"This bastard… how does he know everything?!"
A flicker of panic crossed Danzo Shimura's eyes. In a ninja battle, information was life—and when all his trump cards were seen through by the opponent, the battle was at a disadvantage from the very beginning.
"Can I really rely on Izanagi… to take him down?"
The remaining Sharingan on his arm spun uneasily, each pupil reflecting Menma's cold mask. Danzo suppressed the unease in his heart and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"'Ashes', you are too naive!"
He suddenly raised his deformed arm, embedded with the Sharingan, "Just because this old man wants to eradicate unstable elements, you want to become an enemy of the entire Hidden Leaf Village?"
"To nip crises in the bud—that is the duty of a ninja! Peace is never achieved through gentle means! This world needs someone to bear the darkness!"
"Not just the Uchiha… every member of our Root organization is prepared to sacrifice for peace!"
"You truly are full of lies! Resolve? You, who use such a forbidden Ninjutsu as a trump card, actually dare to utter words like 'resolve to sacrifice'?"
Facing Danzo Shimura, who used his Sharingan like extra lives but spoke of a 'resolve to sacrifice', Menma was almost amused to the point of laughter.
"Rather—", Menma's voice was as chilling as ice, "You dare to boast here with merely one minute of invincibility? Have you not fought in so long that you've forgotten your combat skills?"
Menma's right hand slowly rose, and a pitch-black sphere suddenly twisted into existence above his palm. The sphere began to devour light, and the surrounding air trembled because of it.
"Spiral Wheel Ring."
Dark stardust rotated in his palm, emitting a heart-pounding fluctuation. At this moment, Naruto was no longer the same—Nine-Headed Snakes, Spiral Wheel Ring, the Nine-Tailed Beast's Chakra within him, plus the mobility of the Flying Thunder God Technique. Even without the experience cards provided by the system.
His strength was comparable to Menma Uzumaki in "Road to Ninja", only lacking the accumulation of time…
Except for the Nanto and Hokuto Sennin, who maintained the barrier, purple runes flowed across the light curtain, completely isolating this area from the outside world. Seven Nine-Faced Beasts simultaneously closed in, blocking all of Danzo's escape routes.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"
Danzo suddenly opened his mouth, and an almost transparent wind blade swept out like a laser. Menma knew that this Wind Release could even cut through a Susanoo! The Nine-Faced Beasts quickly dodged, and the ground was plowed into trenches several meters deep.
Just in this flash of lightning—Menma released the Spiral Wheel Ring in his hand.
The pitch-black stardust silently fell, and the moment it touched the ground—
"Boom!!!!"
Amidst a deafening explosion, a giant crater dozens of meters in diameter suddenly appeared. The shockwave blew away everything within the barrier, and Danzo's figure was instantly swallowed.
But before the smoke and dust had dispersed—a perfectly intact Danzo reappeared.
Menma's figure had already vanished from his original spot. Looking closely, the entire interior of the barrier was somehow covered with Flying Thunder God Jutsu formulas!
"Second strike."
A cold voice came from all directions.
Danzo's eyeballs spun frantically, but he couldn't capture the enemy's trace.
Danzo's fingers suddenly plunged into his ninja tool pouch, and two shurikens gleamed coldly under the moonlight. He took a deep breath, and Wind Release Chakra wrapped around the blades, instantly forming two high-speed rotating vacuum wind wheels that tore through the air with a piercing shriek.
"I must get close… as long as I plant the cursed seal, I can end the battle!"
However, in terms of strength and information, Menma had already thoroughly understood Danzo's capabilities.
Danzo's Wind Release series had enough power to cut through a Susanoo, but against a Flying Thunder God user, as long as he didn't get close, the hit rate was almost zero.
His Taijutsu and cursed seals, his proud sealing Ninjutsu, required contact to activate, but the opponent wouldn't give him any chance to get close.
Izanagi, one resurrection and one minute of invincibility, but it consumed a precious Sharingan…
"Whoosh!"
The Wind Wheel Shuriken shot out, but was shattered mid-flight by a suddenly appearing white tiger's claw. Menma's figure had already vanished from his original spot, leaving only the blue glow of the Flying Thunder God Jutsu formulas slowly dissipating in the air.
Seven Nine-Faced Beasts slowly closed in like reapers, each possessing the strength of an elite Jonin. Even more terrifying was—
"Boom!"
Another Spiral Wheel Ring exploded in front of him, the shockwave blowing back Danzo's robes. He clumsily rolled to dodge, only to see Menma had already teleported to the other end of the barrier, hands gathering yet another pitch-black stardust.
Danzo's breathing began to become erratic.
A target he could never hit… seven perfectly coordinated summoned beasts… long-range Ninjutsu powerful enough to shatter terrain…
Despair surged through his heart like a tide. His usually calculating mind couldn't find a single chance of victory.
"Damn it…"
The power of Wood Release was faintly visible, but there was no place to use it. Frustration and panic grew wildly like weeds.
The air within the barrier turned into tangible pressure; every breath carried the metallic smell of blood. Danzo finally began to question in his heart.
"How am I supposed to fight this?!"