"Shadow clone?!"
Seeing Kaze's body disperse into a puff of white smoke, Danzō finally realized that the one Baku had caught with Wind Release wasn't the real body at all.
Under normal circumstances, Danzō would've easily seen through the difference between a real body and a solid clone.
"It's because of the chakra depletion, isn't it?"
He swallowed nervously, throat tight with unease.
Though Izanagi could rewrite reality, it couldn't undo the chakra spent in that reality.
On top of that, Danzō had to use part of his chakra to suppress the cells from Hashirama.
Because of that, he couldn't push the Sharingan's powers of perception to the limit.
And for that very reason, he failed to realize that Baku had only caught Kaze's clone.
"Damn it…"
Danzō cursed inwardly, catching a glimpse from the corner of his eye—another Sharingan on his arm had just closed.
"Only two chances left…"
One on his arm.
One in his right eye.
He could only activate Izanagi two more times.
And that right eye wasn't just any Sharingan—it was a Mangekyō.
Unless he had no other choice, he didn't want to burn through that eye.
Gritting his teeth, the anxiety in Danzō's heart continued to grow.
"Kaze…"
Danzō often told his subordinates that as shinobi, they must be prepared to sacrifice themselves—but deep down, he couldn't bring himself to do the same.
Now that he only had two shots left with Izanagi, and Kaze had held the upper hand in every exchange, the confidence he once had was wearing thin.
"This kind of infighting is meaningless."
"Have you forgotten about the Hyūga kidnapping incident by the Hidden Cloud?"
"The entire Land of Lightning is eyeing Konoha like a predator…"
"If they catch wind of this internal conflict, they'll seize the opportunity to invade."
"The Uchiha compound, sitting on the outskirts of Konoha, will be the first to be engulfed in the flames of war."
"Is that really what you want to see happen?"
While shouting all this with righteous fervor, Danzō's eyes were constantly scanning for Kaze's true location.
"I can promise you this…"
"I'll cooperate with the Konoha Military Police Department's investigation."
"Because I wasn't the one who killed Shisui."
Even Danzō himself hadn't expected he'd one day lower his head to Kaze.
He, the one always so hard-nosed and unyielding…
Had actually bowed to a brat from the Uchiha clan.
Humiliation.
A humiliation he had never felt before started swelling within Danzō's chest.
But cold sweat was also streaming down his forehead and back.
None of his techniques worked on Kaze.
His chakra was nearly depleted.
And he didn't want to use Shisui's left eye to activate Izanagi.
If all he had left was the last Sharingan on his arm, then even if he managed to defeat Kaze…
His body would likely collapse under the backlash of no longer being able to suppress the Hashirama cells.
Continuing this fight was to his disadvantage.
But…
After coming this far, how could Kaze possibly reconcile with Danzō?
If this were a novel, and the protagonist made peace with Danzō at this point, the readers would probably roast him alive in the comments.
"You think at this point I'd still believe your bull?"
"If you weren't the one who killed Shisui, then who was it? Me?!"
"Danzō!"
Kaze and Danzō locked eyes, a torrent of killing intent erupting between them.
The Root shinobi who tried to help Danzō were intercepted by Uchiha Kiyoshi and the others.
No one could come to his aid.
"The Sharingan embedded all over your body is all the proof I need!"
Kaze clenched his right hand—thumb, index, and middle finger slightly bent, while ring and pinky fingers curled tightly into his palm.
"I am Uchiha Kaze. To honor my friend Uchiha Shisui, and the others of my clan who died... you must pay with your life, Danzō!"
"Shave!"
In a flash, Kaze once again used the Six Styles body technique, shattering the marble beneath his feet.
He moved so fast that he vanished from Danzō's line of sight.
"Damn brat…"
Danzō felt death closing in. "Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
Unable to predict which direction Kaze would strike from, Danzō could only spin in place, continuously unleashing chakra-infused wind blades from his mouth in all directions.
A full 360-degree defense to force Kaze back!
But…
To an elementalized Kaze, those wind blades couldn't even touch him.
Crackling lightning burst from his body.
One wind blade after another passed right through him, flying off into the distance.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The wind blades embedded into the ceiling, walls, and floor, leaving behind deep, terrifying gashes.
And yet, Kaze advanced through the net of wind release in a way no normal person could comprehend.
With three fingers extended forward…
What no one expected was—this time, Kaze didn't go for a swift decapitation like usual.
Instead, he drove his three fingers straight into Danzō's eye socket.
Before Danzō could even react, Kaze had already gouged out Shisui's left eye.
He got it!
"Shisui's Kotoamatsukami…"
Feeling the warmth still radiating from the eye, Kaze's heart surged with excitement.
"AAAGHH!"
Screaming from the sudden pain, Danzō thrashed wildly, swinging his Vacuum Blade in panic.
Kaze gave him one glance, then calmly raised his right leg and kicked Danzō square in the stomach.
Thud!
With a dull impact, Danzō's body shot backward like a broken kite, sailing eight zhang (about 25 meters) before smashing into the ground and rolling several times before finally coming to a stop.
But Kaze didn't rush in for the kill. Instead, he quickly took out a vial pre-filled with nutrient solution and placed Shisui's eye inside.
"Kaze…"
Gritting his teeth, Danzō slowly pushed himself off the ground. He never imagined Kaze would gouge out his left eye.
"You think this will stop me from using Izanagi?"
"You're wrong, Kaze! Izanagi rewrites reality that has already occurred!"
"Whether you killed me or gouged out my eye—I can still change it!"
Danzō screamed hysterically as he activated the final Sharingan on his arm, attempting to rewrite the reality of losing Shisui's eye.
But as the seconds ticked by… his right eye never regained its light.
Instead, blood leaked from the corner of it, soaking into his wrinkled skin.
"Izanagi… didn't activate?"
"W-Why…?"
Frowning, Danzō instinctively looked at his arm.
There it was—what he thought was his final Sharingan… now shut tight.
"Genjutsu."
Seeing Danzō's utterly shocked expression, Kaze finally spoke calmly.
"I cast a genjutsu."
"Remember the time you thought I miscalculated the timing of your Izanagi?"
"That wasn't a mistake."
"I used genjutsu to mess with your perception."
"I made you believe I killed you twice during a single Izanagi's duration."
Now, with Shisui's Sharingan finally in his possession, Kaze's tightly wound nerves relaxed at last.
Not because he feared Danzō might kill him—
But because he had always been worried Danzō would activate Izanagi using Shisui's eye.
"You only saw the second layer, and thought I was just on the first…"
"But in truth—"
"I was already five layers deep."
(T/N: How the turn tables. Anyway hope you enjoyed the chapter)
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