"Kage, let's leave here first as she said..."
'Although, morally speaking, maybe we should try to help Kirigakure.'
'But that's a tailed beast—one wrong move, and we die.'
Kurenai Yuhi thought about it and decided it would be safer to hide for now.
However, it turned out that the Sharingan was controlling the tailed beast. No wonder the people of Kirigakure had such hatred before—hatred towards the Uchiha.
"Don't worry, Sensei. I'm here," Sensing the tremble in Kurenai Yuhi's body, Uchiha Kage took the initiative to hold his female teacher's hand.
"It's just the Three-Tails. The ninjas of Kirigakure should be able to handle it."
"What do you mean just the Three-Tails? The power of a tailed beast isn't determined by the number of tails. As long as it's a tailed beast, it's a dangerous existence. You saw the explosion caused by the Tailed Beast Bomb just now. That's not something an ordinary ninja can..."
Afraid that this disciple would insist on showing off, Kurenai quickly lectured him anxiously.
However, feeling the warmth that Uchiha Kage deliberately passed to her, her inner unease faded a lot.
'This guy... does he know I'm afraid?'
Lowering her head to look at the hand being held, Kurenai felt a sense of relief, along with an uncontrollable sweetness.
"Fa... Father is still there!", After activating her Byakugan, Hinata quickly noticed Hiashi Hyuga and others emerging from the Mizukage Building.
Watching her father running through the ruins, her eyes were full of worry.
"Hiashi-senpai?", Hinata's words immediately made Kurenai Yuhi stop lecturing Uchiha Kage.
"This is trouble... If Hiashi-senpai gets into danger..."
Then an alliance between Konoha and Kirigakure would be even harder—though, given the situation, it was already nearly impossible...
But in every sense, Kurenai had to go for the rescue.
Not abandoning comrades—that is the Konoha way.
"Sensei, stay here and protect Hinata and Shino. I'll be back soon," Uchiha Kage pressed Kurenai Yuhi's shoulder and then vanished in a flash.
"Kage-kun!"
Seeing Uchiha Kage leave, Hinata immediately wanted to follow.
But Kurenai blocked her path, "Believe in him. Hiashi-senpai won't fall that easily."
"But... Father doesn't even need..."
Hinata was worried about her father, but compared to that, Uchiha Kage was even more concerning.
'Father knows many secret techniques—he doesn't need anyone's help...'
BOOM!
However, just as Hinata was putting her trust in her father, the already unstable Mizukage Building finally collapsed from the residual explosion of the Tailed Beast Bomb. And the falling debris was heading right where her father was escaping.
"Father!"
———
"Hiashi-sama!"
Seeing the building about to collapse, the Hyuga clan guards who had escaped the Hokage Building with Hiashi quickly pushed him away and took his place under the falling rubble.
"Hah... Tokuma!"
Barely escaping, Hiashi Hyuga hurriedly called out his guard's name.
But seeing so much concrete and rubble, he knew the chances of survival were slim.
'Damn it! Why is Kirigakure suddenly being attacked by a tailed beast?'
Not daring to mourn his guard even for a second, Hiashi quickly activated his Byakugan and ran towards the outer area.
"Aren't Main House members supposed to protect Branch House members? Why is it that only the Branch guards are dying?"
Seeing Hiashi safe and sound, Uchiha Kage slowed down and first pulled out the barely alive Branch House guard from the rubble.
"You... why are you here? Where is Hinata?"
The Hyuga clan's matters were none of an outsider's business.
Hiashi Hyuga didn't want to argue with this Uchiha and changed the topic directly.
"Hinata is very safe. But we should..."
Before he could finish, Uchiha Kage saw a huge shadow descending from above.
It was the Three-Tails' tail!
"Rotation!"
Hiashi Hyuga barely stood up and quickly tried to activate his absolute defense before the tailed beast's iron tail swept in.
