The Death of Shimura Danzō

The moment he saw the Wood Release, a name surfaced in the mind of Shimura Danzō: Orochimaru.

At this moment, Shimura Danzō was still deep in thought.

But Obito Uchiha paid no heed to such things; a wooden spike erupted from his palm and shot toward Shimura Danzō.

Although his body had sustained multiple injuries, Shimura Danzō still possessed considerable strength; even if he did not measure up to the level of a Hokage, he was far superior to an average elite jonin.

He formed hand seals, spitting out several Vacuum Blasts from his mouth, while simultaneously dodging the wooden spike shot by Obito Uchiha.

"Wood Release—where did you obtain it?"

At this moment, Shimura Danzō had focused his entire mind upon the Wood Release.

He had always craved the unique ninjutsu of the former God of Shinobi.

Obito Uchiha did not answer, allowing the Vacuum Blasts to pass through his intangible body as he walked toward Shimura Danzō step by step.

Seeing this, Shimura Danzō could not help but frown, opening his mouth to offer a reminder: "If you wish for Rin Nohara to remain in this state forever, then by all means, continue."

Hearing the name of Rin, Obito Uchiha finally snapped back to reality.

"What do you mean!"

Obito Uchiha asked coldly.

"Exactly what I said. Impure World Reincarnation is a very special forbidden jutsu; only the caster can undo it."

"Although I did not order anyone to awaken the consciousness of Rin Nohara, the ritual of Impure World Reincarnation is complete, and the only person capable of undoing the forbidden jutsu has already been killed by you."

Shimura Danzō was feeling extremely smug; from the moment Rin Nohara was successfully resurrected via Impure World Reincarnation, he had won.

But the next moment, the words of Obito Uchiha caused the smile on Shimura Danzō's face to stiffen.

"Black Zetsu, can the ability of the Human Path be applied to... to Rin?"

Obito Uchiha asked Black Zetsu; regardless of the cost, he would not let Shimura Danzō go today.

"It can!"

With that single affirmation, the life of Shimura Danzō was destined to reach its end.

Facing the Kamui of Obito Uchiha, even though Shimura Danzō exhausted all manner of divine techniques, he remained utterly powerless.

And Obito Uchiha seemed in no hurry to kill him, instead continuously leaving all sorts of difficult-to-heal wounds upon Shimura Danzō's body.

"Obito Uchiha, don't get cocky. Even if you have a way to undo the Impure World Reincarnation, I still have..."

At the final moment of his life, Shimura Danzō still wanted to threaten him with something. But a wooden spike had already pierced his chest...

Without a Sharingan to consume for the use of Izanagi, Shimura Danzō, at the very last second, exerted all his strength to perform the Reverse Four-Symbols Sealing.

But in the end, it only succeeded in sealing his own corpse.

One day after the death of Shimura Danzō...

"What? Danzō is dead? Hiruzen Sarutobi thinks I did it???"

At this moment, Ensei Uchiha, who had just finished a cloning experiment, bumped into Shisui Uchiha and learned this surprising news from him.

"Isn't it you?"

"But... besides you, who else could kill him inside Konoha?"

Looking at the attitude of Ensei Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha began to doubt his own judgment for a moment.

The sudden turn of events left Ensei Uchiha, who had been in a good mood, feeling somewhat depressed.

"Are you sure Danzō is truly dead? Could it be some trick of feigned death? And what about the body? What was the exact time of death?"

Ensei Uchiha asked, while simultaneously pondering the true culprit behind the murder of Danzō in his heart.

Although Danzō was a bit mediocre, he could at least trade blows with a Mangekyo user for a while; his strength was not exactly weak.

If one were to exclude those fellows from the Otsutsuki Clan, the only people in the entire ninja world capable of killing Shimura Danzō silently within Konoha were...

Orochimaru, or perhaps Obito Uchiha.

"The Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal of the Root ninja has been lifted, so it is confirmed that Danzō is dead. The location of death was an abandoned laboratory in Root. The time of death was one day ago; meanwhile, the Root base was attacked a day and a half ago, resulting in heavy casualties among the Root ninja."

Shisui Uchiha told Ensei Uchiha everything he knew; naturally, he did not want the village and the clan to develop friction at this critical moment.

Although he had learned the true relationship between the village and the Uchiha Clan from Ensei Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha still hoped for a better outcome.

"It was likely Obito Uchiha. Only space-time ninjutsu could infiltrate so easily."

Actually, Orochimaru was also a possibility; he had deep ties to Danzō and knew much about the situation in Root, but under normal circumstances, Orochimaru should not have moved against Danzō at this time.

Therefore, Obito Uchiha remained the most likely candidate.

"If it were me, the commotion would have been far greater than this."

"Also, have you forgotten my age? Although I possess sufficient strength, I do not know many ninjutsu."

"I could kill Danzō, but killing someone silently is simply impossible."

"Alright, stop bothering me with these trifles; I have other things to do."

Ensei Uchiha offered a brief defense, not caring whether Shisui Uchiha believed him or what Hiruzen Sarutobi might do, and turned back to his bedroom to catch up on sleep.

For these past few days, Ensei Uchiha had not rested at all in order to separate the two types of special cells he had collected, spending a great deal of time to finally extract the Hashirama Cells.

The next day, shortly after waking up, Ensei Uchiha was summoned to a meeting.

It was a Konoha jonin meeting.

Although he was only ten years old, as an elder of the Uchiha clan, he was still required to participate in major affairs concerning Konoha.

Many of the jonin who had come to attend the meeting were staring at him with curious eyes.

Even in the world of ninja, a ten-year-old jonin was the stuff of legends, something bordering on the impossible.

"Based on the memory extraction from the deceased's corpse, the results are in. The one who killed Elder Danzō is Obito Uchiha, an Uchiha clansman who went missing during the Third Great Ninja War."

At the jonin meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the death of Shimura Danzō and simultaneously revealed the identity of the culprit.

The news of Shimura Danzō's death could not be hidden, nor should it be. Not only could it not be concealed, but they also had to demonstrate Konoha's stance on the matter.

Therefore, in the name of the Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi issued an S-rank mission to the Uchiha clan: hunt down and kill the rogue ninja, Obito Uchiha.

Hearing the name Obito Uchiha once again, Kakashi could not help but reach up to touch his right eye.

Ever since the Nine-Tails' Rampage, Kakashi had learned the truth about Obito.

At that time, Kakashi had found it hard to believe, only choosing to accept it later when he discovered that his right eye was truly a Mangekyo Sharingan.

Through training, he had already become capable of successfully using this eye.

"Lord Hokage, I request to join this mission to hunt down the rogue ninja."