Danzo's Death

"It seemed this old man had no choice but to act." Though all the subordinates he had brought had been wiped out, this darkness of the Ninja World still appeared fairly composed. He tossed aside his cane and slowly unwound the bandages around his arm, revealing that terrifying right arm.

"Sharingan?" Protected by Susanoo, Uchiha Inaho and Uchiha Saito instantly flew into a rage. "How dare you desecrate the bodies of our clan's ancestors!"

"You Uchiha Clan are evil by nature. A power like the Sharingan can only be used to protect Konoha in this old man's hands." Danzo raised his gaze toward the black war god standing firm amid the torrential rain. "Uchiha Toko, today, I will personally put an end to your sins."

With that, Danzo charged toward Uchiha Toko, forming hand seals with both hands.

"Wind Style: Vacuum Blast!" Wind-natured Chakra gathered in Danzo's mouth before firing toward Uchiha Toko's Susanoo like a barrage of bullets. Danzo weaved through the high-speed Vacuum Blasts, kunai in hand as he stabbed toward Uchiha Toko.

Yet Susanoo, looking down from above, destroyed the Vacuum Blasts serving as cover with a single slash. Danzo himself was directly bisected at the waist by that strike.

Susanoo slowly dissipated, revealing the three Uchiha it had protected.

"Is it over?" Uchiha Inaho finally seemed to react, muttering to himself.

"Yes, it's over." Uchiha Toko nodded, then walked over to Danzo's corpse, which had met the same death as the strongest man of the modern era.

However, in the next second, Danzo's corpse vanished before the three of them, and the sound of rushing wind came from behind Uchiha Toko.

"Uchiha Toko, this old man will be taking your eyes." Danzo's voice carried undisguised excitement. As long as he killed Uchiha Toko, the two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan—including Shisui's Mangekyō—would certainly help him become Hokage.

However, just as the kunai came within less than a millimeter of Uchiha Toko's heart, Danzo suddenly discovered that his body had frozen in place. At the same time, his body was slowly dissipating.

"Th-this... what is this?" Danzo stared at the scene in disbelief. By then, his right arm and the kunai had already completely scattered into the wind.

"Your reliance was Izanagi, wasn't it?" Only then did Uchiha Toko slowly turn around. The Mangekyō pattern in his left eye spun rapidly. "A Genjutsu capable of manipulating falsehood and reality—but unfortunately for you, it is completely countered by this eye of mine."

"My Dojutsu, Mizuhanome—under this eye's gaze, all illusions shall cease to exist." As Uchiha Toko's words fell, Danzo's body completely disappeared into the air, while the corpse that had vanished earlier reappeared.

The Hashirama Cells within Danzo's half-corpse, freed from Chakra's suppression, immediately began to riot. Uchiha Toko raised his hand and laid down several Sealing Technique formulas. After suppressing the rampaging Hashirama Cells, he bent down and picked up half of Danzo.

"Let's go. We're returning to the village," Uchiha Toko said.

"Return to the village?" Uchiha Saito froze upon hearing that.

"Yes, we're going back to demand an explanation." Uchiha Toko glanced at the Wood Style ninja in the distance, who still had a faint breath left in him. "Take him with us."

Inside the Hokage Building office, Sarutobi Hiruzen lit his pipe for the twenty-seventh time that day. For some reason, ever since that morning, he had been enveloped by an intense sense of unease.

"Lord Hokage, Uchiha Toko, who left the village this morning, has returned. He also clashed with the guards at the village gate." An Anbu hurried into the Hokage Building.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart sank. Uchiha Toko had returned—did that mean Danzo had failed?

"He was merely returning after completing a normal mission. Why would there be a conflict?" Sarutobi Hiruzen hurriedly asked.

"In his hand..." The Anbu who had come to report swallowed. "He was carrying Lord Danzo's corpse. And Lord Danzo's corpse has several Sharingan embedded in it."

"What?" Sarutobi Hiruzen was utterly shocked. To be honest, he had already greatly overestimated Uchiha Toko's strength. He had prepared for Danzo's ambush to fail, and even for Danzo to have been struck by Kotoamatsukami—but he had never expected Danzo to die directly at Uchiha Toko's hands.

"Lord Hokage, the Two Advisors have learned the news and are currently on their way to the village gate." The Anbu continued, "And the Uchiha Clan has also received the news and is currently gathering."

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen could no longer remain seated. He hurriedly rose and headed outside.

By evening, Konoha's village gate was already fraught with tension.

Several dozen ninja wearing jonin flak jackets had formed an encirclement around Uchiha Toko and Uchiha Inaho, who was carrying Yamato on his back. Yet no one made the first move. Uchiha Toko stood calmly at the center of the encirclement, while half of Danzo's body had been casually tossed before him like garbage.

"Outrageous! You dare murder a Konoha elder! Is the Uchiha Clan planning to betray the village?" A furious shout rang out. The ninja surrounding Uchiha Toko made way, and Konoha's two advisors, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, emerged. Upon seeing their former comrade's miserable state, they immediately demanded loudly, "Men, seize these two rogue ninja!"

"I'd like to see who dares!" At that moment, one Uchiha ninja after another arrived from behind Uchiha Toko. Beneath the setting sun, pairs of scarlet Sharingan gleamed with dangerous light. At their head were several elders of the Uchiha Militant Faction, along with the Clan Head they had pressured into coming with them, Uchiha Fugaku.

After Uchiha Saito returned to the clan to relay the news, the Uchiha Clan's ninja gathered at the fastest possible speed. The news Uchiha Saito had brought back about Danzo's arm full of Sharingan had enraged even the clan's Dove Faction.

Shisui, who had just undergone an eye transplant and was recuperating within the clan, could not sit still after receiving the news either. Itachi, who had rushed to find him as soon as he heard, had wanted to stop everything. But the Uchiha had already lost much of their reason. Their attempts at persuasion had no effect whatsoever, and a clash nearly broke out within the clan. Thus, they could only follow the other clansmen here.

"Is the Uchiha Clan trying to rebel?" Mitokado Homura demanded angrily.

"After daring to desecrate our clansmen's corpses, rebellion today would not be out of the question!" An elder of the Uchiha Militant Faction refused to yield an inch.

"Everyone, stop!" Just as the two sides were about to fight, Sarutobi Hiruzen's vigorous voice rang out. A slightly short figure appeared between the two groups, and the words Third Hokage on his Sacred Robe were especially conspicuous. Upon seeing him, both sides immediately ceased their movements.