The Uchiha Clan Grounds.
Fire lit the sky.
The once orderly, quiet streets had been torn apart by battle.
The ground was scarred by charred Explosive Tags and Ninjutsu.
At the center of the clan grounds, Root ninjas lay sprawled everywhere.
Root.
The organization that had once hidden beneath Konoha and struck fear into countless hearts.
Now it lay exposed beneath firelight and moonlight, like a nest of rats dragged into the open.
And its master, Shimura Danzō, lay sprawled amid the rubble.
Blood stained the corner of his mouth.
His newly transplanted right arm trembled uncontrollably.
His one eye brimmed with venom and resentment—and a trace of fear he could not hide.
Uchiha You walked toward him, step by step.
The Uchiha Gunbai crest on his back looked like the only banner of judgment flying tonight.
Danzo struggled to his feet amid the rubble and said through gritted teeth:
"Uchiha You..."
"You cannot kill me."
At Danzo's words, Uchiha You laughed.
"Cannot?"
"Tell me. Why not?"
Danzo panted heavily, his one eye fixed on You.
"I am the Hokage Advisor."
"A Konoha elder."
"The leader of Root."
"Kill me, and you openly betray Konoha."
Uchiha You stopped, his smile turning sharper with mockery.
"Hokage Advisor?"
"Konoha elder?"
"Leader of Root?"
"Danzo, were you afraid dying wouldn't be humiliating enough, so you decided to recite all your titles first?"
The Uchiha clanspeople around them listened, their eyes gleaming.
Uchiha Chuan let out a cold laugh.
"Now you remember you're a Konoha elder?"
"When you brought men into the Uchiha Clan Grounds to wipe us out, why didn't you remember it then?"
Danzo's face darkened.
Uchiha You continued forward.
"You sent Root to assassinate me."
"You tried to steal Shisui's eyes."
"You used Sasuke to threaten Itachi."
"You led Root into