Chapter 53: Beating Up Danzo
Danzo's eyes widened as he clearly saw Kaguya's cloak adorned with red clouds and the ring on her hand, symbols exclusive to the members of Akatsuki.
"Thanks to you," Kaguya smirked, "I joined Akatsuki."
"So you were a spy planted in Konoha," Danzo said grimly, "What more excuses do you have now?"
Kaguya sighed and spread her hands, "Your ability to distort the truth is as strong as ever, but words alone won't defeat me."
"Arrogant," Danzo roared, "Just you wait."
Danzo formed hand seals, took a deep breath, and his chest swelled.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Bullets."
From Danzo's mouth shot countless semi-transparent air bullets, their friction with the air producing a sharp sound as they hurtled towards Kaguya.
Kaguya kicked off, jumping onto the wall, running vertically along it to dodge the incoming bullets. Behind her, the wall was continuously shattered, debris flying everywhere.
As she closed the distance between them, Kaguya pushed off the wall, launching herself at Danzo like an arrow.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves."
Several sharp wind blades shot from Danzo's mouth, forming a semicircle as they slashed forward.
Kaguya twisted in mid-air to evade, the wind blades narrowly missing her and slicing into the distant wall, cutting it cleanly in two, showcasing their sharpness.
"Body Flicker Technique."
"What?"
In an instant, Kaguya appeared behind Danzo, her palm pressing against his back, releasing a burst of force.
With a loud "boom," Danzo was sent flying, blood spraying in the air like a severed kite, crashing heavily to the ground.
"Is that all you've got?" Kaguya walked over, kicking him hard in the stomach, "For framing me."
"Too naive," a deep voice suddenly rang out from behind her.
Kaguya's body tensed as she attempted to turn, only to be struck on the back by a hand.
"Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal."
Immediately, Kaguya found herself immobilized, black lines creeping across her body, covering her completely.
"You can release jutsu without hand seals," Danzo said as he emerged from behind Kaguya, "An intriguing ability."
"Izanagi," Kaguya said expressionlessly.
"I didn't expect you to know this technique," Danzo walked over, a gleam flashing in his eyes. "It seems you know quite a lot."
"Got it from the corpses of the Uchiha clan, didn't you?" Kaguya frowned, her eyes showing a look of disgust. "That's truly disgusting."
"Disgusting?" Danzo's lips curled into a smirk. "You won't find it disgusting for long, because soon you'll be a corpse too." With that, he gripped a kunai and lunged at Kaguya.
Suddenly, a powerful aura erupted from Kaguya's body, pale blue chakra surged from within her, enveloping her in a faint emerald glow. Azure flames danced on her body, and black tomoe appeared on her clothes.
This was Kaguya's Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
"What?" Danzo's kunai halted halfway, as if it had struck an iron plate, unable to penetrate further.
Realizing the danger, Danzo jumped back, trying to escape, but a fist was already upon him.
With a dull thud, a snow-white fist smashed into Danzo's face, distorting his features. Before he could recover, another punch slammed into his stomach, making him spew a mixture of blood and saliva.
A barrage of rapid punches rained down on Danzo's body, causing it to convulse under the assault, with blood splattering intermittently.
Finally, Danzo was sent flying, crashing to the ground like a broken kite, his body slowly becoming transparent and gradually disappearing.
Kaguya clenched her fist, a smirk playing on her lips. She didn't kill Danzo outright, wanting to thoroughly beat him instead. After all, with Izanagi, he couldn't be killed; even if killed, he would revive. So why not just give him a good thrashing?
Exhausting his Sharingan was also worthwhile. He only had ten Sharingan, each lasting 60 seconds, which meant after ten minutes, they would be depleted. This limitation was due to Danzo's non-Uchiha physiology. If it were Obito, each eye could last three minutes.
Danzo reappeared in the distance, biting his finger, forming hand seals, and slamming his hand onto the ground.
"Summoning Technique: Baku."
In a puff of smoke, a bizarre creature appeared, with tiger claws, a cat-like body, an elephant's trunk, and bandages wrapped around its head. It looked like a creature assembled through surgery rather than a natural being.
Baku opened its enormous mouth, releasing a powerful suction force that whipped up a storm, drawing everything towards its maw. Kaguya, too, was affected, her feet firmly planted on the ground, leaning back to resist the pull.
Just then, Danzo appeared behind Kaguya, taking a deep breath and forming hand seals.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves."
Numerous wind blades shot from Danzo's mouth, crisscrossing in the air. Amplified by Baku's suction, the wind blades accelerated and grew sharper, slicing towards Kaguya's back like lightning.
Struggling against the gale, Kaguya raised her hand, chakra infusing her palm, and unleashed a burst of repulsive force, shattering the incoming wind blades. However, the repulsive force caused her to slip, and she was pulled towards Baku's gaping maw.
At the critical moment, Kaguya twisted in mid-air, chakra surging wildly as she inhaled deeply, then exhaled a thin line of fire.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique."
The fire line expanded into a massive, searing fireball, which, caught in Baku's suction, grew larger and burned fiercer, being swallowed whole.
Baku let out an earth-shattering howl of agony, shaking its head violently, and finally vanished with a puff of smoke, taking its suction with it.