Uchiha Countermeasures
Tobirama Senju was acting alone.
He sped across the vast grasslands of the Pure Land. In the sky, the artificial sun created by Naruto had set, replaced by a sky full of stars and a bright moon, also formed from rules.
The moonlight was as clear as water, and the starlight twinkled, enveloping the entire grassland in a silvery glow, yet the visibility remained as clear as daytime.
Hashirama Senju originally intended to come with him.
The moment Tobirama finished reading the information on the terminal and his expression changed drastically, Hashirama sensed something was wrong. He leaned over and asked, "What's wrong?" Tobirama simply shook his head and said, "I have something to take care of." Hashirama was naturally worried and immediately offered to come along—but Tobirama refused.
The refusal was very decisive.
Because if what I see is true... if the number is correct, if the information isn't lying...
Therefore, he must personally figure out where he went wrong in his teaching!
This thought burned in his chest, making him not bother to explain anything to his elder brother, and he turned around and rushed out of the Reincarnation Hall.
At this moment, while driving his Mercedes, he once again brought up the electronic terminal assigned to the guardians of the Pure Land.
A screen of light unfolded before him, clearly displaying the information about his objective for this trip.
[Danzō Shimura]
[Sin Index: 9.2]
9.2.
This number is a full 1.0 higher than the 8.2 he had seen before.
That 8.2 belongs to Uchiha Madara —the "Asura of the Ninja World" who once attempted to destroy Konoha, plotting schemes that made the entire Ninja World tremble.
His own disciple... the disciple who once followed him to learn, whom he personally promoted, and whom he once placed great hopes on...
His Sin Index is even higher than Uchiha Madara's?!
When Tobirama first saw it, he even doubted that he was seeing things.
He had to go and see for himself, to find out what was going on; to ask—what exactly was happening?
"Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere --!!!"
A fierce wind howled.
Wind Release spherical whirlwind, like a cannonball, erupted from Danzo's mouth and blasted towards the Velociraptor that were rushing in from all directions!
Several Velociraptor charging at the forefront were hit head-on, their bodies flying backward and crashing heavily to the ground several meters away. They struggled to get up, but could only twitch on the spot, unable to fight again for the time being.
But more Velociraptor are emerging from the darkness.
Danzō Shimura stood there, slightly out of breath.
He was still wearing his last clothes—a dark, high-necked robe, with a thick bandage wrapped around one eye and one arm completely covered.
Those were his clothes in the last moments of his life, but his physical condition had recovered to its best.
There were no wounds, no fatigue, no hidden ailments accumulated over decades—even the power of Wood Release was clearly surging within him at this moment.
The afterlife restores all souls to their "peak."
Danzo's gaze swept coldly over the Velociraptor that surrounded him.
These ancient creatures do not use Ninjutsu, do not Hand Seals, and have no fancy techniques. But their fighting instinct is that of pure killing machines—each one possesses strength approaching that of Chunin, and they coordinate perfectly, advancing and retreating with precision.
More importantly... it's unkillable.
Danzo had already tested that in the previous exchange.
His Wind Release attacks will knock them down, cause them to convulse, and temporarily render them incapacitated—but they will not "die."
Like all souls, they can tire, get injured, and temporarily lose their fighting ability, but they cannot be truly destroyed.
Before long, those Velociraptor he knocked down will rise again and pounce once more, endlessly.
Is this... retribution after death?
Danzo.
He wasn't too surprised that "cause and effect really exist in the afterlife." From the moment he understood who he was and what he did, he had a vague premonition of this.
If there truly is an afterlife, if there truly is such a thing as "judgment"—then I will surely go to hell.
He did not protest his innocence.
He didn't silently proclaim in his heart, "Everything I did was for Konoha." On this point, Danzō Shimura had a remarkably clear understanding of himself, especially in the moment before his death.
He understood.
He was not a "hero who had to succumb to darkness for the sake of Konoha," but rather, he was the darkness of the Ninja World itself.
So, if there really is retribution, he accepts it, but—that absolutely does not mean he will obediently surrender!
Danzo's gaze grew colder and sharper. He scanned the approaching Velociraptor, wondering if he would be reborn as a dog? Or a monkey?
What a joke! Even in the afterlife, even in the so-called "retribution," Danzō Shimura would never accept such an ending!
"Everyone, step back! Let me talk to him!"
Suddenly, a shout rang out, accompanied by a figure crashing down from the night sky, slamming heavily between Danzō Shimura and the herd of Velociraptor!
Under the moonlight, the blue armor reflected a cold light, short silver hair fluttered slightly in the night breeze, and on her cold face, scarlet eyes were fixed on the man before her.
That chakra—that familiar, oppressive chakra that once struck fear into the hearts of countless enemies—
Danzo's pupils suddenly contracted. He recognized the person. He hadn't expected to see someone who had already passed away so soon.
And... it was him.
"Teacher..."
In the entire Ninja World, there was only one person who could make Danzō Shimura unconsciously use honorifics when speaking.
The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
The moment they heard the command, the Velociraptor all halted their advance. They retreated a few steps, maintaining their encirclement, but did not press forward any further.
Tobirama didn't look back at the dinosaurs.
From the moment he landed, his gaze was fixed on Danzo.
At the same time, all the information about the person in front of him flooded into his consciousness like a tidal wave—it was the "judgment" that the rules of the Pure Land automatically presented and that the guardians of the Pure Land could see.
[Danzō Shimura]
[Directly initiating war/non-mission killings: extremely high percentage]
(Overreaching organization + transnational assassination + human experimentation + genocide plot)
[Total Pain Value (Included): Extremely High]
(Long time span, wide range of victims, and cruel methods)
[Sin Index: 9.2]
Next came that even more detailed text, each word piercing Tobirama's consciousness.
[Verdict]
["Your name is Danzo, meaning to hide Konoha in the shadows, but what you ultimately hide are countless wronged souls and the tombstone of your own conscience."]
["In the name of 'Root,' they whittled children into tearless blades; with ' Konoha ' as their banner, they burned their enemies in the flames of conspiracy."]
["The eye of love opened on your arm, but all it saw was eternal night—you took not only his eye, but also the demise of the Uchiha name."]
["You call yourself the 'Guardian of Darkness,' yet what you see reflected in the mirror is not protection, but darkness; not sacrifice, but plunder; not righteousness, but selfishness—that selfishness is called 'power,' called 'fear,' called 'the inability to trust others or be trusted.'"
"In the end, the Four Symbols Seal failed to engulf the enemy, but it solidified the lies of your life into fossils beneath Konoha."
[Overall Assessment: The cancer of the Ninja World, feeding on justice and drinking blood from conspiracy, deeply sinful and unrepentant until death.]
Tobirama Senju looked at those words, he felt a chill run down his spine.
The plot to exterminate the Uchiha, the annihilation of the entire clan—these two words linked together made it almost impossible for him to believe his eyes.
"Danzo! What happened to the Uchiha Clan in Konoha?!"
Tobirama asked loudly; he needed to confirm, he had to confirm.
What did he teach Danzo? He taught him to utilize the power of the Uchiha Clan, making them the sharpest sword in Konoha, but at the same time, to restrict their access to the core of power and prevent them from repeating the same mistakes—this is the "Uchiha Countermeasures" he left behind!
He never said he wanted to exterminate the entire race! He never said he wanted that race to be completely wiped out! So what are these messages telling him? What on earth is going on?!