"Hatake Shinichi!"
The Uchiha looked grim, countless hearts sinking into despair.
Who didn't know that the Hatake Clan belonged to the Hokage's faction, and that Shinichi was a favorite of the Third Hokage? Now that he knew about the Uchiha Clan's secret coup plot, weren't they completely screwed?
"That's a lot of killing intent!"
Feeling countless murderous gazes on him, Shinichi showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he smiled and said, "Don't be so tense. Relax! I only came out of kindness to help your clan head answer the question you just asked."
"As for why your clan head refuses to launch a coup and seize control of Konoha despite having awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, I can give you a very clear answer. As long as I'm around, your Uchiha Clan will never succeed!"
His casual tone carried an unprecedented air of dominance!
This was absolute confidence born of overwhelming strength!
"Are you kidding?"
"Ridiculous! How could our clan head's Mangekyō possibly lose to you?"
"A brat with only half Uchiha blood dares act so arrogant here?"
Shinichi's words left the Uchiha so furious that they laughed.
They acknowledged that Hatake Shinichi, who had repelled the Fourth Raikage, possessed unparalleled strength, but they also had absolute faith in their clan head, Fugaku. Moreover, Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan just as Shinichi had, which naturally made him Konoha's undisputed strongest fighter in their eyes.
Blind confidence and arrogance were the Uchiha Clan's shared affliction. It was uncannily reminiscent of Uchiha Sasuke in the original story.
"You really won't learn until it's too late, will you?"
Shinichi wasn't angry. Instead, he said mockingly, "Fugaku, these clansmen of yours are adorably stupid! They really seem to think you can beat me. How terrifying!"
Given the Uchiha Clan's stubborn mindset, he hadn't expected to persuade them with a few words anyway. In the ninja world, strength ultimately did the talking!
"What are you trying to do?"
Fugaku's expression darkened, anger filling his crimson eyes as he demanded, "You promised me you wouldn't hurt my clansmen! Are you going back on your word?"
"Ah, I did promise you that, but only on the condition that they didn't resist me."
Shinichi smiled.
"You're forcing me to fight!"
Fugaku snapped.
"That's right!"
The amusement vanished from Shinichi's face in an instant. He said coldly, "Since your clansmen refuse to see reason, I'll just have to go to the trouble of showing you the difference in our strength, so they won't get any more ideas they shouldn't have!"
Whoosh!
In an instant, Fugaku stopped suppressing his anger and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan!
A massive purple armored giant materialized around him-Susanoo, one of the Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities!
"It's Susanoo!"
"Wonderful! The legendary power of the gods!"
"Clan Head Fugaku will teach that brat a lesson!"
The appearance of Fugaku's Susanoo sent his clansmen's morale soaring.
They could almost see Shinichi's crushing defeat already, and their hearts filled with joy.
"Tsk, tsk! What a powerful Susanoo. You almost scared little old me to death!"
Shinichi clicked his tongue in exaggerated wonder.
"Now you know how powerful our clan head is! This is the mighty power of the gods!"
One Uchiha clansman shouted with fanatical fervor in his eyes, "How could a half-blood bastard like you possibly understand such power..."
But before he could finish, the sight before him nearly made his jaw hit the floor.
Shinichi activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, and an enormous, spectral obsidian giant rivaling a mountain materialized behind him. Its immense size and fully formed body surpassed Fugaku's Susanoo several times over!
If the obsidian Susanoo Shinichi had manifested was a giant, then Fugaku's could only be called a child.
What did absolute domination look like?
This was absolute domination on a biological level!
"What are you standing around for? Hurry and help the clan head fight this powerful enemy!"
While the Uchiha clansmen stood stunned, a voice they never would have expected suddenly rang out. It belonged to Shisui Uchiha, who had barely made his presence felt until now.
"Shisui? Your eyes?!"
Several people snapped out of their daze, only to discover with renewed shock that Shisui's Sharingan had somehow taken on the Mangekyō pattern too!
So Fugaku wasn't the only member of the Uchiha Clan who had awakened the Mangekyō. Even Body Flicker Shisui had secretly awakened his, which meant their clan now had two Mangekyō-level fighters!
And judging by Clan Head Fugaku's calm reaction, he seemed to have known about this all along.
Yet this sudden turn of events alarmed them rather than delighted them.
Even with two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan, the clan head still refuses to launch a coup. Is it all because of Hatake Shinichi?
Just how absurdly powerful is this Hatake brat to make the clan head so wary...?
Is this what it really means to be Konoha's hero?
Shaken, they finally realized how serious the situation was.
"Shisui, your clan head has already made his move. Why are you still holding back with me?"
Shinichi chuckled.
"Forgive me, Shinichi!"
A sharp gleam flashed in Shisui's eyes. With a low shout, he pushed his Mangekyō's dōjutsu power to its limit.
Whoosh!
Another enormous Susanoo rose from the ground!
Unfortunately, his Susanoo was roughly on par with Fugaku's, if not considerably inferior.
Facing Shinichi's Susanoo, Shisui and Fugaku's two Susanoo gave the absurd impression of two scrawny children trying to challenge a muscular adult.
"No! We can't just sit here and wait to die!"
"Everyone, we have to fight to the death too! We can't leave the clan head and Shisui to face this powerful enemy alone!"
"That's right! If we all attack together, there's no way we can't beat him!"
For a moment, the entire Uchiha Clan became exceptionally united, coming together with a single purpose: defeating the "villain," Shinichi.
They knew that if they kept standing around without fighting back, the only fate awaiting the Uchiha Clan was utter destruction!
"Fire Release-Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
"Fire Release-Great Fireball Technique!"
"Demonic Illusion-Hell Viewing Technique!"
"Demonic Illusion-Tree Binding Death!"
Countless ninjutsu and genjutsu attacks bombarded Shinichi's position as though they cost nothing to unleash.
Without exaggeration, this was a bizarre battle in which Shinichi fought a hundred opponents alone!
"Kamui!"
Yet Shinichi didn't even spare the attacks a glance, instantly activating Kamui's intangibility.
No matter how powerful or numerous their ninjutsu attacks were, they couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.
Boom! Boom!
The rocks, cliff faces, and ground were blasted beyond recognition by the barrage of ninjutsu.
But when those attacks reached Shinichi's body, they simply passed straight through him, unable to hurt him in the slightest.
"Space-time ninjutsu? This... how is that possible?!"
An experienced Uchiha Jonin cried out in shock.
Their hearts grew unbearably heavy as they watched the clan head's and Shisui's Susanoo being overwhelmed at every turn, threatening to collapse at any moment. They burned with anxiety, yet could do nothing but stare helplessly.
With Kamui, offensive ninjutsu had no chance of hurting Shinichi.
As for genjutsu... that wasn't even worth mentioning. With their meager dōjutsu power, trying to use genjutsu against Shinichi was pure fantasy. Besides, Shinichi also had the [genjutsu master] talent trait, which granted him an exceptionally strong innate immunity to genjutsu.
"Does he really have no weaknesses?"
"How can someone like this exist?"
"Is he really human, or is he a monster?"
The Uchiha clansmen exchanged looks, experiencing firsthand Shinichi's terrifying, despair-inducing strength.
There has to be a limit to how strong someone can be, damn it!
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