Chapter 78: Evil Outside Konoha
At this moment, Lord Danzo seemed to be enduring immense pain that ordinary people could not comprehend; his entire body was bound to a hospital bed with binding ropes.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had never seen Lord Danzo in such a wretched state. The Wood Style Cells and Sharingan transplanted into him appeared to have lost their effect at this moment, unable to free Lord Danzo from the agony.
He could tell that Lord Danzo had likely been howling miserably for a long time.
His throat was nearly hoarse.
“Hokage, we still have no idea what exactly is wrong with Shimura Danzo.” An Anbu Ninja said in a low voice: “We may need to call in Medical Team ninjas to take a look.”
“We tentatively suspect this is related to Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Sharingan Dōjutsu. And for some reason, several of the Sharingan transplanted into Lord Danzo’s arm have closed.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen fell silent.
He felt a chill run down his spine.
This Anbu Ninja did not know the secret of the Sharingan “Izanagi,” but that did not mean the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen did not.
He was certain that Lord Danzo had used Izanagi several times tonight.
A forbidden secret technique from the Uchiha Clan could not free him from Uchiha Ikeizumi’s weird Mangekyo Sharingan Dōjutsu?
If Ikeizumi used this power on him, Sarutobi Hiruzen, did he have enough means to escape such pain—this strange thought involuntarily arose in Sarutobi Hiruzen’s mind.
Staring at Lord Danzo, who was no different from a cripple, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly felt that death might be a release for Lord Danzo, an end to all torment without further agony.
His mood heavy, he took a deep breath and commanded in a deep voice: “Call over the most skilled medical ninjas from the Medical Team!”
“Yes, Hokage!”
Just as the Anbu Ninja was about to leave, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly thought of something and called out to stop him.
“Wait, call Itachi over too. His understanding of the Sharingan is deeper than any of ours. He might have a solution.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen felt he had done more than enough for Lord Danzo.
If Lord Danzo could not pull through, he would have no choice but to use Lord Danzo’s death to appease those bloodline limit ninja clans in the village. After all, Lord Danzo’s actions had left those ninja clans on edge.
This…
Was also for Konoha.
……
Ten minutes later.
Several elite medical ninjas from Konoha’s Medical Team arrived in the secret chamber of the Anbu Base, led by the Anbu Ninja.
“This is…”
One of them’s pupils contracted slightly as he immediately recognized Shimura Danzo lying on the hospital bed, his condition looking extremely poor.
“Can it be cured?” A sudden voice made the medical ninjas quickly turn their heads to look.
“Hokage!”
They then shockingly discovered that the Hokage was standing in a corner of the secret chamber.
One medical ninja hurriedly replied: “We need to examine Lord Danzo’s physical condition first to determine the treatment plan. Hokage, if I may be so bold to ask, what happened to Lord Danzo?”
“Sharingan Dōjutsu.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen asked in a deep voice: “Can the negative impact this Uchiha Clan dojutsu has brought upon him be removed?”
The medical ninjas exchanged glances.
“We can only try.” They did not dare to guarantee it, as the damage from Sharingan Dōjutsu was generally not just physical, so they could only give an ambiguous answer.
Not long after.
Someone else entered the secret chamber of the Anbu Base.
It was none other than Uchiha Itachi, wearing an Anbu mask!
Uchiha Itachi glanced at the medical ninjas, then his gaze lingered for two seconds on Shimura Danzo, who was left with only half his body.
He then greeted Sarutobi Hiruzen: “Hokage.”
Uchiha Itachi took the initiative to ask: “Lord Danzo… was affected by Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Mangekyo dojutsu, right?”
When the Anbu Ninjas surrounded Uchiha Ikeizumi, Itachi had not been on site, as he, whose reputation was already ruined in Konoha, was not suited to appear in public.
Especially since there were many Uchiha Clan ninjas at the scene at the time.
If he had appeared, the Uchiha Police Force might have clashed with him.
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and said: “Itachi, you try as well, see if you can find a solution.”
“Yes, Hokage.”
……
On the other side.
Ikeizumi had already returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound, but Uchiha Ikeizumi and Kijiro were still outside.
“Lord Ikeizumi, aren’t you going back?” As soon as Kijiro asked, it suddenly realized: “Lord Ikeizumi must want to find out exactly where the barely surviving Lord Danzo is!”
Kijiro immediately said: “Please rest assured, Lord Ikeizumi. I will send out all my cats and kittens to search every corner of Konoha.”
Its cat face showed an expression of “leave it all to me.”
Uchiha Ikeizumi said indifferently: “The mark of Heavenly Punishment Fire on Lord Danzo’s soul allows me to vaguely sense his general location. Even if the Third Hokage uses every trick he has, he can’t save him.”
“Konoha had an ‘uninvited guest’ tonight. As the former, Lord Danzo is immobilized and can be dealt with at any time. As the latter, the uninvited guest—if missed, is gone for good.”
He paused, then continued: “Whether it’s the ‘evil’ within Konoha or the ‘evil’ outside Konoha, 「Absolute Justice」 must purge them one by one, not letting a single one escape.”
Kijiro noticed that Lord Ikeizumi was heading in the direction of the Ninja Cemetery.
It did not dare to jump onto Uchiha Ikeizumi’s body like it did with Ikeizumi’s shoulder.
It could only hurriedly follow alongside Uchiha Ikeizumi.
“Lord Ikeizumi… who is the uninvited guest?”
Kijiro was somewhat puzzled.
Uchiha Ikeizumi uttered a name: “Uchiha Obito.”
Kijiro: “!!!”
……
Konoha Ninja Cemetery.
Under the night sky, a lone figure stood quietly in front of a gravestone, having been there for several minutes.
Obito, shrouded in a black robe, stared at a bunch of withered white flowers that should have been placed there by someone three days ago beside the gravestone.
His brows furrowed slightly beneath the mask.
Disgust flashed in his eyes.
He bent down to pick up the withered white flowers, tossed them aside in disdain, and slowly placed a fresh bunch of white flowers he held in hand.
“…Rin.”
Obito forced a smile and murmured softly: “Sorry, I’m a few days late. Kakashi dirtied your eyes.”
He exhaled slowly, his fingertips caressing Rin Nohara’s gravestone. He recalled the intelligence about Shimura Danzo that a White Zetsu Clone had passed to him half an hour ago.
Or rather…
Intelligence about Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Mangekyo Sharingan!
Lord Danzo’s tragic ordeal had all been seen by White Zetsu!
“The unknown dojutsu in the left eye instantly stripped Shimura Danzo of his ability to resist, leaving him like a helpless cripple screaming on the ground.”
“The unknown dojutsu in the right eye can make Shimura Danzo’s body burn from a great distance… flames that sealing techniques, Water Release Ninjutsu, even Izanagi could not extinguish.”
What Obito feared most was the weird flames of the right eye dojutsu.
He could not figure out how Uchiha Ikeizumi’s right eye Mangekyo Sharingan dojutsu had struck Lord Danzo from such a distance.
Could it work outside line of sight? Or was it closely linked to the left eye dojutsu?
“Still lacking sufficient intelligence…”
A very important question suddenly popped into Obito’s mind—if he accidentally got hit…
Would hiding in Kamui Space work?
……
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