Chapter 104: Mutual Destruction, Danzō's Death
After completing this counterattack, Ling Yu sensed that the body he was controlling—Uchiha Fugaku—wouldn't last much longer.
At this moment, his body was already on the verge of collapse. The Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes was nearly blind. The chakra forcibly extracted from every cell was almost exhausted. If things continued like this, even if he caught up to Danzō, he wouldn't be able to kill him.
"Looks like I'll have to use that move." Ling Yu thought to himself.
Facing Danzō who had already run several hundred meters away, Ling Yu did not continue the pursuit. After releasing Susanoo, he controlled Uchiha Fugaku to tear off all the clothes on his upper body, exposing the large mouth on his chest.
Then he took out the white clay he had prepared in advance and fed it into the mouth on his chest. After the clay was completely consumed, a black sphere appeared at the chest.
This was the Explosive Release kekkei genkai identical to Deidara's, obtained after Kushina's affection level broke through 90 by combining five Exquisite Chests into one Precious Chest.
When he first obtained this kekkei genkai, Ling Yu immediately implanted it into his puppet—Uchiha Fugaku—to serve as a last-resort self-destruct technique in case the puppet faced an unbeatable enemy.
Although this kekkei genkai was very powerful, Ling Yu was somewhat dissatisfied. After all, this version of Explosive Release was imperfect; fusing with it would add three extra mouths to the body.
Having three mouths appear out of nowhere felt extremely strange and unacceptable to Ling Yu, so he gave this kekkei genkai he couldn't use himself to Uchiha Fugaku.
He planned to wait until he obtained a perfect Explosive Release kekkei genkai that wouldn't alter the body before fusing with it.
Or perhaps in the future he could create his own ideal Explosive Release kekkei genkai and keep it for himself.
"What's going on? Why isn't he chasing me anymore?"
Danzō—supported by two Root ninja—saw that Uchiha Fugaku (controlled by Ling Yu) was not pursuing him. Instead, the figure stood in place with a sinister smile, watching him. A sense of doubt rose in Danzō's heart.
"Hahahaha, Danzō, run as hard as you can! No matter how far you run, it's useless. You cannot escape. You will ultimately pay the price for everything you've done!"
Ling Yu laughed wildly. At this moment, Uchiha Fugaku's body had become nearly transparent. All the black threads surged toward the heart in his chest, causing the originally black heart to become darker and darker.
The frenzied grinning face of Uchiha Fugaku reflected in Danzō's eyes. In this instant, countless alarms rang in Danzō's mind, constantly urging him to leave immediately.
"Quick! Run quickly! Get far away from here."
Always believing in his own instincts, Danzō's expression changed slightly. He hurriedly urged the two ninja supporting him.
His intuition told him that Ling Yu would definitely not let him leave so easily right now. The Uchiha Fugaku he was controlling must be preparing some major move.
"Final technique! Just die peacefully!"
As soon as Ling Yu finished speaking, the black sphere at Uchiha Fugaku's chest pulsed while simultaneously emitting blinding white light.
"Art is… a bang!"
As the white light grew brighter and brighter, once the surface of the black sphere was completely covered by white light, the compressed power inside the sphere could no longer be contained and began exploding outward.
BOOM—BOOM—
A deafening explosion erupted from Uchiha Fugaku's body. In the next moment, sky-filling white light shone like the sun in the pitch-black night sky. The white light continued to crazily spread in all directions.
The rising white light grew brighter and brighter, spreading faster and faster. In no time, everything around was completely annihilated in this dazzling white light.
"No… no, I still don't want… no…"
Seeing the explosion's shockwave sweeping toward him, Danzō's face showed terror. He abandoned the two Root ninja who were already frozen in fear and desperately ran toward the outside of the explosion range with all his strength.
But unfortunately, the explosion radius was a full five to six kilometers wide. Danzō—who was at the very center of such a massive blast—was instantly turned to ashes the moment he came into contact with the white light.
At the same moment, the mountains outside the explosion range began to collapse. Giant trees were instantly snapped. Above the center of the explosion, a huge mushroom cloud with a diameter of seven to eight kilometers rose into the sky.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing Danzō. Obtained Exquisite Chest ×2, Exchange Points 200.
Far away in the Senju compound in Konoha, Ling Yu heard the system prompt. A satisfied smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
…
Meanwhile, in a forest one or two kilometers from the edge of the explosion range
"What kind of explosive ninjutsu is this? Such terrifying power."
More than a dozen ninja wearing Konoha headbands were moving swiftly through the forest, rushing nonstop toward the nearby disturbance.
When they saw the massive explosion one kilometer away—white light rising a hundred meters high—and heard the deafening sound that felt like temporary deafness due to its sheer volume,
Everyone stopped in their tracks. Looking at such a huge explosion, shock filled their eyes. They couldn't help but swallow hard.
They were Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, the Hyūga clan head, and others who had just left Konoha not long ago. Through the Hyūga clan head's Byakugan, they had confirmed that Danzō—Hiruzen's old friend—was among the people fighting. So they hurried over to provide support.
But they never expected that before they even reached the battlefield, they would personally witness the enormous explosion at its center.
"Quick—use Earth Release ninjutsu!"
When they felt the explosion's shockwave rushing toward them, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately snapped back to his senses and gave the order to the ninja behind him.
"Such a massive explosion… and such an intense battle with Danzō—who could have caused this?"
Suppressing his burning curiosity, Orochimaru was the first to activate Earth Release ninjutsu, raising the ground in front of himself and the Anbu ninja several meters high.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Divide!"
"Earth Release: Multiple Earth Flow Wall!"
Next, Jiraiya and the remaining ninja used earth walls to surround themselves, building a thick earthen enclosure. After sealing the top opening, a fully enclosed protective dome was formed.
The aftershock swept outward like a violent gale. Even the several-meter-thick earth walls created by ninjutsu developed cracks.
Only after all the aftershock had passed did Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others open their defensive ninjutsu and cautiously look outside.
The center of the explosion was now completely barren. The originally lush green trees had all vanished. The lake water had evaporated completely. From the explosion center outward, a massive spherical crater more than a hundred meters deep was revealed.
The aftershock also caused all trees within several kilometers to snap. Nearby large and small mountains were almost flattened. Even the outskirts of Konoha village several kilometers away suffered considerable impact.
"Hyūga clan head, can you still see Danzō's chakra signature inside?"
Carrying a heavy heart, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned back to look at the Hyūga clan head, who had his Byakugan activated.
Although he had basically already guessed the result, he still asked unwilling to give up.
"It's gone. Lord Danzō's chakra signature completely disappeared after the explosion. There is also no other chakra on the battlefield. It's likely they perished together."
After scanning the explosion center with his Byakugan, the Hyūga clan head shook his head and spoke with a grave expression.
Hearing this sentence, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but clench his fists tightly. His body trembled slightly. He found it hard to accept that his old friend of several decades was gone just like that.
"Perished together? With someone from the Uchiha clan?"
At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was terrifyingly dark. A flash of madness passed through his eyes. He angrily ordered the surrounding ninja:
"Damn it! Who exactly killed Danzō? When I return I must investigate this thoroughly! Right now, hurry to the battlefield and look for any clues."
When he left Konoha, he had already learned from the Anbu ninja that Ling Yu had been staying inside the Senju compound the entire time and had never come out—occasionally even seen leaving his room. So he did not place suspicion on Ling Yu.
Moreover, the purple-red Susanoo he had seen earlier was different in color from the golden one Ling Yu used. So he suspected it was the work of some other Uchiha clan member.
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