He wouldn't dare... He wouldn't dare kill... He absolutely wouldn't dare kill...

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 approach, they saw a rocket-like orange flame shoot straight into the sky.

The two were stunned.

The next second.

"Holy crap!!!"

They hurriedly turned around and ran quickly towards the Hyuga Clan Land.

But before they could get there, someone stepped out and blocked them.

"Shisui, what are you doing!" Uchiha Itachi said, exasperated.

Especially since the clan members around were looking up, sitting on small stools, cracking melon seeds, with a relaxed and cheerful air of watching a show.

Root didn't seem to intend to go to the Hyuga Clan Land at all.

What was wrong with the Uchiha Clan?

Uchiha Shisui's expression was calm as he said, "The high-level will has been decided. For the Hyuga Clan, who wants to fish in troubled waters, the Uchiha's only path is deterrence."

Regarding Shisui's "high-level will has been decided," Itachi knew he was referring to how Root had been deliberately hampered with funding, missions, and supply requests in recent days.

Although Nara Shikaku didn't know the specifics, he could roughly guess Sarutobi Hiruzen's usual tactics.

However, the Uchiha clan members were not in a hurry at all.

They were happy to be restricted; the Uchiha were content with the ease.

If they were short on money, they would just take on bounty missions.

Running out of money was impossible, it would never happen in this lifetime.

Instead, the Uchiha clan members were happily waiting to watch the show every day.

With Root in the hands of the Uchiha, their mission completion rate was almost one hundred percent.

But it wasn't the same with other Anbu; the Anbu's casualty rate had doubled in the past few days.

Now, the Uchiha were just waiting to see when Sarutobi Hiruzen would bow his head and admit defeat.

They just hadn't told Jinghuo Uchiha about this, fearing he would go to the village center and cause a scene again.

Now, it was just a clash with the Hyuga Clan Land.

A small matter, but also a good thing.

Clashing with the Hyuga Clan Land was equivalent to striking back, a form of deterrence.

However, Nara Shikaku thought about what would happen next.

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

The current situation was that the Konoha higher-ups and the Uchiha Clan were like snipe and clam fighting, while the Hyuga Clan wanted to be the fisherman.

But this was Konoha, the home turf of the Konoha higher-ups.

Therefore, the Konoha higher-ups could instantly become the fisherman, watching the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan fight.

If the Uchiha and Hyuga clans were evenly matched in strength, it would be fine.

But let alone Jinghuo Uchiha, just Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui alone could crush the Hyuga Clan.

Not to mention Jinghuo Uchiha, a variable who became agitated at the slightest provocation.

Neither the Hyuga Clan nor the Konoha higher-ups could deter the Uchiha.

Unless... one of the Sannin returned.

Now, Tsunade had left Konoha without a word, and there had been no news for many years.

Orochimaru had become a missing-nin;

Only one person was left.

Thinking of this, he sighed.

Ultimately, Sarutobi Hiruzen, as the Hokage, was incompetent.

"Do your best to persuade Jiraiya to take on the role of Hokage," he thought to himself.

Meanwhile, the stream of light in the sky began to descend.

But this time, it felt a bit bright.

Golden.

"Is the sun particularly bright today?" The clan members felt dazzled, squinting their eyes, feeling something was wrong, and couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Upon closer inspection, they found it increasingly strange.

"That's not the sunlight!"

"What kind of light is that?"

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"Golden... Golden..."

"That golden..." some clan members shouted, dumbfounded, "It's Emperor Flame Mode!!!"

The clan members panicked, dropping their sunflower seeds all over the floor.

"Holy crap!!!"

Uchiha Itachi's expression was anxious, and he rushed out immediately.

The clan members followed closely, their speed astonishingly fast.

Soon, only he and some women were left standing in the Uchiha Clan Land.

"Aren't you going?" an overly familiar aunt asked.

"Aren't you afraid of Jinghuo Uchiha?" Nara Shikaku, captain of a Konoha Jonin squad, retorted.

"No, this child is doing this for our own good. Otherwise, the Uchiha would have been annihilated long ago," the aunt said with a smile, cracking sunflower seeds.

Nara Shikaku nodded, his expression calm.

He had seen Jinghuo Uchiha's Emperor Flame Mode, the terrifying high temperature that turned everything into magma, and the extreme scorching white light that could even distort space.

He knew.

The Uchiha clan members also knew.

This time, the damage caused by Jinghuo Uchiha would be immense.

That's why all the Uchiha clan members ran over, wanting to show their support for Jinghuo Uchiha and prevent the Hyuga Clan from impulsively trying to kill Jinghuo Uchiha in a fit of rage.

But this was just the surface.

Behind the scenes, Jinghuo Uchiha probably wanted to disrupt the Hyuga Clan's intention to get involved.

As long as the Hyuga Clan voluntarily gave up, the Konoha higher-ups couldn't support the Hyuga Clan and would have to continue the struggle between the Uchiha Clan and them.

But the deterrent needed to be controlled.

Simply causing greater prestige and greater losses was not enough.

There had to be casualties.

Therefore, there would definitely be deaths this time.

"The ones who die will be important, but not that important."

Nara Shikaku looked calmly at the golden flowing light, and the figure of a Hyuga elder appeared in his mind.

He sighed, full of helplessness.

So volatile, yet so precise in his attacks.

Konoha was about to change.

"Sigh, why is he so volatile."

Hyuga Clan Land.

"Again?!" The Hyuga clan members were a little overwhelmed.

But familiarity breeds contempt.

This time, they were prepared.

However, as the golden meteorite approached, they sensed something was wrong.

The terrifying pressure emanating from the golden meteorite was like an emperor with countless citizens standing behind him, filled with violent rage.

The phrase "Dragon's Wrath" couldn't help but pop into their minds, as if the golden meteorite had transformed into a golden dragon, roaring at them, about to unleash the heavenly punishment of thunderous fury.

For a moment, the Hyuga clan members were shaken and filled with unease.

And the Hyuga Great Elder, he had been waiting for Jinghuo Uchiha's arrival every day.

Now, seeing the golden meteorite, he felt as if he saw supreme power delivered to his doorstep. His expression was joyous, but with a hint of malice.

Even if it was just some buildings, and more were destroyed, the Hyuga Clan could demand more power from Konoha.

But Jinghuo Uchiha's condescending attitude truly displeased him.

It was as if the Hyuga Clan was inferior to him, and he could do nothing about it.

It was like slapping the Hyuga Clan's face repeatedly.

"Once I get the power, the Uchiha Clan..."

Before his plan was even fully formed in his mind, he belatedly sensed the terrifying pressure brought by the golden meteorite.

Noble, sacred, supreme...

Such pressure, accompanied by a surging fierce hot wind, as if burning space itself, swept towards the entire Hyuga Clan Land with a destructive aura, making his heart uneasy and pounding wildly.

"He wouldn't... he wouldn't... he wouldn't kill anyone... he absolutely wouldn't kill anyone..."

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