"Naruto: Ice God"Chapter 178: The Uchiha Attack (Part 5)
A Susanoo had appeared in the heart of Konoha Village.
Every ninja currently in the village witnessed this spectacle. Upon receiving the news, Hiruzen immediately led his ANBU toward the location where Susanoo had manifested.
Sakumo wanted to head there as well, but Sasori and the corpses controlled by Setsuna were relentlessly attacking him. Especially now that Sasori had deployed his ultimate weapon—the Third Kazekage puppet—Sakumo simply couldn't end the battle quickly.
When Danzō at the Root base received this report, his eyes immediately fixed on Shisui, who had just finished replacing a batch of light bulbs for the facility and was preparing to head home for rest.
"Is the Uchiha clan staging a rebellion?"
Danzō, who had extensively studied the Uchiha clan, naturally understood what Susanoo represented.
His emotionless words immediately made Shisui shiver, and he hastily raised both hands high: "Danzō-sama, the Uchiha clan has absolutely no rebellious intentions!"
"Is that so?"
Danzō remained noncommittal, merely signaling the Root members beside him to keep a close watch on Shisui.
Shisui panicked—completely and utterly panicked.
Although he insisted the Uchiha clan harbored no rebellious thoughts, the existence of radical factions within the clan was an undeniable fact.
If this attack was orchestrated by the radicals, then the Uchiha clan—
Clan leader, what exactly are you doing, clan leader?!
Shisui screamed frantically in his mind, desperately hoping Fugaku wasn't involved in this operation.
The Fugaku that Shisui was so worried about was clearly even more panicked than him.
He had naturally seen that massive Susanoo, and as the Uchiha clan leader, he certainly understood what Susanoo represented.
It's over. Everything's ruined.
All the progress he'd made repairing relationships with the village's upper echelons was now destroyed with the appearance of this Susanoo.
"Clan leader, was this your plan?!"
Just as Fugaku was clutching his head, trying to figure out how to proceed, several Uchiha radicals rushed to Fugaku's home with faces full of admiration.
"As expected of our clan leader—when you don't act, you don't act, but when you do, it's a killing blow! I never imagined there was someone in the clan capable of using Susanoo. Was it Shisui?"
As the radicals finished speaking, some moderate faction members who had rushed over cast probing gazes at Fugaku.
When did our clan leader become so bold?
"You're talking nonsense!"
Fugaku immediately lost his composure.
This outburst not only left the radicals stunned in place, but even Mikoto and Itachi holding Sasuke were at a loss.
"That Susanoo belongs to an enemy attacking the village! How could our Military Police Force possibly be connected to him? Everyone listen to my command—prepare to engage the enemy!"
At this moment, Fugaku just wanted to send all these radicals to meet Uchiha Madara. What do you mean "when you act, it's a killing blow"? If the ANBU heard that, he'd immediately be sent to the Second Hokage's notorious interrogation chamber!
Seeing Fugaku's intense reaction, the radicals realized the opposing Susanoo had nothing to do with him. But if it wasn't Fugaku's doing, then whose Susanoo was it exactly...?
"Could it be Lord Madara's...?"
Someone muttered this line, which rang especially clear in the night.
...
Konoha Research Facility.
"Hmph, suit yourselves."
Seeing that Yahiko and Konan truly had no intention of fleeing, Orochimaru also remained in place. Watching the giant fist about to crash down, he calmly called out to Nagato:
"Nagato, concentrate as much chakra as possible into your eyes."
Hearing Orochimaru's call, Nagato unhesitatingly followed his instructions.
As chakra flowed into his prosthetic eyes, mechanical sounds rang out, and Nagato's artificial eyes blazed with intense red light.
Two beams of red laser shot from his prosthetic eyes, precisely striking Susanoo's arm and altering the trajectory of the fist, which instead smashed the nearby Medical Corps headquarters under construction.
This facility had been ordered built by Hiruzen Sarutobi before his retirement to make up for Tsunade's regrets, but due to insufficient funding, progress had been extremely slow.
Tsunade: ???
"The power is acceptable."
Seeing Susanoo's arm directly pierced by the laser, Orochimaru nodded in satisfaction.
"Orochimaru-sama, stop nodding and let's hurry up and relocate!"
Watching Orochimaru continuously scribbling notes, Yahiko reminded him.
"Don't worry, reinforcements have already arrived."
Given Orochimaru's nature, he generally wouldn't bother explaining to others, but Yahiko and the others' performance had greatly satisfied him, so he offered an additional comment.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Accompanied by Hiruzen's voice, Enma was summoned and immediately transformed into his Kongō Nyoi form. Controlled by the Third Hokage, he extended and struck hard toward Setsuna's direction.
The sound of hard material shattering rang out as the supposedly invincible Susanoo was cracked by Enma and forcefully pushed toward the outskirts of the village.
"So this is Susanoo... It's indeed tough. I wonder what methods the First Hokage used back then to defeat it."
Having heard tales of Susanoo from his father's generation, Hiruzen was somewhat shocked that even his full-force strike with Enma only managed to crack Susanoo.
Even Rasa's gold dust couldn't withstand Enma's staff.
But the one who was most speechless was clearly Setsuna inside Susanoo.
Are you kidding me?
Wasn't this supposed to be legendary power?
How was it first pierced by Nagato's eye beams, then cracked by Hiruzen's staff?!
This scene was also witnessed by Fugaku and the others, who had finished assembling and were preparing to head to the battlefield for support.
The radicals who had been clamoring to join Setsuna immediately fell silent.
The moderates felt relieved they hadn't chosen the wrong side.
Fugaku shot warning glances at the previously excited radicals, telling them to behave for a while.
"Who goes there?!"
At that moment, the Military Police Force members at the front suddenly stopped, warily eyeing the ninja blocking their path.
"Where is Captain Fugaku headed?"
Danzō's familiar voice rang out. Fugaku narrowed his eyes and immediately recognized that all those blocking them were ANBU ninja.
Or rather, they were all Root ninja under Danzō.
"Advisor Danzō, our Military Police Force is preparing to head to the enemy attack site to engage the enemy."
Fugaku sensed the situation was somewhat ominous but still forced himself to speak.
"Is that so, Captain Fugaku? Are you really going to engage the enemy? Or are you planning to join forces with whoever's inside that Susanoo and raise the banner of rebellion?"
Danzō's voice was ice-cold. Even the most obtuse person could now hear the killing intent in his words.
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