Lightning Flash... Ten Thousand Tribulations!

Uchiha Genya's expression turned as dark as water upon hearing this, laced with a hint of disbelief:

"That is precisely why I say I have no idea what is going on inside your head sometimes."

"You don't still harbor some naive fantasy about the Hokage Faction, do you?"

Yet, looking at Fugaku's earnest expression, Genya suddenly understood his line of thinking.

He intended to use the Nine-Tails incident as leverage, deploying troops to bargain with the Konoha high command.

Are you still waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen to come begging at your door?

Facts prove that when a person is truly speechless, they really will laugh.

Could it be that Fugaku has become arrogant just because the Uchiha have gained enough of a voice in Konoha during this period?

If that were truly the case, Genya would be genuinely speechless.

People say you don't fear an opponent like a god, but you do fear a teammate like a pig.

With the likes of Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi—those three "crouching dragons and fledgling phoenixes"—why would the Uchiha worry about not being wiped out?

Genya had to suppress his temper to explain: "We aren't deploying now to make others remember the Uchiha's kindness; it is the duty of the Security Division!"

"The law enforcement power we exercised previously was under the banner that the Security Division maintains the stability of Konoha."

"If we sit idly by now, the tough image we've cultivated all this time will be completely ruined!"

"The entire village will think the Uchiha are soft persimmons—cowards who only dare to bully ordinary people but don't dare to let out a peep when facing the Nine-Tails!"

Uchiha Genya spoke these harsh, unforgiving words directly to Fugaku.

The Uchiha are an extremely militant and proud clan; hearing this, they all displayed expressions of indignation.

Being called cowards and soft-bellied weaklings—this insult was harder for them to accept than being killed outright.

Fugaku's indecisive side was exposed once again at this moment.

"...Genya, can't you trust me just this once? The Third and the others definitely won't be able to handle the Nine-Tails. Our Uchiha Sharingan is the most powerful force for dealing with Tailed Beasts; they will have no choice but to come begging for our help."

Genya saw no need to continue this conversation with Fugaku.

Fugaku's greatest problem was placing all his hope in others.

It was the same in the original history; to put it nicely, he chose a noble death, but to put it bluntly, he simply gave up, dumping all the burdens and hopes onto his two sons.

Those who truly accomplish great things never gamble their hopes on the ethereal whims of others.

Just as he turned to leave, Fugaku suddenly shouted!

"Genya! This is an order from the Clan Head!"

"No one is to leave the clan grounds tonight without my command!"

At this moment, the members of the Security Division all displayed hesitant expressions; while there were those who stood firmly on Genya's side, they were not the majority.

After all, Fugaku had served as Clan Head and head of the Security Division for a long time; his accumulated prestige still held some weight.

Genya looked back, finally convinced that Fugaku was not fit to be Hokage.

He couldn't even manage a clan well, let alone the Hokage, who had to balance the relationships between all parties.

To hesitate when action is required, to cherish one's own life while trying to achieve great things—this is a lack of strategy!

Genya suddenly revealed a mysterious smile.

"No leaving the clan grounds, is that it?"

"I think you've misunderstood something. You don't naively think that I can't deal with the Nine-Tails just because I don't leave the clan grounds, do you?"

Fugaku was stunned for a moment, not yet grasping what Genya meant by those words.

Then, he watched as Genya closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the Three-Tomoe had rapidly fused into the shape of a Mangekyō.

Fugaku panicked, wanting to stop Genya immediately.

How could Genya's ocular power be wasted on a Susanoo?

But just then, Genya's voice slowly echoed in the ears of everyone around.

"None of you actually know what the true power of the Uchiha is."

"Then let me show you all what the legendary, ultimate third power of the Uchiha ocular technique looks like!"

As the Mangekyō in Genya's right eye spun continuously, a purple giant, appearing as if it were composed of ten thousand lightning bolts, slowly emerged from Genya's body.

This giant did not look complete, and its form was quite peculiar.

An eye split open in each palm, massive metallic hands supported the body, and behind it were the tomoe symbols representing lightning.

Three slightly slender arms hovered on the left side, one of which held a double-headed kunai, responsible for long-range attacks, symbolizing that nothing can hide under its majestic light.

A massive phantom right arm, devoid of any armor, looked as if anyone would be reduced to ashes before this absolute power—so confident that it required no armor at all.

Evil Radiance Shadow-Facing Heavenly Demon, the armed divine suit state when the Raiden Shogun unleashes her true power.

Fugaku was left completely dumbfounded; the Susanoo Genya displayed seemed entirely different from what was recorded in the clan's archives.

A four-armed Susanoo—if he remembered correctly, Uchiha Madara's Susanoo was also like this.

What was this form, though?

Glancing at the stunned Fugaku, Uchiha Genya let a drop of blood fall from his right eye as he sneered.

"Haven't you always wanted to know about my ocular abilities and true strength? Then let me show you now, the difference between my Mangekyō and yours."

Saha World, Genya's Mangekyō ability in his right eye.

In Buddhism, this term refers to this imperfect world, that is, the human world.

The Mangekyō ocular ability Genya awakened was also ridiculously powerful, capable of temporarily manifesting anything conceived in the mind within a certain range, possessing the ability to turn the void into the real.

It wasn't a genjutsu or space-type ability, leaning more towards dream-like ocular abilities such as Izanagi or Izanami.

Combined with the Kyōka Suigetsu ability of his left eye, Genya himself could theoretically achieve what only a creator could do.

That is, the so-called omnipotence!

Susanoo: Evil Radiance Shadow-Facing Heavenly Demon form, was a special type of Susanoo evolved from the base Susanoo, utilizing the power of Saha World and the divine artifact Musō Isshin.

The drawback of Saha World was also obvious; such a powerful ocular ability couldn't be without cost.

The stronger the manifested existence, the faster the ocular power would be consumed.

In other words, the greater the impact on the real world, the more ocular power Genya would expend.

Genya had only unleashed the third stage of Susanoo, combined with the Saha World ocular ability, and the Evil Radiance Shadow-Facing Heavenly Demon's size was already infinitely close to the hundred-meter height of a Perfect Susanoo!

Even the Nine-Tails, under such a size disparity, was merely a slightly larger beast.

This wasn't the end. Genya opened his right arm and, to everyone's shocked gaze, slowly drew a tachi from his chest, as if forged from purple lightning.

Under the influence of Saha World, Genya could now briefly wield the power of Musō Isshin, simulating a portion of the might of that "Unrivaled Slash"!

Almost in perfect sync with Genya's movements, as he drew Musō Isshin from his chest, the lightning giant's right arm violently stretched backward, as if tearing through space. A "Eye of Thunder Punishment Evil Radiance" hundreds of meters long unfurled above Konoha.

The pitch-black night sky was instantly illuminated by countless bolts of lightning, a convergence of ten thousand thunders.

That colossal arm seemed to draw a hundred-meter-long "Musō Isshin," entirely constructed from lightning, from the center of that purple eye.

"Lightning... Myriad Calamities!"