Under the ink-black night.
A thick stench of blood rose from the Uchiha Clan Compound. The entire compound was filled with the sounds of fighting and screams.
Even the full moon overhead seemed to have been stained with a hint of crimson.
Numerous Root corpses lay scattered along both sides of the road, their flowing blood dyeing the pavement red.
To their horror, these Root members discovered that they had completely underestimated the Uchiha's strength!
The entire Uchiha Clan Compound was like a trap prepared long ago, waiting for them to walk right into it.
"Damn it! The situation has changed!"
"Quick, report to Lord Danzo!"
The stronger Root members fell into fierce battles with the Uchiha clansmen.
Yet most of them were still at a disadvantage.
A moment of carelessness was enough for them to be caught by the Sharingan and lose their lives in an instant.
From the start of the operation until now, they had suffered nearly all the casualties.
Weren't they here to destroy the Uchiha?
How had it become the Uchiha destroying them instead???
Amid their shock, these shinobi finally understood a cruel fact.
The Uchiha had been prepared all along.
Everything had merely been to lure them into the trap.
"Uchiha brothers, charge!"
"Restore the Uchiha's glory!"
The Uchiha clansmen roared, their scarlet eyes brimming with fervor as they charged at the Root members before them.
In the pitch-black night, the sounds of battle and impassioned roars echoed above the Uchiha Clan Compound.
Somewhere in the forest.
Danzo gazed coldly at the Uchiha Clan Compound across from him.
In the darkness, the once-silent compound was already ablaze. Flames mixed with violent explosions continuously rose above the Uchiha Clan Compound.
The entire Uchiha Clan Compound had been completely engulfed by war.
The intense upheaval