Duel

Even Manda, who had never suffered such humiliation under Orochimaru, was utterly helpless.

Though he wanted to resist, the Mangekyō Sharingan was simply too despairing. It could even control Tailed Beasts, let alone a slightly larger giant snake.

If Sasuke really used genjutsu to control his actions, there was no guarantee he would not be used as cannon fodder.

"Fine, but after we kill them, the bodies are all mine!"

There were fewer of them than he would have liked, but they were all decent sacrifices. And there was that Baku—though he did not know whether he could swallow it whole. He would have to chop it into pieces to digest it bit by bit.

"Do as you please!"

Sasuke Uchiha's only goal was to kill Shimura Danzō. Whether these people ended up as corpses in the wilderness or in Manda's stomach was irrelevant.

Since Manda was willing to cooperate, Sasuke Uchiha was happy to lighten his burden a little.

As for the minor characters below, Sasuke did not take them seriously at all.

But reality harshly poured a bucket of cold water over Sasuke Uchiha, who had believed victory was already in his grasp.

"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"

Kinoe, whom Sasuke Uchiha had not considered a threat apart from that pair of Sharingan, suddenly erupted with immense chakra. In the blink of an eye, Sasuke Uchiha, who had joined forces with Manda, found himself in trouble.

Manda, blessed with both strength and speed, became entangled among a vast expanse of thick tree trunks. Sasuke Uchiha, meanwhile, had no choice but to draw the Kusanagi Sword and continually slash apart the Wood Release attacks coming at him.

"Hey, Uchiha brat, just what kind of people did you provoke?"

Manda had seen the gloomy Shimura Danzō and the enormous, bloated