Dawn broke!
It wasn't really dawn.
Rather, the sky over this part of the forest had lit up!
Beneath the blazing sun!
Firelight, lightning, and blood-red light had illuminated the forest sky from below!
The Military Police Force had of course noticed the anomaly.
They had already dispatched men at top speed toward the scene.
In a short Tenshukaku in Hell Valley.
The Chinoike Clan chief was inside.
He paced to the observation post.
His expression was dark.
"Someone!"
Immediately.
A subordinate arrived.
"Go quickly and see what's happening!"
The kneeling retainer hesitated.
"This kind of commotion can't be hidden from the Uchiha. Lord Gosho, should we send people over too?"
Hearing his subordinate's hesitation, Gosho hid his face behind the Bat Fan.
He sneered and said:
"They're just watchdogs hired by the Feudal Lord to keep us under watch!"
"As the lord of this place, surely there's no problem with me sending men to investigate!"
The subordinate nodded and accepted the order.
"Yes!"
Watching the subordinate rise and leave.
Gosho's expression was grim.
That blood-red glow was the power of the Ketsuryūgan!
There was no mistaking it!
Such a tremendous spectacle could only have been Gabimaru.
Who was it!
Who was fighting Gabimaru?
It was almost finished, and the power of the true nature was about to descend upon their clan once more.
The demonic power capable of rivaling the divinity of the Uchiha was nearly complete, yet this had happened.
Truly hateful.
Had the Uchiha discovered something?
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Wretched Uchiha!
It seemed he had to prepare early.
Kumogakure, Uchiha...
In the glow of the lamplight, Chinoike Gosho's face.
Was horribly twisted!
Uchiha Yuta hurried toward that forest with his people.
It was Lord Genmei's chakra.
Who was he fighting? How could the commotion be so great?
Kumogakure?
Impossible! Our clan had coexisted peacefully with them on this mission for nearly thirty years.
And that blood-red light.
The Chinoike?
What did those defeated losers want!
After a moment's thought.
Uchiha Yuta waved.
"Someone, get all the surveillance reports from recent years concerning the Chinoike Clan and prepare them in my office."
"Once things are settled here, Lord Genmei and I will review them in detail!"
"Yes, Lord Yuta!" One member of the Military Police Force immediately left the group!
Countless sparks drifted through the air.
Amid the devastated ground stood a figure like a god, like a demon.
He looked arrogantly at the disheveled white-haired boy kneeling before him.
"The Ketsuryūgan isn't bad!"
Gabimaru gasped for breath.
He felt as if his life had fallen into darkness!
The way to save Yui was right before him.
Hope had been right before him.
But!
He was powerless! He was too weak!
Thud!
Gabimaru slammed a fist into the ground.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Gods and Buddhas! Why had such suffering befallen Yui? Why had hope slipped from his hands again?
Drip... drip...
Tears mixed with sweat and fell.
Despair enveloped the white-haired boy once more.
"What are you feeling sorry for yourself about? Get up and lead the way!"
Gabimaru raised his tear-blurred eyes.
He whimpered:
"Hm?"
"What do you mean, 'hm'? Lead the way! Don't you still want to save your wife?"
So this was a god?
The Uchiha boy came into Gabimaru's view.
Uchiha Genmei stood with the sun behind him, light and shadow entwining around him.
His scarlet Sharingan shone brilliantly.
This was a god!
Gabimaru, his hope renewed, was utterly certain!
Thud!
Gabimaru pressed his forehead to the ground:
"May I ask your honored name, sir?"
"Uchiha Genmei."
When Uchiha Yuta arrived.
He saw only Uchiha Genmei slowly emerge from the forest, accompanied by a disheveled white-haired boy.
Somewhat surprised, he asked, "Lord Genmei, who is this?"
"You're all here? Haha, sorry about that. The commotion was from a spar between me and this young man."
Hearing this.
Uchiha Yuta and the surrounding Military Police Force members looked at the white-haired fellow in surprise.
"Lord Genmei, he could fight you to this extent?"
Looking at the destruction around them, Uchiha Yuta found it hard to believe.
"Who is he?"
At that moment.
Before Genmei could say anything.
Gabimaru stepped forward and announced, "I am Gabimaru Oyashiro."
"Oyashiro? A Branch Family member of the Chinoike?"
Uchiha Yuta exclaimed.
His gaze hurriedly turned to Genmei.
Uchiha Genmei understood what surprised him.
He waved a hand. "Just as you think, Yuta."
"They're up to no good."
"But that fellow will probably miscalculate."
Uchiha Genmei said this,
then sneered:
"Yuta, have your men surround Hell Valley completely. Don't let a single fly escape! At the same time, post a notice ordering everyone to stay quietly at home for the next three days!"
"Lord, what are you planning?" Uchiha Yuta raised an eyebrow.
Hearing Yuta's question, Uchiha Genmei walked on with Gabimaru without looking back.
He murmured:
"Carry out the order. I'm taking Gabimaru to his home now to handle a few things."
"Yes!" Uchiha Yuta turned to arrange the deployment.
A ninja's pace was swift.
In no time.
At Gabimaru's home.
Genmei looked at the blond Xiuli lying on the bed, eyes closed, weak and emaciated.
He sighed. "She was really just a hair's breadth from going to the Pure Land."
He turned and stared at Gabimaru:
"My ocular technique can indeed save your wife, but it will consume my eye power."
"Our two clans are sworn enemies, and information about the Mangekyō..."
"I imagine you, a Chinoike genius, know quite a bit."
"After all, your clan leader is itching to make a move."
Gabimaru bowed. "Yes. Excessive use of the Mangekyō Sharingan brings darkness upon its user."
"Good that you understand. Then I won't save your wife for nothing."
Having said that.
Uchiha Genmei held out his hand.
"Become my retainer, Gabimaru!"
"If you can save Yui, then even if it means crossing a mountain of blades and plunging into the path of a demon, I'll give my life to you!"
Without further ado.
The Mangekyō Sharingan opened!
The three tomoe in Uchiha Genmei's eyes instantly formed a complex pattern.
Scarlet divine light illuminated the chamber!
[Ocular Technique: Amaterasu-Omikami!]
This was an ocular technique that bestowed vitality upon all things and healing light upon all beings!
The light of the undying sun appeared from nowhere!
It illuminated the blond girl's entire body!
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the girl's emaciated body grew full again.
Her pale complexion quickly regained its color.
Gabimaru's heart jolted.
Ignoring the dazzling Mangekyō Sharingan beside him.
He staggered to the bed and grasped his wife's hand.
He said in a trembling voice, "Yui..."
"Thank goodness... thank goodness..."
Tears streamed down his face.
As if responding to her husband's hopes.
The girl's other hand passed through his white bangs.
She stroked the tear-blurred boy as he weakly opened his eyes:
"It's all right now."
"Gabimaru."
"I think I passed through the Pure Land and came back."
The door closed softly.
Yuan Ming stood outside, hearing the boy's tearful voice from within:
"Wel...come...back..."
He let out a long breath and strode toward the Police Force headquarters!
Meanwhile.
Dodai was about to arrive in this land with his men.
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