Mangekyo! Domain Expansion!

"What kind of monster are you?! What kind of monster are you?!!"

Aburame Shikuro roared, his eyeballs veined with blood as scarlet streams ran from the corners of his eyes.

In almost an instant, nearly all the nano venom bugs he had painstakingly cultivated for years died!

The terror the nano venom bugs felt before their deaths was transmitted to his mind as well.

That was precisely why he was so horrified by Uchiha Mirai.

What kind of monster could accomplish something so terrifying?

"Looks like your ability happens to be the kind I completely counter," Uchiha Mirai said with a light laugh, a trace of mockery in his eyes.

So-called nuclear radiation was the emission of microscopic particle streams by radioactive substances in the form of waves or particles, including protons, neutrons, electrons...

A proton was roughly 10 to the minus sixth nanometers in diameter, neutrons were slightly smaller, and electrons were far smaller still.

Therefore, the nuclear radiation attacks Uchiha Mirai unleashed were simply a devastating blow to Aburame Shikuro's nano venom bugs!

The battle between nuclear radiation and the nano venom bugs on the microscopic level was completely one-sided!

From the nano venom bugs' perspective, the nuclear radiation particle stream Uchiha Mirai released was like countless blue-fire Gatling guns sweeping over them without pause.

How could creatures of flesh and blood like nano venom bugs possibly withstand that?

Within just a few breaths, they were completely wiped out!

"Your toxin..." Aburame Shikuro, lying on the ground, suddenly seemed to remember something. He stared at Uchiha Mirai with utter horror in his eyes.

They had been wrong!

Perhaps the entire ninja world had been wrong!

Uchiha Mirai's mysterious toxin bloodline limit was not a toxin at all!

"Oh? Have you figured it out?" Uchiha Mirai chuckled. "Too bad it's too late."

The next second!

An almost endless stream of nuclear radiation particles suddenly erupted, swallowing Aburame Shikuro's body in an instant.

"AAAAAHHHH!!!!"

A bloodcurdling scream rang out, echoing through the forest.

Aburame Shikuro's body began to rot and melt at an astonishing speed.

Conventional nuclear radiation primarily targeted DNA and RNA. When a living creature suffered nuclear radiation, its genetic material's ability to divide and replicate was irreversibly destroyed!

Every cell in the body would become single-use!

Starting with epithelial cells and hair, which divided the fastest, they would gradually fall away and die.

But Uchiha Mirai's nuclear radiation attack accelerated that process countless times over!

In just a few short breaths, Aburame Shikuro, who had been alive moments ago, decayed into a puddle of rotten flesh as every cell in his body died.

Most horrifying of all, because brain cells were the most active and had the longest lifespan, he remained conscious throughout the entire process.

He could only watch helplessly as his body continuously rotted away.

A deep chill rose in the hearts of the surrounding Root members.

If Uchiha Mirai had seemed like a savage beast in their eyes before, then he had now completely become a demon!

Calamity Uchiha...

As they silently repeated that name, all they felt was endless chill and cold.

Uchiha Mirai looked toward Konoha. Within his perception, a group of ninjas was rapidly approaching from that direction.

It would not be long before they all arrived.

"No more playing around. Let's finish this together!"

The amusement vanished from Uchiha Mirai's eyes, replaced by a rare expression of seriousness.

The remaining six Root ninjas suddenly felt the aura of the Uchiha before them change.

Like a giant beast in the deep sea opening its eyes...

Within his scarlet eyes, three black tomoe spun rapidly, transforming into the shape of three fan blades.

"What is that?!"

"Those eyes?!"

The surrounding Root members were horrified, but before they could react—

Dense darkness spread from beneath Uchiha Mirai's feet, swallowing them all in an instant.

"Mangekyo Sharingan! Domain Expansion!"

Amid a dizzying sensation, the Root members discovered in horror that, in the blink of an eye, they had already appeared in another world.

The surroundings were a desolate ancient battlefield, broken spears and halberds standing amid thick reeds, suffused with a bleak, murderous solitude.

Overhead hung a scarlet blood moon.

It was like some indescribable existence had opened Its eye upon this world.

"Where is this? Does the shinobi world have a place like this?"

"A space-time ocular technique?"

"Careful! This may be his ocular technique!"

The six Root operatives warned one another in shock, backs pressed together as they formed an impregnable defense.

Of the six of them, five were jonin.

Even a Mangekyo Sharingan ocular technique could not possibly kill them in such a short time.

Just now, they had sensed that Danzo and the others were about to arrive nearby.

As long as they held on until Lord Danzo arrived, Uchiha Mirai's attack would naturally collapse on its own!

"Not a bad idea."

The sudden soft chuckle at their ears made their bodies tremble. They immediately looked up in terror.

Uchiha Mirai was floating in midair, looking down at them with a faint smile.

A blood moon loomed behind him, like an indescribable eye.

"Unfortunately, in my world, you have no chance at all."

Uchiha Mirai sighed, as though regretting something.

Below.

The expressions of the six Root operatives changed drastically as they seized their own throats in terror.

Their bodies hung upside down in bizarre poses, heads pointed toward the ground. Both hands clutched their necks, their faces swollen crimson, their protruding eyes bloodshot.

Uchiha Mirai calmly looked down at the scene.

At this moment, he was like a god.

Within this High Plain of Heaven, he was the sole god.

Every rule of this world was under his control.

Using its rules to erase several Root operatives did not consume much ocular power.

Besides, he had already obtained Hashirama Cells from Danzo's Root storeroom. He simply had not transplanted them immediately due to the risks and low chance of success.

Once he transplanted the Hashirama Cells in the future, this expenditure of ocular power would amount to nothing.

A few seconds later.

Thud!

The six Root operatives fell at once, their faces twisted, tongues hanging over their lips, saliva running from the corners of their mouths, eyes rolled back to reveal large swaths of white.

They were clearly dead.

"Looks like I timed it just right."

Uchiha Mirai looked at the mirror-like image beside him. Within its rippling, water-like waves was the sight of Danzo and the others about to arrive.

The next second, the surrounding scenery abruptly changed.

That mysterious world vanished, replaced by the forest where the battle had begun.

The six dead Root operatives were still in their original positions, retaining the appearances they had when they died in that world.

Uchiha Mirai stood calmly in the forest.

As though waiting for something.

A few seconds later.

An enraged roar rang out.

"Uchiha Mirai! You killed my men!!!"