Saving the Uchiha clan starts with becoming the clan leader.

Shisui and Hiashi Hyuga's attendants also sensed the approaching danger. The two decisively broke through layers of barriers and arrived in front of Sogen and Hiashi Hyuga.

"Zongxian, what exactly is going on? Why... why did this happen?" Shisui was filled with indescribable anxiety and unease. He clenched his fists, and even before he had made a move, sweat was already dripping from his temples.

"Shisui, don't overreact. Is there anything strange about this? Last time I was attacked by Kirigakure spies, so isn't it normal for us to be besieged by Kirigakure spies in Konoha this time?"

As he spoke, Zongxian made himself laugh.

Shisui opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. The last time a dozen or so Jonin-level Mist Ninja spies attacked Sogen, it was already outrageous enough. He couldn't very well say that this time it was another Mist Ninja spy incident, with hundreds of Mist Ninja spies infiltrating the village...

That's no joke!

This is Konoha Village, not Kirigakure Village. Faced with this situation, we can't even deceive ourselves!

"The ones who have arrived are the Root's men, and the leader is Aburame Ryoma!"

Hiashi Hyuga recounted the information he had discovered, feeling extremely annoyed. He had been too arrogant, not expecting the Third Hokage to act so quickly and with such overwhelming force. Upon seeing the leader, Ryoma Aburame, he already understood the identities of these attackers. Judging from this display, the Third Hokage had thoroughly investigated Danzo's past.

This time,

It seems they can't escape this calamity.

"Aburame Ryoma?"

Muttering this familiar name,

The faint light in Shisui's eyes was completely extinguished. As a top genius of the Uchiha clan, his intelligence was not a problem at all. It was just that his wishful thinking blinded him, so that he never saw the obvious facts.

Now he has to admit that Zongxian's idea is more likely to be realized than his!

original,

It wasn't that the family and the village were incompatible; rather, it was that the village—no, that's not right—the third generation didn't want the family to integrate.

"Zongxian, should we fight our way out?"

Zhi Shui's mindset has changed.

After realizing how unreliable his naive and delusional ideas were, Zongxian's method became his only hope. His love for the village had not diminished, but the image of the Third Generation and others had finally plummeted in his heart, and his former respect had turned into deep hatred.

Killing intent

It emerged involuntarily.

He was also a powerful figure who had fought his way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Previously, he simply couldn't bear to point the blade at his fellow villagers. But now, realizing that fellow villagers are not necessarily allies, the blade, which had been sheathed in a transparent scabbard, has finally broken free from its self-imposed constraints and revealed its true sharpness!

"Of course we have to fight our way out, or else stay here and get chopped into mincemeat?" As he spoke, Zongxian had already formed hand seals and summoned Samehada, which was placed in the police department. When Samehada fell into Zongxian's hands, he used the power of [Knights Don't Die Barehanded] to completely wash away all the marks left on Samehada.

No one can take Samehada from him unless they have his permission or a power that surpasses his.

He first calmed down the excited Samehada,

Then their gaze turned to Hiashi Hyuga.

"Senior Hiashi, shall we act together or break through separately?"

Zongxian hoisted Samehada onto his shoulder and asked Hyuga Hiashi for his opinion. They were now partners in the same boat, so they should still give each other a heads-up before taking action.

"Let's go together!"

Hiashi Hyuga did not choose to be reckless at this point.

He asked himself if he was confident in dealing with so many Root elites. At this point, breaking through separately would be tantamount to suicide. In comparison, acting with Uchiha Sogen might give him a chance to survive. After all, looking at Uchiha Sogen and Uchiha Shisui, there wasn't even a trace of despair on their faces.

in case,

If Uchiha Sogen has truly awakened the eyes that haven't appeared in the Uchiha clan for decades, then following Uchiha Sogen is the only hope for survival!

"If possible, head southeast. That's Hyuga clan territory. If we can get there, we'll be safe!" said Hyuga Hiashi.

