Shimura Danzō, dead!

Danzo retreated to the edge of the training ground, clutching his eye, his chest heaving.

Once the shock passed, a savage resolve surged up from deep within him.

Kotoamatsukami was gone... but he still had Wind Release.

I've fought across the shinobi world for decades. Even without these eyes, I'm no pushover!

He snapped through hand seals, opened his mouth, and spat.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"

A mass of wind compressed to its limit hurtled toward Uchiha En with a piercing shriek.

Uchiha En shifted slightly to one side. The wind grazed his clothes and slammed into the tree trunk behind him, blasting the bowl-thick tree in half.

Danzo had already turned and was sprinting toward the village.

He knew he couldn't beat this brat.

Even Kotoamatsukami hadn't subdued him. Fighting head-on would only mean death. That blast of Wind Release was merely a delaying tactic, meant to buy him the slimmest chance to escape.

As long as I get back to the village, as long as I reach the crowds...

He made it seven steps.

His vision blurred.

A figure appeared out of thin air before him, blocking his path. Just like that, out of thin air.

Danzo's feet froze in place.

That figure... that Body Flicker Technique that let him appear out of nowhere...

Clan Massacre Night.

The Sarutobi Clan Compound.

That figure in a black robe with red clouds who had appeared and vanished out of thin air right before the Third Hokage.

The man who called himself "Tobi."

Exactly the same!

Danzo jerked his head up and stared at Uchiha En. His voice was filled with shock and fury, the words almost forced through clenched teeth:

"It was you..."

"Tobi from Clan Massacre Night... that was you!"

"You slaughtered the Shimura and Sarutobi clans... it