Whoosh!
A kunai appeared from Danzo's left sleeve. The moment he held the kunai, Danzo swung his left hand, attempting to launch a surprise attack from behind Sasuke.
Sasuke, still stunned by Danzo's resurrection, was momentarily slow to react. By the time he turned around, Danzo had a victorious expression on his face.
Crack!
However, Danzo's surprise was short-lived. Just as the kunai was about to pierce Sasuke, it was stopped by the purple bones of Sasuke's Susanoo, and in an instant, the weapon snapped in half.
Sasuke didn't bother to look at the broken kunai. After all, Susanoo had more than enough power to block such a weapon. it was entirely within his expectations.
What truly caught him off guard, however, was Danzo's revival.
Earlier, Danzo had indeed been crushed to a blood mist by him.
Not only that, Sasuke had been observing Danzo's Chakra fluctuations with his Sharingan, and the Chakra he had just gripped with Susanoo was Danzo's real body, not a shadow clone.
There had only been one Chakra signature, which made this situation even more baffling.
'What is going on?'
Danzo smirked, speaking calmly, "So it really is Susanoo. As a defensive technique, it's truly flawless. To call it an absolute defense is no exaggeration."
Before he could finish speaking, Sasuke's Susanoo launched a sudden attack, and a powerful punch slammed into Danzo, sending him crashing into the ground, causing the entire house to rumble and collapse in an instant.
'This time, it must be his real body.'
Sasuke thought to himself.
However, at the next moment, Sasuke's sensory perception picked up a new Chakra signature. He immediately looked up, only to see Danzo standing unharmed among the wreckage of the building.
"The attack power is also very good."
Danzo continued his comments.
Now, it was Sasuke's turn to be confused.
'Again?'
'That one just now was indeed not a shadow clone.'
'Could it be a Genjutsu?'
Thinking of this, Sasuke quickly formed hand seals to check for any Genjutsu. After a brief scan, he confirmed that he hadn't been caught in any illusions.
'In that case, such a strange phenomenon must have been caused by Danzo using some kind of secret technique.'
Still unsure about the situation, Sasuke controlled his Susanoo and unleashed another punch at Danzo.
Danzo, anticipating the attack, stomped his foot and leapt into the air, narrowly dodging Susanoo's devastating blow.
But Sasuke had already predicted this move. He retracted Susanoo and launched a Chidori straight for Danzo's abdomen.
The attack landed with a resounding crack, tearing through Danzo's stomach, and he was electrocuted to the point of charred remains.
Watching the body crackle with electricity as it lay motionless, Sasuke was confident that he had finally killed Danzo.
"Ha... ha..." Sasuke dropped to one knee, heavily panting.
Though he hadn't used the complete form of Susanoo, it was still the first time he'd used it, and he hadn't anticipated the immense Chakra drain it would cause.
Not only that, but his eyes were beginning to ache, a warning sign that he had overexerted them.
Suddenly, the sound of forming hand seals rang out.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet!"
Danzo's voice came from behind Sasuke once again.
Sasuke quickly snapped his head around, only to see a blast of air rushing toward him like bullets. He attempted to dodge, but the he slipped, and his left arm was grazed due to the weight of his body.
Splurt!
His clothes were torn, and blood sprayed out as his skin was sliced open.
After barely dodging the Vacuum Bullet, Sasuke staggered back several meters, eventually stopping and narrowing his eyes as he watched Danzo. He noticed that one of the Sharingan on Danzo's arm had slowly closed.
Before Sasuke could process this new development, Danzo launched another attack.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"
This time, Danzo used the wind release to turn the air into a cannon-like projectile, which blasted toward Sasuke at supersonic speed.
"Whoosh!"
With lightning coursing through his body, Sasuke activated his ultra-fast movement technique, dodging the air cannon. He drew his Kusanagi Sword and slashed at Danzo.
Bang!
The violent slash sent a cloud of dust into the air, engulfing everything around them in darkness.
