The searing heat scorched his skin and sucked the moisture from the air around him, making it hard to breathe. His throat felt as though it were on fire!
He could hear Uchiha Makoto's steady, almost leisurely footsteps drawing closer at an unhurried pace.
Every step seemed to land directly on his heart!
The torment of the heat, the terror of darkness, the crushing pressure of death closing in... Danzo's mental defenses collapsed completely!
He slumped to the ground like a fish out of water, his mouth opening helplessly as his body shook violently with fear.
Uchiha Makoto stopped a few steps away from Danzo.
He glanced at Hanzō, who had withdrawn from the battlefield completely and made it clear he would not interfere, then at Pakura, who stood quietly at the edge of the Scorch Release domain.
Then he lowered his head and spoke slowly to Danzo, who trembled like a heap of sludge on the ground, in a voice only the two of them could hear:
"Elder Danzo, let me tell you a secret."
There was a hint of mockery in his voice.
"I... have actually awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan."
He paused, studying Danzo's face, twisted by blindness and fear, before asking with interest:
"Do you... believe me?"
[Ding! Evaluating target 'Shimura Danzō's' trust in the lie 'I have already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan':...]
The system's notification quietly sounded in Uchiha Makoto's mind.
[Ding! Target 'Shimura Danzō's' trust in the lie 'I have already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.': 0%] [Manifesting the lie "I have already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan." 40%] [Manifestation beginning... The degree of manifestation is affected by both character weight and trust...] [Manifestation complete. Host has received a power boost.] [Notice: Today's usage limit for the 'Lie-Into-Reality' ability has been reached (1/1).]