Hidden Rain Village.
Clatter!
Itachi Uchiha abruptly rose from his stool when he saw the scene!
"The masked man!"
He was the one who had slaughtered the Uchiha Clan alongside him. Why had the masked man sought out Sasuke?
"Could this be...?"
Unlike Itachi Uchiha, who focused on that detail,
the other two people holding diaries, Sasuke Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake, focused on the cluster of red eyes covering Danzo's arm.
The red eyes spun rapidly, a deeply unsettling sight.
"Are those... Sharingan?!"
At first, Sasuke Uchiha stared at the Sharingan on the man's arm in shock. Then nausea surged through him. Those eyes had belonged to his neighbors, perhaps even his relatives!
"Ugh..."
"I-is this why Luo Mang was worried about Danzo? An entire arm covered in Sharingan!"
[The video continued.
Sasuke Uchiha stepped forward, staring in disbelief at the Sharingan on Danzo's arm as they rolled with strange rattling sounds.
Karin, hiding behind him, also felt a chill creep over her.
"Those eyes on your right arm!"
Danzo drew his arm back and looked calmly at Sasuke. "Heh. It's a complicated matter. A long story."
"Listening to your explanation would only make me angrier."
"Forget it. I've already decided to kill you anyway. Before I do, there's something I want to ask."
"Did the Konoha High Command order the massacre of our Uchiha Clan?"
Danzo, however, had no intention of answering. He simply began forming hand seals!
Seeing this, Sasuke Uchiha's Mangekyō spun rapidly. He shot Danzo a sharp look and charged forward!
Shimura Danzō secretly scoffed at the sight. Heh. You want to challenge me in taijutsu?
He raised his Sharingan-covered right arm and struck at the approaching Sasuke Uchiha!
Bam!
But his fist never reached Sasuke Uchiha. Looking up, Shimura Danzō saw a purple skeletal frame surrounding him.
What was this?
Sasuke Uchiha gave a cold snort. The skeletal frame instantly formed a hand that seized Shimura Danzō in a crushing grip!
Even restrained, Shimura Danzō showed little panic. "So this is the technique known as Susanoo?"]
Recovering from the unsettling sight of those Sharingan,
Sasuke Uchiha watched his on-screen self with stars practically shining in his eyes.
Was this his future self? If he could really reach that level, taking revenge on that man seemed like it would be easy!
The Hatake compound?
Beneath his mask, Kakashi's mouth hung wide open.
"Is this the Sharingan's true power?"
Watching the purple arm Sasuke Uchiha had summoned on-screen, Kakashi unconsciously raised a hand to his own Sharingan.
[The video continued.
Danzo had avoided the question.
Furious, Sasuke tightened the purple skeletal hand, making Shimura Danzō cough up a mouthful of blood!
Caught in that grip, Danzo could only say something to ease the tension-or rather, prepare for his plan.
"That bastard Itachi... did he tell you everything before he died...?"
At that moment, the scene abruptly skipped ahead.
Sasuke Uchiha's eyes spun rapidly. The arm behind him, previously nothing but bones, had developed into a purple skeleton, reaching its second stage. Its hand tightened again.
As Danzo opened his mouth soundlessly once more, the skeleton lowered its head, reflecting Sasuke's fury, and squeezed!
Squelch!
Danzo was crushed to death, blood coating the purple hand!
"Don't you dare mention * again!"
"Let's settle this with our eyes!"
Yet Danzo, who had already died, suddenly appeared behind Sasuke Uchiha, alive and well, and spoke.
Startled, Sasuke spun around. Danzo immediately drove a kunai at his Susanoo.
The kunai snapped in half against the second-stage Susanoo.
The skeletal hand clenched into a fist and slammed down, reducing Danzo to bloody pulp again.
Despite having died twice, he reappeared on the bridge!
Karin adjusted her glasses, silently confirming that their chakra wasn't disrupted. They weren't under a genjutsu.
That meant it had to be another technique, and she began working it out.
But Sasuke Uchiha still couldn't match Danzo's extensive combat experience. His own experience was sorely lacking, and he relied on Susanoo to attack relentlessly. The drawn-out battle left his eyes bleeding as he gradually fell into a disadvantage. When a surprise attack knocked him off the bridge, he summoned a Summoning Beast to keep himself from falling.
Relieved, Karin looked at Danzo again, only to discover that one of those unsettling eyes was missing!
Sasuke leaped off the hawk and clashed with Danzo, only to be seized by the throat!
He swept out with a powerful strike, forcing Danzo back. Karin noticed that another of the man's eyes had closed after that blow!
But Sasuke was already consumed by bloodlust and had no time to observe. His eyes grew bloodshot as he unleashed another genjutsu and Amaterasu.
"Die!"
The moment Danzo fell under the genjutsu, Sasuke rushed forward, ready to impale him with the Kusanagi Sword. But when he was almost within reach, he suddenly couldn't move!
A cursed seal appeared on his body, like the one that had once made him stronger. Now, however, it restrained him!
