Everyone was shaken to the core as they looked up at the towering war god before them.
It was a colossal giant clad in armor and wielding two blades. Its eyes were cold and merciless, and terrifying chakra flames swirled around it, as though even the air were being scorched and twisted.
The towering buildings looked like toys stacked by children beside it. With every slow step it took, the ground beneath its feet cracked apart, as if the apocalypse had arrived.
Back at the Uchiha Clan Compound, the giant purple figure had already been oppressive. Now that it stood right before them, the pressure it gave off had reached its absolute peak.
Shimura Danzo stared fixedly at those scarlet eyes, his fists trembling slightly.
On the surface, he remained as calm as ever, as if he were brimming with hostility toward the Uchiha. But inside, he had already been consumed by burning greed.
This power... was far beyond anything he had expected!
Sarutobi Hiruzen drew a deep breath, his expression grave. As he gazed at the enormous Susanoo, he could hardly hide his shock.
"Stronger than Madara... even?"
The pressure of that chakra made it feel as though an invisible hand were squeezing his heart.
"So... Itachi really did fail..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice was low, touched by anger and grief. "Who are you, exactly? What are you trying to do?"
"Has the Uchiha Clan's Will of Fire vanished completely?"
"Are you really planning to attack the village?"
Facing Sarutobi Hiruzen's barrage of questions, Uchiha Yoru curled his lips into a cold smile, his eyes full of scorn.
"You don't need to know my name."
"And another thing..."
"Don't try to guilt-trip me with that holier-than-thou act."
His voice grew colder, killing intent spreading through the air.
"The Second Hokage established the Military Police Force and supposedly trusted the Uchiha? In reality, he just penned the Uchiha up by the village gates like dogs."
"On the night of the Nine-Tails Incident, every Uchiha was forbidden from joining the fight—you'd already decided the Sharingan was the source of disaster, hadn't you?"
"When you needed strength to suppress the Cloud Village, the Uchiha were heroes. But once you learned Shisui could change people's minds, he became a threat that 'had to be eliminated.'"
Uchiha Yoru's Three-Tomoe spun rapidly, his scarlet gaze burning like twin flames in the night.
"Shimura Danzo, you stole Shisui's eye and schemed to seize even more Uchiha eyes!"
"Sarutobi Hiruzen, you allowed Root to monitor the Uchiha for twenty years. Now you're even recording the chakra fluctuations of three-year-old children..."
"Then, terrified of the Uchiha's power, you joined forces with Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito to slaughter the entire clan!"
His voice suddenly rose, his fury and killing intent almost tangible as they swept in every direction—
"You old bastards are the naturally evil beasts!"
The next moment, the eyes of Susanoo blazed scarlet!
Boom—!!!
Its great blade swept across, slashing toward the four great clans' compounds in Konoha!
Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others blanched!
"Not good!"
The attacks were headed in several directions—straight for their clan compounds!
The strike was too fast. All they could do was watch as a colossal blade of chakra tore their clan compounds to pieces.
In the night, flames shot into the sky, and Konoha trembled violently.
After hearing from Uchiha Yoru that the Uchiha Clan had been exterminated, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, and the others should, by rights, have been delighted.
But at this moment, they couldn't feel happy at all.
The Jonin Squad members who heard Uchiha Yoru's words were stunned. Most of them couldn't help thinking that the Konoha High Command really had acted like monsters.
Meanwhile, Susanoo's twin blades swept past, unleashing a terrifying wave of chakra that turned every building in their path into ruins!
The Konoha Ninja cried out and hurriedly fell back. Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Hyuga Hiashi, and the others quickly formed Hand Seals, trying to hold back the sudden disaster.
"Earth Style: Earth Wall!"
"Water Style: Water Wall!"
"Eight Trigrams: Rotation!"
Stone walls erupted from the ground, sheets of water surged and churned, and white chakra spiraled outward. But these defenses were nothing before Susanoo's might—
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Susanoo's twin blades ripped through the stone walls and shattered the water barriers. Even Hyuga Hiashi's Rotation was knocked aside, sending him flying with blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
"Cough..."
Hyuga Hiashi crashed hard to the ground. Looking up, he saw Uchiha Yoru standing in the center of Susanoo, towering above him, the cold glint of his Sharingan fixed on him.
A trace of fear rose in his heart. If Uchiha Yoru was telling the truth, was the Uchiha Clan's tragic fate destined to become the Hyuga Clan's future as well?
"Still trying to struggle in vain?"
Uchiha Yoru sneered and raised one hand. Another blade of chakra began to form in Susanoo's grasp. "Tonight, Konoha's history will be rewritten for good."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face turned ashen. He formed Hand Seals and summoned a monkey.
"Enma, turn into the Adamantine Staff!"
"Roar!"
A thunderous monkey's cry rang out as Enma appeared. His body rapidly transformed, becoming a heavy black staff in an instant.
Sarutobi Hiruzen gripped the staff and leaped up, swinging it hard at Susanoo!
Boom—!!!
A deafening crash rang out. The staff struck Susanoo, and its colossal body paused for the briefest moment. But only a moment later, Sarutobi Hiruzen furrowed his brows and leaped up again, bringing the staff down on Susanoo once more. It still had no effect.
Uchiha Yoru's lips curled into a cold smile.
"You think that little bit of strength can shake my Susanoo?"
Faint ripples appeared across Susanoo's armor, then it returned to normal.
The massive chakra blade swung casually. Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression changed, and he immediately leaped back.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's leg was still marked from where Uchiha Yoru had stepped on it earlier. Now the pain had him panting heavily.
Seeing this, Shimura Danzo, standing nearby, felt as though his severed arm had healed in an instant.
A glint flashed in his eyes, and he secretly rejoiced.
"Hiruzen's already old... He probably won't last through this battle."
However, the next moment, Uchiha Yoru suddenly looked up, fixed his gaze on Shimura Danzo, and curled his lips into a cold smile.
"You think I'm going to let you go?"
Before the words had even left his mouth, Susanoo strode forward and vanished in a blur!
Shimura Danzo was horrified. Without another thought, the bandages on his arm rapidly unraveled, revealing several Sharingan. He immediately activated his eye technique—
"Izanagi!"
Bang!!!
Susanoo's massive chakra blade came crashing down!
Danzo's body shattered in an instant, vanishing into nothingness. But in another patch of shadow, his figure appeared again, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
"Hmph... As expected..."
Before he could steady himself, Susanoo's scarlet gaze fixed on him again. Uchiha Yoru's voice rang out, slow and measured—
"Let's see just how many times you can use Izanagi..."
With that, the blade of the giant Susanoo locked onto the place where Danzo had reappeared. Its chakra blade rained down on the spot where Shimura Danzo stood, as densely as someone stir-frying food in a pan.
Soon, Shimura Danzo realized in despair that he had only one resurrection left—and it was the most important one of all!
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