In Fucheng's eyes, if Uchiha Fugaku, that "indecisive" fool, became the Uchiha Clan Head, the entire Uchiha Clan would be doomed.
Fugaku couldn't bring himself to be ruthless, couldn't bring himself to be kind, and wasn't devious enough.
That was just how the Uchiha Clan was. Too many of them were naive.
If they'd been in Fucheng's old Li Village, in that impoverished, lawless corner of the northwest where hardship bred troublemakers, a bunch of unruly brats would have turned the whole place upside down long ago!
Seeing that Fugaku had fallen silent, Uchiha Fucheng ignored him.
Fucheng analyzed the situation for the others. "From our vantage point, the fighting in the northeast is already over. Lord White Fang has a very good chance of winning.
"Also, Orochimaru, the Third Hokage's student, is in that direction. There are almost no Sand Ninja strong enough to hold back Konoha's advance in that area.
"And Lady Tsunade's Konoha reinforcements are not far away in the southwest.
"As the battle draws to a close, we need to fight without holding back and kill as many of the Sand Ninja's forces as we can. We'll earn more merit that way. Otherwise, after the war, the Uchiha Clan might not even get a taste of the spoils!"
After saying this, Fucheng gave the others their orders.
"Fugaku, Seimei, and I are the three Jonin. We'll lead the assault in the battles ahead.
"Kaen and Mikoto, your main task is to finish off any Genin we fail to take out.
"Hezi and Jiangyi, you're only ordinary Genin. Keep at least twenty meters away from us during the fighting.
"All you need to do is make sure every Sand Ninja corpse is dead. If you spot a Sand Ninja Jonin or puppeteer, collect their head."
Under Uchiha Fucheng's stern, unquestionable gaze, the others straightened up and answered in unison.
"Yes! Lord Fucheng, understood!"
Even Uchiha Fugaku didn't object.
Instead, Fugaku watched Fucheng direct everyone with such clear, orderly instructions, his face full of approval.
Fucheng felt uncomfortable under that gaze and grumbled to himself, Could this cheap big brother of mine be a brocon, just like Itachi?
Once they had rested, Uchiha Fucheng took the lead. He and Fugaku and Seimei formed the point of the formation and headed straight for the northern battlefield.
Uchiha Fucheng's choice was simple and brutal!
Since Konoha was sure to win, they should earn as much merit as possible while things were relatively safe.
Only then could the Uchiha Clan secure a greater share of the spoils in the postwar order!
"Leave no Sand Ninja alive!"
Fucheng's voice was cold as he reminded them sternly.
The moment he finished speaking, a wave of killing intent surged from the group.
Even Fugaku, who had been indecisive moments earlier, radiated the brutality of "Wicked Eye Fugaku."
They soon came upon the first enemy group!
Two masked Sand Ninja were locked in a standoff with a member of Konoha's Inuzuka Clan and his dog.
Before the Inuzuka Clan's Ninja Dog could react, Fugaku used the Body Flicker Technique to close in on one of the Sand Ninja.
His gleaming long sword swept down in a diagonal slash, cutting from the left shoulder to the right ribs and killing him in one blow.
The other Sand Ninja tried to flank Fugaku, but Fucheng caught him in a Genjutsu.
Uchiha Seimei stepped forward and slit his throat with a Kunai.
By the time the Inuzuka Clan ninja moved to help, the Sand Ninja whose chest and abdomen Fugaku had cut open had already collapsed, drenched in blood.
Fucheng used Fire Release, and the dying Sand Ninja went up in flames from head to toe!
Fucheng didn't stop.
He simply ordered Inuzuka Ran, who had narrowly escaped death, "Have your Ninja Dog search for injured Konoha shinobi first. Do what you can to help them."
Then he and Fugaku continued their killing without looking back.
Inuzuka Ran saw only the backs of the three Uchiha Jonin, followed by a man and a woman, both Konoha Chunin.
Behind them were Hezi and Jiangyi, collecting the heads of the dead.
Inuzuka Ran marveled, "Terrifying. Two Jonin killed in an instant. No wonder the Uchiha, one of Konoha's great clans, produce such geniuses."
Uchiha Fucheng, Fugaku, and Seimei fought dirty, relying on their numbers to slaughter the enemy in small groups.
Misaka Mikoto and Uchiha Kaen handled the cannon fodder.
Jiangyi and Hezi occasionally came across one or two badly wounded enemies and instinctively practiced finishing them off.
Their assembly-line killing routine was incredibly efficient.
In less than an hour,
their special "Uchiha squad" had already killed nine Sand Ninja Jonin.
They had also taken out more than thirty enemy Chunin and Genin.
By rolling from one victory into the next, they freed up "Konoha forces" to reinforce other areas.
