"Who exactly are you?"
"I know the Uchiha Clan pretty well, and there's no one as powerful as you in it!"
Danzo stopped the Root ninja from attacking further. They weren't strong enough, and their attacks were too ineffective.
"But I refuse to believe a kid in his teens can be that strong!"
"If I attack, you'll die horribly!"
"That Wind Style just now used less than half my chakra."
"You're just relying on some kind of special defensive ninjutsu!"
"An old monster who's lived for who knows how long might fool a three-year-old, but not me."
"Kid, you can still leave while you have the chance!"
Danzo had his own arrogance and confidence.
He'd investigated Zhou Cheng's background long ago. From birth until now, Zhou Cheng had been completely unremarkable, with terrible talent. He couldn't even refine chakra, much less qualify to become a Genin.
How could someone like that suddenly become so powerful?
And according to the reports, his parents' deaths were also suspicious. They'd only been escorting someone, and the route they took hadn't been dangerous.
Could he have acquired some kind of special ninjutsu during the mission, then somehow sent it back to the Hidden Leaf for Zhou Cheng?
Yes, that had to be it!
Otherwise, there was no way to explain Zhou Cheng's strength!
Danzo's imagination ran wild as he pieced together theories about Zhou Cheng.
Even a nearly invincible defensive ninjutsu like that had to have a limit!
Hmph!
You're nothing in front of a Kage Level fighter, kid!
But Danzo had forgotten that Tsunade was also Kage Level.
Even her furious attack had come to nothing!
Without using Kamui, Kakashi wasn't quite Kage Level, but he was still among the very best of the elite Jonin.
His S-rank Lightning Style had also come