Danzo's chakra surged.
He formed hand seals with both hands.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"
A high-pressure wind projectile instantly blasted toward Uchiha You.
He raised a hand and pressed it against the air.
A black-and-red chakra membrane appeared.
The Wind Release struck the chakra membrane and tore it apart instantly.
But at the same time, the Wind Release was contaminated by Black Umbrella Chakra, its power forcibly weakened.
Uchiha You sidestepped the remaining attack as the ground beneath his feet exploded.
He sneered.
"Danzo, is that all you've got?"
Danzo did not waste words.
He formed hand seals again.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
Several sharp wind blades slashed simultaneously toward Uchiha You, Shisui, Uchiha Chuan, and the others.
Shisui flashed away, instantly taking Uchiha Chuan and the others with him.
Uchiha You, meanwhile, charged straight at Danzo.
The wind blades sliced open his sleeves, leaving several bloody cuts on his arms.
But as soon as the wounds appeared, they rapidly healed under the effect of White Umbrella.
Danzo's one eye narrowed.
A recovery ability?
This brat's Mangekyo Sharingan possessed both corrosion and recovery?
Damn it.
These eyes were even better suited for war than Shisui's Kotoamatsukami!
Greed and wariness erupted in Danzo's eyes almost at the same time.
"Your eyes should belong to Konoha too!"
Uchiha You threw a punch.
Danzo blocked it with his cane.
Bang!
The cane exploded.
Danzo himself staggered back several steps.
Uchiha You sneered.
"Belong to Konoha?"
"Do you deserve to represent Konoha?"
He closed in again.
Black Umbrella's ocular power corroded Danzo's chakra flow through the air.
Danzo's expression darkened, and he immediately mobilized the Hashirama Cells to suppress the pathogen's corrosion.
It did have an effect.
Black Umbrella's corrosion of a Hashirama Cell-modified body was noticeably slower.
But it was only slower.
It was not ineffective.
Uchiha You's gaze shifted slightly.
"Hashirama Cells can indeed resist part of Black Umbrella."
"Not bad."
"It seems you'll make valuable experimental material in the future."
Danzo's expression turned even uglier upon hearing that.
All this time, he had been the one treating others as tools and experimental material.
Yet today, someone had actually said to his face that they would use him as material?
It was naked humiliation!
Danzo roared.
"Uchiha You!"
He suddenly flung several kunai wrapped with Explosive Tags from his sleeve.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The explosions swallowed Uchiha You's position.
Smoke and dust filled the air.
Danzo did not pause for even a moment. He immediately turned and retreated toward the depths of the forest.
Today's situation had already spiraled out of control.
Root had suffered casualties.
Multiple Uchiha had witnessed everything.
Shisui had not had his eyes taken.
If he kept fighting, he might not gain any advantage.
Most importantly, the Uchiha Clan's elite might arrive at any moment.
He had to return to Konoha first and seize control of public opinion.
As long as he returned to the Hokage Building, he would still have room to maneuver.
But he had only sprinted a few steps when Uchiha You's voice came from the smoke ahead.
"Trying to run?"
"Did you ask me?"
Danzo's heart went cold.
The smoke was scattered by a burst of chakra.
Uchiha You walked out from the center of the explosions.
His clothes were badly damaged.
But the burns and scratches on his skin were repairing themselves at a visible speed.
The Mangekyo Sharingan in his eyes slowly turned, a cold smile on his lips.
"Danzo."
"Did you think you could still walk away from here unscathed today?"
Danzo gritted his teeth and raised his hands to form seals.
But in that instant, Uchiha You's left eye abruptly focused.
"Black Umbrella: Neural Domination."
The Pathogen Chakra that had already infiltrated Danzo's body suddenly erupted.
Danzo's right arm stiffened sharply.
It lasted less than half a second.
But that was enough.
Uchiha You flashed in.
The kunai in his hand drew a cold gleam through the air.
Splat!
Blood splattered.
A deep, bone-revealing wound was carved across Danzo's right arm.
If he had not forcibly shifted his body at the critical moment, that strike would have severed his entire right arm.
