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Uchiha Haru pinched Danzo's hand and gently applied pressure.
Soon, the sickening sound of bones breaking echoed, followed by Danzo's agonized screams.
"Stop!" The Third Hokage couldn't bear to see Danzo suffer.
Suddenly, several shurikens materialized in his hands, which he flung fiercely at Haru.
Then, using a Body Flicker Technique, he vanished from sight, rushing to Danzo's rescue.
Facing the incoming shurikens, Haru neither dodged nor used ninjutsu. Without hesitation, he grabbed Danzo and pushed him upward.
So, so, so!
The sharp slicing sound of metal piercing flesh rang out.
Danzo's muffled groans joined the chaotic noise.
One had to admit—the Third Hokage's shuriken throwing was excellent: swift, precise, and merciless, striking vital points with lethal accuracy.
You didn't even need to see it; just listening to the screams was enough to realize its power.
Fortunately for Danzo, his body was tough.
The Third Hokage, who had relied on his Body Flicker to close in quickly, froze in surprise at the scene, his eyes twitching.
This... this...
He had been so focused on acting fast that he forgot to guard himself.
Danzo... Danzo should be okay...
In Haru's grasp, Danzo's body gradually went limp, completely drained of vitality.
Then, Haru's brows furrowed slightly, but a faint, almost amused smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
Suddenly, he flung Danzo's body down.
A loud bang echoed.
Dust billowed in bursts.
Danzo's body shattered almost entirely.
Blood and broken bones scattered everywhere.
A foul, fishy stench filled the air.
Danzo... gone?
The Third Hokage could hardly believe it.
He knew Danzo's strength intimately.
Since childhood, they had both been disciples under the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
They had always been evenly matched in every aspect of power.
When the position of Hokage was contested, Danzo was his fiercest rival.
And now, Danzo had been killed without even a proper fight?
Did this mean that he himself wouldn't last more than a few moves against Haru?
The Third Hokage, who had been contemplating how to get closer and save Danzo, now hesitated, filled with fear after witnessing Haru's overwhelming power.
Silence fell over the Uchiha clan's direction, followed by an intense, raucous cheer.
"Good! Good! Good!"
"Well done!"
"Finally killed that bastard Danzo! I've hated him forever!"
"Well done, Haru!"
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For years, Danzo had been the Uchiha clan's greatest enemy.
The clan's hatred ran deep.
Now seeing their enemy slain by Haru, how could they not rejoice?
But just then, a hacking cough came from behind the Third Hokage.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
It was faint, barely audible, and the Uchiha clan might have missed it.
But the Kage-level shinobi present—all renowned ninja—caught it easily.
At this critical moment before war, their vigilance was heightened.
Several turned to look behind the Third Hokage.
There stood a figure who had appeared unnoticed.
Wrapped tightly in white bandages encasing his head, with even his left eye covered.
Only one eye remained visible, gleaming with ferocity and malice.
Danzo.
Danzo, who had just been pierced repeatedly by the Third Hokage's shuriken and tossed aside by Haru, was alive.
The Uchiha clan's ecstatic cheers abruptly died.
They stared blankly at Danzo's form, disbelief written across their faces.
How... how was this possible?
Had their eyes deceived them?
The expressions of the Third Hokage and Orochimaru shifted, both stunned.
Their surprise surpassed even the moment they first saw Haru summon Wood Release and seize Danzo effortlessly.
The dead do not return to life!
Danzo had been clearly killed.
Yet, in the blink of an eye, he was breathing again.
This defied reason.
Only the masked man remained contemplative, as if he suspected the secret.
Haru, however, showed no surprise.
In truth, he had known all along.
Not just because of the extraordinary insight granted by his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
But because the technique Danzo employed was none other than the legendary pupil jutsu: Izanagi.
An ultimate ocular technique capable of rewriting the flow of battle itself.
As a time traveler, Haru was aware Danzo possessed this forbidden ninjutsu.
To perform it, one must possess the Sharingan.
Danzo only began mastering Izanagi after collecting enough Sharingan eyes following the Uchiha clan's massacre.
Long before the Uchiha clan extermination plan, Danzo had already awakened the Sharingan and mastered this secret technique. Moreover, he had used it to ambush Uchiha Shisui, successfully stealing one of Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan eyes.
Just now, when Danzo was still in Uchiha Haru's grasp, Haru had already sensed that Danzo had activated this forbidden jutsu.
