Shimura Danzō indeed had gleaned many bits of information—about the Mangekyō Sharingan, about Susanoo, and about Izanagi. This allowed him a wisdom and power surpassing even his most triumphant peak in the original storyline!
Yet he would never have anticipated…
The secrets Chiyu knew far exceeded his imagination!
Since Chiyu already knew that while Izanagi lasted, Shimura Danzō simply could not truly die…
Since he knew that for that duration, no matter how severe the injury or even "death" itself, it would all be rendered null…
Then why would Chiyu bother playing along with him?
He activated Magatsuhi no Kami straight away, pulling Danzō's soul into his infernal domain, to suffer the scarlet karmic flames' judgment and burning!
Whether it "works" or not is irrelevant.
All Chiyu needs is to run out those four minutes of Izanagi's duration—then Danzō will surely perish!
Hence, that so-called last trump card of Shimura Danzō, in Chiyu's eyes, looked merely like some laughable child's game.
…
Hatake Kakashi and the others watched in astonishment, wholly unsure what had just happened. That was understandable—Izanagi as well as Magatsuhi no Kami were both secrets that only someone like Chiyu, who knew all the truths, could fully grasp. Nobody else could understand that hidden tug-of-war, not even Danzō himself, let alone outsiders.
Chiyu sneered, then even dispelled his Susanoo, relying on the godspeed of Lightning Release Chakra Mode plus his "Blade of False Darkness" to instantly kill the four Root operatives maintaining the Four Violet Flames Formation barrier.
In a flash, the violet wall collapsed, the blazing purple glow slowly vanishing.
Without pausing, he proceeded immediately: in those four minutes until Danzō's Izanagi wore off, there was no need to linger.
His figure moved like a bolt of lightning, a shooting star, a phantom—instantly cutting down the five or six remaining Root operatives, shattering them into sprays of blood and gore!
Thus, Root was completely annihilated!
Flagged by shock, Kakashi and Shito still didn't quite grasp what was going on.
Chiyu gave a mild remark:
"Relax. The battle is already finished."
Kakashi, watching Danzō's final convulsions, could hardly speak.
"Chiyu-sama… what have you done? Danzō, he—"
Chiyu didn't even glance at him, allowing Shimura Danzō to remain trapped in that hell-realm, howling madly, soul consumed by scarlet karmic flames, body and spirit enduring unimaginable agony.
But it was futile.
Chiyu intoned, quiet and cold:
"He's already dead."
Such a casual declaration left Kakashi and the rest exchanging speechless looks.
Although Kakashi didn't fully understand, he still believed in Chiyu.
So he nodded slowly.
At last, Kakashi turned toward his father.
"My father…"
Chiyu understood and glanced again at Danzō. He used a Mangekyō Sharingan illusion.
With Mangekyō Sharingan being what it was, Chiyu—though not a specialist in genjutsu—unleashed a terrifying force.
In that illusion realm, he forced Danzō to unlock Edo Tensei's bondage.
Hence, Konoha's White Fang Hatake Sakumo, Uchiha Setsuna, and the rest regained their consciousness—briefly. Of course, their souls were about to depart again.
Sakumo, now clear-headed, looked upon his son with deep compassion.
"Kakashi…?"
He sighed, "Can't believe I get to see you once more…"
Kakashi stood trembling, fists clenched.
"Father… everything that happened to you back then… what was it?"
Sakumo paused, then shook his head with a bitter smile.
"Just the everlasting darkness of the shinobi world… the same darkness we see even now…"
Kakashi, voice taut, said, "So it really was… those top brass of the village?"
Sakumo looked upon his child, reading the changes in him.
"Kakashi, don't bother avenging me. It's pointless. Besides…
I really did choose suicide of my own accord, weary of this dark shinobi world. So—"
Kakashi understood his father's meaning, but couldn't easily let go, nor did he have the "right" to forgive.
"I see," he said.
Sakumo saw that Kakashi didn't truly see. But there was nothing more to do.
"Sigh… follow your own path, my son. As your father… I'll always support you."
Kakashi glanced over at Uchiha Chiyu in the distance.
"Father… I've already chosen my path."
Sakumo cast a last glance toward Chiyu.
"So that's the Uchiha clan's man… truly remarkable…"
"Kakashi, if you choose to follow him… then do so wholeheartedly."
"I will, father…"
And with that, Hatake Sakumo's soul departed.
So too did the other spirits vanish in peace.
Thus ended the fierce battle with a total victory for Chiyu.
Along with it, the entire Root faction was wiped out, and the Edo Tensei dead, their souls freed to ascend back into the afterlife.
By then, about four minutes had passed.
Chiyu gave a final look at Shimura Danzō's arm. The last Sharingan slowly closed; Izanagi's time had ended.
Though Izanagi was powerful, so long as its time remained, even direct "soul-flame incineration" was undone. But now that the duration was done…
Danzō's sins were so dire as to defy imagination. Even the karmic flames struggled to finish burning them all.
He howled despairingly, hammered by unimaginable agony.
Kakashi and company, eyes wide, watched this once-lofty power of the village—partner and comrade to the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen—get burned alive in gruesome torment.
Yet they felt no pity, only a dark, savage sense of gratification.
"Uchiha Chiyu… aaah…!"
"No… I refuse to repent! Everything I did was for Konoha, for peace across the shinobi world! For that noble ideal, I'd pay any price!
You're not a god! You have no right to judge me—!"
Chiyu was cold.
"My judgment is your death. You cannot escape."
Danzō, half consumed, let out a final wail:
"Uchiha Chiyu… y-your end will be a hundred times worse than mine!
As for… Hiruzen…
In the netherworld, I'll be waiting…"
Then he fell silent, life utterly snuffed out.
Kakashi and the others exhaled, gazes falling upon Chiyu with renewed awe.
At that moment, Uchiha Chiyu's prestige soared to its peak—radiant, unparalleled.
Even the Third Hokage…
Could not compare.
Kakashi and Shito exchanged glances, then respectfully asked:
"Chiyu-sama… what now?"
Chiyu's reply was calm:
"We go back to Konoha…
And cleanse whatever remnants remain."
"Yes, sir!"
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