Chapter 222: Kill Without Mercy! The Clash of Susanoo!
Fugaku Uchiha's face, usually marked by composure and worry, was now etched only with a decisive coldness.
He looked at the former subordinates who had turned their blades against him.
He looked at his wife, who had utterly betrayed him, and then glanced back at his second son, who would never understand his painstaking efforts. The last vestige of hesitation in his heart was completely severed.
He had finally "understood."
It was his own past indecision—his compromise and indulgence toward that idea of "Absolute Justice"—that allowed Ikeizumi Uchiha's extreme ideology to proliferate and grow like a tumor within Konoha.
So much so that today, he, the Clan Head, was forced out of his position by his own kin.
Under Ikeizumi's guidance, the entire Uchiha Clan was madly charging toward a cliff, completely opposed to the Will of Fire of Konoha.
This was not revitalizing the clan; this was dragging the entire Uchiha into an abyss of eternal damnation!
And all of this could have been avoided!
It was only because of his string of weaknesses that this was allowed to happen to the Uchiha Clan. Intense regret and a sense of responsibility burned in his heart.
If I had been stronger back then... if I had decisively stopped Ikeizumi... if I had strangled Absolute Justice in the cradle...
"Ikeizumi."
Fugaku's voice was low and hoarse, cutting through the surrounding noise.
He ignored the cold blades pointed at him, his gaze fixed on the source of all this trouble.
"Since I planted the seed that bore this bitter fruit—"
Fugaku said slowly, the chakra within him beginning to surge like an awakened giant beast, "Then it is up to me, in my own way, to atone for my mistakes and put the Uchiha—back on the right path!"
The moment his voice fell, the Military Police Force ninja, already on edge, acted.
"Fugaku Uchiha has chosen violent resistance! He has also severely injured one of our comrades!"
A ninja who had activated his Two-Tomoe Sharingan roared, his eyes filled with belief in Absolute Justice and fury towards the former Clan Head.
"Everyone! In the name of the Military Police's Absolute Justice, take him down!"
Several elite ninja burst into action simultaneously, their ninja blades flashing cold light as they rushed at Fugaku from different directions!
A chilling killing intent instantly enveloped Fugaku!
However, facing this encirclement, Fugaku Uchiha merely narrowed his eyes slightly.
WHOOSH—!
A chakra and dōjutsu-infused energy, chilling and heart-stopping, erupted from him like a tangible storm. The ground beneath his feet instantly cracked, and rubble was swept aside by an invisible blast.
RUMBLE—!!!
The next moment, a colossal, purple chakra-formed skeletal arm violently tore out of the ground in front of Fugaku.
The giant arm's five fingers were splayed. With just a casual sweep toward the charging ninja!
"What?!"
"Watch out!"
The faces of the leading Military Police Force ninja instantly twisted in shock!
They had no time to make any effective response, feeling only a terrifying, mountain-toppling wind pressure slam into them!
The feeling was like facing a sudden hurricane!
Their charging momentum was violently halted. Their bodies involuntarily tumbled backward, the muscles on their faces violently shaking from the wind pressure. Their very breath was stolen from them.
A cold sweat instantly drenched their foreheads.
The look in their Sharingan was replaced by sheer terror!
"T-This is what kind of power?!" A capable Uchiha Chūnin barely managed to steady himself, staring at the slowly retracting purple skeletal arm, his face etched with disbelief.
Beside him, an Uchiha Jōnin squeezed out the legendary name through clenched teeth: "Susanoo! This is one of the supreme dōjutsu of the Sharingan!"
This level of power was far beyond what an ordinary ninja could comprehend!
"This is no longer a battle you cats can participate in, meow."
A strange, slightly languid but crisp voice broke the brief silence.
Kijirō the Ninja Cat was crouched near Ikeizumi Uchiha's feet.
Its short, round body had been mostly ignored by everyone until now.
Kijirō licked its paw, looking at the massive purple skeletal arm, and slowly said, "Meow, Fugaku Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, these two truly are father and son. Perhaps Itachi, that little beast's extreme stubbornness, is inherited from you, old man."
It tilted its head, as if thinking seriously: "Comparatively, that little brat Sasuke is much more normal. Perhaps—he inherited it from his mother? Hmph, truly a small blessing in the family's misfortune, meow."
After finishing its commentary, Kijirō looked up at Ikeizumi Uchiha, who stood firm as a rock beside it, its tone turning respectful: "Lord Ikeizumi, should we now—"
Before its question was finished, Ikeizumi Uchiha's cold, emotionless voice preempted it.
"Fugaku Uchiha, violent resistance, using Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu to severely injure law enforcement personnel's minds. The severity of the crime is increased."
