Danzo's Death Countdown
As the blue skull fully materialized, a chilling and violent Chakra surged wildly within the base.
The Root elites who were originally surrounding Orochimaru involuntarily tensed up under this terrifying pressure.
This has nothing to do with ninja skills; it's purely an instinctive reaction of a creature when faced with a apex predator far exceeding its ecological niche!
But they still didn't back down.
These tools, forged by the Root in the most ruthless way, will not disobey their master's orders, even in the face of death.
Kowtowing, enveloped by that blue skeleton, coldly looked down at Danzo before him.
Two lines of scarlet tears, unknowingly, slowly slid down from his eyes, along his handsome and unruly face, and silently fell to the ground at his feet.
As he sensed the rapidly depleting power in his eyes, a deep sense of unease washed over him.
Even though he had expected it, the intense drain on his ocular power to maintain Susanoo still made him tremble.
If it weren't for absorbing the Mangekyo power left behind by the reincarnation of Indra from a thousand years ago in the ruins of the Uzumaki Clan,
Simply summoning this form of Susanoo is enough to cause irreversible deterioration of one's eyesight.
"It seems... we must finish this quickly."
He murmured to himself, a resolute glint flashing in his still-bleeding Mangekyō Sharingan.
We must eliminate this inherently evil old Shimura, before his pupil power is depleted to the point of affecting his eyesight!
He silently made a decision in his heart.
However, just as he was preparing to activate Susanoo and launch the first attack on Danzo,
Suddenly, he felt an unusual, yet incredibly powerful, burst of Chakra erupting right in front of him!
Koko glanced at Danzo in front of him, his expression becoming more serious.
At this moment, Danzo had removed all the bandages from his body.
The white strips of cloth slipped off his shoulders and piled up in circles at his feet, revealing a body that sent chills down one's spine just by looking at it.
Except for a small area on Danzo's right waist and abdomen that retained a normal human flesh color, the Danzo his body appeared an inhuman pale white.
His torso was covered with a dense network of prominent veins.
Those bulging veins Danzo slightly beneath Danzo's pale skin, as if they were ready to burst forth at any moment.
Corresponding to his monstrous body, the aura emanating from him also rose steadily.
A Chakra, brimming with violent life force, exploded from his body!
At this Danzo was no longer the frail old man who had struggled to speak.
A rosy glow spread across his face, making him look decades younger.
But the prominent veins that ran up his neck to the side of his face made him look particularly ferocious.
The Root ninjas behind him, watching the series of changes that had occurred to Danzo, all had an undisguised look of shock in their eyes.
Kouchan stared calmly at the pale, grotesque body before him, a cold, mocking smile playing on his lips.
"Although I was mentally prepared, you still look even uglier than I expected."
Danzo's expression grew even more serious as he listened to Koko's sarcastic words.
He glanced out of the corner of his eye at Orochimaru, who stood calmly surrounded by Root ninjas, and said in a hoarse voice:
"It seems you're not at all surprised by my appearance."
Kou did not answer Danzo's question.
He simply continued to scrutinize Danzo's body, which was still being eroded by Hashirama Cells, and coldly spoke:
"From that experimental subject named 'Shin,' the missing parts of his body were transplanted. Thanks to his special constitution, which allows for zero rejection of organ transplants, a large number of Hashirama Cells were implanted into your body..."
Orochimaru used this method to treat you, didn't he?
Danzo's expression gradually darkened as he listened to Kona's precise words.
"That brat has indeed learned about me from Orochimaru!"
Kou coldly stared at Danzo's gloomy face and continued:
"Implanting a large number of Hashirama Cells into your body has indeed compensated for your current lack of Sharingan, inability to use Izanagi to save your life, and insufficient strength to confront me head-on."
"But the price of fully unleashing this power would probably be quite high."
At this point, Kou slightly tilted his head, the cold, mocking smile on his lips deepening.
How much longer can you live?
"I'm afraid you won't even last an hour. You'll die a gruesome and painful death in the most miserable way due to the complete loss of control of the Hashirama Cells."
Looking intently at Danzo before him, he said in a deep voice:
Even if I turn and leave right now, you're destined not to survive the night.
The sound of the knocking wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the ears of every Root ninja present.
The atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.
Several Root ninjas even subconsciously shifted their gaze from Orochimaru to Danzo.
Their expressionless faces betrayed no emotion, but the way they looked at Danzo revealed the shock they felt.
"... My life or death is not important."
Danzo's voice was very calm, without any extraneous emotion.
He stood in the enormous shadow cast by Susanoo, his left eye gazing straight up at Koko, who was nestled within the blue skull:
"The important thing is that I will use these last moments to completely eliminate you, this scourge that threatens Konoha!!"
Before he finished speaking, Danzo's figure vanished from the spot.
With the physical enhancement provided by Hashirama Cells, Danzo unleashed a speed completely beyond his years!
In the blink of an eye, he appeared directly in front of the blue skull, a Kunai already gripped in his hand, and thrust it fiercely at the Susanoo skeleton protecting Kotobuki!
"Clang!!"
The tip of the Kunai snapped off the moment it pierced Susanoo's skeleton!
The crisp sound of metal breaking was particularly jarring in this empty underground space.
The surface of Susanoo's skeleton was completely free of even the slightest scratch.
"... Tang Bi."
Inside Susanoo, looking out at the Susanoo skeleton, Danzo, who was standing there holding a broken blade, twitched slightly at the Danzo of his mouth.
He muttered a curse in a voice only he could hear, then activated Susanoo without hesitation.
The enormous blue skeletal hand lashed out at Danzo beside it with incredible speed!
Danzo looked up at the giant Susanoo hand that was suddenly grabbing at him, his face still showing no fear.
His pale hands Hand Seals with such speed that they became almost blurry!
"Wood Release --Tree Boundary Wall!"
As his hoarse shout fell, the ground suddenly cracked open!
A vertical wooden shield, woven from countless thick vines and stakes, rose from the crack and blocked the Susanoo's giant hand just as it was about to strike.
Susanoo's giant hand slammed heavily onto the tree barrier, and the seemingly sturdy wooden shield trembled violently under the impact.
Countless pieces of wood and broken vines flew out from the impact surface, but the momentum of Susanoo's giant hand was indeed barely blocked by this wooden wall for a moment.