Danzo Upgraded! Danzo ProMax!

Beneath the Hokage Building, inside Root's laboratory.

Brown wooden racks were filled with jars containing Sharingan—twenty-four in total. One had a gray-white pupil and had lost its luster. There were also seven Three-Tomoe Sharingan; the rest were two-tomoe and one-tomoe.

That was right. These were the eyes of the Uchiha ninja who had died on their return from the mission at the Land of Fire's daimyo estate.

Danzo was lying on the operating table.

He gave them their final pre-operation orders.

"Remember, once the operation begins, no matter how I react, do not stop unless my life is in danger!"

"Yes!"

Three surgical staff members wearing white caps, masks, and yellow lab coats acknowledged the command.

The surgery began. Anesthesia was administered, followed by equipment to monitor his heartbeat and pulse, keeping constant watch over Danzo's vital signs.

"Beginning implantation of the first Sharingan."

The operation proceeded rapidly, and the Three-Tomoe Sharingan on the racks dwindled one by one.

"Beginning implantation of the fifth Sharingan."

However, the very instant the fifth Sharingan was implanted into Danzo's arm—

The monitor beside him showed his heartbeat had nearly reached two hundred! The machine immediately blared an alarming warning.

Danzo, unconscious on the operating table, twisted into a hideous expression and began to howl unconsciously. His right shoulder and arm began to wither.

"Quick! His Yin-Yang Chakra is out of balance! Inject the Hashirama Cell solution!"

The medical staff hurriedly took out a syringe. Keeping their eyes on the monitor, they slowly injected the pale green liquid.

One hundred sixty, one hundred thirty, eighty-four.

Danzo's heartbeat gradually stabilized. At the same time, the Yin-Yang Release Chakra within his body returned to a nearly one-to-one ratio.

Another half hour passed before the implantation was finally complete. The medical ninja immediately began treating Danzo with the Mystical Palm Technique.

Before long, Danzo opened his eyes and awoke.

He climbed straight off the operating table and sensed the Chakra within his body.

It was fuller than ever before! His Chakra had directly tripled! He raised his right hand and looked at it.

Seven scarlet Sharingan opened at once, their three tomoe standing sharply within their pupils.

Danzo looked at the blood-red Sharingan on his hand and the pale white skin.

What a perfect arm. So this was Orochimaru's research result—the perfect fusion of Uchiha and Senju power!

He raised his hand again and removed the bandages around his right eye, exposing the Mangekyō Sharingan to the air.

Walking to the mirror, Danzo continued admiring his masterpiece.

Wood Style! Mangekyō Sharingan! The ultimate secrets of both the Senju and Uchiha clans were now in his hands. Who in Konoha could possibly stand against him, Danzo, now?!

It was only a pity he had failed to obtain Shisui's other Mangekyo. Shisui had likely destroyed it, so he could no longer glimpse the Uchiha clan's Susanoo.

Once the surgery was over, Danzo left the operating room. Aburame Ryoma and over thirty elite Root ninja were guarding the door.

Danzo looked at Aburame Ryoma's empty right arm, and his brow immediately furrowed.

Seeing this, Ryoma promptly dropped to one knee.

"Lord Danzo! I never expected that Uchiha Chikura would know the forbidden technique Izanagi! He caught me off guard."

"But please rest assured, my Aburame branch mainly fights through insect control. Losing one right arm will not greatly affect my strength."

"Moreover, I have secretly brought Aburame Torune to Root's training camp. In just a few years, that child will be able to take my place!"

Upon hearing Aburame Torune's name, a satisfied smile appeared on Danzo's face. He knew that little brat covered in purple venomous insects.

He was the orphaned son of the deceased elder brother of Aburame Shibi, the current head of the Aburame clan—the child who had inherited Aburame Shikuroo's venomous insects.

When Danzo had gone to the Aburame clan with Root ninja and the Hokage's orders to demand people, he had failed to take the two children he had set his sights on, Aburame Shino and Aburame Torune. He could only settle for taking another child from a branch family.

Yet he had never expected Aburame Ryoma to somehow bring this genius over.

If used properly, this child would become a devastating weapon in war!

"Not bad. Then I will overlook your mistake in losing a Three-Tomoe Sharingan this time."

"Go in now. I will have them implant an arm for you."

Danzo was quite pleased with Ryoma's private actions. As a reward, he granted Ryoma a new arm.

As for the fact that Ryoma had completed this mission, delivered the genius boy Aburame Torune, and received nothing but a replacement arm—

Danzo felt that it had nothing to do with him. As long as this man, whom he had already brainwashed, could serve him, he would be happy enough inside. Wasn't Danzo's praise itself a reward?

Just as Danzo was smugly indulging in his own delight, a shout interrupted his fantasies.

"Who is it?! Can't you see I just had surgery and am resting to recover?!"

A Root ninja wearing a cat-face mask dropped to one knee before Danzo. Panting heavily, he spoke in a trembling voice.

"Forgive me for disturbing your rest, Lord Danzo. This subordinate deserves death, but the situation is truly urgent! This intelligence must be reported to you immediately!"

Danzo frowned at once.

"Speak. What intelligence could possibly warrant such a fuss?"

Having just received seven implanted Sharingan, Danzo felt that he had evolved from Danzo into Danzo ProMax!

He truly believed himself invincible in Konoha—perhaps even throughout the Ninja World!

After all, this was the power of the Uchiha and Senju...

"Itachi Uchiha, Uchiha Senya, and Uchiha Fugaku have just attacked Root!"

Danzo's expression remained calm.

"So, three Uchiha attacked Root. What is there to make such a fuss over...?"

Smack!!

Danzo slapped the Cat Mask Ninja across the face so hard that his mask cracked.

"What did you say?! Why did you ramble for so long before telling me something this important?!"

"All Root personnel! Return to Root with me immediately!"

"Ryoma's operation has not started yet. Bring him too!"

Danzo led the more than thirty elite Root ninja behind him straight back to the forest behind Hokage Rock.

They arrived at the underground base.

The air was thick with the stench of burning.

The main gate had been kicked open. The guards had fallen at the entrance, their corpses carbonized.

Not a sound could be heard throughout the base. It was filled with deathly silence.

Danzo entered the base, and the sight before him filled him with rage.

Even the corpses had been burned down to nothing but skeletons and ashes.

"How could three Uchiha possess such strength?! Even if they were all merely Chunin and Genin, how could they wipe them out and leave so quickly?!"

The Cat Mask Ninja knelt before Danzo again.

"Lord Danzo, when I left to report to you, I saw that Uchiha Senya's eyes were different from a Three-Tomoe Sharingan. There was another pattern..."

Smack!!!

Another heavy slap left the Cat Mask Ninja dizzy and disoriented. His mask split apart, and he collapsed unconscious onto the ground.

Danzo's eyes revealed undisguised greed and ferocity.

"Another pair of Mangekyō Sharingan! That damned Uchiha Senya..."

"It seems I still have a chance to glimpse Susanoo—the power of a god!"

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