UTBW: Ch. 56

"Are you kidding me?"

Behind the third-floor corridor, the captain's face turned pale, filled with terror. The main gate of the Root base weighed over a hundred tons, even they needed to rely on mechanisms to open it.

Now, it had been blasted open in an instant.

Boom boom boom!

While the captain was still in shock, loud crashing sounds erupted again from the passage ahead, as if something was rapidly being destroyed. He stared nervously, and in the next instant, his pupils contracted sharply.

"What the hell is that!?"

A pitch-black figure, shimmering with golden light, reached out both hands and fiercely tore at the structure.

Crack!

The inner corridor behind the gate was forcefully ripped open. Thick cracks stretched from the doorway deep into the base, extending nearly a hundred meters.

"Is that... Susanoo!?"

He was dumbfounded. Since when did the Uchiha clan have a Mangekyō Sharingan?

What on earth was happening back in the village?

Anxious and helpless, he could only issue an order to the death squad, "Go! Stop him!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

One after another, the death squad members charged at the invading Susanoo. As they advanced, they quickly formed hand seals and unleashed their ninjutsu.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

"Fire Release: Great Fireball!"

"Earth Release: Rock Pillar Spears!"

Whoosh!

A massive fireball was unleashed, radiating terrifying heat.

The Great Breakthrough followed closely behind, amplifying the fire's power, causing the fireball to swell to double its original size, so huge it nearly filled the entire corridor.

At the same time, a thick stone spear shot up from the ground, stabbing toward Susanoo.

Inside Susanoo, Junichi let out a faint chuckle. The next moment, Susanoo reached out and grabbed the fireball, clenching its palm tightly.

Pfft!

The enormous fireball was extinguished right then and there by the pressure of the hand, leaving only wisps of flame and hot air swirling outward. At the same time, the other hand grabbed the Earth Surge Spear and casually snapped it apart.

"What!?" The death squad members were all shocked, their faces momentarily stunned.

Could they really stop such overwhelming power?

But Susanoo gave them no time to think, it flipped the broken spear around and threw it back at them.

Swish!

The spear tore through the air faster than lightning; they didn't even have time to react.

Bang!!

With a heavy crash, it was like they were run over by a speeding train, all of them were reduced to mangled corpses.

Without even glancing at them, Junichi stepped straight inside.

Behind him, dozens of meters away, the Uchiha squad followed him into the corridor.

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The captain was frantic, drenched in sweat.

"Hurry up! Destroy all the data! Release poison gas into the specimen room! Activate the self-destruct program!"

He was barking orders at the researchers, trying to wipe away all traces.

Danzō had given strict instructions: if this place was ever exposed, they were to destroy all intelligence immediately.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

At that moment, the pitch-black Susanoo shattered the inner corridors and broke into the base.

"So rushed?" Junichi looked at the frantic researchers with great interest and said, "At a time like this, isn't it a little too late to be destroying evidence?"

"There are so many of us, you can't stop us!" the captain turned his head and sneered.

"I don't think so," Junichi replied with a smile, his eyes glowing faintly.

Susanoo suddenly drew its sword, a massive blade that it wielded effortlessly.

Tenjimei—Double Speed!

Swish—

In the blink of an eye, Susanoo unleashed thirty slashes.

Sword flashes danced nimbly, weaving and surging through the base.

Almost simultaneously, all the researchers, including the captain, froze mid-action.

Bang bang bang...

Their heads exploded one after another, spraying brain matter and blood everywhere.

"...What power is this?" The captain stared at Junichi in horror. In the very next instant, his own head burst apart midair.

Hiss!

"Collect all the information. Protect the scene," Junichi turned around and instructed them, "This is key evidence."

"Yes!!" The clansmen roared in unison and eagerly rushed into the deeper parts of the base.

Very quickly, every area of the base was taken over by the Uchiha.

Research journals, illegal experiments, forbidden materials, bloodline experiments on ninja clans, the corpses of missing Konoha ninjas, one horrifying case after another was uncovered.

"Danzō, that bastard!"

"The Hokage is just as guilty!"

The clansmen were seething with rage. Among the victims were not only 'missing' Uchiha members but also ninjas from other Konoha clans. There were even villagers from surrounding areas who had 'mysteriously disappeared.'

Among those kidnapped were women and children. All captured by Danzō for use in forbidden experiments here.

"How could he...?" A clansman, trembling as he read a file, stammered, "He even dared to defile the legacy of the First Hokage!"

"What?!" the others exclaimed, rushing over to look.

When they saw the Wood Release experiment records, experiments that had been ongoing for over thirty years, their veins bulged with fury.

Even the Uchiha held great respect for the First Hokage. And yet, Danzō had dared to tarnish that sacred legacy.

"The higher-ups are all damned!" one clansman cursed loudly. The others nodded with faces full of murderous rage. They simply couldn't believe that council had been unaware of these atrocities.

Junichi calmly watched them vent their fury, as a transmigrator, he had already known about all of this. At this point, he felt no waves of emotion.

He simply shook his head and thought to himself, The combination of Tenjimei and Susanoo... the results are even better than expected.

With my own body, I can only manage twelve strikes in half a second using Tenjimei. But with Susanoo, I can unleash thirty strikes instantly.

He couldn't help but lift his head.

Susanoo stood like a giant, resembling the legendary war god Susanoo-no-Mikoto.

But Susanoo was not a living being. Its so-called muscles, tendons, and bones were all constructs of ocular power and chakra.

Which meant: Susanoo had no concept of muscle fatigue.

As long as his ocular power held out, Susanoo could exert its full strength indefinitely.

If I combine Susanoo with Tenjimei... could I kill Guy? Junichi pondered silently.

A moment later, he shook his head. It was hard to say. But even if brute force couldn't take down Guy, he had other ways to prevent him from unleashing his full strength.

"It's about time," he murmured, lifting his gaze toward the forest at the foot of the mountain.

In the range of his Observation Haki, he could sense a group of strong presences rapidly approaching.