Outside the Four Violet Flames Formation, a purple slash swept across heaven and earth.
BOOM!!!
The barrier that had left countless Konoha ninja helpless shattered like fragile glass.
The purple blade light continued onward, cleaving a distant hill in half before finally dissipating into the air.
Inside the formation, Orochimaru's pupils contracted, and he instinctively took half a step back.
A figure clad in black stepped forward.
Genya Uchiha.
In his right hand, he held a strangely shaped blade.
Its long, narrow blade was purple throughout, with faint arcs of lightning flowing across it.
The Lightning Blade Purple Radiance.
Blade in hand, Genya walked over to the Third Hokage. He glanced at the blood-covered old man lying on the ground, and the corner of his mouth lifted.
"Lord Third Hokage."
His tone was teasing.
"You really are a mess. Beaten this badly by your own student."
Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his head with difficulty. At the sight of that young face, his eyes filled with complicated emotions.
Relief? Shame? Or helplessness?
"Genya..."
He coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Be careful... Orochimaru..."
"I know."
Genya crouched down and casually popped a pill into his mouth.
"A healing pill. Take it for now. Leave the rest to me."
Hiruzen swallowed the pill and felt his nearly depleted chakra begin to recover slowly.
He struggled to sit up, staring at the boy's back, his voice hoarse.
"Genya... please... you must protect Konoha..."
Genya did not turn around. He simply answered calmly.
"I would even if you hadn't asked."
His gaze swept across the distant battlefield, where the fighting still raged, passing over those familiar figures.
Itachi, Shisui, his father, his mother, the girls from the Girl Group...
"My family and friends all live in this big family."
"How could I let anything happen