Verdict: Life Imprisonment

Danzō's eye beneath his mask was blood-red.

Within that scarlet eye, a pitch-black four-bladed pinwheel flashed past.

"This... this is..."

The two advisors stared at Danzō's eye, their fingers beginning to tremble.

Hiruzen Sarutobi said grimly, "Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan!"

"So... so that brat's Sharingan was transplanted into your own eye!" The two Konoha advisors wore expressions of utter disbelief.

Yet Danzō said indifferently, "The man is dead. Rather than let this Sharingan lie dormant, it would be better for this old man to let it continue to shine and contribute, so it can fulfill its value!"

"Oh?" Mirai sneered. "So its way of shining and contributing is letting you use it to control me!"

Originally, Danzō's calculations had been flawless.

With Shisui's Mangekyō ability, even ordinary Kage-level experts could be controlled.

Let alone a mere brat like Mirai.

Who would have thought that this brat was such a monster?

Even his final trump card had failed in Mirai's hands.

"What? Danzō, you actually..." Hiruzen Sarutobi was greatly shocked.

He had never imagined that Danzō would do such a thing just now.

At that moment, a strange fluctuation spread out.

Danzō's body suddenly became illusory before solidifying once more.

Immediately afterward, his Sharingan began to lose its light, eventually turning grayish white.

"This is..." After a brief thought, Hiruzen Sarutobi realized what had happened.

"This is the forbidden technique Izanagi. You actually used this forbidden technique!"

"Hmph, what a hateful brat!"

When Mirai had raised his Thunder Blade against him, Danzō had thought Mirai intended to kill him.

To save his own life, he had decisively used Izanagi.

Who the hell knew that Mirai merely wanted to tear off his mask?

In the end, it had turned into such a brazen display!

"With such a precious eye, you actually used it like this..." Hiruzen Sarutobi could no longer hold back and immediately began cursing him.

"Isn't it just one eye?" Danzō said dismissively.

Mirai gave a cold laugh. "Of course, it's just one eye. Our Lord Danzō has plenty in stock."

"Nani?" Hiruzen Sarutobi instantly raised his head and stared at Mirai.

Even Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Jiraiya stared directly at Mirai.

Seeing the confusion in everyone's eyes, Mirai was in no hurry.

With a gesture of his right hand, he summoned the Chidori Sharp Spear and thrust it toward Danzō's severed arm on the ground.

With a crackle of thunder, a brilliant blue light erupted.

The seal on the severed arm was forcibly shattered by Mirai's Lightning Release ninjutsu.

Danzō's face immediately turned ashen...

"Gasp..."

Even these people, who had seen countless storms, were frightened by the sight before them.

The severed arm was densely covered with Sharingan.

"This... this is..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was now so furious that he could barely speak.

His trembling finger pointed at the severed arm on the ground as he stared at Danzō.

What Danzō had done was a desecration of the dead.

Such conduct was despised and absolutely forbidden.

"There's something even more shocking," Mirai said flatly.

Everyone froze again. This still wasn't shocking enough?

There was something even more shocking? What could it be?

The Chidori Sharp Spear appeared in Mirai's hand once more, and he slashed it across the severed arm.

No one understood what Mirai was trying to do.

But in the very next moment, everyone's expressions changed once again.

They turned to shock, before all becoming furious.

Because everyone could clearly see that Mirai's severed arm was healing on its own.

And it was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Th-This...?" Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado felt a chill run through their hearts.

"Danzō!"

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, could finally no longer remain seated. He let out a furious roar.

That roar gave Konoha's two advisors quite a fright.

Hiruzen Sarutobi roared in fury, "I'll set the Sharingan aside for now, but this... this is Wood Release!"

"You actually dared to desecrate the First Hokage's remains!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice boomed like thunder, making the hearts of the two advisors beside him tremble.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had sharp eyes. The moment he saw the severed arm's regenerative ability, he had already seen through its secret.

With such heaven-defying vitality, who besides the cells of Konoha's First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, could possess it?

"What?!"

"Hiruzen, are you saying this arm contains the First Hokage's cells?!"

Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane were completely stunned.

Then, blazing fury rose in both their hearts.

The three of them were truly enraged now. They genuinely regarded Danzō as an enemy.

Looking at the three before him, Mirai knew his guess had been correct.

If it had merely been the desecration of the Uchiha Clan's corpses, the three might have publicly condemned it before letting the matter pass.

But if they learned that, in addition to desecrating the Uchiha Clan, he had also desecrated the First Hokage of the ninja world, that would be entirely different.

The First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, was revered throughout the ninja world as the God of Shinobi.

In Konoha, he was even regarded as the village's faith.

Even these old men present, as disciples of the Second Hokage, were filled with reverence for the First Hokage.

Now that Danzō's actions had been exposed, he had already crossed everyone's bottom line.

"Danzō, I truly never expected that only today would I finally see you for who you really are!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice was low, his tone filled with disappointment.

Mirai glanced at everyone. Afraid that the fire was not burning fiercely enough yet, he deliberately added more fuel.

"The First Hokage Senju Hashirama's standing in Konoha is something I need not explain; I'm sure you all understand it. Once today's matter spreads, who knows what kind of uproar it will cause?"

"Th-This..." Everyone stared wide-eyed, at a loss for words.

"And if the matter of the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan also spreads, what will Konoha's other bloodline clans think?"

"Will Konoha be able to withstand the pressure of these two matters when the time comes?"

"Gasp..."

A series of gasps rang out as everyone drew in a sharp breath.

Mirai was not saying this casually. The implications were truly terrifying upon careful thought.

The Uchiha Clan had already been wiped out, yet such things were done to them after their deaths.

Leaving everything else aside, what would the other clans think once they learned of this?

Would they believe that they, too, would meet the same fate as the Uchiha Clan?

When that time came, would they still stand united with Konoha?

When that time came, would they continue supporting Konoha?

At that thought, everyone's gazes turned cold—ice-cold.