The Susanoo Bone Blade rose high.
An invisible force seemed to press down on the heart of the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
Danzo stood amid the ruins, and for the first time, naked fear showed in his one eye.
He wanted to run.
But the Black Umbrella Pathogen had eaten into his right arm, slowing the flow of his Chakra.
The ground beneath him was sealed by pathogen nodes Uchiha You had planted in advance.
With every step, that strange black-and-red Chakra writhed through his meridians like a venomous snake.
Even the vitality of his Hashirama Cells was being tainted, bit by bit, by the Pathogen Chakra.
Danzo finally understood.
Uchiha You had never meant simply to kill him.
The brat was stripping away his trump cards one by one.
Root.
ANBU support.
Itachi.
His newly transplanted Hashirama arm.
His position as Hokage Advisor.
Now they were all gone.
And the Susanoo Bone Blade was already falling.
"Uchiha You!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's roar rang through the night.
He knew that if he did not use his ultimate move now, Danzo would die tonight.
Whatever Danzo had done wrong, Hiruzen Sarutobi could not stand by and watch him die in the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
At the very least, he could not let Danzo die by Uchiha You's hand.
Otherwise, the authority of Konoha's leadership would collapse completely.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's hands flashed through signs.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
White smoke burst outward.
Four Shadow Clones appeared beside Hiruzen Sarutobi at once.
Together with the original, five figures stood atop the ruins.
At that moment, the Third Hokage unleashed the full force of his Chakra.
His aged body radiated pressure far beyond that of an ordinary Kage Level shinobi.
Enma, transformed into the Adamantine Staff, held himself across the front and said