What a great practitioner of the will of fire!
The veil of dust and smoke was burned away.
Root's elite suffered devastating losses.
Of the four squads of Root ninja, over a dozen well-trained Chunin and Jonin, only two or three remained.
And every one of those survivors was injured and utterly bedraggled.
Shimura Danzō raised his head and finally saw the scene in the sky clearly.
An enormous three-legged crow was soaring freely overhead.
On the giant black crow's back, two figures stood against the light, looking down at the land below.
Shimura Danzō could not see them clearly.
They stood high above him, in the sunlight.
But even so.
Shimura Danzō still distinguished the two inherently evil Uchiha at a glance.
Uchiha Minamoto!
Shisui Uchiha!
"Elder Shimura Danzō, long time no see~"
Uchiha Minamoto's voice came from the sky, reaching Shimura Danzō's ears clearly.
"Instead of staying nicely tucked away in Konoha's sewers, have you come to the Land of Fields for a spring outing?"
"You inherently evil Uchiha brat!"
Shimura Danzō looked at the three-legged black crow in the sky, then at the handful of surviving subordinates around him, his old teeth grinding audibly.
"What are you shouting for?"
Uchiha Minamoto smiled, shifting his gaze from Shimura Danzō to another figure nearby.
The man had pale skin and long black hair draped over his shoulders, and his snake eyes were studying Yatagarasu in the sky with keen interest.
"Black flames that can burn on dust, that don't spare even the earth..."
Orochimaru licked his lips, the dancing black flames reflected in his snake eyes. There was no fear in his gaze, only pure curiosity and-greed.
"I've never seen... such fascinating Fire Release Ninjutsu..."
Right in front of Uchiha Minamoto.
Orochimaru took a blank Sealing Scroll from inside