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Chapter 96 - Chapter 96 Another Kaleidoscope Destroyed

The Vacuum Blade, which had killed countless people in Danzo's hands, today cut through his own throat, blood vessels, and cervical vertebrae.

Only the skin and flesh around the edges connected his head and neck.

Kato Dan's soul returned to his body.

His expression suddenly relaxed.

Facing a Konoha high-ranking official like Danzo, Kato Dan was under immense pressure.

The battle had been too tense, and now that he relaxed, Kato Dan realized a problem: Danzo had been killed by him, and this absolutely could not be known by anyone in the Village.

Kato Dan looked at the two Anbu and began to form hand signs.

It was not the time to show his hand to the Village; the two Anbu had to die!

Seeing Kato Dan's fierce gaze, Night Light's heart tightened.

He immediately raised his hand, preparing to use the Self-Inflicted Curse Sealing to reveal his identity as a Vortex Clan Spy.

Night Light formed only one hand sign, then immediately stopped.

The situation changed abruptly, reversing once again.

Kato Dan grunted, "Ugh!"

Spiritual Transformation Technique came to an abrupt halt!

The Vacuum Blade pierced Kato Dan's back, exited his chest, and then slowly cut downwards.

Heart, lungs, spleen, intestines, kidneys—it continued downwards.

A terrifying penetrating wound appeared on the left side of Kato Dan's torso.

Danzo's distorted face appeared beside Kato Dan's ear!

This time, Danzo no longer had his usual calm demeanor of having everything under control; only ferocity remained!

Uchiha Kagami's precious Mangekyo Sharingan, one was destroyed by Uchiha Madara, and the other was, hours later, destroyed by Kato Dan!

Unforgivable!

"Kato Dan! How dare you attack me!"

Blood gushed like a spring from Kato Dan's long wound, flowing profusely.

Danzo's neck was cut down to just flesh and blood, so why did he come back to life?

Even Tsunade didn't have such regenerative abilities.

Kato Dan persevered, trying to complete the last hand sign, at least to transmit information.

However, the battle-hardened Danzo would not give him that chance.

The Vacuum Blade suddenly thrust upwards from below, severing Kato Dan's left hand.

The severed hand fell, landing in the bloody mud on the ground.

"Dan!"

After a Senju Guard screamed, he immediately formed hand signs.

Yi saw that the hand sign was for the Summoning Technique and, fearing that some troublesome thing might be summoned, creating an accident, he raised his hand and formed a hand sign.

The Senju Guard's hand froze in mid-air.

Parasitic Destruction Insects had bitten through his hand tendons, preventing him from completing the hand signs.

Night Light also took advantage of the distracted Senju Guard opposite him, rushed over, and cut him down with a blade.

The battle instantly turned from a disadvantage to an advantage, and then ended just as quickly; all three on Kato Dan's side died in the heavy rain.

Without waiting for Danzo to give orders, Yi immediately said, "Sir! We will handle the scene now!"

Seeing Danzo's grim face, Night Light quickly lowered his head and rushed over to busy himself with Yi.

Yi and Night Light piled the two Senju Guard corpses together.

As for Kato Dan's corpse, it was still at Danzo's feet.

Kato Dan's corpse would be of great use, to be secretly dissected to study the secrets of the Spiritual Transformation Technique.

Night Light glanced at the corpse; it still wore the First Hokage's necklace around its neck.

Night Light didn't move, because Yi next to him didn't move.

Yi didn't move because Danzo was standing motionless in the rain.

Night Light remained constantly on guard, fearing that Danzo would kill him to silence him.

The possibility shouldn't be high, right? Root currently didn't have the Tongue Root Curse Seal, so they weren't completely controlled.

Root members were subordinates, but were Anbu treated like stepchildren?

Even if they were treated like stepchildren, could they just be killed to silence them?

After waiting for a long time, Danzo still didn't make a move to kill them.

