Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 34 The Fall of a Genius

All these thoughts passed in an instant, but before Uchiha Keisuke could even take the first step and shoot out the kunai connected to the steel wire...

In an instant, everything in front of him turned white.

Boom!

Like a dragon in flight, lightning flashed and roared within the steam-filled trap pit.

Uchiha Keisuke, caught in the middle, had no time to react.

Faced with such a light-speed attack, all he could do was instinctively gather chakra in his vital areas to protect them.

However, this instinctive chakra protection of the physical body didn't play much of a role.

A terrifying electric current instantly passed through his body, and the resulting high temperature instantly evaporated the moisture from his epidermal cells, turning them into a layer of black carbon gel.

At the same time, the high-speed current also impacted his brain. Even with the protection of chakra, Uchiha Keisuke could not withstand it. His head felt like it was being crushed by Mount Tai, and his wide-open Sharingan eyes were filled with resentment and incomprehension.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"This lightning release shouldn't be this powerful?"

"Hmm...that's...iron filings!"

"Damn it!"

At the last moment, looking at the particles that were shimmering with light in the air, Uchiha Keisuke saw clearly what they were: iron filings, countless iron filings from the kunai that had exploded earlier.

These iron filings, mixed with the mist formed by water vapor, gave the ordinary Lightning Release: Earth Walk, which was originally only B-rank in power, the power of an A+-rank Lightning Release.

Hit directly by an A+ rank lightning release without any protection, Uchiha Keisuke knew he was doomed.

Clearly, the enemy not only knew that he was an Uchiha, but also knew that as a genius of the Uchiha clan, his forte was Water Release ninjutsu.

The attackers based their attack on the premise that the first thing he would do when faced with a crisis was to use Water Release. They then used this premise to devise a tactic of using kunai to explode and split into iron filings to increase the power of Lightning Release and deliver a fatal blow.

The attacker knew him very well. Whether it was the water vapor forming mist to suppress his Sharingan's observation ability, or the use of lightning release, a ninjutsu with such speed that he couldn't react in time, every step was aimed at his weaknesses.

Such a targeted and effective attack tactic against him is something that the Cloud Village ninjas could not accomplish in a short period of time.

After all, he didn't reveal his combat abilities in the Land of Lightning.

Keisuke Uchiha believed that this attack could not possibly have been accomplished by ninjas from other villages.

Although he was a famous genius of the Uchiha clan, he actually never attended the ninja academy and was trained as a clan-type ninja within the clan.

In addition, there are very few ninjas in the Uchiha clan who can go on daily missions, and he had never represented Konoha on a mission before.

Therefore, the chances of his intelligence being exposed are extremely small.

Not to mention being able to devise such detailed tactical strategies against him.

Uchiha Kei believed that, apart from his clan, only the Konoha high-ranking officials, who had always targeted the Uchiha clan, could gather detailed information about his abilities.

Moreover, they must know far more intelligence than the ninjas outside, and only they could possibly devise such detailed and targeted tactics.

Thinking of this, Keisuke Uchiha felt very angry.

However, battles between ninjas are inherently fraught with danger; a single misstep can lead to total defeat. Moreover, he lost by more than just a few moves; his true colors were laid bare, so his defeat was not unjust.

In the end, Keisuke Uchiha fainted, filled with resentment and a surge of anger born from a sudden realization.

bump!

A charred body fell from mid-air and crashed onto the equally charred ground.

At this point, there was no more water vapor in the trap; the high temperature from the lightning release had evaporated all the water vapor.

tread!

Suddenly, a figure fell from the sky and stood next to the charred Uchiha Keisuke.

"Those are truly dangerous eyes!"

On the ground, Uchiha Keisuke was covered in charred remains, but his open eyes were unharmed. His three-tomoe Sharingan still shone with a dangerous crimson light, demonstrating the power of the Sharingan.

Upon seeing this, Danzo couldn't help but sigh, his eyes burning with fervor.

Having witnessed Madara Uchiha's power and experienced Kagami Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan up close, Danzo was well aware of the Sharingan's strength.

In his view, the most powerful forces in the world are undoubtedly the First Hokage's Wood Release and the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan.

The plan to revive Wood Release seems far off, with no hope of success in sight.

However, the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan belongs to him from today onwards.

Danzo crouched down and took out a bottle from his robes. The bottle was filled with nutrient solution for culturing cells, which could effectively preserve the Sharingan's activity for a long time.

Danzo personally dug out Uchiha Keisuke's Sharingan and put it into a preserved bottle.

Looking at the pair of three-tomoe Sharingan eyes floating and swaying in the transparent glass bottle, Danzo felt relaxed in both body and mind at that moment.

"With these Sharingan eyes, the forbidden technique that alters reality can be used."

Thinking of the terrifying secret technique of the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, Danzo felt a surge of excitement and wished he could install those Sharingan right now.

However, the Sharingan is not so easy to control either.

He needs to go back and come up with a good solution.

"Let's do it."

Danzo carefully put away the bottle containing the Sharingan, then gave an order for his subordinates to deal with Uchiha Keisuke.

This is the border. Even if we knew in advance that the patrolling ninjas were at their furthest point, who could guarantee that there wouldn't be any accidents?

The best course of action is to leave as soon as possible.

At this moment, Uchiha Keisuke was not dead, but having lost the ability to resist, he was no different from being dead.

Among the four members of the Root team who went on the mission with Danzo, one of them was an Aburame, who was skilled at controlling poisonous insects with highly corrosive venom, making them an essential medicine for destroying evidence.

Under the venom of his poisonous insects, Uchiha Keisuke died quickly, his body turning into a pool of indistinct pus.

Finally, with a single fire jutsu, the pus was completely reduced to ashes. Even if ninjas came afterward, they couldn't find any useful information.

Thus, the genius ninja of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Keisuke, perished in less than ten seconds.

That's right, the battle just now lasted less than ten seconds, including the time Danzo spent digging out the Sharingan.

It must be said that in the world of ninja battles, strength is fundamental, but intelligence is also very important.

Soon, Danzo led the Root squad swiftly across the border canyon towards the Land of Lightning.

Shortly after Danzo and his group left, border patrol ninjas arrived after receiving a report of intense chakra fluctuations.

However, all they saw was a pile of corpse ashes and obvious signs of a cleaned-up battlefield, and they couldn't get much useful information.

All they knew was that someone had died there, but they didn't know who it was.

However, they did know that the killer had left beyond the border.

So the border patrol sent out a three-man assault team to pursue the killer.

The other party committed murder within the Land of Fire, which, regardless of the circumstances, must be related to Konoha's interests. They should at least find out who crossed the border to commit the murder.

The patrol assault team followed the faint traces left by the murderer all the way to the border of the Land of Lightning and then stopped.

Once they arrived here, they knew without even guessing that the culprit must be someone from Kumogakure.

So the three of them returned, and at the same time, a report about the incident was sent to Konoha.

Five days later, based on the report of abnormalities from Kumogakure sent by the border patrol, the Third Hokage announced to the Uchiha clan that the Uchiha clan's genius ninja, Uchiha Keisuke, had died in a failed mission.

Two days later, Danzo and his Root team returned to Konoha without anyone knowing they had ever been out.

(End of this chapter)