Chapter 9

"Everyone, attack! Annihilate the Uchiha, leaving no survivors."

"Have Danzo find a way to locate who cast the space-time ninjutsu and find the position where the Uchiha clan has fled, then pursue them!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and gave orders decisively.

If the Uchiha stayed within Konoha, they would be like huskies kept in a pen, ready to be dealt with at any time.

But if the Uchiha left Konoha, they would become hungry wolves, ready to take a big bite out of Konoha at any moment.

The Uchiha clan's escape was something he absolutely could not accept!

It would bring a constant threat to Konoha!

"Yes!"

Nara Shikaku was also startled by Hiruzen's words.

However, he quickly used Yamato's ninjutsu to relay the message to the front-line Anbu and Danzo.

The Anbu who received the message were all very surprised.

They had also sensed that the Uchiha did not seem to have much fighting spirit, more so to just hold them back.

So the Anbu had not been too harsh, more focused on gathering information to understand the situation.

Now, with the Third's order, they could no longer slack off.

Joining the Anbu, they knew what they would face. Although they did not understand why they had to do this to the Uchiha, they still followed through.

"Is the barrier broken?"

"Ten minutes until retreat, over four hundred people have been brought here, but we still have half left, and time is tight!"

Uchiha Gyokuen stood on the roof, using his Sharingan to observe the outside situation.

He knew that the hardest part was yet to come.

The portal could not be hidden; with the Byakugan, it would be easily found. So from the beginning, Gyokuen chose to place the portal in the most convenient location for escape.

"The attacks have intensified. Are they planning to wipe out the Uchiha?"

"Then I won't hold back."

Gyokuen quickly noticed that the front-line battles had become extremely intense.

Ninjutsu and explosive tags detonated one after another.

He knew this was Hiruzen's decision, not wanting to let them leave.

If Konoha chose to abandon the pursuit after learning the Uchiha's intentions, there might still be a chance for peace in the future.

But now, Gyokuen had no hesitation.

He remotely detonated the Konoha prison!

The number of prisoners inside was much less than before, but there were still many Konoha renegades.

Without hesitation, Gyokuen chose to release them.

"Genjutsu: Sharingan!"

At the front line, Shisui also noticed the Anbu's intensified attacks.

His heart sank, knowing that Konoha had decided not to let them leave, which disappointed him.

He had thought that if Konoha knew the Uchiha wanted to leave and avoid war, they would agree.

But now, he realized he had been too optimistic!

So Shisui's attacks became more severe, no longer holding back.

Like a grim reaper, he used his fast Body Flicker Technique to quickly appear among the Anbu and eliminate them.

However, he still deliberately left them alive, not using lethal force, which made him very exhausted.

"Detonate the first line of defense!"

Uchiha Fugaku gave the order directly.

Konoha had always been on guard, suspecting the Uchiha would set up something in the village.

They did set up, but only within the Uchiha compound.

This time, they used a large number of explosive tags, not planning to leave anything for Konoha!

They would leave Konoha with only ruins.

Detonating now would also make it harder for the Anbu to invade.

After all, the Uchiha only needed to buy time. The evacuation started from the outermost area, so it was already empty.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

The explosions from the explosive tags almost woke up all the Konoha residents.

It was less than half an hour before dawn, when most people were sound asleep.

This sudden shock reminded the Konoha villagers of the night of the Nine-Tails' attack, causing them to panic and run out of their houses to seek shelter.

"Is it really coming to this!"

"Will the Hyuga clan be next?"

Hyuga Hiashi was not asleep.

He had a stern face, using his Byakugan to observe the village.

He also noticed the dozen or so Anbu hidden around the Hyuga compound, to prevent them from backstabbing.

Seeing these Anbu, Hiashi was very displeased. He knew that the Konoha leadership had never trusted the Hyuga clan.

After losing the Senju and Uchiha as targets, he suspected the next one might be the Hyuga clan!

......

"So this is the Uchiha's plan!"

"Sure enough, the evil Uchiha!"

"Call up all the ninja and send them to the front line. Tell them that killing an Uchiha ninja is an A-rank mission reward!"

Danzo, through his Root and Hyuga clan ninja, learned of the Uchiha clan's plan to retreat using space-time ninjutsu.

This made him furious!

He felt that Hiruzen's hesitation had led to this situation.

If they had acted earlier, it might not have come to this.

"Yes!"

The five Root members kneeling on the ground instantly Body Flickered away to gather more ninja.

"Prepare to cast a combined ninjutsu to quickly destroy that space-time ninjutsu. It cannot be allowed to continue!"

Danzo continued to give orders.

Relying on brute force to break through, he felt, would be too late.

Not everyone wanted to charge in, but in the darkest part of the night, visibility was poor, which did not affect the Uchiha much.

With numerous traps set up, the Anbu could not quickly break through the defenses.

Even if they managed to get close, they would be blocked by the Uchiha near the portal.

So Danzo planned to use a large-scale long-range combined ninjutsu to destroy what he believed to be the space-time ninjutsu!

However, before Danzo could act, Gyokuen also activated his final contingency.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Uchiha Mashi released three Great Fireball Techniques in three different directions in the sky.

Since no one was being attacked, no one stopped this ninjutsu.

"Under Konoha's strict surveillance, it's difficult to make a move."

"But the weather, indeed, went unnoticed."

"Combining the meteorological ninjutsu developed by Sasuke, let Konoha experience what true suffering is!"

Gyokuen's right hand glowed with electricity.

But his eyes had already transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Over the past two days, many rain clouds had gathered in the sky, unnoticed.

Gyokuen had slowly evaporated the lake water, forming cumulonimbus clouds. By the evening of the previous day, he had almost completely evaporated a lake within the Uchiha compound.

The Konoha ninja had not noticed this at all.