"Enough! Danzo! Stop being so stubborn! Stop this at once!"
"D-Damn it!!! Sarutobi... Urgh~~"
"Still like this! Why are you like this!? Why!?"
"Sarutobi, you, you bastard... Ah~~"
"This saddens me, Danzo! I don't understand why you became like this, but as your friend, I have to beat some sense into you!!!"
"Sarutobi, aaahhh~~~~"
Bang bang bang bang bang~~~
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzo each said what they wanted to say.
Hiruzen Sarutobi hated to see Danzo fail to live up to expectations. Heartbroken and enraged, he hoped to use the "Iron Rod of a True Friend" to pull his best friend back from the wrong path.
Shimura Danzo, meanwhile, was both shocked and furious. Ever since Hiruzen Sarutobi had entered his golden form, he had been getting beaten senseless.
He had Wood Release ninjutsu, extensive combat experience, the Mangekyo Sharingan, and a fragment of the Four Souls Jewel.
Yet it was clear that Hiruzen Sarutobi, as Hokage, surpassed Shimura Danzo across the board in raw strength and possessed exceptionally sharp combat instincts.
Therefore, even after receiving such enhancements, once they truly fought, Shimura Danzo was still suppressed by the enraged Hiruzen Sarutobi. The Third Hokage, still at the tail end of his prime, displayed strength far beyond that of an ordinary jonin. He wielded all five elemental releases masterfully, unleashing endless combinations of ninjutsu that forced Shimura Danzo into passive defense.
In truth, both were Kage-level experts, and the gap between them was not that great. However, Shimura Danzo had been overly confident in his Wood Release from the start. His arrogance allowed Hiruzen Sarutobi to seize the initiative and dictate the rhythm of the battle.
And so, Shimura Danzo became the one taking the beating.
By this point, quite a few ninja had gathered outside the Four Violet