Chapter 96: The Dignity of the Hokage? It is worthless in the face of absolute strength
Hiruzen Sarutobi gripped the Adamantine Staff in his hand. The black long staff emitted a cold, hard metallic gleam.
"Akira-kun, you are indeed very strong."
"But the Hokage's dignity cannot be provoked."
The moment his voice fell, Hiruzen moved. His aged body erupted with terrifying speed completely unbefitting his age. The Adamantine Staff in his hand extended instantly, stabbing directly at Uchiha Akira's hundred-meter-tall Susanoo.
That was where Uchiha Akira's true body was located.
"Oh?" Akira's eyebrow twitched slightly.
Interesting.
Facing this precise and swift strike, the giant Susanoo raised its arm.
Clang—!!!
A deafening clang of metal rang throughout the entire ruins. The tip of the Adamantine Staff precisely struck the Susanoo's arm. The violent force created a visible ripple in the air.
However, the giant arm, formed from chakra, only developed slight cracks before immediately returning to its original state.
"What?" Hiruzen's pupils sharply contracted.
He knew best the power of this strike of his. Even a small mountain would be pierced through. But the opponent actually blocked it head-on with an arm?
"This old man isn't finished yet!" Hiruzen roared, and his chakra erupted again.
"Adamantine Prison!"
The Adamantine Staff instantly split into countless clones, forming a giant cage from all directions, enveloping the entire Susanoo, and rapidly contracting, attempting to restrain and crush it. At the same time, he himself stepped on an Adamantine Staff, leaped high into the air, gripped the main body with both hands, and smashed down fiercely from above.
"Is this all you have, Third Hokage?"
The game should end.
Just as the cage formed by countless Adamantine Staffs was about to close, the Susanoo's other hand moved.
A giant longsword, shimmering with cold light and also formed from blood-red chakra, appeared out of thin air in its hand.
Totsuka Blade!
The moment that sword appeared, a sharp edge that could cut through anything spread out. Hiashi Hyūga's Byakugan saw it clearly. He saw that the space around the sword seemed to be slightly distorted.
"This is… Susanoo's divine weapon?"
"Cut." A cold word was uttered from Akira's mouth.
Whoosh—!
It swept across.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The indestructible "Adamantine Prison" was as fragile as paper in front of the Totsuka Blade, instantly shattered into pieces, turning into specks of light and dissipating into the air. Hiruzen's desperate strike from the sky also missed.
He watched helplessly as his Ninjutsu was broken, and a warning bell rang wildly in his heart.
Not good!
Hiruzen wanted to retreat, but it was too late. The blood-colored warrior god merely turned its body. The giant Totsuka Blade did not use its blade, but its broad flat side.
Like swatting a fly.
It gently slapped towards Hiruzen in mid-air. In Hiruzen's eyes, that huge shadow instantly enveloped his entire field of vision.
Boom—!
Hiruzen's body flew backward at a faster speed than he had arrived.
Pfft—!
A mouthful of hot blood. The Adamantine Staff in Hiruzen's hand could no longer be held, flying out of his grasp, rolling a few times on the ground, and reverting to the form of Enma.
Enma struggled to stand up, but found that all the bones in his body felt like they were falling apart, and he winced in pain.
"This monster…"
Enma looked at the towering Susanoo, his eyes filled with shock. And Hiruzen crashed heavily into the ruins with a dull thud, stirring up a cloud of dust.
The entire scene was dead silent. Whether it was the Konoha ninja or the Uchiha clan members, everyone stared blankly at this scene. Their minds were blank.
Defeated?
The Third Hokage, who was hailed as the "Professor of Ninjutsu," ruled Konoha for decades, and was known as the "Strongest Hokage"... just like that… defeated?
Swatted away by the opponent's sword like a fly?
Akira slowly deactivated his Susanoo. He walked in front of Hiruzen, looking down at him.
Hiruzen coughed up blood, raised his head, his aged face filled with unwillingness and humiliation.
He lost. Completely and utterly defeated. Lost… without dignity.
"Hokage-sama." Akira's voice was calm, without a ripple.
"Now, can we… have a good talk?"
Hiruzen opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. He used all his strength to nod with difficulty.
"I… lost."
These 2 words seemed to drain all of Hiruzen's strength.
Hiruzen struggled to stand up with the support of 2 Anbu. He trembled as he walked to Danzo's broken, lifeless corpse. This old man, who had been Hokage for decades, now had no sharpness of a strong person in his eyes, nor the majesty of a ruler.
Only a deep sorrow remained.
He squatted down, extended his slightly trembling hand, wanting to close the unclosed eyes of his lifelong friend and lifelong rival.
"Akira-kun." Hiruzen did not turn his head, his voice carrying a hint of plea.
"Can you give me Danzo's body? No matter how great the sins he committed, he is ultimately a Konoha ninja, and my… Hiruzen Sarutobi's comrade. I want to… at least erect a tombstone for him."
Akira shook his head.
"No."
Hiruzen's movement froze. He slowly turned his head, looking at Akira's young and indifferent face.
"Why? When a person dies, their debts are cleared. Can't he even be given this last bit of dignity?"
"Dignity?"
"Hokage-sama, when he dug out the eyes of our Uchiha clan members 1 by 1 and transplanted them onto his own arm, did he give our clan members any dignity?"
"This corpse, along with this arm, is a spoils of war belonging to our Uchiha clan. We will take him back to Naka Shrine, make him kneel before the memorial tablets of all the clan members he killed, and repent for eternity."
[Uchiha Akira]
[Strength: Super Kage (Strength has reached Super Kage level, capable of crushing any Kage level, powerful enough to fight a village alone!)]
[Mastered Skills:]
[Ninjutsu: Fire Release Ninjutsu All-System Mastery, Lightning Release: Chidori, Lightning Release Chakra Mode (Complete Control), Lightning Fire Dragon Breath (S-rank), Lightning Fire Spiraling Sphere]
[Taijutsu: Sage Body (50%)]
[Genjutsu: Immunity to regular Genjutsu, Genjutsu Reversal (Eternal Mangekyō enhanced)]
[Bloodline Limit: Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan]
[Dojutsu: Time Reversal (Enhanced), Technique Amplification (Enhanced), Perfect Susanoo]
[Family Status: Uchiha Clan Head (Absolute Control)]
[Family Honor Value: 200,000]
[Number of Loyal Clan Members: Entire Clan (Combat personnel all above 80%)]