Outside the Uchiha Clan Compound.
Under the ink-black night sky, Danzo stood in the forest outside the clan compound, leaning on his cane. The lone eye exposed beyond his bandages gleamed with a scarlet madness.
Whoosh!
A Root operative appeared behind him and dropped to one knee.
"Lord Danzo, we found that man claiming to be Uchiha Madara in the Uchiha Clan Compound!"
Danzo's pupil suddenly contracted!
"Are you certain?"
"Certain! We have confirmed it—it is undoubtedly Uchiha Madara, the one who infiltrated Root!"
The air fell silent for a moment.
Danzo's shoulders trembled slightly. Then, the lone eye beyond his bandages sank into uncontrollable, frenzied ecstasy.
"Hahaha! At last, I've found you..."
Endless chill and cold seemed to fill Danzo's eye.
"Immediately mobilize Root to surround and eliminate him! Bring over every remaining member from the base!"
"Yes!"
The kneeling Root operative vanished.
This place fell silent once more.
Danzo gazed wistfully toward the Uchiha Clan Compound. Beneath the cover of night, the compound seemed to possess a different kind of beauty.
"This time, I'll destroy all of you together..."
While Root was surrounding Obito.
On the other side, the ninjas who had infiltrated the Uchiha Clan Compound had already begun their operation.
Outside an Uchiha residence, several masked Root operatives exchanged hand signals. The leader tossed a spherical smoke bomb into the house.
Pale yellow fog surged up in an instant, swallowing more than half the room within seconds.
This specially made smoke bomb contained a toxin that robbed people of their ability to resist.
If a ninja inhaled it, they would quickly fall into paralysis and unconsciousness.
If an untrained civilian or child inhaled it, they would soon die, unable to withstand the toxin.
This was also one of Danzo's sources of confidence in launching the