A violent surge of red chakra burst forth, enveloping Shigure's body in a burning crimson shroud.
Six malevolent tails whipped through the air behind him, radiating pure power.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the sight.
"So this is the chakra of a Tailed Beast… it really is overwhelming."
Shigure glanced at him.
"Don't worry. The Uchiha's kekkei genkai—your Sharingan—holds its own power. If you keep developing it… you won't lose to a Tailed Beast."
If anyone else had said that, Sasuke would have scoffed.
But coming from Shigure… he believed it.
His hand unconsciously brushed against his eye.
If the Sharingan truly had that much potential… then there was nothing to envy.
"Tch. Are you done chatting?" Danzo barked impatiently. "This old man doesn't have all day."
Shigure sighed.
"So eager to get beaten? Fine—have it your way."
The six tails behind him snapped to attention, instantly filling with raw violent chakra.
"Sasuke—ready?"
There was no need for a reply.
Sasuke's blade flashed as he charged straight toward Danzo.
Danzo drew a kunai and unleashed Wind Release: Vacuum Blade—a razor-sharp wind arc slicing forward.
Sasuke's eyes gleamed.
Lightning crackled across his blade—
Chidori Blade!
Sparks hissed as the lightning extended the sword's reach, transforming the Kusanagi into a weapon of pure cutting power.
Wind and lightning clashed—chakra grinding against chakra.
At that very moment—
Shigure pressed his palm to the ground.
Water Release: Water Shockwave!
But instead of coming from behind or from his mouth, the water exploded up from beneath Danzo—like a geyser tearing the earth apart.
BOOM—!
The violent surge blasted Danzo skyward.
Before he could stabilize—
CHIDORI: SHARP SPEAR!
Lightning shot forward with impossible speed—piercing straight through Danzo's skull.
Kakashi, who had just arrived, froze mid-step.
'He's developed Chidori to this extent already…?'
Such control over lightning chakra—only a genius could shape it like that.
Danzo's body plummeted, splitting the ground as he hit.
Sasuke glanced toward Shigure—who nodded, smiling faintly.
"Not bad. Now—allow me to show you something new."
A new technique?
Sasuke's eyes widened.
Had Shigure created another jutsu?
Light gathered at Shigure's fingertips—
A bright, cross-shaped flash fired forth—
Just as Izanagi reset reality and Danzo's body reappeared a few meters away—
BANG!
The beam punched cleanly through his head before he could even breathe.
Shinobi watching from afar were stunned silent.
"That light…"
Sasuke had noticed that ability before—
Shigure chuckled lightly.
"A ninjutsu I developed by accident."
A casual tone.
But to Sasuke, the words were like thunder.
'He just creates new ninjutsu… as if it's nothing…'
'Shigure… your talent is monstrous.'
"Sasuke!" Shigure called suddenly.
His body flickered—light bursting under his feet—and in a heartbeat, he appeared beside the newly revived Danzo—
A theatric kick—sending Danzo's body flying straight toward Sasuke.
Electricity surged again as Sasuke's blade carved through the air—
SLASH—!
Danzo's body split clean in two—erupting into a thick cloud of blood and mist.
Shigure grinned as he blurred forward again—
Danzo reappeared—eyes full of murderous rage.
"You two… little—"
CRACK! BOOM!
Shigure's fist slammed into his face—his skull caving inward with a grotesque crunch.
Blood poured from every feature.
Danzo barely regained consciousness—
Before the nightmare continued.
A heartbeat later, dozens of glowing projectiles burst from Shigure's hand—tiny spheres of light that curved mid-air like they had minds of their own—
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions erupted across Danzo's body, scorching his flesh black.
The surrounding shinobi stared wide-eyed.
What was this ninjutsu?
Another new ability from Shigure… another hint of a unique Kekkei Genkai?
But Sasuke wasn't here to marvel.
He was here to vent.
"Shigure!" he barked.
That one word was enough—Shigure immediately understood.
When Danzo revived again, panic finally showed in his eyes.
He tried to leap away the instant reality reset took effect.
But Shigure's body flickered—and crimson afterimages tore across the air.
Body Flicker Technique!
Shigure's blade plunged into Danzo's chest before he could even think.
Then—face seized in a clawed grip—Danzo was hurled like trash toward Sasuke.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
A massive flaming dragon roared across the battlefield—detonating in a blinding cascade of fire.
Danzo died.
Again.
And what followed…
Was pure, calculated hell.
Danzo revived.
They killed him.
He revived again.
They butchered him worse.
Again.
And again.
And again.
Shigure used every art he possessed—kunai through the heart, lightning through the brain, explosive tags packed into his mouth—Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu—each kill more brutal than the last.
Sasuke was no gentler.
Sometimes he diced Danzo into eight pieces—other times twelve.
Whatever they felt like.
Even the shinobi outside the barrier grimaced.
It wasn't a fight anymore—it was torture.
Danzo's Izanagi made him immortal…only to force him to experience every horrific death.
Nine minutes of invincibility had become nine minutes of unending nightmare.
Shigure's overwhelming speed made resistance pointless.
Danzo could do nothing—but die.
Over eight minutes passed.
Over eight minutes of agony, humiliation, terror—
The moment the final Sharingan on his arm snapped shut—
Danzo felt something like relief…
He, a veteran of the Second Great Ninja War—reduced to a toy for two boys.
The shame burned hotter than any fire.
Bastards… bastards… BASTARDS!
Danzo revived one final time—expecting Shigure to move in for the killing—
But Shigure didn't.
He just stared.
"All the Sharingan on your arm have closed."
"Izanagi is over, isn't it?"
Danzo froze.
Of course it was.
His reality-rewriting was gone.
But Shigure's hesitation…
Gave him hope.
"Heh… hahahaha…"
A broken laugh cracked from Danzo's throat—twisting into manic laughter.
Everyone watching stiffened.
What…was he laughing for?
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