"We don't want to... we don't want to be... like him, completely forgotten!!"
Utatane Koharu's piercing screams, a mixture of fear and madness, and Mitokado Homura's tearful, humble pleas, sounded so jarring and so comical atop the desolate Hokage Rock.
However, the man they turned to for help, whom they considered their last hope Hiruzen Sarutobi, turned a deaf ear to their cries for help.
He just stood there quietly, head down, staring blankly at his hands.
Those were the hands of a ninja who had regained their peak power and were brimming with strength due to the Impure World Reincarnation. These were the hands that had formed thousands of hand seals and unleashed countless powerful Ninjutsu. These were the hands that had signed countless documents, deciding the fate of Konoha for decades. These were the hands that had personally placed the straw hat, representing the glory of the Hokage, on their own heads.
His entire life was dedicated to fighting for one belief— the Will of Fire.
He believed that as long as the "fire" remained, the "leaves" of Konoha would forever flourish. He was willing to sacrifice anyone for this. He sacrificed Hatake Sakumo for "peace" with Sunagakure. He sacrificed the Uchiha for "stability" within Konoha. He even sacrificed his "best friend," tacitly approving of his darkness to maintain the "balance" between light and shadow in the village.
He thought he was the guardian who bore the weight of everything.
But it wasn't until just now, until the moment when his "closest friend," whose name he was about to forget, was completely erased from the realm of "existence," that he suddenly realized the truth.
He was wrong. Terribly wrong.
Before the true "god" who sits atop the moon, everything he protected, everything he bore, and everything he sacrificed was nothing but a self-deceiving farce.
The so-called " Will of Fire " didn't even qualify as dust in the eyes of the other side; it was swept directly into the garbage heap called "nothingness."
This is the most extreme and cruel form of contempt—a dimensional attack from a higher life form on a lower civilization.
His heart died completely at that moment. The "fire" that had burned within him all his life was finally extinguished.
" Hiruzen! Hiruzen! Did you hear me?!"
Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi's dejected appearance, Mitokado Homura's fear reached its peak! He knew he couldn't rely on Sarutobi! The only way to survive was to escape! The farther the better! As long as he could escape this area shrouded by those little demons and that true god, there would still be hope for survival!
" Koharu! Let's go! Let's go quickly!"
Mitokado Homura disregarded his pride and scrambled to his feet, his old face etched with the madness of a wild beast that only appears when facing the most primal life-or-death crisis!
As if she had found her anchor, Utatane Koharu, stopped screaming, and a desire to survive burst forth in her crazed eyes!
Like two old, destitute dogs cornered, the two of them chose completely opposite directions and ran with all their might toward the edge of the Hokage Rock!
They didn't even turn around to look once more at the " Hokage " they had served their entire lives.
When disaster strikes, everyone flees for their own lives! This is the ultimate realization of the so-called " Hokage Advisor "!
However, they had only taken two steps.
"Where do you want to go, my two 'advisors'?"
A voice, filled with mockery and cruelty, rang out simultaneously in their ears like a ghost.
Mitokado Homura whirled around and saw Uchiha Shō standing in front of him, his arrogant face bearing a cruel, cat-and-mouse smile, his Mitsudomoe Sharingan watching with amusement as Homura's panicked and pathetic state unfolded.
Meanwhile, Utatane Koharu straight into an invisible "wall"! When she looked up, she saw Uchiha Yōko with her arms crossed, floating gracefully in mid-air, coldly looking down at her with the kind of gaze one would give someone "trash".
Behind them, thousands of Uchiha children had silently formed an impenetrable encirclement, trapping the two "giant rats" who were trying to escape inside the cage.
"No... don't kill me..."
Mitokado Homura's legs buckled, and he collapsed to his knees once more. Looking at Uchiha Shō before him, at those youthful yet cold-blooded faces, he pleaded, tears streaming down his face:
"I was wrong! I was really wrong! I... I'm willing to give up everything! My possessions! My Ninjutsu! My family! Just spare my life!"
"I'm willing to be your slave! I'm willing to be your dog for Uchiha! Please!"
Utatane Koharu, frantically kowtowed to the huge screen of light in the sky. Her shrill voice became incredibly hoarse with fear.
"Great Uchiha Lord Gen'yō! You are the true god! We are all blind mortals!"
"Please have mercy! Just let us go! We'll never do it again! We'll never do it again!"
This extremely humble and shameless pleas for mercy drew scornful boos from viewers around the world watching the live broadcast.
This is the Konoha advisor who once ruled the strongest ninja village in the Shinobi World? He doesn't even have a shred of the dignity that comes with being strong!
