"Lord Danzo!!"
Seeing Danzo get killed by Hane once again, the Root operatives nearby could no longer hold back. Countless shuriken and kunai shot toward him like a storm as they drew their weapons, used the Body Flicker Technique, and charged forward.
"Overestimating yourselves..."
Observation Haki detected the Root ninja rushing him from the side and the countless shuriken flying at him, yet Hane could not even be bothered to blink.
He pulled the hand wreathed in black Chidori out of Danzo's body, casually flung Danzo's corpse aside like trash, and used it to block every shuriken and kunai flying through the air.
Sage Art: Chidori: Star Shatter!!
The black lightning radiance of the Wailing Chidori in his hand surged again. He turned it into a streak of darkness and blasted it forth, its violent power instantly reducing the Root ninja charging from nearby—along with the ground beneath their feet—to ash!
"This guy's strength..."
Watching Danzo get killed by Hane again and again, along with their comrades who had charged in only to be instantly reduced to nothing, the Root operatives surrounding them—normally emotionless, numb as machines—seemed to have been cowed by Hane's terrifying strength.
"Another Sharingan used up..."
"You have less and less time left, Danzo."
Ignoring all the trembling Root operatives around him, Hane looked at Danzo, whose face had turned livid after reviving once more with Izanagi. A calm smile rested on Hane's face, but his cruel words sought to utterly crush his opponent.
This was...
Just as he finished speaking, Hane's brow furrowed slightly. His Observation Haki, cultivated to the peak of its second stage, seemed to glimpse a fragment of the future.
Sure enough, at some point, the twenty-odd Root operatives around him had formed a special formation, faintly encircling him. Mysterious black curse marks