After leaving the Hokage's office, Danzo was seething with anger. He was utterly displeased with Hiruzen Sarutobi's indecisiveness. In his eyes, aside from Uchiha Kagami, every other Uchiha was inherently evil. Especially an Uchiha brat like Uchiha Akainu, who openly displayed such an extreme personality and way of doing things!
What was this talk of "[Absolute Justice]"? It was clearly just a pretext for killing people for fun! Only a completely incompetent Third Hokage like that "Monkey" would believe Uchiha Akainu's stance was trustworthy.
Danzo was simmering with discontent as he and his two Root guards made their way back to the Root base. Halfway there, he witnessed a sight that nearly caused him a heart attack.
—The seven-year-old Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, was being held by Uchiha Akainu!
This scene made Danzo vividly recall the Nine-Tails attack. The devastation caused by that terrifying Nine-Tailed Demon Fox to Konoha was still fresh in his memory! Danzo almost instantly bristled with fury. As he roared from a distance, "That inherently evil Uchiha brat!", he swiftly led his two Root guards towards Uchiha Akainu. In the blink of an eye, they surrounded Uchiha Akainu, the Anbu ninja, Izumi, and Naruto Uzumaki in a triangular formation.
Danzo was so emotionally agitated that he was practically on the verge of tearing off his bandages to reveal the horrifying Sharingan beneath. However, he managed to clench his teeth and hold back.
"Uchiha Akainu! Are you trying to rebel!?" Danzo's eyes, filled with extreme malice and anger, glared at Uchiha Akainu. His heavy breathing betrayed his intense emotions. He aggressively demanded, "Holding Naruto Uzumaki hostage in the middle of the street, your Uchiha clan's ambitions truly can't be hidden any longer, can they?!"
"I knew you Uchiha clan harbored ill intentions towards Konoha. The tragedy in Konoha several years ago... it was indeed orchestrated by your Uchiha clan, wasn't it?!"
The two masked Root guards had already drawn their ninja blades. The tense atmosphere made some of the surrounding passersby realize that something was terribly wrong.
"Who are those two masked figures...?" Compared to the Anbu ninjas, who were semi-open secrets, very few civilians knew about the existence of Root ninjas, the truly hidden "roots" of Konoha.
"Hey, hey, something feels off!" Someone gulped nervously, stepping back a few paces. "Are they going to fight? Should we hurry and inform the Police Force?"
"Isn't that Uchiha Akainu... a Police Force member himself? We should probably inform the Hokage-sama!"
"The situation looks pretty bad..."
"..."
Izumi also felt that the situation was dire. She didn't recognize the Root ninjas or Danzo Shimura, but she recognized the Anbu mask. She also noticed that ever since the bandaged old man, whom she had never seen before, appeared, Akainu-senpai's gaze had been intensely drawn to him. She wondered if it was her imagination, but she felt a palpable murderous intent emanating from Akainu-senpai's eyes.
Clearly, it wasn't her imagination. In Uchiha Akainu's vision, the red box floating above Danzo's head was larger than anyone else's. The dense, tiny characters listed Danzo's repeated transgressions, and the crimson, almost purple color, represented his evil.
Uchiha Akainu had seen Danzo from afar six years ago. Even then, he had felt a surging urge to act. However... at that time, he was merely a Chunin, and the evil clinging to Danzo was far beyond what he could purge.
And now... Uchiha Akainu was once again restless. He narrowed his eyes, ignoring Danzo's earlier series of aggressive questions, and stated, "This brat was caught by me because he committed a crime. Root... are you trying to obstruct the Police Force's duty? Anyone who obstructs law enforcement will be killed without mercy."
The Anbu ninja responsible for monitoring Naruto also realized that something was amiss. He subtly summoned a ninja pigeon, releasing it to quickly inform the Hokage-sama.
Naruto was too terrified to speak in this volatile atmosphere. He realized he had truly caused a huge mess today.
Danzo's sinister eyes were also filled with heavy killing intent. "Uchiha Akainu, you are no longer just an ordinary evil Uchiha! Today, I will personally eliminate this threat for Konoha."
Clang—
Uchiha Akainu's ninja blade was drawn more than an inch from its sheath. As a single fallen leaf was swept away by a gentle breeze. The two Root ninjas behind Uchiha Akainu made their move first! One, wielding a ninja blade, instantly closed in on Uchiha Akainu, the blade's tip aimed directly at his back! The other slashed at Uchiha Akainu's left arm, attempting to seize the Jinchuriki.
Danzo, meanwhile, approached with lightning speed, closing the distance to mere inches. His bandaged arm had somehow already gripped a kunai. The kunai plunged directly towards Uchiha Akainu's abdomen!
At that almost simultaneous moment, Uchiha Akainu's eyes turned crimson, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan fully manifesting. His left hand suddenly pulled back, forcing the Root ninja attempting to sever his left arm to hastily retract his blade, as striking further would have hit the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. The ninja blade, already an inch out of its sheath, fully emerged in an instant, colliding fiercely with Danzo's incoming kunai. Using this force, Uchiha Akainu released his grip on the blade, his right hand rapidly forming a single hand sign.
"Scorch Release..."
"Chakra Armor!"
An astonishing surge of crimson chakra erupted from Uchiha Akainu's entire body. Every inch of his skin visibly transformed into flowing lava, and even his Police Force uniform was assimilated by the Scorch Release chakra, taking on a molten appearance. The terrifying heat immediately set Naruto's back collar ablaze, causing Naruto to "thump" to the ground. The intense heat, even from a few centimeters away, scorched Naruto's nape. Naruto cried out in pain, clutching his neck.
The ninja blade aimed at Uchiha Akainu's back melted the moment it touched his skin...
"This is..." Danzo's pupils constricted, his anger-clouded mind instantly clearing as he recalled Uchiha Akainu's unique trait: "Scorch Release Kekkei Genkai!!!"
This inherently evil Uchiha brat before him was a rare double Kekkei Genkai ninja in the entire ninja world! Even Danzo had only heard of Uchiha Akainu's double Kekkei Genkai but had never seen him use Scorch Release. This astonishing temperature was more terrifying than many Fire Style ninjutsu! This inherently evil Uchiha brat absolutely must not be touched; such high temperatures would vaporize flesh—this was Danzo's subconscious conclusion drawn from years of combat experience.
As Danzo's thought had just settled... Uchiha Akainu's lava-flowing arm transformed as if into a piercing crimson spear! It lunged directly towards Danzo's head!
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