The indescribable agony made the Dream Tapir scream nonstop. Danzo vaguely realized something and shouted grimly, "Calm down! Don't undo the summoning contract on your own! Trust me this once!"
At some point, Danzo had pulled off the bandages on his face, exposing a scarlet Sharingan. His gaze darted frantically in every direction.
Then he locked onto Uchiha Chisen.
Danzo gritted his teeth. "Dream Tapir! You only need to hold out for two minutes! Give me two minutes, and Uchiha Chisen will die!"
"Danzo... are you really going to fight this magma monster to the bitter end?"
The sudden voice exploded inside Danzo's mind.
The Dream Tapir could not speak human language, but through the summoning contract, the beast could establish one-way telepathic communication with Danzo.
Danzo could hear the Dream Tapir's labored panting in that voice.
Danzo stared fixedly at Uchiha Chisen a short distance ahead. With a grim expression, he said through clenched teeth, "If a naturally evil Uchiha brat like him is allowed to remain in Konoha, sooner or later, the Uchiha Clan will steal Konoha!"
He slowly removed the bandages wrapped around his arm as well-the fact that he possessed Sharingan was no longer a secret to Uchiha Chisen anyway.
As for the eight subordinates he had brought along to collect the corpse?
When the Dream Tapir was badly injured by the magma and his subordinates still made no move, Danzo realized that all eight were dead. Even if some survived, they were no longer capable of supporting him.
That meant he had lost a full sixteen Root ninjas today!
All his old grudges and new grievances piled together, leaving Danzo grinding his teeth in hatred for Uchiha Chisen!
"Fine... two minutes!" Enduring the excruciating pain across that face, the Dream Tapir chose to trust an