Chapter 574
Chapter 574
"What...what on earth is going on?!"
A terrified scream suddenly erupted from the center of the open space, and Shimura Danzo's eye, which was not covered by bandages, widened in shock.
He was just deep within the roots, in that impregnable underground base, when a hand reached out from a black crack and dragged him out like a chick.
Naruto deliberately found an open space. In front of him, a black portal opened silently. He then reached into the black crack and groped around on the other side of the space—without any hindrance, he pulled Shimura Danzo out from the depths of the Root.
As Danzo's feet left the ground, his mind was still processing information that he didn't have time to process.
He tried to struggle and resist, but he couldn't move a single finger.
Naruto casually tossed Danzo aside. Danzo's body arced through the air, but his body had developed conditioned reflexes through long-term ninja training. He adjusted his posture in mid-air and landed steadily on the ground.
"Yo, Danzo."
Naruto's voice came from the other side of the clearing, "I never thought we'd meet again. Although I don't want to see you at all, and you don't know me, I'm not the one looking for you."
Danzo frowned slightly at Danzo's relaxed tone and dismissive attitude, but quickly regained his serious expression.
Danzo's shoulders tensed slightly, and his breathing was much shallower than usual. He suppressed his panic and forced himself to calm down. He then needed to analyze the situation before him.
Was that technique just now a space-time ninjutsu? Danzo's mind raced.
But the one just now had no formula, no markings, no prerequisites. That hand simply reached out from the black crack and grabbed him with unerring accuracy. He had never seen such a space-time ninjutsu before.
And this face... is that the Nine-Tails? Danzo recognized it at a glance. Naruto's face was so similar to that of the Jinchuriki in the village, almost like they were made from the same mold.
But that's impossible. The Jinchuriki's age doesn't match up. He should still be a teenager, not this adult who looks around 19 and exudes a chilling aura. Is this face a disguise?
Danzo did not distinguish between Naruto and Kurama. To him, Naruto's only importance lay in the tailed beast sealed within him.
There are two other people, are they Uchiha? And Uchiha Sasuke?
Danzo shifted his gaze from Naruto to the two people standing beside him.
Uchiha Satsuki and Uchiha Sasuke did not deliberately conceal the chakra aura emanating from their bodies, the aura of their powerful eye powers.
Danzo recognized it at a glance; it was the chakra of the Uchiha clan, the aura of the Sharingan.
"Go."
Uchiha Satsuki didn't turn around; his words were directed at Sasuke. "He's your enemy."
There was no anger or hatred in her tone. She knew what Danzo had done and that he was one of the instigators of that night.
But she didn't feel the urge to kill him with her own hands. Her hatred had already been dissolved in another world in another way.
"...Yes. Thank you."
Sasuke nodded, his fingers clenching slightly. His gaze fell on Danzo, on the eye covered by bandages, on the arm wrapped in bandages, on the man who controlled the fate of the Uchiha clan in the darkness, hiding in the shadows like a rat.
But he didn't rush forward. He took a deep breath and then took a step forward.
"Gentlemen, which country are you ninjas from?"
Danzo's voice came from the other side of the clearing, "Although I don't know what methods you used, and even disguised yourself as a Jinchuriki, do you know that attacking me is tantamount to declaring war on Konoha?"
At the same time, he noticed Uchiha Sasuke moving forward. Something burned in his eyes—hatred.
"And you, Uchiha Sasuke."
Danzo's gaze fell on young Sasuke. "Why are you with those two? Have you chosen to betray Konoha? Have you made the same decision as your brother?"
Danzo had actually wanted to make a move against Sasuke for a long time. However, due to the obstruction of the Third Hokage and the threat of Itachi Uchiha, he never had a chance.
If Sasuke admits to betraying the village, then he can openly take Sasuke's Sharingan.
Danzo.
Sasuke stopped in his tracks. "I'm asking you, did you give the order? Did you... order Itachi to wipe out the Uchiha clan?"
Danzo's exposed eye widened suddenly, then he forced himself to calm down and slowly suppressed it.
"...Now, Itachi Uchiha is still alive, right? He wouldn't tell you something like this. Who told you? Was it those two intruders?"
He didn't deny it. He didn't say, "I don't know what you're talking about," or "This is slander." He simply asked two questions.
This reaction itself is an answer.
"...So, you really did do this?"
Sasuke's pupils began to tremble.
"Step aside. If that's truly the case, I must eliminate these two. For the sake of Konoha, I cannot allow this secret to be leaked."
Danzo's voice changed to a commanding tone.
He clearly didn't take young Sasuke seriously. A kid who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy was like an ant in his eyes. What truly made him wary were the two people standing behind him.
"...!"
The next moment, having received his answer, Sasuke's hatred surged like a flood bursting its banks, overcoming all the dams.
The hatred didn't build up gradually; it overwhelmed him in an instant. It eclipsed his joy at gaining new power and the shock he felt from those eyes.
His pupils changed.
Danzo froze the moment he saw those two eyes. His breath caught in his throat for a second. The Mangekyou Sharingan? And this one… that Sage's Eye from the records, does it really exist?
However, when Danzo looked into those eyes, his initial fear was immediately replaced by another emotion.
Greed and desire.
His pupils suddenly dilated, no longer with the contraction of fear, but with a longing, drooling intensity, like a wild beast that has been starving for a long time finally spotting its prey.
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