However, on his throne, Uchiha Gen'yō didn't even bother to glance at them again. These two "trash," whose true colors had been completely exposed and whose backbones had been shattered, were no longer worthy of his attention, even by a single ounce of divine favor.
He simply gave the final order in a flat, emotionless tone.
"Children."
Clean up the trash.
"Yes, my lord!"
Thousands of Uchiha children responded in unison. Their voices were perfectly synchronized and filled with a cold, metallic quality!
Having received final permission, Uchiha Shō's cruel smile instantly widened to its maximum!
He walked step by step toward Mitokado Homura, who was already terrified and soiling himself, cracking his knuckles as he went, making a teeth-grinding "crack crack crack" sound.
"Old man, weren't you quite the talker just now?"
"And they even said that we Uchiha' deserved it'?"
"Come on, say it to me again now?"
"No... I... I'm talking nonsense... I was just farting..." Mitokado Homura was so frightened that she couldn't speak coherently, and she desperately moved her buttocks backward.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Uchiha Shō grinned maliciously as he crouched down. He reached out and grabbed Mitokado Homura's gray hair, forcibly pulling his face in front of his own.
"Since you've admitted you're talking nonsense, I'll sew that filthy mouth of yours completely shut, okay?"
Before he could finish speaking, Uchiha Shō suddenly swung his other hand!
Sizzle--!
A blue lightning bolt, crackling with destructive energy, condensed in his palm into a slender yet incredibly sharp lightning rod!
"No--!!"
In the reflection of Mitokado Homura's pupils, filled with utter terror, the lightning rod pierced his mouth! Then, with an extremely cruel yet highly skilled manner, it began to pierce and stitch back and forth inside his mouth!
"Ugh! Ugh ugh ugh ugh--!!!!"
Mitokado Homura let out the most painful and humiliating whimper of his life! Blood mixed with fragments of teeth kept spilling from the corners of his mouth, which were scorched by lightning! He wanted to scream but no sound came out! He wanted to resist but was pinned to the ground by Uchiha Shō and could not move! He could only watch helplessly as the lightning needle completely tore apart and stitched up his tongue, his palate, and his gums, stitch by stitch!
On the other hand, Utatane Koharu's fate wasn't much better.
Uchiha Yōko merely glanced at her indifferently, then gently extended a delicate, white finger towards her.
" Genjutsu: The Hell Viewing Technique "
Buzz--!
Utatane Koharu's body stiffened abruptly! Instantly, her eyes, already filled with madness and fear, lost all focus!
She saw it! She saw the vengeful spirits of countless children she had personally sent to the experimental table! They had all become the most terrifying and twisted vengeful ghosts! They stretched out their blood- and pus-stained claws, tearing at her flesh bit by bit, gnawing at her internal organs! They plunged the strange drugs that had been injected into them into her eyes, her heart, and her spinal cord, one vial at a time!
"Ah--!!"
"A ghost! There's a ghost!!"
"Don't come any closer! Don't eat me!!"
Utatane Koharu, in the Genjutsu world, let out a hysterical, piercing scream! She rolled and writhed wildly on the ground, scratching her face, neck, and body with her fingernails! Soon, her old face was a bloody mess, unrecognizable!
She will forever be trapped in this sinful hell she herself created! Until her spirit completely breaks down and her life is completely consumed!
In an instant, one was physically gagged and unable to die, while the other fell into an endless Genjutsu, self-harming and going insane!
This "cleaning" operation, filled with dark humor and extreme cruelty, plunged the whole world into a deathly silence.
This is the new era's final execution of the parasites of the old era! Humiliation! Pain! A fate worse than death!
And at that moment! The man who had been as motionless as a statue Hiruzen Sarutobi, finally moved.
He slowly raised his head. He didn't look at his two "comrades" who were enduring endless torment. In his eyes, which had been as lifeless as ashes, an unprecedented, resolute, and insane flame was rekindled!
That was not the hope of life, but a destructive will to perish together with this cold world that had denied him everything!
He slowly raised his hands, which were stained with countless sins and glories, and then slammed them down!
The sound wasn't loud, but it was like the last, poignant chime of an old era!
He gazed at the enormous curtain of light in the sky, at the god who had indifferently observed everything from beginning to end. His hoarse, aged voice, like a final roar from the depths of hell, resounded throughout the entire world!
" Uchiha Gen'yō!"
"Since you consider ' The Will of Fire ' trash!"
"Then let me show you the final glow of this trash as it burns to ashes!!"