Chapter 45 - Rotten Leaves and Ashes Fall into a Hundred Scenes
"What's going on? It was suddenly dark. β
"Is it going to rain?"
"I didn't hear it was going to rain today......
Looking at the gray sky, the inhabitants of Konoha were a little dazed as they reacted to what seemed to be raining.
But what baffles those who have more life experience is that they still don't feel the moisture and coldness that can only be seen when it rains, nor do they perceive the change in humidity from the pain in their legs and feet.
Rather, it's as if you just hung a filter, or just left it there, but you feel the air filled with dryness and thirst. Even his breathing seemed to become a little tense and rapid.
And the elite ninjas vaguely felt something, looking towards the gray-black sky, but found nothing.
The white-eyed and chakra-eyed ninjas seemed to have discovered something else, but when they were about to speak, they were pressed back by the elders of the various clans.
The elder looked at the location of the Konoha Building with some vigilance, then at the god-like figure in the sky, shook his head at his children and descendants, and closed the door in silence.
They can indeed see and feel, but as ninjas of the Konoha family, they shouldn't be the first to show it, and they shouldn't do anything. Everything will have to wait for the three generations of adults to make a decision and give an answer before they can act.
Otherwise, it would be against the philosophy of ninjas. This is already a recognized taboo, and they cannot touch it at will.
It's just that these people don't know that the heavy coercion in the sky is not actually aimed at Konoha, but some people in Konoha.
Or rather, someone in the core residential area of Konoha.
'Uchiha Mirror, very strong. How did Aizen Yusuke do it......? β
Looking at the figure standing in the sky wearing white feathering, Orochimaru estimated the situation in his heart and found that the Uchiha mirror seemed a little terrifying now.
Orochimaru didn't speak, because he didn't feel Aizen feeling strained or surprised.
As a guest, Orochimaru just needs to watch all this quietly at this moment.
And sure enough, as expected, looking at the majestic Uchiha mirror released in the sky, Aizen didn't even look at it, but said to Orochimaru with a peaceful expression:
"Since we are partners, we must have the right technical presentation. The current state of the Uchiha mirror is what I said about another plan for eternal life, the god of death. β
Ignoring the movement in the sky, Aizen smiled and spread out a paper on the table.
"You see, I used to say that in my paper. Through twenty-one soul surgeries and my own obsessions, I was able to transform my soul into what Mirror Jun is now, and I was able to exert another power that was completely different from Chakra. I call itβ"
"Aizen, it's over when you were arrogant in Konoha. Now it's time for me to uphold Konoha justice. β
"It's a bad habit to interrupt others, Mr. Mirror."
Listening to the mirror interrupting his speech, Aizen looked at the mirror in the sky with some dissatisfaction.
And in the next moment, the Uchiha mirror was like being struck by lightning in mid-air, and suddenly lost control of his body, and as if he was suffocating, he was half-kneeling on the ground in mid-air and his eyes widened.
But the moment the Uchiha Mirror revealed its fragile state, that invisible power came and went as fast as it came, and it disappeared in the next moment. Even the people on the ground didn't sense what was going on at all, so they saw Aizen push his glasses a little ashamedly.
"I'm sorry, but I don't always have a good way to control my power. But you also have to understand the difficulties in this regard. β
Standing up, his hands inserted into the haori and looked at the Uchiha mirror in the sky, Aizen apologized sincerely:
"It's as if you're trying to find the right drop in the ocean to trap a bug instead of killing it, and that's a difficult thing for me. I'm really sorry for upsetting you, Kagami-kun. β
"Damn......
How is this possible?! Is he stronger than Madara Uchiha?!
Feeling the coercion that seemed to crush his soul at that moment, the Uchiha Kagami looked at the smiling Aizen Yusuke on the ground in disbelief.
Uchiha Mirror's thinking is very pure, Madara Uchiha was the opponent of the God of Ninja back then, Madara Uchiha is also an extremely powerful existence when he is old, and Aizen Sosuke is just a young man of twenty years old, even if he has first-hand skills, how strong can his strength be?
What's more, after killing Madara Uchiha, he seems to have experienced a part of a more powerful power, and he has also understood his heart and mastered the power of Swastika. But why, why can't you even hold up a look in front of Aizen?! Was it because he left something inside of him?
And in the face of the Uchiha Kagami's angry eyes, Aizen smiled very kindly and said:
"If you can, I hope you don't use your abilities so impulsively."
