Chapter 14: Facing Danzo Shimura, Whose "Red Name" Is Turning Purple!
After Danzo left the Hokage's office, he was seething with suppressed anger.
He was thoroughly displeased with Hiruzen Sarutobi's indecisiveness.
In his eyes, apart from Uchiha Kagami, every other Uchiha was inherently evil.
Especially an Uchiha brat like Uchiha Ikeizumi, who flaunted his extreme personality and methods so openly!
What [Absolute Justice]?
Clearly, he was just using the name of justice as an excuse to enjoy killing!
Only that utterly unqualified Third Hokage, the "Monkey," would believe Uchiha Ikeizumi's stance was trustworthy.
As Danzo's mind boiled with dissatisfaction, and he was halfway back to the Root base with two Root guards…
He witnessed a scene that nearly gave him a heart attack.
—The seven-year-old Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, was being held aloft by Uchiha Ikeizumi!
This sight made Danzo vaguely recall the Nine-Tails attack.
The devastation caused by that terrifying Nine-Tailed Fox was vivid and fresh in his memory!
Danzo's hackles rose almost instantly, his rage flaring.
As he roared furiously from afar, "You naturally evil Uchiha brat!", he was already rushing towards Uchiha Ikeizumi with his two Root guards.
In the blink of an eye, they surrounded Uchiha Ikeizumi, the ANBU ninja, Izumi, and Naruto Uzumaki in a triangular formation.
Danzo was so agitated now that he almost ripped off his bandages, ready to reveal his horrifying array of Sharingan.
But thankfully, he gritted his teeth and held back.
"Uchiha Ikeizumi! Are you trying to start a rebellion!?"
Danzo's eyes, sinister to the extreme, blazed with anger at Uchiha Ikeizumi. In his agitated state, even his breathing grew heavy.
He demanded aggressively, "Holding Naruto Uzumaki hostage in the street, your Uchiha clan's ambition truly can't be hidden anymore, can it!"
"I knew your Uchiha clan harbored ill intentions towards Konoha. The tragedy of Konoha a few years ago… was indeed orchestrated by your Uchiha clan, wasn't it!"
The two masked Root guards had already drawn their ninja blades.
The tense atmosphere made some of the surrounding pedestrians realize something was seriously wrong.
"Who are those two masked people…?" Compared to ANBU ninja, who were semi-covert, the existence of Root ninja, Konoha's purely dark "root," was unknown to most civilians.
"Hey, hey, something feels off!" someone whispered nervously, taking a few steps back. "Are they actually going to fight? Should we hurry and notify the Police Force?"
"That Uchiha Ikeizumi… isn't he from the Police Force? We should notify the Hokage-sama instead!"
"This situation looks a little bad…"
"…"
Izumi also felt the situation was dire. She didn't recognize the Root ninja, nor Danzo Shimura, but she recognized the ANBU mask.
She also noticed that ever since the bandaged old man she'd never seen before appeared, Senior Ikeizumi's gaze had been utterly captivated by him.
She wondered if it was her imagination, but she felt as if Senior Ikeizumi's eyes held an overt killing intent.
Clearly, it was not her imagination.
In Uchiha Ikeizumi's vision, the red box hovering over Danzo's head was larger than anyone else's.
The dense, tiny script detailed the countless crimes Danzo had committed. The color, a deep, almost purplish red, represented his evil.
Uchiha Ikeizumi had seen Danzo from a distance six years ago, and even then, he'd felt a compelling urge.
However…
At that time, he was only a Chunin, and the evil surrounding Danzo was far beyond his capacity to cleanse.
But now…
Uchiha Ikeizumi was restless once more. He narrowed his eyes, ignoring Danzo's previous barrage of aggressive questions. He stated, "This brat was caught by me because he committed a crime. Root… are you trying to obstruct the Police Force's law enforcement? Any obstructionist will be killed without question."
The ANBU ninja responsible for monitoring Naruto also realized the situation was spiraling.
He subtly summoned a ninja pigeon, releasing it to quickly inform the Hokage-sama.
Naruto was already too terrified to speak in this perilous atmosphere.
He realized he had truly caused a major incident today.
Danzo's sinister eyes were also filled with heavy killing intent: "Uchiha Ikeizumi, you are no longer just an ordinary evil Uchiha! Today, I will personally eliminate this threat to Konoha."
Clang—
Uchiha Ikeizumi's ninja blade was already drawn more than an inch from its sheath.
The moment a single falling leaf was carried away by a gentle breeze.
The two Root ninja positioned behind Uchiha Ikeizumi struck first!
One, wielding a ninja blade, instantly closed in on Uchiha Ikeizumi, the blade tip aimed directly at his back!
The other slashed his blade at Uchiha Ikeizumi's left arm, attempting to seize the Jinchuriki.
Danzo, meanwhile, approached with lightning speed, now at arm's length.
His bandaged arm had, at some point, gripped a kunai.
The kunai thrust directly at Uchiha Ikeizumi's abdomen!
In that almost simultaneous instant, crimson bloomed in Uchiha Ikeizumi's eyes, a Three-Tomoe Sharingan replacing his normal pupils.
His left hand suddenly pulled back, forcing the Root ninja attempting to sever his left arm to hastily withdraw his blade, as striking would have meant hitting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
The ninja blade, already drawn an inch, was now fully unsheathed in an instant, violently colliding with Danzo's thrusting kunai.
Using that force, Uchiha Ikeizumi released his grip on his ninja blade, his right hand swiftly forming a single hand seal.
"Lava Release…"
"Chakra Armor!"
An astonishing surge of crimson chakra erupted from Uchiha Ikeizumi's entire body. Every inch of his skin visibly transformed into a flowing, molten state, and even his Police Force uniform was assimilated by the Lava Release-natured chakra, appearing to flow like magma.
The terrifying high temperature directly ignited the back of Naruto's collar, making Naruto tumble down with a "smack." The intense heat, even from a few centimeters away, scorched the back of Naruto's neck.
Naruto cried out "Wah-wah!" in pain, clutching his neck.
The ninja blade aimed at Uchiha Ikeizumi's back melted the instant it touched his skin!
"This is…" Danzo's pupils constricted. His anger-clouded mind instantly cleared, bringing back memories of Uchiha Ikeizumi's unique nature: "Lava Release Kekkei Genkai!"
This naturally evil Uchiha brat before him was a rare double Kekkei Genkai ninja, even across the entire ninja world!
Even Danzo had only heard about Uchiha Ikeizumi's double Kekkei Genkai but had never seen him use Lava Release.
This astonishing temperature was more terrifying than many Fire Style jutsu!
He absolutely could not be touched by this naturally evil Uchiha brat. Such high temperatures would vaporize flesh—this was Danzo's subconscious conclusion from years of battle experience.
Just as Danzo's thought settled…
Uchiha Ikeizumi's magma-flowing arm seemed to transform into a surging, crimson spear!
It struck directly at Danzo's head!
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