"Why aren't you laughing anymore? Looks like your invincibility has run out."
Shengu Xuan's utterly calm voice rang in Danzo's ears like a death warrant from the Grim Reaper. Danzo lay on the ground amid blood and rubble, his entire body trembling violently. He raised his head, his one eye not covered by bandages filled with extreme terror, defiance, and frenzied despair.
"No... I am Konoha's root! I've lived this long to protect this village! I absolutely cannot die at the hands of a monster like you!" Danzo roared hysterically. He abruptly reached up with his trembling left hand and tore off the bandages covering his right eye.
Hidden beneath those bandages was an extremely unusual Sharingan. Instead of the ordinary three tomoe, a bizarre pattern resembling a four-cornered windmill slowly rotated within its iris.
It was Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan! It possessed the Shinobi World's strongest genjutsu-Kotoamatsukami! It could forcibly alter an enemy's will without them noticing, turning them into its user's most loyal slave forever!
This was also the ultimate trump card Danzo had kept hidden until the very end, intending to use it to control the Nine-Tails or other Kage-level fighters!
"I originally intended to save this eye for someone more important. But now, Shengu Xuan, since you've driven me into a corner, become the deadliest dog at my command forever! Kotoamatsukami!"
Danzo's Mangekyō Sharingan instantly erupted with a blinding, blood-red light. An extremely covert yet immensely powerful surge of ocular power followed Shengu Xuan's gaze like an invisible blade, plunging furiously into his mindscape!
"It worked!" Elation surged through Danzo as he saw Shengu Xuan's eyes turn somewhat vacant in an instant. As long as Kotoamatsukami activated successfully, even a god would have to obediently follow his commands!
Yet Danzo's smile lasted less than half a