Chapter 15: Uchiha Ikeizumi's Special "Lava Release"!
Danzo's pupils constricted.
Uchiha Ikeizumi was too fast. The scorching heat radiating from the magma-like arm, now terrifyingly close, made Danzo's eyes sting dryly, and he felt a burning sensation on his face.
The potent smell of sulfur hit his nostrils, and the warning bells in his mind, along with the sense of impending death, intensified.
If he was touched…
He would die!!!
Danzo cast aside any pretense of dignity. His retreat was quite undignified; he practically rolled like a clumsy donkey several times to evade the attack.
"Lord Danzo!!!" But a Root ninja's startled cry made Danzo realize he hadn't fully dodged.
"Hiss—"
A searing pain from his left ear made Danzo suck in a cold breath. He felt like he was smelling burnt meat.
He quickly touched his left ear and found it was gone!
When he quickly looked up, he saw Uchiha Ikeizumi had already broken free of the encirclement, leaping high into the air with a push off the ground.
His magma-flowing right arm suddenly began to visibly swell.
Like a living volcano, it was accumulating terrifying power.
"Newbie, get away."
The ANBU ninja responsible for monitoring the Jinchuriki, seeing this, didn't care about anything else. He clutched Naruto and, at the fastest speed of his life, tried to get away from this dangerous place.
Izumi's panicked eyes also instantly turned crimson. Sensing the danger, she activated the Sharingan she had awakened at age five from the grief of seeing her father die at the Nine-Tails' hands.
And it was also a Three-Tomoe Sharingan! (As in Itachi's True Story/Original TV series, it's Three-Tomoe)
The spinning tomoe rapidly consumed her chakra, making her small face instantly turn pale, but it also unleashed an unprecedented level of dōjutsu power.
However, she used this power for evasion.
Izumi trusted that Senior Ikeizumi wouldn't tell her to get away for no reason.
She chose to trust Senior Ikeizumi!
Below, the two Root ninja swiftly formed hand seals in unison.
"Water Style: Wild Water Wave!" (Suition: Suidan no Jutsu!) x2
Two powerful torrents of water surged upwards towards Uchiha Ikeizumi.
"Lava Style: Grand Eruption."
His right arm, now swollen to be larger than his entire body, plunged downwards. The rolling magma-like chakra instantly erupted, forming a giant, incredibly massive magma fist, like a volcanic eruption, plummeting towards the ground below!
—BOOM!!!
The violent clash of Lava Style and Water Style created plumes of scalding steam. A terribly pungent and toxic gas began to furiously spread.
Uchiha Ikeizumi's "Lava Release," while extremely similar to Roshi's "Lava Release" from the Stone Village—both being magma-type—possessed a characteristic that Roshi's did not: an impact force like a volcanic eruption!
Under the shocked gaze of the two Root ninja, the gigantic magma fist evaporated the Water Style jutsu and continued to crush down!
"Protect Lord Danzo!"
—BOOM!!!
One Root ninja pulled Danzo away, narrowly dodging, but the other Root ninja was half a step too late. As the magma fist heavily crashed onto the ground, the splattering magma splashed over half of his body.
"Aaaaaah!!!!"
The Root ninja's agonizing scream made everyone turn their gaze to him.
Half of his body seemed to have been erased into thin air.
The body parts struck by the magma were actually smoking and burning!
One could also see a massive crater on the ground.
As if a pool of shimmering magma had formed in the street, radiating intense heat!
"This is… the Uchiha clan's double Kekkei Genkai prodigy who rose to fame during the Third Great Ninja War, whose reputation was almost on par with Uchiha Shisui—the Lava Style Beast, Uchiha Ikeizumi?"
The ANBU ninja, holding Naruto, coughed from the sulfur smell. He was now drenched in cold sweat.
Fortunately…
He had been rational enough at the very beginning to choose not to engage in a physical conflict with this opponent.
Otherwise…
He couldn't guarantee he'd get out in one piece.
"U! CHI! HA! IKE! IZUMI!" Danzo's aged face was so grim it looked like it could drip black water.
One hand gripped the bandages on his face tightly.
Veins bulged on the back of his hand.
Danzo didn't fear Uchiha Ikeizumi; this naturally evil Uchiha brat was, in the end, just a young upstart who hadn't been active for very long.
Danzo was currently hesitating whether to expose his Sharingan trump card in front of such a crowd.
Damn it…
If only he had brought more Root guards today.
He wouldn't have to hesitate.
Uchiha Ikeizumi's body stood on the magma, hot enough to vaporize human flesh. He was unaffected by the magma's extreme heat. Molten liquid constantly dripped from him, scorching one smoking, shallow crater after another into the ground.
....
"Hmm?"
Far away in the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly keenly noticed a strange commotion outside.
Just as he turned his head, a ninja pigeon flew in.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze sharpened.
He remembered clearly that the summoning animal of the ANBU ninja he sent to observe and protect Naruto was a ninja pigeon!
"Hokage-sama! Hokage-sama!"
The ninja pigeon spoke in a shrill, human voice: "This is bad! Uchiha Ikeizumi and Danzo Shimura are fighting! The Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, has also been caught in the crossfire!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi abruptly stood up.
"Danzo!" The grave expression on his face instantly turned ugly. He couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Didn't I just tell him not to provoke that child, Ikeizumi?!"
Knowing Danzo, this was likely a conflict Danzo had actively instigated!
That Danzo fellow already greatly despised the Uchiha clan. After encountering the relatively active Uchiha Ikeizumi…
There was no telling what extreme actions Danzo might take.
However.
As Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Uchiha Ikeizumi's absolute justice, his nearly 100% case-solving rate, and those eyes that seemed to see through everyone…
He hesitated again.
This…
No!
Hiruzen Sarutobi shook off the strange thoughts in his head. What was crucial now was to immediately go and stop the conflict between the two sides.
Otherwise, the range of Ikeizumi's "Lava Release" Kekkei Genkai jutsu was no laughing matter!
He clearly remembered that child's terrifying performance during the Third Great Ninja War.
That "Lava Release" with power like a volcanic eruption…
Was definitely one of the most dangerous powers in the ninja world!
"Take me there!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi first told the ninja pigeon, then suddenly called out, "Kakashi!"
Whoosh!
A figure instantly appeared before Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi commanded in a deep voice, "Immediately lead three ANBU squads and follow me to stop the conflict!"
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
Kakashi nodded.
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