160 Chapter 160: Piercing Through Divine Might
Dan's laughter echoed wildly in the air above the Hokage Building.
What is Konoha?
Dan had seen through it long ago.
Beneath its bright and peaceful exterior, this village hid its true face: a terrifying military organization.
And what are ninjas? No matter how they dressed themselves up as selfless and noble with the so-called "Will of Fire" or "Ninja Way," the essence of this profession has never changed. That is— Taking money to do dirty work.
As long as the employer can pay enough, ninjas can disregard justice and conscience, even break moral boundaries, and commit a series of appalling acts.
Killing innocents, kidnapping and torturing, stealing information, destroying facilities, conducting human experiments, creating terrorist attacks, overthrowing foreign governments...
There is nothing that a ninja would not dare to do.
In the short span of a few decades after entering the era of ninja villages, the ninja community has become increasingly cold-blooded, cruel, and ruthless.
Take Konoha, for example. If you say that during the time of the First Hokage when the village was just established, there was still some semblance of humanity, treating ninjas as friends and family.
But now, in the era of the Third Hokage, ninjas have become tools.
To complete missions. To maintain the interests of the village and the Will of Fire, ninjas often have to put their human feelings behind them and kill innocents without hesitation.
Ninjas cannot pursue their own reasons for existence; they are merely tools of value to the village.
Kakashi is a typical example.
Furthermore, this group of ninjas, although they possess the powerful energy of chakra, they have hardly ever thought of using it for production and construction. At most, they use Fire Release to roast fish and Lightning Release to act as a battery.
This world also has science and technology.
Computers, televisions, radios, refrigerators, cameras, trains, skyscrapers, and bridges... are inventions of ordinary people, driving social progress and creating an accumulation of wealth.
But ninjas have not contributed to this. Instead, they fight and kill all day, creating countless chaos and turmoil.
Without ninjas, without the major ninja villages, the world would be better.
Seeing Konoha burning before his eyes, seeing this dirty and ugly village heading towards destruction.
Dan felt a genuine pleasure from his heart, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face.
Burn, be destroyed.
Under this extreme pleasure.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
A special chakra quickly surged in Dan's brain, stimulating his optic nerve, causing an incredible change in his eyes.
Whoosh.
The three tomoe in Dan's eyes disappeared, replaced by a Taiji Yin-Yang fish pattern of red and black.
Its shape, the left part represents Yang Release, is red, and rises upward; the right part represents Yin Release, is black, and sinks downward.
Harmony of Yin and Yang can achieve all things.
"Finally got these eyes, the Mangekyō Sharingan... this feels really good." Dan muttered to himself, experiencing the changes brought about by the awakening of the Mangekyō.
What?! The Third Hokage, hearing this, immediately turned his head in horror, staring at Dan's crimson eyes.
Who could have thought... All along, as the strongest of the Uchiha clan, Dan had not activated the Mangekyō, only having a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan.
He was too strong..so much so that he deceived everyone, making everyone take it for granted that he must have the Mangekyō.
Now after Dan truly awakened the Mangekyō, doesn't it mean that his strength will surge again, reaching an even more terrifying realm?
Thinking of this, the Third Hokage's cold sweat couldn't be controlled, and his heart sank to the bottom in an instant.
There was one thing he didn't understand.
According to the Second Hokage's research, an Uchiha had to experience great negative emotions, such as killing or witnessing the death of a loved one, to generate special chakra in the brain in extreme pain, and then activate the Mangekyō.
But the problem is.
Why did Dan awaken the Mangekyō when he saw Konoha being destroyed?
You should know that he not only didn't seem to be in pain at all, but he was extremely pleased. Could it be that extreme happiness also makes the Uchiha open their eyes?
From this the Third Hokage suddenly thought of a possibility.
Perhaps, the reason why Uchiha Dan wanted to destroy Konoha was to please himself, and then use this emotion to activate his Mangekyō?
If that's the case, it's simply...
Insanely mad.
Just then.
Boom!
A chakra energy ball whizzed by, blasting a hole several meters in diameter in the Hokage Building.
In the distance, the Nine-Tails became more and more violent, wantonly destroying the buildings of Konoha, killing countless Konoha ninjas.
What should he do?
The Third Hokage's heart was in a fierce struggle.
He had originally planned to die with Dan to save Konoha.
But now, the situation has changed. Compared to the Uchiha clan, the Nine-Tails has obviously become a bigger threat.
The Third Hokage gritted his teeth, not caring about anything else, directly picked up the Adamantine Staff, and jumped out of the window.
