Danzo vs. Sakura Haruno!

On the other side.

On either side of the battlefield's edge, Sasuke, who had not yet recovered his strength, and the Masked Man watching from the sidelines, had no intention of getting involved in the fight between the two.

Obito Uchiha, who had concealed himself beneath a mask, fixed his only Sharingan on Sakura Haruno, his gaze gradually turning cold.

If the arrival of the Ice Release Girl initially only surprised him a little, Sakura Haruno now made Obito feel that the situation was starting to spiral out of control.

Of course, this is just the beginning... it's still a long way from truly getting out of control.

Obito stood tall Obito his arms folded, facing the wind, silently observing the battle below.

Standing on the river, the girl, whose Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals Technique had been completely broken, remained calm and composed.

"Hmph... bluffing!" Danzo sneered.

He was slightly out of breath. It had been many years since he had unleashed such a high-intensity Ninjutsu bombardment, causing a slight stinging pain in Danzo's meridians from the boiling Chakra. However, with his rock-solid willpower, Danzo's expression remained unchanged as he forcefully ignored the pain.

"I'd like to see..." the old man said, raising his right hand and glancing coldly at the eye on his arm, "Without that move, how will you fight!"

Sakura Haruno could see clearly that on Danzo's ugly right arm, which Danzo with Sharingan, four eyes had been closed forever.

The pink-haired girl's heart was as clear as a mirror.

That was Danzo's technique for resurrecting himself...

Izanami.

It is a technique that, at the cost of permanent blindness of the Sharingan, restores the user to the state they were in at the moment the technique was activated, and can reverse death.

Of course, there are other limitations, such as extremely high Chakra consumption and short duration.

The fact that Danzo closed all four eyes means that he has died four times: once before she arrived, once when he was Susaku to death by Susanoo, and twice when he was killed by her Ice Release and Ice Body Flicker Technique.

Danzo has six more chances.

Konoha only learned of this information after interrogating Danzo and reviewing the Root database; before traveling here, Sakura Haruno had just learned about it in detail when Tsunade about Sasuke's tantrum.

Danzo thought he had figured out Sakura Haruno's trump card...

Actually, quite the opposite, his trump card had already been seen through by Sakura Haruno!

"Whether it's a feigned bluff or not, you'll find out once you attack." The girl chuckled lightly, her face radiating disdain. "Or... are you too afraid?"

Danzo squinted his cloudy left eye.

"I thought you would fight alongside me, the Hokage, to deal with these two Uchiha scoundrels," his voice was dry and cold, slowly escaping his lips, "But I never expected you to be so determined to attack me because of some personal grudges, disregarding the enemy and only caring about revenge, doing something that hurts your own people and pleases your enemies!"

"Shut up, you old geezer..." Sakura Haruno's smile vanished, her emerald eyes turning icy cold. "You're the biggest cancer in Konoha! Getting rid of you first, then dealing with the other two will be a piece of cake for me!"

A sharp killing intent flowed from the girl's lips.

Danzo silent, his expression turned solemn, and he clasped his hands together in front of him, suddenly surging his Chakra.

The Hand Seals were formed so fast it was as if afterimages were appearing on his hands!

"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"

In an instant, several sharp, ripple-like energy blades shot out rapidly from the old man's mouth!

Sakura Haruno's response was calm and concise.

Her Hand Seals weren't fast; in fact, they were rather slow, simply held together in front of her chest.

He lifted his leg slightly, his black sandals leaving the water, and then—stomped down hard!

Swish!

With just two simple movements, Sakura drew up a massive amount of water, instantly transforming it into a thick water dragon that fiercely met Danzo's Wind Release Blade!

Boom boom boom!

A powerful Wind Release clashed head-on with Water Release, producing a deafening roar on the battlefield! Then, countless water droplets fell from the sky as the water dragon's sharp teeth shattered the wind blades. The raging wind dispersed instantly, but the residual force still managed to carve deep cracks in the ground!

Sakura Haruno's Ninjutsu was superior.

Even after swallowing the Vacuum Sphere, the residual force of the water flow had not dissipated, and it still bared its fangs and claws as it bit at the old man!

This Water Release... is incredibly powerful! Danzo felt a chill run down his spine and abruptly lowered his body.

Then, he suddenly leaped up!

Like Hayate storm, tearing through the exhausted water, it rushed to Sakura Haruno in a single stride.

Close combat!

This is the best response when fighting against a ninja who uses Ninjutsu.

The Kunai in the old man's hand had somehow been infused with Wind Release Nature Transformation Chakra. The refined and sharp Chakra adhered to the steel, extending the Kunai into a half-meter-long sword.

In the instant of his charge, Danzo his wrist, holding the Kunai upside down. The sword formed from Wind Release Chakra pierced the chest of the seemingly still-unresponsive girl at a tricky and sharp angle!

Success!

Seeing the Chakra blade rapidly approaching Sakura Haruno, while the girl stood frozen, seemingly frightened and unable to react, Danzo felt reassured.

He could even picture the scene where, in the next second, a sharp sword would slice through the fabric, pierce the delicate skin, slice through the soft fat, and pierce a gaping hole in the bright red heart...

Unfortunately, if he were Danzo from that world, he would never have such a hallucination.

No... that Danzo would never even consider close combat with Sakura Haruno!

Just as the girl's vital point was within arm's reach of the Chakra blade, Sakura Haruno moved.

