It's normal to get a kaleidoscope as a first deposit of six yuan, right?

Shisui had almost no guard against Danzo because of his position in Konoha and the higher-ups there. But Shisui was different; she came to kill Danzo herself before Konoha could react.

If Danzo hadn't died, Shisui's safety would likely have been in danger sooner or later. It would have been better to deal with things cleanly before leaving.

*Smack!* Zhi Xue grabbed Danzo's outstretched hand and slammed him and his body to the ground, causing a few cracks to appear.

"Protect Lord Danzo!" Several Root members around him drew their ninja swords, intending to attack Shiyu, but several fireballs suddenly blasted them away. The remaining Root members were pierced through the chest by long swords before they could react.

Danzo, who was in the deep pit, used the Body Flicker Technique to adjust his position and appeared more than ten meters away.

As he felt the intense pain coursing through his body, Danzo's face darkened.

"To be able to fight the entire Hidden Leaf Village single-handedly without being at a disadvantage, your identity is truly intriguing..."

"Want to know my identity? You'll find out when you get to hell." Zhi Xue aimed at Danzo's position and fired a water cannon shot that pierced through Danzo's shoulder, causing a burst of blood to erupt.

After cleaning up the surrounding roots, Obito watched as Shiseido began hunting Danzo, then sat down on a large tree as if watching a show.

Zhixue's power has somewhat exceeded his expectations, but it's not a major problem; he can leave this to the nominal leader of Akatsuki. (Nagato: You're so high and mighty.)

"Wind Release: Shuriken!" Danzo, with several bloody holes in his body, dodged into the forest, took out several shuriken from his pocket, imbued them with sharp wind-style chakra, and threw them at Shiseido.

Within the Sharingan's field of vision, the shuriken moved as slowly as a leaf falling from the sky. Taking out a Flying Thunder God kunai from her pocket, Shiki moved behind Danzo like a black flash 0.02 seconds before making contact with the Wind Release: Shuriken.

state!

The Flying Thunder God Trident Kunai clashed with Danzo's Kunai, sparks flying.

Danzo's pupils contracted as he saw the Flying Thunder God kunai up close.

Was that the Flying Thunder God Technique just now?

Flying Thunder God Technique + Rasengan + Nine-Tails... He seemed to understand something. So, possessing the Nine-Tails meant he could use the Uchiha clan's Sharingan without restraint regarding chakra... No, he had to deliver this information to Sarutobi! "Evil Fourth Hokage, although I don't know where you got your Mangekyou Sharingan, with me here, your schemes will absolutely not succeed..."

At this moment, Yongdai, still inside Death's belly: ?

Why do I suddenly feel like someone is cursing me?

boom!

Zhixue kicked Danzo in the waist, and a sharp pain swept over him.

Danzo stopped after crashing through several large trees, gritted his teeth, and looked at Shisue's location.

"Cough cough cough... I'll remember this grudge for now, but I'll come back to settle the score with you one day!"

Seeing Danzo's hurried departure, Zhixue immediately chased after him. Danzo was currently suffering from considerable injuries and couldn't run very fast.

……

At the epicenter of the Spiral Wheel Explosion, a turquoise Susanoo over ten meters tall protected many Konoha and Uchiha ninjas. In the surrounding landscape, almost only the area right beneath their feet remained intact.

A gap was cleared from a pile of messy rubble not far away. The panting Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't even have time to look at the many wounds on his body before running over to look in Shisui's direction.

Seeing that most of the Konoha ninjas were unharmed, Hiruzen Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that they were still alive; as long as they were alive, Konoha still had unlimited potential. However, they didn't have much chakra left to fight. If that masked man came over again, the situation would probably be very serious.

Uchiha Shisui closed his eyes, put away his Susanoo, and walked up to Hiruzen Sarutobi, nodding in front of him.

"Third Hokage, leave the rest to me. You all should retreat to Konoha and recuperate."

After thinking for a moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded.

"Then I'll leave it to you. Be extra careful. That masked man is just as dangerous as the mysterious masked man from the Nine-Tailed Night, and they might not even be the same person."

"Leave it to me with confidence. I will protect Konoha Village and my clan..."

After exchanging only a few words with Shisui, Hiruzen Sarutobi led a large group of Konoha ninjas toward the village. Shisui looked toward the distant dense forest, where several crows he had already released were circling in the sky, and sighed.

"Zhixue, how many secrets are buried deep in your heart?"

