A bitter wind swept through the forest, rustling the leaves.
On the ground, the blood slowly began to congeal. Uzumaki Kuming stepped over countless bodies and slowly approached Orochimaru, looking down at Shimura Danzō's corpse.
To be honest, although he had already spoken with Orochimaru, he had still prepared himself to face multiple opponents alone—and that included Orochimaru.
But what Uzumaki Kuming hadn't expected was that Orochimaru would personally help him finish off Danzō. At first, Kuming hadn't understood why, and had assumed Orochimaru was simply being kind. But when he drew near and saw Shimura Danzō's body, he realized why Orochimaru had done it.
Shimura Danzō was already dead, and the right arm he had always kept wrapped up was gone. The bandages on his face seemed to have been removed, too, but the spot where his right eye should have been was an empty socket. Kuming didn't need to be told what had happened. Orochimaru had probably reclaimed some of the strange things Danzō had been carrying.
"Over the years, quite a few Uchiha Clan members have fallen on the battlefield. But whenever the Uchiha Clan recovered their bodies, they always found that some of their people's eyes were missing."
"At first, everyone thought the enemy was responsible. Now it seems that wasn't the whole story."
Kuming glanced at Danzō and made no further move to desecrate his corpse. Instead, he looked at Orochimaru and brought up something that seemed to have nothing to do with the battle.
"Hehehe. There are plenty of shinobi in the Shinobi World who covet the Uchiha Clan's Kekkei Genkai. It's a common occurrence."
Orochimaru played dumb and chuckled.
"The Uchiha Clan's Kekkei Genkai must never be allowed to fall into foreign hands. From now on, the eyes of every Uchiha Clan member