"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
"Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
"Earth Style: Yellow Spring Swamp!"
"Lightning Style: False Darkness!"
"Wind Style: Suppression!"
With a single command from Danzo, more than a dozen Root Jōnin launched a simultaneous multi-style attack.
In the next moment, three blazing fire dragons roared from the front while three massive water dragons surged up from behind, their ferocious cries splitting the air. On the left, a piercing thunder spear crackled with energy. On the right, a dense barrage of storm chakra howled like a cannon. Meanwhile, beneath their feet, the ground transformed into a swampy mire—Danzo's Yellow Spring Swamp technique trying to trap them in place.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
All five elemental styles collided simultaneously. Fire clashed with water, lightning pierced wind, and earth twisted and shifted below. The energies intermingled in a chaotic, destructive dance, forming an unstable vortex of power.
Then—an ear-shattering explosion!
A fiery shockwave burst out from the center of the attack, engulfing everything in a dome of devastating force. Dust and debris blasted in all directions.
"Fall back!" Danzo shouted, raising a hand.
The Root operatives immediately retreated to avoid being caught in the violent backlash of their combined attack.
Danzo stared into the swirling dust and smoke, his eyes narrowed. Did it work? he wondered, trying to see through the obscuring haze.
Then—
A lazy, mocking voice echoed out of the smoke.
"Yeah, not bad. That felt like something close to the Third Hokage's Five Style: Great Link Technique."
Kakashi's voice.
The Root ninja froze.
Kakashi strolled out of the smoke completely unscathed. His posture was casual, his tone teasing. "Didn't expect Lord Hiruzen's secret techniques to be passed down to you, Danzo. Was that a gift of love?"
Danzo's expression darkened.
Impossible! That attack was devastating—enough to seriously injure even a Kage-level opponent. And yet...
As the dust settled, the truth became clear.
Obito had his hand on Kakashi's shoulder, while Shisui stood at his other side. All three had entered a temporary intangibility phase—Obito's Mangekyō ability.
"Damn it…" Danzo gritted his teeth. These two Sharingan users are more troublesome than I thought. His gaze lingered on their eyes—burning with greed and ambition.
"Kakashi," Danzo said, sneering, "you're lucky they were with you. Without them, you'd be a corpse by now."
Kakashi, still calm and composed, gave a slight nod. "Danzo, I'll give you a chance. A one-on-one fight—just you and me. Tell your people to stand down."
"You really shouldn't waste the lives of those Jōnin you spent so many years grooming. It's a waste of talent."
Now that Kakashi was leading Anbu, he finally understood how rare and valuable elite ninjas truly were. Even the powerful Uchiha clan, once boasting dozens of high-level warriors, had fewer than thirty Jōnin left after three successive wars.
Root, on the other hand, had over twenty Jōnin—just a fraction of the military power Danzo had amassed in secret. And Danzo himself had Kage-level strength.
No wonder he was so arrogant in the village.
"Heh," Danzo snorted. "If Obito had said that, I might've taken it seriously. After all, a Mangekyō user is worthy of challenging me. But you—just a regular Jōnin—what makes you think you have the right?"
Kakashi gave a half-smile. "I see. So, I'm being underestimated again, Obito."
Obito rolled his eyes. "Danzo, are you stupid?"
"You do realize Kakashi-senpai took down a Mizukage by himself, right? You're nowhere near his league."
Even Shisui added, "Danzo, with all due respect, you really don't stand a chance."
Danzo's face twisted in fury. "Enough of this nonsense. Since you're so eager to die, I'll oblige you myself!"
"Oh?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "So you agree? Wonderful."
He gave a faint smile, his tone light. "I may have underestimated you earlier. It takes courage to face someone stronger."
"You insolent brat!" Danzo snarled. "I'll kill you with my own hands!"
With that, the two moved to a more open area of the Root hideout. Behind them, the Root ninjas tightened formation around Obito and Shisui, ready to strike if they tried to escape.
But none doubted the outcome.
After all, how could anyone defeat their glorious leader, Lord Danzo?
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"Now that you're alone, Kakashi, this'll be quick!" Danzo roared, charging straight toward him with a powerful punch.
Kakashi tilted his head slightly, amused. "Trying to trade blows?"
He raised his right hand, matching Danzo's punch with one of his own.
BANG!
The air burst with kinetic force as their fists collided.
CRACK!
Danzo staggered back—his face twisting in shock.
His right arm was completely shattered!
What?!
Even Kakashi was surprised at how easily Danzo's arm gave in. "Oh dear, did I hit too hard?" he said, almost mockingly.
Danzo gritted his teeth. That punch… it was like Tsunade's monstrous strength!
So Kakashi had even learned that? How many tricks did he have up his sleeve?
Still, Danzo's hidden trump card wasn't gone. Inside his heavily bandaged arm, his shattered bones were already regenerating.
Danzo gave a mocking laugh. "Don't get cocky, Kakashi. I haven't even started yet."
"You're already cheating," Kakashi replied, hands in his pockets. "You attacked before we even formed the seal of opposition. That's bad manners, Danzo."
"You—!"
Danzo's face turned even darker. His pride was taking a severe beating.
Fine. If brute force didn't work, he'd use technique.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!"
Danzo inhaled deeply and exhaled a high-speed blade of air, slicing through the air like a flying sickle.
To his shock, Kakashi copied the exact same hand seals.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!"
Their attacks met in midair—canceling each other out.
"You little...!"
Danzo tried again—casting continuous vacuum waves, sending one after another at Kakashi.
Again, Kakashi mirrored each movement, perfectly matching his attacks, deflecting each wave like a mirror image.
"Is this it?" Kakashi asked, yawning dramatically. "I haven't even gotten serious yet. Come on, Danzo, give me something fun to work with."
His mocking tone made Danzo tremble with rage.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere!"
This time, Danzo formed a large air bullet and fired it like a cannon from his mouth.
Kakashi wrinkled his nose in distaste. "Tsk. That move looks ridiculous. Pouting your lips like that—kind of embarrassing, don't you think?"
Still, he didn't retaliate.
He simply moved—slipping through Danzo's attack with speed so fast it looked like teleportation. Thunder Style movement techniques had turned him into a blur.
Danzo's wind bullet missed completely.
"Alright, now I'm getting bored," Kakashi muttered, cracking his neck.
Danzo's face contorted with rage. "Let's see if you can dodge this—Wind Style: Vacuum Great Sphere!"
This was his ultimate Wind Style—an enormous, high-pressure air bomb that roared toward Kakashi like a tidal wave.
The sheer destructive force made even Kakashi's hair stand on end. That attack could level an entire forest.
But instead of countering it…
Kakashi smiled—and vanished into the ground.
BOOM!
The air bomb blasted into the trees behind him, annihilating everything in its path. The resulting explosion shattered trunks and scorched the earth.
The watching Root ninja stared in awe.
When Kakashi reappeared, he brushed dust off his shoulder.
"That was pretty intense," he said honestly. "Too bad you missed."
"Damn you!" Danzo screamed, shaking with fury.
But no matter what he tried—brute strength, Wind Style jutsu, or regeneration—Kakashi continued to toy with him, unscathed and unfazed.
Danzo was the predator no longer.
The hunter had become the hunted.
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