Danzō thought he had gone to extremes by disregarding civilian casualties and property damage, using immensely powerful ninjutsu within Konoha Village. He hadn't expected to encounter someone even more extreme.
He couldn't imagine the immense destruction that would result if the massive amount of lava and volcanic bombs falling from the sky were left uncontrolled.
However, Danzō was clear on one point—neither he nor his summoned beast could be hit by this lava!
He had already experienced the terror of lava many days prior.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere Barrage!!!"
Danzō took a deep breath of the air thick with the smell of sulfur, and the Baku beneath him raised its head and opened its massive mouth.
Puff puff puff puff puff—
Numerous wind bullets were rapidly spat from its mouth. The dense volley of wind bullets seemed poised to rival the volcanic bombs descending from the sky, with both sides colliding rapidly in mid-air.
But at that very moment, Danzō's peripheral vision caught sight of Uchiha Chisen's figure inexplicably disappearing!
Trouble!
Danzō's gaze darted rapidly in all directions, worried that Uchiha Chisen would seize the opportunity to close the distance.
However, Danzō was overthinking it this time, as Uchiha Chisen's priority was to deal with those annoying "little flies" first.
An orange-red hand, formed from flowing lava and radiating terrifying heat, had, at some unknown point, grabbed the face of a Root ninja.
The Root ninja's mask melted instantly, and the lava hand seared deeply into the Root ninja's face like a branding iron.
"Aaaaaaaah—"
Accompanied by a piercing scream, Uchiha Chisen didn't even need to press down forcefully. The Root ninja's face caved in by more than half, like melting butter.
Until the screams ceased.
Life was completely extinguished.
"A opening!!!" As Danzō and the Baku worked together to block the falling volcanic bombs, a Root ninja gritted his teeth and desperately closed in behind Uchiha Chisen.
He tore open his combat vest, ripped apart the inner lining, bit his thumb, and made a cut across his abdomen.
Instantly.
A series of bizarre, intersecting, pitch-black fuinjutsu patterns appeared on his abdomen. The chakra within his body was rapidly absorbed by the fuinjutsu, causing the Root ninja's muscles to visibly wither.
"Ninjutsu: Puppet Binding Seal!!!"
Whoosh—
The pitch-black fuinjutsu patterns on his abdomen transformed into three black chains, which shot out from behind Uchiha Chisen.
Thwack!
Thwack!
Thwack!
The chains instantly pierced Uchiha Chisen's body. Although no blood flowed, the chains spread out strange patterns, gradually covering his lava-flowing skin.
In the sight of the Root ninja, whose body had withered to a skeletal thinness, Uchiha Chisen seemed to struggle to break free from the chains' restraint, but he was unable to do so no matter how hard he tried.
"Hmph..."
With his chakra severely drained, the pale-faced Root ninja sneered, "This is from the Uzumaki Clan's..."
"What are you doing! He's behind you!!!" A sudden shout made the Root ninja pause.
Before he could make any further move, he found the ninja sword tucked into his waist being pulled out from behind him.
Slish—
A large head slid from his neck. Uchiha Chisen glanced indifferently at the headless corpse on the ground, then at the black chains embedded in a mass of air in front of him.
The genjutsu from the Sharingan was still too overpowered.
Especially in a life-or-death battle like this, a mere second of genjutsu was enough to determine someone's fate.
...
"Meow! These guys are ganging up on Chisen-sama! Newbie, run faster! We have to hurry and support Chisen-sama!"
Kijiro, leading a swarm of Ninja Cats, rushed towards the Yamanaka Clan's encampment.
Izumi followed closely behind.
"Kijiro, what is that?!" Izumi asked, quickly dashing forward, looking up in shock at the Baku in the distance.
Kijiro first corrected her, "You should call me Kijiro-senpai!"
He then quickly replied, "That's the summoned beast of that old dog Shimura Danzō. I think its name is Baku. It's a very powerful summoned beast, skilled in un-hand seal Wind Release ninjutsu."
As the person and the cats leaped across rooftops.
Suddenly, a figure cloaked in black on a rooftop ahead caught Izumi and Kijiro's attention.
As Izumi passed by the figure, she glanced back in a hurry, wanting to see who it was.
To her surprise, the figure suddenly disappeared!
As if it had never existed.
It was as if it were her hallucination.
"Kijiro... senpai!" Izumi's pupils contracted, and she immediately shouted, "Did you guys spot that person just now?"
Kijiro's cat-like face was grave. "I saw him... but I didn't see how he disappeared. Meow... I think I vaguely saw him wearing a mask, a mask that only revealed one eye. Don't worry about him for now, supporting Lord Uchiha Chisen is more important!"
...
"Uchiha Chisen..."
Beneath the night sky, barely visible air ripples fluctuated slightly as a figure cloaked in black reappeared.
Within the single exposed eye, a hint of gloom could be faintly discerned.
"If it weren't for Teacher Minato back then, I probably would have already died by your hand, right? Heh... I heard that kid called Uchiha Itachi went through a similar experience to mine."
He muttered to himself, seemingly without logic.
"Meeting you right after returning to Konoha is really bad luck. Should I take this opportunity... to kick you while you're down?"
His gaze swept forward, and when he saw figure after figure rushing towards the Yamanaka Clan's encampment.
He sighed regretfully again.
"Never mind..."
"There are too many people."
...
--BOOM!!!
A rolling torrent of scorching magma surged towards Baku and Danzō. Under the extreme heat, even from dozens of meters away, Danzō's eyes stung and his skin felt dry and itchy.
Baku took a deep breath and exhaled.
Howling gusts of wind formed a solid wall, forcefully blocking the incoming magma torrent.
However, Danzō keenly sensed that the ground beneath Baku's feet was not right.
Traces of faint red light appeared in the dense cracks, as if some terrifying existence was about to break free from the earth.
Danzō's breath hitched.
His pupils constricted sharply.
"Baku! Below!" he shouted urgently, causing Baku's gaze to shift downwards as well.
The next moment, Baku's eyes reflected the light of the magma.
--RUMBLE!
The ground in front of Baku tore apart, and a massive amount of magma surged upwards like a giant cleaver, slashing towards Baku's head!
Baku hastily retreated, but the magma erupted too quickly. In less than a blink of an eye, it flashed past in front of him.
Danzō also watched with wide eyes as the magma, like a crimson cleaver, suddenly flashed by less than three meters in front of him!
"ROOOOAAAARRRR!!!"
Danzō heard Baku's shrill scream. As he quickly looked down, he saw that Baku's long nose and half of its face were completely gone!
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