His gaze pierced through the dissipating smoke and landed on Fugaku Uchiha.
"Absolute Justice's judgment for the criminal 'Fugaku Uchiha' is—"
A brief pause that solidified the air to an extreme degree.
"—Kill Without Mercy!"
The moment these three cold words fell, Ikeizumi Uchiha moved.
He, too, took a step forward.
BOOM!
A crimson chakra, even more volatile and scorching than Fugaku's, erupted from his body like a volcano suppressed for a millennium.
The visible red energy burned around him like raging flames, scorching and melting the ground around him to a blackened state.
RUMBLE!
RUMBLE!
Two even thicker, more savage crimson skeletal giant arms ruthlessly tore out from beneath the earth, slamming heavily onto the ground!
Following closely, a huge skeletal head, also composed of crimson chakra, broke through the ground and slowly ascended.
Under the shocked gaze of everyone present, the two skeletal giant arms braced against the ground and exerted immense force!
Accompanied by teeth-grinding sounds of bone grinding and the enormous crackling of the earth.
A towering, ten-meter-high crimson skeletal giant, only the upper half visible, stood majestically in the Uchiha compound, like a magma demon crawled out of hell!
Veins and muscle-like fibers rapidly began to interweave over the bones!
Soon, a crimson ninja blade was grasped in the Susanoo's hand.
Ikeizumi Uchiha stood within the crimson Susanoo, his eyes having transformed into the complex and bizarre Mangekyō pattern at some unknown point.
He looked down with chilling detachment.
Like Fugaku Uchiha, he had activated this supreme dōjutsu of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Susanoo!
"Everyone, follow Kijirō's instructions."
Ikeizumi Uchiha's voice, transmitted through the Susanoo, carried an undeniable indifference: "Immediately evacuate all civilians in the Uchiha compound to the shelter! Send the injured to the Konoha Hospital immediately for treatment! And request Tsunade of the Sannin to come forward and treat the mental trauma caused by the Sharingan genjutsu."
Witnessing this confrontation between Mangekyō Sharingan users, and sensing the two terrifying, world-destroying dōjutsu powers.
The remaining Military Police Force ninja, despite their reluctance, thoroughly understood that the battle ahead had long exceeded their ability to intervene.
Moreover, one of the iron laws of "Absolute Justice" was—Obey orders!
"Yes, Lord Ikeizumi!"
Without hesitation, all the ninja shouted their affirmation, swiftly executing the orders.
Some escorted Mikoto Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha away.
Some carried their unconscious comrades toward the Konoha Hospital.
More began the efficient organization of civilian evacuation.
Fugaku Uchiha watched all of this coldly, making no move to stop them.
His entire focus was concentrated on the crimson skeletal giant in front of him.
That familiar, heart-palpitating crimson color brought up the memories he least wanted to touch deep within his heart.
"H-He..."
Fugaku's voice carried a barely perceptible tremor. He stared intensely at Ikeizumi beneath the crimson Susanoo and questioned: "He... died beneath this Susanoo of yours, didn't he? Didn't he, Ikeizumi?"
Ikeizumi Uchiha's reply was cold: "He died cleanly. He got off easy."
CRUNCH—!
A very faint but distinctly audible crisp sound suddenly occurred.
It was Fugaku Uchiha violently clenching his jaw, the immense force hard enough to break the tip of one of his teeth!
Driven by intense emotion, the ground behind him once again violently collapsed.
Another colossal purple skeletal arm tore out of the earth. Following closely, more purple chakra surged out madly, and chakra structures resembling bone, sinew, and muscle were rapidly constructed!
A purple Susanoo, also only the upper half visible, but comparable in size to the crimson Susanoo, completely stood up!
"Ikeizumi! I must stop you! I am doing this for the Uchiha Clan! My conscience is clear! If stopping you means sacrificing my own life, I will have no regrets. The moment I made this choice, I cast my life aside!"
Fugaku Uchiha's voice, transmitted through the purple Susanoo, was no longer his usual composed tone, but filled with a desperate, hoarse resolve.
The pattern in his Mangekyō Sharingan spun frantically, and the immense dōjutsu power poured out like a burning flame.
In the huge palms of his second-stage purple Susanoo, profound dōjutsu power and chakra surged and coalesced madly.
A massive, dark purple blade, ancient and savage in design, gradually solidified!
The blade was wreathed in an ominous purple chakra aura, and the edge flashed with a heart-stopping cold light.
This was his, Fugaku Uchiha's, Susanoo Blade!
The colossal purple Susanoo moved in response, its huge skeletal joints making a teeth-grinding sound of friction.
