"As for Danzo, Orochimaru, and those 'Impure World Reincarnation through Edo Tensei—"
Uchiha Gen'yō's lips curled into a smile that would make the whole world tremble.
"Let it be given to my children, as a salute for their opening ceremony."
"Let them bury their own past."
When this cold and cruel "divine oracle" echoed through the deathly silent battlefield through amplification, a ripple of excitement finally appeared on the usually calm faces of the thousand Uchiha children on the bridge of the flagship " Kamui ".
It's here!
It's finally here!
The real "ceremony" they had been waiting for!
"Fantastic!" Uchiha Shō could no longer contain his excitement on his arrogant face. He took a step forward, his Mitsudomoe Sharingan burning with a bloodthirsty light. "Instructor Itachi! Please give the order! I can't wait to twist that Second Hokage's head off!"
Unlike his fanaticism, Uchiha Yōko simply stared quietly at the massive crater below, at the battered and broken Impure World Reincarnation bodies struggling to rise from the ruins, a subtle, complex emotion flickering in her clear eyes.
Burying the past?
She doesn't quite understand.
In the education at " Hope Academy," everything they learn is for creating the future, for the glory of their lord, and for the Uchiha's boundless future.
In the past, they were just some outdated, rotten, and laughable terms in textbooks.
Uchiha Itachi ignored Sho's request to fight. He simply turned around slowly, his deep Mangekyou Mangekyō Sharingan coldly sweeping over the thousand youthful yet ruthless faces before him.
"You have all heard the Lord's divine decree clearly."
His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable air of authority.
"Your mission is to deliver a 'salute'."
"Remember, the purpose of a cannon salute is to declare and deter, not simply to cause destruction."
Itachi extended a finger, pointing at Shimura Danzō below, who was staring at the sky with a venomous look in his single eye, and Orochimaru beside him, whose expression was constantly changing.
" Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru, these two ringleaders are your primary targets. Our lord must live, but he can be rendered incapable of resistance."
His finger then traced the four legendary Hokage, as well as Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui.
"These six Impure World Reincarnation bodies are your 'sparring partners.' You can freely try everything you've learned in the academy on them. What the lord wants to see is your growth, your understanding and application of the Uchiha power."
At this point, Itachi paused, his tone growing increasingly cold.
"As for those—" His gaze swept over the elite missing-nin from Sunagakure and Iwagakure hiding in the corner, "Our lord has ordered that only the ringleaders and their direct descendants be executed; the rest may be spared for the time being if they kneel and surrender."
"But!" Itachi's voice suddenly rose, and a terrifying pressure mixed with the aura of Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu instantly enveloped the entire bridge!
"Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
"Anyone identified as a direct blood relative of a rebellious family shall be killed without exception!"
"This is a lesson, a brutal lesson about 'precision' and 'efficiency'!"
"I don't want to see any senseless slaughter, nor do I want to see any damned person escape your clutches! Do you understand?!"
"Yes, Instructor Itachi!"
A thousand Uchiha children responded in unison, their uniform, emotionless voices coalescing into a terrifying will that would chill even the most powerful Kage Level.
"Very good." Itachi nodded in satisfaction. "All hands on deck, land!"
"Target: the center of the sinkhole!"
At his command, the landing bay on the belly of the flagship " Kamui " slowly opened.
There were no ropes, no parachutes.
A thousand Uchiha children leaped straight down from a height of five thousand meters, like dumplings being dropped into a pot!
call--!
A piercing whistling sound rang out!
Their bodies rapidly adjusted their posture in mid-air, their black, tight-fitting combat suits fluttering in the gale. Each person had a perfectly balanced layer of Chakra gathered under their feet, precisely controlling the speed and direction of their descent.
They were like a group of black grim reapers descending from the sky, perfectly aligned and ruthless.
Below, in the sinkhole.
Danzo and the others watched as a thousand black dots descended from the sky like locusts, their expressions incredibly varied.
"Kids? They're all a bunch of kids?!" a Jonin from Iwagakure said, his voice trembling.
He could sense that although the figures descending from the sky possessed enormous amounts of Chakra, their life force was exceptionally immature.
The average age is definitely no more than six years old!
"Has Uchiha Gen'yō gone mad?! He actually sent a bunch of brats who haven't even grown their hair yet to deal with us?!" Another Sunagakure puppeteer roared in disbelief.
This is the greatest insult to these established elite ninjas!
No, that's not right--
Only Orochimaru, his golden snake eyes fixed on the approaching figures, had an unprecedentedly solemn expression on his face.
Look into their eyes!
Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively looked up.
