"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Uchiha Naoki swung his ninja blade with all his strength, eyes bloodshot as he roared and cut down enemy after enemy.
Trapped in a dead end—certain death.
He had already cast life and death aside.
At this moment, he only wanted to kill.
Every enemy he slew meant one less foe for Konoha.
But as he raised his blade again, he failed to notice the cold, merciless gaze already locked onto him.
Violent lightning exploded forth like an arrow released from a bow, charging straight toward Uchiha Naoki!
BOOM!!
Naoki was blasted backward instantly, skidding dozens of meters across the ground before finally coming to a halt!
"Cough… cough… gah—!"
He barely managed to crawl back to his feet.
If he hadn't instinctively raised his blade to defend at the last moment, that blow would have killed him outright.
Uchiha Naoki clenched the broken remains of his ninja blade tightly, his scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan staring unblinkingly at the towering man before him.
Seeing the three-tomoe Sharingan, A lowered his gaze unconsciously.
And when Naoki saw that—
He laughed.
He laughed wildly.
"Hahahahaha!"
"Hahahaha!"
"So even the Raikage of one of the Five Great Villages must bow his head before the Sharingan!"
"Hahahaha—cough, cough!"
Faced with such arrogance, the already hot-tempered A flew into a rage and charged forward without hesitation!
"Damn Uchiha!"
"Die!"
"Lightning Release: Liger Bomb!"
Lightning raged. Thunder roared.
A became lightning itself, his entire body transforming into a bolt of electric fury as a fist accompanied by a sonic boom smashed toward Uchiha Naoki!
Naoki stared straight at the Fourth Raikage rushing toward him.
No matter how much he mocked him with words, he dared not lower his guard for even a moment.
The Sharingan in his eye sockets spun madly, pushed to their absolute limit.
See him!
See him!
See him clearly!
SEE HIM!!!
BOOM!!!
Uchiha Naoki was sent flying once again, exactly as expected.
But this time—
A froze in shock.
A golden skeletal structure had manifested around Naoki's body!
"Hah… haha… HAHAHAHA!"
"Fourth Raikage!"
"You're nothing special!!!"
As a genius heavily nurtured by the clan, how could Uchiha Naoki not recognize what this golden skeleton represented?!
At the boundary between life and death—
He had awakened the Uchiha clan's supreme dōjutsu.
The Mangekyō Sharingan!
"Gah—!"
Naoki spat out a massive mouthful of blood.
The damage from A's earlier strike was severe.
The golden skeletal armor flickered, dimming noticeably after that violent cough.
"Die!"
A didn't know what that golden skeleton was—
But he could clearly sense Naoki's deteriorating condition.
Like a beast, he seized the opening instantly, lightning flaring as he threw a devastating punch straight toward Naoki's head!
He intended to smash that red-eyed bastard's skull in with a single blow!
But in that instant, Naoki abruptly ducked down, narrowly avoiding the killing punch!
Heavenly Insight!
A three-second glimpse into the future!
The moment he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, Naoki had desperately wanted to see—
To see through A's speed.
The Sharingan was the eye that reflected the heart.
Its awakened abilities were shaped by the user's mental state at the moment of awakening.
And so—
Uchiha Naoki awakened eyes that could see everything.
Impossible!
A's pupils shrank.
He instantly lifted his knee, slamming it down toward Naoki with crushing force!
But just like before—
Naoki dodged it again!
Yet after evading the strike, he could no longer hold on.
Another mouthful of blood spilled from his lips.
"Guillotine Drop!"
Naoki clutched his bleeding eye as he looked at A crashing down toward him.
He couldn't dodge this one.
If he didn't act now, this blow would end him!
"ROAR—!"
A roar like that of a giant echoed across the night sky!
A massive, golden humanoid form erupted into existence, towering beneath the heavens!
From afar, a withered old man with white hair gazed at the golden giant, surprise flashing through his eyes.
"To think the Uchiha clan still has someone capable of awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan."
"Should I take care of him?"
The black-haired girl beside him asked softly while holding an umbrella over Uchiha Madara.
"No need," Madara replied calmly.
"The Allied Forces will deal with him."
"When the time comes, have White Zetsu retrieve the Mangekyō."
Madara's gaze shifted toward the deeper darkness in the distance.
Someone was there.
Killer B—
The B of the A–B Combo.
The Eight-Tails Jinchūriki.
That newly awakened Uchiha had yet to fully master his eyes.
He was no match for the A–B Combo.
Not to mention—
Ōnoki was still present. There was no way this Uchiha would be allowed to live.
If intervention became necessary, White Zetsu would need to be prepared in advance.
"White Zetsu," Madara said.
"Yes, Madara-sama?"
A White Zetsu emerged from the ground.
"Prepare to retrieve the Mangekyō Sharingan."
"Understood, Madara-sama."
White Zetsu sank back into the earth, moving swiftly toward the distant battlefield.
Uchiha Hikaru stood silently, watching the golden Susanoo rampage like a god beneath the night sky.
Susanoo—the strongest technique of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Unmatched offense. Absolute defense.
A nearly perfect dōjutsu.
But—
Its movement speed was too slow.
Against a Lightning Release body-flicker specialist like the Raikage, it was at a clear disadvantage.
If the Raikage dragged the fight out, Susanoo would collapse on its own.
Madara stared intently at the Susanoo, his brow slowly furrowing.
Every movement the Raikage made fell precisely along Susanoo's attack trajectory.
Rather than Susanoo catching up to the Raikage—
It was as if the blade was already waiting, and the Raikage was charging straight into it.
"This boy's dōjutsu is unusual," Madara said quietly.
"If you obtain these eyes, they'll be of great help to you in the future."
Uchiha Hikaru glanced at him, her voice calm.
"No dōjutsu has meaning before the Eight Thousand Spears."
Madara's words came again, cold and sharp, like a blade piercing her chest.
"Have you ever considered transplanting these eyes?"
"..."
"The ability may be precognition, or seeing through an enemy's attack trajectory."
"Either would be extremely useful against that Nine-Tails Jinchūriki."
Madara continued evenly.
"Uzumaki Kyōsai is immune to genjutsu."
"No ninjutsu compares to a Tailed Beast Bomb."
"Only taijutsu can truly fight him."
"And coincidentally—"
"His taijutsu is quite good."
In Madara's eyes, Uzumaki Kyōsai's taijutsu was merely decent.
"…Fine."
The girl known as Uchiha Hikaru finally spoke—
Her voice strained, reluctant.
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