“Kill!”
“For our children, for the glory of the clan!”
The Uchiha Clan went completely berserk in their desperate situation.
Those with powerful ocular strength saw the situation in the center of Konoha and shouted out heart-stirring cries.
“Look, that is our clan’s legendary supreme power, Susanoo!”
“Oh! It is Uchiha Tianti!”
“It is Tianti fighting for us…”
“Fight! That pig-dog Uchiha Fugaku is no longer the head of our clan. Carve out a bloody path; what does the Uchiha Clan have to fear from a battle!”
Hundreds of Uchiha clansmen roared in succession.
Whether they were aged elders or children only a meter tall, they all grabbed their weapons.
…
Bang!
The golden Susanoo took a step on the burning, shattered street.
The earth cracked, gravel flew, and a three-story building that had not yet collapsed turned into dust under the giant’s sole.
Tianti stood within the Susanoo, his eyes blood-red.
He could perceive it.
The super-strong perception granted to him by the Sage Body allowed him to clearly “see” everything happening in the clan grounds…
Those clansmen awakened from their dreams, those lit-up Sharingan, those clansmen currently battling against Root Shinobi.
Yin Chakra was burning, and the Sharingan were evolving in batches.
Scarlet light lit up all over the clan grounds; that was clansmen who had never awakened their eyes doing so for the first time under the shock of extreme emotion!
The clansmen had awakened.
That meant his mission was only one thing.
Tianti raised his head, looking at the dozens of Chakra lights rushing over from the distance.
Attack with full force!
Create the greatest threat, attract the most enemies!
As long as he held back Konoha’s main force here, the clansmen in the clan grounds would have more hope.
They would also have more time to organize resistance, and more people could survive and break through.
“Welcome!”
A ferocious smile tugged at the corners of Tianti’s mouth, and his hands suddenly formed hand signs.
The Susanoo raised its right hand, fingers spread, and golden Chakra condensed in its palm into a burning giant Chakra sword.
The powerful fluctuation emitted a hissing sound that swallowed the air.
The giant swung its sword in a sweep; an entire commercial street was severed at the waist, rubble shot into the sky, and the firelight reddened half the sky.
“Stop him!”
“Katon: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”
“Fūton: Breakthrough!”
“Suiton: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!”
Dozens of Ninjutsu attacked from different directions, bombarding the body of the Susanoo.
Fire, water bullets, and wind blades exploded on the golden Chakra armor, but they couldn’t even leave a single crack.
Tianti gave a disdainful snort.
The Susanoo’s other hand clenched into a fist and smashed down, crushing three Anbu Shinobi who couldn’t dodge in time, along with the ruins beneath their feet, into the ground.
Just at this moment—
“Stop!”
An aged, furious shout exploded from mid-air.
A figure wearing old-fashioned armor descended from the sky, the Adamantine Staff in his hand suddenly extending, smashing toward the Susanoo’s face with the momentum of a thunderbolt!
Tianti raised his left arm to block; the Adamantine Staff slammed into the Susanoo’s wrist, and for the first time, visible cracks appeared on the golden Chakra armor!
But that was all.
The cracks healed in an instant, as if they had never existed.
Hiruzen Sarutobi flipped and landed on the roof of a surviving building in front of the Susanoo, his Adamantine Staff propped at his side, his headband fluttering in the hot wind.
His breathing was slightly hurried, but those aged eyes remained sharp.
Behind him, dozens of Anbu elites and Hokage guards arrived one after another, setting up a formation amidst the ruins.
Hiruzen Sarutobi’s pupils reflected the Susanoo’s ferocious Tengu mask, and also the young man standing inside the Susanoo’s forehead.
Uchiha Tianti?
Remember that was… the boy locked in the dungeon?
The madman who spouted nonsense in front of Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Fugaku…
The Two-Tomoe Sharingan trash who was struggling to survive under surveillance.
But now, he possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan!
Possessing violent Chakra fluctuations.
His Susanoo was rampaging in the heart of Konoha, his power burning the order that Hiruzen Sarutobi had spent decades of hard work maintaining.
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath, suppressing his surging emotions.
“Tianti! Is that you!”
His voice was old and hoarse, yet it carried a gentleness that could soothe people’s hearts.
That was his signature tone as Hokage, a voice honed through countless diplomatic occasions, countless times pacifying villagers, and countless times quelling disputes.
“Stop now.”
Tianti did not stop.
He looked down at Hiruzen Sarutobi from high above, undisguised hatred surging within his Mangekyō Sharingan.
“Oh? Stop?”
His voice came from inside the Susanoo, amplified by Chakra, carrying a metallic resonance that echoed through half of Konoha.
“Old thing, are you… talking to me? Or are you talking to those dogs behind you?”
The Anbu Shinobi tightened their grip on their weapons, but no one dared to attack first.
They were all elites, and precisely because of that, they knew the terror of the Susanoo better than anyone else.
This was simply a power capable of contending with a Tailed Beast!
That was the legendary Dōjutsu, the ultimate defense that might not even be breached by filling it with human lives.
Hiruzen Sarutobi did not get angry.
His face was full of sincere regret, as if an elder watching a junior make a mistake, filled with the compassion of urging him to turn back.
“Tianti, I understand your anger.”
“The Uchiha Clan has suffered unfair treatment, and as Hokage, I have an inescapable responsibility.”
He took a step forward, spreading his hands to indicate he had no intention of attacking.
He left the Adamantine Staff behind, his open-armed posture looking like an embrace.
“But war is not the way to solve problems.”
“Your Susanoo is harming innocent villagers. Those people have nothing to do with the Uchiha’s plight; they also have families, they also have children, and they just want to live their lives peacefully.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi’s voice became increasingly sincere, his eyes even slightly reddening.
“Do not continue to make mistakes; it is still not too late to turn back now.”
“I guarantee in the name of the Sandaime Hokage that as long as you stop, we can sit down and have a proper talk.”
“I will convene a meeting of the Shinobi clans to re-examine the status and rights of the Uchiha.”
“I will investigate those who are pulling strings behind the scenes to the very end and give you and the Uchiha an explanation.”
“For us people of Konoha, the most important thing is the Will of Fire. Only by understanding each other and supporting each other can we…”
Before he could finish speaking.
The Susanoo moved.
Not with its sword, but by directly lifting its foot and stomping down toward the building where Hiruzen Sarutobi was standing!
“The Will of Fire? Hahahaha!!!”
Tianti’s wild laughter erupted from the Susanoo, the laughter laced with endless mockery and resentment.
“You’re talking to me about the Will of Fire now?! Did Uchiha Shisui not have the Will of Fire? You forced him to his death! Did Uchiha Itachi not have the Will of Fire? You made him slaughter his own clansmen! Did the 1,300 Uchiha clansmen not have the Will of Fire? They were the ones who abandoned the old clan head and were willing to stay in Konoha! Their blood hasn’t even dried yet, you hypocritical old dog!”