Hikari Uchiha in Animeverse

The air seemed to freeze for a split second. 

Then— 

"Tsukuyomi!" 

Uchiha Hikari's Mangekyō Sharingan spun gently, plunging Tachibana Masamune into a daze. Before he could snap out of it, Hikari's fingers tightened, crushing his wrist with a snap. She flung him upward, sending him flying several meters before crashing into a cabinet behind him! 

Bang—! 

With a deafening crash, the wooden cabinet toppled, spilling files, bottles, and jars across the floor. 

Tachibana Masamune staggered to his feet from the wreckage, looking as if he'd aged years in that moment. Sweat poured down his face, his eyes dazed. He locked onto Uchiha Hikari with a look of sheer terror, then scrambled toward the exit in a frantic crawl. "Help… Somebody, help!!" 

Hikari started to chase but felt a gentle tug on her fingers. Looking down, she saw Eriyi clutching her hand, nervously holding up her notebook: "Hikari, Masamune-san isn't a bad person…" 

(If he's not a bad guy, then the Dragon Clan world probably doesn't have any, Hikari thought with a sigh.) 

She didn't explain right away, instead softly stroking Eriyi's silky red hair and gently prying her fingers loose. "Don't worry, I'm here. Just rest here for now. I've got some things to handle outside, but I'll be back soon." 

"And don't stress—I won't hurt your brother." 

With that promise, Eriyi hesitated but let go, clutching her wooden carving and watching Hikari with wide, deer-like eyes. 

Hikari headed out. 

In just that short time, chaos had erupted outside the wooden room. Footsteps thundered from every floor of the building, converging on her location. Faintly, Hikari caught the telltale click-clack of guns being loaded. 

"Protect the Patriarch!" 

"Come out of the room now, or we open fire!" 

"Heh." 

Hikari strode through the wooden room's corridor, pausing at the metal door. Outside, a sea of black-clad guards filled the hallway, their guns fitted with laser sights, red beams trained on her body like they could riddle her with holes any second. But Hikari's expression was cold, her eyes cutting through the crowd to lock onto Tachibana Masamune at the far end of the corridor. "What, only good at hiding behind others and playing mind games, Dr. Herzog?" 

"?!" 

Tachibana Masamune, getting his wrist bandaged by medics in the back, froze, his pupils shrinking in shock. 

But then— 

Someone barked, "Fire!" 

The instant gunfire erupted, Hikari's Sharingan spun, the pinwheel pattern flaring. "Susanoo!!" 

Bang! Bang! Bang! 

A storm of bullets rained down, engulfing her. But every single one stopped midair, blocked by a skeletal frame wreathed in dark red chakra flames. Seconds later, spent shells clattered to the floor, ringing out in a crisp chorus. 

"What… what is that?!" 

"Is that a kotodama?!" 

Susanoo was visible to the naked eye, and the guards who witnessed it gaped in stunned disbelief. 

As their shouts echoed, Hikari moved. 

A simple raise of her hand. 

With her motion, the dark red Susanoo raised its blazing greatsword, aiming down the corridor and swinging in a devastating overhead slash! "Hundred-Eight Barrage: Heavy Cannon Slash!" 

In that moment, fiery sword energy roared downward, slicing through the air in a blink. It tore down the entire corridor! Starting from Hikari's feet, everything in a straight line was cleaved in two, flames erupting in the void to form a blazing path stretching dozens of meters! 

Sizzle— 

The ceiling's embedded lights flickered wildly. 

Hikari's real body darted forward! 

In the narrow corridor, her speed hit its peak, a ghostly blur weaving through the guards. She threw casual punches and kicks, each strike sending men flying into walls or crashing into their comrades with dull thuds. 

Someone tried to shoot, but Hikari's hand sliced through the gun barrel like a blade. Defying gravity, she sprinted along the walls and ceiling, her sights locked on Tachibana Masamune at the corridor's end! 

"She's after the Patriarch!" 

"Stop her!" 

The guards at Genji Heavy Industries were no strangers to violence—hardened yakuza types, every one. They fought desperately, pulling knives and batons from their coats to block Hikari's advance. But it was futile. One by one, they were tossed aside like sandbags. 

Just as Hikari's hand nearly grazed Tachibana Masamune's collar, a figure closed in at breakneck speed! 

A flash of azure blade light arced down from above! 

Hokushin Itto-ryu: Frostfall! 

"…" 

The chilling killing intent in that strike made Hikari raise a brow. Her hand, originally reaching for Tachibana Masamune, paused mid-motion, instead snapping to intercept the incoming blade! 

Clang!! 

The moment her fingertips met the blade, Hikari felt a surge of immense force, nearly overwhelming the chakra reinforcing her grip. Her attacker, after a split-second pause, swung a fist with their free hand. Hikari deflected it with her wrist, then whipped a leg toward the attacker's exposed midsection! 

Thud—! 

The figure grunted, using the recoil to yank their blade free from Hikari's grasp. 

Hikari, meanwhile, executed a clean backflip, landing lightly five or six meters away. Her petite frame moved like a butterfly, and as she rose, she casually grabbed two guards rushing her, hurling them by their collars into the densest part of the crowd. 

With that done, Hikari tilted her head, eyeing the spot where she'd just stood. 

"Minamoto Chisei?" 

There, a black-haired young man, maybe twenty-one or twenty-two, stood with a blade in hand, his cold expression glinting with golden intensity in his eyes. 

"Old man, fall back," Minamoto Chisei said without turning, his gaze fixed on Hikari. 

Behind him, in an L-shaped corridor branching off from Eriyi's room, a group of black-trench-coated Execution Bureau agents was rushing in. 

"Who are you?" Minamoto Chisei asked abruptly. 

"Uchiha. Hikari." 

"!?" 

At Hikari's introduction, Minamoto Chisei visibly faltered. 

The "Hikari" Eriyi mentioned… was a woman?! 

Or more accurately, a girl. 

Even in the dim light, Minamoto Chisei could tell Hikari was no older than fifteen, and she barely came up to his shoulder. 

"…I don't know what your goal is, but Eriyi is my sister, and Tachibana Masamune is the Patriarch of the Sheqi Bajia. I won't let you lay a finger on either of them, no matter your reasons." 

Minamoto Chisei's words were ironclad. 

Across from him, Hikari's lips curved into a faint smirk. She raised two fingers like a sword before her. "Pointing a blade at me? That's some guts. But that's about all you've got going for you… Genjutsu: Tree Binding Death!"