Naruto: I am Uchiha Fugaku

"Ice Release?"

A look of surprise flashed across Uchiha Fugaku's face.

The man with the hideous scar was actually a defector from the Yuki Clan.

"Ice Release, huh?"

After a moment of astonishment, a faint smile curled at the corners of his lips. His hands moved at blinding speed, forming hand seals so fast they left afterimages.

"Ice Release: White Whale—"

Another colossal whale, sculpted entirely from ice, materialized before him—massive as a small mountain.

Compared to this behemoth, the white whale conjured by the scarred man looked like nothing more than a newborn calf.

Crack!

The two whales collided—one enormous, the other tiny. The smaller one shattered instantly.

The larger whale surged forward, barreling toward the scarred man.

"H-How can you… use Ice Release?"

The scarred man's eyes widened in disbelief.

The Ice Release Kekkei Genkai was supposed to be unique to the Yuki Clan.

How could Uchiha Fugaku possibly wield it?

The mountain-sized whale loomed closer, bringing with it the threat of death.

Snapping out of his shock, the scarred man quickly formed hand seals and slammed his palms onto the ground.

"Ice Release: Frost Gate—"

A massive ice barrier, several meters thick, erupted from the earth, shielding him from the oncoming attack.

BOOM!

The colossal whale crashed into the Frost Gate with a deafening impact.

CRACK!

The barrier splintered under the force, fissures spiderwebbing across its surface before it exploded into shards.

The whale itself was now fractured, on the verge of disintegration—but its momentum carried it forward.

THUD!

The scarred man couldn't evade in time.

The whale slammed into him with devastating force.

Blood sprayed from his mouth as he was sent flying backward.

Only then did the massive whale finally shatter into fragments.

A single strike.

That was all it took to obliterate both the offensive and defensive jutsu of an elite jonin—and leave the scarred man severely wounded.

This was the sheer power of Uchiha Fugaku's Ice Release Kekkei Genkai alone.

Even without relying on his Sharingan, his mastery of Ice Release alone placed him firmly at Kage-level strength.

SPLURT!

Crashing onto the ground, the scarred man coughed up another mouthful of blood.

He struggled to prop himself up, his voice trembling with shock.

"How… how do you possess the Yuki Clan's Ice Release Kekkei Genkai?"

Uchiha Fugaku didn't answer.

Because at that moment—

The weathered-faced man was already upon him, his massive stone-encased fist hurtling toward Fugaku's head.

BOOM!

The revelation that his target wielded Ice Release—and with such terrifying power—had stunned the weathered man.

But shock didn't slow him down.

A seasoned warrior, he seized the opening, lunging at Fugaku from the side.

His colossal stone fist tore through the air with a thunderous roar, aimed straight at Fugaku's body.

He was confident—even solid rock would crumble under this blow.

A mere human stood no chance.

"Ice Release: Ice Prison Technique—"

Fugaku turned to face him.

And in that split-second motion—his hands had already completed the seals.

The weathered middle-aged man's fist was less than half a meter from Uchiha Fugaku, yet that short distance became an insurmountable gap.

Crack—

A surge of glacial ice erupted from the ground.

In an instant, the middle-aged man was encased within a massive rectangular block of ice.

The enormous ice prison lived up to its name, functioning as an inescapable cage.

From the start of the battle until now, Uchiha Fugaku had only performed two ninjutsu techniques.

Yet these two techniques alone had already severely wounded the scar-faced man and trapped the weathered middle-aged man.

Both opponents were undeniably powerful—each at least elite jōnin level.

Unfortunately for them, Uchiha Fugaku was stronger.

"Ice Release: Frozen Thorns—"

His expression frigid, Fugaku observed the trapped man within the glacial prison.

He would show no mercy to those who sought his life.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

Dozens of meter-long ice thorns materialized around the frozen cage, then pierced through it effortlessly—like skewering fragile foam—aiming straight for the encased victim.

"Ugh—!"

The middle-aged man struggled desperately within his icy confines, but the unbreakable prison held firm.

Terror and despair twisted his features as he watched the glacial spikes impale him.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

His body became riddled with gaping wounds, blood seeping from countless punctures.

"Uchiha Fugaku could never wield Ice Release! Who the hell are you?"

The scar-faced man staggered to his feet, pupils contracting at his comrade's gruesome fate as he stared incredulously at Fugaku.

"No need to tell you."

Fugaku's smile spread—a winter gale that chilled the scarred man to his core.

The scattered remnants of the defected Yuki clan had made enhancing his Ice Release kekkei genkai nearly impossible... until now.

Encountering someone with such potent Yuki bloodline techniques was an unexpected windfall.

"You're no Yuki clansman! You must've stolen our kekkei genkai somehow!"

The scarred man's glare burned with fury.

No true clansman would slaughter their own kind so mercilessly.

"I'll make you suffer even if it kills me!"

With a snarl, he slammed his palms onto the ground, forming rapid hand seals.

"Ice Release: Glacial Spires—"

Frigid energy channeled through his hands into the earth before erupting violently.

Thoom! Thoom! Thoom!

Dozens of massive ice pillars—each over ten meters tall—speared upward from the terrain, converging on Fugaku like a forest of deadly spikes.

"Ice Release: Frost Gate—"

An immense glacial barrier materialized before Fugaku, replicating his opponent's earlier technique.

But this version dwarfed the original, its structure reinforced with steel-hard ice.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The towering spires shattered harmlessly against the impregnable gate—like eggs dashed against stone.

Only leaving white marks on the door, it cracked apart with fissures covering its surface.

Crack—

An opening large enough for a person to pass through appeared in the Ice Gate. Uchiha Fugaku stepped through it.

His cold gaze fixed on the man with the hideous scar, the icy glint in his eyes making the scarred man's face pale and his body tremble.

"Ice Release: Frozen Rain—"

A chilling aura spread from him, transforming into countless ice needles in the air.

Dense and unending, they filled the sky.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

All the ice needles rained down in a slanting barrage.

Like a torrential downpour, they assaulted the scarred man.

"Ice Release: Ice Gate—"

The scarred man's expression twisted in panic as he hastily erected an Ice Gate to shield himself.

Thud, thud, thud!

Yet against the storm of ice needles, the gate was as fragile as paper.

It was effortlessly pierced.

And the scarred man behind it had no chance to escape.

Over a dozen ice needles tore through his body, leaving behind gaping, bloody holes.

His expression froze in place as his body collapsed with a heavy thud.