"I know exactly what I'm doing."
Uchiha Yuu looked at the Third Hokage standing atop the roof. The street between them seemed like an invisible chasm, completely severing Uchiha Yuu from him!
Tonight, anyone who stood in his way was his enemy!
Even former comrades who had fought alongside him, because they were not on the same path. They were practitioners of the Will of Fire, but Uchiha Yuu did not recognize that Will of Fire.
"Precisely because I know what I'm doing, this operation is happening today. Just as I said some time ago, I have not the slightest interest in Konoha's power. This is all your own self-righteous assumption."
His voice was cold and indifferent. A streak of bloody tears slowly flowed from Uchiha Yuu's Sharingan as he gently extended both hands before the Third Hokage.
Uchiha Fugaku instantly appeared in front of him like a guard. Yet, facing the Third Hokage, his eyes no longer held their former humility and restraint. A savage expression had appeared on his face, and his gaze was filled with hatred as he demanded of the Third Hokage:
"Third Hokage, the Uchiha family has come to this point because of your Hokage Faction. If not for your schemes in the shadows and your constant targeting of us, how could we have resorted to collective rebellion!"
"Do not forget that the Uchiha family contributed half the effort to Konoha's founding. Not only did we fail to receive the respect we deserved, but you guarded against us at every turn. The village our predecessors established was meant to let the Uchiha family live here in peace, not to be penned up like prey!"
"The eyes of shinobi who died on the battlefield were all gouged out and ultimately ended up in Danzo's hands. Shouldn't