In a certain Root base outside Konoha.
Danzo, who had fled in a sorry state, was hiding in a secret room to treat his wounds, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
After resting for a while and feeling that much of his strength had recovered, Danzo reached up to touch his now-blind right eye. Thinking back to his battle with Youhu not long ago, a wave of lingering fear rose in his heart.
He had thought he had already regarded Youhu highly enough, believing Youhu very likely possessed the strength of an Elite Jonin and was a considerable threat to him.
If he did not make up his mind to eliminate Youhu this time, then given time, the boy would surely become a major problem.
But what he had not expected was that even when he had overestimated Youhu's Strength as much as possible, he had still underestimated him. Youhu's Strength was not merely enough to rank in the top three among all the Uchiha Jonin.
He had also somehow learned Teacher Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Technique.
That was the most difficult Space-Time Ninjutsu to cultivate. Even the simplified version, the "Flying Thunder God Formation," had barely anyone in the village capable of learning it.
Yet Youhu had not only learned it, he used it with considerable skill.
This time, if he had not acted on a whim and used Izanagi in advance, and if he had not prevented Youhu from leaving the Flying Thunder God formula on his body, he probably would have been in grave danger—
Those Uchiha really were exactly as Teacher Tobirama had said, each and every one of them sinister and cunning.
It was one thing for Uchiha Shisui to hide the existence of his Mangekyō Sharingan, but even a mere Uchiha Chunin had