Just as Danzo was stunned, his eyes reflected the crimson figure of Uchiha Kaede, instantly approaching. Startled, Danzo dodged, his hands rapidly forming hand seals.
"Wind Style—"
Danzo inhaled sharply, his chest swelling dramatically as the breath erupted in a fierce, gulping breath.
"Vacuum Ball!!!"
He ultimately refused to remove the bandages.
If he exposed his Sharingan in public, all ninja clan of Konoha would likely regard him as an enemy.
After all, no one wanted to see a Kekkei Genkai in the hands of someone it doesn't belong to. He would have to explain how he managed to obtain the Sharigan and no clan would trust him, especially the Uchiha.
He unleashed the accumulated Wind Style chakra in his mouth, blasting out at Uchiha Kaede like machine gun bullets.
Each "Vacuum Ball" was half the size of a fist.
As it reached the nearby houses, it pierced even the thick walls, creating circular holes!
But…
when the vast quantities of "Vacuum Balls" fell upon Uchiha Kaede, it was like dropping pebbles into the water.
Though they created a few splashes of magma, they were unable to break through the strange molten ninjutsu defense.
With each step Uchiha Kaede took, the terrifying heat left a trail of flaming shoe prints on the ground. The air was thick with the stench of sulfur, nearly fainting.
"Damn, it really is very similar to the Hozuki clan's water transformation technique… a bloodline limit ninjutsu that transforms one's body into the elements of nature, rendering it immune to most physical attacks?"
"At least, my wind ninjutsu won't have much effect on him!"
Danzo's expression was utterly grim, his sinister eyes grim yet flitting with a mixture of fear and uncertainty. "No… He's definitely not invincible. He must have weaknesses…"
"While Hiruzen may be weak, he won't tolerate an uncontrolled Uchiha without weaknesses,"
Danzo suddenly thought.
The only time Uchiha Kaede blocked a ninjutsu attack was when he blocked the water jutsu used by two Root ninjas.
That's right!
Water jutsu...
could it be the weakness of this inherently evil Uchiha brat?
Water jutsu is not Danzo's specialty, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know it.
Suddenly!
Danzo saw Uchiha Kaede raise one arm, and a finger on his arm pointed towards him.
The fingertips where magma was flowing seemed to be accumulating power that was about to erupt.
"Not good!"
At the same moment, Uchiha Kaede's fingertips ejected balls of hot magma!
Dense mini magma bombs, dragging out arcs of light, headed straight for Danzo!
"Molten Style: Molten Gravel."
Danzo's pupils shrank, he quickly formed seals, and pressed his palms to the ground: "Water Style: Water Array Wall!!!"
A wall of water rose up.
A flood of lava bombs slammed into the water array's walls. The pervasive smell of sulfur and scalding steam made Danzo sweat profusely.
Had he lost even half a second, he would have been forced to use the power of his Sharingan to dodge Uchiha Kaede's attack.
Damn it!
Half of my skills are in Wind Style, and half in Sharingan and Wood Style.
And yet, one of these three abilities is completely useless against that inherently evil Uchiha brat, and the other two are difficult to use in public.
The piercing pain in his left ear, which occasionally pierced Danzo's heart, irritated him to the core.
He had never felt so constrained.
It was too restrictive!
If the battle had taken place elsewhere, if he had been more prepared and had brought more Root ninjas, Danzo would have been able to slay that evil brat, Uchiha Kaede!
After all…
that was how he had killed Uchiha Shisui a year ago.
Even the most formidable Uchiha genius couldn't withstand a collective attack, let alone an unpredictable conspiracy.
However,
today's clash with Uchiha Kaede was too hasty.
This was unlike his previous encounter with Shisui.
"Hmm?" Just then, through the hazy imagery of the translucent water formation, Danzo glimpsed a vast expanse of crimson light ahead.
"Melting Release: Great Fire Burst."
A massive fist of magma, now the size of a house, crushed the water formation with unstoppable force, scorching and melting the ground wherever it passed.
The terrifying force, like a volcanic eruption, instantly disintegrated the water formation, its scorching heat instantly vaporizing all the water!
As Danzo watched, the fist of magma suddenly expanded several times its size the moment it broke through the water formation.
A massive torrent of magma swept directly towards him,
making Danzo imagine he was facing a tsunami of magma!
"—Izanagi!"
Danzo was no longer concerned. Whether for his own life or to slay this inherently evil Uchiha brat, he had to unleash the power of his Sharingan.
A torrent of magma instantly engulfed his aged body. No human flesh could withstand the scorching heat.
In less than a second, Danzo's entire body was vaporized.
The swirling magma even obliterated half a street's worth of buildings.
Danzo was dead.
But not dead.
The Sharingan's forbidden secret technique, "Izanagi," allowed him to rewrite any unfavorable event, including death.
Once activated, the Sharingan invariably blinded him. This ability to rewrite adverse events lasted for a full minute.
As the transplanted Sharingan within the bandage closed completely, the airborne moisture from the human body instantly condensed, rapidly coalescing into a humanoid form. Danzo, now "alive," had a gloomy expression, his murderous intent brimming.
"Danzo!!!"
"Stop!!!"
At that moment, figures suddenly appeared on the street, quickly surrounding it.
They were all dressed in the attire of Konoha's Anbu.
Three full Anbu squads were dispatched.
Led by Sarutobi Hiruzen, they finally arrived.
...
Looking at the devastated streets before him, breathing in the strange smell of the air, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but cough a few times.
His old face looked much worse.
"Danzo! What are you doing!!!" Sarutobi Hiruzen, flanked by Kakashi and other Anbu guards, marched fiercely into the fray, his hands clasped behind his back, his face sullen and wrinkled, as he charged into the arena.
"This is Konoha! Are you trying to destroy it, Danzo?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen demanded.
Danzo: "???"
Danzo could understand that the commotion would attract the God of Shinobi.
But he couldn't understand why, upon arriving, he would aggressively question him.
"Sarutobi! What do you mean!"
Danzo stopped yelling "Hiruzen". He gritted his teeth and said, "What makes you say I want to destroy Konoha? On the contrary, if I can kill this ambitious Uchiha brat today, I will be saving Konoha!"
He pointed at Uchiha Kaede angrily, "This inherently evil Uchiha brat just wanted to use the Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and recreate the Nine-Tails Rebellion of several years ago!"
"If I hadn't happened to show up and see that scene, Konoha would have been destroyed in his hands!"