At this moment.
Heaven and earth fell silent.
Everyone had the same thought...
It's over.
It's completely over now...
Everything...
Is Irreversable!
As things stand, there is no longer any room for de-escalation.
Between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha's higher-ups...
It's a fight to the death!
That was Lord Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi's own son!
An elite Jonin, Anbu commander, the Hokage's right-hand man, a truly top-tier figure in the village!
To think he was just like that...
Killed by Uchiha Yagami!
For a moment, both the Hokage faction and the Uchiha Clan were dumbfounded and bewildered, and no one even spoke...
Only Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart-wrenching scream seemed to tear through everyone's eardrums and everyone's hearts...
Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Yakumi, and the others' hearts pounded wildly, looking in Yagami's direction in disbelief...
He, he actually did it!
Killed Sarutobi Hiruzen's own son!
Although the Uchiha clansmen, especially Yagami's subordinates and Yamagaze's comrades, felt a sense of satisfaction, they couldn't help but swallow hard...
This, how much courage, how much boldness, how much decisiveness did this take...
Uchiha Fugaku also widened his eyes, as if he had lost his soul for a moment.
"That, that bastard actually..."
He glanced at the Anbu restraining him on both sides; they were also extremely shocked at the moment, not even paying attention to him...
But the most shocked and despairing was, of course, Lord Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi himself.
He watched his own son being brutally killed before his eyes; the anger, hatred, pain, and despair in his heart were simply indescribable and unimaginable...
At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen was not the Third Lord Hokage of Konoha Village...
But just an ordinary father.
On his face, he couldn't even cry, no tears flowed...
Only old wrinkles, crisscrossing lines, full of grief, indignation, and unbearable pain...
With a thud.
The esteemed Lord Hokage knelt on the ground, unable to bear the tragic blow of a white-haired person burying a black-haired person...
The two Anbu beside him finally reacted and quickly stepped forward to support him.
"Lord Hokage..."
"Lord Hokage, you, you..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen struggled and stood up again, instantly seeming to have aged decades...
On his old, decaying face, he seemed to have lost all vitality at this moment.
However, something still remained...
That was hatred!
Sarutobi Hiruzen finally squeezed out those few words through gritted teeth...
"Kill him!"
Upon hearing this, the elite ninja behind Sarutobi Hiruzen and from the entire Anbu headquarters were dispatched, surrounding the entire battlefield in a semi-circle.
Surging Chakra connected into a single mass, ready to kill the enemy at any moment!
At the same time, on the Uchiha Clan's side, Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Yakumi, and the members of the two squads following Yakumi and Yagami, all instantly activated their Sharingan, preparing for the final battle!
However, Uchiha Fugaku was still in the Anbu's hands.
And at this moment, only a little over a dozen members of the Uchiha Clan had arrived.
If a real battle started, the outcome was likely already decided.
But at this moment...
Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabu also finally led the main force of the Police Force and arrived!
They had been on standby and knew it was the most critical moment.
At this moment, the two sides on the battlefield were...
The entire Anbu, and the Uchiha Clan's Police Force!
In terms of strength, the Police Force would likely still be at a disadvantage.
However, there was no room for turning back.
Sarutobi Hiruzen roared out again.
"Kill him!"
Yagami, however, suddenly asked.
"Why..."
"Lord Hokage?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen screamed heart-wrenchingly: "You, you killed Sarutobi Asuma, do you still expect to live?!"
Yagami said calmly: "I only kill those who deserve to die."
"Shut up!"
"I'm telling the truth."
"Sarutobi Asuma, due to the deaths of Sarutobi Hiro and Sarutobi Jiro, retaliated against me, even colluding with a Kiri spy held in the Anbu Prison while I was suspended, along with seven Anbu Prison guards, to set up an ambush that severely injured my two subordinates, resulting in one in comma and one injury..."
"Colluding with foreign enemies, conspiring to frame fellow village ninja..."
"In any village, Sarutobi Asum's actions are unforgivable sins."
"May I ask, Lord Hokage, what is the problem with me killing him?"
Just then.
Shimura Danzo also arrived late with his Root ninja.
Clearly, he was also prepared for a decisive battle.
But on the other side, many other families and ninja from Konoha Village had also been alerted long ago; although they did not show themselves, they subtly revealed their Chakra, quietly and silently watching everything.
Sarutobi Hiruzen clearly sensed all of this.
He gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down.
"Uchiha Yagamk, setting aside the fact that there is no evidence for anything you've said, even if this matter did happen, you are not even in the Police Force now..."
"What right do you have to kill Sarutobi Asuma?!"
Qianyu said calmly: "My right is equivalent to the Anbu's right to conspire to frame fellow village ninja."
"If Lord Hokage thinks that is reasonable, then my revenge is naturally also reasonable."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice was hoarse and aged.
"I've said it before..."
"There is no evidence that Sarutobi Asuma conspired to frame fellow village ninja, but you killing him was in broad daylight, and I even saw it with my own eyes!"
Asuma said: "Of course there is evidence; the victim Yamagaze is the best witness."
"It just depends on whether you choose to believe it, Lord Hokage."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said coldly: "Can he be convicted based solely on his word?!"
Yagami said: "That's the Anbu's specialty."
"Lord Hokage's trusted subordinates will naturally find a way to interrogate and find the truth."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart trembled.
"Alright! Then hand Yamagaze over to me."
Yagami's lips curled into a sarcastic smile.
"I'm afraid that's not possible."
"You are Sarutobi Asuma's father; even as Lord Hokage, it's hard to avoid suspicion of favoritism and indulgence."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said angrily: "So, just based on your empty words, you can condemn Sarutobi Asuma to death?!"
"No, I'm just saying that someone else can be in charge of investigating this matter That's it..."
"Who?"
Yagamk pointed to a team that finally emerged from the Root.
The person at the front wore an ANBU mask like a cat's face, but it couldn't hide his messy silver-white long hair.
"Him."
This person was none other than...
Hatake Kakashi.
At this time, Hatake Kakashi, after consecutively experiencing the Kannabi Bridge battle, Rin Nohara's death, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's attack, and other events, had fallen into complete darkness, and thus joined the Anbu as a squad leader.
But Yagami could trust him to some extent.
Hatake Kakashi's expression changed; he didn't know why this matter would be related to him.
He was certainly not a fool.
He knew how much was involved behind this matter; even with all his titles as a genius ninja, Son of the White Fang, Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's disciple, youngest Root squad leader, and so on, he was completely powerless in this matter.
Sarutobi Hiruzen also understood Yagami's intentions.
But he also knew that half of Konoha Village was watching his decision now, and rash action would only completely destroy the image he had maintained for a lifetime.
He took a deep breath: "Alright! Kakashi, I'll entrust the investigation of this matter entirely to you!"
Hatake Kakashi sighed inwardly.
What difference was this hot potato from a death warrant...
But he couldn't refuse and could only nod:
"Yes, Lord Hokage."
"However..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said coldly: "Before the truth comes out, Yagami, you will still be held in the Anbu Prison!"
"This is always a reasonable procedure!"
"Wouldn't you say?"
Uchiha Yagamk smiled slightly, unconcerned.
"I accept."
"Captain Yagami!"
"Yagamk..."
The Uchiha clansmen immediately exclaimed repeatedly.
Everyone knew what awaited Yagami once he entered the Anbu Prison...
It would likely be more painful and despairing than death!
However, Yagami did not refuse.
Because...
He had already obtained enough merit points and had added them to his Sharingan's eye power at this moment.
That's right...
Uchiha Yagami had finally activated the legendary...
Mangekyo Sharingan!
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