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Chapter 184: Danzo Dies, Kushina's Choice
Fugaku Uchiha and the crowd of Uchiha were silent as cicadas in winter, acting like ostriches. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly, afraid of attracting the mysterious person's attention.
Step! Step! Step!
The scene was silent.
Konan walked step by step toward Danzo Shimura, clear footsteps ringing out. Like echoes of death, hammering on Danzo's heart. The heavy atmosphere and terrifying pressure were like a giant mountain pressing on everyone.
"Ah!" He let out a strange cry, breathing rapidly, finally breaking the stagnation, fierce in appearance but weak inside. "Who are you!!"
"Daring to intrude into Konoha and massacre Konoha ninjas wantonly, do you not put my Konoha in your eyes?!"
He tried hard to pull the big flag, tying himself and Root firmly to Konoha. His gaze turned fiercely to the Uchiha clan grounds:
"Fugaku Uchiha! Your Uchiha clan is also part of Konoha, are you going to continue watching the show?!"
"Why don't you quickly capture this murderer who killed Konoha ninjas with this old man!!"
It wasn't that he didn't want to run; it was really that his feet seemed rooted to the ground. His whole body was weirdly immobile except for his head.
Fugaku Uchiha stood stiffly on the spot, his face terribly dark. Moving was wrong, not moving was also wrong. If it were anyone else, he might try to attack even if he couldn't win. But he was Danzo Shimura. An enemy who had always targeted him and the Uchiha clan.
The clansmen had long been unhappy with him and Root. let alone saving him, not going over to kill him personally was already good enough. Moreover, to save him and anger an existence who was obviously a supreme powerhouse, putting the Uchiha family at risk of destruction... Obviously not worth it.
Not saving! Just pretend not to see.
Fugaku quickly made a decision, looking up at the moon as if appreciating the moonlight. Only his peripheral vision glanced at the shadowy corner, watching the scene happening ahead.
"Fugaku Uchiha!!" Danzo was so angry his nose was crooked, shouting sternly, "Pretending not to see!!"
"This old man is the village elder. If I die at the gate of your Uchiha clan grounds, your Uchiha won't be able to escape responsibility!"
"Why don't you fast—"
Pfft, pfft, pfft!
Danzo could no longer make a sound. Needles pierced through every pore of his body like lightning, inflicting the torture of ten thousand needles penetrating the body. Dense small blood spots appeared on his body surface.
He didn't die immediately. His eyeballs protruded to the extreme, bulging out of their sockets. Mouth wide open, screaming silently. Only the slight sound of breath being exhaled. The severe pain in that instant just now was unimaginable, painful to the point where he couldn't even make a sound.
Fugaku Uchiha looked at Danzo, who suddenly became riddled with holes, in horror. This way of dying was unheard of, unseen before. Just watching, he felt a faint needle-pricking sensation all over his body. He suddenly felt a trace of sympathy for Danzo. Such injuries would probably hurt him to death directly...
The fact was exactly as Fugaku Uchiha thought. In a short while, Danzo's weak breathing sound became visibly faint until it disappeared completely. Painfully died.
Alex looked at the dead Danzo. He was indeed dead. There was also a three-tomoe Sharingan under the bandage. Perhaps he hadn't learned Izanagi yet, or he was controlled in advance and didn't have time to release it. Anyway, he was dead and couldn't be resurrected again. Currently, the Uchiha clan was still alive, so his right arm wasn't the look full of Sharingan like in later generations.
Konan stood on the spot, looking at Danzo's corpse. Her killing intent retracted, calming down. No matter which world's Danzo, he must be killed.
Alex flew up, throwing a living White Zetsu from the Storage White Paper next to Danzo's corpse.
Directly activate Edo Tensei!
Repeating the operation on Edo Tensei Obito, Danzo's soul was firmly sealed in the Edo body and stored in the Storage White Paper. When they arrived on the moon, let the two of them keep each other company, floating side by side in the universe together.