"The southeast? We'll see when the time comes!"

Zongxian neither agreed nor disagreed.

Putting aside everything else, the Third Hokage is indeed capable. Since he dared to make a move at this time, he must have a way to hold back the Hyuga clan and prevent them from supporting Hyuga Hiashi. After all, this Pine and Bamboo Pavilion is not far from the Hyuga clan's territory!

"What we need to do now is assess these guys' abilities! Maybe we won't even need to break through!!!"

Just as the great battle at Songchiku-tei was about to break out, the Third Hokage, alone, stepped into the territory of the Hyuga clan and approached a member of the main family who held a position second only to the clan head, Hiashi, and served as an elder in the clan. Few people knew that they had been very good friends when they were young!

"Sarutobi, things are different now. Get out of here! The Hyuga clan doesn't welcome you!"

Even though Hiashi Hyuga had not yet returned to the clan, the elders of the Hyuga clan already knew what had happened at the Hokage Building meeting today. Furthermore, they had all seen some of Hiashi Hyuga's actions in recent days and knew what he was planning to do.

An elderly man dressed in the traditional kimono of the Hyuga clan stood on the veranda, coldly watching the Third Hokage standing on the stone path.

“Masayuki, the Hyuga clan is a prestigious family in Konoha. As an elder of the Hyuga clan, watching young people go astray without correcting them will bring disaster to the Hyuga clan. If the information obtained by the Anbu investigation is correct, it seems that Hiashi wants to abolish the Hyuga clan’s main family and branch family system.”

The Third Hokage looked at Hyuga Masayuki, whose face had changed color, with a meaningful gaze.

[Chapter Sixty-Two: The Storm is Coming (Seeking votes! Seeking investment!)]

Ryoma Aburame leaped onto the treetop. Dressed in a black hooded trench coat, he moved with the lightness of a weightless ghost. In fact, his body was indeed very light.

As the number one insect-using clan in the ninja world, the Aburame clan members allow insects to parasitize their bodies and feed the insects with their own chakra. They simply cannot accumulate excess fat, which allows them to develop into the Akimichi clan.

After observing the surrounded Songzhu Pavilion for seven or eight seconds, the released insects did not bring back much feedback. Almost all the insects that had infiltrated were wiped out. Even the insects bred by their own clan could not reverse the creatures' fear of fire!

It just so happens that the Uchiha clan is the number one fire expert in the ninja world.

but,

Regardless of the circumstances, today's actions are a matter of advancing without retreating!

Ryoma Aburame is a typical member of the Aburame clan. He is taciturn, prefers to act alone, and enjoys collecting insects. However, he is also a typical ninja, dutiful and responsible. He does not act recklessly according to his own preferences. Orders from above override everything else. Even if there are mountains of knives and seas of fire in front of him, he will walk into them without blinking an eye.

"Third squad, sixth squad, seventh squad, lead the charge."

The order was relayed.

The three well-organized elite squads immediately sprang into action. A group of people leaped over the wall without any disguise or concealment, directly and openly entering the Pine and Bamboo Pavilion and rapidly approaching their target, the 'Stone Courtyard'.

There's nothing we can do about it.

The targets are the Uchiha and Hyuga clans.

Under the gaze of the Byakugan and Sharingan, their prized stealth techniques become meaningless, and their usual assassination methods are rendered useless. Doing so would not only waste chakra but also risk being picked off one by one.

Moreover, as the vanguard, their role is not to inflict damage, but to help others pinpoint the target's exact location and deplete the target's chakra as much as possible.

at this time,

"Whoosh whoosh!!!"

A loud whooshing sound echoed through the courtyard.

One by one, shuriken sliced ​​through the shoji screens and reached the Root ninjas.

The four short, mournful cries were fleeting.