Chapter 87, The Inner Four Symbols Seal

Hiruzen Sarutobi retreated, but he seemed unaware that his old friend was now in grave danger.

Danzo, panting heavily, moved through the mountains and forests, leaving behind drops of blood. Shiki used the Body Flicker Technique to flash back and forth behind him, moving like a ghost under the bright moonlight.

Danzo looked back at Shiseido, who was closing in on him bit by bit, and felt extremely flustered.

I haven't even become Hokage yet, how can I possibly die in a place like this?!

Danzo Shimura touched his bandaged eyes.

The last time he used Izanagi, he had already used up the last Sharingan in his reserve. He had no chance of reviving. If he was killed, he would really be dead!

On Danzo's escape route, there were many Root members who came to block his way, but they basically didn't get close before they became victims of Obito's sword.

Zhi Xue chased closely behind Danzo, eventually forcing him to the top of a cliff. From there, one could even vaguely see the entire landscape of Konoha through the mist.

Danzo, seeing that there was no way forward, gritted his teeth, turned around, and stared at Shiki with a sinister look, as if he wanted to tear a piece of flesh off her.

"Alright, you have nowhere to escape now. Accept your judgment. Hell will take in your filthy and pitiful soul." A blue-green light shone from Zhi Xue's body, and huge skulls piled up around her. Pure chakra continuously filled the surface of Susanoo, and a cross-shaped spear over twenty meters long appeared in her hand.

Seeing Shiyuki pointing the gun at him, Danzo was covered in cold sweat.

"Psychic art!"

A giant elephant, also wrapped in bandages, emerged from the white smoke. It was almost as tall as a four-story building. Its long, thick trunk exhaled hot air towards Zhixue's Susanoo. A strong whirlwind was generated from the elephant's mouth, with a force comparable to a hurricane, which even managed to pull the massive Susanoo towards it little by little.

Zhi Xue's feet dug a deep trench in the ground, and the surrounding rocks and trees were all pulled by the gale and torn to pieces.

"Sexy Sunball!" Danzo quickly formed hand seals and spat out a white whirlwind that cut a gash in the Susanoo like a sharp blade.

"The legendary dream-devouring Baku? I never expected Danzo's summoning beast to be this huge guy. But this thing is still a bit too much for the Mangekyou Sharingan, hehehe..."

Obito leaned against a big tree, watching Danzo's desperate counterattack, and chuckled softly.

Zhi Xue felt the piercing wind blowing from outside Susanoo, threw the spear in her hand, then formed hand seals, her chest slightly bulging, and a huge fireball seven or eight meters high ignited the tip of the cross-shaped spear. Using the Baku's wind jutsu, it pierced the Baku's chest like a meteor and produced an explosion.

Danzo, covered in dust and dirt, got up from the ground and looked at Baku, who had failed and returned to the summoning space, and Shiki, who was gradually approaching. His face turned ugly.

As Zhixue approached Danzo step by step, she suddenly felt a series of piercing pains, and the Nine-Tails' voice rang out from her inner space.

"Hey, you can't use too much chakra anymore, your body won't be able to handle it."

Zhi Xue looked at Danzo in front of her and exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Don't worry, you're still here."

Nine-Tails: ...

Danzo noticed that Shisue seemed to be in pain and was momentarily distracted before pulling a smoke bomb from his sleeve and throwing it on the ground.

Amidst the swirling smoke, Zhixue used the dynamic power of her Sharingan to spot Danzo's figure.

Snapped!

Susanoo's giant hand slammed onto the ground, causing the entire cliff to tremble. As the bloodstains on Susanoo's giant hand turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared, Zhixue sensed a strong malice coming from behind her from Kurama.

Was that a shadow clone just now?

In the misty darkness, Danzo pulled a kunai that gleamed with a cold light from his sleeve and suddenly stabbed it into Susanoo's body from behind.

A sharp cracking sound caused Danzo's hand to bleed slightly as fragments of the kunai shattered. Shiki also spotted Danzo and turned to grab him by the hand.

call out!

Two large vacuum spheres flew from a distance and struck Susanoo's arm, creating a gash, but were quickly filled in by chakra.

"This has so much chakra, it must be the real body, right? So are you ready to face death? By the way... this is the first time I've ever taken a fight so seriously. You know, I'm someone who really hates trouble..." Zhi Xue said with a smile after the shockwave generated by her hand hanging on the ground shattered the shadow clone that was staying in the distance.