The heavy rain poured down, as if weeping for a young talent like Kato Dan.

Kato Dan would live on in the memories of many Ninja, growing stronger and stronger in their recollections.

Years later, a certain Senju Ninja would recall Kato Dan and say that if Kato Dan were still alive, he would have done this and that.

This was called the memory filter.

Kato Dan's forbidden jutsu was extremely powerful, but the problem was that it rendered him half-paralyzed; once someone got close, that array of forbidden jutsu had no room to be used.

Night Light weighed his gains and losses.

Ensuring the influence of the Senju Clan to restrain the higher-ups—this was Night Light's plan, and it was now largely successful.

Kato Dan had destroyed one of Danzo's eyes, so Night Light's scheme had taken effect.

As for confessing his identity to the Senju Clan, or even informing on Danzo, Night Light glanced at Danzo, remembering that Captain Huang Quan had already begun to suspect him, and he dismissed that idea.

Sympathy was one thing, but his own safety was more important.

Night Light cautiously observed Danzo out of the corner of his eye.

Orochimaru had provided Danzo with superb transplantation techniques; however, Danzo had died repeatedly.

These two deaths and resurrections were like how Danzo repeatedly died at Sasuke's hands in the original story, using the Sharingan as a substitution jutsu.

Yi moved.

Night Light quickly followed.

Yi approached Danzo and whispered:

"Lord Danzo, it's too dangerous for you to personally engage in battle; in the future, please let us handle it.

Bringing a few more Root Ninja and a few Anbu squads would avoid many dangers."

Night Light cursed Yi inwardly, 'You sycophant, it's fine if you lick boots yourself, but you have to drag others into it too, and in the end, everyone else dies licking, and you get all the benefits.'

Danzo closed his lifeless, grayish eyes, his expression solemn:

"I am not unhappy because my life was in danger, but because these two eyes were the dying entrustment of my friend Kagami.

For Konoha, I have long been prepared to die at any time, but I must die a valuable death, like Second Hokage sensei.

I absolutely cannot die for nothing; I must die at Konoha's most critical moment, becoming the last person to protect Konoha.

It's a pity for Uchiha Kagami; my friend's entrustment was lost in the same night."

Night Light thought, 'Danzo wants to be the last person to protect Konoha?'

Does that mean as long as there's one living person in Konoha, Danzo can't die?

Every time there was a battle, the Anbu would gather intelligence for Danzo, and Danzo would deliver the final blow.

The logic closed the loop; it turned out Danzo didn't think he was a coward, but genuinely believed he would be the last person to die for Konoha.

Yi quickly said, "I think Lord Kagami would also be pleased to see his eyes help you overcome two difficulties."

Night Light was a professional Anbu; no matter what he heard, he wouldn't be nauseated.

Danzo finally said, "Let's go to the front-line camp and find Orochimaru."

He didn't know if Danzo would transplant new Sharingan or switch back to his own eyes.

Yi asked, "Lord Danzo, should Kato Dan's corpse be given to Ko for dissection?"

Danzo shook his head and said:

"Kato Dan's death must be kept absolutely secret; Orochimaru must not know. Orochimaru and Kato Dan are classmates, and he has deep feelings for Tsunade.

If it leaks out, given Tsunade's temperament, she will inevitably break with the Village.

Now is not the time for the Senju Clan to break away; at least we must wait until the Second Shinobi World War ends before studying how to eradicate the Senju Clan's future troubles."

Yi subtly moved his eyes, glancing in the direction of Fox, indicating whether Fox was qualified to know such a big secret as Kato Dan's death?

Danzo looked at Fox.

Night Light's heart tightened, and he immediately saved himself: "Lord Danzo, I have a plan that can permanently eliminate any future trouble from Kato Dan's death!"

Surviving in the cracks was too difficult.

He had to buy time, until the next full moon, so that he would have more room to maneuver.

Danzo sized up Fox and asked, "Tell me about it."

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