Seeing Danzo make his move, the members of Root also rushed out rapidly.
These Root ninja clashed in battle with the ninja of the Uchiha Clan.
While exhaling a sigh of relief, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt the hatred in his heart toward Danzo reach its absolute peak.
If Danzo had acted right at the very beginning, his ANBU definitely would not have suffered such heavy losses.
Furthermore, he felt deeply dissatisfied that the Root members were beyond his control.
Once this crisis passed, Hiruzen Sarutobi would definitely settle accounts with Root.
At the same time, the Uchiha Clan could not be allowed to exist either.
The speed at which this clan produced geniuses was simply too fast.
During the very tenure of Hiruzen Sarutobi's reign, several had already emerged!
Anyone who could be called a genius by Hiruzen Sarutobi was at least at the Kage Level!
His former teammate--Kagami Uchiha!
The previous Uchiha Clan Head--Uchiha Fugaku!
The former ANBU captain--Shisui Uchiha!
The current ANBU captain--Uchiha Itachi!
And the current Uchiha Clan Head standing right before him, threatening his life--Uchiha Kazama!
The Uchiha must be completely wiped out!
At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi even gazed at Uchiha Itachi, who was fighting Uchiha Fugaku, with murderous intent in his eyes.
That was right, even you, Uchiha Itachi... could not be left alive!
Anyone bearing that crazy gene could no longer be kept around.
Let alone a family gene that harbored such hatred toward him-it was something that absolutely could not be allowed to exist in this world!
Of course, he could not show it right now and could only bury all of those thoughts deep within his heart.
He rapidly drew close to Danzo.
"Hmph, you bastard, did you really plan to wait until I was dead before coming out?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood by Danzo's side and spoke unhappily.
"I went to handle some other matters, which is why I'm late."
"Isn't that right, I even brought Uchiha Itachi along with me?"
"Now, let's take down Uchiha Kazama together."
"Otherwise, if the situation continues to escalate, it won't be a good thing for Konoha."
Danzo smoothly deflected, brushing aside why he had not appeared earlier.
He grasped Hiruzen Sarutobi's weak point.
If they haggled over those matters now, Danzo might just turn and run again.
Leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi to face it alone.
"Hmph!"
"First..."
"Old dog Danzo."
Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could continue, Uchiha Kazama's voice arrived.
Shimra Danzō, who had still been wearing a smile, saw his expression instantly turn gloomy upon hearing Uchiha Kazama's words.
"You really aren't a very smart old dog. If you had just waited for me to finish off Hiruzen Sarutobi, wouldn't your goals have been achieved even more easily!?"
"Now that you're helping that dog Hiruzen Sarutobi fight against me, do you really think he won't settle accounts with you after he survives?!"
"Besides, as long as he refuses to yield, do you really think it's that simple to sit in the Hokage's seat?!"
"Truly as stupid as a pig!"
Uchiha Kazama mocked him wildly.
He had to admit that the brains of these guys were truly no good.
He genuinely wondered how the Uchiha, under Uchiha Fugaku's previous leadership, could have been suppressed to such a degree by these absolute fools.
As Uchiha Kazama's voice rang out.
The expressions of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimra Danzō both turned frighteningly dark.
Such blatant sowings of discord between the two of them left them genuinely unable to find any words of rebuttal.
It made both of them extremely uncomfortable.
"Susanoo!"
Kazama was not about to stand around and wait for them to zone out.
He raised his fingers directly and released his Susanoo.
The orange-red Susanoo appeared, skipping the first stage entirely to enter the third stage of its complete form.
A massive fist slammed straight down toward the two of them.
Protected by the Susanoo, he could practically ignore their attacks altogether.
In the entire Shinobi World, only a handful of shinobi and ninjutsu could shatter a complete-body Susanoo.
Clearly, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō did not possess that kind of capability.
At this moment, facing Kurama, the Dream Eater Baku charged forward aggressively right from the start.
That look of confidence was truly confident.
Yet, after a mere two exchanges, the Dream Eater Baku turned straight into white smoke and vanished from the spot.
Following the disappearance of the Dream Eater Baku, Kurama instantly dashed toward Uchiha Kazama's position.
Vast amounts of chakra rapidly merged into the Susanoo.
The next moment, a terrifying beast-disaster appeared before everyone's eyes.
"This is..."
"How is that possible?"
"Back then, Kurama plus Susanoo forced even the First to deal with it with all his might-why would it appear now!?"
"Dammit, how can this Uchiha Kazama master such a terrifying power?"
"Just how deeply are the Uchiha hiding?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō were completely numb.
Even the two of them felt a sense of alarm at this terrifying chakra...
No, they were simply scared out of their wits.
Combined, the chakra of the two of them right now didn't even amount to a tenth of this terrifying presence.
Furthermore, since Uchiha Kazama could withstand such chakra, the amount he could burst forth with would be...
"Ooo-"
While the two men stood in a daze, a Tailed Beast Bomb began to condense directly.
The sound of a piercing gale jolted the two of them back to their senses.
"Quick, block it!"
"Dammit, how can this guy perfectly control a Tailed Beast!?"
"As expected, I should have listened to me long ago and taken care of the entire Uchiha clan!"
At this moment, Danzo was extremely dissatisfied.
Yet he also rapidly formed Hand Seals.
"Don't you think saying those things now is absurd!?"
"Barrier Team!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was also flustered.
He followed suit by forming seals.
The members of the Barrier Team were completely dumbfounded at this moment.
They never could have imagined that one day, they would end up standing in the center stage of battle!
"Shh..."
Right at that moment, Rimoku Uchiha instantly appeared beside a member of the Barrier Team.
The Short Sword in his hand directly decapitated the opponent.
The remaining members of the Barrier Team were also ambushed by the Uchiha shinobi.
"Hey, you wouldn't happen to think that the rest of us Uchiha shinobi are just here to watch the show, would you!?"
Rimoku Uchiha flicked the blood off his Short Sword, a pair of crimson Sharingan revealing madness within them.
Right now, amidst the dead of night, those pairs of crimson Sharingan looked just like the gaze of the God of Death.
"Mui, Tenotsu, Tentei!"
Danzo let out a low shout.
The three of them instantly used the Body Flicker Technique to appear at their location.
After the five of them formed seals, a barrier emerged, enveloping them all.
At that exact moment, the massive Susanoo grasped the Tailed Beast Bomb in its hand and smashed it down upon them.
"Boom!"
A terrifying explosion and a huge cloud of dust instantly engulfed the area.
Even Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi, who were locked in combat, temporarily halted their fight because of the commotion over here.