Danzo's Finale

Naraku's eyes were a sinister crimson, Three-Tomoe Sharingan within his pupils spun, changing shape.

Shisui was terrified when he heard Naraku's calm voice. He couldn't understand why the clan leader was still so composed at this moment.

"Clan Chief! You're the Hokage! We're doomed!"

The Reverse Four-Symbols Seal rapidly shrank, Orochimaru escaped to the edge of the barrier, but he was still a step too late. The barrier suddenly contracted, Orochimaru was trapped inside, like a snake caught in a net.

"You old geezer!"

Orochimaru, despite his meticulous planning, hadn't anticipated this, and roared in terror.

Naraku's left eye glowed with an increasingly eerie red light, pulsating with mysterious fluctuations.

"The Stars Shift!"

The enormous, terrifying barrier suddenly contracted in front of Naraku and his companions, then expanded in the opposite direction, growing to a range of 600 meters. A second later, it expanded to its maximum range of nearly one kilometer.

The barrier collapsed, turning into black blood. It returned to where it came from. The black blood gathered in the distance and flew Danzo's body.

"What is this!? Cough! Cough!"

Danzo poured all his Chakra and blood into the final forbidden technique, leaving only his last vestiges of consciousness. The black blood recirculated, restoring some of his life force, and he coughed heavily twice.

"This is..."

Orochimaru, trapped in the barrier, fell to the ground when he was about 100 meters away from Danzo. Orochimaru quickly got up and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Uchiha Ruofeng's expression became even more ferocious. As the barrier closed at his feet, he forcibly activated his Chakra Mangekyō Sharingan. However, due to insufficient chakra, he was unable to weaken the Ninjutsu. Instead, he became confused due to the strong extraction of Chakra from his body and collapsed to the ground.

Uchiha Shisui stared blankly at the scene.

"Ha, a mere trifle."

Naraku remained calm throughout, gave a cold laugh, and walked towards Danzo lying on the ground.

Danzo's Ninjutsu, which had been infused with all his strength, was broken. All his blood flowed back, and his near-death state, from which his blood had been drained, began to warm up slightly. However, Danzo seemed to have lost his fighting spirit and was somewhat dazed. Suddenly, Danzo let out a miserable cry.

"Ugh!"

Danzo's right arm, having exhausted all of his Sharingan, was barely holding on to resist the Wood Release's erosion. At this moment, a sapling mysteriously sprouted from his right arm, and a large tree quickly took shape. Danzo was suddenly struck by the backlash of the Wood Release.

Naraku handed the Gunbai in his left hand to the dazed Shisui, picked up his sword in his right hand, and slowly walked to the big tree. The tree was about fifteen meters tall, and Danzo's face was visible about a person's height above the trunk.

Naraku looked at the strange face of Danzo on the trunk of the large tree, sensing that Danzo still had a trace of life, and said coldly:

"Danzo, you coveted the power of the Senju and Uchiha; you deserve this fate."

You are a relic of the old era, and just an ordinary Konoha Ninja. Konoha is none of your business to worry about this.

"Rest in peace. In your next life, don't worry about this for me, the Hokage."

After saying this, Naraku raised his Danzo in his right hand and stabbed it into Danzo's exposed head, about to his throat, finishing Danzo.

Laugh!

"Puff!"

Danzo was stabbed in the throat, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. Ironically, he became more lucid. With his last bit of strength, Danzo opened his eyes wide and stared directly at Uchiha Nara.

"The right... eye... is a mirror..."

Blood gushed from Danzo's Danzo and mouth inside the tree, whether from Naraku's misplacement or some other reason was unclear. Previously unable to speak, he now uttered his final words in a hoarse, concise voice, his eyes gradually losing their luster.

His right eye still held the last Sharingan. It's unclear whether Danzo out of despair or because, as he claimed, this eye belonged to his classmate Kagami Uchiha and was therefore not considered a expendable item.

Naraku took a deep look at the tree that had suddenly grown out of nowhere, stretched out his right hand and took Danzo's right Danzo Sharingan. A swirling wind appeared in his left palm, and a jar filled with liquid appeared. He put the Sharingan into the jar, closed the lid, and then put it back into his internal space.

"Ruofeng, Shisui, take Itachi back to Konoha. Give him a ten-day break and let him rest well."

After retracting his Sharingan, Naraku whispered something to Ruofeng and Shisui behind him, then turned and walked towards Orochimaru.

"Hi..." x2

Ruofeng and Shisui answered weakly, supporting each other as they leaped toward Uchiha Itachi's hiding place. After helping Uchiha Itachi up, the three of them, supporting each other, gradually disappeared into the distance.

After a short while, Orochimaru regained some composure. He was terrified by Danzo's forbidden technique. Danzo had suddenly activated the forbidden technique right next to him, pouring all his Chakra into it and risking his life to activate it.

Even the usually calm and collected Orochimaru couldn't help but curse Danzo for his treacherous behavior, and the curses he Danzo were extremely offensive.

"The Yondaime..."

Orochimaru looked at the Fourth Hokage in front of him, his expression complex, and greeted him softly.

"Orochimaru, you've stirred up the Shinobi World for so many years, yet we've never heard a word about you. Orochimaru, what have you been doing all these years?"

Naraku stared at Orochimaru before him, his face expressionless, and asked in a cold voice.

Uchiha Zensui received Naraku's orders and performed admirably in the Land of Water, wiping out two Hidden Mist clans in succession. He is now targeting the Hozuki Clan of Hidden Mist, making Kirigakure a true land of blood and mist.

In contrast, Orochimaru remained completely silent, which displeased Naraku.

"Fine, you didn't complete the task I assigned you, but your Earth Style ninjutsu is becoming increasingly sophisticated."

At this point, Naraku's originally black pupils glowed with an eerie red light, and his Sharingan at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was somewhat embarrassed when he heard the Fourth Hokage Naraku's questioning. His expression became even more awkward when Naraku pointed out Naraku's despicable act of using Earth Style in the Root base.

"Ahem, Fourth Hokage, I was seriously injured when I left Konoha and it took me a year to recover. I also played a part in the turmoil in Hidden Mist."

"Can the destruction of the Snow Clan and Kaguya Clan of Kirigakure be considered an achievement?"

Orochimaru was unaware that Orochimaru Uchiha Zensui in Kirigakure, but since his first stop was the Land of Water, he was well aware of what was happening in Kirigakure and shamelessly took all the blame upon himself.

"Oh, anything else?"

Naraku sneered, not exposing his lie.

"Fourth Hokage, I joined an organization called Akatsuki. This organization recruited many S-rank missing-nin from various countries in the Shinobi World, and their ambitions are enormous. In the future, they will surely harm Konoha. Now I am infiltrating the Akatsuki."

Orochimaru spoke softly about the information he had gathered.

Most of the Akatsuki members were S-rank missing-nin from various countries, and they all possessed some forbidden techniques. Although Orochimaru was not afraid of them, he was not entirely without fear.

Orochimaru is currently planning to take down the leader of the Akatsuki and needs strong support.