A parting gift

Hearing Feng Yao say that,

the Third Hokage immediately had an ominous premonition.

"Feng Yao, it isn't as you say. The Hokage position requires someone who can keep the overall situation stable. As for your claim that Konoha doesn't consider the Uchiha part of the village, I believe there must be some misunderstanding!"

Jiraiya stepped forward as well.

The village had now reached a moment when its very survival was at stake.

If the Uchiha fought with the village now, it really would put the village in grave danger.

So he had to step forward.

"Feng Yao, the old man is right. I know the Uchiha's situation in the village, and that's entirely because of pressure from certain members of the village leadership!"

"The Will of Fire shouldn't be like this. It shouldn't have to pay the price for everyone's selfish desires!"

At this, Jiraiya glared fiercely at Danzo.

In Jiraiya's eyes, Danzo was entirely responsible for forcing the Uchiha into their current situation.

Eliminating dissenters and spreading fear for the sake of power!

Ninety-five percent of the darkness in politics had something to do with Danzo!

Calling him a cancer on the village was no exaggeration!

Danzo's expression darkened under his glare.

The Third Hokage's expression remained unchanged, though he felt somewhat ashamed inside.

But at this point, anything he said would be too late.

The most urgent thing now was to placate the Uchiha first!

Pain stood in the shadows, watching this farce.

The members of the Akatsuki also watched the spectacle in silence.

Konan in particular, as Jiraiya's student, naturally knew that Jiraiya had recognized her the moment she saw him.

"Darkness..."

Pain gave a self-mocking smile, recalling the days when Hanzo of the Salamander ruled their Amegakure.

Back then, war had also bred darkness in the village. Even survival was a problem, and chaos was everywhere.

Yet the village leadership kept plundering those below them.

Back then, Yahiko had still trusted Hanzō, and he and Konan had also believed it was all the work of parasites within the village.

Reality, however, had dealt them a vicious slap!

Danzo had even had a hand in Yahiko's death.

Killing intent immediately surged in Pain's eyes.

Danzo's scalp prickled, and he felt as though a savage beast had fixed its gaze on him.

He looked all around but could not find the source of the killing intent.

So Danzo decided where it had come from and cursed inwardly, Those inherently evil Uchiha...

"Truly sickening..."

Kakuzu deeply understood what the Uchiha had suffered.

The village leadership was hypocritical, stopping at nothing for its own interests and eliminating dissenters.

What Kakuzu had suffered back then was so similar to the Uchiha's plight.

"You filthy snake, your Konoha really is rotten to the core..."

Enjoying the spectacle, Sasori sneered at Orochimaru.

"Hehe, every village has its dark side. Didn't your Sunagakure's Kazekage do the same thing by selling out Pakura?"

Orochimaru chuckled.

"Hmph!"

At the mention of Sunagakure, Sasori fell uncharacteristically silent.

Orochimaru could not be bothered to talk to Sasori either.

Perhaps snakes and scorpions were natural enemies.

Orochimaru and Sasori truly could not stand each other.

Orochimaru looked toward the Third Hokage, his feelings complicated. Third Hokage, you've grown old...

"Hahahahaha!"

Feng Yao laughed loudly.

"Jiraiya, then what were you doing before now?!"

"Only now, with your backsides on fire, do you step forward to say all this!"

Feng Yao's words left Jiraiya wishing he could sink into the ground.

Shaking his head, Feng Yao turned toward Setsuna and Fugaku.

"All the clan members have finished relocating."

Setsuna, Fugaku, and the other Uchiha were delighted.

What does that mean?

Hearing Feng Yao's words, the Third Hokage immediately sensed trouble.

Sure enough, Feng Yao's next words confirmed the Third Hokage's suspicions.

Feng Yao looked at the Third Hokage, his expression cold as the Mangekyo appeared in his eyes.

"Third Hokage, from this day forward, I declare that the Uchiha are officially leaving Konoha!"

Boom...

