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All these thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, but before Uchiha Kiske could initiate the first step, launching the kunai with the steel wire attached, a blinding white light filled his vision.
Boom!
Lightning, like a writhing dragon, instantly crackled and roared within the water vapor-filled trap pit.
Uchiha Kiske, caught within, had no time to react.
Faced with such a lightning-fast attack, all he could do was rely on his body's instinct to instantly gather Chakra to protect his vital points.
But this instinctive Chakra protection didn't offer much resistance.
The terrifying electric current instantly coursed through his body, the resulting heat instantly vaporizing the water in his skin cells, leaving behind a layer of black, carbonized material.
At the same time, the high-speed electric current also surged through his brain. Even with Chakra protection, Uchiha Kiske couldn't withstand it. His head felt like it was being crushed by a mountain, his wide-open Sharingan filled with disbelief and resentment.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"This Lightning Release shouldn't be this powerful?"
"Hmm... that's... iron filings!"
"Damn it!"
In his final moments, gazing at the particles that flickered with faint light in the air, Uchiha Kiske saw what they were. Iron filings, countless fragments from the exploded kunai.
These iron filings mixed with the mist formed by the water vapor, amplifying the power of the originally B-rank Lightning Release - Earth Walk technique, giving it the power of an A+ rank Lightning Release.
Hit directly by an A+ rank Lightning Release without any protection, Uchiha Kiske knew he had fallen.
It was clear that the enemy not only knew he was an Uchiha, but also knew that as a genius of the Uchiha clan, his strongest skill was Water Release.
From the start, the attackers had based their strategy on the fact that he would prioritize using Water Release to respond when encountering a crisis. They then established a tactic that involved exploding kunai, splitting them into iron filings to enhance the power of the Lightning Release for a fatal blow.
The attackers knew him well. Whether it was the mist formed by the water vapor to suppress his Sharingan observation ability, or the choice of Lightning Release, a technique with a speed of attack that he couldn't react to, every step was aimed at his weaknesses.
Such a targeted attack strategy to counter him was impossible for Kumogakure ninjas to achieve in a short period of time.
After all, he hadn't revealed his combat abilities in the Land of Lightning.
Uchiha Kiske believed that this attack was impossible for ninjas from other villages to carry out.
Although he was a renowned genius of the Uchiha clan, he hadn't actually attended the Ninja Academy, instead being trained within the clan as a family-type ninja.
Furthermore, the Uchiha clan had very few ninjas who could be sent on regular missions, and he hadn't even represented Konoha on a mission before.
Therefore, the chances of his information being leaked were extremely low.
Let alone the possibility of someone creating such a detailed tactical plan against him.
Uchiha Kiske believed that besides his family, only the higher-ups in Konoha, who had always targeted the Uchiha clan, could have gathered such detailed information about his abilities.
And they would undoubtedly have more information than ninjas outside the village. Only they could have devised such a detailed and targeted tactic.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Kiske was filled with rage.
But battles between ninjas were all about making a single wrong move, leading to a complete loss. Moreover, he had lost by more than just a move or two, his entire strategy had been exposed. He had lost fairly.
Uchiha Kiske finally passed out, filled with resentment and a newfound understanding of his anger.
Thud!
A charred body fell from the air, crashing onto the equally charred ground.
The trap was now devoid of water vapor. The high temperature from the previous Lightning Release had evaporated all of it.
Step!
Suddenly, a figure descended from the air, standing beside the charred Uchiha Kiske.
"What dangerous eyes!"
Uchiha Kiske, lying on the ground, was covered in charcoal, but his open eyes remained unharmed. His three-tomoe Sharingan still flickered with a dangerous crimson light, showcasing the Sharingan's power.
Seeing this, Danzo couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. As someone who had witnessed the power of Uchiha Madara and experienced the power of Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan firsthand, Danzo knew the Sharingan's strength.
In his view, the most powerful forces in the world were undoubtedly the First Hokage's Wood Release and the Uchiha's Sharingan.
Currently, the Wood Release revival plan was a long shot, with no hope of success in sight.
But the Uchiha clan's Sharingan, starting today, belonged to him.
Danzo crouched down and pulled out a vial from his pocket. It was filled with nutrient solution for cultivating cells, which could effectively preserve the Sharingan's vitality for a long time.
Danzo personally dug out Uchiha Kiske's Sharingan and placed them in the vial.
Gazing at the pair of three-tomoe Sharingan floating and swaying in the clear glass vial, Danzo felt a sense of relief both physically and mentally.
"With this Sharingan, I can perform that forbidden jutsu that can change reality."
Thinking of the terrifying secret technique of the Uchiha clan's Sharingan, Danzo felt a surge of excitement, eager to implant this Sharingan now.
But the Sharingan wasn't easy to control.
He would have to come up with a good plan when he returned.
"Get to work."
Danzo put away the vial containing the Sharingan and then gave an order, instructing his subordinates to dispose of Uchiha Kiske.
This was the border, and even though they knew in advance that the patrol ninjas were currently at their furthest point, who could guarantee there wouldn't be any accidents?
The best course of action was to leave quickly.
Uchiha Kiske was still alive, but without the ability to resist, he was no different from dead.
Among the four-man Root squad that had come on the mission with Danzo, one was from the Aburame clan, skilled in controlling poisonous insects that secreted potent corrosive venom, a perfect remedy for erasing corpses.
Under his poisonous insects and venom, Uchiha Kiske soon died, his body dissolving into a puddle of murky pus.
Finally, a blast of Fire Release turned the pus into ashes, leaving no useful information even if other ninjas came by later.
Thus, the genius ninja of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Kiske, perished. It took less than ten seconds.
That's right, the entire battle, including the time it took Danzo to extract the Sharingan, lasted less than ten seconds.
It must be said that in the world of ninja combat, strength is the foundation, but information is also crucial.
Soon, Danzo, along with the Root squad, quickly crossed the border canyon and headed towards the Land of Lightning.
Not long after Danzo and his team left, the border patrol ninjas, alerted to the intense Chakra fluctuations, arrived at the scene.
But they only found a pile of ashes, along with traces of the battlefield that had been clearly cleaned up, leaving little useful information.
They only knew that someone had died here, but they didn't know who.
However, they did know that the perpetrator had fled towards the border.
So, the border patrol team dispatched a three-man strike force to pursue the perpetrator.
The perpetrator had killed someone within the Land of Fire, which was definitely related to Konoha's interests, regardless of the reason. At the very least, they needed to figure out who had crossed the border to commit murder.
The patrol team's strike force followed the faint traces left by the perpetrator all the way to the border of the Land of Lightning, where they stopped.
Without even guessing, they knew that the perpetrator must have been from Kumogakure.
So, the three ninjas returned, and a report about the incident was sent to Konoha.
Five days later, combining the border patrol team's report with the unusual activity report from Kumogakure, the Third Hokage announced to the Uchiha clan that their genius ninja, Uchiha Kiske, had been killed on a mission.
Then, two days later, Danzo and his Root squad silently returned to Konoha. No one knew they had ever been gone.
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