Terrifying Power, Luring the Tiger from the Mountain, the Real Target: Naruto Uzumaki

The massive tornado of Hell Dragon Break slammed violently into Itachi Uchiha's Yata Mirror.

Bang!

The earth shook and the mountains trembled. Endless gales raged, tearing apart and obliterating all the surrounding buildings.

The immense impact forced Itachi Uchiha to stagger back several steps before steadying himself. As the force raged, two branching streams of dissipating power appeared around him, shooting outward like floodwaters.

"What a powerful shockwave. What exactly happened at the Uchiha Compound?" Hiruzen Sarutobi stood on the balcony of the Hokage Building, gazing toward the Uchiha Compound.

The Uchiha Compound was clearly far from the center of Konoha, yet he could still feel the tremors caused by the battle.

As Konoha's Hokage, he naturally knew very well what was supposed to happen tonight. He stood there only to await the outcome.

With Itachi Uchiha acting personally and Root assisting him, the Uchiha Clan should not have been able to stir up any trouble. But what was this powerful shockwave?

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply.

He actually had a crystal ball that could let him observe the scene, but deep down, he was afraid of witnessing the Uchiha Clan's massacre.

Outside the Uchiha Compound, Shimura Danzō stared grimly at the compound. "That towering red skeleton must be Itachi Uchiha's Susanoo. What a terrifying evil power! But after tonight, this evil force threatening Konoha will be completely eradicated by this old man. And that power will be under this old man's control."

A cold, triumphant smile appeared on Shimura Danzō's gloomy face. Once he destroyed the Uchiha Clan and obtained their power, he would be one step closer to becoming Hokage.

"Hiruzen, just wait! The position of Hokage will soon be mine!"

"You incompetent, muddleheaded fool, go rot in hell!"

Shimura Danzō seemed to have already seen the position of Hokage beckoning to him.

Once he wiped out the Uchiha Clan and then eliminated Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hokage position would be his without question.

"This should be the final battle between Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, father and son. Once this battle ends, we will charge in and kill them all, including Itachi Uchiha. Leave no one alive. Gather every Sharingan."

"Yes, Lord Danzo."

"Fight. Fight with everything you have. In the end, this old man will be the one who profits." Shimura Danzō curled his lips, as though he had already seen himself inheriting the Hokage position and dominating the Shinobi World.

On Hokage Rock, Kakashi sat atop Minato Namikaze's stone head, watching the distant Uchiha Compound with a profound gaze. "Itachi... was this your answer?"

When Itachi Uchiha had spare time between Anbu missions, he had once asked Kakashi about the conflict between the village and the Uchiha Clan. Kakashi had never expected Itachi Uchiha to make such a choice in the end.

On a watchtower along Konoha's outer wall, Jiraiya looked toward the explosions and firelight rising from the Uchiha Compound and let out a deep sigh. "Old man, you were too ruthless. In the end, I still came too late."

"Lord Jiraiya, are you still going over there?" A Konoha ninja beside him looked toward the Uchiha Clan with a complicated expression.

"The old man has changed. He's no longer the old man I knew." Jiraiya's expression was bitter. After receiving news that the Uchiha Clan was going to launch a coup, he had hurried back to Konoha. Yet the news awaiting him was that Konoha's higher-ups had launched a clan extermination operation against the Uchiha Clan, killing men, women, young, and old alike. Jiraiya could not accept it, but it was all too late now.

According to the news delivered by the toads, the Uchiha Clan had already suffered near-total casualties. Only Itachi Uchiha and Uchiha Shadian were still fighting.

In Jiraiya's eyes, Uchiha Shadian's death was only a matter of time.

Back when he had returned to Konoha, he had encountered Uchiha Shadian and even discussed the creation of Make-Out Paradise with him.

Uchiha Shadian's wild and imaginative ideas had given him plenty of inspiration. As a result, Make-Out Paradise had now become a thoroughly erotic novel about love and exercise.

Its terrifying sales had earned Jiraiya a fortune.

To Jiraiya, Uchiha Shadian was a kindred spirit.

"At the very least, let me save you, Shadian."

Jiraiya leaped down from the wall and flashed rapidly toward the Uchiha Clan.

"From now on, there will no longer be an Uchiha Clan in Konoha." After Jiraiya left, one of the watchtower guards sighed.

"If the Uchiha Clan hadn't harbored such wolfish ambitions and tried to launch a coup, perhaps none of this would have happened."

"Not necessarily. After all, the lord who controls Root has always despised the Uchiha Clan. He often calls them the evil clan."

"I remember that the term 'evil clan' seemed to have originated with the Second Hokage."

"Who cares where it came from? After tonight, there won't be an Uchiha Clan in Konoha anymore."

"What a pity. The Uchiha Clan's bloodline power was still very strong. They would have been extremely reliable partners."

"The Uchiha Clan was far too extreme and arrogant."

"Hmph. A bunch of unstable evil clansmen. They should have died out long ago."

Within the Uchiha Compound, Uchiha Shadian stared coldly at Itachi Uchiha.

A single Hell Dragon Break had sent a fierce tornado crashing through the compound, tearing apart much of the Uchiha Compound. In particular, there was almost no intact building left around Itachi Uchiha; all of them had been shredded by the violent tornado.

Inside the Susanoo, Itachi Uchiha panted heavily. Blocking that attack had consumed a great deal of his ocular power.

"He blocked it?" Uchiha Shadian frowned slightly. If not for Itachi Uchiha's Yata Mirror, a single Hell Dragon Break should have pierced straight through all of Konoha, carving a massive trench through the village like a riverbed.

"Looks like I need to get serious."

"Everyone's attention has been drawn here. It's time to act."

Uchiha Shadian murmured as he looked toward a certain place.

After decades of development, Konoha had a permanent population of several hundred thousand, its scale having expanded dozens of times over since its founding.

Because of this, even though Uchiha Shadian and Itachi Uchiha were fighting an earth-shattering battle at the Uchiha Compound on the outskirts, the center of Konoha was not greatly affected.

Naruto Uzumaki had received his living allowance from Hiruzen Sarutobi today. With money in hand, he had excitedly rushed to Ichiraku Ramen after school and ordered a large bowl of his favorite braised pork ramen.

After finishing his ramen, Naruto Uzumaki patted his stomach in satisfaction and headed home.

Inside Naruto Uzumaki's home, a figure was quietly waiting.

After Naruto Uzumaki returned home, he began diligently practicing ninjutsu. Unfortunately, due to the influence of the Nine-Tails, no matter how hard he tried, he found it difficult to properly perform even a single ninjutsu.

In the darkness, the waiting figure suddenly received an order.

"Is it time to make a move?" In the darkness, a pair of scarlet eyes suddenly opened.