His lone eye swept over the horrifying devastation, a barely perceptible flash of shock and fury passing through it. The men he had deployed, along with every arrangement he might have used to frame them afterward, had been utterly erased by that woman, Miwa Kato-in an act so extreme that she had destroyed herself along with them!
His gaze then fell on Shinji and Hizashi, lingering for a moment on Shinji's eyes, which were clearly different from before.
Danzo's pupil abruptly contracted!
As someone who had spent years studying and coveting the Uchiha's power, he instantly recognized what they were-a power beyond the ordinary Sharingan, something that existed only in legend!
The Mangekyō Sharingan!
This brat-under a shock like this, he had actually-
Countless thoughts raced through Danzo's mind, and murderous intent surged.
This boy must not be allowed to live!
He had to be killed before he fully mastered this power!
"Shinji Uchiha, Hizashi Hyuga." Danzo's voice was icy, his questioning imperious. "Meeting the traitor Miwa Kato in this secluded place in the dead of night-what were you planning? She stole village secrets and attempted to defect, and she has been killed on the spot! Were the two of you conspiring with her?!"
He branded Miwako a "traitor" outright and tried to drag Shinji and Hizashi down with her.
Shinji slowly raised his head, his eyes bearing eerie black crescents as he stared straight at Danzo.
There was no furious roar, no impassioned rebuttal-only an absolute coldness that seemed capable of freezing the soul.
"A traitor?" Shinji's voice was quiet, yet it reached everyone present with perfect clarity, carrying a chilling calm. "Elder Danzo, you're calling Miwako a traitor?"
He took one step forward. That single step seemed to lower the air pressure around them, and the squad of