Fugaku Uchiha watched this scene in shock. Danzo died, then came back to life, and finally was taken in by a piece of white paper. Everything happening before his eyes challenged common sense too much; it was too magical.
This suddenly appearing mysterious person not only had supreme strength but also mastered such strange and bizarre abilities. Simply incomprehensible.
He took a deep breath, intending to take the initiative to say something. Danzo was dead, Root was destroyed; only his Uchiha clan was left here. Still didn't know how the other party viewed their Uchiha.
Fugaku stepped forward. "Your Excellency, please—"
Before he finished speaking, Konan vanished from the spot with a swish, whereabouts unknown. He froze on the spot, his expression shaken, and the words "Flying Thunder God" blurted out.
Doubts rose in his heart: Could the mysterious person be the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze? Disguising his identity, specifically killing Danzo Shimura and Root to take back Hokage power? But the strength seems wrong...
...
On the other side, on the lake surface.
Konan suddenly appeared beside Edo Tensei Kushina.
Minato's pupils contracted, subconsciously saying, "Flying Thunder God!"
He looked at Konan solemnly. "Who exactly is Your Excellency?"
Bang! A crisp sound.
The parallel world's Kushina punched Minato fiercely on the head, saying angrily, "Minato! What time is it now, why are you still dwelling on this!!"
"She saved me, saved Naruto, and saved our family. Our child doesn't have to live such a miserable life as in the future!"
She held Edo Tensei Kushina's hand tightly. "Are you the Hokage or my husband and Naruto's father!! Is your responsibility to those ungrateful villagers heavier than to us mother and son!!"
After learning about the original fate of herself and little Naruto from her other self, Kushina was instantly outraged. She felt a strong sense of alienation towards Konoha Village, the villagers, the Third Hokage, and even Jiraiya.
Good guys.
I and my husband risked our lives to seal the Nine-Tails and save Konoha Village, but in the end, they couldn't even take good care of the only child. Often going hungry, eating expired food, pinching pennies on living expenses. And having to endure the curses and bullying of all villagers.
Little Naruto is so small, yet has to bear the malice of the entire village. The grievance is simply unimaginable.
Minato was dejected and silent, as if he had lost all his spirit. Having learned about Naruto's future encounters, he really couldn't defend the villagers, the Third Hokage, and Jiraiya. The development was completely beyond his expectations.
He thought that after his death, Naruto would receive the treatment of a hero's son, but he didn't expect that he, the father, would personally create the beginning of the disaster for Naruto. He was suffering immensely. Facing the angry Kushina, he opened his mouth but couldn't say anything in the end.
Kushina wouldn't spoil him. "Minato, I warn you! Let the other party take the Nine-Tails. Don't show off your Hokage responsibility to me; otherwise, don't dream that little Naruto and I will stay by your side!"
"Kushina!" Minato was instantly anxious. "Don't say such things, I... I, since you don't like the Nine-Tails, then..."
He said dejectedly, "I just won't ask, pretend I didn't see it."
Konan looked at Minato and said coldly, "I won't stay in this world for long. The fate of you and Kushina has changed. Konoha, and how this world develops... I believe you will do better than the Konoha of later generations."
"With your talent, you should be the real power-holding Hokage of Konoha, not a puppet placed in the open."
Konan waved her hand backward, and instantly, kunai emitting biting cold air filled the sky. Swish, swish shooting backward like meteors.
Minato's pupils contracted. Combining with the words he just heard, he seemed to realize something. Subconsciously picking up the Flying Thunder God Kunai, he was suddenly held down firmly by a familiar hand, very forcefully.
Kushina's expression was serious as never before and... indifferent. "Minato, if you insist on saving that old man, I will take Naruto and leave Konoha Village immediately."
She sensed the direction the kunai were shooting at—it was exactly Hiruzen Sarutobi rushing over with Anbu! That damned old man, now not only holding Hokage power firmly, claiming young people need more experience and listen to seniors' opinions. In little Naruto's original tragic fate in the future, he was one of the executioners, just an old schemer.
Damn him!
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