Sarutobi Shinosuke had been struggling to control the Chakra within his body, trying to mitigate the effects of the Sharingan's genjutsu, and actively avoided making eye contact with Uchiha Chisen.
He hadn't expected to fall victim to the other's "Sharingan Genjutsu"!
When he saw that the last Anbu ninja had fallen to Uchiha Chisen.
Sarutobi Shinosuke's expression was a mixture of shock and horror, as well as extreme displeasure.
The genin of the past had now grown to a point where even he, a Jonin instructor, could not suppress him.
Sarutobi Shinosuke realized he had become the wave before the wave on the beach.
The ninja sword, now only half a blade in his hand, offered him no sense of security.
Uchiha Chisen asked, "Teacher Shinosuke, are you still deluded even now?"
Sarutobi Shinosuke remained silent for a long time, then suddenly let out a scoff.
"Uchiha Chisen."
He threw away the melted half of the ninja sword in his hand, straightened his body, his expression stern, and formed a hand seal in a proper manner, saying, "Tonight, let me correct your misguided Justice. The Justice of a ninja starts from the interests of the village; Justice that benefits the village is true Justice."
"As for your Justice, it's merely self-centered Justice. No one in the ninja world will recognize your Justice. Because everything you're doing now is practically making enemies of the entire world!"
Uchiha Chisen also stood in place, less than ten meters away from Sarutobi Shinosuke.
He also formed a standard hand seal.
"Teacher Shinosuke. My heart and my actions are as clear as a bright mirror, and everything I do is for Justice—I remember telling you this, Teacher, a long, long time ago when I was still a genin."
Uchiha Chisen said calmly.
"Ha..." Sarutobi Shinosuke sighed, "You're truly beyond saving. Someone like you will destroy Konoha one day."
Uchiha Chisen said, "Teacher Shinosuke thinks I'm too extreme. You don't even bother to understand your student. Your understanding of me is not as much as that of a trainee from the Konoha Military Police Force who has only followed me for a few days."
Sarutobi Shinosuke narrowed his eyes, "Then I probably won't have a chance to understand you in the future, because you'll be deep in the underworld."
As the words fell.
Sarutobi Shinosuke quickly formed hand seals, his chest suddenly expanded, and he opened his mouth to exhale, "Fire Style: Red Earth Spider!!!"
Fierce flames erupted from his mouth, transforming into a giant spider that charged towards Uchiha Chisen.
Uchiha Chisen did not ignore the flames, relying on his "Lava Release Chakra Warrior Body."
He also formed hand seals.
"Fire Style..."
"Great Fire Annihilation!!!"
Flames, more exaggerated in scale and temperature than the Fire Style used by Sarutobi Shinosuke, spewed from Uchiha Chisen's mouth. The raging inferno almost instantly engulfed the charging flame spider and surged towards Sarutobi Shinosuke with overwhelming force.
Sarutobi Shinosuke immediately dodged to a nearby corner. The terrifying flames grazed his nose, and even his eyelashes were singed and curled by the intense heat.
"Tch, are you still holding back in this battle between teacher and student! Uchiha Chisen! Has your self-centered Justice softened now?"
Sarutobi Shinosuke gritted his teeth, bit his right thumb, and pressed his palm to the ground.
Dense summoning runes spread across the ground.
"Summoning Technique!"
"Great Ape!!!"
Bang—
After a burst of white smoke, a giant ape, over three meters tall and covered in red fur, suddenly appeared. This was Sarutobi Shinosuke's strongest summoned beast, a powerful ape whose strength was comparable to a Konoha Jonin—the Great Ape!
The moment the Great Ape appeared, it saw a sea of lava and a sea of fire before it, and it also saw Uchiha Chisen ahead.
"Shinosuke, this situation doesn't look good! Should I excuse myself from this conflict between you and your student?"
The Great Ape said in a deep, half-joking tone.
Sarutobi Shinosuke took a deep breath, "Great Ape, this is a matter of life and death, so please don't tell such bad jokes."
The Great Ape stood behind Sarutobi Shinosuke.
Confronting Uchiha Chisen.
"Uchiha Chisen's so-called Absolute Justice has threatened Konoha," Sarutobi Shinosuke said gravely.
The Great Ape said, "Wasn't this to be expected? Although you've always been unwilling to understand your student, judging by his displayed personality and conduct, this confrontation was bound to happen sooner or later, wasn't it... However, Shinosuke... do you really think this child is wrong?"
Sarutobi Shinosuke was silent for half a second, saying, "Justice that brings no benefit to Konoha is wrong. Ninjas should stand from the village's perspective. Great Ape, let's settle this here today."
"...Understood."
...
Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was rushing towards the secret research base with a group of Anbu ninjas, could already see the base, which had been ravaged by lava.
He could also see the dense forest ahead, which had already turned into a sea of fire.
Although he hadn't fully approached the area, he could smell the faint scent of sulfur in the air.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart sank.
"Go put out the fire immediately!" he decisively commanded. "Don't let the flames spread through Konoha! And at the same time... go stop this unnecessary conflict and hold both sides back!"
"Yes, Hokage-sama!"
The Anbu ninjas forced themselves to speed up. They all knew that the person stationed at the secret research base was the Hokage's eldest son.
They also knew that the person who broke into the secret research base was a genius from the Uchiha Clan whom the Hokage favored.
It seemed...
The Hokage was unwilling to give up on either of them.
He wanted to replicate the incident where he stopped the conflict between Uchiha Chisen and Shimura Danzo, to stop this night's...
A conflict that was likely already too late to stop.
...
Inside the secret research base, the battle between Uchiha Chisen, Sarutobi Shinosuke, and the Summoning Beast Great Ape had entered its white-hot stage.
"ROAR!!!"
The Great Ape picked up a cement pillar weighing over ten tons and, with a roar, charged at Uchiha Chisen, carrying the pillar.
Sarutobi Shinosuke circled behind Uchiha Chisen, gritting his teeth as lightning surged in his right palm.
"Lava Release..."
"Lightning Blade Technique!"
A blinding lightning blade, two meters long, slashed down heavily towards Uchiha Chisen's back; the massive cement pillar, almost large enough to cover Uchiha Chisen, also charged forward.
Swish!!!
Bang!!!
The lightning blade "split" Uchiha Chisen's body in two; the cement pillar smashed down heavily, and with a "bang," Uchiha Chisen's severed lower half was smashed into the ground.
"Shinosuke, be careful! Something's wrong with the feel of it! His body is strange!" the Great Ape suddenly warned.
Sarutobi Shinosuke's eyes widened.
Because he saw Uchiha Chisen, whom he had just cut in half, slowly "stand up" with lava wriggling within his body.
"Water Transformation Technique?" Sarutobi Shinosuke was stunned. He couldn't tell how many trump cards Uchiha Chisen had revealed anymore.
"Shinosuke! Dodge quickly!!!" came the Great Ape's urgent shout.
"If you were skilled in Water Release, you could have kept me occupied for a bit longer." Uchiha Chisen slightly bent the fingers of his right arm. His right arm transformed into a giant Magma Demon Dog, opening its ferocious maw and "biting" fiercely towards Sarutobi Shinosuke's chest.
"Farewell, Teacher Shinosuke."
"Shinosuke! Dodge quickly!!!" came the panicked shout of the Third Hokage, arriving late.
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