Watching from the side, Obito Uchiha observed through his Sharingan, marveling inwardly.
A cursed seal that restrains the body?]
Hidden Rain Village.
Itachi Uchiha's eyes widened at the form Sasuke had taken in the video.
"A cursed seal? Isn't that one of Orochimaru's methods?!"
Had Orochimaru laid a hand on Sasuke?
Itachi Uchiha immediately recalled when he had joined the Akatsuki. Orochimaru had coveted his Sharingan, only to be defeated in an instant.
It made sense that Orochimaru would switch targets and set his sights on Sasuke, one of the remaining Uchiha!
He had actually dared to do it!
Crack!
Itachi Uchiha clenched the pen in his hand so hard that it cracked.
What little conscience he had left was tied to Konoha and his younger brother.
Now that someone was threatening Sasuke, Itachi Uchiha couldn't help but worry.
[Bam!
Danzo kicked Sasuke away, sending him to the edge of the cliff. In that moment of crisis, Sasuke unleashed a burst of power, equipping his half-body Susanoo with a crossbow.
That forced Danzo to reveal his Wood Release to defend himself.
By now, Sasuke was nearly spent. His overused left eye had closed, and he panted heavily.
Instead of merely worrying, Karin remained kneeling on the ground, watching the fight and analyzing Danzo's movements.
"Sasuke, attack that one! That's his real body!"
The killing blow failed. More blood flowed from Sasuke's eyes, and he even began coughing.
The sight made Karin's heart ache, but she didn't panic.
She patiently calmed herself and began analyzing.
She continued studying the battle between Danzo and Sasuke.
Sasuke Uchiha summoned Susanoo and hammered him into the ground again, while Karin scrutinized his opponent for openings.
"Sasuke, I've figured it out! Listen to me..." As soon as Karin worked it out, she hurried to tell Sasuke Uchiha.
Panting heavily, Sasuke stared at Danzo in disbelief after hearing her explanation.
"Only when all ten eyes on your right arm close will this technique completely end, right?!"
Danzo's expression shifted slightly.
"Do you know about Izanagi?"
"So that's really it?"
Delighted by the confirmation, Sasuke charged forward with his half-body Susanoo, meeting Danzo in a clash of fists.
At the decisive moment,
Sasuke Uchiha rushed forward with his Kusanagi Sword, and he and Danzo stabbed each other!
"I won!"
But Danzo, who had believed victory was certain, coughed up blood.
"Cough, cough!"
"Why? Why didn't Izanagi activate?!"
Growing weaker, Shimura Danzō stared dazedly at the open Sharingan on his arm. A second later, that eye closed!
Genjutsu!
He collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Sasuke Uchiha looked at the wounded Danzo kneeling on the ground and spoke between ragged breaths.
"This is a battle of visual prowess. Don't underestimate the Uchiha!"
After saying that, he collapsed as well.
Seeing the badly wounded Sasuke fall to the ground, Karin's heart ached. She hurried over, crouched beside him, and lifted her arm, already covered in bite marks.
"Sasuke, Sasuke."
"Ah!!!"
The wounds on his body healed rapidly.]
Watching this, Itachi Uchiha looked intrigued.
"Is this Sasuke's future girlfriend?"
"What an unusual constitution. Just biting her can heal injuries?"
The handsome young man and pretty young woman seemed well matched. Itachi Uchiha smiled. This was good indeed.
But the very next scene in the video left Itachi Uchiha silent.
Crack!
Danzo decisively severed his own right arm, preventing the Hashirama cells from consuming him.
He placed his left hand on the bandages covering his eye and removed them.
Seeing this, Karin complained helplessly,
"This guy just won't quit."
Shimura Danzō revealed Shisui Uchiha's Sharingan.
"Now the real battle of visual prowess begins!"
At that bold declaration, Sasuke Uchiha charged straight at him.
But Danzo turned and ran in another direction, seizing Karin and holding a kunai against her to threaten him.
"It seems you've overused your visual prowess!"
"Sasuke!"
His charge had missed its target. Shocked, Sasuke Uchiha stared at Danzo with his somewhat dimmed Mangekyō Sharingan and sneered.
"You claim to believe in self-sacrifice, yet you're taking a hostage? Is this what the Konoha High Command is like?"
"It's not that I'm unwilling to sacrifice my life..."
He rattled off a stream of hypocritical excuses. He simply didn't want to die and intended to use Karin to force Sasuke to let him leave and treat his wounds.
"Don't move, Karin-"
Sasuke Uchiha lifted his head, blood streaming from both eyes. His lips curled into a smile, exposing bloodstained teeth and making him look utterly terrifying.
He unleashed a ninjutsu from his hand, piercing straight through Karin, who had just saved his life, to strike Danzo!
"What...?"
Blood seeped from the corner of Karin's mouth. Her eyes widened in utter disbelief that Sasuke had made such a choice.
"Karin, now that you've been taken hostage, you're a burden. Danzo has no tricks left. Killing him this time means he'll truly die!"
Sasuke Uchiha explained, seemingly trying to put his own mind at ease as well.
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