"Yahiko, I'm sorry!"
Nagato closed his eyes in anguish, then opened them and looked at Yahiko in unbearable pain. He knew that everything Yahiko was doing now was because the evil Uchiha Brahman had taken control of him. This wasn't what Yahiko wanted, and Nagato didn't want to kill him either, but...
Just then, a shower of white paper drifted down and gathered into the shape of a blue-haired girl.
"Konan?"
"Go fight, Nagato. I'll hold Yahiko off!"
Konan glanced at Nagato, then threw herself straight at Yahiko.
"Okay!"
At the sight of this, Nagato breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boring!"
Uchiha Brahman shook his head. With a wave of his hand, he recalled the Myōken Divine Wheel.
"Come at me together! I'll take on ten!"
Uchiha Brahman made Susanoo strike a pose. A righteous one-on-one battle was about to begin: he would take on all three of them by himself.
"Argh! Sarutobi Hiruzen! You actually dared to kill me!!!"
On the battlefield, Shimura Danzō let out a scream. He stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen in disbelief. Hiruzen held a kunai in his hand, its blade plunged deep into Danzō's chest, piercing his heart.
"Danzō, it's time for you to die!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke gravely. He didn't want to kill his old friend, either, but what choice did he have?
Danzō was beyond saving.
"Danzō, if you were still in your right mind, you'd be happy, wouldn't you? You're finally free of Uchiha Brahman's control!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen said this as he pushed the kunai deeper with the hand that held the toad's arm, hastening Shimura Danzō's death.
He had always been stronger than Shimura Danzō. And now that he'd been fitted with a toad's arm and learned Senjutsu, Danzō stood even less of a chance against him.
"No, no... I