Standing above, Itachi Uchiha needed only a single glance. The terrifying visual power that erupted easily wiped out the world of Inabi's dreams.
The clouds dissipated and the ground crumbled. The Uchiha clansmen, whose faces were overflowing with pride, didn't even have time to utter a word before they were rapidly reduced to ashes under this horrific power.
The entire world was destroyed, and all because of a single look from Itachi Uchiha.
Uchiha Inabi's consciousness drifted in a void. He was surrounded by broken fragments of the world that reflected multicolored light.
The Uchiha Clan he was so proud of had quietly perished among these shards.
Why...
He looked up. A pair of crimson Sharingan opened from the void, gazing down at him with the cold indifference of a god.
There was no contempt or mockery, just a pure absence of emotion. Or rather, there was simply no emotional fluctuation shown toward the ant-like Uchiha Inabi below.
"The Uchiha will pay the price for their arrogance."
Itachi spoke softly. His calm tone lacked any feeling, as if his words were eternal facts—the very rules of this world.
This heartless disregard caused Inabi's entire body to tremble uncontrollably.
"Perish."
Itachi's cold voice pronounced the disappearance of this world. As he clenched his hand, the madly surging visual power completely annihilated this patch of void!
"Huff... huff... huff..."
Uchiha Inabi suddenly bolted upright from his bed.
The extreme terror caused sweat to pour from every pore of his body. At this moment, he looked like he had just been fished out of the sea; he was soaking wet, his chest was heaving violently, and his eyes were filled with fear and resentment.
After gasping for air for a long time, he finally muttered to himself, "Was it a dream?"
However, the image of the indifference in Itachi's eyes after defeating him immediately surfaced in his mind, along with that sentence: The pride of the Uchiha is truly arrogant beyond measure.
He shook his head, denying his initial thought.
"This wasn't a dream."
Rather than a dream, it was more like a prophecy of the future. That fellow Itachi had already completely sided with the village.
Inabi leaned against the side of the bed, clutching his stomach tightly. Feeling the pain in his body, a crimson light gradually emerged in his eyes within the darkness.
Why...
Why did Itachi Uchiha betray the glory of the village!
Why does a traitor to the village possess such terrifying talent, while I—a true Uchiha—can only stop here? Just why is that?
Uchiha Inabi smashed his fist heavily against the wall. Blood instantly surged from his broken skin.
The pain from his bones slightly soothed the frustration in his heart. As a true Uchiha, he had been raised since childhood with the idea that the Uchiha were the number one clan in the Hidden Leaf. The glory of the Uchiha was supreme. The Uchiha were born to be...
Superior to others!
At that thought, the world fragments that were originally crumbling and scattering in Inabi's mind suddenly froze.
Under Inabi's disbelieving gaze, those fairy-tale multicolored dream shards transformed in an instant into rotten meat emitting a foul stench of decay!
Ominous, impure, and rotten auras radiated from them.
In the next second, this ominous and impure flesh combined together, forming four pairs of demonic, rotting fleshy wings behind Uchiha Inabi.
On every single rotten feather composed of flesh, demonic cursed eyes—Sharingan—opened one after another!
At this moment, Uchiha Inabi felt as if he had become a god.
He stood tall in the void like a celestial being. Endless visual power poured out of him frantically, and the previously shattered world reassembled itself once more.
The proud expressions returned to the faces of the clansmen. However, the direction in which they knelt was no longer toward the Hokage in the Hokage Building, but toward a god sprouting four pairs of blood-red wings!
"I see!"
"I've done it!"
Inabi's two blood-red eyes shone brightly in the dark, looking like demonic eyes peeking into the mortal realm. He excitedly bit his finger, appearing borderline deranged.
This was because he had finally found a way to rival Itachi Uchiha. Since his own talent was insufficient, he would devour other Sharingan to strengthen his own visual power.
As long as he devoured enough Sharingan, he would obtain enough visual power to face Itachi! This was the sudden flash of inspiration that had occurred during his terrifying brainstorm.
Similarly, this was a method bestowed upon him by the great Uchiha ancestors from the beyond to save the entire clan!
For a moment, Uchiha Inabi felt like a destined savior. His mission was to save the Uchiha Clan and uphold their glory. Only the Uchiha were truly great humans; everyone else was merely a bug raised by humanity.
Carrying these thoughts, Uchiha Inabi began his first action.
He took advantage of his official position to lurk in the corners of the clan compound. Like a ghost appearing in the dark night, he silently began hunting his first clansman.
"The glory of the Uchiha Clan will shine upon you forever."
In a certain cave, Uchiha Inabi used a nail to pierce through the hands of the clansman before him, pinning them to the wall. He then drew a triangle on his chest and offered a soft prayer.
As the clansman struggled, Inabi struck without any hesitation. The center of his palm suddenly split open, and tentacles shot out from within, coiling around and pulling the entire clansman inside.
Except for the iron nail pinned to the wall, not a single trace was left behind.
"Join the glorious evolution of the Uchiha!"
Uchiha Inabi whispered with a crazed expression. His face showed none of the guilt or anxiety one might expect from murdering a clansman for the first time.
Or perhaps, in his view, this was not murder, but rather the fusion and evolution of the Uchiha!
The devoured clansman transformed into powerful chakra and vitality, which was sent to every corner of Inabi's body. The comfort of the heat sweeping through him caused him to groan involuntarily.
Soon, two more equally crimson eyes sprouted diagonally below his original eyes.
Feeling the incredibly vast power surging through him, Uchiha Inabi grinned in the darkness.
"Itachi, Danzo, Hiruzen... just you wait. Soon, I will let you all know what a true 'God of the Uchiha' is!"
His eyes radiated unrestrained arrogance and mad ambition.
After Uchiha Inabi vanished from the spot, several Black Beetles hidden on the wall quietly disappeared.
A thousand meters away, Simu, who had witnessed everything, curled his lips into a slight smile.