Some of these secrets Neji had learned from the original story, while others he had pieced together from Obito Uchiha and Nagato's scattered conversations when he had assumed the identity of Uchiha Shinichi in the Land of Rain. Now, spoken aloud, they struck Danzo's mental defenses like a heavy hammer.
"Utter nonsense!"
Danzo shouted sharply, a powerful surge of chakra erupting from his body. The bandages around his arm began to loosen, revealing the densely packed Sharingan beneath!
"What Konoha needs is stability and strength! Not two people of unknown origin and bizarre powers standing here and spreading nonsense! For Konoha, some sacrifices are necessary!"
"Necessary sacrifices?"
Neji smiled, his expression cold and mocking. "Like hiding in the shadows as you are, using your comrades' corpses to pave the road to your own ambition? Your Root has long since rotted and stunk, becoming Konoha's greatest tumor!"
"How dare you!"
Danzo finally dropped all pretense. He knew there would be no peaceful resolution today. "Then witness the power this old man has gained for Konoha! Izanagi!"
He violently tore off the bandages around his arm, exposing that horrifying row of Sharingan!
One of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan instantly lost its light and turned grayish white!
Yet at the very instant he activated the forbidden technique and prepared to rewrite reality—
Neji moved.
He did not even form hand seals. He merely raised his intact left hand and pressed it through the air toward Danzo.
"Sage Art: Crystal Domain Seal: Endless Annihilation."
Bzzzz—!
Centered on Danzo, the space within a ten-meter radius was instantly frozen by an absolute, invisible force!
It was not the chill of Ice Release, nor the heaviness of Earth Release, but a more fundamental force of confinement and suppression originating from space itself!
The Izanagi power Danzo had just