Chapter 49: 049: When it Comes to Provoking Hatred, I, Uchiha, Declare You the Strongest!
Blood filled the air.
Itachi, transformed into the sharpest blade of the ANBU assault, led a force several times larger than the Uchiha's and crushed them.
Under the powerful offensive of the Mangekyo Sharingan, the powerful three-tomoe Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan was no match.
One clansman after another fell beneath his blade.
From the moment he struck, he had completely frozen his heart, becoming a death god devoid of sorrow or joy.
Suddenly, an extremely familiar figure came into view.
His icy demeanor thawed for a moment.
His right hand, gripping the sword, trembled uncontrollably.
"Father!" A hoarse voice escaped Itachi's lips.
His entire body froze, and the surrounding masked ninja stopped along with him.
"You ultimately sided with Konoha."
Fugaku's face was expressionless, but a deep disappointment filled his eyes.
Several corpses of ANBU ninja also lay beside him.
"I'm sorry. The Uchiha launching a coup at this time will only lead to complete annihilation. If left unchecked, Konoha will also be destroyed by other hidden villages because of this.
"You know the attitude of the Uchiha war hawks. I..."
Itachi's pupils suddenly widened, his voice a desperate cry as if trying to suppress the throbbing in his heart!
Boom!!!
"That is no reason for you to slaughter your own clan!"
Fugaku roared furiously, a massive black-red energy instantly overflowing from his body.
A black-red Chakra giant manifested with a bang, smashing Itachi's orange-red Susanoo into the ruins with a single punch.
Susanoo!
After knocking down his son with one punch, Fugaku ultimately couldn't bring himself to follow through with a fatal blow.
Instead, he turned to face the surrounding masked ninja.
"Mangekyo Sharingan! Fugaku has actually awakened these eyes too."
Danzo's face was filled with astonishment, but then his eyes erupted with a fervent light.
Too strong! These eyes of his are too strong! I must have them!
"Everyone, focus your fire and kill him!"
With a single command, all the masked ninja shot towards Fugaku.
The jutsu pouring from their hands converged like grains of sand into a vast sea.
Like a torrent of energy, they fiercely overturned Fugaku's Susanoo.
"Excellent, the Clan Head also has such eyes!
"Protect the Clan Head!"
The Uchiha's morale soared, and they rushed forward.
But the disparity in numbers and elite strength was too great as the ninja who could join ANBU and Root were all elites among Konoha ninja.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten Uchiha were torn to shreds.
If it weren't for Fugaku's Mangekyo, tonight would have been a massacre like in the original story.
Just as the hope that had just ignited in the hearts of all Uchiha was about to be extinguished once more, a rain of Noble Phantasms bombarded from the sky, tearing the masked ninja in the front rows to pieces.
"How dare you disturb this King's silent contemplation! You all deserve to die!!!"
A dazzling golden light appeared in the air.
This infuriating tone, this light...
All the masked ninja, especially the Root members, had a bad feeling.
They looked up.
Sure enough, the golden-armored man was standing once again on the roof of the tallest building in the Uchiha Clan grounds.
Circles of golden ripples were spreading behind him.
The ninja who had seen golden glitter before gritted their teeth.
This was someone they would rather participate in the Fourth Great Ninja War than face.
He had come again!
"Who are you? Please do not interfere in our Konoha's internal affairs."
The Third Hokage had also heard of this man's deeds, but the night before, when he rushed over, the man had already vanished.
"This King hasn't even questioned you yet, and you mongrel dare to speak first? Your disrespect to this King is enough to warrant a death by a thousand cuts."
Gilgamesh's expression was cold and severe, his lofty gaze making everyone who looked at him feel deeply scorned.
Hiruzen's face stiffened, and he took a deep breath.
He had heard before about how infuriating this guy was, and today, he truly witnessed it firsthand.
He deeply felt this sense of frustration.
No one had ever dared to call him, the Third Hokage, a mongrel.
In the entire ninja world, who wouldn't be mindful of him, the "God of Shinobi," the "Professor," the teacher of the Legendary Sannin, the strongest Third generation kage?
But, as the "God of Shinobi," enduring was the proper attitude as a politician he should showcase.
He absolutely could not allow this guy to break his composure.
I will endure! He silently chanted in his heart.
Hiruzen forced out a smile that looked uglier than that of a crying childs: "Your Excellency, this is a rather inappropriate..."
"Silence!
"Shameless old dog, you disturbed this King's peaceful reconstruction of golden body, and you still dare to bark madly before this King!"
With the immense power gathered by Fugaku's Mangekyo materializing his soul and by reconstructing his body, his own strength had recovered somewhat.
The King of Heroes swept his gaze across the dense crowd below:
"Rejoice!
"As a reward for helping this King rebuild my golden body, today, I will take over this small village and reign over as King!
"Be delighted!
"This King will lead you to conquer this world.
"You have the right to bathe in the glory brought by this King. Of course, certain old dogs are excluded!"
In a corner, a masked man in a black robe, carrying a chain and wearing a spiral mask, who was secretly hunting down three-tomoe Uchiha clansmen, stared blankly.
Obito, who called himself Uchiha Madara and used his name to swindle and deceive in the ninja world, finally understood what true arrogance meant.
He felt the terrifying pressure and arrogance that was on par with that of Uchiha Madara.
Looking at the Third Hokage, whose eyes suddenly turned red and who had almost awakened his own sharingan, ignoring all bloodline limitations, he couldn't help but mutter:
"When it comes to provoking hatred, I, Uchiha Madara, declare you the strongest!"