chapter 193 part 2
"Clan Head Fugaku watched helplessly as the son he raised stabbed him through the body with a blade. How despairing he must have been before he died..."
"Do you think he *wanted* to start a rebellion? He didn't want to see this scene more than anyone else. But the clan was oppressed. As the clan head, what could he do? He could only delay it again and again, burying his head in the sand in front of the higher-ups, but it still didn't alleviate much."
Uchiha Ren suddenly thought of something: "Oh, right, I bet Madam Mikoto, before she died, still earnestly exhorted you to take good care of your younger brother, didn't she?"
"How filial! How filial! Although Madam Mikoto was a bit biased against me, her gentleness towards your family was evident to the entire clan! Yet you could bear to kill your own mother! I truly laugh!"
Uchiha Ren's angry condemnation, every word like a sharp blade, directly pierced Ji's heart.
Uchiha Ji's expression was cold. Facing Ren's accusations, he didn't say much. He rapidly formed hand seals, and Chakra rapidly circulated within his body.
As the very last hand seal was completed, he suddenly looked up and shouted explosively, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
In an instant, a blazing fire erupted from his mouth, instantly condensing into a massive fireball. Like a burning meteor, carrying rolling heat waves, it charged towards Uchiha Ren with the force of overturning mountains and seas.
At the same time, Uchiha Ren also completed his hand seals.
He suddenly pushed both hands forward and loudly shouted, "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
A colossal water dragon surged up from the ground. The water dragon's body was agile, opening its bloody maw, and let out an earth-shattering roar!
The water dragon and the Great Fireball violently collided in mid-air. The water dragon swallowed the Great Fireball in one gulp, then, carrying the unextinguished flames and enveloped in powerful impact force, it charged straight towards Uchiha Ji's body.
Uchiha Ren seized this opening and mercilessly mocked: "Don't use the excuse of the clan wanting to rebel to convince the world. This is a racial purge, my god! Are you even human? Those unarmed Uchiha clansmen, what monstrous crime did they commit? Even if it was assassinating the emperor, it would only be exterminating nine generations of relatives. But you, on the other hand, just massacred everyone. You're even crueler than Zhu Renanzhang!"
Ren's words, like a sharp blade, tore through Uchiha Ji's seemingly indestructible inner defense line.
The surging water dragon, engulfing the swallowed Great Fireball, surged fiercely towards Uchiha Ji, instantly engulfing Ji.
For a moment, water vapor permeated, and steam enveloped the street.
However, just then, on a utility pole nearby, countless crows rose, blackening the sky. They circled and danced in the air, gradually converged, and actually reconstituted Uchiha Ji's body.
Ji stood steadily on the utility pole, his blood-red Sharingan rotated rapidly, and a flash of resolve appeared in his eyes.
He stared fixedly at Uchiha Ren and activated a powerful hypnotic Sharingan Genjutsu!
Uchiha Ren saw this situation and was not afraid in the slightest. He met Ji's gaze.
In an instant, he only felt the world spinning. His body suddenly began to sink uncontrollably, and the surrounding scenery also instantly changed.
When he came back to his senses, he found himself in a dark prison.
Ahead, Uchiha Ji was holding a blade, slowly walking step by step.
Uchiha Ren looked at the scene before him and suddenly laughed!
"Hahahaha!"
He stared directly at Ji and challenged him, "So what if I'm caught in a genjutsu? Do you have the guts to cut me with that knife?"
At the same time, in the real world, Ji, holding his blade, unhesitatingly slashed down towards Ren's neck.
However, to Ji's shock, Ren, caught in the genjutsu, his body actually began to move automatically as if by instinct.
Ren, with his eyes rolled back, yet effortlessly dodged this fierce slash with a strange posture.
Ji was stunned at this sight. He never imagined such a change would occur.
"This is just Level one Observation Haki!"
Let alone Ji, even if a Marine Sword Master came to slash with a sword, Ren could still dodge.
As Uchiha Ren successfully dodged the attack, the genjutsu shrouding him was broken. Ren's eyes gradually regained clarity, and he regained his consciousness.
He raised his hand and slammed an iron fist, imbued with Armament Haki, towards Ji. Ji slashed his ninja blade towards Ren's wrist.
A "Clang!" echoed through the empty street. Ji stabilized his continuously trembling 'tiger's mouth' and leaped backward, creating distance from Uchiha Ren.
Uchiha Ren looked at the surprised Ji, a mocking smile curling on his lips, "Domestic electric car's smart driving, never seen it before, have you?"
He continued, swinging his fist imbued with Armament Haki, "Domestic cars are tough, can your knife cut through it?"
Although Ji didn't understand what Ren was talking about, he could still realize the other party was toying with him. His eyes blinked, and blood-red tears seeped from his eyeballs. Black flames instantly ignited Uchiha Ren's body!
"Amaterasu!"
"Ah ah ah!"
Uchiha Ren cried out twice. His body 'poof'-ed and dissipated into white smoke.
On a nearby rooftop, Uchiha Ren's figure reappeared. He looked at the panting Ji, clutching his chest and stinging eyes, a smile on his lips: "Water Release took a very, very long time to learn. It's used to counter your Fire Release."
"But Shadow Clone is easier to learn. Perhaps it's a natural understanding of this technique; I learned it just by taking a scroll."
"Seriously, the Shadow Clone Technique is really useful. Even Sharingan cannot distinguish between a Shadow Clone and the real person. Don't you agree, Ji-san, who just now expended a large amount of visual power using Amaterasu, only to burn through a Shadow Clone?"
Uchiha Ren suppressed the corners of his mouth. "What's the difference between this and a blind monk landing his ultimate on a fake monkey?! Hahahaha!"
A truly vicious verbal attack!
Uchiha Ren had a good chance of taking down Uchiha Ji, but he didn't do so directly.
This night is still long.
He wanted to slowly exact revenge on this enemy who had weighed on his mind for two months.
Just as Ji and Ren were in a tense confrontation, a young figure stumbled out from the corner of the street.
It was Uchiha Sasuke!
His small body carried a slightly worn school bag. His once innocent face was now filled with terror and bewilderment.
Because he was playing around, he had just returned to the clan compound. However, the scene before him was like a nightmare.
Blood flowed freely all over the streets, reflecting a strange luster under the moonlight. Mutilated limbs were scattered everywhere, and the air was filled with a nauseating stench of blood.
Sasuke only felt a strong sense of unease surge into his heart like a tide. His legs seemed to be nailed down by fear. Only after a moment did he suddenly react, snatched off his school bag, and wildly ran towards the front.
He shouted all the way, his voice choked with sobs, sounding exceptionally desolate in the dead of night.
Finally, he saw the two figures exchanging shuriken—Ji and Ren.
Sharp shuriken shimmered with cold light in the night sky, going back and forth, colliding and sparking.
Sasuke's appearance instantly froze the situation. Ji and Ren simultaneously noticed him. Both tacitly leaped backward, creating distance from each other.
Sasuke looked dumbfounded, his eyes filled with terror and confusion. His gaze switched back and forth between the two. He asked with a trembling voice, "What happened, Onii-chan! Brother Ren! What happened!?"
Sasuke's voice, choked with sobs, echoed in the silent night.
He seemed to be questioning this cruel reality, asking why this putrid scene must be displayed before him, a young child.
"What happened? Let me explain."
Uchiha Ren had an expression of someone who loved to see trouble brew, pointing at Ji on the opposite eaves. His words were very concise:
"Your entire family is dead."
(end of chapter)