Hatake Kakashi looked upon Shimura Danzō's power, especially that part which included his own father's assistance, and felt both shock and fury rising within him. Yet more than that, he was secretly worried for Chiyu.
"Chiyu-sama!"
Many people couldn't help but cry out. However…
"Such insignificant tricks!"
Chiyu merely sneered, paying no heed whatsoever to Danzō's fierce offensive. Instead, he chose a direct, ferocious counterattack!
Susanoo!
The Chiibiki Zai-Bakusō Chain lashed out in a sudden crack, whipping violently forth. Instantly, it extended its black-and-red, killing-intent-laced chain, binding and restraining the Baku in a single move. Its explosive force outright battered the giant summon into grievous injury!
The Baku let out a miserable shriek, trying to de-summon itself and flee. But how could it possibly break free from Chiyu's Chiibiki Zai-Bakusō Chain?
In an instant, even its soul was sealed away into the "Sin's Domain," while its fleshly body was directly crushed—reduced to a bloody, mangled heap, gore splattering in every direction!
As for Shimura Danzō…
He found himself instantly run through by Chiyu's Ten-Taba Zaimetsu Ken Sword, a sword bearing hellish magma-like flame and thunderous lightning. The blow erupted violently the moment it struck!
Before he or anyone else had any time to react—
Boom!
Eyes wide with disbelief, Danzō stared blankly at his torso, as his chest suddenly burst apart into a massive hole of mangled flesh, dying so brutally that it was unbearable to watch.
"What?!"
Hatake Kakashi and both sides' ninja looked on, terrified out of their wits!
Yet Chiyu merely let out a derisive laugh.
"Enough pretense. Come out, Shimura Danzō."
Kakashi and the others were thoroughly stunned.
They had clearly just seen Danzō slain utterly—why was Chiyu-sama saying that? Could it have been genjutsu? No, that was impossible…
Not even Kakashi's Sharingan perceived any sign of an illusion, so how…?
The very next moment, before their stunned gazes—
Shimura Danzō reappeared.
He stood in exactly the same spot as if he had materialized from thin air, or, perhaps, had never left at all! As though… nothing at all had happened.
Of course, Chiyu knew perfectly well that this was the man's final trump card—a forbidden Uchiha technique:
Izanagi.
He had long suspected that Danzō's Izanagi wasn't obtained only after the Uchiha Downfall.
In fact, the Uchiha clan itself held no knowledge of this technique— Chiyu's role as commander of the Police Force gave him direct access to all clan records, finding no mention of the technique's usage or transmission, only references stating it once existed in the Warring States Era and was banned due to grave consequences, eventually vanishing from history.
In short, it was probably not the Uchiha who'd passed on Izanagi to Danzō at all, but the ones most likely to know were Tobirama Senju or Orochimaru.
And now Danzō's display of Izanagi confirmed that guess.
Danzō frowned. "You… you're aware of this technique?!"
Chiyu spoke coldly. "Izanagi."
"Shimura Danzō, you think to use my Uchiha clan's forbidden jutsu against me?"
Those words didn't leave Kakashi or the rest particularly shocked— they'd never heard of it. Danzō merely fell silent.
"Uchiha Chiyu… I see I underestimated you. I never imagined you'd have uncovered the secrets of a technique said to be lost even within the Uchiha clan."
With that, he carefully unwrapped the bandages around his right arm, exposing the Hashirama cells of the Wood Release, along with… five sinister Sharingan eyeballs, spinning in grim, eerie alignment!
At once, everyone felt their skin crawl.
"T-Those are… Sharingan?!"
Kakashi and Shito among them felt equal parts horror and disgust, practically ready to vomit.
"How on earth did Danzō get such a revolting power…?"
Danzō observed Chiyu in silence. "All these were taken from the corpses of Uchiha clan members. Seeing them must make you furious, right?"
Yet Chiyu remained indifferent, letting out only a mocking laugh: "Only five?"
Danzō hesitated.
What's with this man? I revealed five Sharingan to anger him, and he stands so calm, even mocking me for having only five?! Does this man truly have no humanity, like a demon…?
Meanwhile, the first Sharingan on his arm slowly closed, entirely losing its light and sinking into darkness.
"Four left…"
Danzō gazed at his arm.
"That's about four minutes of duration… meaning four minutes in which I can attack without fear of death."
Yes, Izanagi's Sharingan doesn't equal one "life" per eye, but rather each eye grants a timeframe of invulnerability. In that timeframe, no matter how many times he "dies," it's null and void.
Thus, with Izanagi active, he had no reason to fear any risk. He could fight absolutely recklessly.
Danzō, plus the Edo Tensei forms of "Konoha's White Fang" Hatake Sakumo, Uchiha Setsuna, and others—together they encircled Chiyu, preparing for a decisive clash.
He had to finish it within four minutes.
Clap!
"Wood Release: Great Spear Tree!"
All at once, from his right-arm's Hashirama cells, countless wood-vine tendrils erupted, surging toward Chiyu's Susanoo with shocking might.
Kakashi and others outside the barrier were aghast.
"That's the First Hokage's—?"
Boom!
Before they could finish, the brutal wood-vine blast crashed upon Susanoo—again accomplishing nothing.
But Danzō sneered:
That wasn't his full approach. One part of the vines bored into the ground beneath Susanoo's feet.
In fact, Susanoo at an earlier stage doesn't guard everything from below—Gaara had once used that trick to force Madara out from inside Susanoo.
Chiyu realized: Not bad, Danzō's learned from facing Shisui's Susanoo. Indeed, he's using the floor as a weak point.
But it changes nothing.
Lightning flickered on Chiyu's sword as he simply cleaved away all approaching vines, turning them to flying scraps of wood.
Then, controlling Susanoo's spirit weapon—the Ten-Taba Zaimetsu Ken Sword—he slashed viciously toward Danzō!
Danzō, knowing he couldn't dodge, just gave a mocking smirk, trusting fully in Izanagi's power.
But that blow never fell.
"Hm?!"
Danzō froze.
Chiyu let out a disdainful laugh. "Danzō, you think I'd stand here and let you keep reviving, over and over, whittling down my chakra? Overly naive."
"Your Izanagi is pointless in my eyes."
"Now… face judgment!"
"Magatsuhi no Kami - Prayers of the Malefic Deity!"
A sudden ominous red glow from Chiyu's right Mangekyō Sharingan swallowed Danzō in one breath. He plunged into a mental Hell, consumed by boundless scarlet karmic flames.
Izanagi?
Useless.
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