Danzo's Madness

Dead?

Danzo, the darkness beneath the Hokage, had died that easily?

After taking a few slaps and unable to bear the humiliation, he had chosen to kill himself with an Explosive Tag?

Sasuke suddenly grinned. He didn't believe it—didn't believe that old dog Danzo would end his own life so easily.

The next moment,

Susanoo: First Form!

Sasuke suddenly formed two enormous purple skeletal arms around himself.

Rumble!!

The two giant hands spun at high speed like electric fan blades, flattening the surrounding houses and buildings into ruins.

In mere moments, they cleared out a vast open area.

Then, Sasuke dispelled Susanoo's First Form, folded his arms across his chest, and waited silently with a blank expression.

Time slowly passed. Then, at a certain moment, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air at Sasuke's three o'clock.

Seeing the figure's abrupt appearance, Sasuke's lips curled into a smile.

"I've finally been waiting for you, old bastard!"

Danzo looked at the buildings that had been flattened around him, then stared at Sasuke in shock.

"Y-You... how did you know this old man would use Izanagi!?"

At that moment, Danzo's right eye beneath the bandages had already turned grayish white.

"Heh! Isn't it obvious? A cowardly dog like you, would you really choose suicide that easily?"

"Besides, did you really think I didn't know that Sharingan of yours could use Izanagi!? Trying to escape with a trick like that—you really underestimated me!"

Sasuke's face was filled with contempt and disdain.

He knew Danzo's kind all too well. Unless he had absolutely no other choice, he would never choose to perish together with an enemy.

Danzo's expression turned incredibly ugly. The moment Kotoamatsukami failed, he had thought of using Izanagi to escape.

Izanagi was one of the Sharingan's ultimate ocular techniques. It could turn all unfavorable realities that happened to the user within a certain period into a dream.

Put simply, it allowed one to roll back.

In the original story, when Danzo fought Uchiha Sasuke, the Sharingan on his arm had been used to cast Izanagi. That was why he could revive after being killed by Uchiha Sasuke again and again. It was absurdly overpowered.

Although Izanagi was incredibly overpowered, its price was permanent blindness in the Sharingan after use.

But compared to his own life, Danzo felt that losing an eye was hardly worth mentioning.

Although this was a Mangekyō Sharingan capable of casting Kotoamatsukami, Kotoamatsukami's cooldown was far too long. Who knew when it could next be used—probably ages from now.

So Danzo had planned to discard this Mangekyō Sharingan and use Izanagi, faking his death to deceive his opponent. After reviving, he would use the surrounding buildings as cover and escape safely.

He had never expected his opponent to anticipate that he would use Izanagi and demolish every building nearby.

Without those buildings for cover, he had been directly exposed to his opponent's sight the instant he revived.

With his plan ruined, Danzo turned and fled. At the same time, he bit his finger and performed a Summoning Technique, calling forth his summon, Baku.

Bang!

As the white smoke dispersed, a strange yellow-skinned creature appeared, with an elephant trunk and white bandages around its head matching Danzo's.

Wind Release: Great Storm!

Baku inhaled deeply, then exhaled fiercely. A massive storm comparable to a Category Twelve gale blasted head-on toward the pursuing Sasuke.

Sasuke's speed did not decrease in the slightest. A storm of this level had no effect on him whatsoever.

Moo!!

Being ignored so completely by a human seemed to anger Baku. It let out a long roar toward the sky, opened its mouth, and bit toward Sasuke.

"You beast are quite loyal, but unfortunately, your master summoned you only to send you to your death!"

Sasuke sneered, clenched his five fingers into a fist, and threw a punch!

Boom!!

The terrifying force instantly exploded the pitiful summon into a cloud of bloody mist!

Noticing the movement behind him, Danzo glanced back from the corner of his eye and saw Baku being punched into a bloody mist.

Th-This... monster!

At that moment, Danzo finally felt true terror!

Though his summon Baku was not among the top-tier summons, it was no weakling either. Even against a Tailed Beast, it had the qualifications to exchange a few moves.

Yet before that guy, it had been instantly killed in a single exchange!

Just how terrifying was his opponent's strength!?

