The main reason Danzo was terrified
was Chuan Yu's appearance.
For a moment,
he had almost thought the person before him was Shisui.
But soon,
he burst into laughter in the grasp of Chuan Yu's Susanoo.
"What are you laughing at?"
Chuan Yu asked coldly, looking at him.
Danzo coughed violently.
A trickle of blood slipped from the corner of his mouth.
"That eye has already fused with you to such an extent..."
"If I get it now..."
"It'll be an unexpected bonus!"
"You shouldn't have come..."
Chuan Yu's eyes flashed with sharpness.
A massive Spiral Sword suddenly appeared in Susanoo's right hand.
Green flames blazed fiercely.
The instant Chuan Yu swung his right hand,
the Spiral Sword pierced straight through Danzo's body.
"Pfft... Urgh..."
"Ah..."
The pain was beyond words,
impossible to describe.
His scream caught in his throat; he couldn't even cry out.
Chuan Yu yanked hard.
Danzo was instantly torn in two.
But Chuan Yu knew
Danzo wouldn't die so easily.
On his right arm,
he had a large number of Uchiha Sharingan.
The reason some Uchiha clan members had mysteriously disappeared earlier
was the conspiracy between Orochimaru and Danzo.
And that arm of his
was also Orochimaru's handiwork.
What Chuan Yu wanted wasn't just Shisui's other eye.
He also wanted...
the Hashirama Cells in Danzo's right arm...
Although those Hashirama Cells were insignificant in number,
for Chuan Yu,
even if they couldn't awaken the Rinnegan,
they could at least let him use Kotoamatsukami one more time in the near future.
That was crucial.
"Looks like that eye has brought you quite a few benefits."
Sure enough,
Danzo jumped down calmly from the treetop behind Chuan Yu, his eyes narrowed.
"Not just that."
"It also let me see clearly just how rotten Konoha is!"
Chuan Yu turned around and said coldly.
To him, Konoha now
was like a withered rose,
with nowhere for its petals to rest.
"That's one thing you don't understand as well as Shisui."
"He understood Konoha's intentions very well."
Danzo brought up Shisui,
then smiled sinisterly.
He was rubbing salt in the wound—
revenge for Chuan Yu's attack just moments ago.
"Shisui was very important to me."
"But it was precisely because he understood Konoha's intentions"
"that he was driven to his death."
"I'm not Shisui."
"So I don't have to repeat the same mistakes he made!"
Chuan Yu didn't hesitate any longer.
Continuing to talk would only waste time.
He sprang toward Danzo.
Just then,
two figures suddenly leaped out from behind Danzo.
They both swung their long swords at Chuan Yu.
Chuan Yu nearly froze in disbelief.
Swords against Susanoo...
Who taught you that?
The instant the blades touched Susanoo,
both shattered.
But an odd smile appeared on Danzo's face.
The two figures before him suddenly turned into clouds of smoke.
In their place were several Explosive Tags.
The tags detonated with a tremendous blast.
And behind Chuan Yu,
the two men appeared again.
"Fu! Back me up!"
"Understood!"
Chuan Yu glanced sideways.
The blond-haired man was Fū Yamanaka of the Yamanaka Clan.
The black-haired man was Torune of the Aburame Clan.
These two were Danzo's strongest subordinates.
Both of them were stronger than anyone else in Root.
Chuan Yu naturally couldn't afford to underestimate them.
Torune quickly took off his shirt.
His body was soon covered in a layer of purplish-black.
"Wind Release: Great Kamaitachi!"
Before Fū,
a whirlwind gathered.
He infused the wind with chakra.
The whirlwind immediately turned into a storm and swept toward Chuan Yu's back.
Chuan Yu was protected by Susanoo,
so his back wouldn't be struck directly.
But Susanoo, still incomplete, wasn't all that sturdy.
Fū's Wind Release
couldn't damage Susanoo at all.
But the technique lasted a long time
and wouldn't disappear anytime soon.
That effectively cut off Chuan Yu's escape route.
Unfazed,
Chuan Yu sneered, deciding to take the two men out in one blow.
Suddenly, a crack rang out.
Chuan Yu whipped around.
On Susanoo's sturdy back,
a fine crack had appeared.
Though it was only a hairline fracture,
Chuan Yu was still startled.