Those words were like a huge boulder crashing into a still pond, sending enormous ripples across it!

Everyone present underwent a drastic change in expression.

They stared at Feng Yao in disbelief, never having imagined that the Uchiha actually wanted to leave Konoha!

Jiraiya's expression changed. "Feng Yao, this is desertion!"

"Besides, your Uchiha made enemies of other villages to varying degrees in the previous Shinobi World Wars. Even if you possess the Mangekyo, the Mangekyo has its flaws too. One day, you'll go blind. When that happens, how will you fend off enemies from the other Four Great Nations?!"

"Exactly. Jiraiya is right. Feng Yao, the Uchiha are part of Konoha. As the Third Hokage, I absolutely will not allow you to leave Konoha!"

The Third Hokage also stepped forward to state his position.

He had never expected Feng Yao to actually lead the Uchiha out of Konoha.

The Uchiha were a renowned ninja clan in the Shinobi World. If they left Konoha, he did not know what would become of the Uchiha Clan, but Konoha would lose all face!

Because the Uchiha were one of Konoha's founders.

If one of its founding clans left Konoha, where would that leave Konoha, and where would it leave the Third Hokage?

Danzo, on the other hand, was delighted. If the Uchiha left Konoha,

then he could openly study the Sharingan with full justification!

"Hehe..."

"Third Hokage, what are you still hesitating for? The Uchiha are about to desert the village!"

Danzo stepped forward, glaring viciously at Feng Yao.

"Uchiha Fengyao, your Uchiha are utterly lawless! Lord Second Hokage should have wiped you all out back then!"

"What are you standing around for? The entire Uchiha clan has rebelled! Kill every last one of them!"

"Danzo, stop right there!"

The Third Hokage sternly warned Danzo.

Danzo, you barely have anyone left in Root, and now you want to send my people to risk their lives again. You really are such a "good man"!

Most of the surviving ninja present were Anbu, ninja from the Sarutobi Clan, and ninja from other clans.

After all, they had only come to help. How much were they getting paid to risk their lives? They were only going through the motions.

"Hehe..."

"I'm no longer interested in playing your boring games!"

Feng Yao's gaze turned cold, and a terrifying pressure emanated from him.

A golden Susanoo immediately rose from the ground!

In an instant, it went from a skeleton to its complete form!

"This is a parting gift..."

The golden Susanoo, hundreds of meters tall, drew its blade.

A streak of golden light flashed past.

Mountains were instantly cleaved apart, and the earth was overturned!

Everything, including the Uchiha Clan Compound, was reduced to nothing!

Almost everything in the path of the blade's light was razed flat!

The Third Hokage and Jiraiya watched the scene in disbelief.

"Stop!" The Third Hokage and Jiraiya's eyes nearly split with fury.

That direction is-?! The Third Hokage's heart lurched.

That was his Sarutobi Clan's compound!

The Third Hokage's eyes turned bloodshot.

Hearing this, Danzo also felt a powerful sense of foreboding. He immediately realized something, and his eyes nearly split with fury as well.

The Third Hokage and Danzo watched helplessly as the Sarutobi Clan and the Shimura Clan were razed to the ground, along with thousands of their clan members!

Sasori could not believe it. Was such terrifying power truly something a human could wield?

"This power..."

Kakuzu paled in shock.

He remembered the shadow that had haunted his entire life.

Hashirama Senju. Back then, just one look from him and that terrifying pressure had frightened Kakuzu to his core.

Even their leader, Deva Path Pain, did not give him the same feeling as Hashirama Senju.

But now, after so many years, he once again felt that same terrifying pressure!

"Hey, hey, hey, you've got to be kidding. Is he even human?!"

Juzo Biwa's mouth hung wide enough to fit an egg as he stared at the terrifying scene in disbelief.

Was this hell?

Unlike the others, Orochimaru's eyes shone with excitement as he watched the mountainlike giant.

Orochimaru's eyes shone with excitement as he watched the mountainlike giant.