The fallen soldiers lay on the smooth floor, their eyes wide open in death. Some had shuriken embedded in their chests, others in their necks or livers; all the shuriken had struck vital organs that could have killed them. What horrified the survivors most were the broken kunai and katana that their fallen comrades clutched tightly in their hands.

Without exception, all members of the Root are elites.

They weren't all Jonin, but their extensive combat experience meant that even when facing Jonin, they wouldn't be instantly killed. In fact, they did manage to respond to the sudden attack, raising their weapons to try and block the flying shuriken.

however,

This seemingly sound solution ultimately failed.

The shuriken sliced ​​through their kunai and katana, taking their lives. A total of six shuriken flew, killing four people. Of the two survivors, one was a Jonin who dodged the attack with a substitution jutsu, and the other had a famous katana in his hand, so he did not die as easily as his companions.

This is a matter of course.

【Knights Never Die Barehanded】 endows the otherwise unremarkable D-rank Noble Phantasm shuriken with the attributes of a weapon that can easily cut through ordinary weapons.

Three teams, a total of twelve people, were instantly reduced by one-third.

This made the remaining five realize just how dangerous this mission was. However, Root is Root after all. Regardless of whether Danzo's methods were good or bad, the members of Root did have a ruthless spirit that would stop at nothing to complete the mission, and even death could not frighten them.

The deaths of their companions only made the survivors more vigilant, but their steps forward did not stop.

"Uchiha Style: Gale Sword".

"Gentle Fist Technique: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"

The first to break through the barrier was Shisui. His nickname "Body Flicker" was well-deserved. Wielding a swift and powerful katana, he appeared in everyone's sight like lightning and charged towards a Chunin-level Root ninja on the opposite side.

With a swift motion, the knife fell.

All that could be seen was a beautiful flash of blade light tracing a curved arc through the air.

The head slammed onto the floor with a thud, rolling a considerable distance, while the headless corpse, gushing blood, also collapsed to the ground.

The second fastest is not Zongxian.

The Gentle Fist style of the Hyuga clan is not limited to close combat; they also possess methods for striking enemies from a distance. Although their techniques are somewhat limited, consisting mainly of the "Eight Trigrams Empty Palm" and a few derivative techniques, their power is considerable. Combined with the Byakugan, they can achieve precise strikes at mid-range.

"Eight Trigrams Empty Palm".

Hiashi Hyuga positioned himself and then swung his palm, his movement only slightly slower than Shisui's beheading. The chakra shockwave, barely visible to the naked eye, shattered the barriers along its path and struck another Chunin-level Root ninja directly.

Struck by this palm strike from a distance, the Root ninja was sent flying, like a kite with a broken string, flying backward. During the flight, he coughed up a lot of blood, which seemed to be mixed with small pieces of internal organs and flesh. By the time he hit the ground, he was already lifeless and completely dead!

"Are you going to crush all the soft persimmons first?"

With just one glance, he could take in the entire situation on the field. What Zongxian was carrying was not Samehada, but his usual long sword. Samehada was carried on his back for a simple reason: as a living weapon, Samehada also had the weaknesses of a living creature, such as being afraid of fire and being afraid of being burned. Zongxian's fire-style techniques could not be released through Samehada.

He had no choice but to carry Samehada on his back for the time being. While helping to replenish his chakra, the wide blade could also serve as a form of armor for protection.

He gripped his usual longsword tightly, and as he ran, a faint, fiery light flickered across the blade.

"Uchiha Style: Great Fire Sword!!!"

Sogen approached the Chunin who had previously wielded the famous sword and blocked his shuriken.

The sharp blade, obeying Zongxian's will, swept across the void.

The masked Chunin from Root, whose identity was unknown, had no time to escape. He could only barely raise his famous sword, attempting to block Munezan's strike. In fact, he did manage to do so; the blades clashed, and dazzling sparks flew as the blades rubbed together!

In a flash,

A torrent of flames poured out from the blade like a tsunami.

"what--!"