Uchiha Yashiro gripped his Kunai, his face flushed with fanatical fervor.
As the Captain of the Police Force, this Body Flicker thrust was a killing move he had tempered a thousand times.
Even if Lu Ming was powerful, being stabbed in the heart at close range while off-guard would mean certain death!
“Lu Ming, this is the price for your rebellion!” Yashiro roared fiercely.
However, the fanaticism on Yashiro’s face froze and turned into horror.
The hand holding his Kunai had stabbed into thin air.
Under the gaze of everyone present, water-like ripples appeared on the surface of Lu Ming’s body as his chest was “pierced” by the Kunai.
Whoosh—
Lu Ming’s body transformed into countless black crows, dispersing into the air accompanied by their harsh caws!
“Genjutsu?!”
Yashiro’s heart shook violently.
He was an Elite Jonin who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, yet he hadn’t even noticed when Lu Ming had woven the signs or cast the Genjutsu!
“Yashiro, your Body Flicker Technique is too slow.”
Lu Ming’s voice rang out right beside Yashiro’s ear.
The hair on Yashiro’s body stood on end as he tried to whip his head around.
But he no longer had the chance.
A hand reached out from the void and pressed down on Yashiro’s right shoulder.
Bang!!!
Terrifying power, accompanied by Chakra, poured down through that palm!
Before Yashiro could even let out a grunt, his entire body was heavily suppressed.
Yashiro’s knees slammed violently into the stone floor.
The bluestone floor shattered, and with Yashiro’s knees as the center, spiderweb-like cracks spread in all directions as stone fragments flew!
“Ugh—!”
Yashiro let out a low groan of pain, desperately trying to circulate the Chakra in his body to stand up.
But he found that the hand on his shoulder held him pinned in place, unable to move even a single finger!
Cold sweat poured from Yashiro’s forehead, soaking his back.
Lu Ming’s true body emerged beside Yashiro.
He looked down at the kneeling Yashiro with a cold gaze.
The entire hall was deathly silent.
Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events.
One move!
In just one move, without even using Ninjutsu, he had suppressed the Police Force Captain and Three-Tomoe Sharingan Elite Jonin, Uchiha Yashiro, forcing him to his knees and shattering the ground with a single hand!
This exquisite seal-less Genjutsu and this brutal physical strength were terrifyingly powerful!
“Captain Yashiro!”
After a brief silence, Uchiha Inabi was the first to react.
Seeing the leader of his faction publicly forced to his knees, Inabi’s eyes nearly split with rage as his anger overrode his reason.
“Let go of Captain Yashiro!”
Inabi roared, drawing the Ninjatō from his back.
At the same time, the dozen or so Police Force high-ranking members behind him also drew their weapons and charged forward murderously, surrounding Lu Ming in a tight circle.
A dozen Ninjatō pointed in unison at Lu Ming, as pair after pair of crimson Sharingan locked onto his every movement, looking ready to hack him to pieces at the slightest provocation.
Faced with the encirclement of a dozen elites, Lu Ming did not panic.
He didn’t even spare a glance at the blades around him, his face showing only mockery.
“You want to rescue your comrade? With just the likes of you?”
Lu Ming’s voice echoed through the vast basement.
Just as Lu Ming’s words fell, the air in the Naka Shrine basement was stirred by a fierce wind.
Dozens of dull sounds of breaking air rang out in rapid succession, merging into a deafening roar of sonic booms.
One figure after another, dressed in dark-colored combat uniforms, burst forth from all directions and every blind spot of the venue!
The speed of these figures was extreme.
In the blink of an eye, they had counter-surrounded Inabi and the dozen Police Force high-ranking members in an impenetrable circle!
“Who are they?!”
Inabi turned pale with fright, gripping his Ninjatō as he looked around.
When he saw the figures that had suddenly appeared, Inabi’s breath hitched.