Whoosh.
After he landed, he quickly looked back and found that Dan was still standing in place and did not chase after him.
The Third Hokage finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Whoosh!
The Adamantine Staff in the Third Hokage's hand grew larger and longer, extending hundreds of meters, and knocked down the Nine-Tails in one hit.
His move boosted the morale of the Konoha ninjas.
"Roar!"
The Nine-Tails felt pain and its crimson vertical pupils locked onto the Third Hokage.
It remembered.
That night, years ago, it was this old man who knocked it out of Konoha with a single stick. He was its old enemy.
Therefore, the Nine-Tails was particularly angry, and immediately opened its mouth, firing several small Tailed Beast Balls at the Third Hokage.
"Protect the Hokage!" A group of Anbu rushed up, loyally protecting their leader.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Intense explosions once again rang out in Konoha.
One of the Tailed Beast Balls flew straight towards the Hokage Rock behind the Hokage Building. With a loud bang, it shattered the sculptures of the past Hokages.
The Hokage Rock collapsed, and the rolling boulders hit the Hokage Building, making it shaky.
It was about to collapse.
At this moment.
Fugaku led the Uchiha clan members and had successfully retreated from the center of the battlefield. Looking back, he suddenly noticed—
A powerful chakra surged into the sky.
It was Dan.
Whoosh.
In an instant, the gazes of thousands of Konoha ninjas focused on Dan. Those who were closer to him were even more terrified and fled desperately.
In the eyes of many, Uchiha Dan was even more terrifying than the Nine-Tails.
The Nine-Tails, naturally, also noticed Dan.
The immense chakra emanating from Dan's body, as well as his Mangekyō Sharingan, posed a serious threat to it, causing it to bristle immediately.
Buzz.
The Nine-Tails immediately switched its target, quickly condensing a pitch-black Tailed Beast Ball in its mouth and spat it out towards Dan.
Hmm?
Seeing the Tailed Beast Ball flying towards him, Dan raised an eyebrow.
He had originally planned to ignore the Nine-Tails, but this beast took the initiative to attack him.
So, it was time to teach it a lesson.
Dan calmly extended a hand.
With a "pop" sound.
After a puff of white smoke dissipated, a gourd-shaped Gunbai fan, over a meter long, appeared in his hand.
Then.
Dan leaped from his spot, aimed at the incoming Tailed Beast Ball, and like playing tennis, swung the Gunbai fan.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.
The Tailed Beast Ball hit the surface of the Gunbai fan, but instead of destroying this seemingly fragile fan, it was reflected back like sunlight hitting a mirror.
Uchiha's rebound!
Boom!
The Tailed Beast Ball flew back at a faster speed, exploding on the Nine-Tails, causing it to tumble over several times unprepared, crushing a large number of Konoha's buildings.
Seeing this scene, whether it was the three toads of Mount Myōboku or the Konoha ninjas including the Third Hokage, they were all dumbfounded.
With just one move, Dan inflicted more damage on the Nine-Tails than anyone else present.
The Nine-Tails struggled to get up from the ground.
It crouched down, its nine tails wildly dancing behind it, its vertical pupils staring at Dan, extremely wary of him.
Because, at this moment, Dan, holding the Gunbai fan, reminded it of someone.
Uchiha Madara.
In an instant, the Nine-Tails regained its sanity and began to consider retreating.
Although it was a Tailed Beast, its intelligence was not low, even smarter than many humans, and it wouldn't foolishly fight to the death.
However, to the Nine-Tails' surprise.
Dan seemed... uninterested in it.
After casually knocking the Nine-Tails away, he put away the Gunbai fan and didn't look at it again. Similarly, he didn't pay attention to the people of Konoha.
Instead.
He leaped onto the roof of a building.
Across from him was Uchiha Obito.
Whoosh.
Obito's face changed instantly, he instinctively took a step back, but then immediately tried to appear calm.
A bizarre scene occurred.
Just a moment ago, the Nine-Tails and the people of Konoha were fighting fiercely, but now they chose to temporarily cease fire and looked at the rooftop with surprised eyes.
Everyone was watching the two people confronting each other on the roof.
"Gulp!"
Obito swallowed, remembering the scene of his first confrontation with Dan.
At that time, after he deactivated his intangibility, Dan seized the opportunity and tore off both his arms.
Obito wouldn't make the same mistake again.
He focused his gaze, without hesitation, he activated his intangibility, transferring himself to the Kamui dimension, leaving only an intangible projection in place.
