Bloodline Resonance, Mangekyō Sharingan!

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Just as the Uchiha sank into despair, several faint footsteps sounded. They were slow, each step seeming to land upon their hearts.

Were there still surviving clansmen?

The Kaguya who were about to make their move also heard the abrupt footsteps and turned toward the sound.

A small, blood-soaked figure slowly approached through the firelight. His clothes were torn to rags, but the pair of crimson pupils hidden in the darkness revealed that he was an Uchiha.

"An Uchiha who survived by luck?"

"Is he here to die?"

"Why does he still dare to come over?"

All kinds of questions surfaced in the minds of the Kaguya and Uchiha alike. Yet the Kaguya Clan chief wore a grave expression.

He actually sensed a trace of strange danger from that little figure.

"Send two men!"

Upon hearing the chief's order, two Chunin leaped from the Kaguya ranks and charged in from either side.

Yet the moment they clashed, two screams rang out. The two Chunin died before the eyes of their clansmen.

"What?!"

The Kaguya ninjas all widened their eyes in shock and confusion.

They had clearly only seen the Uchiha's figure blur for an instant. How had their two companions been killed? They had not even seen what technique he used.

The Kaguya chief narrowed his eyes until only a slit remained.

His clansmen could not see it, but he had caught a faint glimpse of the movement. Still, that speed had been far too fast, nearly reaching the level of teleportation.

An Uchiha elite? The thought flashed through his mind, but he could not be sure. Logically, the Uchiha clan should not have had any high-level combatants left behind at this point, unless... one had risen suddenly.

In an instant, countless thoughts ran through the Kaguya chief's mind before he immediately made his decision.

"Deal with this Uchiha who suddenly appeared first. Everyone, attack together! Use ranged attacks! Don't get close!"

Those old, weak, sick, and disabled Uchiha were nothing to fear. They no longer posed any threat.

Even if Uchiha clan head Tajima were here, he would not be able to cause much trouble against the Kaguya main force, much less some nameless nobody.

At that thought, the Kaguya chief's lips curved upward. This time, they had not only dealt a devastating blow to the Uchiha's future potential, but had also gained a large amount of Frostbone Grass and ninjutsu scrolls. It was an absolute windfall.

And they still wanted to make the Kaguya their dogs? Hmph! Did the Uchiha think they deserved that?

As several hundred people besieged Uchiha Gen, the Uchiha clansmen in the shrine could only watch from afar. They did not even have the strength to cheer for him. Their teeth were clenched tight, veins bulging across their faces.

Some Uchiha clansmen could not stop tears from spilling from their eyes, while the crying of children and women grew louder.

At this moment, Uchiha Gen's eyes were vacant, the two Three-Tomoe Blood Wheel Eyes in his sockets spinning rapidly.

His brain operated like a machine. Even as he watched the attacks launched by four or five hundred Kaguya ninjas, not the slightest emotion stirred within him.

This state was strange and wondrous, as if everything had been calculated. He understood every movement of those Kaguya ninjas and what they would do next, even calculating his chances of victory, escape routes, and more.

One ninjutsu and bone projectile after another passed by him, while Uchiha Gen used only the low-consumption Body Flicker Technique and Clone Technique.

"Is this the realm Body Flicker Shisui reached? It really is impressive."

Killing Chunin was like slaughtering dogs, and killing Jōnin was effortless. That was the power of mastering a particular skill. Of course, once this technique was deciphered, it would no longer be so effective. The Kaguya were merely suffering because they did not understand it.

The Kaguya's Ten-Finger Bullet fired without pause. Uchiha Gen seemed to be facing a storm of bullets, yet his figure danced amid the downpour, untouched by a single raindrop.

Even the Kaguya chief stared in disbelief. What kind of movement technique was this? How could it be so absurd?

"Damn it! I'll do it myself! Fall back, or you'll get caught in the crossfire!"

Hearing their chief's words, the Kaguya ninjas immediately withdrew their Chakra and retreated. Their chief was surely about to use that ninjutsu.

