"Three minutes, Sarutobi. This is the last bit of courtesy I'm giving you."
Uchiha Gen'yō's voice, like ice from the depths of hell, resonated clearly through the Chakra Susanoo reached the ears of everyone in Konoha.
Time seemed to stretch out infinitely at that moment.
The entire Konoha was deathly silent; you could hear your heart pounding wildly with fear. All the ninjas, whether Anbu members or common Genin, looked up in despair at the black god in the sky that blocked out the sunlight.
That's not just Susanoo.
That was the embodiment of the Uchiha Clan's decades-long pent-up anger, humiliation, and murderous intent.
Inside the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi's pipe fell to the ground with a clatter, scattering hot ash everywhere, but he seemed oblivious. His body trembled violently, and for the first time, regret appeared on his wrinkled face.
He was wrong.
He was completely wrong.
He thought he was in control of everything, believing that even if the Uchiha left Konoha, they would ultimately be a venomous snake that could be slowly strangled. He even tacitly Danzo Danzo's dirty plans, attempting to use the so-called "big picture" to whitewash his own power struggles.
But he never dreamed that this snake would, in a short period of time, transform into a world-destroying dragon capable of devouring heaven and earth.
" Lord Hokage, we can't hesitate any longer! If this continues, Konoha will really be finished!" Utatane Koharu's voice was sharp and filled with fear. She pointed at the black giant outside the window who was slowly raising the blade of destruction, her lips trembling with fear.
"Shut up!" Hiruzen Sarutobi whirled around, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura like an enraged old lion. "Do you think I don't know? Tell me, who can stop him now?"
The two consultants were instantly rendered speechless, like ducks being choked.
Two minutes.
In the sky, Uchiha Gen'yō's death knell-like voice rang out once more.
He stood atop Susanoo, looking down at Konoha. Looking at the Konoha Ninja below, who were scrambling like ants, his eyes held no pity, only deep mockery.
" Sarutobi, it seems you're still hesitating. Or are you still counting on your so-called allies?"
Gen'yō sneered, his left eye slightly turning, and the power of Kamui Dimension suddenly erupted.
But this time, what erupted was not an attack, but an enormous projection screen.
The light screen hung next to the black Susanoo, large enough to make every corner of Konoha clearly visible.
"That... that's Lord Kazekage?"
Among the Konoha Ninja below, someone let out an incredulous scream.
In the scene, the mighty Fourth Kazekage Rasa Gen'yō like a dead dog, his once arrogant face now filled with fear and humiliation. Beside him, the One-Tail Shukaku is dismembered and stuffed into a purple sealing sphere, a gruesome sight.
Then the scene shifts. Rasa is kneeling on the ground, trembling as he signs his name on a scroll.
That was a contract in which Sunagakure handed over 100,000 taels of gold and 36 volumes of forbidden techniques, and promised to provide 300 laborers annually as war reparations.
"Your beloved allies ran to my holy land last night to die. This is their fate now." Gen'yō's voice, chilling to the bone, echoed in the sky above Konoha.
" The Fourth Raikage's deputy commander of the Anbu is currently mining Ōnoki in the Land of Earth."
" The Fourth Kazekage's natal Tailed Beast is now kept chained up in my yard as a guard dog."
" Hiruzen Sarutobi, tell me, besides this bunch of trash, what other trump cards do you have?"
boom.
These words, combined with the visually striking imagery in the sky, completely shattered the last psychological defenses of everyone in Konoha.
Countless Konoha Ninja collapsed to the ground, their faces ashen.
Even the Kazekage was trampled underfoot like a dog; how could they possibly fight this man?
"Go, go to Root!" Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to age ten years in an instant. He slumped into a chair, waving his hand laboriously at the Anbu behind him, "Bring Uchiha Mikoto out."
He knew that Konoha's backbone had been completely broken today by Uchiha Gen'yō.
"Thirty seconds left." Gen'yō looked down, a murderous glint in his eyes. If Hiruzen Sarutobi really intended to fight to the death, he wouldn't mind using a Kamui: Space Quake to raze half of Konoha to the ground.
Just then, several members of the Anbu rushed out of the Hokage Building and threw a woman wrapped in Chakra net into the air.
It was Mikoto, covered in blood and unconscious.
" Mikoto!" Fugaku, standing behind Gen'yō, was furious and about to rush out.
Gen'yō was faster than him.
The black Susanoo extended a giant hand, carefully catching Mikoto as if holding a feather, and then presented her to Gen'yō.
Gen'yō looked at the wounds on Mikoto's body, left from her forceful resistance to the Genjutsu torture, the purple-gold light in his eyes turned completely blood red.
He crushed a bottle of high-level recovery potion obtained through the system, and gentle life energy quickly flowed into Mikoto's body, stabilizing her heart.
"I've received the person." Gen'yō handed Mikoto over to the clansmen behind him for care, then turned back to face the Hokage Building.
The dark red killing intent that had just subsided slightly erupted in an even more terrifying manner. The dark clouds in the sky were directly torn apart by this killing intent.
"But the matter isn't over yet."
Gen'yō raised his hand and pointed directly to a dark corner under the Hokage Building, his voice booming like thunder.
"Now, throw that old dog Danzo out of his hole!"