Not just Inabi, but Uchiha Fugaku in the main seat, the seven Great Elders on the platform, and all the Uchiha Clan members present gasped, their scalps tingling with shock.
These forty-three people were all juniors trained under Lu Ming’s command!
Their positioning was extremely precise, forming a flawless killing formation.
Every single one of them radiated an iron-blooded killing intent that only came from rigorous experience.
What was most terrifying was the configuration of their strength.
The thirty people on the outer perimeter had stable and condensed Chakra fluctuations; they were all genuine Elite Chunin!
And the thirteen people standing in the innermost circle, pressing their Kunai against the vital points of Inabi and the others, had incredibly violent Chakra—they were bona fide Elite Jonin!
“Sharingan… Open!”
Uchiha Tekka, leading them, gave a low shout.
Hum—!!!
In the next second, a terrifying scene appeared that no one would ever forget.
In this dim basement, forty-three pairs of crimson eyes lit up simultaneously.
Forty-three blood-colored lamps ignited in the dark night, dyeing the air of the entire venue a shade of blood-red.
Inside every pair of eyes, three black, cold-looking tomoe were spinning!
Forty-three pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
Furthermore, all forty-three of these people were from the younger generation, under twenty years old!
The massive amount of eye power gathered together, forming a tangible mental pressure that crushed the nerves of everyone present.
The entire Naka Shrine basement fell into a profound silence.
Everyone’s brain had completely crashed.
One must know that the evolution of the Sharingan is extremely difficult, requiring intense emotional stimulation and tempering on the edge of life and death.
Before this, the total number of members in the entire Uchiha Clan who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan—including Clan Leader Fugaku, the Council of Elders, and the high-ranking members of the Police Force—was fewer than twenty!
Fewer than twenty people; that was the foundation that made the Uchiha Clan the number one clan in Konoha!
But now, Lu Ming alone…
Just the juniors he had trained under his command had directly produced exactly forty-three Three-Tomoe Sharingan elites!
What kind of concept was this?
It meant that the power Lu Ming held in his hands had completely surpassed the existing conventional combat power of the entire Uchiha Clan!
This suddenly revealed power was enough to crush any single ninja clan in Konoha!
“This… how is this possible…”
The Great Elder’s hand holding his cane was trembling, the cane tapping out a rhythmic “clack-clack-clack” on the stone floor.
His cloudy old eyes were filled with shock.
“Forty-three pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan… all young people under twenty… even during the Sengoku period, the clan’s most prosperous era, there was never such an exaggerated ratio!”
After a brief moment of silence, the clan members in the venue broke into a complete uproar.
“My god, Tekka and the others have actually all awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.”
“How on earth did Lord Lu Ming do it? Even if he saved them on the battlefield, he couldn’t have made them all evolve to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan!”
“Could it be… could it be that Lord Lu Ming has mastered a top-secret method to force the evolution of the Sharingan?!”
Once this speculation arose, everyone’s breathing became incredibly heavy, and the gazes they directed at Lu Ming were filled with fanaticism and awe.
If Lu Ming truly possessed a method to mass-produce the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then the Uchiha Clan dominating the Ninja World would be just around the corner!
Uchiha Fugaku, sitting in the main seat, turned deathly pale.
He looked at those forty-three pairs of cold Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and finally understood why Lu Ming wanted to hold this emergency Clan Meeting today and why he wanted to impeach him in public.
This power was Lu Ming’s overwhelming confidence.
In the face of such formidable strength, his so-called power and prestige as the Clan Leader were nothing more than a joke that could be punctured with a single poke.
“Lord Lu Ming, just give the word, and we will execute these traitors who have offended their superior on the spot!”
The Kunai in Uchiha Tekka’s hand was already pressed against Inabi’s neck; as long as Lu Ming nodded, he would slit the other’s throat without hesitation.
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“Stand down.”
Lu Ming spoke with an indifferent expression, withdrawing his hand from Yashiro’s shoulder.
“Swish!”
