Tonight, Uchiha Chizumi killed eight Root operatives and forced Danzō to activate Izanagi twice.
The eight Root members each revealed random, miscellaneous jutsu—one of them even unleashed a "flower‑arranging" technique.
Only Danzō produced anything truly noteworthy.
First: Self-Cursing Seal—a fūinjutsu that shackles the target's body. Once caught, curse‑marks spread across the skin and all movement is sealed.
Second: the Mangekyō Sharingan. Yet it was not Shisui Uchiha's Kotoamatsukami eye that Danzō had stolen, but a Mangekyō awakened from Uchiha Chizumi's own conviction!
Under Fugaku's horrified stare, the six tomoe in Chizumi's three‑tomoe eyes rapidly morphed into a Mangekyō pattern Fugaku had never seen.
And Fugaku was not the only one watching.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, and numerous Anbu were fixed on Chizumi's every move.
They too …
… witnessed the extraordinary change in his eyes!
"Mangekyō Sharingan!" Already seething and unhinged, Danzō shouted in shock, "So you really do possess the Uchiha clan's most sinister power!"
What stunned Danzō even more was Chizumi's absolute resolve.
With so many people blocking him, this brat still dared to reveal a Mangekyō in public?
Wasn't that an open declaration of conflict before everyone's eyes?
Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart clenched. He muttered in disbelief, "So these are the eyes that can see the evils of the past and the future?"
At first, Hiruzen had doubted that Chizumi truly possessed the Mangekyō.
He believed the so‑called power to read past and future evil was merely an advanced use of the three‑tomoe Sharingan—some unique dojutsu Chizumi had chanced upon.
After all, if Chizumi really had a Mangekyō, why had he never used it before?
He was not someone who hid his strength.
Until this moment …
Hiruzen was convinced.
Nothing is more persuasive than what one sees with one's own eyes.
But …
If Chizumi's Mangekyō only "perceived evil," then perhaps its threat level was low. If so, why activate it now?
"Third Hokage, Fugaku—if you can keep Shimura Danzō alive, it only proves that the power of Absolute Justice is still inadequate."
An overwhelming aura erupted from Uchiha Chizumi.
His eerie Mangekyō radiated a chilling presence.
Hiruzen's pupils contracted; he felt an unmistakable sense of danger from Chizumi.
Those eyes made his skin crawl—Chizumi's Mangekyō clearly offered more than just insight into evil.
"Chizumi …" Fugaku began anxiously, only to see Chizumi's gaze shift toward Danzō.
Not good!
A jolt ran through Fugaku—Chizumi really intended to attack right in front of the Hokage and the Clan Head!
At that instant, Danzō's eyes met Chizumi's.
An indescribable suffocation made cold sweat bead on Danzō's brow.
Before he could react, the sinister Mangekyō pattern burned into his pupils. In that very blink, Danzō's body convulsed and froze—as though petrified.
Hiruzen noticed the change, locking his gaze onto Danzō—realizing he had fallen to a dojutsu.
Before anyone could respond, Chizumi had already implanted his Mangekyō technique into Danzō!
Suddenly Danzō's blank face began to distort.
His deeply wrinkled visage twisted visibly, as if witnessing unspeakable horrors and pain. In an instant, tears, snot, and drool flowed together.
Shuddering, Danzō clutched his head and collapsed to his knees. His pupils rolled outward in opposite directions, his expression reduced to that of a witless child.
His fingernails gouged bloody grooves across his own face.
"Ah… AAAAAHHHH!!" A scream of agony and despair tore through the night, making everyone's hair stand on end.
Even Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Fugaku felt a chill that pierced their bones.
The outer Konoha shinobi had no idea Chizumi had awakened the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan.
Many didn't even know what a Mangekyō was, nor that Danzō had fallen to an unprecedented ocular jutsu.
Yet they understood one thing—Uchiha Chizumi had acted. He ignored the Hokage's restraint, even disobeyed his own clan head.
For the sake of Absolute Justice, he chose to stand alone.
"Huff…"
Hyūga Hiashi exhaled, gazing at the Anbu wall ahead. He purposely avoided using his Byakugan to see what lay beyond.
The Hyūga remained low‑key in Konoha, unlike the Uchiha, precisely because they asked less, saw less, and involved themselves less. Even now—no exception.
"What is that…"
Orange‑furred Jujirō kept leaping on Izumi's shoulder, finally peering through the ring of Anbu.
Jujirō saw Chizumi glance his way, blood dripping from Chizumi's left eye.
Before the cat could curse "Coward Fugaku" for attacking Chizumi, it noticed the strangeness in Chizumi's pupils—not the familiar three tomoe, but…
"Mangekyō Sharingan!!!"
Jujirō's cat face froze. Grabbing Izumi's hair and scratching her scalp, he yelled, "Rookie! Rookie! Chizumi‑sama has grown stronger—that's your clan's legendary power!"
"Chizumi‑sama is using that old mutt Shimura Danzō as a test subject for his Mangekyō jutsu! As expected of Chizumi‑sama—once Absolute Justice gains absolute power, how could it keep bowing to tyranny? He's no coward like Fugaku!"
…
"Chizumi! What have you done!!"
Fugaku, unaware the ninja cat had insulted him, stood numb with shock.
Yet Chizumi ignored him, staring coldly at the immobilized Danzō:
"So that's how it works—one use is enough to understand its power."
"Have you felt the pain suffered by those you've harmed? Do you comprehend the depth of your own evil? This is the Eye of Judgment from Hell."