Kill Plan for the New Generation

The ninja was slightly stunned, his expression suddenly turning grim. With a flick of his hand, three shuriken shot toward Uchiha Shin, clearly prepared well in advance.

The shuriken pierced into Uchiha Shin's body without resistance, and his form vanished into a puff of white smoke with a soft pop.

Clone Technique!

The ninja felt a jolt of alarm. With no time left to hide his identity, he roared, "Byakugan!" Instantly, the veins around his eyes bulged, and his irises turned a pure, stark white—the Byakugan, one of the three great ocular powers of the ninja world.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu."

The moment his Byakugan activated, a massive fireball surged toward his back. With no time for other reactions, he channeled chakra into his palms and began to spin rapidly.

"Rotation!"

The omnidirectional, flawless defense deflected the massive fireball. Uchiha Shin's figure appeared on a nearby tree trunk, thinking, That defense is quite something! Sharingan, activate!

In an instant, his pupils turned blood-red, and the eerie, ghostly three tomoe slowly rotated within them. He locked his gaze onto the Rotation below, his hands already gripping a kunai in each.

This was not a sparring match within the clan where he could hold back; this was a life-or-death struggle. A moment of distraction was the difference between life and death, so there was no reason to continue hiding his strength. Besides, the ninja below was no amateur; by Uchiha Shin's estimation, he was at the peak of the chunin level.

"1... 2... 3..."

Uchiha Shin whispered the numbers. The moment the third count fell, the Rotation stopped, and he dove downward like a sharp blade.

The two kunai in his hands had somehow become six. He threw them with a flick of his wrist, each one trailing a chakra wire attached to an Explosive Tag.

"Explode!"

The moment the kunai landed at the opponent's feet, Uchiha Shin detonated them. A series of deafening explosions erupted in rapid succession.

A figure leaped from the center of the blast. Uchiha Shin sneered, his hands already finished with the hand seals. "I was waiting for you. Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

A massive torrent of flame rose up, splitting into three directions like three fire dragons, surging toward the ninja.

"A B-rank ninjutsu? How is this possible? This brat..." The ninja gritted his teeth, forcing his chakra to erupt from every point in his body. He pushed through the flames, charging straight toward Uchiha Shin.

"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"

Intense chakra condensed in his palms. He had decided to end this quickly. The intellect and ninjutsu power this brat had displayed were truly alarming; he feared that the longer this dragged on, the more dangerous his own situation would become.

As he closed in on Uchiha Shin, he clearly saw the blood-red pupils, the three tomoe rotating within them visible even now. This sight made his heart skip a beat and solidified his resolve to kill. To possess a three-tomoe Sharingan at this age—such talent was terrifying. He could not allow this boy to grow any further.

His powerful palm struck Uchiha Shin's body with a thunderous impact, but he felt no resistance of a physical form. The strike slammed into the earth, the sheer force causing the ground to crack and spiderweb.

How... did I miss? Body Flicker Technique? Substitution Technique? When did he even perform the hand seals? A thousand thoughts raced through the ninja's mind in a split second.

Just then, thin, silver-glowing chakra wires appeared around him, suddenly tightening and binding him firmly in place.

Behind him, Uchiha Shin's figure emerged, holding the chakra wires. "This technique is something I just learned from Madara. Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu."

A massive wave of fire erupted from his mouth, traveling along the chakra wires to scorch the ninja, engulfing his entire body.

A series of screams echoed out, but the ninja soon passed out from the agony, his presence growing weaker by the second.

Uchiha Shin calculated the time and retracted the flames; he still had many questions to ask and couldn't afford to kill him just yet.

A large bucket of water splashed over the ninja's head, and he slowly regained consciousness, finding himself tightly bound to a tree by chakra wires, struggling to even move.

Seeing him awake, Uchiha Shin asked directly, "Start talking. You should know that in front of the Sharingan, there is no point in hiding anything."

The ninja resigned himself to his fate, sighing, "I never expected that after roaming the Warring States period for so long, I would end up losing to a brat. I will answer you, but I have one question: how did you dodge my Vacuum Palm at the end? I saw it clearly with my Byakugan; you definitely didn't perform any hand seals."

Uchiha Shin chuckled. "Is that all? It's simple. I didn't perform any seals at all; you just missed."

The ninja became incredibly agitated. "Impossible! I have the Byakugan; how could I have missed? Wait... it was a genjutsu. Yes, it must have been a genjutsu, but when did I fall under it?"

The ninja frowned in thought, suddenly recalling the moment he charged at Uchiha Shin and clearly saw the three tomoe in his eyes.

Was it at that moment? I didn't even notice!

Seeing the ninja's dejected expression, Uchiha Shin curled his lip and kicked him in the leg, shouting, "I don't have time to waste with you! Speak, what is your objective? Why did you trick the guards of our clan grounds?" He had intended to kick him in the stomach, but his current body was simply too short, so he had to settle for the leg.

"I am a spy from the Hyuga clan. After we broke through the Uchiha's defensive line, we intended to join the battlefield and encircle the Uchiha alongside the Senju. However, considering the Uchiha's strength on the front lines, our clan head was hesitant, fearing excessive losses. After all, while the Hyuga are a great clan, our strength is still quite a bit behind the Senju and Uchiha. If we suffered too many casualties on the front lines, it wouldn't be of much benefit to us."

The ninja knew the hypnotic effects of the Sharingan and began to explain; rather than being hypnotized and spilling his ancestors' secrets, he chose to confess honestly.

Uchiha Shin frowned slightly. "Get to the point."

"Fine. Simply put, our clan didn't want to get involved in the chaos of the front lines, so we devised a plan. I was sent to pose as an Uchiha clansman to request reinforcements, luring away the guards from your clan grounds. Then, our clan would quietly send a team of elites to infiltrate the Uchiha grounds under the cover of night and carry out a total massacre of your new generation."

"What?" Uchiha Shin was no longer calm, drawing a sharp breath. The Hyuga clan's heart was truly ruthless; this was a plan to cut off their lineage. If they succeeded, the entire Uchiha clan would be driven to madness.