Danzo Arrives in Person, Defeated with One Hand, Shocking the Entire Village

Lin Chen taking control of the Uchiha Clan had not been deliberately publicized, yet it still stirred up a tremendous uproar among Konoha's higher-ups.

Inside the Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage smoked his pipe, his brows tightly furrowed and his expression grave to the extreme.

"Fugaku actually surrendered the position of clan head willingly, and the entire Uchiha Clan has submitted to Lin Chen..."

"Has that boy's power of intimidation truly reached such a terrifying level?"

Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane were pale with fear, their hearts filled with panic.

"The Uchiha were already feared by the village. Now that a monster like Lin Chen is watching over them, won't they become even more impossible to restrain within the village?"

"If he ever harbors rebellious intentions, no one in all of Konoha will be able to stop him!"

The Third Hokage let out a long sigh, filled with helplessness.

He wanted to keep them in check, to placate them, to win them over, but before someone on Lin Chen's level, every method seemed powerless and pale.

Once one's strength reached Lin Chen's level, there was no longer any need to care about rules or factions.

Meanwhile.

The atmosphere in Root's underground base was so cold it seemed nearly frozen solid.

Danzo leaned on his cane, murderous intent surging from his lone eye, the hostility around him almost taking physical form.

Dozens of Root elites had been slaughtered. Not only was Lin Chen completely unharmed, but he had also turned around and taken control of the Uchiha Clan.

This was practically a vicious slap across Danzo's face in front of the entire shinobi world!

"Uchiha Lin Chen..."

"You stole my eye, killed my subordinates, and now you dare gather the Uchiha under your banner and oppose me..."

"Today, I will personally capture and kill you, gouge out your Dual Kamui, and cripple all the chakra in your body!"

The expressions of several trusted Root subordinates changed drastically as they hurriedly tried to dissuade him.

"Lord Danzo, you must not! Lin Chen's strength is unfathomable. Even a Root jonin squad was crushed in an instant. It's far too dangerous for you to act personally!"

"That's the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan! We are no match for him at all!"

Danzo snorted sharply. Beneath his sleeve, densely packed Sharingan faintly appeared.

"I have Hashirama's cells within my body, dozens of Sharingan in my arm, and countless forbidden techniques at my command throughout Konoha. Am I supposed to fear some brat?"

"No matter how strong he is, he is still just a teenager."

"Today, I'll let him know who the true master of Konoha's underworld is!"

As soon as his words fell.

Danzo moved, charging straight out of Root's base. Murderous intent soared around him as he headed directly for the Uchiha compound.

He did not conceal his movements. Instead, he deliberately released an immense amount of chakra.

Everywhere he passed, all of Konoha sensed that cold, violent presence.

The villagers fled in panic, while the ninjas' expressions changed drastically.

"It's Lord Danzo!"

"Is he going to fight? Who is his target?"

Everyone realized that something major was about to happen.

Konoha's two great taboo existences were finally about to clash head-on!

Outside the Uchiha compound.

Lin Chen had just stepped out of the council hall when he stopped and looked up toward the village entrance.

A cold, indifferent smile curved at the corner of his lips.

"He came rather quickly."

Fugaku and several Uchiha elders followed closely behind. The moment they sensed the approaching cold chakra, their expressions changed instantly.

"It's Danzo! He actually dared to come here and kill his way in!"

"He's coming for you!"

The clan members all changed expression and instinctively began preparing hand signs for battle.

Lin Chen raised a hand and pressed it down lightly.

"No need to move. He came for me. Just watch from here."

His voice was calm, without the slightest ripple.

As though the one approaching was not Konoha's most vicious Kage-level powerhouse, but merely an ant he could crush at will.

A moment later.

Boom!

An immense wave of chakra crushed down upon them. Danzo's figure moved like a ghost, descending before the Uchiha compound in an instant as he stared coldly at Lin Chen.

Murderous intent, greed, and fury intertwined within his lone eye, making his expression incomparably sinister.

"Uchiha Lin Chen, you finally dare to show yourself!"

