For a moment, the crowd erupted in a frenzy. Deafening shouts shook the sky, and furious roars echoed without pause.
"What?!"
Danzo Shimura looked in utter disbelief at Homura Mitokado, who was standing silently below the platform.
How was this possible?! This was impossible!
"I have never committed such an audacious act!"
"I am innocent!"
"Homura Mitokado!"
"Speak with a conscience!"
Danzo Shimura was on the verge of madness, entirely incredulous. When had he ever sent anyone to assassinate the Daimyo?! Homura Mitokado was clearly teaming up with that pink-haired brat to ruin him!
"Give me the decree!"
"I want to see it for myself!"
At this moment, Danzo Shimura could no longer care about maintaining his composure. He was about to leap down from the roof of the Hokage building, intending to snatch the decree from Homura Mitokado's hands to inspect it himself.
However, as fast as he was, someone else was faster!
A pink streak of light flashed past Homura Mitokado, appearing right in front of Danzo Shimura in an instant at a speed nearly invisible to the naked eye!
Three years ago, she already possessed the power to suppress the Kazekage, Mizukage, and Raikage, and had hunted down five thousand Mist ninja. Now that three years had passed, with her body nurtured by Yang Release for three whole years, how could Sakura Haruno have remained stagnant?!
"What?!"
Danzo Shimura paled with shock! In a split second, he felt his neck gripped by an unparalleled, monstrous strength!
This is... Sakura Haruno?! How is this possible! I didn't even have time to react!
The pink streak of light soared into the sky, rushing straight toward the cliff of the Hokage Rock behind the Hokage building! All of this happened in the blink of an eye! Within a mere moment, both the true and false Hokage had completely vanished from everyone's sight!
Everyone watching this scene froze in place. Where was... their Hokage?
"Tsk, that speed..."
"As expected, those who train their bodies don't bother using their brains. They just rush straight in and get it over with."
Hikari Uchiha crossed her arms over her ninja sword and curled her lips.
A billowing cloud of dust erupted on the Hokage cliff, accompanied by a deafening roar! Sakura Haruno threw Danzo Shimura out of her grip. The septuagenarian rolled across the ground several times before barely managing to stop himself.
"Cough, cough... Sakura... Haruno!"
Danzo Shimura clutched his neck, glaring at Sakura Haruno with a sinister expression.
"What's wrong?"
"Come at me."
Sakura Haruno crossed her arms, extending a fair hand and curling her finger to beckon Danzo Shimura over.
Arrogant? No. Sakura Haruno was never careless.
At this moment, several figures arrived at the scene. Hikari Uchiha was the first to arrive, followed by Jiraiya, Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Karin, Homura Mitokado, and a few highly capable Konoha Jonin. At the same time, several members of Root also arrived.
There was no escape.
Danzo Shimura looked at the group before him with a grim expression. Sakura Haruno alone was troublesome enough, let alone two Uchiha brats and Jiraiya.
"Buy me some time."
"I need to undo the seal."
With his life on the line at this very moment, Danzo Shimura no longer intended to hide anything and was prepared to reveal his trump card. If he held back against Sakura Haruno, then the fates of the Raikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage would be his own. There was no one in the entire shinobi world who could afford to hold back when facing Sakura Haruno.
"No need to buy time, I'll wait for you."
Sakura Haruno crossed her arms, watching Danzo Shimura's death struggles with amusement. If possible, she really wanted to witness the so-called Kotoamatsukami.
Although the Sharingan was powerful, its essence was ultimately Yin Release. And it just so happened that Sakura Haruno's immense reserves lay not only in Yang Release, but in Yin Release as well.
Uh, of course... More importantly, from the very beginning, the Sakura standing here was merely a shadow clone.
A Yang Release: Shadow Clone.
After all, no fool would take the risk of using their real body to withstand an opponent's trump card when they already possessed full intelligence on them. Furthermore, besides Kotoamatsukami, Danzo Shimura also had the Reverse Four Symbols Seal up his sleeve. It would be a joke if she accidentally tripped up here.
However, even this shadow clone contained a significant amount of Sakura Haruno's chakra, possessing a full eighty percent of the real Sakura Haruno's combat power. It was more than enough to deal with Danzo Shimura.
Yet, the Root members guarding Danzo Shimura acted as if they couldn't understand human speech, drawing their ninja swords and charging at Sakura Haruno.
Seeing this, Naruto Uzumaki was about to make a move, immediately preparing to unleash a Rasengan to assist Sakura Haruno.
Although he had often trained with Sakura Haruno over the past three years, it mostly consisted of his Nine-Tails chakra going berserk, followed by Sakura Haruno beating him to a pulp. So, despite spending so much time with Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki had no memory of what happened when the Nine-Tails went out of control, and he had no real grasp of just how powerful Sakura Haruno actually was.
"Don't move, just watch."
"Watch Sakura's real strength."
"This is a rare opportunity."
Sasuke Uchiha's voice caused Naruto Uzumaki to pause in his tracks.
"What gives?"
"I'm going to help Sakura, don't stop me."
Naruto Uzumaki grumbled, brushing away the hand Sasuke Uchiha used to block him. No matter how strong Sakura Haruno was, helping her was simply the right thing to do.
Sasuke Uchiha glanced at Naruto Uzumaki helplessly, then pointed toward Sakura Haruno, signaling Naruto Uzumaki to look over.
Huh? What's going on?
Naruto Uzumaki turned to look, only to find to his astonishment that out of the Root members who had attacked Sakura Haruno, only one was left standing. Sakura Haruno's fingers tightly clamped onto the opponent's short sword; no matter how hard he pulled, he couldn't break it free!
Seeing this, the Root member quickly retreated, pulling a scroll with a brush tucked into the middle from the ninja tool pouch behind his waist.
Ninja Art: Super Beast Imitating Drawing!
With a splash of ink, two massive lions surged forth from the scroll! Looking at this unique secret technique, a faint smirk tugged at the corner of Sakura Haruno's mouth.
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