People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

A massive skull covered in yellow chakra covered Uchiha Fugaku.

The skeleton was gradually covered with meridians and flesh, wrapped in a cloak-like chakra, and a pair of twin swords appeared in the Susanoo's hand.

"This is the ultimate power of the Uchiha clan, and it will be my final swan song!"

Fugaku Uchiha uncontrollably coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Susanoo is both the "guardian" of the user and the "death god" that devours the user's life force.

Fugaku Uchiha, who was already at his limit, couldn't maintain Susanoo for long.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression turned grave, and he decisively announced, "Everyone, disperse!"

Fugaku Uchiha manipulated Susanoo and slashed down with both swords.

With each strike of the twin swords, the immense power cracked the ground, and ninjas who couldn't dodge in time died instantly.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi unleashed three fire dragon blasts, which split into three directions—front, left, and right—to attack Fugaku Uchiha's Susanoo. However, they failed to even cause a ripple on Susanoo.

Fugaku Uchiha was pushing his own life force to the limit, constantly manipulating Susanoo to launch attacks.

This immediately caused heavy casualties among the ANBU and Root ninjas.

"Five Elements - Great Combo Technique!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Shadow Clone Technique to summon four clones that worked together to attack Susanoo simultaneously with five different elemental ninjutsu: fire, lightning, water, earth, and wind, causing a devastating explosion.

Faced with Hiruzen Sarutobi's powerful ninjutsu attack, Fugaku Uchiha, inside Susanoo, immediately knelt on the ground, supporting himself with his hands, and vomited a mouthful of blood, along with some fragments of internal organs.

The meridians and flesh of Susanoo have all dissipated, degenerating into just a skeleton.

Fugaku Uchiha sensed that his time was coming to an end.

Sensing Danzo's greedy gaze, Fugaku Uchiha, taking advantage of the fact that Susanoo could still hold out for a while, resolutely removed his Mangekyou Sharingan and sealed it into a summoning scroll.

Upon seeing this, Danzo became extremely anxious: "All ninjas who can still fight, attack! Make sure to capture Fugaku Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan!"

All the remaining Anbu and Root ninjas who were still able to fight launched another attack on Fugaku Uchiha.

Fugaku Uchiha summoned a ninja hawk, tied the scroll to the hawk's body, and then released the summoning jutsu.

After doing all this, Fugaku Uchiha smiled with a sense of relief.

"Itachi, I'm counting on you from now on..."

Fugaku Uchiha's chakra could no longer sustain Susanoo, and it was completely dispelled.

Fugaku Uchiha's figure was annihilated by endless ninjutsu.

Chapter 203 The Pursuit of Konoha Ninjas

After Fugaku Uchiha died, Danzo immediately went to Fugaku's body.

All that could be seen were gruesome corpses; Danzo's long-cherished Mangekyou Sharingan had vanished without a trace.

"Fugaku Uchiha must have passed on his Mangekyou Sharingan to Itachi Uchiha. Hiruzen, I don't need to say more about the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, do I?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was extremely ugly. Fugaku Uchiha's Susanoo had just shocked him greatly, not to mention that it could control tailed beasts.

"All Anbu members and Jonin who are still able to fight, pursue Uchiha Itachi! If he resists, kill him or leave him!" At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi was filled with intense killing intent.

Meanwhile, Itachi had already led the surviving members of his clan away from Konoha and was heading towards the border of the Land of Fire.

"Uchiha Itachi! This ends here!"

Kakashi led a group of Jonin to catch up with Itachi and blocked their way, while the path behind them was also blocked by the Anbu.

Looking at his former companions, Itachi felt a mix of emotions.

"Itachi, while there's still time to turn back, come back with me!" Kakashi, Itachi's captain in the Anbu, urged.

"Turn back? The fact that you're here means all my other people have already sacrificed themselves. How can we possibly turn back?"

Itachi opened his three-tomoe Sharingan, his cold, scarlet eyes staring directly at Kakashi: "The people here now only want a place to live peacefully without oppression. They have no intention of opposing Konoha. Even so, you will not let us go. After returning to Konoha, can you guarantee that my clansmen will not be oppressed?"

Might Guy, standing next to Kakashi, shouted, "The Hokage will definitely handle this properly! Your leaving Konoha now is tantamount to betraying the village!"

"This is just your speculation. If the Third Hokage had ever wanted to solve the problem, things wouldn't have turned out this way. In the end, Konoha never considered us as comrades of the village!"

Since we were never on the same path from the beginning, how can our desire to leave Konoha be considered betrayal?

Itachi glanced around at the Konoha ninjas and said coldly, "Our ideologies are fundamentally different, so there's no point in saying more!"

Seeing that Itachi was about to make a move, the Anbu behind him immediately formed hand seals, trying to attack Itachi first.

Suddenly, countless small spiders appeared on the ground and began to crawl onto the bodies of the Konoha ninjas. Then, a voice came from above.

"Art is an explosion! Drink!"

