I Will Never Let Anyone Hurt My Son

Uchiha Kyu strode toward them with the wind at his back, his arrogant, disdainful presence tormenting those across from him with every step.

Shikaku Nara and the others were wound tight, cold sweat beading on their foreheads. They did not even dare move, afraid that Uchiha Kyu would suddenly attack them.

This was the Flying Thunder God Technique. Shikaku Nara and the others knew all too well how terrifying this technique was.

Once he attacked them, Minato Namikaze could not possibly protect every one of them.

Minato Namikaze recognized at a glance that this was the technique he usually relied on. Yet when it was used against him, it felt utterly disgusting.

"Damn it."

Minato Namikaze gritted his teeth. At this moment, even he did not dare act rashly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression darkened to the extreme as he gripped the Adamantine Staff and stood rooted in place.

The Flying Thunder God Technique was a forbidden technique, one he had always kept under strict supervision. There was no way Uchiha Kyu could have secretly learned it.

Hiruzen Sarutobi would never have imagined that Orochimaru, the disciple he trusted most, had stabbed him in the back.

Fugaku Uchiha stared wide-eyed as Kyu forced the Third Hokage and the others into inaction step by step. Since the day he had become aware of the world, such a thing had never happened to the Uchiha Clan.

Could it really have been because of him?

Cracks began to appear in Fugaku Uchiha's stubborn worldview.

"But I'm waiting for my cooldown. What are you waiting for?"

Seeing that they truly did not dare make a move, Uchiha Kyu revealed a triumphant smile.

Whoosh!!!

Flying Thunder God activated!!!

The speed of spatial teleportation was simply beyond what the naked eye could track.

"Spread out, quickly."

The instant Hiruzen Sarutobi saw Uchiha Kyu vanish, veins bulged on his forehead in panic.

Minato Namikaze was drenched in sweat. He pressed two fingers tightly to his brow, trying to find traces of Uchiha Kyu within space itself.

In an instant, Uchiha Kyu, moving through space and continuously consuming chakra, made his move.

A plain kunai silently appeared at Saruobi Sao's neck and flashed past.

"Urgh!!!"

Saruobi Sao had no time to react. He clutched his neck as blood gushed from it, his windpipe filling with the surging blood. He could neither breathe nor cry for help.

"One."

Uchiha Kyu's voice echoed in everyone's ears like a demon's whisper, terrifying them into hurriedly clearing away the kunai on the ground.

"Don't panic. He can only kill one person each time he acts. Let's take out the remaining Uchiha ninja first."

Though Hiruzen Sarutobi was usually indecisive, the way he issued orders now carried a trace of his younger self.

"Sarutobi, this is who you really are."

Danzo looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with complicated eyes, as though he had seen the scene from back then, when Hiruzen Sarutobi had been the first to step forward and cover their retreat.

Thud!

A Nara Clan elder died right before his clan head's eyes, without even a chance to react. A kunai had directly torn open his throat.

"Two."

"Kill!!!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi roared furiously.

He swung the Adamantine Staff alone and smashed it down heavily toward Huo Uchiha and the others. The staff, which had extended more than ten meters, was effortlessly wielded in his hands.

"Secret Technique: Insect Swarm."

"Secret Technique: Fang Over Fang."

"Ninja Art: Multi-Size Technique."

"Ninja Art: Shadow Binding Technique."

"Secret Technique: Mind-Body Transmission."

The heads of these clans unleashed their chakra without holding anything back, ensuring they could eliminate Uchiha Kyu's subordinates at the first opportunity and perhaps even restrain Uchiha Kyu from continuing to use the Flying Thunder God Technique against them.

Thud!!!

"Fifth."

In the span of a few breaths, Uchiha Kyu had already taken out the fifth person. Killing these people was easier than killing chickens.

"Run!"

Uchiha Ying shoved Huo Uchiha and the others away, intending to cover their retreat alone. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun madly at full power.

Boom!!!

A skeletal giant forcibly blocked their ninjutsu and even pressed down the massive Human Boulder Tank with both hands.

"What?!"

The sight before them made Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others abruptly halt, even retreating to a relatively safe distance.

"I will never let you hurt my son."

The Mangekyō Sharingan in Fugaku Uchiha's eyes was filled with obsession and madness.

He was not a good clan head.

Nor was he a good husband.

But...

He was absolutely a good father.

He knew that Uchiha Kyu had deliberately refused to come to their rescue solely to force him into taking action.

"Father..."

Uchiha Itachi looked at the towering figure before him in astonishment.

"I never expected Clan Head Fugaku to have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan as well."

Huo Uchiha looked at the former clan head shielding them from the attacks, his face full of complicated emotions.

Uchiha Okamoto, Uchiha Ying, and Uchiha Haruto exchanged glances, each seeing the shock in the others' eyes.

They truly had not expected Fugaku Uchiha to have hidden himself so deeply.

"Fugaku Uchiha, do you know what you're doing?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart sank. The situation seemed to have slipped beyond his control.

Yet Hiruzen Sarutobi's only response was the Adamantine Staff being seized by Susanoo and flung far away along with him.

"Rasengan."

The Flying Thunder God Mark kunai that had somehow landed at Fugaku Uchiha's feet gave Minato Namikaze an opening.

The Rasengan's terrifying destructive power forcibly tore a spiderweb-like crack into Susanoo's body.

Feeling the immense power granted by the Mangekyō Sharingan, Fugaku Uchiha's mentality was inevitably affected by that power, making him somewhat arrogant and dismissive of others.

"This is the Uchiha Clan's ultimate secret art—Susanoo."

"It is the strongest fusion of offense and defense possessed by the Uchiha Clan."

"Fourth Hokage, how about we end this here?"

Fugaku Uchiha did not wish to completely offend Konoha. Now that his Mangekyō Sharingan had been exposed, Konoha would inevitably become even more wary of the Uchiha Clan.

"Fugaku Uchiha, don't think that just because you saved us, you get to call the shots."

"The Uchiha Clan is not yours to command yet."

Uchiha Ying's cold, forceful voice came from behind him.

"Sealing: Imprisonment Lockdown."

Minato Namikaze knew he could not hold back any longer. The sealing scroll that had already been unsealed opened instantly.

The sealing scroll floated in the air before Minato Namikaze as powerful sealing energy surged forth and struck at Fugaku Uchiha.

It was already too late for Fugaku Uchiha to dodge. Sealing Jutsu was not the sort of ninjutsu meant for explosive bursts, but at this distance, it was more than enough.

Streams of black sealing energy continuously struck Susanoo's body.

Fugaku Uchiha's face changed drastically in horror. Susanoo was on the verge of collapse as the Mangekyō Sharingan's ocular power suddenly erupted.

"Amaterasu."

The moment Amaterasu was unleashed, Minato Namikaze did not dare let his guard down and hurriedly used the Flying Thunder God Technique to flee.

The sealing scroll left behind was instantly ignited and burned by Amaterasu's black flames. After a few breaths, the black flames gradually died out.

The sealing scroll had been burned so completely that not even ash remained.

The sealing energy binding Susanoo immediately vanished, and the previously crumbling Susanoo finally stopped collapsing.

Only then did Fugaku Uchiha let out a fierce sigh of relief.

At that moment, an incomparably massive Adamantine Staff descended from the sky.

Boom!!!

The heavily descending Adamantine Staff was blocked by the armored giant's two hands.