Chapter 236: Sasuke's Curtain Call
After completing the absorption and conversion of the tailed-beast chakra, Uchiha Hikari dismissed Susanoo, and the group landed back on the ground.
Before retracting Susanoo, Uchiha Hikari fired one final arrow.
That arrow directly blew off the head of Uzumaki Menma, who was lying on the ground with barely a breath left.
"Die properly. There's no old Six Paths geezer in this world to give you hacks."
Shiromo glanced over.
The core of this world lay in the nine tailed beasts, even though this so-called "core" setting was a bit deranged.
But no matter what, the power of the nine tailed beasts was the most real thing there was.
The power Uzumaki Menma had just borrowed from the successive Asura reincarnations was nothing special in comparison.
There was also no need to worry about Yachihoko absorbing Asura chakra.
Those two types of reincarnation chakra were latent chakra hidden within the body and soul, and could not be taken by absorption-type techniques.
"No! Menma!!!"
A figure suddenly rushed out with a shrill cry, throwing himself onto Uzumaki Menma's corpse and wailing in grief.
"This is Uchiha Sasuke, the only… uh, one of the only two survivors of the Uchiha clan aside from Itachi."
[Konan] introduced the person who had rushed over. When she reached the words "only survivor", she thought of Uchiha Hikari's existence and quickly corrected herself.
"Uchiha Sasuke? He didn't get blown up in Konoha with everyone else? And he didn't run off to Orochimaru either?"
Shiromo found it strange. Even Sasuke could spawn here?
They hadn't even triggered the "two-person eavesdropping mechanism".
"According to the intelligence we've gathered, the former Uchiha clan head, Uchiha Fugaku, was actually a good person."
[Konan] spoke slowly.
Good grief, do good people even exist in this world?
Upon hearing this part, Kushina in the sky-side audience hurriedly sent a voice message, begging Uchiha Hikari not to stop [Konan] and to let her continue.
Kushina desperately wanted to hear something normal, to wash her ears and cleanse her soul a bit.
After so much suffering, finally there was a good person. Even if it was her good friend Mikoto's husband, she could accept it.
As long as someone she knew was a normal person, that was enough.
"Tch."
Uchiha Hikari smacked her lips, quietly relayed Kushina's request to Shiromo, then took out two earplugs and secretly stuffed them into her ears.
She even infused chakra into the earplugs to prevent herself from hearing faint sounds despite wearing them.
On top of that, she deactivated her Sharingan, to prevent herself from reading [Konan]'s lips and figuring out what she was saying.
"Uchiha Fugaku didn't like tailed beasts. He was simply secretly in love with Namikaze Minato."
[Konan] continued.
The smile on Kushina's face in the audience instantly froze.
You call this a good person?
Hiss.
On second thought, compared to the other perverts in this world, someone like [Uchiha Fugaku], who merely liked men, really did count as a normal person.
"However, his clansmen were not like him. The Uchiha clan members constantly urged Uchiha Fugaku to launch a rebellion, overthrow the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen's rule, and let the Uchiha clan enjoy the Nine-Tails."
"But Uchiha Fugaku understood clearly that this would destroy Minato's family. His love was a selfless love. He was unwilling to ruin Minato's peaceful life just to monopolize him."
"Thus, Uchiha Fugaku could only agree with the clan on the surface, while secretly participating in anti-furry marches, hoping to awaken people's conscience."
"However, this behavior was discovered by his son, Uchiha Itachi."
"For the stability of the village, one night, Uchiha Itachi killed all the Uchiha clan members—because these people's desire for the Nine-Tails was far too strong."
"The Nine-Tails belongs to everyone in Konoha, not exclusively to the Uchiha clan!"
"He then killed his biological father, Uchiha Fugaku—because his father had participated in anti-furry marches and had completely lost the Will of Fire, leaving Itachi no choice but to carry out righteous extermination."
"Uchiha Sasuke was the only survivor Uchiha Itachi left behind at the time. For the sake of his younger brother's growth, Uchiha Itachi even used Tsukuyomi to play seventy-two hours of furry films for Sasuke."
"From then on, Uchiha Sasuke, who originally had a normal orientation, also began drifting toward being a furry enthusiast."
"Fortunately, Uchiha Sasuke still had a conscience. He still couldn't bring himself to harm small animals, and only became obsessed with demi-beasts, such as his classmate Uzumaki Menma, who had fox whiskers."
"It's said that in order to obtain Uzumaki Menma's first kiss, during one of their confrontations, Uchiha Sasuke secretly used the fine wire from the Manipulated Shuriken Technique to trip Uzumaki Menma, allowing the two of them to successfully kiss."
"Not long ago, Orochimaru invaded Konoha, and the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen died—but not at Orochimaru's hands."
"After becoming Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen had neglected his summoning beast Enma, and spent all day using the Telescope Technique to peep on Namikaze Minato and the Nine-Tails."
"Enma, driven by love turned into hatred, seized the crucial moment and used Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword to stab Sarutobi Hiruzen to death."
"Orochimaru took advantage of his half-human traits to seduce and lure Uchiha Sasuke into leaving, but after learning that Uzumaki Menma had also left Konoha, Uchiha Sasuke impatiently left Orochimaru behind."
"Presumably, he tracked down this place based on the intelligence he gathered."
"He wanted to stop Uzumaki Menma and the Nine-Tails from reuniting across reincarnations, but unfortunately, he arrived too late."
"Not only was the reincarnated bond successfully completed, but even Uzumaki Menma and the Nine-Tails themselves were taken care of by you."
At last, [Konan] finished her story.
Everyone in the sky-side audience let out a sigh of relief.
They were all secretly glad they hadn't appeared.
Orochimaru also sighed in relief. Although he had appeared briefly, at least he hadn't done anything too perverted.
"This place… is hell."
[Uchiha Sasuke], tears of blood streaming down his face, slowly stood up while holding Uzumaki Menma's corpse.
He then looked at Uchiha Hikari with hatred and despair.
At this moment, [Uchiha Sasuke]'s eyes, with their three tomoe spinning wildly, had already begun evolving into the Mangekyō Sharingan!
Shiromo suddenly appeared beside [Uchiha Sasuke]. With a backhand motion, he dug out both eyes, ripped out the two Mangekyō Sharingan, tossed them onto the ground, and crushed them underfoot.
"Aaaaaaah———"
Just as [Uchiha Sasuke] was about to erupt with chakra and ocular power, he clutched his eyes and collapsed to the ground, screaming in agony.
Before [Uchiha Sasuke] hit the ground, Shiromo grabbed the Kusanagi Sword at his waist. As Sasuke fell, the blade was smoothly pulled free. Shiromo casually tossed it downward, piercing straight through [Uchiha Sasuke]'s heart.
The screams stopped abruptly.
"Alright, let's move on to the next tailed beast. Where to? Sunagakure?"
Shiromo clapped his hands.
"Then let's go to Kumogakure."
[Konan] hadn't expected the two newly joined members to be this powerful, this hateful toward tailed beasts, and this efficient, with such high work enthusiasm.
If everyone in the organization were like these newcomers, how great would that be.
They could have started the tailed-beast capture plan long ago. Why would she still need to run around Konoha every day, disguising herself with paper bombs?
"Starting from hard to easy? Sure."
Shiromo nodded slightly.
After all, the Land of Fire lay in the center. No matter which of the other four great nations they went to, the distance was about the same.
"No, Kumogakure is the easiest."
Hearing Shiromo's words, [Konan] shook her head.
(End of this chapter)