He had pinned his hopes of resolving the imbalance within his body on fusing kekkei genkai. But just a week after he integrated the Byakugan, a mysterious man came calling.
"No one would ever imagine that a dead man could return to this world—and become even stronger."
The low voice rang in Danzo's ears.
"Who are you?"
Danzo's Byakugan could see through everything, yet it could not make out the true face beneath the swirling mask of the man before him.
"Have you forgotten our little collaboration, Danzo?"
The mysterious man chuckled softly.
"It's you?!"
Danzo's eyes widened, then narrowed.
He remembered. On Nine-Tails Night, there had been two mysterious men. The man before him was one of them.
"Care to work together again, Danzo?"
"You have such tremendous power, yet you keep such a low profile. You must be wary of someone's strength, aren't you?"
The mysterious man spoke teasingly.
"Wary?"
"I'll soon have the power to kill him!"
Danzo spoke coldly.
"As for you!"
As those words fell, the Vertical Eye on Danzo's forehead snapped open, its six blood-red tomoe radiating an evil aura.
Hum!
The space ahead trembled. The mysterious man's body swayed, and his exposed eye turned blood-red in an instant.
"You really have gained some terrifying power!"
"Danzo!"
His voice rang out, grave and serious.
Three tomoe slowly rotated. The mysterious man's single exposed eye had become intensely solemn and wary.
The six blood-red tomoe, unlike anything he had ever seen, exerted tremendous pressure on him.
Even more shocking was how completely different Danzo's overall condition was from years ago.
"The Byakugan and the Sharingan... truly something to be wary of!"
"What has happened to you over the years?"
The mysterious man spoke in a low voice, his entire body on guard.
He had originally