"Are you alright?" The Third Hokage stared at Haru, then glanced at Danzo behind him.
Danzo sneered coldly, "Thanks to you." His tone was full of resentment toward the Third Hokage's carelessness and sudden assault, which had failed to harm Haru but severely wounded him.
If Danzo hadn't mastered the ultimate ocular technique Izanagi, he would have died.
The Third Hokage was momentarily stunned and said nothing.
The two stood together, facing Uchiha Haru.
Danzo slowly began unwinding the bandages wrapped tightly around his arm.
Bit by bit, the pale skin of his arm was revealed.
For years, no one had ever witnessed Danzo unleash his true power.
His arm was an unnatural white, resembling the pallor of the White Zetsu clones that often accompanied the masked man.
Embedded in that pale arm were five fully matured, blood-red Sharingan eyes.
At first glance, it was a terrifying sight.
"This... this... is the Sharingan!" one of the Uchiha clan members exclaimed.
"It's the Sharingan!" echoed the others.
Within the Uchiha clan's ranks, it didn't take long for them to recognize the crimson eyes embedded in Danzo's arm—Uchiha's unique kekkei genkai, the Sharingan.
So many Sharingan... How many Uchiha had Danzo slain to collect these?
Could this be the real reason behind Danzo's obsession with eradicating the Uchiha clan?
Coveting their bloodline and ruthlessly slaughtering his own comrades.
Every Uchiha present looked at Danzo with eyes burning with hatred.
The Third Hokage's expression was filled with shock and disbelief.
He had thought himself in control of the situation, but he hadn't realized how much Danzo had done behind the scenes, beyond his knowledge.
Orochimaru's face twisted into a proud grin, his thin tongue flicking out like a snake's.
"This is a perfect masterpiece..." he murmured.
Indeed, that arm was Orochimaru's gift to Danzo.
Crafted with the cells of the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, it was embedded with the potent Sharingan eyes of the Uchiha clan.
Ordinarily, only Uchiha blood could wield the Sharingan's power without being destroyed by its immense strain.
But Hashirama's cells compensated for this flaw, reducing the Sharingan's toll on the user's body.
The fusion of Hashirama's cells and the Sharingan was nothing short of miraculous—a terrifyingly powerful creation.
Just imagining it was enough to send chills down any ninja's spine.
"It's still not quite complete, so it's a bit premature to use it fully," Orochimaru said with a slow smile.
Danzo sneered as he replied, "Trying out some of the power in advance isn't a bad idea."
His gaze locked onto Haru. "You can't kill me. I'm unkillable."
Five Sharingan embedded in his arm—six fewer than when he later fought Uchiha Sasuke.
That meant six fewer chances for revival.
Haru's lips curled into a playful smirk.
Ordinary people might be deceived by Danzo's bravado.
But he wasn't ordinary.
Not to mention that as a time traveler, he had simulated countless battles and knew exactly what Danzo 410 was capable of.
Unkillable?
Let's see how many times you can die.
Without wasting a moment, Haru unleashed his Wood Release—Sea of Trees.
Every element in the dense forest was under his complete control.
Every tree, branch, and vine was an extension of Haru's own body, manipulated effortlessly by his chakra.
With a mere thought, vines and branches writhed and twisted toward the Third Hokage and Danzo.
Orochimaru and the masked man hadn't joined the fight yet, so Haru ignored them for now.
The vines and branches wove into a colossal net.
The Third Hokage and Danzo were ensnared within it.
Haru had used this same technique moments ago to kill nearly a hundred Root operatives.
But now, it seemed useless against the Third Hokage and Danzo.
The two moved with agile precision, evading the entangling vines.
Though old, their reflexes remained sharp and agile.
No sign of frailty betrayed their age.
"Fire Style: Great Flame Technique!"
"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!"
The two unleashed their strongest ninjutsu simultaneously.
Fire and wind combined—the wind fanning the flames, and the fire borrowing strength from the wind.
Though only B-rank jutsu individually, combined they rivaled or even surpassed many A-rank techniques.
The vines and branches were instantly incinerated, reduced to ash before they could reach their targets.
Seeing this, Haru altered his strategy.
The twisting branches and vines vanished.
The forest fell into an eerie silence.
But the Third Hokage and Danzo were anything but relaxed.
On the contrary, they grew more tense.
They knew this brief calm was the eye of the storm.
What awaited them next would be far more brutal, and they could not afford to underestimate it.
This was only the beginning.
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