Kurotsuchi's Distracted Expression

When four giant warriors, each hundreds of meters tall, stood upon the earth, everything was over.

Iwagakure's proud combined Earth Style was as fragile as paper before those giants.

Even the "Will of Stone" they had engraved in their hearts failed to give them enough courage amid the rout.

"I simply can't believe it!" Kurotsuchi, tucked under Kitsuchi's arm, looked dazed. "More than thirty thousand Iwa Shinobi, and what awaited us was utter defeat!"

In Kurotsuchi's world, whether it was the village or her family, they had always taught her that the Will of Stone, which united all of Iwagakure as one, was the weapon that made them invincible.

It was also the fundamental creed that allowed Iwagakure to stand firm in the Ninja World.

But at this moment...

That creed

completely collapsed within Kurotsuchi's heart.

A single clan could actually contend with and defeat an entire village? It was simply unbelievable!

Hearing his precious daughter Kurotsuchi's words, Kitsuchi, who was carrying her as he fled, lowered his eyes and said hoarsely, "This is the Uchiha Clan of this era!"

"In the past, the Uchiha Clan's shinobi were powerful, but they were nowhere near as exaggerated as they are now—beings capable of crushing a ninja village with the strength of one clan."

"After all, if one-on-one meant fleeing, two-on-one meant there was a chance to fight through an ambush, and three-on-one was needed for a guaranteed victory, then Iwagakure could still win if it only had to deal with a single clan."

"But now you've seen it yourself. Against this generation of Uchiha, what a devastating defeat we have suffered."

Upon hearing that, Kurotsuchi's dazed expression immediately turned despondent.

"It was the strongest person in the Ninja World—the one called the God of the Present World, Uchiha Yuzhen—who brought about