"Th-this is impossible! This is impossible!"
Uchiha Kan knelt on one knee, disbelief still written across his face.
He had used a B-rank ninjutsu to finish Uya off!
Yet even that B-rank ninjutsu had been shattered by brute force by Uya's kekkei genkai.
How unbelievable was that?
Uya had actually become so powerful that he could shatter even B-rank ninjutsu by brute force!
"Nothing is impossible."
Uya walked toward Uchiha Kan step by step, his expression indifferent.
Horror immediately appeared on Uchiha Kan's face. He wanted to retreat, but pain wracked his entire body, leaving him unable to move.
His chakra was nearly exhausted as well.
This time, the outcome had truly been decided!
"No... no..."
A trace of despair appeared on Uchiha Kan's face.
At this point, Uya would show no mercy either.
This was a duel to the death, and Uchiha Kan had shown no mercy whatsoever in his attacks. Had Uya not opened the Second Gate, allowing his fists to shatter B-rank ninjutsu by brute force, he might truly have been burned to ashes just now.
At that moment, Uya did not hesitate.
He raised his fist and brought it down.
Boom!
Uchiha Kan died!
In the instant before his death, regret finally arose in Uchiha Kan's heart.
Back then, he should have killed Uya outright, regardless of everything else, giving him no chance to grow.
Or perhaps he should never have provoked Uya in the first place!
That had been the worst possible choice!
On the corridor, several members of the Uchiha Clan involuntarily clenched their fists as they watched.
Some wanted to rush down, but forcibly restrained themselves.
Shock and disbelief still filled their eyes.
Uya... had actually defeated Uchiha Kan!
In just a few short months, Uya had grown to this extent. Such talent, such a rate of growth-it was terrifying!
The three Anbu were also utterly stunned.
Uya had really won!
Their orders had included nothing about protecting Uya. They had simply come to monitor and witness this duel to the death.
It could be said that, when they arrived, they had already known Uya was a discarded pawn.
To save face, the Uchiha Clan had paid a price in an exchange with Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi to obtain this.
Yet this discarded pawn had now turned everything around!
How inconceivable.
Not far away.
Uchiha Kageyama and Tsunade were still locked in fierce combat.
Tsunade did not want to fight Uchiha Kageyama at all. There was no reason for it; she only wanted to get past him.
But Uchiha Kageyama stubbornly blocked her path.
"Keep blocking me, and I'll never let your Uchiha Clan hear the end of it!!!"
By this point in the battle, Tsunade could no longer suppress her fury.
Uchiha Kageyama's expression was cold. At Tsunade's words, not only did he refuse to yield, but a trace of anger also rose within him.
Who did Tsunade think he was?!
Even if Tsunade was the princess of the Senju Clan and Hiruzen Sarutobi's student.
He was the head of the Uchiha Clan!
Still, remembering that this matter should already be more or less settled, Uchiha Kageyama suppressed his anger again.
He sensed that everything behind him seemed to have fallen completely quiet.
It seemed it should be over.
Uchiha Kageyama finally stopped blocking Tsunade.
"All right. If you want to go over there, let's go together."
As he spoke, Uchiha Kageyama stepped aside, a cold smile finally appearing on his face.
But Tsunade did not listen to him at all. The instant he cleared the way, she rushed straight past him.
Damn it! If that child Uya is dead, every one of you in the Uchiha Clan had better remember this... the student I had my eye on, you...
Tsunade was already beside herself with rage.
But more than that, she felt a trace of unwillingness to accept it.
Uchiha Kageyama had held her up for so long that the battle must already have ended.
Too late...
Already mourning a little inwardly, Tsunade bit her pearly teeth against her lip and rushed into the arena for the duel to the death in an instant, moving at full speed.
"Everyone, stop!!"
Before she could even make out the situation, Tsunade shouted angrily.
But the next moment, her expression suddenly froze.
What... was going on?!
Tsunade stood rooted to the spot, staring blankly into the arena.
The ground there was shattered, clearly having been through a fierce battle.
A corpse lay there, no longer recognizable. Under the power of tremors, only its clothing still identified it as a ninja of the Uchiha Clan.
Uya, meanwhile, stood in the arena and turned his head, somewhat taken aback.
His eyes met Tsunade's.
Why was she here?!
An expression of utter surprise appeared on Uya's face. He was astonished.
It looked as though Tsunade had come to stop this battle after all.
Compared with Uya's surprise, however, Tsunade felt shock and disbelief.
Uya was still alive?!
As she looked into the arena, Tsunade's beautiful eyes flickered repeatedly. She swept her gaze over the entire scene and finally confirmed that this was indeed the site of the duel to the death, and that the one standing and the one lying there were Uya and Uchiha Kan.
The shock on her face turned to utter astonishment.
Tsunade felt her mind rumble, as though thunder were exploding beside her ears.
In other words, Uya had won?!
He had actually beaten that Uchiha Kan?
Although Tsunade had never witnessed Uchiha Kan's strength, she could guess that he had to be at least at the level of an elite chunin.
Yet now, Uchiha Kan had actually died before Uya!
Without question, Uya was the victor!
What stunned her even more was that Uya did not have so much as a trace of blood on him, let alone a wound.
It looked like an utterly one-sided crushing victory.
Even a jonin fighting an elite chunin like Uchiha Kan should have found it difficult to emerge completely unscathed.
How inconceivable!
While Tsunade remained stunned, unable to recover for a time, Uchiha Kageyama strolled over as well.
"Is it over already? Hmph! You actually wasted so much time. Kan, you've... hmm?!"
Uchiha Kageyama's expression froze instantly.
Then disbelief covered his face.
"This is impossible! What happened?!"
Uchiha Kageyama turned toward the Uchiha Clan ninjas opposite him and could not help demanding loudly.
Across from him, the Uchiha Clan ninjas still could not conceal their shock.
"C-Captain... Uchiha Kan, he... he lost."
Faced with Uchiha Kageyama's demand, one of them answered in a trembling voice.
Uchiha Kageyama's face was filled with disbelief.
Abruptly turning his head, he looked at the unscathed Uya in the arena, and intense killing intent suddenly surged in his eyes!
This damned brat had actually turned the situation around under these circumstances!
Naturally, Uya saw Uchiha Kageyama as well.
In an instant, he guessed Uchiha Kageyama's identity.
Unless he was mistaken, this man should be the current head of the Uchiha Clan.
Uchiha Fugaku's father, and also Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha's grandfather!