Uchiha Hikari had only just broken free and was brimming with murderous intent. When she heard that unfamiliar voice emerge from nowhere, seeming to come from everywhere at once, her savage aura abruptly faltered.
Her scarlet Mangekyō swept sharply across the cave, yet she could not sense the speaker.
The image on the Sky Screen remained fixed on the deep, ancient cave.
Having just escaped her seal, Uchiha Hikari was still in a confused state of mind.
Her thoughts, memories, and understanding were all frozen at the moment before she had been sealed during the Warring States era.
Her mind was crammed with images of slaughter, war, and betrayal. Boundless fury and murderous intent had built up within her, impossible to quell in an instant.
It took a long while before the madness clouding her mind subsided a little.
Her gaze remained chillingly cold. As she slowly scanned her surroundings, she instantly locked onto the Uzumaki Third Elder, who lay slumped nearby, trembling all over with terror written across his face.
His distinctive, brilliant red hair was especially glaring in the dim cave.
It instantly struck a painful chord in Uchiha Hikari's jumbled memories, and old hatred surged to the surface!
"Red hair?"
Uchiha Hikari's brows knitted tightly, and her young voice suddenly turned shrill with rage.
"The Uzumaki Clan! You all deserve to die! Die!"
The instant those words left her lips, her eyes narrowed slightly, and her Mangekyō eye power erupted!
"Amaterasu!"
Pitch-black, unquenchable flames of Amaterasu sprang into existence on the Third Elder's head!
The black flames were cold and eerie, igniting anything they touched and burning everything to nothing. The moment they appeared, they began ravenously devouring the Third Elder's flesh!
"Aaaaaah!!"
Sudden, agonizing pain swept through his entire body. The Third Elder convulsed violently, letting