Danzo VS Tobirama

"Danzo..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up, gazing at his former comrade.

His voice was soft, laced with an indescribable struggle, yet the moment the words fell, they carried a certain air of finality...

"There is someone... who wants to see you."

Before the words had even faded...

A sharp, peerless stream of water tore through the air like lightning, striking mercilessly toward Danzo's throat!

Water Release: Water Blade Slash!

The water blade was as fast as a lightning strike, leaving the opponent almost no time to react.

Yet Danzo's expression remained calm, not a hint of shock visible on his face.

With a jolt of his body, countless withered leaves and branches instantly surged forth, forming a sturdy shield before him like a phantom, blocking the lethal water blade in an instant.

The water blade sliced violently against the dead wood, emitting a harsh, grating sound, yet it could not break through this eerie defense.

Senju Tobirama's eyes sharpened, a thought of pure shock flashing through his mind:

Big Brother's cells?

But the next second, he keenly sensed that something was wrong.

The Withered Wood Release Danzo displayed was the exact opposite of the vibrant, life-filled Wood Release of Senju Hashirama.

This power was colder, more treacherous, and filled with the scent of decay and death, as if it were testifying to its own evil and mutation.

"Teacher Tobirama..."

Danzo spoke slowly, his voice low, a faint trace of desolation appearing in his expression...

"It seems Orochimaru finally made his move and brought you back to life."

He turned his head toward Hiruzen Sarutobi, his tone tinged with subtle mockery...

"Hiruzen, can you still not see it? From the moment Teacher Tobirama was resurrected, you were no longer the true Hokage in control of Konoha..."

"But I don't blame you; you were never going to be able to resist the Teacher's authority... After all, he must be convinced by now that I am being controlled by Uchiha Sharingan."

Hm?

Hiruzen looked up, seeing Danzo standing there with stubborn defiance.

"Teacher Tobirama, if you want to unify the Shinobi World using your own methods, you must take back both the light and the dark of Konoha... Regardless of whether I have transplanted a Sharingan or not, I will be disposed of by him."

"Nonsense!"

This time, Tobirama could finally no longer hold back his rebuke...

Evil Uchiha!

Facing this upgraded, bizarre version of an Uchiha, Tobirama couldn't help but curse him as a bastard.

To think he would use such low-level, provocative tactics...

Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, though his heart was stung deeply by Danzo's words.

Before he could respond, Tobirama quickly interrupted Danzo's continued speech.

Senju Tobirama was on high alert; he knew full well that this Danzo was not the real Danzo, but one already polluted and controlled by the evil will of Uchiha Yuan.

Giving him more time might trigger some kind of terrifying Word Spirit technique, or even allow him to seize control of the situation.

Therefore, he had to end this quickly.

In an instant, his hands flew through seals once more, and a stream of water even more powerful than the last surged toward Danzo!

Danzo's expression shifted slightly, but he finally stopped holding back his strength.

He spread his palm wide, revealing a hidden Mangekyo Sharingan.

At that very moment, Senju Tobirama's heart jolted violently.

He had never expected that Danzo would have a Sharingan hidden even in his palm!

The Sharingan spun rapidly, endless ocular power condensing frantically, accompanied by waves of suffocating pressure.

The eerie withered wood surging within Danzo's body rapidly transformed into strange, vein-like structures, densely piercing into his own flesh, gradually condensing into a Withered Blade that radiated an aura of gloomy decay.

Blade of Jumang...

Accompanied by Danzo's low, soft shout, the Sharingan suddenly erupted with crimson ocular power, and the entire Withered Wood Blade instantly bloomed with an evil red light.

A cold, terrifying wave of chakra swept outward, shattering the surrounding air as if the gates of hell had quietly opened at that very moment.

He swung the blade lightly, and instantly, a pillar of crimson light, wrapped in endless malice, erupted toward the entire Hokage office.

BOOM!

The violent explosion shook the entire Konoha, and the office was instantly obliterated by the red chakra.

Dust and fire filled the sky, leaving the area in ruins.

As the dust settled, Danzo landed lightly, only to discover that the ground beneath his feet was already covered in dense, intricate sealing arrays...

Four pillars of raging flame suddenly erupted around him, attempting to seal his movements.

However, Danzo's reaction speed was even faster; with a stomp of his foot, a mass of withered branches surged from the ground, piercing through two Konoha Anbu ninjas who were in the middle of forming a formation with thunderous momentum.

Blood splattered, and the sealing formation disintegrated instantly.

Danzo retreated several steps rapidly, nimbly and precisely dodging the remaining traps.

At this moment, the street was completely empty; the villagers who originally lived there had been quietly evacuated long before the actions of Senju Tobirama and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Danzo walked slowly out of the ruins, his pace steady, his robes snapping in the wind.

His expression was icy to the extreme, and the Sharingan in his palm was still spinning rapidly, emitting a chilling and sinister aura.

Senju Tobirama and Hiruzen Sarutobi stood in the distance with grave expressions, watching Danzo's every move.

"Danzo... how could you use the First Hokage's cells?"

Hiruzen spoke cautiously, yet he noticed that Senju Tobirama did not open his mouth to offer any condemnation regarding the Wood Style.

Perhaps the teacher himself would research such things as well...

Deep down, having seen the power of Fugaku's Sharingan just moments ago, Hiruzen felt a certain wavering in his heart...

He simply asked in a flat tone...

"Danzo, how much of your sanity remains?"

"Sanity? Teacher, I have never been more sane. It is just that my sanity is different from yours."

Hiruzen muttered at this moment: "Danzo, do not fight anymore. Let the teacher help you break free from the fate controlled by the Sharingan."

Danzo shook his head slightly, a strange red glint flashing in the depths of his eyes, his tone becoming somewhat disdainful and pitying...

"Hiruzen, the one who has truly lost control is not me, but you. Do not live forever in the shadow of the teacher; he is nothing but a dead man."

Senju Tobirama's brows locked tight; he ceased speaking with him and instead whispered to Hiruzen: "Monkey, do it. We cannot hesitate any longer."

Hiruzen took a deep breath, finally making up his mind, and quickly removed the Hokage cloak from his back...

He formed seals with his hands rapidly, preparing to fight Danzo to the death.

Facing Hiruzen's assault...

Danzo raised the Withered Blade in his hand, and the surrounding space seemed to twist violently with the surge of this eerie power.

Under the moonlight, Konoha was plunged into an unprecedented atmosphere of slaughter and silence.

At this moment, Danzo's gaze was chillingly cold; he walked slowly out of the dilapidated Hokage office building, facing the moonlight, stepping into the center of the street one step at a time.

For some reason, looking at Danzo's back...

Hiruzen felt that the current Danzo...

Seemed like a lonely shadow completely severed from everything in the world, bearing endless curses and darkness, waiting for the final judgment and conclusion of fate.

Suddenly, pity and reluctance welled up in his heart...

He felt a sudden resistance toward Senju Tobirama's brutal actions...

In truth...

I am the one who is Hokage...