Chapter 65: How Many More Eyes
As Danzō frantically cast an incredulous gaze towards where Baku had been, he could only see a vast, tsunami-like surge of magma engulfing Baku's entire massive body.
Like hot water splashed on a fluffy cotton ball, he watched helplessly as Baku's body rapidly "shriveled," as if all the air within it had been squeezed out.
Until large amounts of scorching magma splattered across the ground, setting the earth ablaze.
Baku had vanished—this was the undeniable truth Danzō's eyes witnessed.
He could clearly feel that this was not Baku unilaterally dispelling the summoning at a crucial moment.
This meant…
The terrifying temperature of the magma had vaporized Baku's body!
His summoning beast…
Was dead!!!
Just as he had "killed" Danzō earlier, Uchiha Ikeizumi had killed the summoning beast, Baku! However, Danzō had the Uchiha clan's "Izanagi" to rewrite reality, while Baku could only manage a final shriek before dying on the spot!
The magma scattered across the ground rapidly coalesced into a human form. Uchiha Ikeizumi's perfectly intact body appeared within Danzō's line of sight, and Danzō watched as he slowly turned around.
Crimson blood slowly trickled from both corners of Danzō's mouth, a result of him clenching his teeth too hard.
Yet, under the continuous one-minute influence of "Izanagi," in less than a blink of an eye, it was as if nothing had happened.
"U! CHI! HA! IKE! IZUMI!"
He was absolutely furious!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's mood grew increasingly heavy, as he and his people had already arrived at the area affected by the battle's aftermath.
Looking at the houses, one after another, affected by the Wind Release…
Looking at the bewildered Konoha civilians, one after another, rushing to the open streets for shelter…
And gazing at the ravaged scene not far away.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was equally furious.
He never expected that Danzō would be so irrational as to summon Baku within the village. He even allowed his summoning beast to use such powerful ninjutsu within the village.
Was it just to kill Uchiha Ikeizumi? Was the Uchiha clan's ninja such a thorn in his side that he would disregard the safety of civilians?
"…Hmm?!" However, just then, the grim-faced Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly paused.
Because he had just seen a sky full of magma surge towards Baku.
When the magma gradually dispersed.
Danzō's summoning beast was gone.
"Could it be…" Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils slightly contracted. If his guess was correct, then Uchiha Ikeizumi's strength would likely need to be re-evaluated.
...
A wind blade, sharp enough to sever a kunai, grazed Uchiha Ikeizumi's cheek. Several thumb-sized wind orbs, flying close to his face, blasted several centimeter-deep holes into Uchiha Ikeizumi's body.
Uchiha Ikeizumi, however, performed no fancy maneuvers. He simply punched through Danzō's chest with a backfist.
Danzō's eyes slowly lost their luster.
Strangely, Danzō's "corpse" fell from Uchiha Ikeizumi's arm, and in just a moment of disorientation, his lifeless eyes suddenly regained their vibrancy.
Danzō retreated a distance. His right arm generated a large number of thick wood release vines, which shot towards Uchiha Ikeizumi!
"'After activating Izanagi,' no matter how many times I die within one minute, it only counts as one death? I see."
Having "killed" Danzō several times in succession, Uchiha Ikeizumi now roughly understood the mechanism of "Izanagi" on his opponent's side.
He caught an incoming vine with a backhand. The magma immediately set the vine ablaze, rapidly turning it into charcoal.
"Wood Style: Poisonous Smog Flower Sea!!!"
However.
The other vines that hadn't touched Uchiha Ikeizumi suddenly bloomed with vibrant flowers. As the rolling hot wind blew past, a large amount of pollen, like a light sandstorm capable of obscuring vision, was scattered and spread in all directions.
Since the Wood Style trump card had already been revealed to Uchiha Ikeizumi, Danzō no longer held back.
He clapped his hands together, his expression sinister and hateful, and roared loudly.
"Wood Style: Wood Golem Wall!!!"
Danzō slammed his right arm onto the ground in front of him. His entire arm transformed into wood and drilled fiercely into the earth. Roots rapidly spread towards Uchiha Ikeizumi's direction, eventually breaking through the ground and beginning to intertwine, forming a spherical cage.
This was originally a defensive Wood Release ninjutsu, but at this moment, Danzō used it to trap Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Or rather…
It was to contain the pollen rapidly spreading in all directions!
"Even with Lava Release similar to the Hydrification Technique, you cannot be invincible! Uchiha Ikeizumi! Water Release, Sealing Jutsu… these are your weaknesses! And poison gas… must also be your weakness! This is toxic pollen that can even dissolve internal organs!"
Danzō panted slightly. He never believed there was an invincible ability in the ninja world.
Even Uchiha Shisui, who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan back then, wasn't he still outmaneuvered by his schemes, forced to flee in disarray, and eventually even committed suicide by jumping off a cliff?
As one of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan on his right arm completely closed.
Danzō looked at the "Wood Golem Wall" that temporarily trapped Uchiha Ikeizumi.
He had lost another Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
The silent cost tonight was already unacceptable to him.
Damn Uchiha brat…
Just die already!
"Danzō!"
"What are you doing!!!"
A roar, devoid of any attempt to conceal the anger in its tone, came from behind Danzō, approaching from a distance.
When Danzō turned his grim, aged face, he saw Hiruzen Sarutobi rushing over with a large group of ANBU ninja.
Their aggressive stance made Danzō sneer.
If the monkey (Hiruzen) hadn't continuously indulged and protected Uchiha Ikeizumi, allowing that inherently evil Uchiha brat to grow, he would have dealt with Uchiha Ikeizumi years ago.
At this moment, Danzō noticed someone else approaching from another direction.
He couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"Fugaku…"
Because the newcomer from the other side was none other than Uchiha Fugaku, leading a group of Uchiha clan ninja!
....
"Where's Ikeizumi…" Fugaku gazed at the devastated area not far ahead. He found that in the ravaged forefront, there was only Shimura Danzō.
And on the other side, the Hokage and his group were also rushing over.
But Uchiha Ikeizumi was nowhere to be seen.
This made Fugaku's heart sink.
Even knowing that Uchiha Ikeizumi's existence would put his eldest son, Uchiha Itachi, in a dangerous situation, their Uchiha clan truly couldn't afford to lose such a powerful combatant.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, the heavy-hearted Fugaku watched as a strange "wood cage" in front of him spontaneously combusted. He also saw Danzō simultaneously turn around in disbelief.
—Boom!!!
A towering torrent of magma instantly tore the "Wood Golem Wall" into shreds, and the vines covered in poisonous flowers had long since turned to ash.
Uchiha Ikeizumi, bathed in magma, shot forward like a released arrow, instantly closing in on Danzō!
"Ikeizumi! Wait a moment!!!"
Fugaku was suddenly startled because the Hokage and his group had already arrived. If Ikeizumi still attacked…
...
"Ikeizumi! Stop!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart also tightened simultaneously.
But he never expected…
Uchiha Ikeizumi, right in front of him, the Hokage, plunged his scorching magma arm through Danzō's back!
Danzō's eyes widened sharply, and his turned neck stiffened.
His incredulous gaze fell upon Uchiha Ikeizumi's profile.
The second Sharingan transplanted on his arm slowly lost its light.
"How many more eyes do you have for me to exhaust?"
The voice, like a death god's whisper, sent chills down Danzō's spine.
He felt the emotion of fear.
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