Outside the Uchiha Sacred Land, in front of the first crystal dome city gate.
This place is no longer the desolate land with endless yellow sand. A huge trade road, thirty meters wide and paved with smooth rocks, leads directly to the city gate.
Along the trade routes, caravans from various countries came and went in an endless stream. Caravans carrying timber, cloth, and grain formed long lines.
Among these caravans, a large one, operating under the banner of "Daikokuya," was particularly eye-catching.
They were transporting high-grade herbs and special metal ores that the Uchiha desperately needed.
The caravan manager, a portly middle-aged man, was handing over documents to the Uchiha guard in charge of verification with a broad smile.
However, behind this fat man, ten coolies wearing straw hats and coarse linen clothes were silently carrying heavy goods with their heads down.
They were the Faceless Ones sent by Konoha Utatane Koharu.
In the shadow of this straw hat, there were no eyes, only a cold and mechanical sense frantically scanning everything around.
Shocking!
Although they have no emotions, if they had full consciousness at this moment, they would definitely be so terrified by the sight before them that their jaws would dislocate!
Is this... a city that could be built by human hands?
In the distant Konoha underground base, connected to the Faceless Ones's vision through a secret technique, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura watched the transmitted images, their faces pale and their bodies trembling.
The enormous crystal dome, like an inverted bowl, enveloped the entire city. The density of the Chakra flowing across the dome even surpassed that of the night of the Nine-Tails' Attack in Konoha!
Upon entering the outer city, the scene there completely overturned their understanding.
Instead of traditional low wooden houses, there are towering glass skyscrapers tens of meters high. Instead of horse-drawn carriages, the streets are filled with four-wheeled iron-shell vehicles that do not require animal power and are driven entirely by miniature Chakra arrays.
What truly sent chills down their spines were the Uchiha guards patrolling the sky.
Each guard wore a set of light, dark purple armor! They even carried strange ninja tools on their backs that could shoot out energy!
That was... that Chakra fluctuation on the armor... each set was no less powerful than the Kusanagi Sword! Mitokado Homura's voice trembled. The Konoha foundation he was so proud of was like a primitive tribe that had just learned to walk upright in this place called the Divine Kingdom!
Don't be intimidated by appearances! Keep going! Find that military factory! Find its power source! Utatane Koharu roared, trying to hide her extreme fear.
The caravan passed the first checkpoint smoothly, which relieved the two advisors from Konoha.
The Faceless Ones's disguise was indeed flawless; there was no leakage of Chakra, and his heartbeat and body temperature were suppressed to the same level as those of an ordinary laborer.
Look! What's that!
As the caravan entered the plaza in the inner city where goods were exchanged, the Faceless Ones's gaze instantly locked onto a massive complex of buildings on the distant back mountain.
That was Amaterasu First Military Factory!
The roaring mechanical sounds and the soaring golden beam of light could stir the soul even from ten miles away!
"Over there! Find a way to break away from the caravan and sneak over!" Utatane Koharu's eyes shone with an alarming light. "If we can bring back technology of this level, Konoha can be brought back to life!"
Just as the ten Faceless Ones silently put down their goods, preparing to slip into the shadows under the cover of the dense crowd...
Top floor of the castle tower.
Uchiha Gen'yō sat upright in a recliner, holding a freshly brewed cup of tea, steam rising gently from it.
"Boss, the city's defense barrier didn't sound an alarm? Where are the Konoha bugs?" Obito squatted down beside him, scratching his head, completely baffled. He scanned the area with his Sharingan several times but couldn't find any Chakra anomalies that had infiltrated.
Gen'yō took a small sip of tea, a playful smile curving his lips.
No police were called?
That's because he doesn't care about the conventional Chakra sensing arrays at the border.
bite!
In his mind, the super radar alarm of the Clan Reproduction System was flashing frantically at the highest level of red light!
Warning! Ten high-risk biological bombs have been detected infiltrating the heart of the Divine Kingdom!
The target is carrying 10,000 high- Explosive Tag and an S-class mixed biological toxin! Detonation threshold: extremely low!
The target showed no signs of soul fluctuations; the system has identified them as a bio-engineered assassin!
The target coordinates have been locked using an absolute positioning system!
On the virtual panel of the Gen'yō Retina, ten glaring red dots, like searchlights in the dark, flashed wildly on the map of the inner city square, making them impossible to miss.
Disguise? No Chakra?
Compared to the system radar of dimensional reduction attacks, this is like taking off your pants to fart, only adding to the absurdity.
What a pathetic trick.
Gen'yō put down his teacup, his gaze gradually becoming sharp as a knife.
Those two old bastards from Konoha actually went so far as to send a biological bomb to his city? If this happened in any other ninja village without a radar system, the consequences of detonating it in a densely populated area would be unimaginable!
Since you're courting death, don't blame me for scattering your ashes!
Gen'yō stood up, and a terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire Sky Keep.
Obito.
"Here! "Obito was startled by this aura and immediately stood up straight.
Take the Shadow Guard and arrest the fat manager of that Daikokuya. Even if he was unaware of the situation, he won't escape the death penalty.
Gen'yō turned his head and looked at Uchiha Itachi, who had just changed into a black outfit and was holding the Lightning Blade.
At this moment, Itachi had shed the last trace of childishness, replaced by the coldness and arrogance unique to the Uchiha.
Itachi.
Gen'yō stretched out his finger and pointed to a map made of light screen in mid-air, with ten red dots clearly visible on it.
This is your prey.
Ten monsters that feel no pain and are covered in poison.
Gen'yō's voice was cold and cruel.
I don't want them alive. Shred them before they explode.
Remember, this is the first time you've drawn your sword for the Divine Kingdom. Don't let me down, and don't let your armor be disgraced.
Itachi stared intently at the red dot on the map, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan spinning wildly, and a terrifying killing intent far exceeding that of a seven-year-old child emanated from his body!
Yes, teacher.
Show no mercy!
Swish!
Itachi transformed into a streak of dark purple lightning, smashing through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the castle tower, and hurtled towards the inner city plaza like a meteor!
Meanwhile, in the dark alleys of the square, ten Faceless Ones had just gathered together, preparing to charge towards the military factory.
Koharu Utatane and Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu the underground chambers of Konoha, were staring intently at the screen, their hearts pounding in their throats.
Hurry! Just five hundred meters closer and we can steal... what is that?!
Suddenly, in the images transmitted back by the Faceless Ones...
A bolt of purple lightning, moving at a terrifying speed that defied the laws of physics, and carrying a devastating killing intent, exploded directly above their heads!