Beating Danzo to a Pulp

Danzo's chakra surged explosively.

He formed hand seals with both hands.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"

A high-pressure wind bullet instantly blasted toward Uchiha You.

He raised a hand and pressed it against the air.

A black-and-red chakra membrane emerged.

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 said nothing.

He formed another series of seals.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"

Several sharp wind blades slashed toward Uchiha You, Shisui, Uchiha Chuan, and the others at once.

Shisui flashed forward and instantly carried Uchiha Chuan and the others away.

Uchiha You charged straight at Danzo.

The wind blades cut through his sleeve, leaving several bloody marks on his arm.

But the wounds healed rapidly under the effects of White Umbrella as soon as they appeared.

Danzo's lone eye narrowed.

Regenerative ability?

This brat's Mangekyo Sharingan possessed both erosion and recovery?

Damn it.

These eyes were even more suited for war than Shisui's Kotoamatsukami!

Greed and wariness erupted in Danzo's eyes almost simultaneously.

"Your eyes should belong to Konoha as well!"

Uchiha You threw a punch.

Danzo blocked with his cane.

Bang!

The cane exploded.

Danzo staggered back several steps.

Uchiha You sneered.

"Belong to Konoha?"

"Are you worthy of representing Konoha?"

He closed in again.

Black Umbrella's ocular power eroded Danzo's chakra flow through the air.

Danzo's expression darkened as he immediately mobilized the Hashirama Cells to suppress the pathogen's erosion.

It did have an effect.

Black Umbrella's erosion of the Hashirama Cell-modified body was noticeably slower.

But it had merely slowed down.

It was not ineffective.

Uchiha You's gaze shifted slightly.

"Hashirama Cells can indeed resist part of Black Umbrella's effects."

"Not bad."

"It seems you'll be valuable as experimental material in the future."

Danzo's face turned even uglier at those words.

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?

This was naked humiliation!

Danzo roared.

"Uchiha You!"

He violently flung several kunai with explosive tags from his sleeve.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The explosions swallowed Uchiha You's position.

Smoke and dust billowed everywhere.

Without the slightest hesitation, Danzo immediately turned and fled deeper into the forest.

The situation had already spiraled out of control.

Root had suffered casualties.

Multiple Uchiha had witnessed everything.

Shisui's eye had not been taken.

If he continued fighting, he might not gain any advantage.

Most importantly, the Uchiha Clan's elites might arrive at any moment.

He had to return to Konoha first and seize control of the narrative.

As long as he returned to the Hokage Building, he would still have room to maneuver.

But after he had only rushed a few steps away, Uchiha You's voice came from the smoke ahead.

"Trying to run?"

"Did you ask me first?"

A chill ran through Danzo's heart.

The smoke was blown away by a surge of chakra.

Uchiha You walked out from the center of the explosion.

His clothes were badly damaged.

But the burns and cuts on his skin were healing at a visible rate.

The Mangekyo Sharingan in his eyes slowly turned, a cold smile on his lips.

"Danzo."

"Did you think you could still walk away unharmed today?"

Danzo gritted his teeth and raised his hands to form seals.

But at that instant, Uchiha You's left eye suddenly sharpened.

"Black Umbrella: Neural Domination."

The Pathogen Chakra that had already infiltrated Danzo's body abruptly erupted.

Danzo's right arm suddenly stiffened.

Though it lasted less than half a second.

It was enough.

Uchiha You flashed to his side.

A cold gleam streaked through the kunai in his hand.

Slash!

Blood splattered.

A deep, bone-revealing wound was carved into Danzo's right arm.

Had he not forcibly twisted his body aside at the critical moment, that strike would have severed his entire arm.

Danzo let out a muffled groan and retreated rapidly.

But Uchiha You closed in again.

"This hand of yours wanted to gouge out eyes, didn't it?"

"Then leave it behind."

Uchiha You pushed White Umbrella Enhancement in his right eye to its limit.

His speed surged again.

Danzo's pupils contracted as he slammed his left hand onto the ground.

"Summoning Technique!"

Bang!

Smoke burst forth.

A massive Baku appeared, opening its huge mouth as a terrifying suction force erupted.

The surrounding trees, rubble, and dust were all frantically drawn toward the Baku's mouth.

Shisui's expression changed.

"It's Danzo's summon!"

Uchiha Chuan and the others were forced back again and again by the suction.

Danzo, meanwhile, used the Baku's cover to flee quickly.

Uchiha You stood where he was, his robes snapping in the wind, yet he was not pulled away.

He looked at the enormous Baku, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Even a beast dares stop me?"

The Black Umbrella in his left eye rotated.

Black-and-red chakra surged against the wind current 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 moment, the Baku let out a pained howl.

Its enormous body convulsed violently.

Its internal chakra was contaminated, its nerves eroded, and the suction ceased instantly.

Uchiha You raised his hands and formed seals.

"Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame!"

Boom!

A massive wave of flames swept out.

Deprived of control over its suction, the Baku was swallowed head-on by the sea of fire, shrieking as it turned into smoke and vanished.

Danzo's escape route was exposed.

Uchiha You flashed and gave chase.

Shisui immediately followed as well.

"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 with Danzo.

Hearing the wind tear behind him, Danzo's face completely darkened.

This brat was too fast.

And that Pathogen Chakra was still spreading through his body.

If not for the Hashirama Cells suppressing it, he likely would not even be able to circulate chakra properly 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 doing it for Konoha abandon Root and flee alone?"

Killing intent churned 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.

"There you go again, Danzo."

"When you steal eyes, it's for Konoha."

"When you run away, you're the Hokage Advisor."

"Danzo, you switch identities faster than the Transformation Technique."

As his words fell, Uchiha You suddenly hurled a kunai.

Danzo dodged aside.

But the black-and-red mark on the kunai suddenly lit up.

The pathogen node erupted.

The suppressed Black Umbrella Chakra within 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 breaking bone rang out.

Danzo grunted and dropped to one knee.

Then Uchiha You seized 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 White Umbrella Enhancement erupted.

Danzo's right arm bones were crushed by force.

The flesh altered by Hashirama Cells writhed violently, yet it could not immediately recover from such pulverizing damage.

Danzo's face twisted in pain.

Uchiha You leaned close to his ear, his voice very soft:

"This hand is payment for Shisui."

Then he drove another fist into Danzo's abdomen.

Bang!

Danzo flew backward and slammed into the rock wall, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Uchiha You slowly approached.

"This punch is payment for that Land of Water mission."

Another kick followed.

Bang!

Danzo's ribs shattered in his chest.

"This kick is payment for the Uchiha children watched by Root."

Danzo lay sprawled on the ground in utter disarray, his single eye filled with venomous hatred.