He Didn't Dare... He Didn't Dare Kill Anyone... He Absolutely Didn't Dare Kill Anyone...

On the way to the lake, Uchiha Itachi and Nara Shikaku racked their brains, trying to figure out how to persuade Jinghuo Uchiha.

But before they could get there, they saw an orange flame shoot into the sky like a rocket.

The two froze.

The next second.

"Fuck!!!"

They hurriedly turned around and raced toward the Hyuga Clan Land.

But before they could get there, someone stood out and blocked their path.

"Shisui, what are you doing?!" Uchiha Itachi demanded furiously.

Especially with the clan members around them looking up, sitting on little stools, cracking sunflower seeds, and wearing relaxed, cheerful expressions as they watched the show.

They clearly had no intention of heading to the Hyuga Clan Land at all!

What was wrong with the Uchiha Clan?

Uchiha Shisui remained calm. "The High-level Will has already hardened. Against the Hyuga Clan, who wants to fish in troubled waters, the Uchiha only have one option: deterrence."

When Uchiha Shisui said, "The High-level Will has already hardened," Uchiha Itachi knew he was referring to how Root's funding, missions, material requests, and other matters had been obstructed these past few days.

Though Nara Shikaku did not know the details, he could more or less guess Sarutobi Hiruzen's usual methods.

But the Uchiha Clan Members were not worried at all.

If they wanted to impose restrictions, then let them. The Uchiha were happy to take it easy.

If they had no money, they could just take bounty missions.

Being short on money was impossible. It would be impossible for their entire lives.

Instead, the Uchiha Clan Members happily waited every day to watch the spectacle.

With Root in Uchiha hands, their mission completion rate was practically one hundred percent.

But that was not the case in the hands of the other Anbu. These past few days, Anbu casualties had doubled.

Now the Uchiha were simply waiting to see what day Sarutobi Hiruzen would lower his head and admit defeat.

They just had not told Jinghuo Uchiha about this, worried that he would go to the Village Center and use a big move to cause trouble again.

Now, he was merely crashing into the Hyuga Clan Land.

A small matter, and a good thing as well.

Crashing into the Hyuga Clan Land was equivalent to striking back. It was a deterrent.

However, Nara Shikaku thought about what would come afterward.

What if Sarutobi Hiruzen remained stubborn and continued supporting the Hyuga Clan?

The current situation was that Konoha's high-ranking officials and the Uchiha Clan were fighting like the sandpiper and clam, while the Hyuga Clan wanted to be the fisherman.

But this was Konoha, the home ground of Konoha's high-ranking officials.

So Konoha's high-ranking officials could instantly become the fisherman, watching the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan fight like the sandpiper and clam.

It would have been fine if the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans were evenly matched.

But leaving Jinghuo Uchiha aside, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui alone could crush the Hyuga Clan.

Not to mention the unpredictable Jinghuo Uchiha, who was liable to fly into a rage at any moment.

Neither the Hyuga Clan nor Konoha's high-ranking officials could deter the Uchiha.

Unless... one of the Three Ninja returned.

Now, Tsunade had silently left Konoha and had not been heard from for years.

Orochimaru had become a Missing-nin;

Only one person remained.

At that thought, he sighed.

In the end, Sarutobi Hiruzen simply was not fit to be Hokage.

Try his best to persuade Jiraiya to become Hokage, he thought.

The flowing light in the sky began to descend.

But this time, it seemed a little too bright.

Golden and dazzling.

"Is the sun especially bright today?" The clan members felt their eyes sting. Squinting, they sensed that something was wrong and could not help but feel puzzled.

Upon closer inspection, they found it increasingly strange.

"That isn't sunlight!"

"What kind of light is that?"

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"Gold... gold..."

"That golden..." A Clan Member cried out in disbelief, "It's Emperor Flame Mode!!!"

The clan members panicked, and the sunflower seeds in their hands scattered across the ground.

"Fuck!!!"

Uchiha Itachi's expression turned anxious as he rushed out.

The clan members followed close behind, moving at astonishing speed.

Before long, only he and several Women remained in the Uchiha Clan Land.

"Aren't you going?" a familiar Aunt asked.

"Aren't you afraid of Jinghuo Uchiha?" Nara Shikaku, captain of Konoha's Jonin Squad, asked in return.

"Not at all. That child is doing this for our sake. Otherwise, the Uchiha would have been wiped out long ago." The Aunt smiled as she cracked sunflower seeds.

Nara Shikaku nodded, his expression calm.

He had seen Jinghuo Uchiha's Emperor Flame Mode before—the terrifying high temperature that turned everything into magma, as well as the intensely scorching white light that could even warp space.

He knew.

The Uchiha Clan Members knew as well.

This time, the damage Jinghuo Uchiha caused would be enormous.

That was why the Uchiha Clan Members had all rushed over: to stand with Jinghuo Uchiha and prevent the Hyuga Clan from losing their heads and recklessly trying to kill him.

But that was only on the surface.

Behind it, Jinghuo Uchiha was likely trying to destroy the Hyuga Clan's intention to get involved.

As long as the Hyuga Clan gave up on their own initiative, Konoha's high-ranking officials would not be able to support them. They could only continue fighting the Uchiha Clan like the sandpiper and clam.

But deterrence had to be controlled properly.

Creating an even greater display and greater losses alone would not be enough.

Someone had to die.

Therefore, someone would definitely die this time.

"The one who dies will be important, but not that important."

Nara Shikaku calmly watched the golden flowing light, and the figure of a Hyuga Elder surfaced in his mind.

He sighed, utterly helpless.

Violent, yet precise.

Konoha was about to change.

"Ah, why was he so hot-tempered?"

Hyuga Clan Land.

"Again?!" The Hyuga Clan Members were close to breaking down.

But practice made perfect.

This time, they were prepared.

Yet when the golden meteor drew close, they sensed that something was wrong.

The terrifying pressure emanating from that golden meteor felt like an emperor with countless citizens standing behind him, filled with violent Rage Flame.

The phrase "dragon's wrath" emerged uncontrollably in their minds, as though the golden meteor had transformed into a golden dragon roaring at them, ready to deliver heavenly punishment in the form of thunderous fury.

For a moment, the Hyuga Clan Members were shaken to their core and overcome with fear.

As for the Hyuga Great Elder, he had been waiting every day for Jinghuo Uchiha to arrive.

Now that he saw the golden meteor, it was as though he had seen supreme power delivered right to his doorstep. Delight filled his face, though a trace of malice remained within it.

Though they were only buildings, the more that were destroyed, the more power the Hyuga Clan could demand from Konoha.

But Jinghuo Uchiha's lofty, contemptuous attitude made him deeply uncomfortable.

It was as if the Hyuga Clan stood beneath him, utterly helpless against him.

It was like he was slapping the Hyuga Clan across the face again and again.

"Once the power is in hand, the Uchiha Clan..."

Before he could finish the plan in his heart, he belatedly sensed the terrifying pressure brought by the golden meteor.

Noble, exalted, supreme...

That pressure, accompanied by a surging blast of scorching wind hot enough to seem capable of burning space itself, swept toward the entire Hyuga Clan Land with the momentum of annihilating everything. Unease rose in his heart, and his heart pounded wildly.

"He didn't dare... He didn't dare... He didn't dare kill anyone... He absolutely didn't dare kill anyone..."

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