Susanoo

Danzo rapidly formed hand seals and exhaled a sharp gust like a Sickle Weasel.

Shisui Uchiha failed to dodge in time and was cut in half by the Vacuum Wave Slash. After a bang, two halves of a wooden log fell to the ground.

"Danzo!"

Shisui Uchiha drew the short blade from his back.

"Shhk—!"

A wound slashed diagonally from Danzo's chest to his abdomen, blood spurting forth.

"Die!!!"

"Lord Danzo!!!"

Danzo's utterly loyal subordinates immediately abandoned their opponents and rushed over.

At this moment, the Uchiha Clan had suffered devastating casualties. Uchiha clansmen with poor aptitude could not contend against Root's emotionless killing machines, who had endured trials of life and death. Moreover, every one of Danzo's subordinates possessed Jonin-level strength.

The eyes of every slain Uchiha clansman had been taken. They had strictly carried out Danzo's orders and preserved their eyes.

"Damn it!"

Fugaku Uchiha looked at the corpses of his clansmen, clenching his fists in fury and hating his own helplessness. He had been unable to protect his people.

Susanoo (1/2)

"Danzo, you really look quite pathetic." Obito Uchiha, wearing a black trench coat adorned with several red clouds and a mask over his face, slowly emerged from the ground. Before he appeared, Root's sensory ninja had not noticed his presence at all.

"Madara, you're late."

"No, I think you were simply too impatient. You wanted to keep all of the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan for yourself. You had quite an appetite, but you overestimated your own strength."

Obito Uchiha looked at Danzo with a faintly mocking smile, as though ridiculing Danzo's greed and overconfidence.

"The Uchiha Clan has not fallen so low that we can be slaughtered at will."

"Madara Uchiha! Don't forget our deal!" Danzo's tone carried a trace of anger after Obito Uchiha's piercing words provoked him.

"Madara Uchiha?!"

Fugaku Uchiha stared at the person Danzo called "Madara Uchiha," his face filled with shock. As the Uchiha Clan's patriarch, how could he forget Madara Uchiha, who had led the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan in founding the village of Konohagakure?

"Impossible! Madara Uchiha should have died at the Valley of the End!"

"Oh? Who told you I was dead? Isn't Madara Uchiha standing right here?" Obito Uchiha narrowed his eyes at Fugaku Uchiha. "I'll start with you!"

Obito Uchiha charged at Fugaku Uchiha. Kunai, shuriken, and every ninjutsu attack passed through his body without harming him in the slightest.

Obito Uchiha seized Fugaku Uchiha by the throat with both hands and lifted him into the air.

"Dad!"

Mikoto Uchiha tightly held Sasuke Uchiha, who struggled madly as he tried to rush forward. Sasuke's eyes widened as he watched his father's pained expression. His black eyes instantly turned red, and a single tomoe appeared within them.

Seeing his father in such pain, Sasuke Uchiha awakened his Sharingan.

Just as Obito Uchiha was about to snap Fugaku Uchiha's neck and end his suffering, Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, wielding short blades, slashed at Obito Uchiha's arm. Their blades passed through his arm, and Fugaku Uchiha fell to the ground, clutching his throat as he coughed.

"You got lucky."

Obito Uchiha's voice sounded beside Fugaku Uchiha's ear. Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha's subsequent attacks all passed through Obito Uchiha's body, as though he were an illusion that did not exist in this world.

Obito Uchiha did not want to reveal too much of his abilities in front of Danzo. Even so, with the combat prowess Madara Uchiha had trained into him, he could easily crush everyone except Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha.

"End this quickly!"

After receiving emergency treatment and having his wounds stop bleeding, Danzo swallowed several Soldier Pills and rejoined the battlefield.

To protect Sasuke Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha could not fight freely. Root's ninja noticed this, and naturally aimed every attack at Sasuke.

"Sasuke!"

How could Itachi Uchiha not panic when he saw Sasuke and his mother under attack? He immediately tried to break away from his battle with Obito Uchiha, but Obito Uchiha would not let Itachi Uchiha go so easily.

"Where are you looking!"

A sharp kunai sliced across Itachi Uchiha's cheek. The instant blood dripped down, Itachi Uchiha transformed into a flock of crows that flew into the air with harsh caws.

This was not genjutsu, but Crow Ninjutsu developed by Shisui Uchiha. As Shisui Uchiha's disciple, Itachi Uchiha could naturally use it as well.

By the time Itachi Uchiha arrived, he was already too late. To protect Sasuke, Mikoto Uchiha used her own body to block the enemy's attack.

"Shhk—!"

Cold blood splashed onto Sasuke's face. His mother, who had worn such a gentle smile, collapsed before him just like that, protecting him when he was weak and utterly unable to fight back against the enemy.

"Mom!!! Aaaah!!!"

Sasuke Uchiha collapsed, clutching his head and howling in agony. The tomoe in his left eye spun rapidly and split into two.

When Mikoto Uchiha fell, that Root ninja fell as well. Itachi Uchiha's short blade severed his head, and then he knocked out Sasuke, whose emotions had completely collapsed.

"Itachi... I'll leave Sasuke in your care. You must protect Sasuke..." Mikoto Uchiha's pale face still bore the same gentle smile as always. Her raised hand tried to wipe away the tears on Sasuke's face, but in the end, it fell weakly.

"I'll protect Sasuke, because he is my most important little brother..." Itachi Uchiha lowered his head, shadows covering his face and making his expression impossible to see.

"Mikoto!!!"

When Fugaku Uchiha saw his wife lying in a pool of blood, it felt as though the sky had collapsed. His body swayed uncontrollably, and Danzo took the opportunity to pierce Fugaku Uchiha's shoulder with Wind Release.

Mikoto Uchiha's love for him had always been so gentle and accepting. She had accepted everything about him... Now, the person who had always watched him with gentle eyes was gone...

Blood flowed from Fugaku Uchiha's eyes. When he raised his head again, the tomoe of the Sharingan in his eyes merged together, spreading outward from his pupils and forming a new pattern.

Witnessing his wife's tragic death, Fugaku Uchiha awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in his overwhelming grief. Blood tears streamed from his eyes as he glared furiously at Danzo.

"Madara Uchiha! Why are you helping Danzo?" Shisui Uchiha demanded of Obito Uchiha.

"Why? Because I want to destroy the Uchiha Clan. Is that reason enough?"

Obito Uchiha answered coldly and arrogantly. Raising a hand, he caught the short blade Shisui Uchiha had swung at him, then gave it a light squeeze. The blade snapped in two.

"Boom—!"

With a violent explosion, Danzo, one arm severed, rolled across the ground.