"You evil bastard, do you think killing me will do any good? On the surface, I am still a hero who sacrificed myself for Konoha, while you are nothing but a despicable brat who is even more treacherous and cunning than I am! For the sake of Konoha's stability and the peace of the ninja world, we absolutely cannot let a scourge like you continue to live in this world!"

Feeling a tremendous force emanating from his body and the sound of bones compressing and shattering, Danzo's face flushed red and then turned purple as he spoke. He then channeled all the chakra in his body, and a black rune enveloped his entire body, causing black blood to gush from his chest cavity.

The Inner Four Symbols Seal is a legendary ultimate sealing technique that can bring everything around it to the underworld. No matter how powerful the enemy is, once hit by this move, they will never see the light of day again.

As Zhixue watched Danzo's desperate counterattack, a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth beneath her mask. Then, she conjured a spear from Susanoo's hand and pierced Danzo's abdomen. Under Danzo's incredulous gaze, she threw him and the spear off the cliff together.

As expected of the Dark Side of Konoha, they actually thought of activating the seal on a cliff. Although it's not very clever, from another perspective, it's much better than sealing a bridge. This time, they might even be able to destroy the entire cliff.

Shortly after Zhixue threw Danzo down, a surge of black light rose from above, and the earth began to crack. Just as Zhixue released Susanoo, Obito appeared behind her from the vortex.

"Ah, I knew you would save me." Zhi Xue took off her mask, wiped the blood from the corners of her eyes and mouth, and revealed a smile.

Looking at Zhixue's gentle smile, Obito seemed to see the shadow of someone, and then calmed down and put his hand on Zhixue's shoulder.

"This is the Inner Four Symbols Seal. Even if you have Susanoo and the Nine-Tails, you'll still be dead if you don't leave the area beforehand. Next time you encounter something like this, you'd better stay away, or I won't have time to save you..."

Shortly after Obito absorbed himself and Shizuka into the Kamui dimension, the land there was enveloped by a black, semi-transparent, expanding sphere, which then vanished from the world along with a flash of black light.

Chapter 88, Farewell, the Final Chapter of Konoha

Having just returned to Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately ordered the village to enter a state of high alert. He also instructed the barrier team to increase the overall strength of the barrier overnight, and the ordinary villagers and some young ninjas under protection continued to stay in the shelter.

Not long after returning to Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi convened a meeting of the village's high-ranking officials. Although it was called a meeting, only Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, the backbone of Konoha, were present. For some reason, Danzo, as the second-in-command, was nowhere to be seen.

Outside, the people who had just returned to Konoha after escaping the battlefield were still on guard about their surroundings, but they also felt a sense of kinship when they saw the ninjas from different clans or civilians who had also escaped death together.

Actually, judging from how hard they helped just now, the Uchiha clan isn't so bad after all...

Just as the Konoha ninjas were still recovering from the Nine-Tails' attack, a sudden, earth-shaking tremor made them tense again.

"The Nine-Tails! Could it be the Nine-Tails again!?"

"No! I just ran back..."

Seemingly hearing the panic outside, Hiruzen Sarutobi ran out of the meeting, calmed everyone down, and then summoned two ANBU members to investigate the source of the tremors.

5 minutes later...

"Reporting to the Hokage, it's just a landslide. A cliff in the distance from Konoha collapsed, and the cause is currently unknown."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and ordered the Anbu to continue their vigilance. Fortunately, it was just a landslide. As long as it wasn't the Nine-Tails or that masked man, it was fine. Konoha really couldn't withstand any more damage. Hopefully, Shisui, who was covering the rear, would be safe and sound.

"Old man, I feel like there's something wrong with that masked man." Jiraiya, whose body was wrapped in many bandages, slowly walked up to Hiruzen Sarutobi and said.

"What do you mean?" When Hiruzen Sarutobi heard Jiraiya mention this, he also recalled the two battles he had fought with the masked man before. Although the clothes and appearance were the same, the fighting styles were completely different in the two battles, which he also found a bit strange.

"Well, based on my years of experience wandering the ninja world gathering material, the masked person I fought was probably a pretty young girl, and not very old at that."

Sarutobi Hiruzen:...

Do you even believe what you're saying? How could a little girl possibly control the Nine-Tails to destroy Konoha and cripple its entire fighting force? Do you think Konoha is a dumping ground where anyone can just come and rummage through it?

Fugaku, who was resting nearby, heard the conversation between the two and had three question marks appear above his head.