"Arrogant brat! You're asking to die!"
"Kill him!"
Publicly humiliated and challenged by a six-year-old child, they snapped!
Uchiha Yashiro and another Hardliner Jonin led the charge.
Seven or eight figures lunged at Genya from different directions, radiating murderous intent, their Sharingan gleaming!
Whistling fists, flashing legs, and the cold glint of kunai instantly surrounded Genya!
They were all battle-hardened Uchiha elites. Even in their fury, their coordination remained flawless, sealing off every avenue of escape!
At that instant...
Uchiha Izumi and Sosuke Uchiha had already drawn their blades half an inch!
Fugaku sprang to his feet to stop them, but he was already too late!
Even Itachi and Shisui, who had remained silent throughout, suddenly sharpened their gazes!
Yet facing this certain death, Genya burst into laughter!
"Hahaha! Bring it on!"
The instant the attacks reached him...
Genya became a bodiless gust of wind, a phantom dancing gracefully through the flashing blades!
His movements were impossibly fast, yet so clear that time seemed to slow.
His Sharingan discerned every detail of each opponent's movements and projected countless possible follow-ups!
He turned slightly, letting a vicious punch whistle past the tip of his nose.
With a light push from his toes, he slipped like a ghost through the gap between two crossing kicks.
His waist bent backward as though he had no bones, evading a sweeping kunai.
Even when the Hardliner Jonin struck at him with a chakra-infused palm...
He extended two fingers, lightly touched a point on the man's wrist, and guided it aside. The palm veered uncontrollably off course, disrupting another clansman's attack instead!
This was not a fight.
It was art!
A dance of taijutsu that blended evasion, redirection, guidance, and even the use of enemy attacks to sow chaos!
Genya moved freely amid the seven or eight experts surrounding him, as graceful as a bird in flight, as fluid as a swimming dragon!
His Sharingan spun furiously, not merely copying his opponents' taijutsu.
With an understanding that transcended its original framework, he broke it down, reconstructed it, and made it his own.
"Father! Mother! Stay back!"
Genya even called out between evasions, his voice strong and brimming with absolute confidence!
"Watch me deal with these pathetic weaklings who do nothing but run their mouths!"
Nothing else could be heard in the secret chamber over the fierce sounds of combat.
Everyone stared in stunned disbelief at the scene that overturned everything they knew!
That included Sosuke Uchiha and Izumi, who had been ready to intervene, and Fugaku, who had risen to his feet.
Watching her son stroll effortlessly among so many experts, Uchiha Izumi covered her mouth, her tears flowing even faster.
Relief at his escape from death mingled with indescribable pride.
And in the shadows, Uchiha Itachi and Shisui Uchiha wore expressions of gravity, even... horror, for the first time.
They understood better than anyone the terrifying visual acuity, bodily control, combat instincts, and grasp of the essence of taijutsu required to achieve such a feat!
This Genya Uchiha... his taijutsu had already reached a level they had never imagined!
This one-against-many "performance" had only just begun, yet it had already utterly overturned everyone's understanding.
The three tomoe in Genya's eyes flashed coldly, and he became a streak of Black Lightning!
"Too slow!"
"You're full of openings!"
Thud! Thud! Thud!
A series of dull impacts rang out, accompanied by the sharp cracks of breaking bones and muffled cries of pain!
The Chunin and Jonin who had kept trying to engage Genya without even touching the hem of his clothes saw only a blur.
Unbearable pain tore through their chests, abdomens, or joints.
They spat blood and flew in different directions, crashing into the chamber's stone walls or pillars before sliding to the floor. Instantly stripped of their ability to fight, they could only groan.
As he sent them flying, Genya vanished from where he stood and appeared beside his mother, Uchiha Izumi, in the next instant!
"Mother, let me borrow your blade!"
Before Izumi could fully react, Genya's hand had swept across her waist.
A finely decorated, razor-sharp ninja blade hung there.
Shing!
The blade rang clearly as it left its sheath!
Its watery gleam reflected the icy killing intent in Genya's eyes and the mocking smile on his lips.
"You'll only learn your lesson once you've shed some blood!"
It all happened too quickly. From Genya's sudden counterattack to drawing the stolen blade, barely a breath had passed!
Now, the only attackers still standing were the strongest and loudest of them all, Elder Uchiha Yashiro, and another Jonin who also possessed a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, his face contorted with shock and fury!
Uchiha Yashiro saw his elites incapacitated in an instant, then saw Genya standing with a blade in hand, radiating murderous intent.
His aged face twisted beyond recognition with rage and humiliation!
He was a distinguished Uchiha elder. When had he ever suffered such disgrace?
A six-year-old junior had beaten him before everyone without giving him a chance to fight back, and wiped out all his subordinates!
"Genya Uchiha! How dare you attack your own clansmen so viciously! I'll kill you today! Fire Release: Dragon Flame..."
In his fury, Uchiha Yashiro lost all reason. His hands formed hand seals as he prepared to unleash a powerful B-rank Fire Release Ninjutsu!
Not only would it kill Genya, it might catch the others in its blast!
Yet he was only halfway through his seals when...
Genya gave Yashiro an exceedingly "friendly," enigmatic smile that sent a chill through his entire body.
At the very instant Yashiro completed his final seal, his chest swelling as he prepared to spew raging flames...
Genya appeared behind Uchiha Yashiro without warning, as though he had teleported!
Barely inches away!
He leaned leisurely toward Yashiro's ear and whispered.
"My dear elder... just what do you think you're doing?"
"!!!"
Uchiha Yashiro was scared out of his wits. The Fire Release in his mouth was interrupted and instantly spiraled out of control, backfiring on him. His blood surged, and his body froze!
That instant of paralysis was all it took!
Genya's right leg swung up like a battle-axe, whistling through the air before slamming viciously into Yashiro's lower back!
"Hold it in, you old bastard!"
BAM!!!!
A tremendous crash rang out!
Uchiha Yashiro felt an irresistible, terrifying force erupt from his waist!
He hurtled forward helplessly, smashing into the hard stone wall ahead!
Thud-crack!
The impact and the shattering of bones rang out together!
Uchiha Yashiro's body was deeply "embedded" in the stone wall, truly hanging there like a painting!
Blood poured from his mouth and nose. Even the light of his Sharingan dimmed. Countless bones had broken, and only the faintest breath remained.
As Yashiro was kicked away, the ninja blade in Genya's hand had already become a streak of silver light, chasing after him!
Schlkk!
The sound of steel piercing flesh!
The ninja blade that had belonged to Izumi pierced Uchiha Yashiro's shoulder with unerring precision, pinning him firmly to the stone wall!
Blood streamed down the blade and the wall.
Silence!
Deathly silence!
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