How pathetic...
A whole year had passed, and nearly everyone had come to believe he was dead!
"Serpent Sage Mode!"
Aoi transformed, his aura radiating the unmistakable presence of one who stood at the very apex of the Cursed Mark's power. On the neck of the Kiri-nin jōnin, the Cursed Mark of Heaven blazed violently, glowing with a strange, eerie luminescence...
Aoi seized the man by the throat. "Do you believe me now?"
"Is it truly Lord Aoi?"
It was a classic case of attacking one's own kin by mistake. The shinobi from the Mist lamented his misfortune inwardly: Who would have thought a man long dead would walk back into the land of the living? I truly have the worst luck this time around!
"Why did you steal Yuya's body?" Aoi asked, confused. "And why launch such a reckless assault on Konoha? Acting in such a way, Orochimaru was bound to draw attention and expose himself!"
"It was because of that eye!" The jōnin lowered his head, his tone growing intense and fervent. "Lord Orochimaru said that eye was something you bestowed upon Yuya — never something meant for the Uchiha clan to possess!"
"That guy Orochimaru..." Aoi shook his head, half-amused and half-exasperated. He'd only been gone for a single year; was all this drama really necessary?
"I am taking Yuya's body with me." Aoi frowned. He had been completely cut off from everything unfolding in this world for a full year, and there was much he needed to catch up on.
But right at that moment...
"Hold it right there!"
A frigid voice rang out from above. Blood-red eyes bearing the three tomoe of the Sharingan pierced through the space between them, locking firmly onto Aoi's face. "No matter who you are, you will not be taking this body anywhere!"
"And you are?"
"Uchiha Shingen."
Upon hearing that name, Aoi couldn't help but scoff inwardly. He had never even heard of it; clearly, this person was nothing more than an insignificant, disposable character...
Seeing that Aoi regarded him with such utter disdain, Uchiha Shingen gritted his teeth and roared in fury. "Uchiha Security Force! Seize all of them at once!"
At his command, more than a dozen Uchiha clansmen surrounded them, smirks playing upon their faces...
"Security Force?"
Aoi frowned. He hadn't expected that in just one year, the Uchiha had established their own police unit. This development was a clear sign that Konoha's leadership had completely lost all faith and trust in the clan.
The wheels of history had already veered drastically off their original course...
"I am Aoi. Yuya was my comrade, and I am taking his body with me." Aoi sneered as he stored Yuya's body away into his personal dimension.
"If any of you wish to throw your lives away, go ahead and try me!"
"Aoi?!"
Upon hearing his name, the Uchiha group grew restless. There were already deep-seated grievances: there were rumors that Aoi had killed Uchiha Moni and his grandson, and furthermore, the death of Uchiha Yuya was widely believed to be closely linked to Aoi as well.
"Hmph. That brat Aoi died ages ago."
Uchiha Shingen spoke with open contempt. "Even if he were alive, anyone who dares to pilfer the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha clan is destined to die!"
Murderous intent radiated intensely from Uchiha Shingen, as if he had come here with the sole purpose of ending Aoi's life...
A thick, suffocating bloodlust filled the air, and Aoi's expression turned icy. "It seems you came here specifically looking for me?"
"You're asking for death!"
"Eight Gates Inner Formation — Gate of Pain, Open!"
Furious, surging power flooded through his body. Aoi shattered the Earth Style: Earth Rampart wall Uchiha Shingen had conjured with a single punch, then lunged forward and seized the man by the throat. "Tell me — do you still wish to kill me now?"
"Ugh..."
Even with his neck crushed in a vice-like grip, Uchiha Shingen refused to yield. He bared his teeth in a twisted grin and spat, "Kid, go ahead and kill me if you've got the guts! I am an Elder of the Uchiha clan. If you dare lay a hand on me, the entire Uchiha clan will hunt you down until you pay with your life!"
"You really are begging to die!"
Aoi was just about to finish him off, when two distinct groups of people arrived at the exact same moment.
"Aoi, my friend! Spare Elder Shingen!" Uchiha Makoto shouted urgently, surrounded by a large contingent of Uchiha clansmen.
Leading the second group was Hiruzen Sarutobi. He stared wide-eyed and called out loudly as well, "Aoi, you must not kill him!"
"Must not?"
Aoi sneered cruelly. "This man has been courting death this entire time. I am going to grant his wish!"
He tightened his grip on Uchiha Shingen's neck with crushing force. In an instant, Uchiha Shingen's head burst apart completely. He was dead on the spot.
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