Is This the Uchiha Clan's Attitude?!

Hyuga Clan Land.

Many Hyuga Clan Members noticed what was happening overhead and fell into a panic.

Shouts, screams, and cries of terror rang throughout the solemn Hyuga Clan Land, as though the end of the world had arrived.

Hinata stared blankly upward, her little head raised. In her bright eyes, the orange streak drawing ever closer was clearly reflected, carrying shattered, rolling crimson flames of destruction.

Her entire vision was filled with that orange streak.

As the orange streak approached, the wind pressure formed a hurricane that bore down on all the Hyuga Clan Members below, increasing their strain and deepening the despair in their hearts.

"Lady Hinata!" Eight-year-old Neji Hyuga, with the Caged Bird mark on his forehead, lunged forward and shielded Hinata beneath him.

He wanted to use his own body to protect Hinata when that terrifying orange meteor fell.

To protect his little sister.

"Brother Neji..." Hinata struggled, unwilling to let Neji Hyuga die, but she could not break free no matter what.

At that moment, the orange meteor descended to a point ten meters above the Hyuga Clan Land.

The world seemed to stop.

Hinata saw the orange meteor... No, she saw a flat-top-haired youngster wrapped in orange flame.

He was calm, as if he were taking a stroll.

Neither sorrowful nor joyful.

Before Hinata's thoughts could even turn, the stillness ended, and destruction began.

Yet in that instant, something strange happened. The wind stopped, and the rolling crimson flames of destruction vanished as well.

Everything fell silent, as though it had all been a dream. Only the flat-top-haired youngster wreathed in orange flame remained.

From the movement of his lips, she seemed to read two words: "Purgatory."

The next second.

Boom—!

The ground shattered, fissures spread across it, and amid the flying rubble, orange flames surged forth.

The entire Hyuga Clan Land was filled with panic and screams.

But the next moment, the screams began to fade.

Hinata, whose mind had gone blank with fear, suddenly heard clan members shouting urgently.

"Is anyone hurt?"

One response after another followed.

"I'm fine..."

"I'm fine too..."

"Big Brother, where are you?!"

"I'm over here!"

"Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law! Sister—"

"I'm fine!"

Voices rose one after another, and countless Hyuga Clan Members let out sighs of relief.

As long as their loved ones were safe, that was enough.

Relief at having survived the disaster appeared on their battered faces.

Then Hinata heard Neji Hyuga's voice beside her. "Lady Hinata, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Brother Neji, you..."

"I'm fine." After Neji Hyuga checked and confirmed that Hinata was uninjured, he let out a sigh of relief. He moved aside and collapsed onto the ground next to her, his face covered in cold sweat. His clothes were already soaked through, and the hand supporting him, along with his body, trembled faintly.

For an eight-year-old youngster, what he had just done had exhausted every bit of his physical and mental strength.

Hinata went over to inspect Neji Hyuga and found that he was unhurt as well. Reassured, she patted her little chest.

Only then did she notice what the surroundings looked like.

Countless orange flames burned around them, baring their fangs and claws with the terror of purgatory. They consumed the buildings and gave off a dreadful high temperature.

Not far from her was a crater.

Inside it, the flat-top-haired youngster she had just seen amidst the orange flame climbed out. He was completely unharmed, as though the orange flame around him had isolated everything.

And Hinata was not the only one who noticed him.

The Hyuga Clan Members looked at this outsider with hostility in their eyes. Many directly activated their Byakugan, ready to fight at any moment.

Jinghuo Uchiha remained calm.

"I controlled the power. No one in the Hyuga Clan was hurt. As for the damage to your clan land, you can go to Sarutobi Hiruzen for compensation."

With that, Jinghuo Uchiha intended to leave.

"Stop!" A furious shout rang out, filled with the majesty of someone in power.

Jinghuo Uchiha turned and saw an elderly man striding toward him step by step, his expression fierce.

The Hyuga Clan Members watched the old man in silence, and the atmosphere was heavy with pressure.

The old man's aura, bolstered by the Hyuga Clan Members, turned into a towering mountain that bore down on Jinghuo Uchiha alone.

As he slowly approached, that aura grew ever heavier.

Jinghuo Uchiha stood there and watched for two seconds before growing impatient.

"If your legs don't work properly, don't make me wait for you."

He turned and walked away.

The old man's anger intensified.

"Grab him!"

The Hyuga Clan Members activated their Byakugan and charged forward with hostility blazing in their eyes.

Jinghuo Uchiha smiled.

[Quest name: Just You Want to Catch Me?]

[Quest content: Kill the Hyuga Clan!]

[Quest reward: Lava Style Chakra Mode]

The next second, the smile vanished from his face.

Scorching orange flame erupted from his body, brimming with powerful, violent fury.

"Today, the Hyuga Clan..."

"Wait!" A voice came rushing over like a gale.

The next second, it came to an abrupt stop beside Jinghuo Uchiha.

"Jinghuo, don't be impulsive. Leave this to me, alright?" Uchiha Itachi panted as he hurriedly tried to calm Jinghuo Uchiha down.

Jinghuo Uchiha glanced at Uchiha Itachi, then at the Hyuga Clan Members around him, whose fighting spirit had weakened.

He knew they would not be fighting.

Or rather, since Uchiha Itachi had arrived, the Uchiha Clan had probably arrived as well.

They would definitely stop him from wiping out the Hyuga Clan.

After all, he was not in the right over this matter either.

If things blew up now, Konoha might be torn apart.

The Uchiha Clan had not yet produced a Hokage. Doing this was not worth it.

So he turned and looked at the old man who had ordered the Hyuga Clan Members to capture him. "I'll remember you. I hope you don't give me an opportunity."

[quest name: Just You Have Hostility Toward Me?]

[quest content: Kill the Hyuga Clan Great Elder!]

[quest reward: Lava Style Chakra Mode]

Jinghuo Uchiha turned and left.

He walked at an ordinary pace, neither fast nor slow, yet no one dared stop him. The Hyuga Clan Members even moved aside and made a path for him.

The sight made the Hyuga Clan's Great Elder grind his teeth.

He had destroyed the Hyuga Clan Land and was just leaving like that?

He still wanted to order the clan members to capture Jinghuo Uchiha.

But the orange flame that had erupted from Jinghuo Uchiha just now filled him with the same dread one would feel facing a tyrant.

Having shouted once, he no longer dared say another word to Jinghuo Uchiha's retreating back.

So he looked at the Uchiha Clan Members beside him, his gaze filled with anger.

"Uchiha Itachi, is this the Uchiha Clan's attitude?!"

Uchiha Itachi remained calm. The urgency he had shown while sweating and trying to persuade Jinghuo Uchiha was gone, replaced by the natural authority and majesty of someone in power.

"The Hyuga Clan can take this matter to Lord Hokage. I am not the Uchiha Clan Head and have no authority to handle it. Also, Great Elder of the Hyuga Clan, remember this: you are not Konoha's Great Elder."

"You!!!" The Hyuga Clan's Great Elder glared furiously.