We Have Also Endured the Same Pain!

Killing a Konoha ninja placed no burden on Uchiha Yan.

It was nothing more than an ordinary mission.

She casually tossed Utatane Koharu's corpse to the ground, dispelled Susanoo, then turned and vanished into the forest, searching for her next target like a Shinigami.

The Kumogakure pursuit force, the eager killers, the Shadow Guard, and Konoha's rescue force.

The four groups became entangled. The storm of rebellion stirred up by Kinkaku and Ginkaku was heading in an uncontrollable, unpredictable direction.

Kumogakure was the first to quell the chaos.

A, who had resolved the Jinchuriki rampage, was the first to return to the village.

Seeing his homeland in ruins, A was consumed by fury.

He knew very well that if Kinkaku and Ginkaku had not instigated internal strife and killed the Second Raikage, Uchiha Yan could never have found an opportunity to infiltrate the village, destroy it, and seize its secret techniques.

Yet now, because the village had suffered such immense losses, the elders who had remained neutral or supported the Second Raikage began changing their stance. They urged him to set aside his grudges for the moment; the village could not afford another internal conflict.

Even if Kinkaku and Ginkaku had committed grave crimes, they could only be spared for now and allowed to atone through merit, continuing to fight for Kumogakure.

If they died, Kumogakure's shortage of top-tier combat power would become far too severe.

But this time, A did not heed their advice. Burning with rage, he roared, "How can Kumogakure be rebuilt with these two vermin around?!"

Ignoring all attempts to stop him, he activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and charged out of the village, hunting down Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who had been urgently summoned back overnight.

Not long afterward, an astonishing disturbance erupted on the outskirts