Danzo clutched his wound as he slowly backed away.
He knew those few seconds of standoff between the Third Hokage and Uchiha You were his only chance to escape.
Just a little farther.
Into the shadows behind that broken wall.
Just...
"Where do you think you're going?"
Uchiha You suddenly spoke.
A chill ran through Danzo.
The voice had still come from in front of him.
But behind him, a huge black-and-red shadow had appeared.
Danzo whipped around.
Uchiha You himself stood atop the ruins once more.
This time, it was no Shadow Clone.
Black-and-red Chakra surged from his body like a tidal wave.
Bones.
Meridians.
Chakra armor.
They formed rapidly, layer upon layer.
Then the real Susanoo descended.
A colossal skeletal torso rose behind Uchiha You.
Its ribs crossed like black-and-red blades.
A strange pattern shaped like a Protective Umbrella emerged across its chest.
Its arms became massive war blades.
A pair of translucent skeletal wings slowly spread behind it, like the wings of calamity.
For an instant, the heart of the Uchiha Clan Grounds fell silent.
Everyone looked up at the enormous black-and-red Susanoo.
Even Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils contracted.
"That's..."
"A complete Susanoo... no, not quite complete, but close!"
He had lived many years and seen many members of the Uchiha Clan.
But he had never seen anyone mark a Susanoo with bizarre biochemical patterns like Uchiha You had.
This was no ordinary Uchiha Clan power.
It was an ultimate weapon capable of changing the entire battlefield.
Danzo went deathly pale.
"Impossible..."
"But just now, you were clearly..."
Uchiha You stood within the Susanoo's rib cage and looked down at him as though he were an insect with nowhere left to run.
"Clearly what?"
"Clearly exhausted?"
"Clearly struggling to hold on?"
"Danzo."
"Have you forgotten? What I do