As fear overwhelmed Danzo, he suddenly felt his neck tighten. Then his vision rose as he was once again lifted like a chick.

Smack smack smack!!

Holding Danzo, Sasuke said nothing and directly slapped him more than a dozen times.

Danzo's face, which had returned to normal after using Izanagi, instantly swelled into a pig's head again!

Sasuke nodded slightly, very satisfied with his handiwork, and smiled.

"Old bastard, if you have any more tricks, go ahead and use them!"

"Ugh... Ah! Bastard! Don't go too far! Don't force this old man, or I'll perish together with you!!"

Danzo's pig-like face was twisted in fury as he gave a heart-wrenching warning.

"Oh! And what if I force you?"

After saying that, Sasuke slapped him several more times.

"Ah!! Die! Die! Everyone die! Nobody gets to live!!"

Danzo had completely gone mad. As the mighty leader of Root, he had been humiliated again and again. This was beyond intolerable!

The next moment, he mobilized the chakra in his body and frantically gathered it toward his chest, where a special pattern resembling a bagua diagram was inscribed.

"Do you really think this old man can do nothing to you just because you have such thick skin!?"

"Now, let this reckless brat tell you that the Ninja World has plenty of ways to deal with you! And Konoha is no place for a mere brute like you to run wild!"

"This old man is the leader of Root, the darkness of Konoha! I am not someone a mad dog like you can humiliate!"

Feeling that the chakra in his chest had gathered sufficiently, Danzo's face twisted as he burst into wild laughter.

"Ha ha ha!! Come, descend into hell with this old man!!"

Forbidden Technique: Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique!

This was a forbidden technique capable of sealing an enemy together with its user—a method of mutual destruction.

In the original story, Danzo had wanted to use this move to seal Obito and Uchiha Sasuke together, but in the end, he only sealed half a bridge.

Thus, this forbidden technique was also known as the "Bridge-Sealing Technique."

With the chakra fully gathered, the pattern on Danzo's chest began to heat up and glow, as though something was about to burst out.

Whoosh!!

Sasuke moved like lightning, gripping Danzo's shoulder with five fingers. His sharp nails pierced the skin before he tore hard!

Riiip!!

Splurt!!

The entire sheet of skin from Danzo's chest was forcibly ripped off, blood dripping everywhere!

Without wasting time, Sasuke hurriedly flung away the piece of human skin inscribed with the special pattern.

Before the skin had even fallen from the air, it sprayed out a large amount of ink-like black substance.

The black substance swiftly spread out, forming an enormous sphere. Then it contracted, contracted again, quickly compressing into a single point before disappearing completely.

In the end, Danzo's "Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique" sealed a piece of human skin and a huge mass of air.

Its result was even more pathetic than in the original story.

Danzo was completely dumbfounded. It was as if he could no longer feel the intense pain from having the skin of his upper body peeled away.

His Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique—his final means of perishing together with his enemy—had been broken so easily!!

Even Sasuke was rather surprised. He had not expected the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique could be countered this way.

Of course, even if it could not be countered this way, he could have promptly used Amenotejikara to transfer himself away. This technique was useless against him. It would only have made things a little too easy for Danzo by letting him die so quickly.

Sasuke lifted Danzo slightly in his hand and sneered.

"Want to die!? Heh heh, I haven't agreed to that. You can't die even if you want to!"

"K-Kill this old man. If you have the dignity of a strong man, then give this old man a quick death!"

With his final method rendered useless, Danzo gave up completely and actually begged for death!

But Sasuke shook his head, revealing a smile that looked like a demon's in Danzo's eyes.

"Kill you? Dream on! I told you already—I'll make you wish you were dead!"

"Y-You bastard!"

Danzo cursed weakly.

He could never have imagined that tonight, which was supposed to be the Uchiha clan's night of extermination, would turn out like this.

Just as despair filled his heart, an incredibly familiar voice reached his ears, reigniting his desire to live.

"Stop! Hurry up and put Elder Danzo down!"

It was Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice. He had finally arrived at the battlefield with reinforcements.

Hiruzen, you bastard, you finally came!

At that moment, Danzo had never found Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice so comforting.