Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 443 Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan

Mikoto took a deep breath and quickly formed hand seals.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Claw Crimson -"

Six fireballs shot from her mouth, striking the six men precisely at the knees, forcing them to their knees. Then, in a flash, she delivered a series of blows with the back of her blade, knocking all six unconscious.

"Huff...huff..." Mikoto gasped for breath, beads of sweat already forming on her forehead.

Because she has been busy with housework all these years and has no time to train, and has also given birth to two children, her physical strength and chakra are far from their peak.

After two consecutive rounds of intense fighting, my arms have started to tremble slightly.

The third batch consisted not of controlled Uchiha clan members, but of Root assassins.

Five men in black, wearing animal masks, emerged from the darkness silently and with even more insidious methods, heading straight for those who had fallen to the ground.

However, Mikoto Uchiha could only watch helplessly, as she had to conserve her energy and buy more time.

In response to this, six more ninjas surrounded him.

Mikoto Uchiha gripped her kunai tightly, her three-tomoe eyes turning red. "Come on."

Just then, a pair of blood-red eyes stared at her, causing her to pause. A dozen Root ninjas rushed forward, each wielding a sword, and slashed her body, leaving dozens of bloody wounds.

She thought it was a certain death, but to everyone's surprise, she suddenly unleashed astonishing potential, trading injury for life, and in the blink of an eye, she killed most of the dozen or so ninjas in just a few moves.

She herself was also disemboweled, her internal organs exposed, but unexpectedly, she laughed at that moment.

One of his eyes suddenly turned gray, and his body returned to normal, allowing him to kill the other three ninjas.

But then he heard footsteps coming from afar.

She staggered, but her mind was still relatively clear.

At that moment, she had no other thoughts in her mind but to think, "My child must have run away by now, right?"

"Step back." Danzo's voice came from behind, and the assassins from all the divisions made way for him.

"Uchiha Mikoto, Fugaku's wife, is said to be a rare and highly skilled fighter."

Danzo looked her up and down, his tone as if he were evaluating an object, "Unfortunately, no matter how skillful your methods are, they are nothing in front of Kotoamatsukami."

Mikoto didn't speak, but simply gripped the knife in her hand tighter.

"I'll give you a chance." Danzo raised his hand. "Submit to me, and I might spare your life, and I might even spare the lives of your two sons."

Mikoto's lips curled up slightly, revealing a mocking smile.

"Danzo, someone like you will never understand what the bond of family is."

"That means you'll have to suffer the consequences if you don't listen to reason."

Danzo stopped talking and began spinning his kaleidoscope at high speed.

Mikoto suddenly closed her eyes and rapidly formed hand seals. She didn't attempt to use illusion magic to fight Kotoamatsukami; that was unrealistic.

What she was trying to do was create a blind spot so that Danzo couldn't pinpoint her location.

"Illusion Technique: Darkness Travel Technique!"

An intense darkness instantly enveloped a five-meter radius around the area, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.

Mikoto moved silently in the darkness, her twin swords crossed, aimed straight for Danzo's throat.

Danzo never expected that Mikoto Uchiha, who was even more vulnerable than before, would secretly learn a technique that could counter the Uchiha clan.

As the kunai pierced his throat, one of the Sharingan eyes embedded in Danzo's body began to rotate, and Izanagi was activated.

The originally fatal wound healed instantly.

"it's useless."

Danzo punched Mikoto in the stomach, sending her flying. Mikoto crashed into the wall, blood spilling from her mouth. But she didn't fall; she gritted her teeth and stood up again.

"You're quite skilled, but unfortunately you chose the wrong opponent."

Danzo's figure suddenly disappeared, and the next second he appeared behind Mikoto. A kunai pierced through her back, passing through her ribs and going straight for her heart.

Mikoto's body stiffened abruptly. She looked down at the tip of the kunai protruding from her chest, stained with her own blood.

It hurts……

But soon her body disappeared from that spot, appearing perfectly intact behind Danzo.

Her other eye also turned grayish-white. "Let's die together," she thought, picking up an explosive tag. But before she could light it, she felt a sharp pain in both arms; they had been severed.

Failed!

His abdomen was pierced through again by someone's palm.

Mikoto Uchiha knew she was going to die, but instead of fear, she felt regret—regret that she wouldn't be able to see Itachi and Sasuke one last time.

Danzo pulled out his kunai, and Mikoto's body slowly collapsed to the ground.

She didn't close her eyes; they were fixed on the direction her two sons had fled, and a gentle smile even lingered on her lips.

Danzo crouched down, reached out and gouged out her eyes; her two perfect three-tomoe Sharingan eyes were now useless.

"A futile struggle, a complete waste of my three eyes."

In fact, Mikoto Uchiha had no idea that her son hadn't gone far at all, because there were ninjas everywhere around her trying to kill the Uchiha.

Itachi Uchiha, carrying Sasuke, ran around in circles and then came back, hiding behind a low wall, where he witnessed his mother fall.

The moment those eyes were gouged out, Itachi felt as if something exploded in his mind.

An unprecedented surge of chakra erupted from the depths of his eyes, violently assaulting his nerves. His eyes stung and ached, as if something was tearing at his pupils.

The Mangekyou Sharingan awakens amidst the extreme pain of witnessing the death of a loved one.

But Itachi didn't make a sound. He bit his lip hard, hugged his younger brother tightly, and covered Sasuke's eyes with his hands.

"Don't look back, Sasuke, please don't look back."

Sasuke's body was trembling. He didn't know what had happened, but suddenly he felt like crying.

Itachi, carrying Sasuke, stumbled and fled the clan's territory.

His eyes were spurting blood, and his lungs were burning with excruciating pain. He had suffered from a serious lung disease since childhood, and it was getting worse under the intense emotional turmoil.

But he couldn't stop. Behind him, Danzo's voice echoed from afar: "Chase! Not a single remnant of the Uchiha clan can be spared!"

The Root assassins responded and scattered in all directions to continue their pursuit of the Uchiha.

"I've spotted two more Uchiha brats over there!"

A group of Root ninjas attacked, but Uchiha Itachi glanced over and endless black smoke rose from their bodies, burning them to ashes.

It caused blood to flow from his own eyes and for him to vomit blood.

He was too young, awakening his Kaleidoscope two years earlier than in the original story. In addition, he had been on the battlefield in his childhood and suffered injuries, so his blood disease was more severe than in the original story.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Sasuke Uchiha asked in horror as he felt the blood flowing down his head.

"It's okay, your brother will protect you!"

In the darkness, the two brothers ran through the alley, but Danzo eventually noticed them.

"Another kaleidoscope!"