No accidents occurred; the Tailed Beast Ball landed and exploded as expected, and the violent energy shockwave instantly swept across a hundred-meter radius, even causing the clothes of Kakuzu and One, who had already retreated to a distance, to flap loudly from the passing air current.
"I never thought you would choose to become a Jinchuriki yourself."
Kakuzu glanced at One beside him, leaning against the rock behind him, and said indifferently.
"Hahaha, this power is quite good. Speaking of which, I owe it to Mr. Kakuzu."
One bowed slightly and smiled.
Last time, Kakuzu indeed helped a lot; otherwise, if it were just him, trying to rescue Chomei right under the nose of the entire Takigakure Village would not have been realistic.
"Let's go, I hope that guy's body can still be found."
Under such a powerful explosion, whether Danzo could even leave a corpse was a question; as for whether he died, in Kakuzu's opinion, there was no possibility of his survival.
After Kakuzu finished speaking, he walked forward, and One quickly followed, reminding him.
"Mr. Kakuzu, that guy might not be dead yet."
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Kakuzu immediately stopped, turned his head to look at One beside him, and said with some surprise.
"Still alive?"
If he himself were at the center of the explosion, there would be no chance of revival, even five lives would be useless. The opponent's strength could only be described as decent; how could he have survived?
"Well, according to my intelligence, Danzo uses a powerful forbidden jutsu that can save his life."
At this point, One paused, his gaze fixed on the huge crater blasted out by the Tailed Beast Ball not far away, and said in a deep voice.
"It seems I guessed correctly."
Kakuzu instinctively turned his head and immediately saw Danzo standing perfectly intact at the bottom of the pit, which instantly made his expression turn somewhat ugly. He then abruptly turned his head and stared intently at One, saying in a deep voice.
"You never told me such important intelligence."
Facing the killing intent in Kakuzu's eyes, Ren didn't mind and continued to speak.
"Don't worry, Mr. Kakuzu, there's another piece of intelligence: a person can only use it once in their lifetime, and it also blinds one of their eyes.
It can be said that the current Danzo is even easier to deal with than before."
Hearing this, Kakuzu's ugly expression eased considerably. After glancing at him, he turned around and stood at the edge of the giant pit, his back once again beginning to surge. Subsequently, four black figures rushed out, wearing various masks on their faces, standing like guards on both sides.
"I want that guy's heart."
After leaving this remark, Kakuzu leaped down, and the four masked monsters behind him immediately twisted their bodies to follow. The remaining One shrugged helplessly and used Instantaneous Body Technique to chase after them.
Meanwhile, at the bottom of the pit, Danzo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hand, a look of relief after escaping death on his face.
"Kagami..."
Danzo raised his hand to cover his right eye beneath the bandage, saying with a complex tone.
"I never thought your eye would help me in the end."
Izanagi, the Uchiha Clan's ultimate ocular jutsu, has the effect of turning all unfavorable events that happen to oneself within a certain period into events that never occurred, only allowing favorable events to become reality.
The minimum requirement to use this technique is a Three Tomoe Sharingan or higher, and the consequence is permanent blindness of the Sharingan used for the jutsu.
The Three Tomoe Sharingan in Danzo's right eye had already lost its light and closed, which was the price of his survival.
"Kakuzu, Takigakure Village..."
Watching Kakuzu approach with his masked monsters, a hint of resentment appeared in Danzo's eyes. He then bit his finger and began to form hand signs.
"Summoning Technique!"
As a huge cloud of white mist exploded, instantly covering half of the giant pit, Kakuzu, seeing this scene, immediately stopped with his masked monsters, cautiously watching the white mist before them without making any rash moves.
Suddenly, a deafening elephant-like roar came from within. As the white mist dissipated, a strangely shaped creature appeared before their eyes.
Its body was orange, its limbs stout, its claws sharp, and a pair of green pupils stared directly at Kakuzu in front of it, its nose, expelling gas, swayed slightly in the air.
"What is that?!"
Seeing this monster suddenly appear and block his path, a hint of impatience appeared in Kakuzu's eyes. He directly controlled the Lightning Release masked monster to take two steps forward, lightning beginning to accumulate in its mouth, preparing to attack.
Suddenly, the elephant-like monster roared again, raising its nose to reveal a large mouth. Immediately, a strong suction force emanated, causing Kakuzu to stumble momentarily. After realizing what happened, he quickly extended a large number of black threads from his body, connecting them to the black threads on the surrounding masked monsters, then inserting them all into the ground to stabilize their footing.
"A Baku, huh..."
One glanced at the monster and then ignored it, instead turning his gaze to a figure moving rapidly out of the pit not far away, which was Danzo.
"Can he get away?"
One glanced up and then ignored Kakuzu's side. He leaped from the edge of the giant pit, then spread his wings and chased after the other party.
Meanwhile, Kakuzu's expression turned even gloomier. The repeated obstructions during the mission had made his mood extremely bad. He then pulled out four or five Kunai with Exploding Tags attached from his body and threw them at the Baku not far away, which was opening its mouth wide and wildly releasing suction.
However, to his surprise, the Kunai with Exploding Tags exploded into white light shortly after being thrown.
Strictly speaking, this technique of the Baku was a type of Wind Release, so the Wind Release Chakra contained in the suction directly detonated them.
Seeing this, Kakuzu's face grew even darker. Just as he was about to order the masked monsters on both sides to attack, he saw a figure suddenly descend from above the Baku's head in front of him. Upon closer inspection, it was Ren.
"Hmm?"
Seeing this, Kakuzu immediately stopped his attack. Whether Ren was injured or not was irrelevant; the main thing was, if something happened to that guy, who would he get his remaining commission from?
At this moment, Ren had already landed on the Baku's back. Looking at the figure that was about to run out of the deep pit, a cold smile appeared on his face.
"Trying to stall for time with something like this, old scoundrel, you're thinking too simply."
As Ren spoke, he raised his right hand, and after Chakra accumulation was complete, he slammed it down forcefully!
The suction immediately disappeared. The Baku's eyes widened, and it raised its body, letting out a tragic wail.
As a cloud of white mist exploded again, the Baku, which had only been out for less than five minutes, was once again taken out of the fight.
After landing, Ren wasted no time. He nodded to Kakuzu, who was not far away, and then the two of them chased after the other party. In a short while, they caught up.
"You all..."
"Enough."
Watching the three people surround him, Danzo gritted his teeth, just about to say something, when he was interrupted by Ren.
Ren took two steps forward, pointing the standard Konoha Anbu long sword he had picked up earlier at the opponent, and said in a deep voice.
"It's over, Danzo!"