radicalducati Chapter 329 The Will of Fire of the Pot Shadow, Light and Darkness
Chapter 329 The Will of Fire of the Pot Shadow, Light and Darkness
"That guy? You really do know something..." Junto's face lit up with excitement upon hearing the implication in Danzo's words. The Uchiha massacre was indeed not the work of Itachi alone.
So, who exactly was the guy that Danzo kept quiet about?
"Is it Akatsuki? That accomplice of Itachi??" Kakashi's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he immediately asked, as he was also very curious about this.
"Akatsuki? It seems Itachi's return made you aware of something!" Danzo was slightly taken aback, but quickly calmed down and said to himself.
Uchiha Itachi, what exactly is that guy trying to do?
Did he rush back to Konoha after the Third Hokage's death, injure Sasuke, and then leak this information in order to become a spy for the Fifth Hokage?
Yes, very likely! After all, Kakashi was Itachi's former captain of the Anbu and is now Sasuke's teacher.
"Danzo, you..."
"Kakashi, your clumsy intelligence gathering should be over by now!" Danzo interrupted, glancing at the half-closed third Sharingan that was about to close, and rushed straight towards Junto.
With those eyes and Hashirama's Wood Release, he could definitely rewrite the future. Even if that person was Uchiha Madara, he might still be able to kill him and protect Konoha.
"Don't even think about it, Danzo!" Tsunade shouted immediately upon seeing this, and her powerful punch aimed straight at Danzo's face.
In the blink of an eye, just as Tsunade's fist slammed into Danzo's face, the pattern on Danzo's right eye spun rapidly, anticipating what was happening. He twisted his body like a cunning rabbit and grabbed Tsunade's arm from the side.
The next instant, just as Tsunade frowned and kicked out, a black sealing technique erupted from Danzo's hand. A black curse mark resembling a ribbon extended rapidly from his fair arm, instantly covering his full chest and beautiful face.
"What... what is this??"
"Seal of Self-Destruction. Tsunade, do you think I was just playing along with your conversation?" Danzo smiled confidently at the immobile Tsunade, then bypassed her and charged straight at Junto again.
Although that sealing technique could temporarily bind Tsunade, it definitely wouldn't last more than ten seconds.
"Raikiri!!" In the blink of an eye, Kakashi pounced on him again.
Danzo, seeing this, neither dodged nor avoided, but instead drew his kunai with a sharp wind-style chakra sword wrapped around it and slashed at it.
Kakashi's Lightning Blade can cut through lightning, but Danzo's Wind Release should not be underestimated.
In an instant, the two collided dozens of times at high speed, with lightning flashing and electric arcs sparking, showing no clear winner!
"Karin, help me suppress the Baku and prevent it from running back." Seeing this, Ishikawa's eyes flashed, and he shouted to Karin, drawing his long sword.
"Chidori..." Once again, a thousand birds swirled around White Fang, and Ishikawa's long sword, flashing with white lightning, seized the opportunity to strike Danzo's right arm.
[Great opportunity!]
In a flash, Danzo glanced at his arm, which was not yet fully closed, and a smile appeared on his lips.
If he could seize the opportunity to sacrifice his right arm and allow Ishikawa's attack to continue and severely injure Kakashi, he could gouge out Jundo's eyes in that brief moment.
Knowing that Tsunade might break free at any moment, Danzo immediately grabbed Ishikawa's longsword and, while the sharp White Fang severed his right arm, guided the blade towards Kakashi's face.
Just as Danzo, believing he had succeeded, retreated at the critical moment, he shouted, "Yin Seal - Open..."
Suddenly, Tsunade's loud shout echoed throughout the entire arena!
Almost simultaneously, Tsunade, enveloped in pale yellow chakra, appeared beside Danzo as if by teleportation and kicked him back.
The next instant, "Pfft..."
Danzo coughed up a mouthful of blood, staring incredulously at Kakashi and his own chest, pierced by the Lightning Blade.
"W-what...uh..."
Before he could finish speaking his words of fear, Danzo felt another sharp pain as Ishikawa's longsword pierced his left collarbone, striking him as if he had been struck by lightning once more.
"No, impossible! Why did my Izanagi fail? The time shouldn't have come yet!!"
Feeling the pain of his fatal wound, Danzo panicked and screamed when he realized there was no way to change reality again.
Subconsciously, he turned to look at the Sharingan right arm that he had strategically and temporarily abandoned.
Yes, that's right. Although most of the Sharingan's eyelids were closed, it wasn't completely shut off.
So right now, he should still be within the Izanagi time limit!
"Could it be..." Suddenly, Danzo realized something and his expression changed drastically as he looked at Uchiha Junto, who was panting heavily and sweating profusely.
"Finally, you've found it?" Seeing Danzo's surprised look, Junto's eyes flashed with a wicked gray smirk.
"Just as you said, you cooperated with our questioning while secretly preparing the Self-Binding Curse Seal. And we are doing the same!" Kakashi dispersed his Lightning Blade and explained, causing Danzo to scream and spurt blood again, his face turning extremely ugly.
"You, could it be that when you were questioning me just now you had already..." Danzo stared at Junto and Kakashi with resentment as he thought of a certain possibility and asked regretfully.
“That’s right. The moment Ishikawa pointed out that your Sharingan right arm was a weakness, we noticed this opportunity.” Kakashi nodded, giving Ishikawa a pleased look from behind Danzo.
Runtu covered his eyes and forced a smile, saying, "While we were confronting you, we secretly planted a genjutsu in your Sharingan, delaying the closing time of that Sharingan by ten seconds."
"You two bastards!!" Danzo couldn't help but curse loudly upon hearing this, never expecting that his most prized Sharingan genjutsu would backfire.
He possesses the strongest genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami, how could he be misled by a mere Sharingan genjutsu? Damn it, I'm so unwilling to accept this...
"So Danzo, everything you just did is laughable to us. You've already lost Izanagi, yet you still arrogantly fight by self-harming." Ishikawa drew his White Fang, delivering a fatal blow that turned Danzo's face a deep purplish-red once more.
The thought of his smug expression just now made him want to slap himself twice...
Why can't he start a new Izanagi sooner? Damn it, he still cherishes every Sharingan too much, and he wants to use every Izanagi to its fullest potential.
"Now, you should return this eye to the Uchiha!"
Just as Danzo was panting and filled with remorse, Kakashi sighed and reached out with arcs of electricity to grab Danzo's right eye.
This is the Uchiha Mangekyou Sharingan; he can't let Danzo die with this eye.
Now that he has obtained the secrets of Wood Release and the Sharingan, he needs such an eye to study the reasons behind it and to find light for Junto's eyes.
"Sarutobi, I'm really not reconciled!" Ignoring Kakashi's actions, Danzo exhaled a breath of stale air and turned to look at the Hokage Rock. "You are a great tree bathed in sunlight, while I am a root buried underground."
"We were both fighting for Konoha, and my resolve to protect Konoha was no less than yours, Hiruzen Sarutobi. But why, why did our fates end up so drastically different!"
"You are the Third Hokage, who sacrificed yourself as a hero to save the village. As for me, even with a thousand regrets, I can only die bearing the infamy of sin! For the sake of Konoha, even if I fail, I cannot use that technique to perish together with them."
"Heh, is this the end for roots? Even if they eventually rot, they'll be buried underground, never to see the light of day again..."