The detailed battle report from the Land of Lightning fortress swiftly spread through the underground intelligence network to every major hidden village.
Iwagakure, Tsuchikage's office.
Ōnoki of Both Scales gripped the intelligence scroll, the wrinkles on his face tightening incessantly.
He had lived through countless years and witnessed the rise and fall of innumerable prodigies in the Shinobi World.
Yet when that familiar surname and the words "Mangekyō" entered his sight, Ōnoki's heart still pounded in alarm.
It inevitably reminded him of the terror of once being dominated by Uchiha Madara.
[Uchiha Kazuhiko, Phantom Body Flicker, Storm Release Black Lightning, space-time Mangekyō ocular technique----]
[Instantly killed Orochimaru from afar, severely wounded the Fourth Raikage, then forced back Kumogakure's army]
"Is the Uchiha clan about to produce another monster----"
Ōnoki muttered in a heavy tone.
He had personally witnessed Uchiha Madara's Mangekyō Sharingan and experienced firsthand the helplessness of facing Susanoo.
If he faced that kind of power again, could he win?
"Even the Raikage's Lightning Release Armor could not withstand Uchiha Kazuhiko's space-time ocular technique."
An Iwagakure senior intelligence officer bowed as he reported.
"The intelligence has been confirmed. Kumogakure's main force has retreated across the board and abandoned its frontline standoff positions."
"The Fourth Raikage's left shoulder was severely injured. He will be unable to exert his full strength in the short term."
"Based on the above intelligence, Uchiha Kazuhiko's threat level has reached S-rank. He is an existence ordinary shinobi would find difficult to defeat."
"My personal assessment is that Uchiha Kazuhiko's level of danger can be placed alongside the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze."
"Based on the characteristics of his ninjutsu, he may be called Konoha's Black Flash."
Hearing this, Ōnoki gazed toward Konoha.
Doubt, amazement, jealousy, fear—every kind of emotion intertwined within him.
What an enviable reserve