"You killed my subordinates and destroyed my Root. Do you really think no one in Konoha can deal with you?"

Lin Chen stood with his hands behind his back, tall and upright, his gaze indifferent as he spoke calmly.

"Danzo, you secretly cultivated death squads, harmed your comrades, hoarded Sharingan, and plotted to control the village. The sins upon you are too great for death ten times over."

"I had not gone looking for you, yet you delivered yourself to my door."

Danzo was so furious that he laughed instead, his voice cold and piercing.

"Arrogant brat, do you think you are worthy of judging me?"

"Today, I will cleanse Konoha of filth, cripple your cultivation, gouge out your eyes, and let you learn the consequences of offending me, Danzo!"

Before his words had even faded.

Danzo's body suddenly vanished, so fast that only an afterimage remained.

The Body Flicker Technique erupted as he lunged at Lin Chen. Chakra gathered in his hand as he struck toward the top of Lin Chen's head, every move aimed to kill.

His palm wind was fierce, venomous chakra carrying deadly killing intent.

Fugaku and the others' expressions changed drastically. Just as they were about to act, they were stunned by the sight before them.

Facing Danzo's all-out surprise attack.

Lin Chen remained where he was, without moving an inch.

His gaze indifferent, he softly uttered a single word.

"Freeze."

Buzz—

An invisible force of space instantly enveloped the surroundings.

Danzo froze in midair, locked in the posture of his charge. His chakra instantly stagnated, and he could not even move a finger.

His palm was only three inches away from Lin Chen, yet it was as though heaven and earth stood between them. He could no longer draw even a fraction closer.

"What?!"

Danzo's pupils constricted sharply, his face full of shock. "Spatial confinement?! How could he immobilize me so easily!"

He was a Kage-level powerhouse!

He possessed Hashirama's cells and had mastered countless forbidden techniques!

Yet he had been frozen in midair by a single word from his opponent, with no ability to resist?

Lin Chen raised his eyes and glanced at him indifferently, his tone cold.

"With only this much skill, you dared come here to throw your life away?"

He raised a hand and gave it a light wave.

Boom!

The power of space suddenly erupted.

It was as though Danzo had been struck head-on by a mountain. His body flew backward instantly and smashed heavily into the ground. The earth exploded with a roar, sending dust and smoke rolling everywhere.

He spat out a mouthful of blood, while the sound of bones shattering throughout his body could be heard clearly.

One move!

With only one move, Danzo had suffered a crushing defeat and vomited blood!

The surrounding Uchiha clan members stared in dumbfounded shock, their scalps tingling.

That was Danzo!

Konoha's underground emperor, a peak Kage-level existence!

Yet before Lin Chen, he could not even withstand a single move?

Fugaku's face was filled with shock, and the last trace of worry in his heart completely vanished.

This was the one they followed.

So powerful that it defied reason, so powerful that he crushed everything!

Within the dust and smoke.

Danzo crawled to his feet in a miserable state, covered in blood. His lone eye was filled with savagery and madness.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe you are this strong!"

"Wood Release: Tree Root Burial!"

Boom!

Countless wooden vines burst madly from the ground, their branches twisted and savage as they swept in every direction. Like giant pythons, they coiled toward Lin Chen, intending to crush him alive.

This was the power of Hashirama's cells!

One of Danzo's greatest trump cards!

"Useless."

Lin Chen spoke softly, raising his fingertips slightly.

Rip—

Space itself tore apart.

The instant all the incoming Wood Release touched the spatial rifts, they were shredded into fragments that scattered through the air. They could not even get close.

"Impossible! That is Hashirama's power!" Danzo roared.

Lin Chen's figure flashed, appearing directly before Danzo in an instant.

He moved so quickly that no one saw what he did.

One hand lightly pressed down on Danzo's head.

"The power you take such pride in is nothing but trash before me."

His pressure erupted.

Bang!

Danzo's legs snapped instantly. With a thud, he fell to his knees, his entire body trembling violently. He could no longer stand. All the chakra in his body was completely suppressed, leaving him unable to move.

