Danzo opened his eyes to find the surrounding environment had become suddenly unfamiliar.
Instinctively, he looked up.
The sky had turned a sickening blood-red. The once-bright full moon now glowed in the shape of Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.
A sharp pain tore through his chest. Blood surged backward through his veins and spewed from his mouth.
"Danzo-sama, I trusted you... I admired you. So why... why did you take my eyes?"
The voice was unmistakable. Danzo's pupils shrank in disbelief.
"Uchiha Shisui! You… you're supposed to be dead!"
Shisui wordlessly drew the ninja blade that had pierced Danzo's chest. The silver steel shimmered coldly in the crimson moonlight, dripping with Danzo's blood.
Crimson spilled from the wound, seeping into his robes.
"Why… why wouldn't you give me the chance to save the Uchiha Clan…?"
Before Danzo could even scream, Shisui plunged the blade into his throat.
Danzo choked, unable to speak. Blood gurgled from his mouth as the blade slid free once more, now soaked in thick plasma.
His life poured out of him. He could feel his strength draining—limbs heavy, body weak, fingers twitching but unmoving.
Shisui's afterimages danced around him.
Then Danzo saw them—other Uchiha, a dozen or more.
Uchiha #1, Uchiha #2, Uchiha #3… one by one, all followed Shisui. Hate carved into their expressions. Each held a sword.
They walked past him slowly, deliberately—each one stabbing him as they passed. One. Then another. Then another.
Each blade brought more pain, more fear, and still Danzo refused to repent. Even in death, his heart cursed the Uchiha name.
…
Uchiha Hikaru—the Weapon—closed Shisui's Sharingan and gazed down at Danzo, who writhed on the ground, trapped within the Tsukuyomi illusion.
Hikaru pulled out a kunai from his tool pouch, ready to finish Danzo off right there.
The gray-black kunai gleamed under the red moonlight. Nearby, Root operatives began to move in, seeing their leader cornered.
But the Uchiha forces were quicker.
Striking with precision, they intercepted the Root agents, cutting them down or crippling them before they could reach Danzo.
"Hikaru! Stop!"
An aged voice rang out across the battlefield. Hikaru paused, his kunai still raised.
Finally… he's here.
The Third Hokage—Sarutobi Hiruzen—arrived wearing his formal Hokage robes and hat. He ran straight to Danzo's side, his face twisting in shock at the sight of his oldest friend writhing in the dirt like an animal.
He didn't speak—he couldn't. Pain filled his chest like molten iron.
After a moment, he steadied his breath and assessed the battlefield.
It was clear—Danzo's operation had failed.
Even with Hiruzen's silent approval and the use of the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, Danzo had been unable to take down Uchiha Hikaru.
The last shred of hope inside Hiruzen was extinguished.
Hikaru stood there, his gaze cold and unreadable.
"What's wrong, Lord Hokage? Danzo just attempted to use the Nine-Tails to launch a raid on the Uchiha district with Root's help. I was planning to execute him on the spot. Is that a problem?"
Hiruzen's expression twitched at Hikaru's words. He quickly forced a diplomatic smile.
"Hikaru, Danzo may have been manipulated. I trust him, and I believe he would never betray the village."
"He would never attack fellow Leaf shinobi."
Hikaru laughed bitterly. The sound was hollow.
He hadn't expected Hiruzen to say something so shameless—to try to shield Danzo even now, using his title as Hokage like a shield.
Suddenly, Hikaru sensed hundreds of chakra signatures entering the area.
Itachi. Fugaku. And behind them… the clan heads.
The climax had begun.
He slid the kunai back into his pouch and turned to face Hiruzen with a crooked smile.
"Well then, Hokage-dono. It seems the clan leaders have arrived. Let's let them judge Danzo's actions."
"After all, it's hard to believe the Hokage's right hand would do something so reckless without consequences."
"Deputy Clan Head Hikaru is right," said a voice from the crowd. "This matter is too serious to resolve hastily. The Hyuga Clan will speak."
"Hiashi speaks for us all," added another voice. "I am Nara Shikaku, speak for the Ino–Shika–Cho."
"I am from the Gekko Clan…"
"I represent the Shiranui Clan…"
Not just the powerful families—lesser clans stepped forward too.
Hiruzen's forced smile finally cracked into something real—but not in a good way. He looked like a dried chrysanthemum trying to bloom.
He turned to Danzo, laying a hand on his chest, pouring chakra in to dispel the illusion.
Danzo stirred, groaning in agony.
Hiruzen looked back at Hikaru with faint triumph in his eyes.
"You see? All the clans believe there may be a misunderstanding. Let's hear what Danzo has to say."
"Naruto!"
A cry tore through the tension like a blade.
Jiraiya burst into the scene, snatching the battered boy from Uchiha Inahime's arms.
Tears ran down his face as he looked at Naruto's wounds. Then his face turned to stone, and he glared at his former teacher.
"Since the Hokage has spoken," Jiraiya said, voice low and hard, "let's hear what Lord Danzo has to say."
Danzo coughed violently, leaning into Hiruzen's grip. His right eye socket throbbed where Shisui's eye had been ripped away.
Still, surrounded by allies and with Hiruzen at his side, confidence swelled within him.
He lifted a trembling arm and pointed at Hikaru.
"Uchiha Hikaru! I never expected you to lead the Uchiha in a coup! You even used your Mangekyō to control the Nine-Tails! I tried to stop you peacefully, but you attacked me and my men!"
"You're a traitor! A criminal! You have no intention of repenting!"
Hiruzen's gut twisted the moment Danzo opened his mouth.
When Danzo raised his right arm—covered in implanted Sharingan eyes—Hiruzen's heart sank.
So did everyone else's.
Whispers rippled through the crowd. Danzo's pale, grotesque right arm was exposed for the first time—dozens of Sharingan embedded into the flesh.
He usually kept it hidden, bandaged and feigned as a disability. But now the truth stood naked.
He had defiled the Uchiha for power.
And now… everyone could see it.
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