At the edge of the Uchiha Compound.
In the dense forest, dead silence hung in the air.
Dozens of Root ninjas lurked in the shadows like ghosts.
They suppressed even their breathing to the absolute extreme.
Everyone's hands rested on their ninja tool pouches, waiting only for that agreed-upon signal to arrive.
According to Danzo's plan.
Itachi Uchiha would first eliminate the radicals within the clan, and then they would step in to clean up the aftermath.
Wiping out the entire Uchiha Clan and retrieving all the Sharingan.
What a crazy yet magnificent mission this was.
Yet every Root ninja had been thoroughly brainwashed, convinced that they were saving Konoha.
However, right now.
Pair after pair of eyes beneath the masks revealed uncontrollable terror.
Boom!
The earth shook frantically.
In the distant center of the Uchiha Compound, a dazzling purple light burst forth like a nuclear bomb.
The blinding, intense light tore through the night sky of Konoha.
A purple demon god over a hundred meters tall rose abruptly from the ground!
The massive Susanoo spread its wings, blotting out the sky and sun.
Those eyes, condensed from materialized chakra, coldly looked down upon all living beings.
A violent gale howled, uprooting the trees on the outer perimeter.
Several Root ninjas lurking in the trees did not even have time to steady their footing.
They were directly blown away by this terrifying airflow, slamming heavily onto the ground.
"W-What is that monster?"
A Root elite could not help but emit a dry, trembling voice.
He had undergone brutal training since childhood, a killing machine whose emotions had long since been stripped away.
Yet in front of this hundred-meter-tall demon god, even the hand he used to hold his blade was trembling.
That was a tremor originating from the depths of