Countless small spiders continued to expand and explode. Although their power was relatively small, their sheer number made up for it, instantly rendering some unsuspecting ninjas unable to fight.

Three figures descended from the sky: Deidara, wearing a mask; Kaori; and Yosuke.

Itachi was about to call out to Master Yosuke when he realized that Yosuke and the other two were wearing masks, probably trying to hide their identities, so he held back.

Before they arrived, because this was a secret operation, Yosuke gave each of the three a code name.

Yang Jie's code name is Qian.

Deidara's codename is Shock.

The code name for Xiang is Ze.

Deidara arrogantly looked at the group of Konoha ninjas and said to Yosuke, "Inui, these should all be enemies, right? Then I won't hold back!"

Ignoring the eager Deidara, Yosuke announced to the Konoha ninjas, "We now accept Uchiha Itachi and his clan! If you choose to obstruct us, then we will consider you our enemies!"

Kakashi frowned and rebuked Itachi, saying, "Uchiha Itachi, I never imagined you'd colluded with outsiders! You've actually betrayed Konoha!"

Asuma, standing behind Kakashi, felt a sense of familiarity upon seeing Yosuke wearing a mask.

Itachi's expression remained unchanged as he calmly stated, "I've said before, we've never been comrades, so there's no question of us betraying the village."

All the Konoha ninjas were ready for battle. Yosuke shook his head helplessly and said, "It seems you've still chosen to stop us, Shock!"

Deidara excitedly shoved his hands into his ninja tool pouch, constantly devouring and chewing the clay, and several small clay birds appeared on his palms.

"Enjoy my art! Go! Exploding clay? Little bird!"

The little bird in Deidara's hand flapped its wings automatically and flew quickly toward the direction of the Konoha ninja.

The Konoha ninjas, still traumatized by the small, exploding spiders they had just encountered, hurriedly used their respective defensive ninjutsu to fend off the clay flying birds.

When the bird exploded, a cloud of dust rose up, obscuring everyone's view.

Suddenly, dozens of ANBU ninjas broke through the dust and launched a swift and fierce attack on Deidara.

Deidara created a giant bird that he could ride, leaped onto it, and flew into the air, continuously hurling clay bombs at the ninjas chasing him.

The entire region was filled with Deidara's maniacal laughter and incessant explosions.

Yang Jie's forehead involuntarily bulged with two blue veins.

"Fine, don't be angry, let him have some fun..."

The Anbu ninjas at the scene were drawn away by Deidara, leaving only the Konoha Jonin ninjas.

Itachi looked at Kakashi and the other Jonin blocking his way and said to Yosuke, "Master... Inui, leave these ninjas to me. I also want to settle things with them and with Konoha."

Yosuke did not refuse Itachi's suggestion and agreed, "Alright, you don't need to worry about anything. I will protect your clansmen."

Yosuke stood beside the surviving Uchiha clan members, protecting them, while Kaori began using medical ninjutsu to treat the injured Uchiha clan members.

Itachi drew his katana from his waist with his right hand and quickly formed a hand seal with his left.

"Fire Release: Great Flame Ball!"

Itachi spat out a huge fireball, which quickly approached Kakashi and the other Jonin. After reaching a certain distance, the flames expanded instantly, causing a large-scale explosion.

Seeing this, Deidara, who was fighting in the air, excitedly shouted to Itachi, "As expected of you, Uchiha Itachi! I acknowledge your art!"

Kakashi and the other Jonin leaped high into the air, successfully avoiding the blast radius of the fireball.

However, Itachi had already arrived behind them before they could.

"Breath of the Sun? Seventh Form? Sunset Turn!"

Itachi's blade was wreathed in flames as hot as the sun, and he unleashed a horizontal slash while standing upside down, the range of which encompassed almost all the ninjas of Konoha.

"Eight Gates Formation? Sixth Gate? Gate of View! Open!"

Green steam appeared around Might Guy as he opened the sixth gate.

"The morning peacock!"

Might Guy unleashed a high-speed straight punch, generating flames through friction with the air. He used the shockwave and flames from the impact to interrupt Itachi's Slanting Sun Turn Sword Form.

Chapter 204 Jiraiya's Intrusion

After successfully landing, Kurenai quickly formed hand seals.

"Illusion? Enchanted Tree Binding Kill!"

As Kurenai's figure gradually disappeared, a huge tree suddenly grew from Itachi's feet, binding and restraining him.

Then, Kurenai Yuhi, holding a kunai, emerged from the tree.

"Successful!"

"Really?" Itachi's calm voice reached Kurenai Yuhi's ears.

Sensing something was wrong, Kurenai tried to immediately swing the kunai in her hand, but Itachi...

"Magic? The mirror world turns..."

As Itachi finished speaking, Kurenai was horrified to find that Itachi had broken her genjutsu and was standing unharmed in front of her.

Kurenai herself was bound by her own illusion.

"Your illusion technique is not perfect." Itachi raised his katana and slashed at Kurenai.

"red!"