"Move back, all of you, move back!!"
"Brats, a battle at this level isn't something you can watch from this close unless you want to die!"
"Get back. At least two hundred meters!"
"..."
The Uchiha elders shouted themselves hoarse as they drove back the Uchiha who wanted to watch the duel up close.
The younger generation in particular was especially curious about the legendary power of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
The older men who had lived through the era of Madara and Hashirama, on the other hand, were already skillfully retreating from the center of the battlefield.
If the area had been larger, they would have wanted to retreat even farther.
Even two hundred meters still carried the risk of getting caught in the crossfire.
Before long, the Uchiha had cleared out a wide field, leaving only Haru and Tomita in the center.
"Then let's begin."
After saying that, the purple phantom of Susanoo around Haru gradually became solid.
First came the arms, then the ribs, then the torso.
The enormous half-body skeleton wrapped itself around Haru.
As Haru continued to pour power into it, flesh covered the skeletal frame, and its height rose to more than fifty meters.
"Further!!"
Haru shouted.
He could feel that the potential of the Mangekyo Sharingan had not yet been fully drawn out.
Soon after, armor covered the flesh, and its height surged again to over seventy meters.
Looks like this is the limit.
Haru felt a faint pain in his eyes.
So this was the limit of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Madara's Susanoo had been over a hundred meters tall, with that crystal-like complete form on its head. It seemed that only the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan could summon something like that.
Still, this was already more than enough to deal with Tomita.
With a wave of his hand, a dark yellow ninja blade appeared in Susanoo's grasp, formed entirely from magma.
That was the power of Lava Release.
Haru was now going all out.
"I never thought I'd live to see this kind of power again."
"Heaven truly blesses the Uchiha!"
"Let's see who in Konoha can still stop the Uchiha now!!!"
"Hahahaha!!!"
A giant purple Susanoo stood there.
Even from two hundred meters away, the immense chakra radiating from it still made people's hearts tremble.
This was not a power a human should be able to wield.
This was the power of a god.
The Uchiha elders watching from the distance lost control again. Tears streamed from their eyes as they shouted like madmen in excitement.
The younger Uchiha stared fixedly at Haru's Susanoo, their eyes full of awe, envy, and longing.
Who was there among the young who did not want to pilot a giant war machine?
Tomita looked at the towering giant that had appeared within only a few breaths, standing right before him, and a crushing sense of smallness filled his mind.
He was starting to regret agreeing to fight Haru.
I have to fight something like this?
You have to be joking.
Standing at its feet, Tomita had to crane his head back just to barely glimpse Haru's figure. Everywhere his eyes landed, all he could see was the massive body of Susanoo.
"Ready, Tomita?"
Haru looked down at Tomita, who was as tiny as an ant beneath him.
No wonder Madara had only acknowledged Hashirama.
With power like this, who would care what ordinary people thought?
Wouldn't it be enough for them to kneel and submit?
Still, Haru thoughtfully asked Tomita whether he was ready for the duel.
"You can start."
Tomita answered stiffly.
His hands gripped his ninja blade tightly, and sweat had already formed in his palms.
I'll rush in and test him first.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
Tomita charged straight at Haru's Susanoo and brought his ninja blade down with all his strength.
Clang!
The battle-worn blade that had followed Tomita through countless fights chipped on impact.
Haru's Susanoo, meanwhile, was not damaged in the slightest.
What absurd defense.
Tomita looked at his blade with aching pain in his heart. The material was already top-grade steel, and expensive chakra-conducting ore had been mixed into it as well.
And yet it still could not even break Haru's defense.
"That tickles a little."
Haru did not feel pain at all.
If anything, it was just a little itchy.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!!"
Tomita rapidly formed hand seals with both hands. Chakra gathered in his mouth, and in the blink of an eye, a sea of flames burst forth and swept toward Haru.
Now this was a little interesting.
A smile appeared on Haru's face as he acknowledged Tomita's strength.
Without at least several jonin joining forces to cast Water Release, there was no way to stop a fire sea like that. Anyone else would simply be swallowed whole.
But before Haru, it was not enough.
Haru swung his blade, and with one slash, the fire was split apart instantly. The force of the attack rushed into the sky, flew for over a thousand meters, scattered the clouds overhead, and left a huge hollow in the heavens with its aftershock.
At the same time, alarms rang across all of Konoha.
The large defensive barrier that had been set up around the village was casually destroyed by Haru's strike.
"Enemy attack?"
"The whole village on alert!!!"
"Alert squads, lock down the village and evacuate the civilians! Everyone else, notify every clan in Konoha!"
"I'll go inform Mito-sama!!"
The head of Konoha's Anbu bellowed orders at the top of his lungs.
Had the enemy already reached the village gates?
Konoha's defensive barrier had been destroyed.
The entire village instantly descended into chaos.
The civilians were urgently evacuated according to protocol and fled into Konoha's underground shelters.
...
Of course, Haru knew nothing about any of that.
He was still immersed in his little duel game with Tomita.
"Too strong..."
"There's no winning..."
Tomita stared up at the sky with a horrified expression.
Was that really an attack a human could produce?
Great Fire Annihilation had been his most practiced and most destructive Fire Release technique, and Haru had dispersed it effortlessly.
His attacks could not even compare to Haru's defense.
If Haru simply stood there without moving, Tomita doubted even his Fire Release could hurt him at all.
"Haru-sama, I concede!"
Tomita gave up.
There was no point continuing.
The only way to defeat Haru would be to pile up lives against him.
Endless ninjutsu bombardment, barrier sealing layered on top, constant attrition until Haru's chakra and eye power were exhausted.
Only then might there be a chance.
Haru-sama, please put away your divine powers.
Hearing Tomita surrender, Haru felt a bit unsatisfied.
That was it? He was surrendering already?
He had not finished having fun yet.
Still, Haru dismissed Susanoo and prepared to go enjoy the fruits of victory.
The moment Susanoo disappeared, Haru instantly felt his body go hollow. Strength left his limbs, and he could barely muster any force.
Using a power so far beyond his own limits naturally came with a price.
For someone who had only just obtained the Mangekyo Sharingan, being able to use its techniques at all was already remarkable. Susanoo was something that normally required a period of familiarity before even beginning to use it properly.
To force it out like this would only lead to blindness.
But Haru did not care.
This was just a trial card anyway.
This performance had been more than worth it.
From now on, the entire Uchiha would revere me as they revered a god.
(End of Chapter)
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