As the thousands of black dots descended, they all suddenly lit up with a scarlet glow!
A thousand pairs! A full thousand pairs of Sharingan burning with three jet-black Tomoe!
The crimson light in the dim sinkhole was like a sea of spider lilies blooming in hell—eerie, beautiful, yet filled with the ultimate aura of death!
"All of them are Mitsudomoe?!"
"How is this possible?! A group of five- or six-year-old children?!"
The faces of all the missing-nin were filled with horror and fear, as if they had seen a ghost!
A Uchiha awakens the Mitsudomoe is considered a genius!
Ten of them are enough to support a wealthy family!
But now, in front of them, there were a full thousand!
Only now did they finally understand what kind of terrifying monster the " Divine Kingdom " that Uchiha Gen'yō spoke of truly was!
That wasn't a ninja force at all! It was a terrifying factory that mass-produced "geniuses" specifically for war!
"Hehe, hehehe--" After a brief moment of shock, Danzo let out a burst of maniacal laughter.
"Well done! Well done!" A demonic glint flashed in his single eye. "It saves us the trouble of searching! Today, I'll bury the future of the Uchiha right here!"
" Orochimaru! Let them attack! Kill all these little bastards!"
Orochimaru didn't speak, but silently formed several hand seals.
The Impure World Reincarnation army, having received their orders, moved instantly!
Leading the charge was the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju!
Facing the Uchiha army descending from the sky, his cold face remained expressionless.
"No matter who you are, since you're from the Uchiha, then die here!"
" Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation - Bone Forest Hell!"
Rumble!
As he slammed his hands into the ground, the entire sinkhole floor shook violently in an instant!
Countless white bone spikes, sharp as giant swords, sprouted from the ground like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, transforming the ground within a radius of several kilometers into a terrifying forest of death and skeletons with no blind spots in just a few seconds!
Each bone spike gleamed with a chilling light, aimed at the figures about to fall from the sky!
He's going to use this trick to string all those arrogant Uchiha brats together like candied hawthorns!
"Hmph, another one of those boring tricks."
In the sky, Uchiha Shō looked down at the rapidly forming bone forest, a hint of disdain on his face.
He suddenly flipped in mid-air, his hands quickly Hand Seals!
" Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song Technique!"
call!
Several enormous fire dragons made of scorching flames roared from his mouth and plunged down into the bone forest below at an astonishing speed!
However, just Setsuna his fire dragon was about to make contact with the bone forest, an even larger and more terrifying wall of fire arrived first, instantly surpassing his fire dragon and crashing into the bone forest with a more domineering and unreasonable force!
Fire Style: Great Flame Annihilation!
Uchiha Itachi had appeared before all the children without them even noticing.
He only used an A-rank Fire Style, but its power was ten times more terrifying than Uchiha Shō's S-rank Fire Style!
boom--!!
Flames collided violently with the bone forest!
There was no stalemate, no confrontation.
That forest of bones, made of Shikotsumyaku and as hard as steel, was like plastic thrown into a furnace before Itachi's flames, which were capable of melting everything. It quickly twisted, deformed, and turned into ashes!
With a single strike, the Second Hokage's technique was completely broken!
"See that, Sho?" Itachi didn't even turn around, simply saying, "The power of Fire Style doesn't lie in its level, but in the user."
Uchiha Shō's face turned pale and then red, but he couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.
At that moment, the thousand Uchiha children finally landed on their feet.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The synchronized thud of their landing struck like war drums, relentlessly pounding on the hearts of every missing-nin.
They quickly formed a huge square formation with Uchiha Itachi at the center, a thousand pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan coldly watching the "enemies" who were waiting in battle ahead.
The palpable killing intent emanating from the combined power of a thousand geniuses caused the temperature of the entire sinkhole to drop several degrees.
Seeing that the children had already found their footing, Itachi slowly stepped back, leaving the center of the stage entirely to them.
He knew his mission was complete.
The time that followed belonged to these Uchiha's "hope".
"Alright, warm-up's over." Uchiha Shō cracked his neck, making a "crack" sound.
He took a step forward, sweeping his gaze across the Impure World Reincarnation army with a defiant look, finally fixing it on the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju.
He grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, but the smile was filled with a cruelty that was incongruous with his age.
"Was it you, you white-haired old man, who tried to poke us with bones just now?"
"Perfect timing, I've never played a real 'bone-breaking game' before."
The three Tomoe in Uchiha Shō's eyes began to spin wildly!
"Then, let's start with you!"
"Hey! You old guys over there! Who wants to be the first to taste what it's like to be crushed by the future Uchiha?!"