"Ninjutsu! Bracken Dance!"

In the blink of an eye, the Kaguya chief vanished. Uchiha Gen's Sharingan had long been watching the man giving orders. The instant he moved, Gen immediately caught sight of him. However, this Kaguya chief was completely different from the ordinary Kaguya ninjas. Their speeds were not even in the same league.

In an instant, the Kaguya chief rushed before Uchiha Gen. Alarm bells immediately rang in Gen's mind.

The moment his kunai collided with the Kaguya chief's bone blade, it shattered. The slender bone blade continued forward, piercing through the ribs at the center of Uchiha Gen's chest.

But that was not all. Bone spikes grew from the regenerated bone blade, and Uchiha Gen's body was forced backward uncontrollably, smashing through dozens of houses.

The Kaguya chief drove him onward, leaving countless Bone Spikes across the ground. At last, he released his grip, sending Uchiha Gen flying even farther as the bone blade gave rise to an enormous forest of bones!

Such a massive ninjutsu stunned the Uchiha clansmen beside the shrine, while the Kaguya ninjas nearby watched with shining eyes and smug expressions.

That was right! This was the Kaguya's Kekkei Genkai! It was not inferior to the Uchiha Sharingan in the slightest!

The Kaguya chief's breathing was slightly ragged. This technique consumed a great deal of Chakra, and... his bloodline disease had worsened again. Still, compared to this harvest, it was nothing.

Using his ultimate move right away had not only allowed him to deal with this suddenly appearing Uchiha ninja more quickly, but also let him show off before his clansmen. Seeing the expressions on their faces, he nodded to himself. This had been worthwhile.

"Alright, that jumping clown has been dealt with. Kill off the remaining old, weak, sick, and disabled. We—"

"...Chief... behind you!!"

Hm? The Kaguya chief frowned. What was that clansman talking about? Behind him? Could it be...

Boom!

The forest of bone blades exploded! Bone spikes flew everywhere as everyone hurried to evade them. The Kaguya chief's expression was particularly ugly. He had been hit by his ultimate move and still was not dead?! How was that possible?! Even Senju clan head Butsuma would have died on the spot from injuries like that, much less this nameless Uchiha who had appeared from nowhere!!

Veins throbbed on the Kaguya chief's forehead. His eyes widened, bloodshot, as he stared after the smoke dispersed.

There, within the bone forest, sat a headless black-and-crimson giant.

"Th-That... what is that?"

"What the hell is that thing?"

"A demon!"

Before even facing their enemy, the Kaguya ninjas had already been frightened into taking a step back by the giant.

The Kaguya chief also stood frozen in stunned silence. Meanwhile, as the Uchiha clansmen in the shrine looked at the giant, someone suddenly cried out.

"Could it be... could it be?!"

"Don't tell me!!"

"Susanoo!!"

Susanoo? A vague unease rose within the Kaguya chief. From the sound of those old, weak, sick, and disabled people, they knew what this thing was? Why had he never seen it before?

Inside the Susanoo armor, Uchiha Gen was in terrible condition. Although he had used Susanoo to protect his vital organs the instant he was pierced, the Bone Spikes had still inflicted extensive grievous wounds. His abdomen looked as though it had undergone a cesarean section, his intestines clearly visible.

Much of the flesh on his body had also vanished, reducing him to skin and bones. This was the result of excessive depletion to replenish Chakra. To survive, he had already overdrawn nearly all the cellular energy his body could possibly use.

From the outside, Uchiha Gen now looked like a skeleton. His eyes, marked by strange patterns, rotated within deeply sunken sockets, making anyone who saw them break out in a cold sweat.

"Three minutes..."

Uchiha Gen divided his mind five ways, controlling the Incomplete Susanoo as it attacked the Kaguya chief. At the same time, he sent ten clones in from every blind spot, while also keeping watch over the Kaguya ninjas holding the line and his own clansmen.