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Chapter 396 The Death of Danzo

Rumbling--

It was accompanied by a deafening roar like a landslide or a tsunami.

The flaming greatsword, formed from the power of the Uchiha Hikaru no Kodo, suddenly parted the sky, slashing towards Madara on the opposite side like a rainbow piercing the sun.

The momentum created by Madara was equally astonishing. Clusters of black storms, solid rocks, and water dragons soared into the sky. Some formed barriers in front of him, while others roared and charged towards Uchiha Hikaru. However, without exception, they were all instantly scorched dry and disappeared into the surrounding air when they came into contact with the giant flaming sword!

This was not a close contest at all, but rather...

Crush them!

A one-sided crushing victory, like a devastating blow!

"……impossible!!"

Madara Uchiha's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly opened his eyes wide, a sense of absurdity washing over him.

He did consider that he might not be as good as Uchiha Hikaru.

After all, due to Obito's mistake, he was not resurrected in the form of "Rinne Tensei" as originally planned, but instead was resurrected in the form of "Edo Tensei" which prevented him from fully exerting his strength. Furthermore, his Rinnegan was transplanted to Nagato. With all these factors combined, his current strength is at most only 70% to 80% of what it was before his death.

If the other person is about the same level as Hashirama in his prime...

Then he might indeed be slightly inferior to his opponent.

Even so, he's not without a chance of winning. And as long as he captures the Tailed Beast, revives the Ten-Tails, and retrieves the Rinnegan, everything will be alright!

Can……

The scene he saw now completely overturned Ban's understanding.

Before this, he couldn't even imagine that someone could refine the Sharingan's power to such a pure and profound level. If the power of an ordinary Uchiha was to him like the difference between a firefly and the moon, then the power of this girl's eyes was clearly a blazing sun! And a sun so bright it blotted out the sky!

"Could it be...?"

"You've accomplished what was written on that stone tablet, becoming the Sage of Six Paths in another form?!"

It only took a fleeting moment.

The flaming giant sword had already swept across the surrounding sky, and it arrived with a terrifying aura!

At the last moment, Madara Uchiha raised his head and looked at the blazing blade that hovered less than half a meter above his head. He felt as if he were in a furnace, his body was rapidly drying out, and even his consciousness began to blur, as if it were being torn apart.

"...I can't hold on much longer."

A girl's voice suddenly appeared, seemingly from the heavens, ethereal and otherworldly: "Well, I pretty much know where you are now. I'll come find you after I've dealt with things here. Or you can come to Konoha. I look forward to seeing you... Madara-kun."

"?"

What couldn't hold on any longer?

Madara paused for a moment, then realized what Uchiha Hikaru meant—

This Tsukuyomi inscription was, after all, placed on Danzo.

Therefore, their meeting was actually a mental battle between two people who constructed an illusionary space in Danzo's sea of ​​consciousness and projected their eye powers into spiritual bodies.

However, Danzo was merely an ordinary Kage-level warrior, far inferior to Madara in both physical and mental strength, let alone Uchiha Hikaru. Even the aftershocks from a mere clash between two Uchiha Hikaru were enough to overwhelm him; forcibly enduring it resulted in…

Bang!

It was accompanied by a soft sound.

Danzo's expression of pain reached its peak, then froze at a certain moment, and then began to become peaceful.

A wisp of white smoke drifted from his ears, carrying the aroma of roasted meat, clearly indicating that his brain's CPU had overloaded and burned out.

at the same time.

Madara opened his eyes, glanced at his side out of the corner of his eye, then casually tossed Danzo aside, his expression grave: "Light... interesting. I never imagined the Uchiha clan would ever have someone like you. What a pity..."

Unfortunately, he was an enemy.

If I had known this information earlier, dug out the other party in advance, and trained them properly, the "Eye of the Moon" project might have succeeded decades earlier, instead of waiting until now.

the other side.

From Madara's behavior after waking up, Obito had roughly guessed what was going on, but he kept a straight face: "Lord Madara? You just... probed into Danzo's mind?"

"More or less."

Madara casually replied, then glanced at Yagura Karatachi on the ground—the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, who had been kidnapped by them two days ago during the battle in Kirigakure: "Take this guy with you, and then come with me to Amegakure. The 'Tailed Beast Capture Plan' must be implemented as soon as possible; I'm preparing to meet with Nagato in person."

"……good."

Obito nodded in agreement, put Yagura Karatachi and Danzo's corpse into the Kamui dimension, and then followed Madara out of the cave, heading towards Amegakure.

……

Leaf.

Uchiha Hikaru took a step forward, bringing Esdeath with him, and arrived on the outskirts of Konoha Village. They found Naruto grilling fish by a small river.

And with him... Sasuke.

The Sasuke of this world has a decent personality, since he didn't experience the clan massacre as depicted in the original story. Furthermore, having learned from Uchiha Hikaru that Naruto's parents had died, he didn't ridicule Naruto much at the Ninja Academy, and even occasionally looked after him. Over time, the two boys developed a good relationship.

Judging from the looks of it, they must have planned to come out together. Not far away, you can see two little dogs, Nian Gao and Fan Tuan, chasing and playing.

"Oh, Hikari-neechan, you're back?"

I heard footsteps.

Naruto looked up first, then waved cheerfully, "And there's Sister Ai... wait, didn't Daddy come with you?"

Beside him, Sasuke stood up somewhat awkwardly and bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Great-Grandmother... Hey, Naruto, what were you saying just now? Wasn't your father already...?"

"Shh-"

Uchiha Hikaru made a shushing gesture, then said with a smile, "It's a secret. But if Naruto wants to tell you, that's fine too."

"...Can I say it, Hikari-neechan?"

Having experienced several trips to other worlds, Naruto was no longer the impetuous underdog he used to be. After obtaining permission from Uchiha Hikaru, he told Sasuke about the resurrection of Minato Namikaze—of course, he didn't mention technical details such as "reanimation" or "cloning".

Meanwhile, Uchiha Hikaru sat down in front of the campfire, took down the two grilled fish, gave one to Esdeath, and began to nibble on it.

(End of this chapter)