"Nonsense! Evil Uchiha! Stop trying to poison everyone's minds!"
Danzo struggled, screaming himself hoarse as he attempted one last counterattack.
"Your wicked ambitions are plain for all to see! Sarutobi! Don't let them fool you! They're putting on an act! Shisui isn't nearly that badly injured! They're feigning suffering to win your sympathy!"
Just then, Genya, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, suddenly threw back his head and laughed.
"Ha... hahaha!"
His laughter carried mockery, sorrow, and a madness that erupted after being suppressed to its limit.
The classic "Uchiha mad laugh"!
When his laughter stopped, Genya swept his piercing gaze over everyone, his voice suddenly rising.
"Launch a coup? What would we gain?! What would we Uchiha gain?!"
He flung his arms wide, staring at the crowd with wild eyes.
"The Hokage position? What a joke!!"
The instant those words left his mouth, he moved!
His figure flickered, vanishing from where he stood like a phantom.
Before anyone could follow the movement, Genya was already standing beside Shimura Danzō.
At some point, a ninja blade had appeared in his hand, drawn from the waist of a nearby Uchiha jonin.
The blade lay across Danzo's neck, pressed against his skin. The slightest movement would slice open his artery.
"Danzo!"
Genya looked down at Danzo with utter contempt.
"The Hokage position? Only a power-obsessed, insatiably greedy bastard like you would treasure something like that as his lifelong ambition!"
His voice suddenly rose, carrying the bone-deep pride and arrogance of the Uchiha.
"The Uchiha Clan was one of Konoha's two founding clans! Our heritage spans a thousand years, and our Sharingan strikes fear throughout the shinobi world! Let me put it boldly!"
He paused briefly, then declared with absolute conviction, his voice ringing across the scene!
**"Even across the entire