"Now."
"What?"
Bright Mirror, seated on White Fang's shoulder, softly murmured at the surging black mud before them, while Hatake Sakumo, who was currently hacking at "Danzo-chan" with his blade, suddenly became alert.
In truth, although the centralized thought network Danzo had formed through bodily modifications was far inferior to that of genuine connected users—unable to adapt to time and place or display combat abilities beyond common sense—his crude application of advanced tools of production, melding various bloodlines and secret techniques into one, had nonetheless helped the Pot King vaguely reach the ceiling for non-Kaguya-line ninjas.
This had already become apparent in his battle against the partially Tailed Beast-transformed Mito Uzumaki!
Having completely lost his mind and acting on instinct alone, he had fought the Nine-Tails jinchuriki and a squad of elite Anbu on hostile ground to this extent. Even after Hatake Sakumo joined the battle, he still did not fall into disadvantage. The Pot King's combat strength was certainly worthy of praise.
Moreover, as the battle dragged on, Danzo, whose individual will had been madly eroded, was already showing signs of changing from a "local network" into the "Internet"...
Though, with Yamada Soji having formally taken control of Alaya and ascended to godhood, Danzo was destined to be unable to glimpse the mysteries of the divine realm as the previous connected users had, the actual destructive power displayed by Danzo-chan was still rising rapidly as more and more Root remnants became contaminated!
In practical terms, this change manifested in the rampaging black mud no longer being limited to the ready-made abilities it had previously acquired through assimilation. Like the earlier connected users, it had begun continuously absorbing new techniques according to changes in its external environment, thereby evolving and filling in its own gaps.
Whether it was the Uzumaki