Bloodbath in Kyoto! A New Order Rises!

"My lord, those old fossils in Kyoto are gathering fighters willing to die for them."

Inside the great hall, Satoru Gojo knelt on both knees, his voice icy.

Cold sweat still clung to his forehead.

"They intend to use a thousand years of accumulated power to stand against the Empire."

"Give the order, my lord. Let me wipe them out!"

Gojo gritted his teeth, fanatical bloodlust flashing in his eyes.

On the throne, Tobirama Uchiha propped up his head with one hand, looking utterly relaxed.

The news did not even make him lift an eyelid.

"Just a few grasshoppers too blind to know their season is over."

"They aren't worth that much effort."

Tobirama spoke calmly, without a trace of warmth.

He slowly raised his right hand.

With a lazy flick, he gestured into the air.

"Grayfia."

"Go clean up that filth."

Tobirama gave the order with his eyes closed.

"Yes, my master."

Dressed in a black-and-white maid uniform, Grayfia bowed obediently.

In an instant, her lovely face turned murderous and cold.

"Heavenly Guards, heed my command."

"Shadow Assassins, vanish into the void."

Grayfia left the main hall and stood on the stone steps suspended in the void.

She swept one hand through the air.

BOOM!!!

The Empire's passage through the void was violently torn open.

Hundreds of thousands of Imperial warriors in golden armor marched out.

And within the shadows,

Shadow Assassins with twisted forms and blades in both hands

silently merged with the ripples of space.

"Descend on Kyoto. Leave no one alive."

Grayfia delivered the divine decree without mercy.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The spatial ripples subsided.

The vast army and the Shadow Assassins tore through space's defenses.

In an instant,

they appeared directly above the estates of Kyoto's stubborn old clans.

At that moment,

inside the