The forty-three young elites didn’t waste a single word.
They withdrew their weapons in unison and took half a step back, but those forty-three pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan remained locked on the members of the Police Force.
Lu Ming looked at Yashiro, who was slumped on the ground in a cold sweat, then glanced at the uncertain Inabi and the others, and said,
“The Naka Shrine is a sacred ground for worshiping our ancestors. To use force during a Clan Meeting is a breach of protocol.”
“Yashiro, as the Captain of the Police Force, have you even forgotten such basic decorum?”
This authoritative reprimand from a superior made Yashiro’s face flush crimson, yet he couldn’t utter a single word in rebuttal.
“Inabi, you all stand down as well!”
At that moment, Uchiha Fugaku finally stood up from the main seat.
His voice was somewhat low, but he still strained to maintain his dignity as the Clan Leader.
Hearing Fugaku’s command, Inabi and the others felt as if they had been granted a grand reprieve, quickly stowing their Ninjatō and slinking back behind Fugaku.
Fugaku stepped forward, descending from the main seat and coming directly before Lu Ming.
The two of them locked eyes.
On one side was the current Clan Leader who had endured for many years, and on the other was the peerless genius who held terrifying power.
“Lu Ming, the power you’ve shown today has exceeded all our expectations.”
Fugaku stared into Lu Ming’s eyes, his tone suppressed with anger and resentment,
“But the Uchiha Clan cannot be ruled by force alone.”
“You bypassed me to call this Clan Meeting and even publicly declared your intent to impeach me. Fine, I will give you that chance!”
Fugaku raised his voice, his words echoing in the basement,
“If you want to impeach me, you must give all the clan members present, and the Council of Elders, a tangible and convincing reason!”
“Otherwise, no matter how strong you are, you will not be able to command respect!”
“A tangible reason?”
Lu Ming let out a cold laugh upon hearing this.
He faced Fugaku directly, his eyes sharp and cold as he approached step by step.
“Fugaku, you have been diligent and conscientious for the clan all these years; I do not deny that.”
Lu Ming’s voice was resonant and powerful,
“But your character is weak to the absolute extreme!”
Fugaku was about to speak, but was crudely interrupted by Lu Ming.
“You lack boldness! Your will is not at all resolute!”
Lu Ming pointed at Fugaku’s nose, denouncing him fiercely in front of the entire clan,
“After the Night of the Nine-Tails, the Konoha High Command suspected us without any evidence and forced us to relocate the Clan Compound. You compromised.”
“The Anbu surveil our Clan Compound twenty-four hours a day. You acquiesced.”
“The villagers are complaining bitterly about the Police Force, yet you’ve done nothing but tell us to endure.”
Lu Ming’s questioning was like a violent storm, forcing Fugaku to retreat repeatedly.
“You think your concessions can win the trust of the High Command? Wrong! Utterly wrong!”
“Your weakness only makes Danzo and the Third Hokage think the Uchiha are soft persimmons that can be squeezed at will!”
Lu Ming turned around, spreading his arms to face all the shocked clan members, and dropped the bombshell that was enough to blow everyone away.
“Are you still dreaming of peace? Open your eyes and look at the current situation.”
“The High Command’s patience with us has been exhausted; the executioner’s blade has long been held against our necks.”
“Fugaku’s weak character is simply incapable of leading the Uchiha through this unprecedented Clan Extermination Crisis.”
Clan Extermination Crisis!
As soon as these three words were spoken, a bone-chilling wind seemed to sweep through the basement, and everyone’s eyes widened in terror.
“Nonsense!”
Several die-hard supporters behind Fugaku could no longer contain themselves and jumped out to shout their rebuttals.
“What Clan Extermination Crisis? This is nothing but alarmist talk! Why would Konoha ever take action against us!”
Inabi pointed at Lu Ming, roaring at the top of his lungs,
“Lu Ming, by concocting such appalling lies, you clearly intend to stage an armed usurpation!”