Most of the Root operatives barely managed to dodge the frontal assault, but the scattering shockwaves of the wind blades had already beaten them into a miserable state.
Facing more than a dozen massive blades, Danzo formed hand seals in rapid succession.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"
A formless wind technique blew from his mouth, sweeping toward the incoming blue wind blades.
Danzo didn't dodge, attempting to counter Naruto's Second Form: Claw Strike with his most confident wind release.
The two clashed.
Within a second, Danzo's Vacuum Wave was utterly blown apart—like a child blowing at a candle flame against a raging typhoon.
"Lord Danzo, watch out!"
Several Root operatives, brainwashed since youth to follow Danzo without question, leapt in front of him.
They were torn to pieces by the claw strike.
Even Danzo himself couldn't escape the slash from Naruto's Second Form.
All eyes were locked on those blinding, massive claw blades.
No one noticed a humble-looking three-pronged kunai silently embed itself in the ground not far from Danzo's feet.
The Third Hokage, watching Danzo get torn to pieces, felt a surge of complicated emotions.
There was a bitter sorrow—the fox mourns the rabbit's death.
He had known Danzo since they were children, and in their youth, they were close comrades.
But before Hiruzen's grief could erupt, Danzo's shredded figure faded like a slide projection—and reappeared in the same spot as if untouched.
The torn corpse vanished.
This eerie sight shocked the Third Hokage to the core.
Suddenly, he seemed to realize something, and his voice trembled.
"Danzo, you—!"
When the aftershock of Second Form's attack faded, everything within several hundred meters had been reduced to rubble.
Countless Root operatives lay scattered—many were already dead.
Those who survived were mostly gravely wounded.
Danzo's gaze was greedy, fixed on Naruto like he was a priceless jewel. Slowly, he unwrapped the bandages from his arm.
As they unraveled, what was revealed to the air was a ghostly pale arm—paler than a corpse.
And embedded in that arm were dozens of three-tomoe Sharingan eyes.
One of them had already lost its luster.
A Sharingan in its proper socket looked stylish and intimidating.
But densely embedded into flesh? It was grotesque.
"To think you could use such a sword technique… Jinchuriki, you've surprised me yet again!"
Seeing Danzo's arm confirmed the Third Hokage's suspicions—and his rage spiked.
The appearance of that arm implied far more than surface-level horror.
"Jinchuriki, how about cooperating with me? Trust me, I can give you a life beyond your wildest dreams."
Danzo stared at Naruto and made his "sincere" offer.
But to Naruto, it was laughable.
Danzo's real intention was never to invite Naruto—
—it was to divert his attention!
Now!
"Reverse Four Symbols Sealing!"
Jet-black ink-like liquid began oozing from underground.
Danzo's heart pounded—he could already see the light of victory.
Hidden beneath the battlefield were six Root agents who unleashed the sealing jutsu from within their bodies.
A technique that could only be activated at the cost of their lives: an ultra-powerful sealing art.
Their sacrifice unleashed a wave of black light that surged up from the ground, engulfing dozens of Naruto's shadow clones.
Danzo himself also tore away the bandage over his right eye.
Revealed within it was yet another Sharingan.
But this one glowed even brighter.
His trump card—Shisui's Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo.
The Reverse Four Symbols Sealing restrained Naruto's main body and destroyed all remaining shadow clones—allowing Danzo to perfectly activate Kotoamatsukami.
But what Danzo believed to be a flawless strategy had already been seen through by Naruto's Transparent World.
Naruto had noticed the six agents hidden underground long ago.
And so he decided to play along.
As the sealing jutsu closed in within a meter—
Danzo's attention was fully locked on executing Kotoamatsukami.
The three tomoe spun rapidly, finally forming a shuriken pattern.
"Which one is the real body?!"
Danzo's eyes widened as he scanned for Naruto's true self.
But in the next instant, darkness overtook him—his right eye throbbed in pain.
"What happened?! What's going on?!"
That was his first thought.
Naruto was already behind him—
—and in his palm was a freshly torn, blood-dripping Mangekyo Sharingan!
Now separated from its host, the Mangekyo slowly regressed into a basic three-tomoe Sharingan.
Danzo finally understood. Clutching his bleeding eye socket, he slowly turned toward Naruto.
His trump card—stolen in an instant.
Years ago, Danzo had done the same—ambushing and stealing one of Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyo eyes.
Now, he was the one tasting that same bitterness.
Meanwhile, Naruto's remaining shadow clones had all used Flying Thunder God to evade the seal.
The six Root agents sacrificed themselves—for a big pile of dirt.
Naruto looked at the moist Mangekyo in his hand and pulled out a small scroll.
He used a storage seal to safely seal the eye within it.
A technique like Kotoamatsukami would surely bring great trouble.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet!"
Danzo, burning with fury, unleashed his rage as a wind-style technique.
The bullets, like railgun shells, roared toward Naruto with ear-piercing howls.
This jutsu was powerful—strong enough to shatter rock.
At this close range, dodging would be nearly impossible.
But Naruto had tasted the benefits of Flying Thunder God by now—evasion and instant assault rolled into one.
He instantly activated the technique and dodged the Vacuum Bullets with ease.
At the same time, dozens of shadow clones flung kunai and dispersed across the battlefield.
"Form Nine: Vaitarna Typhoon!"
All shadow clones raised their glowing swords and unleashed Form Nine together.
Under the boost of Sage Mode, each typhoon created soared dozens of meters tall!
Faced with this terrifying onslaught, the Root ninjas instinctively tried to flee.
But when the cyclones appeared, they were pulled into a suction force impossible to resist!
It was strangely similar to Planetary Devastation.
Even Danzo and the Third Hokage struggled to remain standing against the violent pull, having to use their own techniques to resist.
Seconds later, the already-wounded Root agents began getting lifted off the ground one by one—swallowed by the towering azure tornadoes!
The typhoon's killing force was on par with the Rasenshuriken.
Even someone like Kakuzu, with five hearts, wouldn't survive.
These Root operatives didn't stand a chance.
In less than a minute—
Danzo's Root unit was nearly annihilated.
Danzo and the Third Hokage locked eyes—
—and both saw pure shock in each other's gaze.
But the Third's expression held something more: blame.
'Look at the mess your schemes have caused Konoha!'
He didn't even dare imagine what would happen if Naruto one day unleashed these typhoons inside Konoha.
Who could stop it?
His old bones?
Even if he attempted Reaper Death Seal, Naruto had Flying Thunder God—he'd be sacrificing himself for nothing!