In the prison.
Sasuke struggled fiercely, but the 'Cursed Seal of Self-Karma' placed on him by Danzo hadn't been lifted, and he was bound by shackles on his wrists and ankles, so no matter how much he struggled, it was meaningless.
"Damn it!"
Cursing under his breath, Sasuke gave up struggling.
At that moment, a figure leisurely approached the cell, speaking to Sasuke through the bars: "You were too reckless this time!"
Sasuke snapped his head up, realizing it was none other than Kakashi standing outside, and said, "Do you know what that bastard Danzo did?"
Kakashi remained silent.
He naturally knew about Danzo publicly displaying his right arm, transplanted with ten Sharingan, but he was powerless to do anything about it.
Sasuke roared, "I'm going to kill him!"
"You can't kill him!" After a pause, Kakashi continued, "Sasuke, you're not a child anymore. You should understand there are things you can't do!"
Sasuke coldly retorted, "If you're just here to mock me, you can leave. I don't need your lectures!"
Kakashi sighed, "Danzo deliberately showed his arm to provoke you. You're not unaware of that, so calm down a bit and don't fall into his trap! There's still room to maneuver. The Hokage will personally interrogate you next. As long as you truthfully describe what happened at the hospital, Danzo won't be able to do anything to you!"
Sasuke fell into thought.
Seeing Sasuke no longer shouting for blood, Kakashi added, "Danzo isn't just targeting you, but Shinji as well. If you mess up here, Shinji will get dragged down with you!"
"I understand!"
Sasuke nodded.
With the situation stacked against him, he had no choice but to swallow his pride.
Swish.
At that moment, an Anbu hurriedly approached Kakashi, whispering a few words in his ear.
"What!?"
Kakashi was shocked.
Undoubtedly, the news brought by the Anbu was about Shinji leading his team to corner Danzo at the hospital, boldly attempting to arrest him under the pretext of Danzo colluding with Orochimaru.
Seeing this, Sasuke in the cell asked, "What's going on?"
"Stay here and don't act recklessly!"
Leaving those words behind, Kakashi said no more, his figure flashing as he vanished with a whoosh.
Outside Hidden Leaf Hospital, in the grove.
Swish, swish, swish.
Accompanied by a series of whistling sounds, countless wind blades tore through the grove, slicing apart everything they touched—trees, the ground, even solid rocks!
This was Danzo's 'Vacuum Wave Barrage.'
In the original timeline, he used this ninjutsu, combined with his summoning beast 'Nightmare Tapir,' to shatter half of Sasuke's Susanoo.
This showed the power of this Wind Release technique!
Yet, amidst such a dense barrage of wind blades, Shinji moved like a phantom, weaving through them at incredible speed. With a final Body Flicker, he closed in on Danzo and threw a punch!
"You!?"
Danzo was startled, instinctively trying to dodge backward.
Now equipped with the 'Six Tomoe Rinnegan' and pushing the Twelve Palaces to their limit, how could Shinji's punch be easily avoided by an unprepared Danzo? Before Danzo could leap back, Shinji's fist struck him dead-on!
Thud.
With a low, muffled sound, Danzo was sent flying by Shinji's punch, crashing heavily into the ground!
Due to the sheer force of Shinji's strike, Danzo's body, upon hitting the ground, twisted and contorted grotesquely, looking at first glance like a twisted pretzel.
Though the onlookers had retreated far back, since the trees in the grove had been leveled by Danzo's Wind Release ninjutsu, everyone in the distance witnessed the scene.
Hiss.
"How could this happen?"
"He… he didn't just get killed by Uchiha Shinji's punch, did he!?"
The crowd gasped in shock.
Given Danzo's age, if he hadn't used a 'Shadow Clone' or 'Substitution Jutsu,' he'd likely be either dead or gravely injured.
The thought of Hidden Leaf's advisor elder possibly being beaten to death in the village itself filled the crowd with a sense of absurdity!
On the battlefield.
Shinji calmly said, "Stop pretending. I'm not Uchiha Shisui!"
Hmph!
As soon as Shinji spoke, a cold snort came from not far away.
The crowd turned to look and saw Danzo's unscathed figure standing there, while the Danzo that Shinji had struck, his body twisted on the ground, vanished like a mirage under everyone's eyes.
"Huh!?"
"Was that a Substitution Jutsu?"
"There wasn't a single trace of the technique!"
The onlookers were all shocked.
Not just them—even Mumei, Karin, and Haku looked surprised.
Especially Karin, with her 'Kagura Mind's Eye,' she was certain the one Shinji hit was Danzo's real body.
Yet in the blink of an eye, Danzo appeared elsewhere as if nothing had happened, leaving her deeply puzzled.
Obviously.
What Danzo had just used wasn't a 'Substitution Jutsu,' but the Uchiha clan's forbidden technique, 'Izanami no Mikoto'!
Though Mumei was an Uchiha, she wasn't familiar with 'Izanami no Mikoto,' so even she was fooled by Danzo.
But Danzo's display clearly didn't faze Shinji, whose expression remained calm.
If he could kill Danzo once, he could kill him a hundred times. The few Sharingan on Danzo's right arm wouldn't be enough to withstand him!
Danzo's brow furrowed tightly.
Shinji's sudden mention of Shisui seemed to imply he knew Danzo had used a sneak attack with 'Izanami no Mikoto' to steal one of Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan.
"What else does he know…?"
Danzo's sense of crisis grew stronger, and more importantly, he still couldn't figure out what had gone wrong!
Swish, swish, swish.
At that moment, a large group of shinobi led by Tsunade finally arrived at the scene.
Seeing the grove in ruins, resembling a battlefield, and the Anbu lying scattered everywhere, Tsunade was shocked.
She looked to the center of the field.
Shinji and Danzo were locked in one-on-one combat, while around the battlefield, the three members of Shinji's Anbu squad stood in a triangular formation, guarding three directions.
The three of them were composed, their gazes cold. Though they merely stood there quietly, they exuded an inexplicable air of menace, as if the areas behind them were forbidden zones—anyone who dared step in would face their relentless attacks!
Seeing this, Tsunade didn't rush to intervene but summoned an Anbu from the scene, asking, "What's going on?"
The Anbu quickly reported everything that had just happened to Tsunade.
Upon learning that after Shinji gave the order to attack, his squad had instantly taken down a dozen of Danzo's subordinates, Tsunade and the shinobi accompanying her were all stunned.