Chapter 123: Everything is a toy in front of the Perfect Susanoo
A sickly madness reappeared on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face. "Die! No matter how strong you are, it's impossible for you to survive this level of attack! This is the power of 5,000 ninja!"
However, under the illumination of the flames that could incinerate everything, Akira's face not only showed no fear, but instead revealed a hint of… disappointment? He stood still, his Susanoo's size surging. It instantly reached a height of 100 meters.
Boom— — — — — — — —!!!
A deafening explosion echoed through the sky. The entire Howling Valley trembled violently. A small mushroom cloud rose from the center of the explosion. The ninja above the valley gasped for air. But their faces all carried a hint of satisfaction. It's over. It should be over, right? No one could survive this level of attack. Absolutely no one.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared intently at the smoke-filled center of the explosion, muttering to himself. "It's over… It's over…"
Senju Tobirama's expression, however, remained solemn. His sensory abilities told him that Akira's Chakra had not disappeared.
The smoke slowly dispersed. Akira reappeared in everyone's sight.
"That's it?" Akira's voice rang out. "5,000 ninja, an attack brewing for half a day, couldn't even make me move a step. You… are truly useless to a whole new degree."
Everyone's brains went into a state of shutdown. What… what kind of monster is this? Is this even… a human?
"No… impossible…" A young Sarutobi clan ninja suffered a mental breakdown. He threw away the kunai in his hand and crawled backward, snot and tears streaming down his face. "Monster! He's a monster! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
His breakdown was like a fuse, instantly igniting panic throughout the entire unit. "Run! Run away! We can't beat him! We simply can't beat him!"
The formation began to riot. The so-called elites loyal to the Will of Fire, in the face of absolute, incomprehensible power, revealed their true selves.
"No retreating! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!" A Sarutobi clan commander shouted sternly.
But before he finished speaking, a blue bolt of lightning flashed past. "Pfft." That commander's head flew into the sky. Akira's figure appeared behind him, his body once again covered in Lightning Release Chakra.
Akira cast his gaze towards the panicking ninja. "Trying to run? Did I permit it?" He moved again. This time, he was no longer standing still. He transformed into a blue lightning bolt, moving as if on flat ground on the vertical cliff face.
Akira did not use any Ninjutsu. Only the purest speed and the most direct punches and kicks. Wherever he passed, flesh and blood flew, and severed limbs were scattered.
This was not a battle. This was a one-sided massacre. The valley transformed into a true "Howling Valley." Screams, pleas for mercy, and the sound of bones shattering were endless.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes were bloodshot as he watched his clansmen being harvested by Akira like cutting melons and vegetables; his heart was bleeding. "Stop!! Uchiha Akira! You demon!!" He roared, about to rush forward.
But a figure blocked his path. It was the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.
"Calm down," Hashirama said. "If you go up, you'll only be throwing your life away."
"Then… then what should we do?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice trembled. "Shodai-sama! Please use Wood Release! Only your Wood Release can stop him!"
Senju Hashirama looked at the blue figure rampaging through the crowd and shook his head. "My Wood Release can't catch him. His speed is too fast."
Just then, Uchiha Kagami, who had been silent, moved. In his eyes, 3 tomoe spun rapidly, finally merging into a complex and ornate pattern. Mangekyo Sharingan!
"Stop!" He let out an angry roar, his hands clasped together. "As an Uchiha, to lay such a cruel hand on fellow Konoha ninja! You are not worthy of possessing these eyes! You are the shame of the Uchiha clan!"
Buzz—! A massive, blood-red Chakra erupted from his body. The Chakra rapidly condensed, forming a giant, energy-composed skeleton that enveloped him. Susanoo! That skeletal Susanoo held a Chakra longsword and a shield in its hands. Although it was only the third stage, that chilling aura still solidified the surrounding air.
"I, Uchiha Kagami, will clean house today!" He manipulated the Susanoo, and the enormous Chakra longsword, carrying the power to cleave mountains and shatter rocks, mercilessly slashed down towards the blue figure that was engaged in the massacre!
Facing the enormous Chakra blade that was hacking down on him, Akira finally stopped his massacre. He slowly raised his head. He calmly gazed at the massive, blood-red Susanoo. A strange expression appeared on his face. It was as if he was looking at a… child who overestimated himself, showing off his ridiculous toy.
"Clean house?" Akira repeated softly, with extreme mockery. "Uchiha Kagami. Are you even worthy? A traitor who, to gain his teacher's approval, betrayed his own stance, and even willingly monitored and suppressed his own kin for the so-called Will of Fire. What right do you have to talk about Uchiha in front of me?"
Uchiha Kagami's face instantly became incredibly grim. "You… you're talking nonsense! I am for the village's peace! To allow the Uchiha clan to better integrate into Konoha!"
"Integrate?" Akira laughed. "The result of integration is being forced into the corner of the village, monitored 24 hours a day by Anbu? The result of integration is facing the crisis of clan extermination? The result of integration is your descendant, Uchiha Shisui, being forced to commit suicide? Uchiha Kagami, your so-called peace, your so-called integration, is nothing but your wishful thinking! You are a sinner of the Uchiha clan!"
Uchiha Kagami's body trembled violently within the Susanoo. The firm belief in his eyes began to waver. "No… it's not like that…"
"Shut up!!" He let out a furious roar, seemingly trying to use his voice to cover up his inner collapse. That enormous Chakra longsword slashed down at an even faster speed!
Akira sighed. "Very well. Let me show you. What true Uchiha power is."
Akira's eyes, the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, slowly rotated.
Buzz—!!!!
A Susanoo even more terrifying than Uchiha Kagami's Susanoo instantly rose from the ground—Uchiha Akira's Perfect Susanoo.
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