Drip... drip!
Crimson blood and flesh seeped through the gaps in the black wood!
Beneath it, shattered glasses and a bloodstained hairpin... silently marked the tragic end of Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu!
Izuna's hatred remained unsated. He leaped onto the tree that had crushed them, his lone eye coldly surveying the deserted ruins.
At that moment, he truly wished he possessed the Hyuga's Byakugan. Then he could easily find any surviving Senju remnants hiding there, mutilate their corpses, and sever their heads as an offering to the heroic souls of the Uchiha!
Even without the Byakugan, he did not mind digging up every inch of the ground and searching every nook and cranny... but right now, there was something more important!
Izuna could hardly contain himself. "Brother, the army of Senju remnants hasn't gotten far. Let's wipe them all out while we have the chance!!"
His question received no answer.
Izuna turned his eye toward his brother, who seemed distracted.
For some reason... a faint chill had begun creeping over Madara's skin!
He had felt something similar only once, before the battle at the Valley of the End all those years ago!
He raised his hand and lowered his head, studying the intricate lines of his palm as though trying to decipher something within their winding paths.
Izuna asked with concern, "Brother? What's wrong? Are you tired?"
"Tired? Don't be ridiculous. How could something this trivial tire me out?"
Coming back to his senses, Madara clenched his hand. His surging blood drove away the lingering chill!
"Exterminate the Konoha forces, was it?"
"Exactly, brother!! Ideally, let them die in despair!!!"
"Nothing could be easier!!!"
Boom...!!!
As his ringing declaration fell, cursed mist erupted into the heavens, swelling out of control...!!
In a valley encircled by mountains outside Konoha, those