Danzo's Susanoo

In the world of genjutsu, Kumogakure.

Mako lay quietly in Yuta's arms, her eye sockets hollow, her flesh congealed and necrotic, her face withered.

Dark red streaks of blood remained on her cheeks. Her empty sockets faced Shota, as if silently telling him something.

"Mom..."

Shota's whole body trembled as tears the size of beans rolled down his cheeks in an unbroken stream.

"I was supposed to be the one who stayed behind that night! I told you I'd come back to eat the rice balls you made!"

"Why wasn't I the one who stayed behind?"

"Why...?!"

He collapsed to his knees. Tears mingled with dirt, streaking his face.

Dark clouds filled the sky of the genjutsu world, churning as torrential rain poured down.

In the real world, in the operating room.

Shota's body suddenly arched, and the chakra around him surged once more, glowing a normal blue.

"What's this...?"

"His chakra's running wild?!"

"Shota's breaking free of the genjutsu!"

The Uchiha in the Observation Room were the first to notice the disturbance. They watched the scene in amazement.

"Something's wrong!"

Yutaro's pupils contracted, and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan activated at once.

Beneath Shota's tightly shut eyelids, his chakra glowed an eerie crimson, so intense it almost shone through them.

As the chakra grew stronger, a glaring scarlet light seeped from Shota's eyelids.

The Uchiha finally realized something was wrong. They activated their Sharingan to take a closer look, then discovered in shock—

"It's a Double-Tomoe Sharingan!"

The two tomoe in Shota's pupils were evenly aligned and symmetrical, rotating slowly. The crimson chakra they produced gradually settled and flowed back into his body.

"Double-Tomoe?!"

"How is that possible?!"

"He went straight from having no Kekkei Genkai to Double-Tomoe!"

The Observation Room erupted in an uproar.

Some cried out in shock, while others stepped forward and pressed themselves against the glass of the Observation Room like Yuta, staring fixedly at Shota in the operating room.

Elder Shio's Sharingan had been working at full power as he tried to see through every detail of Kazuhiko's genjutsu and copy it.

But all his hopes had been thoroughly dashed.

"A genjutsu sustained entirely by the Sharingan, and for this long..."

"Such ocular prowess..."

Ordinary Uchiha would never be able to copy it!

Inside the operating room, Kazuhiko stood before Shota, his expression grave.

After activating his Double-Tomoe Sharingan, Shota's chakra reserves had exploded in size, reaching the level of a Jonin.

Maintaining the genjutsu on him was now a challenge that pushed Kazuhiko almost beyond his limits.

By chakra volume, Kazuhiko's current strength barely qualified him as an average Jonin. His chakra reserves had reached [1 Kakashi].

With various enhancements, he could only just barely maintain the genjutsu.

Now, chakra poured out of him like floodwaters through an opened sluice gate, and his body began to tremble slightly.

Kazuhiko frowned, took a soldier pill from his pocket, and swallowed it.

His chakra slowly recovered, but it was nowhere near enough to match the rate at which he was expending it.

At this rate, the genjutsu would end as soon as his chakra ran out.

And maintaining an activated Double-Tomoe Sharingan required chakra.

No matter how powerful one's ocular prowess was, it was useless without chakra to support it.

"I have to suppress Shota's chakra..."

On the metal operating table, three syringes appeared. Their contents were slowly injected into Shota's veins.

They were sedatives and special drugs prepared in advance.

They would suppress chakra, slow the flow through the chakra pathways, and reduce both his total chakra and his output.

Of course, their effects were only temporary.

If he could help it, Kazuhiko would rather not use these medical drugs.

For an Uchiha activating the Sharingan, having ample chakra was especially important.

After witnessing every member of his clan die in the massacre, Sasuke had awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan in a fit of rage.

If he had been a Genin at the time, with only a Genin's chakra reserves, he would certainly have awakened more than just a One-Tomoe Sharingan.

After all, his most cherished older brother, Itachi, had also subjected him to an immense emotional shock.

If he had possessed enough chakra in that moment to support the Sharingan's awakening and transform it into the special chakra it required—

Sasuke might not have awakened the Mangekyo on the spot, but reaching Double-Tomoe or even Three-Tomoe should have been easy.

"Shota should have enough chakra now..."

"Any less, and there's no point in continuing."

Kazuhiko murmured under his breath and continued controlling the Sharingan Genjutsu.

In the genjutsu world, Shota's emotions continued to rise and fall.

After seeing what had happened to his mother, the first thing Shota thought of was revenge!

He wanted to repay pain with pain, blood with blood. He wanted Konoha to suffer the same agony.

His chance came soon enough.

Konoha had been severely weakened by the Uchiha defection.

Seeing an opportunity, Kumogakure brazenly launched a war, joining forces with Sunagakure and Kirigakure to carry out the—

Konoha Crush Plan.

The Uchiha were chosen to lead the charge.

As the Uchiha took their revenge, the flames of war soon reached Konoha.

"Why?" The Third Hokage's voice trembled.

"Why did you betray Konoha?!"

Shota didn't answer. He simply drew his sword and cut off Sarutobi Asuma's head.

"Asuma—! I'll kill you with my own hands!"

"Hiruzen, your opponent is me!"

The Raikage blocked the Third Hokage.

Shota licked the blood from his blade, feeling better than he ever had before.

Extreme emotions accumulated and festered inside him.

He began executing his targets one by one.

Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and finally...

Shimura Danzō!

"You naturally evil Uchiha brat! I'll bury you with my own hands!"

"You filthy bug crawling in the gutter—you're not even worthy!"

Danzō unwound the bandages wrapped around his body. His right eye and right arm, bearing more than ten Three-Tomoe Sharingan, were revealed in a shocking display.

"You Uchiha have no idea how the Sharingan is truly meant to be used."

"Today, I'll show you what kind of power is hidden in Mako's eyes—"

"Susanoo!"

Danzō activated Susanoo and faced a group of Jonin alone.

But there were too many enemies.

Shinobi from Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure kept arriving from afar, one after another. Even Jinchuriki appeared to surround Danzō.

"Danzō, today is the day you die!"

Shota stared at his mother's Sharingan, his eyes nearly bulging with fury.

"Die?" Danzō had already reached his limit and began to fight desperately.

"You Uchiha are the real poison in Konoha. If Hiruzen had listened to me and wiped out the Uchiha sooner, things would never have come to this."

The Four Symbols Seal on Danzō's body activated, spreading indiscriminately over everyone.

"Come to hell with me!"

"Shota!"

Yuta shoved his son away with one palm, sending him flying beyond the seal's range.

"Dad! Dad!"

Yuta looked at his son, his eyes full of relief.

"You've done so well... my son..."

"Live well... protect the Uchiha..."

The seal fell. Every bit of matter within hundreds of meters of Danzō vanished, sealed inside his corpse.

"Dad—!"

Shota's earth-shattering roar came as the violent emotional shock drove him to the brink of madness.

In the real world, in the operating room.

Shota's body began trembling violently. His suppressed chakra started surging again, soon reaching unprecedented levels.

The Uchiha in the Observation Room recognized the familiar sight and began shouting in alarm.

"This is happening again..."

"Is he going to awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan?!"

"Impossible!"

"..."