Sai was still hesitant. He pointed at his tongue, meaning he couldn't speak.
Kaito said calmly,
"The Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal has already been erased by me. Speak."
Sai's eyes widened. He cautiously tried saying a few words about Danzō, and his body felt no discomfort at all.
Now he believed Kaito's words, though the shock only grew deeper.
The Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal was Danzō's primary means of controlling his Root subordinates—it was almost impossible to remove. But Kaito not only pulled him back from death, he also easily erased that seal. Such methods could only be described as unbelievable.
Kakashi and Asuma had the same thought. Both had heard things about Danzō, that scheming old man. Asuma knew even more—Danzō had been his father's "close companion," the two often inseparable.
Kaito was already growing impatient. His eyes glowed crimson, a petal-shaped pattern slowly spinning within—Mangekyō Sharingan.
"In front of these eyes, do you really think you still have secrets to hide?"
As the Mangekyō appeared, a chilling aura spread out, the temperature in the ward plummeting. Kakashi craned his neck to get a better look at Kaito's eyes, then exclaimed in shock,
"Mangekyō Sharingan!?"
"Nani?!"
Asuma was just as startled. He'd already experienced the terror of Mangekyō firsthand from Itachi—back then, he hadn't even dared open his eyes.
Kakashi had suffered worse. In Itachi's Tsukuyomi world, he was stabbed for three days and nights before finally being hospitalized.
Now that Kakashi himself had a Mangekyō Sharingan, he understood better than anyone just how terrifying those eyes truly were.
Chōji, seeing both his teachers' reactions, couldn't help but ask Shikamaru,
"Shikamaru, what's Mangekyō Sharingan? How's it different from Sasuke's Sharingan?"
Shikamaru's expression grew grave. As the team's strategist, he had access to certain secret records. He knew very well what it meant for a Uchiha to awaken Mangekyō.
"Don't compare an ordinary Sharingan with Mangekyō. They're not even on the same level. The Uchiha clan's former leader, Uchiha Madara—he wielded these very eyes!"
In truth, Shikamaru's understanding was incomplete. Madara had not just any Mangekyō, but the Eternal Mangekyō.
Still, he wasn't wrong—what Kaito had just awakened were indeed Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, the same as Madara's.
Ino wasn't concerned about power or danger. She had been staring at Kaito's Mangekyō for quite some time, her face full of admiration.
"Don't you guys think those eyes are really beautiful?"
Sakura couldn't help sneaking a glance at Ino, thinking to herself that this girl was beyond saving.
Sai, however, had no mood to admire beauty. Under those eyes, all he felt was suffocating pressure.
He understood now—there was no point hiding anything about Danzō.
With the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal gone, and with Kaito having saved his life, what did he have left to hesitate over?
Sai swallowed hard, then slowly said,
"Danzō… Danzō ordered me to monitor you, and to uncover the power of your Mangekyō!"
Naruto immediately exploded with anger, shouting,
"Nani!? Who the hell is this Danzō? What gives him the right—mmpf!"
Kakashi quickly clamped a hand over Naruto's mouth. He knew how dangerous Danzō was. If that man heard Naruto openly cursing him, he might very well move against Naruto.
After speaking, Sai hurriedly tore his gaze away from Kaito's Mangekyō. The pressure from those eyes was simply overwhelming. Not even facing Danzō had felt this suffocating.
Kaito ignored Sai. Slowly rising to his feet, he suddenly laughed.
"Heh… Danzō, Danzō… I hadn't even gone looking for you yet, but you've already come for me…"
Naruto shoved Kakashi's hand away, still fuming, and shouted at Kaito,
"Kaito-senpai! That Danzō is way too rotten! I'll go with you to find him!"
Kaito didn't reply. He reached out, pulled Sasuke toward him, and casually threw him into the Door-Door Space.
Then, glancing briefly in one direction, his figure vanished from the ward.
Asuma and Kakashi searched around in alarm. To them, the ward was small and sealed. Even if Kaito used Body Flicker, where could he possibly have gone?
Asuma searched for a while but found nothing. He turned to Ino and said,
"Ino, quickly—use your sensory jutsu!"
Ino immediately closed her eyes, extending her senses throughout the hospital. She searched for a long while, but in the end came up empty.
Opening her eyes, she shook her head at Asuma.
"Asuma-sensei, Kaito-senpai should already be gone from the hospital. I couldn't find him."
"Not even around the hospital?"
"No."
Asuma froze. In just that short time, Kaito had already left Ino's sensory range? What kind of speed was that?
Kakashi lowered his head in thought. That disappearance reminded him of his sensei's Flying Thunder God Technique.
He remembered how close Minato and Kaito had been—close enough to "share the same pair of pants."
It wasn't impossible that Kaito had learned Flying Thunder God from Minato. Though it was extremely difficult to master, requiring an almost supernatural sense for space, Kaito's Door-Door Space was itself a spatial ninjutsu. To Kakashi, it seemed highly likely that it was his Mangekyō ability.
If Kaito's Mangekyō involved space, then naturally his talent in that field would be exceptional. Learning Flying Thunder God wouldn't be hard.
Kakashi's reasoning was sound—but only half right.
Kaito had indeed learned Flying Thunder God from Minato, but just now he had actually used the Op-Op Fruit's teleportation, which had nothing to do with Flying Thunder God.
And the Door-Door Space wasn't his Mangekyō ability either—it came from the Door-Door Fruit.
His Mangekyō techniques were Konohanasakuya-hime and Taira no Masakado, neither of which had anything to do with space.
But none of that mattered now. From Kaito's behavior, Kakashi inferred that he had gone to confront Danzō!
Realizing this, Kakashi's heart tightened. Kaito was a Uchiha with Mangekyō Sharingan. If he clashed with Danzō, the damage to Konoha could be unimaginable.
At that moment, Yamato suddenly rushed in, panic written across his face. He scanned the ward and urgently asked,
"Where's Kaito-senpai?!"
Kakashi didn't even care about his own injuries anymore. He leapt off the bed and said gravely,
"He should be heading to find Danzō."
"Nani?!"
Yamato's face drained of color, horror flashing in his eyes. He muttered,
"This is bad… something terrible's about to happen!"
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