In Gekko Chizan's eyes, Danzo at this moment was like a grasshopper after autumn—he wouldn't be able to jump around for many more days.
If this had been a few years ago, even if he truly ran into Danzo, he wouldn't have been afraid.
There was no helping it—Gekko Chizan was simply too far beyond the standard.
Ordinary people possessed a set of ninjutsu and used chakra.
What about him?
A body full of forbidden techniques and senjutsu, using natural energy—half a ton of chakra—and when pushed into a corner, he even had Tailed Beast chakra supplying him.
They were already on completely different levels.
Looking at Danzo again, although his seniority was deep and his experience abundant, and although he had mastered quite a few techniques—including forbidden ones—it was a pity that those techniques couldn't be used directly in battle.
When it truly came down to fighting, the only things Danzo could rely on were Wind Release techniques and Izanagi to save his life.
"An offensive and defensive Crystal Release kekkei genkai..."
"Hmph!"
"Wind Release! Vacuum Serial Waves!"
If a single wind blade couldn't break Crystal Release, then he would attack with a denser and more destructive technique.
"Swish!"
"Crack!"
Facts proved Danzo's thinking was correct.
Even Gekko Chizan's Crystal Release began to shatter after facing Danzo's fully charged strike, turning into crystal fragments scattered across the ground.
"Wow, wow, wow, not bad."
"For Wind Release, this power is decent."
However, Gekko Chizan had already disappeared behind the crystalline prism shield long ago. The entire battlefield was filled with crystals, many of which contained the coordinates he had left behind.
Now the entire underground base had already become Gekko Chizan's home ground.
Fighting on his own ground, Gekko Chizan was even more like a fish in water.
"Too bad."
"Seems like it's useless."
"Crystal Release, One Arrow of Light."
A beam of light suddenly pierced straight through Danzo's body.
In the next second, Danzo turned into a shadowy illusion and vanished from the spot.
Immediately after, Danzo appeared behind Gekko Chizan with a kunai flashing with light in his hand, stabbing directly toward his back.
With Izanagi's support, Danzo had actually launched a counterattack.
But unfortunately, the strike missed.
Gekko Chizan had already been wary of Danzo pulling tricks the moment the attack was launched.
When he sensed a slight fluctuation near his body, Flying Thunder God activated instantly without a trace of hesitation.
"Hey, that's twice now."
"There's still one Sharingan left."
"If you count the one in your right eye, that's only two."
"Danzo, tell me—do you really think you can kill me with two uses of Izanagi?"
After pulling the distance apart again, Gekko Chizan looked at Danzo with a face full of mockery.
At the same time, another Sharingan on Danzo's arm slowly closed.
This made Danzo's expression turn slightly unpleasant, but he quickly returned to his previous calm demeanor.
"Hmph, just a brat who's only been around for a few years."
"The slaughter between real shinobi is far more terrifying than you imagine."
As he spoke, Danzo tore off the bandages covering his right eye.
Revealing a three-tomoe Sharingan.
And at the very moment the Sharingan was revealed, Danzo moved.
It was still Vacuum Wave as the opening move, but he himself rushed forward along the trajectory of the wind blade.
"Hmm? You don't actually think that with one more eye, you can fight me, do you?"
"Or is it..."
"Holy shit???"
Gekko Chizan casually fired a One Arrow of Light, instantly shattering the Vacuum Wave.
But when Danzo appeared again, Gekko Chizan was shocked.
Because the Sharingan in Danzo's right eye was no longer the normal three-tomoe form.
Instead, it had turned into a strange Mangekyō Sharingan he had never seen before.
And at the exact moment that eye looked at Gekko Chizan, he felt an invisible, eerie energy envelop his entire body.
This was a rare sense of danger.
Gekko Chizan did not hesitate at all.
No—rather, even the slightest hesitation would be an insult to the name "Ghost."
Flying Thunder God!
This new clash made Gekko Chizan begin to truly take Danzo seriously.
"What's wrong?"
"Weren't you acting so bold just now?"
"Tch. Old geezer, that eye shouldn't belong to you."
Gekko Chizan stared at the Mangekyō inside Danzo's right eye.
At the same time, he sensed the condition of his own body.
A large portion of his chakra had suddenly dissipated.
And even his clothes had begun to crack and shatter.
What kind of ability was this?
"Hmph. Brat, there are many things you don't know."
"Die!"
"Wind Release, Vacuum Serial Waves!"
Danzo had no intention of wasting time talking.
This time the Vacuum Serial Waves covered a massive area, directly blanketing everything in front of him.
At the same time, that eye once again locked onto Gekko Chizan.
"Tch. Corrosion? A burn that targets chakra?"
"Old geezer, looks like during the Third Shinobi War, with so many Uchiha dying, you gained quite a lot from it."
When Gekko Chizan activated Flying Thunder God again, he felt another large chunk of his chakra being worn away.
And this time, the clothes on both of his arms had completely disappeared.
Even his skin had begun to feel a faint pain.
It felt like his flesh was being directly decomposed.
The sensation made him quite irritated.
This was an ability that had never appeared in the original story—just like the dōjutsu of Uchiha Second Madara.
However, unlike Second Madara's distance-type ability, this one was far more direct.
It was somewhat similar to Amaterasu, but not quite.
It didn't possess Amaterasu's terrifying destructive power.
Instead, it was more like a consumption-type ability.
Transparent Release activated, and Gekko Chizan temporarily hid himself.
He was trying to determine exactly what kind of ability this was.
It seemed that in the original story Danzo had never used this ability.
Perhaps it was because of Kotoamatsukami.
After all, in front of Kotoamatsukami—the strongest Genjutsu—other techniques simply didn't stand a chance.
In the original story, Danzo's arm had more than ten Sharingan.
Maybe this eye was one of them.
"Tch. In that case..."
"I won't give you a chance to see me!"
After all, for dōjutsu, as long as the opponent couldn't focus on him, there would be no opening.
So Gekko Chizan directly launched his attack while still in Transparent Release mode.
The underground space was once again engulfed in light.
Beams shot one after another toward Danzo like a storm.
"Hmph. Not letting me find you..."
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Danzo clearly didn't want to waste any chances to use Izanagi.
He summoned his contracted beast, Baku, to act as a shield.
"Roar!"
The moment it appeared, Baku was struck by the beams and let out a miserable scream.
But it only screamed for a short while.
After all, the beam attacks were far too terrifying—Baku simply couldn't withstand them.
And that brief moment of resistance was exactly what Danzo needed.
"Wind Release, Vacuum Great Sphere!"
Facing Gekko Chizan's attack, Danzo chose to clash head-on.
Violent winds turned into countless blade-like currents, rising into the sky with him at the center.
This Wind Release technique relied entirely on brute power as it collided with the beams.
In an instant, explosions rang out continuously across the battlefield.
"Rasengan!"
"Vacuum Blade!"
The collision was still ongoing.
But both of them had already prepared follow-up attacks.
Holding a Rasengan in his hand, Gekko Chizan instantly appeared behind Danzo.
Meanwhile, Danzo had already armed the kunai in his hand.
The same Wind Release technique transformed into close-quarters combat.
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