Chapter 16: Are You Trying to Destroy Konoha?!
As Danzo reeled in shock, his eyes reflected Uchiha Ikeizumi's crimson figure, instantly closing the distance. Danzo immediately dodged, his hands swiftly forming seals.
"Wind Style—"
Danzo took a deep breath, his chest dramatically expanding, until he forcefully exhaled.
"Vacuum Sphere!!!"
He still did not tear open the bandages on his body.
If he were to expose his Sharingan in public, the entire Konoha's kekkei genkai clans would likely view him, Danzo, as an enemy.
After all, no one wanted a kekkei genkai hunter lurking in the village.
The Wind Style chakra accumulated in his mouth shot out towards Uchiha Ikeizumi like machine-gun bullets.
Each "Vacuum Sphere" was about half the size of a baby's fist.
When they struck nearby houses, they even pierced through thick walls, leaving behind circular holes!
But…
When a large number of "Vacuum Spheres" landed on Uchiha Ikeizumi, it was like throwing pebbles into water.
Though they splashed up droplets of magma, they consistently failed to break through that strange Lava Release defense.
Drip…
Drip…
With every step Uchiha Ikeizumi took forward, terrifying high temperatures left a trail of fiery footprints on the ground. The sulfur smell in the air was so thick it was almost nauseating.
"Damn it, it's really similar to the Hozuki clan's Hydrification Technique… a kekkei genkai jutsu that can turn one's body into a natural element, granting immunity to most physical attacks?"
"At least, my Wind Style has little effect on him!"
Danzo's face was extremely grim. His sinister eyes were heavy, yet flickered with various expressions of uncertainty and surprise: "No… there's definitely no invincible ability. There must be a weakness…"
"Even though that monkey's personality is weak, he would never tolerate a Uchiha who is without weakness and uncontrollable."
Danzo suddenly realized.
The only time Uchiha Ikeizumi had actively blocked a ninjutsu attack was when he blocked the Water Style used by the two Root ninja.
That's it!
Water Style…
Could it be the weakness of this naturally evil Uchiha brat?
Water Style wasn't Danzo's strongest jutsu, but it didn't mean he couldn't use it.
Suddenly!
Danzo saw Uchiha Ikeizumi raise an arm, a finger on that arm pointing towards him.
The magma-flowing fingertip seemed to be accumulating power, ready to erupt.
"No!"
At that very instant, Uchiha Ikeizumi's fingertip spewed out bursts of scorching magma!
Dense, miniature magma bullets, trailing arcs of light, shot straight towards Danzo!
"Lava Style: Magma Shrapnel."
Danzo's pupils constricted. He swiftly formed hand seals, pressing his palms to the ground: "Water Style: Water Formation Wall!!!"
A wall of water surged upwards.
Numerous magma bullets slammed into the Water Formation Wall. The pervasive smell of sulfur and the scalding steam made cold sweat pour from Danzo.
If he had been even half a second slower, he would have had no choice but to use the power of the Sharingan to dodge Uchiha Ikeizumi's attack.
Damn it!
Half of my abilities lie in Wind Style, the other half in Sharingan and Wood Style.
Yet, one of these abilities is useless against that naturally evil Uchiha brat, and the other two cannot be used in public.
The occasional piercing pain from his left ear made Danzo utterly furious.
He had never felt so stifled.
He was too constrained!
If only the battle location were somewhere else, if only he had more preparation, and brought more Root ninja, Danzo guaranteed he could kill this evil Uchiha brat!
After all…
He had killed Uchiha Shisui in the same way just a year ago.
No matter how talented a Uchiha prodigy, they couldn't withstand a coordinated attack, nor could they withstand unforeseeable plots and schemes.
However.
Today's conflict with Uchiha Ikeizumi was far too rushed.
This was different from when he dealt with Shisui.
"Hmm?" Just then, through the faintly visible scene beyond the translucent Water Formation Wall, Danzo vaguely saw a large crimson glow appearing ahead.
"Lava Style: Grand Eruption."
A magma fist, now expanded to the size of a house, was crushing towards the Water Formation Wall with overwhelming force. Wherever it passed, even the ground melted from the scorching heat.
The terrifying impact force, like a volcanic eruption, instantly shattered the Water Formation Wall. The intense heat instantly evaporated all the water!
In Danzo's vision, the moment the magma fist broke through the Water Formation Wall, it suddenly expanded several times over.
A gigantic, immense torrent of magma directly consumed him!
Making Danzo momentarily believe he was facing a tsunami made of magma!
'—Izanagi!!!'
Danzo couldn't care less now. Whether it was for his own life, or to kill this naturally evil Uchiha brat, he had no choice but to activate the power of the Sharingan.
The surging torrent of magma instantly swallowed his aged body. Human flesh simply couldn't withstand the magma's scorching heat.
In less than a second, Danzo's entire body vaporized.
The rolling magma even wiped out half a block of buildings.
Danzo died.
But he didn't die.
The forbidden Sharingan secret technique, Izanagi, had the ability to rewrite any unfavorable events for the user, including death.
Once activated, the Sharingan would be permanently blinded. And this ability to rewrite unfavorable events could last for a full minute.
As one of the transplanted Sharingan within his bandages completely closed, the water vapor of his body, previously dispersed in the air, instantly condensed together, rapidly forming a human shape.
Danzo, now "alive" again, had a grim expression, bursting with killing intent.
"Danzo!!!"
"Stop it!!!"
It was precisely then that figures suddenly appeared on the street, one after another, quickly surrounding the entire area.
The attire of these figures was all Konoha ANBU.
A full three ANBU squads had been dispatched together.
Led by Hiruzen Sarutobi, they had finally arrived.
...
Looking at the scarred street before him, and breathing the strange scent in the air, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but cough a few times.
His aged face didn't look much better either.
"Danzo! What are you doing?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi, followed by Kakashi and other ANBU guards, walked into the fray, his wrinkled old face grim, his hands clasped behind his back, exuding an intimidating aura.
"This is Konoha! Are you trying to destroy Konoha, Danzo?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately demanded, shouting.
Danzo: "???"
Danzo understood that the "Monkey" would be drawn by such a large commotion.
But he couldn't understand why, upon arriving, the other party immediately began aggressively questioning him, Danzo.
"Hiruzen! What do you mean?!"
Danzo didn't even call him "Hiruzen" anymore. He gritted his teeth and retorted, "How dare you say I'm trying to destroy Konoha? On the contrary, if I can kill this ambitious Uchiha brat today, I would be saving Konoha!"
He pointed furiously at Uchiha Ikeizumi: "This naturally evil Uchiha brat just tried to use his Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, attempting to recreate the Nine-Tails attack from years ago!"
"If I hadn't happened to show up and witness that, Konoha would have already been destroyed by him!"
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