In this state, he could maintain it for five minutes.
During these five minutes, Obito would be in an absolutely invincible state, no one in this world could hurt him.
Then.
With nothing to fear, Obito smirked at Dan and began to taunt: "The Uchiha clan is finished. From now on, not only will Konoha not tolerate you, but the entire shinobi world will hunt down the Uchiha clan for the Sharingan! No matter where you run!"
Dan didn't care.
He just remained silent, step by step, walking towards Obito.
During this process.
Boom!
As the Eight Gates within Dan's body opened one by one, his body turned red from the blood rush, swelling to over two meters tall, and his body emitted blue steam produced by the evaporation of sweat.
He opened up to the seventh gate of the Eight Gates, the Gate of Wonder. At the same time, his Stand "The World" quietly appeared behind Dan, then, like Guruguru, it bent over his body, overlapping with his silhouette.
The combination of the original body, Stand, and Guruguru's power made Dan's momentum terrifying to the extreme.
Crack.
With each step he took, the ground would crack extensively. The building under his feet seemed to collapse at any moment under the power he was exuding.
Is this guy really human?
Obito, watching Dan approach step by step, couldn't help but feel a palpitation, as if he was facing a humanoid Tailed Beast that was far more dangerous than the Nine-Tails.
Don't panic, stay calm. Obito told himself that even if the entire shinobi world knew about his Kamui ability, he was still invincible, and no one could break Kamui.
So, he stared at Dan and continued to provoke: "You seem... in a hurry? By the way, this is the first time I've seen your Mangekyō Sharingan, what's its ability? But you should know, no matter what ability your Mangekyō has, it's no match for my Kamui, it can't hurt a single hair on my head."
As he spoke, Obito even took the initiative to walk towards Dan.
Five meters.
Three meters.
One meter.
The two on the roof "rushed towards each other", quickly closing the distance to one meter, within arm's reach of each other.
"Uchiha Dan, what are you going to do, come on. I'm right here!"
Obito raised his voice, yelling at Dan who was close at hand, unabashedly venting his emotions.
He thoroughly enjoyed this face-to-face confrontation, where the other party was helpless against him.
Dan remained silent.
He was seen slightly bending his knees, lowering his center of gravity to his legs, and then pulling his right fist back to his waist.
The next second.
Dan slowly rotated his waist, exerting force from the soles of his feet, then driving the muscles of his upper body, using this rotational force in conjunction with his shoulder—
He threw a punch at Obito.
This punch was slow.
So slow that it was like a snail crawling, moving forward centimeter by centimeter. Even a hundred-year-old granny couldn't throw a punch this slow.
What does this mean?
Not only was Obito stunned, but even the onlooking Konoha crowd and the Nine-Tails were shocked, not understanding what Dan was trying to do.
"You're actually trying to hit me with such a slow punch? Fine, I'll stand here and not move, let's see what surprise you can give me."
Obito snapped back to reality, becoming even more brazen in his taunting of Dan.
But soon, he felt something was wrong.
Dan's punch, although it was slow to the extreme, it was precisely because of its slowness that its power was greater.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
During the process of throwing his punch, Dan continued to accumulate power and momentum, eventually causing the surrounding space to tremble, almost earth-shattering.
This isn't good.
Obito's face finally changed.
Despite being protected by Kamui, he still vaguely felt that if he were hit by this punch, the consequences would be unimaginable.
So, he chickened out.
Whoosh.
Obito's right eye emitted a strong ripple of ocular power, distorting space into a vortex, trying to completely retreat into the Kamui dimension and escape from this place.
But just then.
Za Warudo!
Dan activated The World's time stop.
In an instant, the entire world lost its color, the flow of all things in the world stopped, frozen in place motionless.
Including a terrified Obito.
In this world of stopped time, Dan, without any distractions, continued to execute his Serious Punch.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Finally.
When time resumed its flow.
Boom!
Dan's Serious Punch finally landed, hitting Obito. The violent power concentrated at one point exploded like a floodgate opening.
Although, the Obito in front of him was in an intangible state, his real body was not in this space, theoretically, he shouldn't be able to hit him.
But then, with a crack.
The space in front of Dan's fist suddenly shattered, along with Obito's projection, which also showed spider-web-like cracks, turning into countless fragments.
A series of black space cracks extended to a mysterious and unknown place.
That's the place.
Dan's eyes flashed, without hesitation, he poured all his power into the cracks in space.
At this moment.
His punch, pierced through Obito's Kamui.
