Just as Uchiha Kazama neatly decapitated Uchiha Itachi, a crowd of members of the Uchiha Clan gathered around.
At the same time, Uchiha Kazama released Uchiha Mikoto and Sasuke from their Genjutsu.
"This is... Mom, we..."
Sasuke had just been freed from the Genjutsu, and he still felt rather dazed.
However, he suddenly saw Uchiha Itachi lying not far away.
Instantly, his eyes widened in sheer agony.
"Brother!"
"Big brother!"
Sasuke instinctively tried to rush over.
The next moment, however, a large hand held him back.
"Father?!"
Sasuke turned around to see Uchiha Fugaku pulling him back, his face filled with confusion.
That was his big brother!
He was the son his father loved the most, and also the big brother he loved the most!
"Itachi is already dead!"
Uchiha Fugaku spoke softly.
Beside them, Uchiha Mikoto staggered, but she quickly steadied herself.
Although she was unclear about the exact situation, she could still piece it together.
They had experienced a battle right inside the village!
Moreover, she recognized the person next to Uchiha Itachi.
It was Shimura Danzō, one of the members of the Konoha High Command.
With just a simple sweep of the battlefield, she also spotted Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The Konoha High Command had all died right here.
The members of the Uchiha Clan all looked as if a battle had just ended.
This clearly meant the Uchiha Clan had made their move and ultimately emerged victorious...
No matter what had happened behind the scenes, she could not afford to collapse right now.
"Impossible, how could big brother be dead?!"
"Big brother is so strong, didn't you say yourself, Father, that I am no match for big brother?!"
"How could a big brother that strong die here?"
"Father, you're lying to me, right?"
"Big brother is tricking me too, isn't he? You're all..."
"Slap!"
Before Sasuke could finish, a physical slap interrupted his voice.
"Uchiha Itachi colluded with the Konoha High Command and intended to carry out the Clan Extermination Plan against our Uchiha."
"We discovered it in advance."
"Out of guilt, I have stepped down as Patriarch, and Uchiha Kazama now serves as the Patriarch."
"Just now, Uchiha Itachi was still helping the Konoha High Command and attacked me."
"In the end, he died in this battle."
"Sasuke, you are now your father's only son, and I hope you can understand that if the clan is gone, what does the village we live in even matter to our clan?!"
"So..."
Uchiha Fugaku did not continue.
A single tomoe suddenly emerged within Sasuke's eyes.
With the activation of the Sharingan, coupled with the heavy mental exhaustion from previously being controlled by Uchiha Kazama,
he was hit by this double blow and immediately passed out.
Uchiha Mikoto caught Sasuke in her arms.
"Go back and rest. I will handle the matters here."
Although Uchiha Fugaku felt utterly exhausted,
he knew that he had to stay right here.
Otherwise, no matter what happened next, he might never be able to stand within the ranks of the Uchiha Clan again.
Furthermore, Uchiha Fugaku did not regret it.
The death of Uchiha Itachi made him understand.
If someone who wielded power was overly weak.
Then that power would become a fatal flaw!
Just like the Uchiha of before... they possessed power, yet because of their indecisiveness, internal clan conflicts were constant.
In the end, they were step by step cornered and framed.
Therefore, now he had to stay.
He wanted to see what Uchiha Kazama would do after this bout of madness.
If the path was correct, he would not stop it.
He even wanted to use what little power he had to offer help to Uchiha Kazama.
Consider it the greatest atonement for the mistakes he had made before.
"Clean up the battlefield."
"All members of the Uchiha Clan, whether they have awakened the Sharingan or are ordinary clansmen."
"After clearing the battlefield, begin helping to restore the surrounding buildings."
"Let the Hokage Building be rebuilt quickly as well."
"Right, shinobis present, sorry for the trouble."
"Notify the patriarchs of all the major shinobi clans, and anyone in your shinobi clans who can move, to gather here."
"Liunian, go notify the Hyuga Clan."
After finishing, Uchiha Kazama sat directly on a half-shattered boulder.
The surrounding shinobis hesitated one by one.
After all, the Uchiha Clan had just launched a coup d'état!
Moreover, the extent of the damage to the village had reached a very severe level.
Most importantly, this clan capable of controlling Kurama, coupled with that kind of crazy behavior...
Quite a few people felt a rejection toward the Uchiha from the bottom of their hearts.
Because of insufficient power, people would loathe and resent those powerful existences.
This kind of situation existed in any place.
It just depended on how the person wielding that power chose to act.
Uchiha Kazama's choice...
"Right, all shinobis of Chunin rank and above must also gather here in a moment."
"You had all better do as I say..."
After saying this, Uchiha Kazama directly closed his eyes and feigned sleep.
Hearing Uchiha Kazama's words, the expressions of some shinobis turned somewhat displeased.
You must know that when Hiruzen Sarutobi was in power, they were regarded as the pillars and rafters of Konoha.
Yet now, Uchiha Kazama could not even spare them a straight glance.
"Yu, Ya, Sanshan..."
"You had better not make a move, unless you also want to lie on the ground and be cleaned up..."
An ordinary shinobi finished speaking and vanished right then and there.
He had to go notify the people of the other shinobi clans.
The three people he had called out suddenly shuddered all over.
What were they even thinking just now?!
That was a lunatic who had slaughtered the entire Konoha High Command in a short span of time!
They actually had thoughts of wanting to fight him... no, thoughts of seeking death...
Soon, the shinobis present and absent alike realized one thing-the skies of Konoha had changed!
Time slowly passed.
A trace of the early morning sun on the horizon cast a layer of golden light over the post-war Hokage's Office in Konoha.
Uchiha Kazama, whose body was stained with a bit of radiance, slowly raised his eyelids.
He glanced around.
"It seems the pace of a few clans is a bit slow..."
"Liunian, Natsume, Rinboku, Roy..."
"Go invite the people of the remaining shinobi clans."
"Minister Fugaku, sorry for the trouble, check if the shinobis who are not out on missions have all arrived."
"An hour from now, any shinobi who hasn't arrived will be treated as a rogue ninja."
After calmly issuing his arrangements, Uchiha Kazama closed his eyes once more.