NOVEL NEXT Chapter 147: The Death of Danzo!
Chapter 147: The Death of Danzo!
After entering Konoha, Uchiha Sasuke immediately activated his Observation Haki. With the added power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his Observation Haki covered the entire village of Konoha. He continuously searched for Danzo's location and quickly found the headquarters of the Root organization, where Danzo was.
"Danzo, I've finally found you!" Sasuke muttered coldly.
In the headquarters of the Root organization, Danzo was sitting in a room, handling the affairs of the organization. At that moment, he was still unaware of the imminent danger. Although there were many ninjas within the Root, none of them detected Sasuke's approach. With the power of Observation Haki, Sasuke could easily avoid everyone, and his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability allowed him to teleport in an instant. Even if he encountered a situation where avoidance was impossible, he could use his Mangekyō Sharingan to cast genjutsu and deal with the opponent.
Thus, Sasuke infiltrated deep into the Root headquarters without a hitch.
Soon, Sasuke approached Danzo's location. Standing outside the door, Sasuke gazed into the room. Thanks to his Observation Haki, the wooden door posed no barrier to his vision.
"Danzo has the Sharingan and knows the secret technique Izanagi. I must ambush him so he doesn't have a chance to use it," Sasuke thought to himself.
Thus, Sasuke planned to sever Danzo's right arm, preventing him from performing Izanagi. He intended to destroy the arm and then proceed to kill Danzo. Although Danzo still had Shisui's eye, Sasuke wasn't concerned. With his current strength and ocular powers, Shisui's Kotoamatsukami wouldn't be able to control him.
At that moment, Sasuke unleashed a black Chidori, piercing through the door in an instant and cutting towards Danzo's right arm. Everything happened too fast! Danzo's first instinctive reaction was to dodge, but in doing so, he lost his advantage.
Splat!
The Chidori severed Danzo's right arm, and Sasuke immediately teleported to Danzo's side, impaling him with one hand while grabbing Danzo's severed arm with the other. Flames enveloped the arm, burning and destroying all ten Sharingan embedded in it.
"Sasuke!" Danzo shouted in shock.
"Danzo, die!" Sasuke yelled as the surroundings seemed to transform into a sea of thunder. Endless lightning struck Danzo from all directions. Then, combining the power of his devil fruit with his Lightning Release chakra and the Black Chidori technique, Sasuke pierced through Danzo once again. Sasuke's power was far greater than Danzo's; the two weren't even comparable.
"Kotoamatsukami!" Danzo was forced to use this technique as a last resort.
Boom!
The power of Kotoamatsukami enveloped Sasuke, but Sasuke pushed his Mangekyō Sharingan to its limits, fiercely resisting the technique, draining a great deal of his ocular energy. In the end, Sasuke endured, while Danzo couldn't withstand Sasuke's attack. The Chidori pierced straight through his heart.
Realizing that he was doomed, Danzo immediately activated the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique, hoping to seal Sasuke along with him. However, Sasuke used his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability to teleport away in the thunderous field, leaving only the room sealed by Danzo's technique.
With Danzo's inevitable death, Sasuke swiftly left the scene. The commotion quickly attracted the attention of Root members and many other Konoha ninjas, who hurried over to investigate. Before long, all of Konoha learned that Danzo had been killed, and he had been killed within Konoha itself.
Tsunade, Uzumaki Naruto, Hatake Kakashi, and Might Guy all arrived at the scene.
"Who did this?" Tsunade asked.
A member of the Root organization replied, "We're not sure. By the time we realized what had happened, Lord Danzo was already dead. He also used the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique, so we can't gather much information."
The sealing technique had swallowed most of the battle traces, but from the edges of the scene, some evidence was still found.
"It's a lightning strike! The traces are from lightning!" An Anbu ninja reported after investigating.
"Lightning... Could it be a ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village?" Tsunade speculated, but quickly dismissed the idea. "It's unlikely to be a Hidden Cloud ninja. There are only a few people in Cloud who could kill Danzo quickly, and none of them could infiltrate and leave Konoha silently, not even the Fourth Raikage, who isn't skilled in stealth."
"It's probably Sasuke," Kakashi suggested. "Sasuke has the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Observation Haki, which grants him incredible perception. If Sasuke was the one who came, he could easily sneak in. And with his strength, killing Danzo would be simple."
"Sasuke!" Naruto exclaimed in surprise.
"It does seem likely to be Sasuke," Tsunade agreed.
At that moment, Danzo spoke in the livestream chat.
[Danzo: Sasuke, you actually came to Konoha to kill me!]
[Fourth Raikage: Danzo, did Sasuke kill you?]
[Danzo: Yes, I'm already dead!]
[Third Hokage: I anticipated this. At least you didn't die sealing a bridge!]
[Danzo: Sarutobi, are you mocking me?]
[Third Hokage: I'm just making a casual remark.]
[Tsunade: So it was Sasuke after all!]
Tsunade then issued an order for pursuit: "Immediately track down Sasuke. Report back to me as soon as you find anything. Remember, if you find Sasuke, don't engage. Report back immediately. Naruto, Sakura, Neji, the three of you will lead the mission to capture Sasuke."
Tsunade didn't want ordinary ninjas facing Sasuke. After all, Sasuke's strength was nearing the level of the Six Paths. Ordinary ninjas would stand no chance.
"Yes, Lady Hokage!" The ninjas hurried off to their tasks.
Naruto, full of excitement, said, "Granny Tsunade, I'll bring Sasuke back right away!"
With that, Naruto and his team set off.
In truth, Tsunade felt a sense of relief deep down. She couldn't openly kill Danzo herself, so having someone else do it was a blessing. However, she still had to provide an explanation for Danzo's death. Since Sasuke was the culprit, she had no choice but to issue the order to capture him.
At that moment, Sasuke had already left with Karin and Suigetsu.
"Sasuke, did it work?" Suigetsu asked.
"It's done!" Sasuke nodded slightly.
"Sasuke-kun, you're amazing!" Karin said admiringly.
They quickly put more distance between themselves and Konoha. Time passed, and before long, a day had gone by.
At this time, it was finally time for the third list to be revealed. Everyone knew that Ye Tian would surely make the list.