When Danzō, with an incredulous gaze, glanced towards Baku's location, he could only see a vast expanse of magma, like a tsunami, engulfing Baku's massive form.
It was as if a basin of hot water had been splashed onto a clump of fluffy cotton. He watched, wide-eyed, as Baku's body seemed to have its air squeezed out, visibly and rapidly "shriveling."
Until the large swathes of scorching magma splashed onto the ground, setting the earth ablaze with roaring flames.
Baku was gone—this was the fact Danzō's eyes registered.
He could clearly sense that this wasn't because Baku had unilaterally dispelled the summoning jutsu at the critical moment.
In other words...
The terrifying temperature of the magma had vaporized Baku!
His summoning beast...
Was dead!!!
Just as Uchiha Chisen had "killed" him earlier, Uchiha Chisen had killed the summoning beast Baku! Except Danzō had the Uchiha clan's "Izanagi" to rewrite reality, while Baku could only manage to let out a scream before dying in regret on the spot!
The magma scattered across the ground quickly converged into a human shape. Uchiha Chisen's unharmed body appeared within Danzō's line of sight. Danzō watched as the other party slowly turned around.
Blood trickled down from the corners of Danzō's mouth; this was caused by him gritting his teeth too hard.
But under the minute-long effect of "Izanagi," it was as if nothing had happened in less than the blink of an eye.
"U! CHI! HA! CHI! SEN!"
He was furious to the extreme!
...
Sarutobi Hiruzen's mood grew heavier as he, along with his people, had already arrived at the area affected by the residual battle energy.
Looking at houses affected by Wind Release, one after another...
Looking at Konoha civilians fleeing in panic into the open streets for safety, one after another...
Gazing at the devastated scene not far away.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was also furious to the extreme.
He never imagined that Danzō would be so irrational as to summon Baku within the village. He even allowed his summoning beast to use such powerful ninjutsu within the village.
Was it all to kill Uchiha Chisen? Were Uchiha clan ninjas such a thorn in his side?
To the point where he could disregard the safety of civilians?
"...Hmm?!" Just then, Sarutobi Hiruzen, whose expression was grim, suddenly froze.
Because he had just seen magma flying towards Baku.
When the magma gradually dispersed.
Danzō's summoning beast had disappeared.
"Could it be..." Sarutobi Hiruzen's pupils constricted. If his guess was correct, then Uchiha Chisen's strength would have to be re-evaluated.
...
Wind blades sharp enough to cut through kunai grazed Uchiha Chisen's cheek. Several thumb-sized wind bullets flying towards his face also created several centimeter-deep holes in his body.
Uchiha Chisen made no flashy moves. He countered with a punch, piercing Danzō's chest.
The light in Danzō's eyes slowly faded.
Strangely, Danzō's "corpse" detached from Uchiha Chisen's arm. In just a moment of distraction, his lifeless eyes suddenly regained their luster.
Danzō retreated a distance. A large number of thick vines grew from his right arm, shooting towards Uchiha Chisen!
"'Activating Izanagi' means that no matter how many times I die within a minute, it only counts as one death? I see."
Uchiha Chisen, having "killed" Danzō multiple times consecutively, had roughly understood the mechanism of "Izanagi" from this golden finger.
He grabbed an attacking vine with his backhand, and the magma directly set the vine ablaze, rapidly turning it into charcoal.
"Wood Release: Poison Mist Flower Sea!!!"
However.
The remaining vines that did not touch Uchiha Chisen suddenly sprouted vibrant flowers. As gusts of hot wind blew, a large number of flowers scattered pollen like a light sandstorm, obscuring vision and spreading outwards.
Since the trump card of Wood Release had already been revealed to Uchiha Chisen, Danzō no longer held back.
He clapped his hands together and roared with a sinister, resentful expression.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!!!"
Danzō slammed his right arm onto the ground, his entire arm transforming into wood and burrowing deep into the earth. Tree roots rapidly spread towards Uchiha Chisen's location, until they broke through the soil and began to weave together, forming a spherical cage.
This Wood Release ninjutsu, originally meant for defense, was now used by Danzō to trap Uchiha Chisen.
Or rather...
It was to trap the pollen that was rapidly spreading in all directions!
"Even with Lava Release, which is similar to Water Transformation Technique, you can't be invincible! Uchiha Chisen! Water Release, sealing ninjutsu... these are your weaknesses! And poison gas... that must surely be your weakness too! This is pollen that can even dissolve internal organs!"
Danzō panted slightly. He had never believed that there was an invincible ability in the ninja world.
Even Uchiha Shisui, who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, wasn't he still played by me and forced to flee in disarray? In the end, he even jumped off a cliff to commit suicide?
As the Three-Tomoe Sharingan on his right arm completely closed.
Danzō's gaze fell upon the "Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence" that had temporarily trapped Uchiha Chisen ahead.
He had lost another Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
The sunk cost for tonight had already become too much for him to bear.
That damn Uchiha brat…
Why don't you just die already!
...
"Danzō!"
"What are you doing!!!"
A roar, with no attempt to hide the anger in his voice, approached Danzō from behind.
When Danzō turned his head with a grim expression, he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen arriving in a hurry with a large group of Anbu ninjas.
The aggressive manner of their arrival made Danzō sneer.
If it weren't for that monkey constantly indulging and protecting Uchiha Chisen, allowing that inherently evil Uchiha brat to grow, he would have dealt with Uchiha Chisen countless years ago.
At this moment, Danzō noticed someone else approaching from another direction.
He couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"Fugaku…"
Because the one arriving from the other direction was none other than Uchiha Fugaku, leading a group of Uchiha Clan ninjas!
...
"Where is Chisen…" Fugaku gazed into the distance ahead, finding only Shimura Danzō in the midst of the ravaged landscape.
And also the Hokage and others arriving from the other direction.
But Uchiha Chisen was nowhere to be seen.
This caused Fugaku's heart to sink.
Even though he knew that Uchiha Chisen's existence would put his eldest son, Uchiha Itachi, in danger, their Uchiha Clan truly couldn't afford to lose such a powerful combatant.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Fugaku, his mood heavy, watched as a strange "wood prison" in front of them spontaneously combusted. He also saw Danzō turn his head in disbelief at the same time.
—Boom!!!
A surging torrent of lava instantly tore the "Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence" to shreds, and the vines covered in poisonous flowers had long since turned to ash.
Bathed in lava, Uchiha Chisen, like an arrow released from a bowstring, instantly closed in on Danzō!
"Chisen! Wait a moment!!!"
Fugaku was suddenly startled, because the Hokage and the others had already arrived. If Chisen still attacked...
...
"Chisen! Stop!" Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart also tightened simultaneously.
But he didn't expect...
Uchiha Chisen, right in front of him, the Hokage, pierced through Danzō's back with his scorching lava arm!
Danzō's eyes widened abruptly, and the neck he turned was stiff.
His unbelievable gaze fell upon Uchiha Chisen's profile.
The second Sharingan transplanted to his arm was slowly losing its luster.
"How many more eyes do you have for me to wear down?"
The voice, like a death god's whisper, sent chills down Danzō's spine.
He felt fear.
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