He struggled wildly, screaming and roaring, but it was useless.

A formidable Konoha tyrant was now like a homeless dog, kneeling before Lin Chen and at his mercy.

"Let me go! Uchiha Lin Chen! I am an elder of Konoha! You cannot kill me!"

"If you kill me, you will become an enemy of all Konoha!"

The cold smile on Lin Chen's lips deepened.

"Konoha?"

"A cancer like you thinks you are worthy of representing Konoha?"

"You hoarded Sharingan, controlled Root, plotted against the Uchiha, schemed for the position of Hokage, and stained both hands with blood. Your crimes are monstrous."

"Today, I will rid Konoha of this scourge."

As his words fell.

Lin Chen's fingertips exerted slightly more force.

Danzo's entire body trembled violently. The chakra within him scattered madly, all the meridians in his body ruptured, and his lone eye filled with utter terror and despair.

He was not afraid of death, but he feared this kind of death without even the power to resist.

He was unwilling to accept it. That pair of Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan was right before his eyes, yet he did not even have the right to touch them.

"I... am unwilling..."

"My Sharingan... my plans... my Konoha..."

His voice gradually weakened.

Lin Chen's gaze remained cold, without the slightest pity.

For someone like Danzo, mercy was cruelty toward Konoha.

Bang!

With a light press.

Danzo's head drooped, and his aura vanished completely.

A ruthless tyrant of his generation, master of Konoha's Root, a Kage-level powerhouse, had been forced to his knees by Lin Chen's single hand and killed with one palm!

The entire process had taken less than a minute.

There was no earth-shaking battle, no fierce duel.

It was pure, overwhelming domination!

The entire area fell deathly silent.

Every Uchiha clansman stood frozen in place, scarcely daring to breathe. They looked at Lin Chen as though gazing upon a god, their awe reaching the extreme.

Fugaku's body trembled, his heart filled with relief.

Fortunately, they had chosen to submit.

Otherwise, the Uchiha Clan's fate would not have been any better than Danzo's.

At this moment.

A large number of Konoha ANBU, elite jonin, and even the Third Hokage all arrived in a rush.

When they saw Danzo lying on the ground without the slightest sign of life, while Lin Chen stood nearby with his hands behind his back and an indifferent expression.

Everyone's faces turned pale, their scalps tingling.

Danzo... was dead?

Slain by Lin Chen in full view of everyone?

All of Konoha fell utterly silent; one could hear a pin drop.

Every gaze fixed on Lin Chen was filled with utmost fear and reverence.

No one dared speak, step forward, or question him.

Lin Chen slowly raised his eyes, sweeping his gaze across every Konoha ninja present. His voice was calm, yet it rang in every direction.

"Danzo hoarded forbidden techniques, harmed his own kin, and plotted to throw Konoha into chaos. He deserved to die."

"Today, I killed him to rid the people of evil and cleanse Konoha of its poison."

"From this day onward, whoever dares use Konoha's banner to commit such sinister deeds will share his fate."

His voice was not loud, yet every word struck like thunder in their hearts.

No one dared refute him.

No one dared object.

The Third Hokage let out a deep sigh, stepped forward, and gave Lin Chen a slight bow. His tone was incomparably complicated, yet tinged with reverence.

"Lord Lin Chen, your judgment was just. This old man... has nothing to say."

With those words, he represented the attitude of Konoha's entire upper echelon.

Recognition, submission, reverence.

Lin Chen withdrew his gaze, turned indifferently, and walked toward the Uchiha compound.

His figure was solitary and proud, his posture straight and upright.

From this day on.

Danzo was dead, Root was destroyed, the Uchiha had pledged their hearts, and the entire village had been cowed.

In all of Konoha, no one would dare become his enemy again.

Lin Chen's steps were steady, his heart calm.

Danzo had been eliminated, and Konoha's festering tumor had been removed.

Next, he only needed to quietly await that disaster which would sweep through the entire village—the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

And this time, he would not let tragedy happen again.

The day the Nine-Tails attacked would be the day he swept aside everything and laid the foundation for his legend in the shinobi world.