After being pierced straight through the chest by Shinju's blade, Danzo's eyes widened in shock and disbelief!
Σ(っ °Д °;)っ
Once Kotoamatsukami is activated, it's irreversible!
How could this brat break free from its control?!
Could it be that his genjutsu mastery has already surpassed Kotoamatsukami itself?!
Very quickly, Danzo denied his own speculation.
Impossible!
Kotoamatsukami is the strongest genjutsu of the Uchiha clan!
While Danzo was still lost in his frantic thoughts, Shinju thrust his blade forward again!
"Swoosh!!"
Danzo stomped back hard, retreating rapidly to widen the distance!
At the same time, the group of Root ninjas surrounding the Nanhe Bridge immediately moved to provide backup!
Shinju didn't dare waste any time. His hands blurred through a rapid sequence of seals!
"Wood Style: Wood Human Technique!"
Rumble—!
A gigantic wooden figure, standing forty to fifty meters tall, erupted from the ground, and Shinju calmly stood atop its head!
Raising his pale bone blade, he pointed straight at the heavily injured Danzo on the bridge, his voice cold as ice:
"Tonight… you die."
Danzo's expression finally relaxed after he swiftly formed two hand seals.
With victory in his grasp, he looked up at Shinju atop the wooden giant.
"Though I don't know how you broke free from Kotoamatsukami…"
He sneered.
"…you're not leaving here alive tonight."
Shinju had no patience to trade words with this old man. Pressing his palms together, he roared:
"Fire Style: Majestic Dragon Fire Technique!"
Fwoosh!!
An immense torrent of high-temperature flames erupted from Shinju's mouth!
The dragon-shaped fire roared forward, surging straight toward the Root ninjas rushing to Danzo's aid!
Shinju's hand seal speed was simply too fast—none of the Root shinobi had anticipated this!
By the time they saw the blazing dragon heading their way, most of them were still charging toward the Nanhe Bridge!
In the next instant, they were swallowed by flames!
Boom!
The fire crashed into the ground, detonating violently!
When the inferno finally subsided…
Only a handful of those standing at the very edge of the blast survived.
Everyone else engulfed by the flames had been reduced to pitch-black, charred corpses.
One ninja, staring at the unrecognizable remains of his comrades, swallowed hard and muttered:
"At this heat… their bones must've been roasted to ash…"
Danzo hadn't expected Shinju to unleash such devastating power right away.
Looking at the massive casualties among his subordinates, his fury exploded. With a sharp rip!, he tore off the bandages wrapped around his right arm!
Beneath them was a horrifying sight—a cluster of Sharingan, densely embedded in his flesh!
Shinju quickly counted. There were at least ten.
"No wonder you always keep that arm wrapped up. Hiding such filth beneath your bandages…"
From this alone, it was clear.
Danzo had played an undeniable role in the Uchiha clan massacre back then!
Danzo's hands flew into a rapid sequence of seals, and he took in a deep breath!
"Wind Style: Vacuum Bullets!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!
Invisible, razor-sharp bursts of air shot from Danzo's mouth!
But Shinju had anticipated the attack the moment he saw Danzo form seals. Controlling the wooden giant, he made it raise its massive hands!
When the vacuum bullets launched, the Wood Human crossed its arms to shield Shinju atop its head!
Crack, crack, crack—!
The air blades tore into the wooden hands, leaving deep cuts everywhere!
When the attack ended, Shinju's voice echoed from atop the wooden giant.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!!!"
Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!
Towering trees, born of Shinju's Wood Style, erupted from the ground with explosive force!
In a radius of five hundred meters centered on Shinju, a vast forest of Wood Style came to life!
In that instant, Shinju locked onto every single Root ninja's chakra signature.
Shhhk—!
The newly sprouted trees twisted, vines surging toward the Root ninjas like a tidal wave!
Because Shinju's jutsu covered such a massive range, the growth was incredibly dense.
Most of the Root shinobi only managed to struggle for a moment before being caught and bound!
Even Danzo was ensnared.
Danzo had thought he'd prepared thoroughly enough to handle this brat.
He hadn't expected this kid to fight with zero restraint, burning through chakra recklessly without a second thought!
Launching such large-scale jutsu right from the start… it had completely caught him off guard!
From atop the wooden giant, Shinju willed the trees of Deep Forest Emergence to move and constrict.
He wasn't one for pointless talk.
Once Danzo was restrained, he struck without hesitation!
Slash!!!
A spiraling, razor-sharp tree branch drilled straight through Danzo's body!
Crack!
The branch's base was so thick that Danzo's torso was completely split in half!
Shinju looked down at Danzo's mangled, blood-soaked remains and clicked his tongue.
"Wonder if killing this old man's gonna get me in trouble later…"
Danzo, after all, was one of Konoha's senior elders, a man from the same era as the Third Hokage.
But just as the thought crossed Shinju's mind, his expression suddenly froze!
He sensed Danzo's chakra again—this time, outside the range of his Deep Forest Emergence!
Snapping his gaze back to where Danzo's corpse had fallen…
He found nothing.
The bisected body had vanished.
"He's not dead? Is this… genjutsu?!"
Shinju frowned, muttering under his breath.
Without hesitation, he dashed toward the new source of Danzo's chakra.
There was no way he was letting Danzo escape back to the village tonight!
...
In no time, Shinju—his chakra still abundant—caught up to the heavily wounded old man once again.
He noticed immediately.
The gaping wound in Danzo's chest from his earlier strike was still there.
His attacks had worked.
So how the hell had Danzo's "corpse" restored itself…?
Now standing above him, Shinju glared down and asked coldly:
"To revive yourself like that… is this also the power of Shisui's Sharingan?"
Danzo didn't respond. Clutching the bleeding wound on his chest, he staggered step by step toward the direction of the village…
His mind focused on a single thought:
Get back to the village. Now.
Though Izanagi allowed him to rewrite reality after activation, Shinju's earlier strike had landed before he triggered it.
That couldn't be undone.
And with that ruthless brat piercing straight through his lung, if he didn't receive treatment soon, he'd bleed out and die!
Under the pale moonlight…
Blood trailed along the path Danzo staggered down, painting a scene of misery and desperation.
High above, Shinju raised his right hand, condensing a gigantic Chakra Scalpel in his palm!
Fwoooosh!!!
In an instant—
The Chakra Scalpel extended, reaching a hundred meters in length!
The blazing blue-white glow of condensed chakra lit up the entire night sky!
Then, the blade came crashing down!
Krrraaaash!!
The colossal chakra-infused strike carved a deep trench into the earth at the point of impact!
Danzo, standing dead-center beneath the descending blade, was cleaved in two!
Yet, as Shinju lowered his hand, his brows furrowed, his expression hardening.
Because yet again—
Danzo's corpse had… vanished.
Immediately, Shinju tried using the genjutsu dispelling method Jiraiya-sensei had taught him.
And in that moment, he confirmed it:
He wasn't under any genjutsu.
"Huh… just what the hell is this old man doing?! (⊙o⊙)"
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