Main World.
Konoha Year Twenty-Two, spring.
Konoha, in front of the Hokage Building.
The battlefield had become a meat grinder.
The corpses of Anbu and Root elites piled up on the steps. Blood flowed down the stone stairs, gathering into dark red streams. The air reeked of blood, smoke from exploding explosive tags, and the charred smell of burned Wood Release trees. No one retreated. Every fallen ninja shouted "For Konoha" in the final moment of their life.
And amid this chaotic slaughter, the balance kept swinging back and forth.
Beside the Hokage Building, in a clearing half surrounded by Wood Release trees.
Kagami Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan spun wildly in his sockets, his scarlet pupils reflecting the figure opposite him-Uchiha Yaohui. Yaohui's eyes were also Mangekyō, also spinning wildly. Their eye power collided in the air, sending out invisible ripples.
"Kagami Uchiha, you traitor!"
Yaohui's voice rumbled like thunder as the ninja blade in his hand, wrapped in chakra light, slashed toward Kagami's neck.
"Traitor?"
Kagami dodged sideways, and an invisible burst of eye power shot from his left Mangekyō.
"You're the traitor for siding with Danzo!"
A burst of eye power shot from Yaohui's right eye as well. The two invisible forces collided in midair, erupting into a mass of distorted light and shadow.
"Siding with him? No! I simply chose the right path! Tobirama Senju suppresses the Uchiha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi papers over the differences. Lord Danzo is willing to give us status and dignity. This is the path the Uchiha should take!"
Kagami's pupils contracted slightly.
"You... have gone mad."
"If you call me a madman, then perhaps I really am one."
Yaohui's Mangekyō spun wildly.
"But a madman is still better than a coward."
His figure vanished from the spot.
The next second, he appeared behind