She lowered her shoulder and turned to the side, swiftly raising her left hand. Her slender fingers, like a knife, struck the old man's right wrist precisely, deflecting the Kunai and avoiding the old man's seemingly inevitable blow.

As her left shoulder lowered, her right shoulder thrust forward in the same direction. The girl's slender right hand, with its clenched fingers, suddenly extended outward, forming a claw! The movement was as swift as a tiger, and in the blink of an eye, it pressed down on Danzo's left wrist, forcefully suppressing his restless left hand!

Such fast movements...!

Danzo was suddenly startled.

At this moment, he realized that Sakura Haruno's previous slow response was not due to a lack of reaction, but rather because she was confident in her ability to counter him!

He was wrong again.

Sakura Haruno's response was far more than a superficial countermeasure.

"Monstrous Strength Technique: Wing Chun Hidden Kick!"

The moment she Danzo with both hands, Sakura Haruno exerted force in her waist, suddenly raised her right leg, and swung her slender leg high backward to kick out!

This was a kick powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, causing the earth to collapse and mountains to crumble.

Just hearing the sound of tearing fabric and shrieking as the air was ripped apart by legs was enough to send chills down the spines of onlookers!

Danzo, struck head-on by the kick, felt his pupils shrink violently. He felt an indescribable force surge up from his chest, and the flesh that had come into contact with that fair arch was instantly crushed like tofu, turning into a paste...

Danzo's emaciated body flew backward at high speed like a torn rag doll, crashing into the bridge.

Boom!

The bridge finally succumbed to the successive blows and collapsed with a crash.

Snap!

Obito jumped off the collapsed stone platform and landed on the side.

His gaze finally began to focus on the girl who stood alone in the center of the room.

When did Konoha produce such a master?

Furthermore, the Yuki Clan, who controlled Ice Release, had already been completely wiped out by him. So where in the Shinobi World did such a powerful Ice Release expert suddenly appear?

He had absolutely no clue.

However, Obito was not in a hurry.

Having long been secretly manipulating everything behind the scenes as the BSS, creating countless joys and sorrows, he is 100% confident in controlling any unexpected situation and completely eliminating it.

Just like Sasuke.

Ice Release...

It's just a low-grade, inferior Kekkei Genkai.

Obito slaughtered the Yuki Clan like dogs!

What gives Sakura Haruno the right to be so arrogant in front of the Sharingan!

It was with this confidence that Obito watched the battle between the two in the arena with an air of great interest and a superior attitude.

It was like watching a monkey show.

Danzo... in his eyes, was nothing more than an ant, a tool used to provoke Sasuke.

Sakura Haruno... only her Ice Body Flicker Technique is somewhat worth watching.

The speed of that Body Flicker Technique, that fighting stance, vaguely reminded him of his teacher, of his only defeat in all these years, and of the scene in that super-fast battle where he was severely injured by Minato Namikaze in one move!

Unfortunately, Karin discovered her weakness: she needed ice as a medium to perform this move.

Without ice, she couldn't use that almost unstoppable Body Flicker Technique anymore. Obito thought this was Sakura Haruno's limit, but he was wrong...

Sakura Haruno's casual yet exquisitely skillful Water Release and her ferocious, unreasonable Monstrous Strength Technique surprised him quite a bit.

What he valued most was the girl's incredibly fast reaction speed in close combat...

"As expected of a ninja capable of using such Body Flicker Technique..." Obito realized that Danzo's assumption that she was a specialized Ninjutsu was far too simplistic.

Without sufficiently fast reaction speed and agile movements, how could she dare to casually traverse time and space, and attack the enemy face-to-face?

Just like Minato Namikaze, what's most terrifying about him isn't the unsolvable Flying Thunder God, but rather his incredibly fast reaction speed and agile movements when controlling Flying Thunder God!

"Interesting."

The Masked Man muttered to himself.

"If you're stronger than Danzo... then I'll use you as a whetstone for Sasuke!"

"The slaughter of comrades, erasing bonds and memories with one's own hands—this is a much faster way to breed hatred and descend into darkness than revenge..."

A cold smile played on Obito's lips beneath his mask.

Off the field, after the bridge collapsed, bricks and stones shattered, soil and sand collapsed, and dust filled the air.

Wait for the thick dust to settle.

Danzo's figure stood atop the ruins, appearing vaguely.

"Only five eyes left..."

The old man glanced at his arm habitually, thinking to himself.

"Tsunade's Monstrous Strength Technique? A very powerful Taijutsu..." He pressed his left hand lightly against his chest, as if it still ached faintly. "However, this is the end for you, Sakura Haruno."

Danzo extended his right hand, pointing at Sakura Haruno, his voice low and cruel.

As the old man finished speaking...

Black runes spread out from a black dot on the girl's right wrist, quickly crawling across her skin. In the blink of an eye, they covered Sakura's entire body, even leaving black markings on her face!

"Cursed Seal?"

Karin had been silently watching from the sidelines, exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right, it's Body Paralysis Jutsu Cursed Seal... a very powerful technique." Obito sneered.

"Now... you can't move." Danzo calmly stepped down from the ruins and took out his long sword.

"You've lost, Sakura Haruno."

The pink-haired girl could only move her eyes. She looked at the black mark on her hand with interest, then glanced at Danzo.

He chuckled softly.

"Oh?"

[First update.]