The Wind Release had lasted too long,
and this was his first time using Susanoo,
so it was only natural that he was struggling.
"Using Susanoo with a single Mangekyo Sharingan really is difficult..."
Chuan Yu let out a deep breath.
Torune had already moved up to the crack in Susanoo.
The instant his fingertip touched it,
countless Nano-bugs burrowed inside.
Chuan Yu furrowed his brow, and the green flames on his body quickly closed in on the crack.
The smell of burning filled the air.
The two sides were locked in a stalemate.
Seeing that Torune had succeeded, Fū immediately returned to Danzo's side.
"Hmph..."
"Just a child..."
"You really think you can save the Uchiha?"
Danzo sneered,
looking toward the distant Uchiha compound.
There was no sign of movement there.
He knew
Itachi had broken his promise.
Anger surged through him.
Danzo had already come up with a new plan.
"Notify Root!"
"Gather everyone and launch an attack on the Uchiha compound immediately!"
"The Clan Annihilation Plan starts now..."
Fū looked awkward when he heard this.
"Lord Danzo..."
"Everyone in Root has gone to reinforce Konoha's border..."
"They probably can't come right now..."
Danzo froze.
"What happened?!"
"Did someone leak the news?!"
Fū shook his head. "It was Ao of the Mist Village..."
"He led an elite Anbu unit from the Mist Village here..."
"So..."
When Chuan Yu heard Fū's words,
he immediately understood.
That day, when he had let Ao go.
And he had made a deal with him.
Today, he had indeed kept his word.
Root had been drawn into the conflict.
As for the Anbu...
Hiruzen Sarutobi was waiting for news from Danzo in the Hokage Building.
Although he had promised Danzo he could mobilize the Anbu tonight,
Kakashi had blocked the reinforcements.
On the day of the incident,
Chuan Yu had personally gone to see Kakashi.
Because Danzo had captured him,
Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't chosen to believe Kakashi right away.
It was only after Danzo's interrogation
that Hiruzen Sarutobi finally realized what he had done.
To Kakashi, who had always been loyal,
it seemed Konoha had never trusted anyone at all.
Dissatisfaction soon took root in his heart.
He agreed to Chuan Yu's request.
Tonight, Kakashi stood among Chuan Yu's men.
"But it doesn't matter..."
"How could one man possibly bring Konoha to its knees?!"
Watching Chuan Yu held at bay, Danzo burst into a brazen laugh.
The Nano-bugs quickly devoured the massive Susanoo,
and Chuan Yu's body along with it.
"Root..."
"Remember to take his left eye..."
Danzo said calmly,
as if everything had already been decided.
The Susanoo shattered.
Nano-bugs broke through Chuan Yu's body.
At that moment, only his left eye remained exposed.
His body couldn't move.
Torune walked up to Chuan Yu
and reached out with his right hand, ready to gouge out the Mangekyo.
Suddenly,
Chuan Yu clamped a hand around his neck!
Danzo and Fū Yamanaka froze in shock.
"How... how is this possible..."
"My bugs clearly severed your nerves..."
Chuan Yu lifted Torune into the air.
Torune was struggling to breathe.
He couldn't understand. The bugs were still crawling all over Chuan Yu,
so why did Chuan Yu look completely unharmed?
By all rights,
every cell in Chuan Yu's body should have been destroyed by now.
Over a thousand Nano-bugs had just entered his body...
"You're right..."
"Your bugs did enter my body."
"But..."
"What your eyes are seeing..."
"Is it real...?"
The pupil of Chuan Yu's left eye suddenly widened.
"Dianli Dongxiang!"
The moment blood streamed from Chuan Yu's left eye, Danzo's expression changed in alarm.
"Get out of here!"
He spun around and ran.
Danzo took Fū Yamanaka with him and raced toward the Hokage Building.
Suddenly, hundreds of Kunai flew out from in front of them.
Danzo and Fū hurriedly raised their arms to defend themselves.
After landing on the treetops, they looked carefully ahead.
In a daze,
hundreds of figures gradually emerged...
Thick mist shrouded the dark forest.
They looked like a pack of wolves.
Every figure had a pair of crimson eyes!
"Who said I was alone..."
"Danzo..."
"Your time has come!"
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