The balance of victory on the battlefield was tipping toward Konoha faster and faster.
More and more Konoha shinobi were joining forces, using their numerical advantage in each area to hunt down the remaining Sand Ninja.
Fucheng also noticed that the Konoha shinobi he rescued often gave him some "Recognition Points," which only spurred him to kill the Sand Ninja even more eagerly.
Under these battlefield conditions, the Sand Ninja began to collapse across the front, like a line of dominoes.
If Konoha hadn't feared their "Chiyo Poison," the remaining Sand Ninja wouldn't have lasted until sunset.
Throughout these battles, Fugaku displayed the ferocious temperament of a Uchiha prodigy.
Sometimes, he would seize the initiative with a Genjutsu, use the Body Flicker Technique, and cut an enemy Jonin in two with a single slash.
Other times, he'd feint with a bare-handed Taijutsu punch, slip into the enemy's blind spot, and smash a fist through a Chunin's abdomen, leaving their insides in pieces.
In open areas, Fugaku also liked to throw Shuriken from a distance. One volley could easily take out five or six enemy grunts...
Fugaku's fluid, ruthless killing left even Fucheng shaken.
On the battlefield, Fugaku was nothing like the timid man Fucheng had imagined.
When he fought, Fugaku had a "reckless and savage" style, like the Raikage.
No wonder he had the strange nickname "Wicked Eye Fugaku"!
It really was true: people might get the wrong name, but they never got the wrong nickname.
Fucheng thought, The Uchiha Clan values strength above all. No wonder Fugaku was able to hold onto the clan head's position later. My cheap big brother has incredible talent for battle.
As for Uchiha Seimei, who was guarding Fugaku, he was an elite Uchiha Jonin with Three-Tomoe Sharingan. His combat skill was impressive too.
Seimei was also skilled in Genjutsu and specialized in Fire Release.
Of the nine Sand Ninja Jonin he encountered along the way, he had taken out three with Ninjutsu.
As Fucheng watched the two of them, Fugaku and Seimei were watching Uchiha Fucheng as well.
My little brother seems like a different person...
Calm and collected.
Unflappable in a crisis.
Ruthless and merciless.
Never letting a slight go unanswered.
Uchiha Fucheng's talent was absolutely top-tier!
His killing techniques and battle instincts were especially remarkable, making every fight look effortless and fluid.
When a puppeteer disguised a puppet as their own body, Fugaku had been ready to charge in and beat them down with Taijutsu. But Fucheng had shouted a warning and exposed the trap.
It was as if Uchiha Fucheng's Sharingan could spot dangerous details that everyone else overlooked.
Thanks to their efforts, the number of Sand Ninja they had killed climbed to fifty-five.
Just then, Lady Tsunade arrived with Konoha's reinforcements.
"The Sand Ninja have lost!"
Seeing the huge number of reinforcements, the Konoha shinobi were all fired up. The Sand Ninja, meanwhile, looked utterly despondent.
The entire battlefield had become a scene of the Sand Ninja fleeing while Konoha gave chase.
The final straw for the Sand Ninja was Hatake Sakumo, his hair as white as snow.
The legendary Konoha White Fang used the Body Flicker Technique to appear in front of the Sand Ninja main force.
He stood alone against the enemy's core force of several hundred men.
In the White Fang's left hand were the heads of two Sand Ninja, their faces frozen in terror. They were the two Kage Level leaders of the Sand Ninja forces in this battle.
They were a highly gifted couple of Kage Level shinobi.
And now the Konoha White Fang had taken their heads.
From that day on, a child in the Land of Wind named Sasori would carry bottomless hatred in his heart.
Blood stained the White Fang's short blade. The two heads stared wide-eyed, their owners dead without ever knowing why.
That horrifying sight shattered the Sand Ninja's will to resist in an instant.
Before Tsunade, among the reinforcements, even had a chance to act, more than half the Sand Ninja forces raised their hands and surrendered.
"Why did it turn out like this?!"
A Jonin puppeteer hidden among the surrendering shinobi howled in despair.
Looking at the Sand Ninja forces kneeling on the ground, the puppeteer felt as if his heart were being torn apart.
He had long hated Uchiha Fucheng and this Konoha squad that "killed as easily as breathing" on the battlefield.
Now, watching all the Sand Ninja kneel in surrender, the furious puppeteer made up his mind.
The Chakra Threads controlling his puppet hadn't snapped. Instead, as he poured chakra into them, they began to behave strangely.
Uchiha Fucheng approached. Without the slightest warning, the puppeteer moved in an instant, triggering the puppet's mechanism and making it explode on the spot.
The chakra stored in the puppet's core, along with the poison coating its body, detonated like a bomb.
"You Uchiha devils! Come on! Let's die together!"
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