"You finally came..."
Madara's Rinnegan locked tightly onto Neji atop the Crystal Dragon, hatred in his gaze nearly taking tangible form as blades that would slice Neji into a thousand pieces.
"Use these eyes and watch Konoha turn to scorched earth!"
Danzo's voice brimmed with twisted, nearly frenzied delight at finally controlling the powerful body he had dreamed of, as though he could already see the final outcome of victory.
Deep within Neji's eyes, the phantom of an ancient and mysterious Six Paths Compass, visible only to him, slowly turned—the needle still stubbornly pointed toward "Unfinished."
He let the cracks spread across his cheeks as though the tearing pain belonged to someone else. His voice was cold, like ice that had remained frozen for ten thousand years in the polar regions, each word striking his opponent with absolute clarity:
"Shimura Danzō."
The instant that name was spoken, Madara's body stiffened almost imperceptibly.
"You stole Madara Uchiha's body, fused with Kaguya Otsutsuki's remnants, devoured her will just to prolong your wretched existence..."
Neji's words were like the sharpest scalpel, precisely cutting open Danzo's deepest secrets and ugliest nature. "After scheming your entire life, betraying your comrades, and selling your soul, is this the final—and ugliest—trump card you obtained?"
Every word struck straight at his heart!
"Hmph! How could a frog at the bottom of a well understand the might of a god?!"
Danzo had been thoroughly stabbed where it hurt most. Like a venomous snake whose tail had been stepped on, he snarled in fury!
He abruptly brought his hands together, and the immense, chaotic chakra within him erupted without restraint!
"Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!"
Accompanied by a painful, ravenous roar that seemed to rise from the depths of the underworld, the earth shattered like a fragile eggshell!
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