"You, Uchiha brat, run now—"
There was no time to think about others. Seeing the enormous Kage coming down, Hiashi Hyuga could only warn this younger ninja from his daughter's class to flee.
"A Rotation that hasn't fully formed a barrier can't block a tailed beast's attack," Uchiha Kage directly reached out and stopped Hiashi from using Rotation.
Then he grabbed Hiashi's shoulder and turned into a flash of blue lightning.
"You—"
Feeling the tingling sensation on his shoulder, Hiashi initially thought the boy was trying to get him killed by interrupting his Rotation.
But as he saw the scenery rapidly retreating and their increasing distance from the tailed beast, he realized he was being saved.
"How... how can you have such a fast Body Flicker Technique...?"
If the Three-Tails weren't still rampaging nearby, Hiashi Hyuga would've dropped his jaw in shock.
This speed was almost comparable to the Yellow Flash—Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.
But this Uchiha boy was still just a genin...
"This place should be safe. I have other matters to attend to, so I won't stay," While saving Hiashi, Uchiha Kage had noticed someone else lying in the rubble—a woman trapped under a slab of stone.
Terumi Mei.
"Wait, you—", Hiashi wanted to say more, but the blue figure had already disappeared in a blink.
Left with no choice, he continued searching for his daughter, Hinata, with his Byakugan.
No matter what, in such chaos, protecting the Main House and preserving the Byakugan was the top priority.
———
"Looks like I won't have to worry about ninja fragments this time."
Along the way, Uchiha Kage not only collected fragments from Kirigakure ninjas but also absorbed many lost souls.
Of course, the important part was this one...
Lifting the stone slab off Terumi Mei, Uchiha Kage easily picked up her ninja fragment.
Then, as a courtesy, he placed his Mystical Palm Jutsu-covered hand on her chest.
"Used Water Release to protect yourself in advance?"
Finding that her internal injuries weren't too severe, Uchiha Kage stopped his jutsu.
Still, though she avoided organ damage, Terumi Mei was in a miserable state after taking a direct hit from the Three-Tails' Water Iron Cannon.
Her tattered clothes were self-explanatory—when he lifted the stone slab earlier, he saw a pair of...
If not for his hands blocking them just in time, she would have been fully exposed.
Cough...
Dazed, Terumi Mei finally showed signs of waking up.
Her chest felt warm and cool at the same time. Someone was healing her?
'Wait, the village! The tailed beast is still—'
Suddenly recalling the tailed beast's rampage, Terumi Mei snapped her eyes open.
And she saw a certain Uchiha boy staring right at her.
Her chest soon felt chilly.
"Ah! My clothes... You bastard?"
Sitting up, Terumi Mei saw her blue dress in shreds.
Once again, she was completely exposed to this Uchiha boy.
"It was the tailed beast, not me. I just saved you."
Uchiha Kage pointed at the stone slab he had moved.
If not for him, she might've suffocated to death under it.
"You..."
Luckily, she had protective shorts and high boots.
So at least this time, she wasn't completely seen like last time.
But her upper body had been...
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
'How could this happen twice with the same person?'
'Will I ever get married at this rate?'
If the tailed beast weren't still out there, she would've gouged out this brat's eyes.
"Well, thank you so much!"
Grinding her teeth, Terumi Mei swiftly pulled out a coat from her storage scroll, wrapping herself up tightly.
Then, her ears burning red, she turned to the tailed beast and the Kirigakure ninjas fighting it.
"Wait... this outfit...", Uchiha Kage found her clothes familiar.
Wasn't this the outfit he gave her last time?
She actually carried it around?
"Shut up! The ones controlling the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails are all your Uchiha clan's bastards!"
Flustered, Terumi Mei quickly changed the subject and accused him.
"You're right. But the Uchiha clan was already wiped out."
Uchiha Kage had no intention of taking the blame for Obito.
"Then it's..."
'Wait, that means the only possible culprit is—'
"So it was Uchiha Itachi all along!"
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