Danzo was pounded like a drum beneath Susanoo's unrelenting strikes. For nearly seven minutes, the Uchiha guardian's colossal fists beat him into the earth until the final Sharingan on his arm finally closed.
The surrounding terrain had been pulverized into craters, leaving behind only scorched dust and broken stone. The Konoha shinobi had long since retreated to nearby rooftops, watching from a safe distance.
Aburame Torune and Yamanaka Fu, Danzo's loyal subordinates, tried to step forward—but were firmly held back by their own clan heads. This battle wasn't theirs to fight.
One ANBU member, his mask tilted slightly, approached Tsunade and spoke in a low voice.
"Tsunade-sama... are we really just going to let this happen?"
Her eyes never left the half-armored Susanoo standing tall in the distance. Her voice carried the weight of heavy caution.
"If Uchiha Chiga turns on the village, we'll be powerless to stop him. One wrong move—and Konoha could be reduced to rubble."
"But Danzo—"
"He brought this on himself," she cut in sharply. "Right now, the only thing we can do is hope Chiga doesn't redirect his fury onto the rest of us."
Danzo, meanwhile, was spiraling into panic. He pressed a trembling hand to the bandaged side of his face, hesitating.
Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan… He'd already used Kotoamatsukami on Chiga once, but it had no effect.
There was only one thing left he could use it for: Izanagi.
But the cost—giving up a Mangekyō—was unbearable.
Inside the half-body Susanoo, Chiga stood with his arms folded. Sasuke lay beside him, having been pulled in earlier to prevent him from being accidentally crushed during the chaos.
Chiga's eyes locked onto Danzo's pitiful, desperate figure.
"Out of revival tricks already?" he taunted. "Still got one eye left though, don't you?"
Danzo flinched, his paranoia growing. How does he know so much? Is someone leaking information from Root?
But Chiga wasn't in a hurry to end it.
With a flick of his fingers, the Susanoo faded away. Chiga stepped down, landed soundlessly, and reached out.
Danzo was yanked into the air and caught by the throat.
Chiga's gaze burned into him.
Danzo's hand shot toward his face, ready to trigger Izanagi—but he was too slow.
A flicker of red from Chiga's Eternal Mangekyō, and Danzo's expression went slack.
"Let's hear the truth," Chiga said calmly. "About the Uchiha Clan Massacre."
Danzo spoke in a hollow monotone. "The Uchiha planned a coup. Sarutobi and I—"
"Why?"
Chiga's eyes narrowed. A surge of chakra radiated outward, amplifying Danzo's voice across Konoha.
"Because the Uchiha were born dangerous. Even if they didn't rebel, we would have forced them into it."
Gasps echoed through the village. Every hidden ear now heard.
Sasuke sprang to his feet, fists clenched in rage.
"What gives you the right to call us dangerous?! What did my clan ever do to deserve that?!"
Danzo's lip curled into a sneer, even in his hypnotized state.
"They were born with the Sharingan. Power like that is only safe when it's under Konoha's control."
"You bastard!!!"
Sasuke's body trembled, blood trailing from his lip where he bit down in fury.
Chiga, unmoved, turned back to Danzo.
"Then answer me this. Who gave Itachi the order?"
"It was me."
"The Third Hokage… did he know?"
"Of course. Him, Koharu, Homura. They all knew. No one stopped it. It was tacit approval."
Chiga's gaze sharpened.
"So Itachi just obeyed? No resistance?"
"He had no choice. If he didn't comply, we would've killed his little brother too."
Thud!
Sasuke dropped to his knees, tears of blood streaking down his cheeks. His whole world shattered under the weight of truth.
It wasn't a test... It wasn't a choice. Itachi slaughtered our clan to save me...
Danzo, still under hypnosis, continued without pause.
"But Itachi was weak. He barely did anything. Most of the killing was done by the masked man."
Chiga knew who that was—Uchiha Obito.
If Danzo hadn't used Sasuke as leverage, Itachi might never have gone through with the massacre.
A heavy silence settled.
Sasuke remained kneeling, dazed and broken.
Chiga exhaled quietly. Then he reached forward, yanked away Danzo's bandage, and drove his fingers into the man's eye socket.
"AHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Danzo's scream tore through the sky as the Mangekyō was ripped from his face. Blood gushed from the socket, and he staggered back, consciousness snapping back to reality.
His remaining eye stared at Chiga—filled with pain, hatred, and one last ember of madness.
Chiga's expression shifted. He recognized that look.
"Reverse Four Symbols Sealing," he muttered.
Danzo tore open his shirt, revealing black markings across his chest. He screamed into the wind,
"For Konoha! I won't let you Uchiha scum live!!"
The black seals ignited. Dark ink poured from his skin, spreading like a tide across the broken ground.
Chiga moved instantly. He scooped Sasuke up in one arm and opened a glowing portal beside him—a rift into the Door-Door Space.
Danzo watched, powerless, as they vanished inside.
Just before the portal sealed shut, Chiga's voice echoed out:
"For Konoha? No... you only did this for yourself."
Click.
The Door-Door Space closed. Danzo was alone.
"No!!!"
Black chakra gushed around him, flooding outward in waves—but there was nothing left to consume.
This time, unlike in the anime, there was no bridge to seal. No battlefield to erase. No enemy to catch.
Danzo's sealing technique swallowed only one thing—himself.
A hollow end to a hollow man.
After a brief silence, the Door-Door Space cracked open again.
Chiga stepped out with Sasuke still in his grasp.
He took a long breath of fresh air, scanning the shattered battlefield.
The bindings on Sasuke's arms fell off with a metallic clink.
Chiga didn't say a word. His figure shimmered—and vanished from the spot.
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