The gleaming sheen.
Set off the utterly chilling smile on Sasuke's face below.
"Whoosh!"
An arm suddenly flew out.
Accompanied by the violent shriek of something tearing through the air.
As the ear-piercing spatial tremor erupted—
"Earth Style: Earth-Style Rampart!"
Danzo reacted quickly enough.
His hands formed seals at lightning speed.
"Bang!"
He slammed both palms down.
"Rumble!"
A towering wall rose from the ground.
"Shaa!"
In an instant—
Right at the center—
As a shrill, piercing sound rang out—
The earthen wall was easily pierced.
"Hm!?"
The Chidori Sharp Spear was impossible to stop!
With no time to dodge a second time, Danzo could only jerk his head aside.
"Squish!"
Across his left shoulder—
The surface of his skin was pierced.
"!!"
Blood sprayed out.
It might have looked like nothing more than a superficial wound.
But the lightning's power carried a deep, numbing sting.
Even Danzo couldn't help furrowing his brow and grunting under his breath.
Still, because the wound wasn't fatal, Danzo didn't use Izanagi. There was another important reason, too: only four Sharingan remained on his arm. Even counting the Mangekyō Sharingan in his right eye, he could use Izanagi only five more times. Danzo hadn't expected Sasuke to be this strong, much less that Naruto would show up. He was burning through his Sharingan far too quickly!
And he still hadn't found an opening.
He had to conserve them whenever he could.
Perhaps this one chance would be enough to seize an opening and escape safely!
It was a good plan.
His reasoning was sound.
But in that brief moment—
He lost sight of his surroundings.
"!?"
The next instant—
"Squish!"
In a flash—
A blade suddenly slashed toward him.
It all happened in a tenth of a second.
Before Danzo could react—
On his