lord Byakuya!..."

"Leave it to me..."

Uchiha En assured him.

Inside the Hokage's office in the Hokage Building.

The current Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had also learned that his son, Shin'nosuke Sarutobi, had been taken away.

"What did you say?! The Uchiha Clan arrested Shin'nosuke..."

"What is Uchiha Gen, their clan head, trying to do?! Does he want to betray Konoha... and stage a coup?!"

When he heard that his son had been taken away by the Konoha Military Police Force, Hiruzen Sarutobi's first thought was that the Uchiha Clan was planning a coup.

But that was also what left Hiruzen Sarutobi confused.

The Uchiha Clan was under close watch, and Hiruzen Sarutobi knew their clan head very well.

Uchiha Gen had suffered a serious injury when he was young, and his health had never been the same.

Uchiha Gen was also an inheritor of the Will of Fire.

He shouldn't choose to stage a coup... should he?

"Lord Hokage, this wasn't done by Uchiha Gen..."

"It was Uchiha Byakuya..."

"According to our information, Uchiha Gen, the clan head, was also arrested by Uchiha Byakuya..."

An Anbu reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Uh... Uchiha Byakuya?..."

At the name, Hiruzen Sarutobi furrowed his brow.

He knew a little about him.

He was a rising star in the Uchiha Clan—not only handsome, but incredibly powerful as well.

Still, Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't taken him seriously.

What did it matter how powerful one person was?

It wasn't as if he could take on all of Konoha by himself.

"Come on... We're going to the Uchiha Clan..."

"I want to see what he's up to!..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi led a squad of Anbu straight to the Uchiha Clan compound.

Byakuya, who had received word in advance, was already waiting there.

"Well, if it isn't the Third Hokage! What brings you here...?"

When Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived, Byakuya spoke in a flippant tone.

Byakuya was sitting on a rooftop, looking down at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

He didn't take the Hokage seriously in the slightest.

"Uchiha Byakuya, what are you doing?!..."

"You actually dare to arrest a shinobi from your own village..."

The moment he saw Byakuya, Hiruzen Sarutobi accused him of attacking a fellow villager without bothering to hear him out.

"Heh. What was that, Lord Third?..."

"Why would I do something like that?..."

Byakuya continued looking down at Hiruzen Sarutobi as he spoke.

"Then what's going on with Shin'nosuke Sarutobi?!..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded.

"According to our interrogation, Shin'nosuke Sarutobi is guilty of heinous crimes and was planning to defect from Konoha..."

"I'm simply carrying out the Security Force's duties..."

Byakuya declared righteously.

"Shin'nosuke was betraying Konoha?! What nonsense are you talking about?!..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi snapped, furious at Byakuya's words.

A rogue ninja was no trivial matter.

The village always dealt with rogue ninjas extremely harshly.

Besides, he didn't believe his son would betray Konoha.

[ Ding, sensed Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger, +300 Negative Energy, Ninjutsu +6... ]

"I'm not talking nonsense!..."

"This is Shin'nosuke Sarutobi's interrogation report..."

Byakuya pulled out a sheet of paper and tossed it onto the ground in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"You..."

Seeing the interrogation report land before him, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face flushed as he glared at Byakuya.

Byakuya wasn't merely ignoring him. He was openly insulting him.

If he wanted to pick up the report, he would have to bend down.

Ever since becoming Hokage, he had never suffered such an insult.

[ Ding, sensed Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger, +400 Negative Energy, Taijutsu +7... ]

[ Ding, sensed Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger, +500 Negative Energy, Genjutsu +8... ]

[ Ding, sensed Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger, +600 Negative Energy, obtained ninjutsu: Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique... ]

As expected of the Hokage—he gave off so much Negative Energy.

Perhaps sensing Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger, a masked Anbu landed beside him, picked up the interrogation report, and handed it to him.

"Phew..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath, temporarily suppressing his anger as he accepted the report and read it.

But after only a few lines, Hiruzen Sarutobi flew into a rage again.

"You... you're framing him!..."

"Shin'nosuke would never do any of this..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi clenched his fists and glared at Byakuya, his eyes blazing like he was about to shoot flames.