The already blackened sky became further obscured by the dust, and the surrounding area was completely out of view.
Luckily, Sasuke's Sharingan, paired with the light of the moon, allowed him to see through the haze, preventing him from being blinded.
Whoosh!
The dust was split in half by the sword's motion, and a shuriken shot toward him at lightning speed.
Sasuke quickly performed a backflip to avoid the shuriken, then followed up with two more acrobatic flips to distance himself from the cloud of dust.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Sasuke quickly threw three kunai in the direction from which the shuriken had come. The sound of the kunai piercing flesh echoed, confirming that they had found their mark.
Sasuke turned back to charge through the dust, just as he had predicted, he found Danzo wounded.
Drawing out the Kusanagi Sword, Sasuke prepared to finish off Danzo once and for all.
However, to his surprise, Danzo, who is still kneeling on the ground, revealed a strange smile.
Sasuke's instincts flared, 'Something is wrong.'
However, before he could retreat, it was already too late.
In an instant, Danzo reached out and grabbed Sasuke's throat, restricting his movement. Sasuke found his Kusanagi Sword blocked by another kunai in Danzo's hand.
Ding!
Whoosh!
A loud collision rang out as Danzo suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
It turned out that Sasuke's earlier kunai, with precise calculation, had been designed to return like a boomerang, ensuring that even if it didn't hit Danzo directly, it would still come back to strike him. It was one of Sasuke's self-preservation techniques.
Danzo, holding Sasuke, was forced to take the brunt of the blow.
With Danzo momentarily distracted from the injury, Sasuke seized the opportunity, using his free hand to drive the Kusanagi Sword deep into Danzo's heart.
'Now you die!'
Sasuke yanked the sword out and stepped back, ready to watch Danzo fall.
"Hmm?"
Sasuke couldn't help but utter a slight sound of confusion.
Earlier, he had noticed something strange about one of Danzo's Sharingan eyes on his arm, and now, he saw that another one of them was slowly closing.
Before Sasuke could make sense of it, Danzo's figure suddenly vanished.
Sasuke quickly turned around, only to see Danzo standing perfectly intact just a few meters away.
"It's useless."
Danzo spoke coldly, exuding an aura of arrogance. At this moment, he looked almost godlike.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes, black smoke rising around him as he disappeared into thin air. When he appeared again, he was already in front of Danzo, and Susanoo had manifested.
In the blink of an eye, Sasuke's Susanoo grabbed Danzo with immense force.
Danzo's expression changed slightly, "How is it possible?"
The speed of the current Sasuke was drastically different from what he had shown earlier.
But then, Danzo grinned, "To think you managed to put me under a Genjutsu. I'll give you credit for that. But..."
Before Sasuke could react, the Susanoo's grip on Danzo swiftly vanished, and Sasuke found himself standing just a step away from Danzo.
Sasuke's Kusanagi Sword was about to pierce Danzo's chest. A single moment more, and he would be dead.
But just as Sasuke lunged forward, dark symbols appeared on his body, rendering him immobile.
"Your Genjutsu is too low-level. Compared to Itachi, who can freely manipulate the Genjutsu, this is nothing."
Danzo continued to comment as though he had seen it all. His demeanor was one of complete control.
Sasuke gritted his teeth in frustration but still could not move.
As he looked down at the dark symbols on his body, he realized that Danzo must have placed a cursed seal on him when he had been captured earlier.
Danzo ripped the Kusanagi Sword from Sasuke's hand, then said indifferently, "Take a good look, Itachi. This is what your precious brother has become."
With those words, Danzo twisted the Kusanagi Sword, using the light of the moon to cast an image of Sasuke's disheveled and helpless appearance upon the blade.
"Why would you want to keep this piece of trash alive? This is your only failure!"
With a cold, calculating look, Danzo raised the Kusanagi Sword, positioning it for a swift strike toward Sasuke's neck.