Danzo let out a muffled groan and retreated rapidly.
But Uchiha You pressed forward again.
"This hand, wasn't it trying to dig out eyes?"
"Then leave it behind."
Uchiha You pushed the White Umbrella Enhancement in his right eye to the limit.
His speed surged once more.
Danzo's pupils contracted, and his left hand slammed onto the ground.
"Summoning Technique!"
Bang!
Smoke burst forth.
A gigantic Baku appeared, opening its maw as terrifying suction erupted instantly.
The surrounding trees, shattered stones, and dust were all wildly pulled toward the Baku's mouth.
Shisui's expression changed.
"It's Danzo's summoned beast!"
Uchiha Chuan and the others were forced back again and again by the suction.
Danzo used the Baku's cover to flee quickly.
Uchiha You stood where he was, his robes snapping in the wind, yet he was not dragged away.
He looked at the massive Baku, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
"Even a beast dares block me?"
The Black Umbrella in his left eye turned.
Black-and-red chakra surged against the current of air and rushed into the Baku's mouth.
The Baku's suction had originally been its advantage.
But now, it became a channel through which it actively devoured the pathogen.
The next instant, the Baku let out a painful howl.
Its enormous body convulsed violently.
The chakra inside it was contaminated, its nerves corroded, and the suction abruptly stopped.
Uchiha You raised his hands and formed seals.
"Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
Boom!
A massive sea of flames swept forth.
Having lost control of its suction, the Baku was engulfed head-on by the inferno, screaming as it dissolved into smoke.
Danzo's escape route was exposed.
Uchiha You flashed and pursued him.
Shisui immediately followed.
"You, don't kill him!"
Uchiha You did not look back.
"Don't worry."
"Killing him now would be letting him off too easily."
Shisui froze.
The next moment, Uchiha You had already caught up to Danzo.
Hearing the rush of wind behind him, Danzo's expression became utterly grim.
This brat was too fast.
And that Pathogen Chakra was still spreading relentlessly through his body.
Without the Hashirama Cells suppressing it, he probably would not even be able to circulate his chakra properly by now.
Uchiha You's voice came from behind him.
"Danzo."
"Why are you running so fast?"
"Aren't you doing this for Konoha?"
"How can someone acting for Konoha abandon Root and flee alone?"
Killing intent surged in Danzo's eyes.
"Uchiha You, don't get cocky."
"Konoha will not tolerate the Uchiha Clan attacking the Hokage Advisor."
Uchiha You mocked him.
"Danzo, here you go again."
"When you steal eyes, it's for Konoha."
"When you run away, you're the Hokage Advisor."
"Danzo, you switch identities faster than a Transformation Technique."
As his words fell, Uchiha You suddenly hurled a kunai.
Danzo flashed aside to evade it.
But the black-and-red mark on the kunai suddenly lit up.
The pathogen node erupted.
The suppressed Black Umbrella Chakra inside Danzo's body resonated.
His body stiffened for an instant again.
Uchiha You appeared at his side.
He kicked Danzo in the knee.
Crack!
The sound of bone breaking rang out.
Danzo grunted and dropped to one knee.
Then Uchiha You grabbed his right arm.
Danzo's expression changed drastically.
"You dare!"
Uchiha You's gaze was icy.
"Of course I dare."
Crack!
The terrifying power of the White Umbrella Enhancement erupted.
Danzo's right arm bones were crushed by force.
The flesh altered by Hashirama Cells writhed violently, but it could not immediately recover from such pulverizing damage.
Danzo's face twisted with pain.
Uchiha You leaned close to his ear, his voice soft:
"This hand is for Shisui."
Then he drove another punch into Danzo's abdomen.
Bang!
Danzo flew backward and slammed into the rock wall, coughing up blood.
Uchiha You slowly approached.
"This punch is for that mission in the Land of Water."
Then came another kick.
Bang!
Danzo's ribs shattered in his chest.
"This kick is for the Uchiha children watched by Root."
Danzo sprawled on the ground in disgrace, his single eye filled with venomous resentment.
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