"So then… you've dragged yourself into the blast zone as well," Danzo sneered, locking Kirito in place.
Kirito's eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't hesitate.
He swung Sode no Shirayuki downward and the brilliant white pillar of light erupted beneath them, engulfing them both in a blizzard of absolute frost.
Everything touched by the pillar froze solid.
When the light finally faded, a massive column of ice, more than ten meters in diameter, remained.
"Whoosh."
Danzo reappeared some distance away, panting heavily.
Though his body showed no signs of injury, testament to the terrifying power of the forbidden Izanagi,
his breath was ragged, and his face pale from the massive chakra depletion.
After all, Danzo was not of Uchiha blood, and invoking Izanagi placed extreme strain on him.
If not for the cells of Hashirama Senju stabilizing his body, just one use would likely have left his aged frame a dried-up corpse.
"Huff…" He exhaled sharply, still winded, his gaze fixed on the towering glacier.
"That brat… he really dragged himself into his own technique's kill zone…"
Unknown, overwhelming taijutsu… a weapon capable of channeling Ice Release techniques…
Just what secrets is this Hyuga Kirito hiding?
Could it be some bloodline limit from the Hyuga? No… that's not it…
As Danzo pondered Kirito's origins-
"Crack."
A sharp sound pierced the air.
The glacier split.
Fissures spread, then burst open,
"Thud."
Kirito emerged, falling through a flurry of ice shards.
Danzo's eyes narrowed.
"Hmph. So he didn't come out of that unscathed, huh?"
Kirito's skin was mottled blue and purple from frostbite, his limbs stiff.
He exhaled a plume of white vapor and muttered to himself,
"Sode no Shirayuki can protect my internal organs from the cold…"
"But it can't shield my skin."
"Even with my resistance to ice, taking that head-on…"
"It still hurts."
Danzo watched in silence.
"So… what now?"
"You realize I can respond in kind with the same technique," he said calmly.
But inwardly, he was anything but.
Dragging Kirito into the First Dance's range was not without cost.
Even if Izanagi nullified the damage, each activation consumed a massive amount of chakra.
And Danzo knew, if this dragged on much longer, even his enhanced body wouldn't hold out.
Kirito, while unaware of Danzo's exact thoughts, understood a universal truth:
The more powerful the forbidden jutsu, the heavier the price.
And his own stamina wasn't limitless either.
Sode no Shirayuki consumed immense energy each time it was used.
"So it's a battle of attrition now…"
He exhaled again, white frost forming in his lashes and hair.
"Whoosh!"
With a flash, he lunged straight at Danzo.
Danzo squinted.
Can't keep wasting Sharingan like this. Who knows what trump card this kid is still hiding?
This time, Danzo didn't use another Izanagi.
Instead, he slipped past Kirito's frontal slash with precision.
His hands shimmered with concentrated Wind Chakra and then-
clap!
He brought both palms together, trapping Kirito's sword between them!
Kirito's eyes flicked.
Without a word, he poured chakra into his blade, a surge of piercing cold erupted from the white steel.
"Kh!"
Frost crept instantly along Danzo's sleeves.
But oddly, his withered hands remained untouched, surrounded by a shimmering shield of Wind Chakra.
"Shk!"
Danzo's hands slid along the blade, gripping it by the guard.
One hand locked it in place, the other, stiffened into a chakra blade, swung for Kirito's throat.
The edge gleamed with Wind Release, razor-sharp, humming with power.
Kirito's pupils shrank.
He snapped his head back just in time, the blade grazed his forehead, severing a few strands of hair.
Counterattack.
Kirito's left hand struck forward like a hammer, aiming directly for Danzo's temple.
With his [Strength] stat, a blow like that would shatter a stone slab.
But,
"Now!" Danzo's eye gleamed.
The hand gripping Kirito's sword suddenly let go,
and stabbed a finger directly into the center of Kirito's attacking palm.
The hit landed,
Danzo's finger cracked and broke, but that didn't matter.
Because, Kirito's sword sank deep into Danzo's chest.
And yet, Kirito froze. His body, locked up.
A glowing seal flickered to life on his palm, spreading like wildfire.
Dark, branching marks snaked up his arm and across his body,
like invisible chains, binding him in place.
Danzo reappeared, completely unharmed, standing before him.
He didn't strike again. He didn't need to.
"Don't bother," he said coldly.
"That's a high-grade Binding Curse Seal.
Your body won't be moving anytime soon."
Kirito's eyes were the only thing he could still control.
They stared daggers at Danzo.
And Danzo… simply smiled.
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