Born with a great love for the Uchiha

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Two breaths.

In just two breaths.

The Root ninja's body transformed into a black, humanoid torch, eventually burning to ashes.

The alarm, signaling the loss of life, finally sounded.

But it's too late.

The third black feather fell in succession, then the fourth, the tenth, the hundredth...

The dense black feathers were like a torrential downpour, and each one was burning with a chilling black flame.

Silent and stealthy, yet more deadly than any detonator.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

A Root ninja reacted swiftly, forming hand seals and channeling chakra into a torrent of water, attempting to extinguish the seemingly faint black flames atop the black feathers.

However, the moment the water touched Amaterasu's fire, it did not extinguish the flames; instead, it was as if boiling oil had been poured into the raging fire.

The Amaterasu black flames flowed upstream with the water, spreading swiftly to the arm of the Root ninja.

"Ahhhh-"

A piercing scream once again shattered the sky.

The Root ninja frantically swung his arms, trying to extinguish the flames.

However, the black Amaterasu flames, like a malignant tumor, quickly spread from the arm to the shoulder, and then from the shoulder to the torso.

A few more breaths passed.

This Root ninja also turned to ashes amidst desperate cries.

"Don't use water escape!"

Another Root ninja shouted sharply, rapidly changing his hand seals.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

A violent gust of air erupted from his mouth, attempting to disperse the falling black feathers.

He succeeded.

But it failed.

The wind fanned the flames.

The black feathers that were originally drifting down slowly were blown away by the airflow and scattered in all directions at a faster speed.

What was originally a rain of death falling vertically instantly transformed into a death storm that indiscriminately covered the entire battlefield.

The dust is burning.

The air is burning.

The ninja is burning.

Everything is burning.

"Ahhhh-"

Screams rose and fell, but soon fell silent.

Those Root ninjas hidden in the smoke were completely engulfed by Amaterasu's fire before they could even see the enemy's appearance.

Their lives were like snowflakes falling into a furnace, leaving not a trace.

This is the destructive power that the S-rank ninjutsu [Amaterasu] should have!

Danzo Shimura stood in the center of the black sea of fire.

As the supreme leader of the Root, his life was naturally protected by someone.

Just now, several Root ninjas released a defensive ninjutsu together to shield Shimura Danzo from the Amaterasu Black Feather that fell from the sky.

But while they could protect their leader, they could no longer protect themselves.

A young Root ninja saved the life of the aging and frail Shimura Danzo with his own.

What a great practitioner of the Will of Fire!

The dust and smoke were burned away.

The elite troops at the base suffered heavy losses.

Of the four Root ninja squads, which consisted of more than a dozen well-trained Chunin and Jonin, only two or three remained.

Moreover, all of these people were injured and looked extremely disheveled.

Danzo Shimura looked up and finally saw the scene in the sky clearly.

A huge three-legged crow is soaring freely in the sky.

On the back of that giant black raven, two figures were backlit, looking down at the landscape.

Danzo Shimura couldn't see clearly.

They stood on high ground, they stood in the sunlight.

But even so.

Danzo Shimura was still able to distinguish the two inherently evil Uchiha at a glance.

Gen Uchiha!

Uchiha Shisui!

"Elder Danzo Shimura, it's been a long time!"

Uchiha Gen's voice came from the sky and clearly reached Shimura Danzo's ears.

"Why don't you stay hidden in the shadows of Konoha and come to the Land of Rice Fields for a spring outing?"

"The inherently evil Uchiha brat!"

Shimura Danzo looked at the three-legged black crow in the sky, then at the few remaining subordinates beside him, his old teeth grinding together.

Why are you yelling so loudly?

Uchiha Gen smiled, shifting his gaze from Shimura Danzo to another figure not far away.

The man had pale skin, long black hair cascading over his shoulders, and a pair of snake-like eyes that were intently observing the Yatagarasu in the sky.

"The black flames can burn on dust, and even the earth cannot be spared..."

Orochimaru licked his lips, his snake eyes reflecting the flickering black flames. There was no fear in his eyes, only pure curiosity and—greed.

"I've never seen... such a mesmerizing fire-style ninjutsu..."

In front of Uchiha Gen.

Orochimaru took out a blank sealing scroll from his pocket, and formed hand seals. The black patterns of the sealing technique spread across the scroll as if they were alive.

[Fire Sealing Seal]!

An invisible suction force burst forth from the scroll.

The surrounding black flames seemed to be drawn by something, turning into strands of black fire that were forcibly absorbed into the scroll.

"It really is you, Orochimaru."

Gen Uchiha allowed Orochimaru to seal Amaterasu without much surprise in his voice.

"Elder Danzo Shimura betrayed village information, colluded with S-rank rogue ninja, and attacked his comrades in the village..."

"Tsk tsk, if this were written as a news article, it would probably make the front page, right?"

Danzo Shimura remained silent.

After Orochimaru put away the scroll, he looked at Shimura Danzo, his hoarse voice carrying an undisguised sarcasm.

"Lord Danzo, the current situation is completely different from what you described before."

Orochimaru licked his lips, crossed his arms, and his fighting spirit clearly diminished.

"The intelligence you sent only said the target was two Uchiha ninjas, but it didn't mention that one of them could fly."

In the ninja world, the ability to fly is extremely rare.

Apart from a very few holders of special secret techniques, or ninjas like the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure who mastered the Super Light-Heavy Rock Technique, the vast majority of ninjas can only fight on the ground.

The appearance of Yatagarasu completely disrupted all of Danzo Shimura's plans.

Although he and Orochimaru were both Kage-level shinobi, their ability to fight in the air was not entirely nonexistent, but it was better than nothing.

This ambush plan, which was prepared in advance for targeting Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Shisui, was based on the premise that "the enemy is on the ground" from the very beginning.

Now the enemy has flown into the sky.

All the ambush setups became mere decorations.

Even more deadly is...

The emergence of the ability to fly meant that the initiative in this battle had completely shifted into the hands of the Uchiha.

Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Shisui could fight or leave whenever they wanted, and attack from any angle they pleased.

Those on the ground could only passively take the beating.

Just like before.

Orochimaru also noticed this.

Snakes can eat birds.

But this is contingent on the ambush being successful.

How do you get a snake to chase a bird flying in the sky?

Isn't that deliberately making things difficult for Orochimaru?