It gripped the giant dark purple blade with both hands, bringing it down in a vertical cleave toward the crimson Susanoo in front of it, with a terrifying power that threatened to split mountains and seas!
Where the blade passed, the air was forcibly displaced, letting out a wailing shriek.
Facing this heavy and powerful strike, Ikeizumi Uchiha's Susanoo reacted instantly.
"Utterly incorrigible."
The cold voice came from inside the crimson Susanoo.
The crimson Susanoo, with chakra structures like flowing magma on its surface, showed no sign of avoidance or retreat.
Instead, the muscle-like chakra structures in its arms violently expanded, and with an equally uncompromising posture, it swung its crimson magma ninja blade.
From the bottom up, it met the descending dark purple blade head-on in a defiant clash!
CLANG!!!
The two colossal weapons collided fiercely, instantly erupting in an inexpressible roar.
A giant energy ball, mixing purple and crimson, instantly expanded at the point of impact.
It then transformed into a destructive, ring-shaped shockwave that spread out madly in all directions like a tsunami!
RUMBLE!
Fugaku Uchiha's mansion, the closest to the impact point—its meticulously built courtyard, walls, and roof—were utterly crushed by this tangible shockwave, as if a massive, invisible hand had squeezed them.
Rubble was violently sent flying high into the sky like heavy rain. The sturdy walls collapsed and shattered like building blocks!
The aftermath of just a single clash had nearly flattened the entire area.
Protected inside the purple Susanoo, Fugaku Uchiha's face suddenly tightened!
Through the feedback received by the Susanoo,
He clearly felt an irresistible, scorching, and savage force surging madly along his blade!
He was horrified to see that his Susanoo was losing the struggle of strength against Ikeizumi's Susanoo!
"How is this possible?!"
Fugaku's heart was shaken.
He watched his Susanoo's huge purple arms being forcefully bent backward, and the bone-like structures of its fingers, tightly gripping the blade, made a grinding "gah-ih" sound under the unbearable pressure.
The massive dark purple blade itself was severely vibrating, as if letting out a cry of pain!
Even more alarming was that at the point where the two massive blades locked in collision, the edge of his blade, forged from extreme Yin Release dōjutsu power, was showing signs of melting!
"This is—Magma Release power!"
Fugaku Uchiha instantly understood and muttered, "He has perfectly integrated the power of the Magma Release Kekkei Genkai into his Susanoo!"
The fusion of two different Kekkei Genkai had never been recorded in the Uchiha Clan's long history.
Because before Ikeizumi Uchiha, the Uchiha Clan had never produced a ninja who possessed both the Sharingan and another Kekkei Genkai simultaneously!
This meant that...
For the same stage of Susanoo, Ikeizumi Uchiha's Susanoo possessed an overwhelming advantage in destructive power due to the fusion of the Magma Release characteristic.
"So that's it. Itachi, back then, even after activating Susanoo, he was defeated so utterly cleanly. He must have been instantly crushed by this Magma Release-infused Susanoo, too, didn't he?"
Fugaku's face was shrouded in gloom.
Meanwhile.
The Hokage's Office.
Due to the overwhelming dissatisfaction within the Sarutobi clan toward him as the Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi had chosen not to return to the clan compound that night, opting instead to sleep in the rest area of the Hokage's Office.
However, just as he was starting to feel drowsy—BOOM!!!
A dull, thunderous roar came from the distance, followed by the entire Hokage Building shaking slightly.
The teacup on the desk rattled.
Tea spilled out.
"What's happening?! An enemy attack?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi instantly woke up.
All drowsiness vanished!
He grabbed his Hokage robes, put them on, and his figure flickered to appear before the massive office window. His sharp, aged eyes scanned the direction of the roar.
The next moment, his pupils violently contracted.
He saw two "giants" clashing fiercely beneath the night sky of the Uchiha compound!
That massive size, that terrifying chakra fluctuation, that signature form—"It's Susanoo! And there are two of them! Right in the Uchiha Clan compound!"
His gaze locked intensely on the crimson Susanoo.
"The red one is Ikeizumi's Susanoo! There's no mistake. That's the power he used when he killed Itachi. So, who is the other one? Who is the dark purple Susanoo?!"
As this thought emerged, a possibility he had almost dismissed struck his mind like lightning.
The answer was immediate!
"Fugaku!!!"
.............
I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to those who support me on this journey. Your contribution make a real difference!
As a patron, you unlock:
Exclusive Access: Get advanced +70 chapters ahead of everyone else.
👉 Join now: P-a-treon/Chaos_God
(Just remove the- hyphen to access normally)
Thank You so much For your Support and for Reading!