Danzo slowly stepped forward, treading over the mud and dead branches scattered across the ground.
He bent down, grabbed Chikage's black hair, and lifted the severed head into the air.
Blood dripped from Chikage's severed neck onto Danzo's black boots.
"Quite the sharp tongue for an Uchiha brat."
Danzo gave a cold sneer.
"Too bad the battlefield doesn't care about regulations. Only life and death."
He thrust two black-gloved fingers straight into Chikage's eye sockets.
His fingers hooked outward with force.
Two bloodstreaked eyeballs were brutally gouged out.
Danzo dropped the eyeballs into a specimen dish he carried, then casually tossed Chikage's head into a mud pit.
Chikage's head rolled several times through the sludge.
Blood seeping from the severed neck mingled with the muddy water.
Danzo raised his foot and mercilessly stomped on the head.
His sole sank into the mud, crushing Chikage's face into a deformed hollow.
"So much for the deputy captain of the Konoha Military Police Force."
Danzo turned coldly toward Yashiro, who knelt on the ground.
Yashiro's eyes bulged, their sockets webbed with blood vessels.
He opened his mouth and panted heavily.
"Danzo!"
"I'll skin you alive!"
Mustering every ounce of strength, Yashiro braced himself on his arms and tried to draw the short sword from his Ninja Tool Pouch.
Four black-clad suicide operatives darted out of the shadows on either side.
Cold hands clamped down on his shoulders.
Two operatives pinned his shoulders while the other two stepped directly onto his calves, forcing him deep into the muddy water.
Icy sludge flooded Yashiro's mouth and nose.
Yashiro struggled desperately, veins bulging across his back.
The operatives' strength was overwhelming. He could not move.
Danzo approached with his cane.
The tip of the cane struck the muddy ground hard in front of Yashiro.
"Save your