Danzo VS Suikazan Fuguki

"Secret Technique: Needle Rain."

The long hair behind Suikazan Fuguki suddenly stood on end and hardened, countless needle-like strands exploding toward the Kaguya Clan commander opposite him.

"Is that the extent of your attack?" Unexpectedly, the Kaguya clansman did not dodge or evade, allowing the fine hairs to pierce his entire body.

"Hmm?" Seeing that his opponent remained unscathed after taking his attack, Suikazan Fuguki was somewhat surprised.

"Your attack didn't even penetrate my hardened bone membrane," the Kaguya clansman glanced at the Fuguki opposite him and said with disdain.

"Rapid Healing."

Under the activation of the Shikotsumyaku, the hardened hair strands that hadn't pierced deep into his body were pushed out by the constantly healing wounds, falling around him.

"Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets."

This time, having freed his hands, the Kaguya clansman released ten bone bullets simultaneously, which flew rapidly toward Fuguki.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft..."

The ten bone bullets practically turned Suikazan Fuguki into a sieve, yet not a single drop of blood flowed out.

"Splash..."

It turned out to be a Water Clone, which dissolved into a puddle of water upon being destroyed.

"A Water Clone? When?" Just as the Kaguya clansman was surprised, a sharp killing intent arrived from behind him.

"Is that all the mettle you have? Samehada, eat him."

Under Suikazan Fuguki's command, the fully unlocked Samehada opened a mouth filled with sharp teeth at its tip, biting down on half of the Kaguya clansman's body.

"Ahhhhh..."

Under Samehada's powerful bite force, even a hardened bone membrane could not withstand its sharp fangs and teeth; in a short while, his entire body became a bloody mess.

"Ha, it seems you still have quite a bit of chakra left." Feeling the steady stream of chakra transmitted from Samehada, Fuguki's state gradually returned to its peak.

Unwilling to be "eaten" just like that, the Kaguya clansman erupted with the last of his chakra before being drained dry by Samehada.

"Shi... Shikotsumyaku... Dance... Dance of the Willow."

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft..."

As the Shikotsumyaku activated, several sharp bone spurs burst through the skin from his limb bones (including shoulders, elbows, palms, and knees), attempting to damage Samehada from the inside and force it to let go.

"Hehehe, what a naive attack." As the master of Samehada, Fuguki naturally knew that its mouth had no weaknesses; the opponent's death throes were merely futile.

"I am... not reconciled..." Seeing that his full-force strike could not cause any damage to Samehada, this Kaguya Clan elite felt his heart die.

If nothing unexpected happened, he could only hope for the Grim Reaper to arrive quickly, sparing him further physical suffering.

"Who?" Suddenly, a figure appeared behind Suikazan Fuguki, and he turned his head abruptly to look.

Reflected in Fuguki's pupils was a white, one-eyed, swirl-patterned mask, and a scarlet eye beneath it.

"It is I. Have your Samehada spit out this Kaguya clansman."

It was Shimura Danzō who had arrived in time to stop Fuguki from delivering the killing blow.

"Assistant, what is the meaning of this?" While executing a mission, Suikazan Fuguki had the authority to dispose of defeated enemies as he pleased; snatching a head was considered a serious provocation.

Danzō knew the other party had misunderstood him.

"This person has decent strength within the Kaguya Clan; he is one of the Mizukage's targets."

Although Shisui had not explicitly told Danzō his purpose, he had drawn several circles on the Kaguya Clan's genealogy, and Danzō's task was to bring these people alive to Shisui.

"However, I did not receive such an order."

Contrary to Danzō's expectations, Suikazan Fuguki rejected his proposal.

"My Samehada likes the taste of this Kaguya; I am going to eat him." In Suikazan Fuguki's eyes, there was no such thing as the Mizukage's assistant, Shimura Danzō, and he held even more disdain for the name "Uchiha Madara."

"The Mizukage has given me the authority to command the Anbu. Now, I order you to put down that Kaguya." The Sharingan behind the mask narrowed slowly; this was Danzō's habit before he wanted to kill someone.

However, considering the priority of the mission, Danzō decided to complete it as efficiently as possible.

Yet, to Fuguki, these were all signs of the other party's weakness. He was accustomed to giving orders on the battlefield and was unwilling to accept the command of this Mizukage's assistant before him.

"Assistant, I only take orders from the Mizukage." The nearly two-and-a-half-meter-tall Fuguki looked down at Danzō, completely unbothered by the other party's increasingly icy gaze.

"Heh."

Danzō suddenly sneered, the corners of his mouth lifting with a hint of sarcasm: "You have ambition, but lack the strength and intellect to match it. You think yourself the smartest person in the world, yet your actions are laughable. A person of such high aspirations but low abilities like you is not even one-ten-thousandth of this old man."

Danzō knew Fuguki's thoughts all too well.

Back in Konoha, he had secretly dealt with many conspirators for the village.

Especially when Hiruzen Sarutobi had just taken over as the Third Hokage, countless eyes had coveted that Hokage hat in the shadows, and their methods were varied and endless.

For trash like Suikazan Fuguki, it wouldn't even be Danzō's turn to take action.

"Damn it, I gave you face by calling you Assistant; do you really think you can rely on the Mizukage to throw your weight around?" In Suikazan Fuguki's eyes, no one except the Mizukage was worth his regard. He even believed he was absolutely qualified to sit in that Mizukage seat himself; it was just a pity that he was already thirty-five, had served the Third Mizukage, and had yet to achieve his wish.

Regarding this, he always felt it was just his bad luck.

Now that the truth and his inner pain had been exposed by Danzō, all his unwillingness and resentment transformed into hatred for Danzō.

Sensing its master's intent, Samehada voluntarily spat the half-dead prey from its maw and turned its head to fix its gaze upon Danzo.

"What, you want to make a move? You aren't worthy." At this point, Danzo had no intention of letting the other party go; otherwise, not only would he fail the mission Shisui had entrusted to him, but he would also lose any chance of competing for the position of Fifth Mizukage forever.

"You old bastard, you're courting death!" Enraged, Suikazan Fuguki no longer cared about the consequences of attacking the Mizukage's aide. He hoisted Samehada with one arm and swung it toward Danzo's waist.

With this strike, Fuguki was determined to make the "Uchiha Madara" before him pay the price; he had even simulated several potential counter-measures the man might take, along with his own subsequent responses, in his mind.

Unfortunately, the result was a scene he had never once imagined.

Is this... a Clone Technique? Watching as "Uchiha Madara" was sliced in two at the waist by the Samehada in his hands, yet seeing none of the gruesome imagery he had expected, Suikazan Fuguki suspected the man had used a clone in advance.

However, the "Uchiha Madara" sliced in two did not vanish, nor did it conform to any type of Clone Technique he knew.

"No, that's not right. It's not a clone." It was only then that Suikazan Fuguki realized something was wrong.

"Could it be... a genjutsu?" Suikazan Fuguki, who possessed absolute confidence in his own strength, could not believe that he had fallen for the man's genjutsu without even realizing it.

"Only just noticed? How pathetic." Within Suikazan Fuguki's field of vision, the "Uchiha Madara" who had been sliced in two was mocking him with a calm expression.

In truth, from the very first moment Suikazan Fuguki laid eyes on Danzo, Danzo's genjutsu had already been activated.

Yet, Suikazan Fuguki had stared directly into the Sharingan without even knowing it.

That was why Danzo believed the man didn't even have the qualifications to cross blades with him.

"Since that's the case, I shall try that technique."

Fuguki, already trapped in the Sharingan's genjutsu, was nothing more than meat on a chopping block, left to Danzo's mercy.

"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique."