Chapter 66: The Madness of the Night
"It seems... I'd better behave from now on."
Watching his brother get caught in a mixed double slap combo, Uchiha Sasuke quietly shut his eyes and made a silent decision deep in his heart.
After all, growing up, all he ever heard was how much of a genius Itachi was—the pride of the Uchiha clan and of his parents.
Thinking of that...
Sasuke slowly drifted off to sleep in a daze.
"Hmm."
Uchiha Mikoto cast a simple Genjutsu over Sasuke. Confirming he was fully asleep, she nodded toward Uchiha Fugaku, silently conveying the message.
"Take Sasuke to the shelter."
Uchiha Fugaku inhaled deeply and said in a low voice, "I may not have been a good patriarch… or even a qualified father. But now, I've decided—it's time to fulfill my responsibilities."
"Even if the Uchiha clan is destined to fall… Konoha will pay a heavy price for it."
His eyes gleamed with grim determination.
As for Itachi, Fugaku had completely given up hope on him. A person who refused to wake up from delusion was beyond saving. If they could escape alive, he and Mikoto were still young—they could start over, even if it meant raising Sasuke from scratch.
"...Got it."
Mikoto gave Itachi one final glance. Her eyes shimmered with a trace of sorrow… but without hesitation, she carried Sasuke away.
"I see now! Father, Mother… you've been caught in the ultimate Genjutsu—Kotoamatsukami!"
As Mikoto turned around, Uchiha Itachi suddenly seemed to realize something. His expression lit up with hysteria.
"Someone must have used that illusion on you! There's no other explanation for your sudden change! Quick! Father, hold still and let me kill you! Only then will the illusion break! Once you're dead, the Uchiha will finally fall—"
"...Are you insane?"
Fugaku finally snapped.
As the head of the Uchiha clan, how could he not notice if someone had cast such a powerful illusion silently in his presence?
Besides…
Kotoamatsukami?
Ridiculous.
Uchiha Shisui was already dead. His eyes were in the hands of Konoha's higher-ups. There was no way anyone could have used that jutsu on them.
"...Then you must die!!"
Itachi's eyes turned pitch black with rage and madness. With cold fury, he began forming hand seals at lightning speed.
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
Whoosh—!
A blazing heat surged through the air as Uchiha Itachi released a ten-meter-long fire dragon from his mouth, hurling it toward Mikoto's back.
"...Itachi. Your opponent is me."
Fugaku didn't flinch.
In a flash, he also formed hand seals and responded with his own roar.
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
BOOM—!!!
The two massive fire dragons collided in mid-air, triggering a shockwave of blistering heat that tore through the living room.
Whoosh—!
Crash—!
The room was reduced to rubble. In that instant, both Fugaku and Itachi flew backward, each landing with a hard thud as debris scattered around them.
Meanwhile—
In the heart of the Uchiha district, blood mist continued to spread. The devastating shockwaves from above had already turned multiple Root ninjas into crimson vapor.
The air was thick with death.
"Retreat!!"
Unlike the Root members, the Uchiha clan ninjas quickly realized something: the chaotic rift tearing through the air only affected their enemies.
Seizing the opportunity, they rapidly regrouped at the central square of the Uchiha district. They knew—there was strength in numbers. United, their power could become overwhelming.
"Damn it… what is going on!?"
On a rooftop, Aburame Ryoma of the Root division desperately dodged the deadly spatial cracks, watching helplessly as Root ninja after Root ninja died gruesome deaths.
These were handpicked elite ninja from Danzo-sama himself!
And yet—
They hadn't even fought the Uchiha yet. One-third of Root's forces had already perished under the mysterious air rifts.
"This… this can't be happening…"
Whoosh—!
A blur appeared next to him.
Shimura Danzo landed beside Ryoma, face dark and twisted as he surveyed the disaster unfolding before him.
In his mind, this night was supposed to be flawless.
The plan was airtight: with Uchiha Itachi's betrayal, the Uchiha clan would be wiped out swiftly. Danzo never intended to enter the fray himself—he only came to harvest Sharingan once the killing was done.
But now?
That deafening chakra surge from earlier…
There was clearly a hidden monster within the Uchiha clan.
"Danzo-sama… What now?" Ryoma asked, voice trembling.
"Our numbers were already fewer than theirs from the start. If this continues, we'll be annihilated."
"...Have all Root units regroup," Danzo barked. "We can't keep fighting separately."
He glanced coldly toward the Uchiha clan's central square.
"We head there next. That's where they're gathering, right?"
"Understood!"
Ryoma immediately gave the signal.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In seconds, all Root operatives across the district began converging on the central square.
And as they gathered—
The deadly air rifts slowly faded from the battlefield.
"They're gone…! The cracks… they disappeared!"
"Move out! Group up! If we want to stand a chance, we need to fight them head-on!"
"Finally… I can really stretch my muscles!"
The Root ninja all breathed a sigh of relief, not realizing that this was just the calm before the real storm.
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