Setsuna, who had already arrived at the scene, did not speak.
After glancing once at his dead grandson, his gaze shifted to Seiryū, the three-tomoe Sharingan in his eyes slowly spinning.
His face was expressionless, his gaze cold.
His whole body felt like a volcano on the verge of eruption, releasing an inexplicably powerful pressure.
As if he were about to strike and kill Seiryū right there.
But he forcibly restrained that impulse.
In a setting like this, he could not attack Seiryū, even if Seiryū had killed his own grandson.
But the anger and killing intent in his heart had already reached their peak.
His own grandson, on whom he had placed great hopes and who had a very high chance of awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, had died here!
And he had been killed by a shinobi of the Hokage faction, whom Setsuna regarded as an enemy.
"You... went too far."
Taking a deep breath, Setsuna fixed Seiryū with a cold and sharp gaze.
His voice was restrained as he said in a low tone, "You should know what it means to kill Ryōsuke."
Even now.
He still had not expected that Seiryū would actually kill his grandson.
And... right in front of him!
This was trampling his dignity, and trampling the dignity of the entire Uchiha clan into the dirt!
This brat had a lot of nerve!!
"Too far? Not really. That guy was threatening to kill me and kill the people close to me. I can't exactly leave behind that kind of disaster, can I?"
Seiryū met his three-tomoe Sharingan directly, showing no fear at all.
He still wore a bright smile. "Setsuna-sama is also someone who has gone through war, so surely you understand this principle, right?"
"Besides, this is the Chunin Exam. The Chunin Exam is already full of danger, and plenty of people have already died."
"What, do you think someone from the Uchiha clan can't die?"
"You expect me to spare him and then wait for him to grow stronger and take revenge on me, and on my family and friends? Heh, Setsuna-sama, aren't you taking things for granted a bit too much?"
Konoha was not ruled by the Uchiha clan.
And Seiryū did not care about the Uchiha clan's threats!
The people who should be killed, he never showed mercy to.
Even if it meant offending Setsuna and the entire Uchiha clan!
Setsuna suppressed the fury in his heart, his gaze still full of pressure, and coldly spat out, "Very good. As expected of one of the Sannin's disciples."
Seiryū bared his teeth in a grin. "Thanks for the praise."
Setsuna's eyes were icy. "I hope you can stay this confident forever. Anyone who provokes the Uchiha will pay a painful price!"
Seiryū still smiled. "Setsuna-sama, is that a threat?"
"You can take it that way."
Setsuna's gaze remained cold as he glanced at Tsunade, who was approaching this way.
In a voice only he and Seiryū could hear, he said, "Since you dared to do something like this, whether it's you or your family, sooner or later you'll pay the price for what you've done."
"Hehehe, I really hate being threatened. So what should I do?"
Hearing that, Seiryū let out a laugh.
But his smile carried a trace of madness, like a lunatic's. "Beat the young one, and the old one comes. And the old one even puts on quite the act."
Seiryū's expression was full of amusement and bloodlust. "Tell me, what should I do?"
There was even a faint trace of madness in his eyes that he could barely suppress. Then he slowly let out a breath.
A cold smile curved across his lips. "Doesn't seem like there's any better way. I can only try to clean up the threat."
Those words of threat, spoken by the great elder of an entire clan, carried far more weight than Ryōsuke's had.
And he was much more likely to actually threaten Seiryū's family.
That made the killing intent in Seiryū's heart, which had already eased a little, grow even stronger.
He could not feel at ease.
He could not feel at ease even here in Konoha.
The solution.
Was simply to try and clean up the threat.
He could not tolerate even the slightest threat!!
"Yin Seal, release..."
Thinking of all that, a crazy smile appeared at the corner of Seiryū's mouth.
At that moment, he forgot Tsunade's warning.
He released the Yin Seal at the center of his forehead, the Yin Seal that had been sealing away the dragon vein chakra.
Buzz buzz buzz!!
The moment Seiryū released the Yin Seal.
At once.
A fierce, violent, and sinister purple chakra fluctuation surged out from within his body.
Swaying purple chakra formed a cloak that attached itself to Seiryū's body and flickered slightly.
At this moment, Seiryū had not entered a Hollowfication state, nor a tailed beast transformation state.
Because he was controlling the output of the dragon vein chakra inside the Yin Seal.
"This is... a tailed beast!?"
Such an immense chakra fluctuation caused Setsuna's expression to change slightly.
This sinister chakra fluctuation was incredibly similar to that of a tailed beast!
This brat actually had a tailed beast sealed inside him!?
"Damn it! What kind of madness is this brat up to now?"
Tsunade, who had already arrived nearby, also changed expression when she saw this.
What kind of stimulation had Seiryū gotten this time?
He had actually released the Yin Seal at this moment and let out all the dragon vein chakra inside it!
Why did this brat keep doing such extreme things!?
"Hehehe, threatening me? Going after my family and friends? You old bastard, just who the hell do you think you are?"
A sinister and wild voice came from Seiryū's mouth.
The chakra fluctuations on his body became even stronger, and the flickering of the purple chakra cloak grew faster.
At the same time.
The leaking chakra seemed to fill the entire arena, causing many sensory-type shinobi to show expressions of shock.
The dragon vein chakra contained natural energy, and without learning senjutsu first, it caused tremendous damage to the body.
But Seiryū had already cast Kaidō beforehand.
It could temporarily suppress the damage the natural energy caused to his body.
The dragon vein chakra had been judged by the system as "Hollow," so the system would not immunize him from the consciousness assault of the dragon vein chakra.
It would assault Seiryū's mind and rob him of his reason.
Until Seiryū fell into a berserk Hollowfication state!!
Maybe because he had already gone through this once before, or maybe because his will to kill the enemy right now was even stronger.
Or maybe because the dragon vein chakra had not been released in excessive amounts.
At this moment, Seiryū could still maintain some of his reason and would not go berserk immediately.
Of course.
The longer it dragged on, the greater the risk of going berserk.
"Super Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan!!"
A purple Rasengan more than ten meters in diameter formed instantly, and under Seiryū's lift, it smashed straight down at Setsuna in front of him!
Boom!!
A thunderous roar rang out.
Under the impact of the Super Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, the ground immediately caved in, cracks spread outward, and an extremely terrifying shockwave expanded in all directions.
Its power was so great.
That even the entire arena trembled slightly.
(To be continued.)