Chapter 5 The Death of Danzo.
"It seems I have no choice but to take action." His subordinates had been wiped out, but this dark figure of the ninja world remained remarkably calm. He tossed aside his cane and slowly unwrapped the bandages from his arm, revealing his horrifying right arm.
"The Sharingan?" Uchiha Inahira and Uchiha Zaito, protected by Susanoo, instantly erupted in fury. "How dare you defile the remains of our clan's ancestors!"
"Your Uchiha clan is inherently evil. The power of the Sharingan can only be used to protect Konoha in my hands." Danzo said, raising his eyes to the black-clad warrior standing in the torrential rain. "Uchiha Touhuan, today, I will personally end your sins."
With that, Danzo charged towards Uchiha Touhuan, his hands forming hand seals.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Ball!" Wind-attribute chakra condensed in Danzo's mouth, then shot towards Uchiha Touhuan's Susanoo like bullets. Danzo's figure weaved through these high-speed Vacuum Balls, wielding a kunai and thrusting it at Uchiha Touhuan.
The Susanoo, positioned high above, destroyed the Vacuum Balls used as cover with a single strike, instantly severing Danzo in half at the waist.
The Susanoo slowly dissipated, revealing the three Uchiha Touhuan and his companions protected within.
"Is it over?" Uchiha Inaha finally reacted, muttering.
"Yes, it's over." Uchiha Touhuan nodded, then approached Danzo's corpse, which bore the mark of the strongest modern-day death.
However, the next second, Danzo's body vanished before their eyes, a whooshing sound echoing behind Uchiha Touhuan.
"Uchiha Touhuan, I'll take your eyes." Danzo's voice was filled with undisguised excitement. As long as he killed Uchiha Touhuan, the two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan, including Shisui's Mangekyou, would definitely help him become Hokage.
However, just as the kunai was less than a millimeter from Uchiha Touhuan's back, Danzo suddenly found himself frozen in place, his body slowly dissipating.
"What... what is this?" Danzo stared in disbelief at the scene before him, his right arm and the kunai completely vanishing into the wind.
"Your reliance is Izanagi, isn't it?" At this moment, Uchiha Touhuan slowly turned around, the kaleidoscope pattern in his left eye spinning rapidly. "You can manipulate illusions and reality with genjutsu, but unfortunately, you're completely countered by this eye of mine."
"My eye technique, Mizuhanami, under the gaze of this eye, all illusions will cease to exist." As Uchiha Touhuan's words fell, Danzo's figure completely disappeared into the air, while his previously vanished corpse reappeared.
With only half of Danzo's body remaining, the Hashirama cells, no longer restrained by chakra, began to rampage. Uchiha Touhuan cast several sealing jutsu to suppress the rampage, then bent down and picked up the half of Danzo. "Let's go, we're going back to the village," Uchiha Touhuan said.
"Back to the village?"
Uchiha Touhuan was taken aback.
"Yes, we're going back to the village to get an explanation," Uchiha Touhuan said, then looked at the Wood Release ninja who still had a few wisps of life remaining not far away, "Take him with you."
Inside the Hokage Building office, Hiruzen Sarutobi lit his pipe for the 27th time today. For some reason, he had been enveloped by a deep unease since this morning.
"Hokage-sama, Uchiha Touhuan, who left the village this morning, has returned and clashed with the guards at the village gate." At that moment, an ANBU rushed into the Hokage Building.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart sank. Uchiha Touhuan was back; that meant Danzo had failed?
"He was just returning to the village after completing a normal mission. Why did a conflict occur?" Hiruzen Sarutobi hurriedly asked.
"He was carrying..." the ANBU who came to report swallowed hard, "...Danzo-sama's corpse, and on Danzo-sama's corpse were several Sharingan eyes."
"What?" Hiruzen Sarutobi was shocked. To be honest, he had greatly overestimated Uchiha Touhuan's strength, preparing for Danzo's failed ambush, or even that Danzo had been poisoned by Kotoamatsukami. But he hadn't expected Danzo to die directly at Uchiha Touhuan's hands.
"Lord Hokage, the two advisors have received the news and are on their way to the village entrance." The ANBU member continued, "Furthermore, the Uchiha clan has also been informed and is currently gathering."
Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi could no longer remain seated and quickly got up and went outside. At the entrance to Konoha Village in the evening, tensions were high.
Dozens of ninja wearing Jonin vests had surrounded Uchiha Touhuan and Uchiha Inahisa carrying Yamato. However, neither made the first move. Uchiha Touhuan stood calmly in the center of the encirclement, casually tossing the half-Danzo figure before him like trash.
"How dare you! You actually dared to kill a Konoha elder! Is the Uchiha clan betraying the village?" A loud shout rang out, and the ninjas surrounding Uchiha Touhuan parted to make way. Konoha's two advisors, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, stepped out. Upon seeing the tragic state of their former comrade, they immediately demanded, "Men, seize these two rogue ninjas!"
"Let's see who dares!" Just then, one Uchiha ninja after another arrived from behind Uchiha Touhuan. Under the setting sun, pairs of crimson Sharingan eyes gleamed dangerously. Leading them were several martial arts elders of the Uchiha clan and their clan head, Uchiha Fugaku, whom they had coerced into coming.
After Uchiha Zaito returned to the clan to deliver the message, the Uchiha ninjas assembled at lightning speed. The message Zaito brought back—Danzo's arm full of Sharingan eyes—enraged even the most pacifist members of the clan.
Shisui, who had just undergone eye transplant surgery and was still recuperating within the clan, couldn't sit still upon hearing the news.
He and Itachi, who had rushed to find him immediately after hearing the news, wanted to stop it, but the Uchiha had lost much of their rationality. Their attempts to dissuade them were futile, and a conflict nearly broke out within the clan. Therefore, they had no choice but to come along with the clan members.
"Is the Uchiha clan rebelling?" Mitokado Homura roared angrily upon seeing this.
"Dare to desecrate the remains of my clansmen? Rebellion is not out of the question today!" A certain Uchiha elder, a martial arts expert, stood firm.
"Stop! All of you!" Just as the two groups were about to clash, Hiruzen Sarutobi's powerful voice rang out. A slightly short figure appeared in the center of the two groups, the words "Third Hokage" prominently displayed on his divine robe. Upon seeing the newcomer, both sides immediately stopped.
(End of Chapter)