He smiled and looked at the Uchiha mirror in the sky, as if he were looking at an animal messing around in a zoo, filled with a sense of pity.
"It takes a bit of effort for me to get the puppets to behave the way they want. So please don't make too many self-assertions, you will be imperfect. Your swastika and kaleidoscope blood wheel eyes still have to be shown, don't they? β
"Aizen! You always knew that, didn't you?! You've been leaving something inside me, haven't you! β
"Anger doesn't increase strength. Mirror-kun. Also, I never left you anything, but your own performance was too obvious. β
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Clenching his teeth, the Uchiha Kagami looked at the smiling Aizen below, and had a little realization in his heart.
I'm afraid that from the very beginning, everything was within the scope of this man's plan. Whether it's his own understanding or writing wheels, he knows it.
But he certainly didn't know how powerful the Kaleidoscope Writing Wheel Eye and his own swastika were. Otherwise, there would be absolutely no way for him to sit here and look at himself like no one else.
Maybe on the positive side of death, he is just a child who was crushed in an instant, but what about the writing wheel?
"Yes, you're right, Aizen. Anger is meaningless. β
Slowly covering his eyes, the Uchiha Mirror let out a long sigh of relief.
"I've thought about it for a long time, and I've struggled for a long time. You say I have no killing intent towards you, and that's true. Because I can't find a reason to kill you. However, I found my ancestor, Madara Uchiha. I got the final answer from him. β
"Sometimes, hostility is not something that can be explained by understanding or not. Sometimes, in the face of others, it is true that you want to release your killing intent, although for no reason. β
"That's all I was thinking about, and that's the answer I ended up gaving."
An invisible layer of fluctuations began to spread around the Uchiha mirror.
In the midst of Aizen's smile, gray ashes began to fall from the hazy sky.
In the midst of the shattered and festering world, the Uchiha Mirror slowly lowered his palm, and the rapidly rotating chakra eyes were aimed at Aizen's calm eyes.
"Aizen, I'm going to kill you."
The Uchiha Mirror, whose momentum was gradually rising, said calmly:
"It's not because of how harmful you are to the world at the moment, but because of my own decision."
"I know that I don't have axioms and righteousness, and I don't understand your detachment and technology, and I don't understand what what your research means to the world. But all I know is that a truly arrogant person will never see his own problems. β
"Like that ancestor of mine, Madara Uchiha, I understood this after I killed my ancestor with my own hands. Sometimes it doesn't really take any reason or excuse to kill someone. Rather, I want to kill him, then I can do it. And now, Aizen, I'm going to kill you. β
The Uchiha Mirror's eyes suddenly turned into a triangle, and in an instant, the heavens and the earth turned a bleak gray.
Then, something surging spread behind the clouds.
It was the body of those ashes, the most pessimistic and desperate dream of the Uchiha Mirror.
That was the essence of his swastika.
"Swastika - Hundred Scenes of Decaying Leaves and Ashes"
The world unfolded in Konoha and turned into a bleak gray in everyone's eyes.
Instead of cold snowflakes falling from the sky, they gradually extinguished in the palm of a person's hand with a little warm ember, turning into a dull fly ash and disappearing into space.
The people living in Konoha both ninjas and civilians subconsciously looked up, and then they were surprised to find that in the gray-brown clouds, layers of dull buildings gradually appeared.
"What's that?"
"The sea, a mirage?"
"I don't know ......"
Countless ashes were scattered from the buildings in the sky, and the burning appearance on them confirmed the authenticity of its existence.
But as more details unfolded, everyone realized what the world was burning like ruins in the sky.
The storefront of Ichiraku Ramen, the appearance of Konoha Restaurant, the tall Hokage office in the center, and the Hokage Rock that has turned into a cloud of ruins. The familiar, the unfamiliar, everything burned in the sky and turned to ashes.
Like the lamps of Hyakkeeonggong Palace, it presents a scene of destruction in the sky that no one has ever thought of, nor dared to imagine. Those veteran ninjas, and even the old people who had experienced the first generation of purposes, looked at the abnormal movement of the clouds in shock, and did not even dare to say a few words, but just looked at everything in horror, as if they were looking at their own future.
That's Konoha.
Konoha is burning in the sky.
The prophecy of the end of the world is presented in front of everyone.