"Alas, what sorrow, all my life..."
"Dong..."
Before he could finish, the thunderous clang of a bronze gong rang through the Capital. Xiaren's eyes flew wide, and he looked down to see six Root Ninja standing in a corner, with a bronze gong as tall as a person beside them.
At that moment, everyone's attention was drawn to the Root Ninja, including Jinyan and Jhin.
"Bastards! Bastards! You sons of bitches!"
Xiaren roared, "You sons of bitches, why did you come to the Capital too? Why won't you leave me alone?"
"Uchiha Haruna, don't think you can show off with those lines of yours. We'll follow you forever, until you give up showing off."
"Ah! Suf-"
"Dong!"
"I, Xiaren the Great..."
"Dong!"
"Had heaven not brought forth..."
"Dong!"
"Hahaha..."
Laughter erupted from the crowd. "They're hilarious! Are all Konoha Ninja this adorable? Hahahaha..."
"Hahahaha... Who knew the ever-arrogant Uchiha and the Darkness of Konoha had another side to them?"
"Hahahahaha... Is this a gift for us? Even the arrogant Uchiha can act like clowns..."
"..."
At those words, Xiaren went pale and muttered to himself:
"Funny? Clowns? I'm a clown? The mighty Uchiha have become clowns because of me?
Unforgivable! Unforgivable!...
Ah..."
The three tomoe in Xiaren's eyes spun rapidly, then slowly joined together. Before long, a pattern of a black crescent surrounding a black dot appeared in his eyes.
The Root Ninja's expressions changed drastically. "Run! That's the Mangekyō Sharingan!"
The Root Ninja reacted swiftly, fleeing the instant the Mangekyō Sharingan appeared.
The Root Ninja had escaped, but the people in the stands could not.
Xiaren swept them with a cold gaze. "Clowns? Who gave you the nerve to talk about the Uchiha Clan? Die, all of you."
Xiaren brought two fingers together and spat volley after volley of