The Horrifying Truth

Those damned ingrates!

When he and Sarutobi Hiruzen had been in power, they had hidden their abilities and refused to serve Konoha.

Yet just five years after Uchiha Genya took office, they had worked together to turn Konoha into a force even the Four Great Nations combined had to look up to!

You damned ingrates! You'd rather pledge your loyalty to Uchiha Genya than to me, the Darkness of the Shinobi?

That was what infuriated Danzo most.

What did the people who usually bullied powerful shinobi and Jinchuriki know about being Konoha ingrates?

The real ingrates were those bastards who had always shown up for work but never put in any effort!

Black Zetsu didn't care how bitter Danzo felt. He immediately asked the question that had been nagging at him.

"Where exactly did you hide Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō?"

If Kotoamatsukami was still hidden somewhere in this world, they might still have a slim chance of turning things around.

The thought made Danzo's temper flare.

"How many times must I say it before you people understand? I did attack Shisui, but I was caught in his Kotoamatsukami! Even Izanagi couldn't let me escape that Illusion Technique!"

"And in my altered memories, I only took one Mangekyō, not a pair!"

"I never got my hands on Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami!"

Danzo grew so worked up that he even removed the bandages over his right eye, revealing an ordinary Three-Tomoe Sharingan beneath them.

Impure World Reincarnation was an eerie technique. It did more than summon a soul; it brought a person back in a state close to their peak strength in life.

When Nagato and Uchiha Madara were summoned, they could even use the Rinnegan's power to a limited extent.

Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō had already been transplanted into Sasuke, yet after being reanimated,