"What?!"
Uchiha Chiri was startled and looked toward the frigid voice.
A handsome young man with black hair, dressed in a black Uchiha robe, slowly walked over.
Tap, tap, tap...
Each step seemed to carry an unspoken resolve.
Several subordinates followed behind him, all silent.
"It's me." The young ninja, his face frosty, answered Uchiha Chiri's question.
Recognizing him, Chiri's eyes widened.
"It's actually you."
"Rai!"
This was bad. It was Rai.
Why was he here?
Could it be...?
The suspicion in her heart left her deeply troubled.
Not long ago.
She had received Yuan Ming's request to investigate the clan's elite shinobi and find out whether they were on duty.
She had sensed something was wrong at the time and warned Yuan Ming.
She had been in constant contact with Uchiha Yuan Ming throughout the month, so she had felt reassured.
But she still needed to stay on guard. She had always known about the clan's hawkish faction. With every Uchiha jōnin who possessed three tomoe having access to Izanagi,
they all tended to be rather aggressive, and she couldn't afford to be careless.
Just a few days ago, she discovered that Naka had gone missing, and she immediately sensed something was wrong.
After learning through certain means that Yuan Ming was about to be ambushed, she had rushed over with her subordinates at once.
Who would have thought...
She cut off that train of thought.
Drawing a kunai, she signaled her subordinates to be on guard.
Her eyes quivered slightly, the tomoe in her crimson irises revolving darkly.
Uchiha Rai saw the situation.
He sneered. "Looks like you already know what's going on, woman!"
Buzz!
An eerie red glow bloomed in his eyes.
A murderous smile tugged at his lips.
"Unless you get past me, you're not going anywhere!"
Their eyes met.
Crimson killing intent clashed like two dragons and tigers.
In the valley.
Looking at the devastation all around him.
Uchiha Yuan Ming had released Susanoo, his gaze sweeping across the area.
He spotted Uchiha Naka's mutilated body.
"Did he not use Izanagi?" Uchiha Yuan Ming wondered. He didn't dare underestimate that heaven-defying technique, which could deceive the world and reverse all manner of unfavorable circumstances.
He examined the corpse for a few moments, then waited a little longer. When nothing changed,
he walked over, reassured.
"Looks like you really are dead. Couldn't bear to use your Mangekyō Sharingan?"
He shook his head and looked toward Uchiha Yuta, who was kneeling in the distance, dazed and distraught.
He flashed over in front of him.
Lowering his eyes, he asked coldly:
"Do you have anything else to say?"
At Uchiha Yuan Ming's question, the shattered Uchiha Yuta shuddered and came back to his senses.
He composed himself a little.
"There's nothing to say. You won, Lord Yuan Ming. Kill me."
His words were hollow as he lowered his head, as if he had accepted his fate.
"If you've nothing to say, then get moving. Bring Naka's body over."
"Oh, and those jōnin, too. I held back. My ocular jutsu only knocked them unconscious."
"They're still alive. Bring them over as well."
At that,
Uchiha Yuta froze, his eyes widening.
He lifted his head.
"Why?! Lord Yuan Ming..."
Before he could finish his shocked question, Uchiha Yuan Ming cut him off with a wave.
He snapped impatiently, "Why does there have to be a reason? Hurry up and do it!"
"Yes!" Uchiha Yuta replied excitedly, then staggered off to carry out the order.
Uchiha Yuan Ming sat cross-legged on the ground while Uchiha Yuta got to work.
He thought it over carefully.
He needed a team of his own, and these people were the best candidates.
After seeing his might and being utterly crushed by it, they wouldn't be too hard to win over with a little persuasion.
After all.
Uchiha were always like this.
If you wanted to convince them, if you wanted to dangle a promise in front of them, you first had to beat them into submission.
Uchiha Sasuke was like that, and so was Uchiha Madara.
He paused.
Uchiha Itachi was the exception. He brainwashed himself and eagerly took the seemingly "delicious" bait.
Anyway, showing them his miraculous ocular jutsu in a little while should do the trick.
As for anyone stubborn enough to resist, they could hardly blame him for being ruthless!
He pushed those thoughts aside and closed his eyes to rest.
He steadied himself.
After waiting quietly for a while,
Uchiha Yuta's cautious voice came from nearby.
"Lord Yuan Ming, I've laid out the brothers who fainted, along with Lord Naka's body."
Uchiha Yuan Ming opened his eyes and surveyed the area.
He nodded. "Give them Military Ration Pills and wake them one by one."
Before long.
With Uchiha Yuta's help, the fallen Uchiha began to wake up.
Once they saw what had happened,
"We lost... We lost completely."
"That's Lord Naka's body. Has even this pillar, who awakened the power of a god, fallen?"
"Uchiha Yuan Ming is too powerful. That unmatched divine power is just absurd..."
"Damn it, why are you all losing heart? Are you thinking of surrendering?"
"Hey, hey, hey! Look at this valley! The whole landscape has changed!"
The Uchiha who had just woken up kept chattering, and Uchiha Yuan Ming, growing impatient, spoke up:
"Quiet, you losers."
Hearing him, the Uchiha turned their attention to Yuan Ming.
"There's only one choice before you now: submit to me, or go to the Land of Yomi."
The Uchiha bristled at his words.
"Why should we?!"
"I'd rather die than be humiliated. I will never disgrace Uchiha pride!"
Buzz!
A powerful chakra aura ignited around Yuan Ming, and his domineering presence bore down on them.
"Why? Because I'm invincible! Now can you settle down and listen to what I have to say?"
The overwhelming pressure silenced the Uchiha present.
He nodded, satisfied.
He laid out the strengths and weaknesses of the Military Police Force, the Second Hokage's evil intentions, what would happen if he stepped into the limelight, and more.
Uchiha Yuan Ming spoke freely, watching the Uchiha around him stare blankly.
He was quite pleased. He looked around at the people watching him.
He spread his arms wide.
"So that everyone can reach their dreams, for the greater good, and to make Uchiha great again!"
"Put me in charge, stand together, and tear down every obstacle in our way!"
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"
"We believe in you, Lord Yuan Ming!"
Looking at the Uchiha around him, now completely submissive,
he pressed his hands down.
The crowd fell silent at once.
His gaze fell on Uchiha Naka's body.
"Now I'll wake Naka up too, and have him join our great cause."
At that,
the Uchiha present were utterly stunned. Before they could say anything,
Uchiha Yuan Ming's eyes transformed rapidly as he stared at Uchiha Naka's remains.
"O sun! Grant us the destiny of immortality!"
[Ocular Jutsu: Amaterasu-Omikami!] Maximum output!
The sun's light shone.
A miracle descended!
"Huff... huff..."
Uchiha Chiri, down on one knee,
looked anxiously at her subordinates, who were sprawled around her.
She bit her lip.
Everyone!
She cried out in her heart.
She looked up at the orange giant god standing before her, arrogant and imposing.
So powerful!
So this was the Mangekyō Sharingan!
So this was Susanoo!
What should I do?
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