Uchiha Fugaku's corpse slowly fell, blood spreading across the floor.
Those Mangekyō Sharingan, once majestic, had now completely lost their luster.
"Father!"
Uchiha Itachi roared, his voice filled with pain and despair.
But Itachi didn't rush at Kaze for revenge. Instead, after a brief pause, his body transformed into countless crows and scattered.
"Trying to run?"
Kaze sneered, his right eye Amenoshinra rotating again.
The surrounding space began to distort. The crows attempting to scatter seemed to crash into an invisible cage, falling to the ground one after another.
However, just as the space was about to completely seal, one of the crows suddenly burst into black flames—Amaterasu!
"Forcing open space at the cost of Amaterasu? Decisive indeed."
Kaze watched the crow break through the constraints of Amenoshinra and disappear into the night outside the meeting room, not pursuing it.
Just a fleeing rat, and... this rat would bring the news he wanted to deliver.
Kaze turned to face the remaining Uchiha members in the meeting room.
Everyone looked at him with complex eyes—shock, fear, anger, but also a trace of... anticipation?
"The Clan Head is dead."
"Uchiha Itachi has escaped."
"He will go find the Sandaime Hokage, go tell the Konoha higher-ups that the Uchiha have rebelled."
Kaze spoke calmly, as if killing the Clan Head just now was a trivial matter.
A commotion broke out in the meeting room.
"Then what should we do?"
"Konoha will soon send ninjas to suppress us..."
"Why don't we fight them now!"
...
The members of the radical faction were agitated, while the conservatives were pale-faced.
Kaze raised his hand, and the meeting room instantly quieted down.
"Fight? With what?"
"Most of the Uchiha elite ninjas are in the Police Force, but do you really think the Police Force alone can stand against the entire Konoha?"
Kaze's gaze swept over everyone present.
Uchiha, really only suitable for going crazy. Using their brains or whatever, not quite suitable for them.
The crowd fell silent.
"Then are we just waiting to die?"
Uchiha Yashiro asked through gritted teeth.
"Waiting to die? Of course not."
"Since they slandered us Uchiha for the previous Kyūbi Incident... then let's make it the truth."
The corner of Kaze's mouth curled into a grotesque arc.
The meeting room was dead silent.
"You mean..."
Uchiha Tekka's voice trembled slightly.
Not from fear, but from excitement!
"Kyūbi Jinchūriki, Uzumaki Naruto."
"Control him, release the Kyūbi, and have another Kyūbi Incident."
Kaze used the most nonchalant words to state the craziest plan.
[Ding, host proposed a crazy plan, reward: Bijū Chakra Compatible Physique.]
The system's prompt sounded timely, and the smile on Kaze's face became even crazier.
"But the Kyūbi Jinchūriki is strictly protected. How do we get close?"
"And there isn't enough time, is there?"
An elder raised a doubt.
"Protected?"
Kaze scoffed.
"Do you really think the Konoha higher-ups value the Jinchūriki that much? In their eyes, Uzumaki Naruto is just a container, a tool that can be sacrificed at any time."
"There are indeed people from Anbu and Root monitoring, but... wouldn't killing them all solve it?"
He walked to the window and looked at Konoha in the night.
"Kill all Anbu and Root?"
The sound of people sucking in cold air rang out in the meeting room.
"Madman... You are truly a madman..."
Uchiha Yashiro murmured, but a trace of fanaticism flashed in his eyes.
"What's wrong with being a madman? Rather than being constantly ostracized and suppressed, I'd rather just go crazy directly!"
Uchiha Tekka's Three Tomoe Sharingan already revealed madness.
Madness for this plan, fanatical madness for Kaze!
"Let's do it!"
"I want to make those self-righteous higher-ups pay the price!"
Uchiha Natsume's eyes were full of hatred.
"Lord Kaze, you take the position of Clan Head, I'll listen to you!"
Uchiha Nagasawa followed closely.
Even some conservatives were becoming crazy along with them at this moment. They didn't want to become abandoned pawns who could be discarded at any time.
They didn't want to continue being ostracized and loathed by the entire village.
They were also members of Konoha, also masters of this village.
They, too, wanted to go crazy!
"Very good, let's go."
"Let's prepare a big gift for the Konoha higher-ups!"
A glint flashed in Kaze's eyes as he disappeared into the dark night with a Body Flicker.
...
The night was deep.
Uzumaki Naruto lived in a dilapidated apartment, deliberately arranged by the Konoha higher-ups.
Kaze led fifteen Uchiha elites and silently infiltrated the area.
"There are seven hidden sentries around. Three on the roof, two at the alley entrance, and two more in the building opposite Naruto's apartment."
Uchiha Tekka activated his Three Tomoe Sharingan and reported in a low voice.
He was originally a squad leader in the Police Force, with top-notch reconnaissance skills.
"Five from Anbu, two from Root."
"Their strength isn't weak, at least at the Chūnin level."
Uchiha Nagasawa added.
Kaze nodded slightly.
It had to be said, these Uchiha were all very excellent ninjas. In terms of combat literacy, they exceeded most of their peers in Konoha.
"Yashiro, take ten people to deal with the peripheral sentries. Keep it quiet."
"Tekka, take the rest to surround the apartment. Don't let a single one escape."
"Those two from Root... I'll handle them."
After assigning tasks, the group quickly dispersed.
Kaze walked alone towards the building opposite Uzumaki Naruto's apartment.
It was a two-story building, currently pitch black.
But in Kaze's Mangekyō Sharingan, he could clearly see two figures hiding in the shadows.
Root ninjas.
"Shimura Danzō's dogs..."
Kaze muttered to himself, his body transforming into an afterimage and disappearing.
The next second, he appeared on the building's rooftop. The two Root ninjas noticed almost simultaneously, but their reactions were still a beat too slow.
"Raiton: Raija Kyōbu (Lightning Release: Wild Snake Dance)!"
Kaze formed seals with both hands, and dozens of snakes made of lightning surged toward the two from all directions.
This wasn't ordinary Raiton, but a Ninjutsu enhanced by the Raiton Chakra Nature Transformation rewarded by the system—extremely fast, and far more powerful than usual!
"Doton: Doryūheki (Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall)!"
One Root ninja reacted quickly, erecting an earth wall for defense. But the lightning snakes easily penetrated the earth wall, directly hitting his body.
"Ah!"
The scream lasted only half a second before that Root ninja turned into a charred corpse.
"Fūton: Shinkūgyoku (Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere)!"
The other Root ninja attacked immediately.
Several high-pressure wind bullets shot toward Kaze, while his body retreated rapidly, preparing to send a signal.
"Too slow."
Kaze's right eye rotated, Amenoshinra activated.
Those wind bullets were swallowed by the distorted space the moment they approached him.
At the same time, that Root ninja found the space around him beginning to compress—as if being pinched by a giant invisible hand!
"What... is this technique..."
He struggled to spit out a few words, then his entire person was crushed into meat paste by the space.
After killing the two Root ninjas, Kaze used a Body Flicker and appeared in front of a familiar door.
Inside... was the Kyūbi Jinchūriki, the son of the Yondaime... Uzumaki Naruto.