"The Will of Fire, is it?" A barely perceptible sneer tugged at the corner of Itachi Uchiha's lips. Konoha was certainly worth protecting—but that group under Danzo? Not something he wished to safeguard at all.
As they spoke, the two made their way toward the Uchiha Clan Compound while a group of Root ninja silently trailed behind them.
Chapter 75: The Uchiha Massacre [Part 2] [Second Update]
The moment they entered the territory of the Uchiha compound, Obito suddenly stopped in his tracks, standing there motionless like an idiot. Behind him, the Root ninja under Danzo's command halted as well. Itachi, however, simply walked on as if nothing had happened, heading straight home.
"Seriously, are you guys moving or something?" Sakura rolled her eyes at the sight of so many Uchiha carrying bundles of various sizes. "Come on! You're supposed to be leaving secretly. Carrying everything with you like this? Even ghosts would know something's wrong!"
"Just bring some essentials," Fugaku waved his hand dismissively. With reluctance, everyone returned their belongings and grabbed only essentials—coins, kunai, shuriken, and explosive tags—the kind of gear any ninja would carry on a mission.
Outside the courtyard stood another group of people with blank, lifeless expressions. Nearly every passing Uchiha shot them looks of disgust. If not for these elders causing trouble and attempting a coup, the Uchiha wouldn't have had to abandon their home. Plus, who would miss the attention from fangirls once they moved to the Land of Snow?
This plan had been agreed upon by Sakura and Fugaku together. If the entire clan moved away without explanation, the members would naturally feel upset. Therefore, they needed scapegoats for the frustration to fall upon—and the elders who were truly responsible naturally became the designated scapegoats.
"Sakura's genjutsu is truly amazing!" Shisui said in astonishment as he sensed several chakra signatures frozen at the edge of the compound.
"I guess so," Sakura replied casually.
With her eyes closed, Sakura extended the power of the Mind Stone and Soul Stone throughout every corner of the Uchiha compound. Whether it was Obito or those Root ninja preparing to sneak in for eyes, all were now trapped within the illusion she had woven.
"Uncle Fugaku, have people retrieve the bodies and place them exactly where they should be originally—I'll disguise them myself."
Immediately after Sakura spoke, Fugaku began assigning clan members to retrieve each body. Each person took one corpse to act as a stand-in for themselves. As for the Uchiha elders, however, Fugaku showed no sympathy; he simply ordered their corpses to be returned directly to their respective places.
Once everything was ready, Sakura suddenly opened her eyes wide. Intense red light swirled within them, making it impossible to distinguish between iris, pupil, and whites of her eyes—only endless scarlet radiance remained, seemingly about to burst forth from her eye sockets.
[Reality: Rewriting]
The Reality Stone possessed the power to transform imagination into reality. Under Sakura's control, the Uchiha Clan's residence quickly began changing. Blood appeared on walls and streets, as if a great battle had taken place there. The corpses scattered everywhere were also undergoing transformations.
When all changes finally ceased, every corpse looked exactly like the Uchiha clan members who were about to leave. Even their facial expressions looked lifelike. Bodies lay scattered throughout the compound, blood staining the ground underfoot. Kunai and shuriken lay strewn across the area, and buildings showed varying degrees of damage. Every detail clearly indicated that a fierce battle had just occurred here.
*Panting softly*, Sakura's legs gave out as she collapsed weakly to her knees. Seeing this, Shisui immediately reached out to support her.
"Are you alright?!" Shisui asked with concern.
"I'm… okay," Sakura said weakly. Handling the Infinity Stones was dangerous — most people couldn't even touch them without being ripped apart by their raw power. Although the Infinity Stone wouldn't actively harm Sakura, overusing its power still caused her considerable damage.
Rewriting the whole Uchiha compound to fit her plan, making all those fake bodies with Sharingan, and keeping that illusion barrier going — yeah, Sakura had definitely pushed herself way too hard this time.
"If we have to, we can just fight our way out ourselves. Your condition doesn't look good at all!" Itachi Uchiha and others felt concerned, since Sakura had always seemed energetic and full of vigor. None could recall seeing her appear so weak before.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. It's just that using too much power in such a short time made my body unable to keep up!"
Sakura managed a faint smile as she stood up with Shisui's assistance. Raising her right hand, she drew a circle in the empty air before her. A massive spatial passage instantly opened, with pale blue spatial energy enveloping its entrance to stabilize it.
"There, the spatial passage is ready. Fugaku-san can lead the clan through first!"
Thanking her first, Fugaku Uchiha then directed the other clan members toward the passage one by one.
"If it weren't for you, the Uchiha clan might have been destroyed tonight!"
Inhaling the scent of blood lingering in the air, Shisui felt deeply moved. Without Sakura's help, they would have met the same fate as those elders — true death.
"The Uchiha clan shouldn't be destroyed." Moreover, Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke shouldn't have to suffer the fates they originally had.
Looking at Itachi Uchiha sharing a heartfelt, intimate farewell with Izumi Uchiha, Sakura felt much better. Without realizing it, she had already changed so many fates — Hizashi Hyuga didn't die, Shisui stayed alive, Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha survived, Izumi Uchiha lived, Itachi Uchiha had an official girlfriend now, the Uchiha weren't exterminated, and in the future, Sasuke wouldn't have to live his whole life consumed by vengeance and regret.
"Sasuke's coming back soon, so I'll take down the barrier now. You've got this, Big Brother Itachi!"
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