Not One Escapes

The Uchiha Clan had already earned a terrible reputation among civilians because of the Security Force's cold, merciless enforcement in the past. With Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo, and the others deliberately fanning the flames, civilians treated the Uchiha Clan like venomous snakes and savage beasts. For that reason, the onlookers scattered extremely quickly.

It had to be said that this was a blessing in disguise.

At that moment, Kakashi also stepped up to Takuya, determined to get an answer.

Might Guy stood two steps behind Kakashi, his thick brows raised and his eyes fixed on Takuya, looking ready to open the Eight Gates at any moment.

Takuya had not cared at first when he saw Kakashi approach, but when he noticed Might Guy beside him, a trace of wariness flashed through his eyes.

With all Eight Gates opened, this guy had nearly kicked out the ending, and even Six Paths Madara had almost been defeated by him. But...

Honestly, now that he was mentally prepared, Takuya was not especially afraid of Might Guy.

Madara had gotten carried away by the thrill of battle. He had become arrogant, believing Six Paths Madara to be invincible, yearning for a satisfying fight and wanting to test Might Guy's strength, so he had stood there and waited for Might Guy to attack.

Takuya was not an idiot. Would he stand still and let Might Guy hit him?

Besides, he had read a popular post in his previous life asking whether Might Guy's Night Guy could break the Ultimate Susanoo's most perfect form.

The answer was no!

Furthermore, he could stop Might Guy before he opened the Eight Gates. One Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto would leave Might Guy lying dead on the ground.

Guys like Might Guy feared genjutsu the most.

Even the Nine-Tails could be controlled by an ordinary Mangekyo Sharingan, let alone the more powerful Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Takuya kept a portion of his attention on Might Guy and turned his gaze toward Kakashi.

He had quite liked Kakashi as a character when he watched Naruto in his previous life. Otherwise, he would not have wasted his breath on him.

"Was what you said earlier true?"

Kakashi asked with a grim expression.

Faced with Kakashi's doubts, Takuya calmly admitted, "Of course. Why would I lie to you?

Do you know why your father's mission failed?"

"Wasn't it because he saved his comrades and caused the mission to fail?"

Kakashi said numbly.

"Have you ever considered why Konoha's White Fang, who never failed, would fail a mission? What if I told you that before Konoha's White Fang even set out after receiving that mission, the intelligence had already appeared on the tables of enemy ninja?"

"What!"

Kakashi's expression changed drastically. He stared fixedly at Uchiha Fugaku. "How am I supposed to believe that what you said is true?"

Might Guy, listening from the side, was equally dumbfounded.

Takuya spread his hands. "Think about it. Your father, Konoha's White Fang, was an outstanding ninja. Everyone in the village respected him back then. His contributions to Konoha were so great that he had even earned half a Hokage sleeve."

At that, Takuya looked at Kakashi meaningfully. "How could a man like your father, someone qualified to wear a Hokage sleeve and respected throughout the village, be slandered and blamed by the villagers over a single failed mission? Do you think that would have been possible without someone behind the scenes pushing it along?"

The sealed memories in Kakashi's mind began to stir. His expression darkened. After hearing Uchiha Fugaku's words, the strange details buried in his memories gradually surfaced.

It had clearly been a confidential mission. Even if it failed, ordinary villagers should not have known about it. Yet less than a day after his father returned to the village from that failed mission, every detail of the failure had spread throughout the village. From eighty-year-old elders to children only a few years old, not a single person was unaware of it.

He was mature now, no longer the little brat he had been back then. Just as Uchiha Fugaku had said, if no one had been fanning the flames behind the scenes, he truly could not believe it.

Now that he thought back on it, the more he considered what had happened back then, the more suspicious it became.

The comrades his father had abandoned the mission to save had inexplicably turned around and stabbed him in the back, blaming him after returning to the village...

Takuya added more fuel to the fire. "Think carefully. When rumors and public opinion filled the village back then, all the Third Hokage had to do was step forward and clear your father's name. Why didn't the Third Hokage do so? Why did he sit by and allow the rumors to spread?"

Takuya sneered. "Wasn't the Third Hokage the true culprit who drove your father to his death?"

As soon as those words fell, Kakashi felt as though something had exploded in his mind, and he suddenly understood.

The fog that had plagued him for years rapidly dissipated.

Having connected all the pieces, Kakashi realized that he had spent all these years faithfully serving in the ANBU for the enemy who had killed his father. Rage surged within him, mixed with overwhelming grief and fury. Sweeping his gaze around, he happened to see an Uchiha clansman picking up Sarutobi Hiruzen's head from the ground.

With a roar, he charged over without a care and kicked Sarutobi Hiruzen's head flying.

"Sarutobi Hiruzen, you deserve to die!"

Kakashi roared furiously.

"Kakashi!"

Seeing his friend's reaction, Might Guy's heart jolted. He snapped out of his shock and hurriedly tried to comfort him, only for Takuya to stop him.

Might Guy looked at Takuya warily. Takuya waved his hand. "Let him calm down on his own. What good would you do by going over there?"

As he spoke, he gave a nearby Uchiha clansman a look. The clansman understood and quickly ran off to deal with the other corpses.

Hearing Takuya's words, Might Guy's expression eased slightly. He looked at Kakashi with a complicated gaze as Kakashi desecrated Sarutobi Hiruzen's corpse.

A faint smile appeared on Takuya's lips. He knew that winning Kakashi over should not be difficult. Once Hatake Sakumo's name was cleared, would Kakashi not fall right into his hands?

Meanwhile, ever since Sarutobi Hiruzen became the Third Hokage, the Sarutobi Clan had risen with him. Even their entire clan grounds had been moved to the center of Konoha, which also put the Sarutobi compound very close to the Hokage Building.

The Sarutobi clan head had only just returned with his people and had not even gathered all the clansmen to flee when Uchiha Sihu arrived with the clan's elite ninja, blocking their gates and beginning the slaughter.

How could the Sarutobi Clan's ninja possibly withstand the Uchiha Clan's elite ninja? They were killed in a single exchange.

The Sarutobi clan head's face twisted with hatred. If Sarutobi Hiruzen had not been concerned about appearances and kept most of the clan members outside the village, how could the Uchiha have been allowed to slaughter people so brazenly now?

He gritted his teeth. He had not expected the Uchiha to arrive so quickly. With no other choice, he hurriedly led the few clansmen around him to resist the charging Uchiha. But how could they hold them back? After only a few exchanges, they were all cut down.

The Sarutobi clan head had once been a retired Konoha Jonin, but now, weakened by age, he could not even maintain the strength of a Chunin. Before long, he was killed by the equally aged Uchiha Sihu.

Most of Uchiha Sihu's strength lay in his eyes. Even at his age, it did not affect his combat power.

Uchiha Sihu's white beard was stained with blood. He wiped his aged face, killing intent blazing from his eyes like an enraged lion. "Don't let a single one escape. Kill them all!"