The domineering Uchiha drove the Third Hokage mad!

Chapter 32 This is like putting Hiruzen Sarutobi on a fire to roast!

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At the entrance of Konoha Village, more than 4,000 ninjas were ready to go.

Fugaku Uchiha stood on the high platform, his long black hair fluttering in the wind. His voice was deep and powerful, penetrating the entire plaza.

The ninjas below fell silent instantly, and all eyes were focused on him.

"We are about to march into the Fog-Hidden Battlefield!"

"Save our children!"

"Avenge our fallen comrades!"

"The glory of Konoha—will be reclaimed by our own hands!"

His right hand swung down sharply: "Now, let's go!"

"Boom... Boom...!!"

More than four thousand ninjas leaped up at the same time, rushing out of the Konoha gates like a black torrent.

The streets were packed with villagers seeing him off.

An elderly woman with a full head of silver hair staggered out of the crowd and handed a bunch of wild chrysanthemums covered in morning dew to an Uchiha ninja she knew.

Her thin, bony fingers gripped the ninja's sleeve tightly: "Please...please bring Xiaoming back...my grandson loves my rice balls the most..."

The ninja solemnly accepted the flower, nodded, and then leaped onto the treetop, disappearing from the group.

Some of the Uchiha clan members who came to see them off shouted loudly, "Konoha will win! Uchiha will win!"

Amid cheers, a little red-haired girl suddenly broke free from her mother's hand and ran after the group for more than ten meters until she was stopped by a Chunin on duty.

"Daddy! You have to come back!" Her tearful cry pierced the noise...

After entering the dense forest, the marching speed suddenly increased.

The figures of the ninjas flickered among the treetops, like a group of silent ghosts.

Fugaku Uchiha didn't stop walking. He turned his head slightly to look at the person beside him: "Mitsumine, are you sure the Hidden Mist ninjas will raid Nansha City?"

Uchiha Mitsunori leaped in from the side: "There are only three cities along the southern coast of the Land of Fire—Kuma Castle, Shiratori Castle, and Nansha Castle. Kuma Castle is the richest and has been plundered many times. Shiratori Castle is located in the middle and has recently been attacked more frequently. Nansha Castle is close to the Land of Hot Water; after they plunder Shiratori Castle, they will inevitably escape to the Land of Water through the Land of Hot Water."

Chief Anma caught up from behind and said in a deep voice, "Why don't we just go to Nansha City and intercept them?"

Uchiha Mitsunaga shook his head: "No, let's go to Bear City first."

Chief Kazami frowned: "Won't this take up too much time?"

Uchiha Mitsumine's gaze was sharp as a knife: "Hiruzen Sarutobi made the children graduate early, forming a 3000-strong army of old and young, and now the casualties are so heavy."

Fugaku Uchiha pondered for a moment: "You mean...?"

"First, save the children of Kuma-no-Shiro. Send some people to escort them back to Konoha. Then bring back the children's bodies as well. Let the people of Konoha see with their own eyes what kind of hell their Hokage sent the children to."

"Next, we'll go to Shiratori Castle and repeat the same operation. Finally, we'll take only 300 Jonin and head full speed to Nansha Castle to intercept the main force of Kirigakure!"

The clan chief Kazami still had doubts: "300 Jonin... isn't that too risky?"

"The reason why it's so difficult to wipe out the more than 3000 ninjas of Kirigakure is that they have no base of operations, so they commit crimes on the move, rob and run. Now that they've robbed enough, their fighting spirit has long since diminished."

Fugaku Uchiha's Sharingan flickered slightly: "Alright, let's do as Mitsunori says."

Eleven hours later, in Bear City.

The setting sun, like blood, illuminated this once-prosperous coastal city.

The city walls were broken, and the streets were littered with uncleaned ninja tools and bloodstains. The air was thick with the stench of burning and bloodshed.

Five children, all under ten years old, fell in a fan shape, the one furthest away still clutching an unlit signal flare.

Chief Kurama's voice trembled: "The 47th squad, wiped out. This is the seventh group we've encountered today..."

The Kazami clan chief slammed his fist into a tree trunk: "That old bastard, Hiruzen Sarutobi!"

Fugaku Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan slowly spun, his gaze settling on the small corpse clutching a rag doll: "Collect all the remains..."

The Konoha stronghold in Bear Castle, which originally had 1000 people, now only has 53 left.

In the empty training field, several children with dirty faces huddled in a corner, their eyes vacant.

A staggering Uchiha Chunin with a missing arm staggered forward, his voice hoarse: "Lord Fugaku...you've finally arrived..."

Fugaku Uchiha's gaze swept around, and his Sharingan instantly caught the remaining traces of the battle.

The Chunin gritted his teeth and said, "The Hidden Mist ninja came two days ago. They...they took all the supplies, and those who refused to surrender died..."

Uchiha Mitsunaga's fists clenched so tightly they cracked: "Where are the children?"

"Those who are alive... are all here..."

A little girl who looked no more than ten years old walked over timidly, clutching a blood-stained photograph in her hand.

"Uncle...can my dad...come back?"

Uchiha Mitsunori knelt down and gently patted her head: "We will definitely make those people... pay the price."

"Report, the data is in. 841 bodies have been collected, including 754 children and 87 adults. Another 43 bodies are too badly mutilated, and 59 people are still missing."

Chief Anma walked over and said, "Sanfeng, it's time to go to White Bird City. We'll leave 2000 people behind to handle the aftermath; they'll take care of the rest."

Uchiha Mitsunori coldly said, "Have these 2000 men send the 53 survivors back to Konoha. Also, take these corpses with you. Before they enter Konoha's gates, have someone take the corpses out of the storage scrolls and transport them on stretchers to the Ninja Academy's plaza. Finally, notify the families to come and collect the bodies."

After hearing this, Chief Anma gasped: many people wouldn't have a real idea of ​​what was going on if they only heard that a few hundred people had died.

But if we follow Uchiha Mitsunori's suggestion and transport the 884 corpses to the school square on stretchers, with two people per corpse and one stretcher per body, the line would stretch for nearly 2000 meters. The reaction of the Konoha residents along the street upon seeing this long line of corpses... is unimaginable.

Uchiha Mitsunori looked towards Konoha, his tone icy and filled with killing intent: "I want them to see clearly that every little corpse is a nail driven into Hiruzen Sarutobi's coffin."

The Kazami clan chief suddenly laughed, a laugh that sent chills down everyone's spine: "Placing corpses in the ninja academy's plaza... what a brilliant idea! Hiruzen Sarutobi is the academy's principal, and it was he who ordered the students to graduate early. This is putting Hiruzen Sarutobi on the fire!"

Upon hearing this, Fugaku Uchiha ordered in an unquestionable voice, "Execute it. Let the Third Hokage... see his masterpiece with his own eyes."