Keep Draining His Eye Power

At those words, the other three looked up at once.

Mitokado Homura froze, his brow furrowing.

Utatane Koharu looked baffled. She opened her mouth, then closed it again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's hand paused around his pipe. He looked at Danzo but said nothing.

"Danzo, what do you mean?"

Homura was the first to speak, confusion in his voice.

"That brat can use Susanoo. We lost all twelve Elite Jōnin..."

"And you still think that's a good thing?"

Koharu joined in, her face grim.

"That was Susanoo, the power Madara Uchiha supposedly used to subdue the Shinobi World."

"He can summon it at such a young age. Give him a few more years to grow..."

"Will any of us survive?"

Danzo did not answer. Leaning on his cane, he walked slowly to the desk.

He raised his eyes to Homura and Koharu.

"Let me ask you something."

Homura and Koharu exchanged a glance, unsure what he was getting at.

"What do you think that brat has to expend to summon Susanoo?"

Homura blinked.

Koharu went still too.

They looked at each other, the same question forming in both their minds.

Expend what?

Susanoo was an ocular technique of the Mangekyō Sharingan, formed from Chakra...

So, naturally...

"Chakra?" Homura ventured.

"Susanoo consumes a great deal, but that brat seems to have plenty of Chakra..."

"Otherwise, he couldn't have maintained it for so long."

Koharu nodded along.

"Exactly. Susanoo is formed from Chakra, so Chakra is what it consumes."

"What else could it possibly consume?"

Danzo said nothing. He merely watched them, as though they were children who understood nothing.

Then a low voice spoke.

"Eye Power."

Every gaze turned toward the speaker.

Hiruzen sat behind the desk, his pipe set down.

"Every use of the Mangekyō Sharingan consumes more than Chakra. It consumes