Rage of the Third Generation

Before long, Uchiha Itachi arrived. After a brief exchange of "filial" pleasantries, Fugaku met his death willingly under the tear-filled blade of his devoted son.

Chiya watched the entire scene from the sidelines. Once Fugaku was dead, he used Kyōka Suigetsu to transform a crow he had prepared outside into his own likeness. "Itachi, Lord Danzo already promised to spare Izumi. Why did you kill her?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Itachi froze. He vanished from the room in a blur, reappearing outside in an instant.

He had no intention of hiding his strength. Knowing that standard Sharingan genjutsu would be ineffective against Chiya, he immediately activated the Mangekyo genjutsu Tsukuyomi—a technique that dealt a thousand points of damage to the enemy while costing him eight hundred—to pull 'Chiya' into the illusionary realm, intending to strike him down while his mind collapsed.

The real Chiya took this opportunity to collect the corpse of Uchiha Fugaku.

[Ding, a special bloodline and Mangekyo Sharingan detected. Do you wish to extract?]

"Extract," Chiya said decisively.

[Ding, extraction complete. Do you wish to consume?]

"Not yet." The Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan required a pair to reach its maximum potential, and it was still unknown whether Kotoamatsukami would be preserved after consumption.

In any case, with his current strength, the lack of a Mangekyo did not affect him much.

He planned to wait until he had used Kotoamatsukami or obtained another one before consuming it.

In this way, by possessing two Uchiha bloodlines simultaneously, he could create a connection between the two pairs of Mangekyo. They wouldn't be biological brothers, but the bond would be even stronger, surely allowing him to fuse them into an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

He placed Fugaku's body back in its original position, maintaining the illusion that he had not lost his eyes under the effects of Kyōka Suigetsu.

Throughout all of this, Uchiha Itachi remained completely oblivious under the hypnosis of Kyōka Suigetsu.

After slaying 'Chiya,' he clutched his left eye, which throbbed with unbearable pain from the exertion of Tsukuyomi, and returned to the house to wait quietly for the arrival of the Second Pillar.

Outside the house, not far away, Black Zetsu, White Zetsu, and Uchiha Obito were stunned to see the corpse of 'Chiya.'

"Hey, hey. Is this real or fake? Chiya actually died?" White Zetsu exclaimed.

It had witnessed Chiya slaughtering the Sarutobi Clan; aside from Pain's Rinnegan, it was no exaggeration to say he had few rivals in the Shinobi World.

"It seems we were a step too late. But to kill an opponent of Chiya's caliber, Itachi must have used the ocular technique granted by the Mangekyo," Black Zetsu said with a hint of regret. He had originally hoped to use Chiya to accelerate the resurrection of his mother.

Compared to the shock of the other two, Obito, who had not yet seen the footage of Chiya's clan extermination, was much calmer, feeling an increasing sense of pride in the power of the Uchiha Clan.

Just as he was about to say something, a slightly mocking voice rang out beside his ear:

"Who did you say died just now?"

Immediately following this, a hand rested on his shoulder without any warning.

Obito jolted, hurriedly phasing his body and leaping backward to put distance between himself and Chiya.

As for the Zetsu, they instinctively retracted their pitcher plant and dove into the ground.

"Hey, hey, I thought we were supposed to be companions. Is such a big reaction necessary? Come on, show me a little trust, won't you?"

Chiya shrugged helplessly, wearing a troubled expression.

Hearing this, the Zetsu emerged from the ground. White Zetsu exclaimed, "Chiya! Didn't you already die?"

"Who told you I was dead?" Chiya asked, knowing the answer.

"Then what about that corpse?" Black Zetsu controlled the pitcher plant to look at the body of 'Chiya.' "It's not just the appearance; even the chakra... this has gone beyond the realm of being realistic."

"For a ninja, intelligence is everything. Just as I haven't pried into your secrets, I can't tell you this one," Chiya said with a faint smile, turning his gaze to Obito. "So, is everything settled over there?"

"Everything is done. If there's nothing else, just come with us. Itachi still has some things to arrange. We'll wait for him outside Konoha." Obito glanced at the 'Chiya' corpse below, his gaze toward Chiya becoming increasingly wary.

Not only did he possess Sage Art and a body double that could pass for the real thing, but he could also evade the perception of both him and the Zetsu. In terms of danger, this guy had already far surpassed Uchiha Itachi and his Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Then you go ahead. As it happens, I have some things to arrange as well." Chiya turned to leave, but heard Uchiha Obito ask, "What are you planning to do?"

"I killed so many people from the Sarutobi Clan and the Shimura Clan tonight; I have to give them some kind of explanation, don't I? I'm really looking forward to seeing the Third Hokage and Danzo fly into a rage. By the way, don't take that 'corpse' with you. If you like it, I can give you one each later. It's free of charge anyway."

Leaving those words behind, Chiya donned his Anbu mask and vanished from the sight of Obito and the Black and White Zetsu.

Watching the spot where Chiya disappeared, Black Zetsu spoke to Obito in a hoarse voice: "Madara, what do you intend to do?"

"Let's go." The face beneath Obito's mask was terrifyingly gloomy. Only when he heard Black Zetsu call him Madara did he relax slightly. The eye hole in his mask began to distort, sucking his body in until he vanished.

Black Zetsu controlled the pitcher plant to merge into the ground, following closely behind.

Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen sat in the Hokage office, quietly awaiting the report from his son, Shinnosuke.

He was preparing to head to the Anbu base behind the Hokage building to lead a team with Danzo to the Uchiha compound, where he would issue the lockdown order and the warrant for Uchiha Itachi.

Not long after, an Anbu ninja arrived, but it was not his son.

It was not his daughter-in-law, nor was it anyone from his clan.

It was another Anbu squad leader.

He knelt on one knee before Sarutobi Hiruzen, calling out in a panicked tone: "Lord... Lord Hokage, Lord Shinnosuke, he..."

"What happened to Shinnosuke?" Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up abruptly.

"The entire squad led by Lord Shinnosuke has been wiped out. Including Lady Shizuka, three were decapitated, and one had their chest pierced. Lord Shinnosuke suffered a slash to his chest and died on the spot."

BOOM!!!

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His entire body went limp, and he collapsed into his office chair, nearly fainting from the shock.

Less than half an hour later, Sarutobi Hiruzen had already arrived at the entrance of the Uchiha compound with his Anbu.

Danzo, on the other hand, acted with extreme cunning as he headed toward the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters. Patting his slightly protruding belly, he felt a mix of pain and pleasure as he went to reclaim the Sharingan.

The remains of his five trusted subordinates lay there, including his own son and daughter-in-law.

Furthermore, his daughter-in-law and two other clansmen had already been decapitated.

His son had fared no better; a long, narrow gash across his chest had nearly cleaved his body in two, with only the spine and the skin on his back holding the torso together.

His pupils were dilated wide, as if he had witnessed something horrific before his death, nearly bulging from their sockets in a state of eternal, restless resentment.

ps: Third update