"Don't panic! Form a defensive formation!"
The Fox Mask Anbu Captain commanded hoarsely, but the Uchiha's offensive was like a violent storm.
Every flash of the Sharingan's red light was accompanied by the fall of an Anbu member.
These Uchiha were crazy...
No, they were more terrifying than crazy.
When they fought, there was no fanaticism or anger in their eyes, only a cold, calculated killing efficiency.
As if this wasn't a rebellion, but a hunt rehearsed countless times.
"Retreat towards the Hokage Building! Regroup with other units!"
The Anbu began to pull back. Uchiha Nagasawa's Three Tomoe flickered like ghost fire in the night, and he licked the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Chase."
Saying that, he intended to pursue.
"Wait."
"Lord Kaze's order is to create chaos, not total annihilation."
"Our goal has been achieved... look over there."
Uchiha Yashiro stopped him, looking up towards the Hokage Building.
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed.
While they were fighting, Kaze had already controlled the Kyūbi to attack the Hokage Building.
At this moment, on the square in front of the Hokage Building.
Naruto, in his Kyūbi form, hovered in mid-air, three Chakra tails dancing wildly.
Directly in front of Naruto, an aged but upright figure blocked the way.
Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
This old man known as the "Professor of Ninjutsu" was currently in combat gear. In his hand was not a pipe, but the Adamantine Staff transformed from Enma.
He looked up at Naruto wrapped in Kyūbi Chakra, the emotions in his eyes too complex to decipher.
"Naruto."
"I know you can hear me. Stop, child, this is not your fault."
Hiruzen's voice cut through the roar of Chakra, clearly reaching everyone's ears.
Naruto's movements in mid-air paused slightly.
In those eyes covered by red, the confusion belonging to a five-year-old child surfaced again.
"It is the village that has wronged you."
"It is this old man who failed to fulfill the promise to the Yondaime."
"Come back, Naruto. This old man promises that from now on, I won't let you go hungry again, and won't let anyone bully you again."
Hiruzen continued speaking, his tone so gentle it didn't seem like a battlefield.
His words were infused with Chakra, carrying some kind of soothing power.
That was the nearly instinctive skill of manipulating hearts unique to those who have held high positions for a long time.
"Lord Hokage is trying to persuade the Jinchūriki!"
An Anbu ninja exclaimed in surprise.
"As expected of the Sandaime..."
"If we can reseal the Kyūbi..."
Hope began to breed in the hearts of the Konoha ninjas.
However—
"Hehe..."
A soft chuckle came from above.
Everyone looked up and saw Uchiha Kaze standing on top of a building that had not yet collapsed.
He had his arms crossed, looking down at this scene condescendingly, the sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth unconcealed.
"Lord Sandaime really has a way with words."
"Trying to wipe away five years of abuse with a few sentences, trying to make a child you allowed to be bullied for five years turn back with a few promises."
Kaze's voice wasn't loud, but it strangely suppressed the noise of the battlefield.
"By the way, the one controlling the Kyūbi now... is me."
Not waiting for the other side to react, Kaze threw another bombshell into this chaotic battlefield.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's pupils constricted suddenly.
He saw it.
Those eyes... were not the Kyūbi's eyes, but the pattern of the Sharingan!
Although obscured by red Chakra, with his eyesight, he would never be mistaken!
He couldn't let the Kyūbi continue to destroy the village, otherwise even if the Kyūbi was suppressed in the end, he as the Hokage would be derelict in his duty!
"Enough!"
"No matter how many reasons there are, rebellion is rebellion!"
"Today, this old man will, in the name of the Hokage, execute you, Uchiha Kaze... on the spot!"
"Kongō Rōheki (Adamantine Prison Wall)!"
Hiruzen roared, erupting with astonishing Chakra.
His hands formed seals, and countless golden Chakra staffs rose from the ground, forming a huge cage, instantly completely sealing the building where Kaze was!
"Lord Hokage made a move!"
"It's the Sandaime's Adamantine Prison Wall! That guy can't escape!"
The Konoha ninjas' spirits rose.
But Kaze in the cage didn't even move.
"Lord Sandaime, you've gotten old."
He just quietly looked at Hiruzen, the Mangekyō in his eyes slowly rotating.
"If it were you in your prime, perhaps you could still fight me."
"But now..."
Kaze slowly raised his right hand.
Amenoshinra, activate!
"Crack!"
Those Adamantine Chakra staffs, strong enough to trap a Bijū, shattered inch by inch like glass the moment they touched the distorted space!
"Katon: Karyū Endan (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet)!"
Hiruzen's expression changed drastically, and he quickly changed moves.
Three fire dragons lunged at Kaze from three directions, but were similarly swallowed by space the moment they approached.
"Fūton: Shinkū Taigyoku (Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere)!"
"Raiton: Gōrai (Lightning Release: Thunderclap)!"
"Doton: Doryūdan (Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet)!"
Hiruzen's hands flew, and five-attribute Ninjutsu poured out like a violent storm.
The prestige of the Professor of Ninjutsu was not a vain rumor; every move was precise and ruthless, every form aimed at vitals.
However, it was useless.
All Ninjutsu would vanish without a trace like crashing into an invisible black hole when approaching within three meters of Kaze. The spatial defense of Amenoshinra was nearly unsolvable.
"How is that possible..."
"Lord Sandaime's Ninjutsu are actually all ineffective..."
A Jōnin murmured.
Cold sweat seeped from Sarutobi Hiruzen's forehead.
He had fought all his life and had never seen such a strange ability.
Not defense, not dodging, but pure "devouring".
As if those attacks had never existed.
"My turn, right?"
When Kaze's voice rang out, he was no longer in his original spot.
Body Flicker Technique!
Hiruzen's pupils shrank. Years of combat experience made him instinctively retreat rapidly.
But Kaze's speed was faster. With the boost of system-rewarded Chakra and physique, his Body Flicker had reached an inconceivable realm.
"Here."
The voice came from the left. Hiruzen didn't even think, sweeping the Adamantine Staff out!
"Clang—!"
The loud noise of metal collision was deafening.
A long sword had appeared in Kaze's hand at some point.
Scarlet Chakra wrapped around the blade—that was Bijū Chakra resonated from the Kyūbi!
"Bijū Chakra?! You can actually control even this?!"
Hiruzen was shocked.
"The surprises are still to come."
The corner of Kaze's mouth curled up, and his left eye, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, suddenly lit up.
Hiruzen thought it was bad and immediately looked away.
As a ninja who had fought alongside Uchiha Kagami, he knew too well the horror of Sharingan Genjutsu.
Especially the Mangekyō's Genjutsu, one must never make eye contact!
But what Kaze wanted was never eye contact.
"Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto · Reflection!"
The left eye's ability activated, but the target was not Hiruzen, but... those surrounding Konoha ninjas watching the battle!
"Ah...!"
Screams rang out one after another.
Over a dozen Chūnin-level ninjas suddenly clutched their heads and fell to the ground, bloodshots appearing in their eyes.
They were reflected!
By their own inner fear of the Uchiha, hatred for the Kyūbi, fear of death...
All these negative emotions were reflected back into their own mental worlds under the effect of Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto!
Kaze didn't want the upcoming battle to be affected by these guys.