Chapter 168: I Said Goodbye, Are You Deaf?
Danzo Shimura held onto the cold, weirdly smooth edge of the rock wall, gasping for breath, his body trembling slightly, and his Chakra nearly exhausted.
To think... Izanagi... was actually this "powerful"... In Danzo's heart, what surged at this moment wasn't relief, but a cold, near-desperate lingering fear.
Just now, the power of the Four Symbols Sealing Technique was true, absolute annihilation; even space seemed to have been partially swallowed.
He clearly "felt" the "process" of being swallowed by that darkness, decomposed, and returned to nothingness. That was a "death" more thorough and ultimate than any damage caused by Ninjutsu.
However, Izanagi, the ultimate forbidden technique of the Uchiha Clan, had actually... rewritten the "reality" of being completely obliterated by the Four Symbols Sealing Technique.
It directly "pulled" him back from absolute nothingness.
This simply defied common sense! It was a "reversal of life and death" in the truest sense!
This is the power of the Uchiha!
Moreover, even though he was "resurrected," that "feeling" of being completely annihilated, that fear of being infinitely close to absolute death, was still branded deep in his Soul, leaving him incredibly weak at this moment.
He looked up, his remaining left eye meeting the black-robed figure standing quietly at the other end of the hall, as if he had never left.
Naruto mocked, "I said goodbye, are you deaf?"
The moment he saw Naruto, Danzo directly activated the Four Symbols Sealing Technique.
The moment he saw Naruto's figure, a final glint of light, a mix of extreme fear and madness, erupted in Danzo's left eye.
He knew
Rather than being killed by the opponent, or perhaps having something else taken away, it was better to... try one more time!
"Ugh, ahhh—let's die together!"
He roared, and with almost no warning, his remaining Chakra surged recklessly toward his chest.
He was attempting to reactivate the Four Symbols Sealing Technique—which theoretically should have been consumed, but perhaps because of Izanagi's "reset" effect, the technique's markings themselves might still remain in his body's "memory" or cells!
Black markings faintly reappeared under the skin of his chest, attempting to twist and reorganize, emitting a dangerous light.
However—
"Too naive."
A cold voice sounded, almost right against his ear.
Naruto's figure appeared before him like a ghost at the very moment Danzo tried to activate the Seal.
A hand covered in pale blue Chakra, precise as a scalpel, shot out like lightning with a clear target.
It was Danzo's bandage-covered right eye, which had just been "refreshed" by Izanagi!
"Puchi!"
In a soft sound, fingers pierced the eye socket without resistance, followed by a hook and a pull!
A warm Sharingan with a three-Tomoe pattern was cleanly gouged out!
Blood splattered.
The intense pain caused Danzo's movements to freeze, and the activation of the Four Symbols Sealing Technique suffered a fatal delay and disorder.
But it wasn't over yet.
Naruto didn't withdraw the hand that took the eye; instead, he slammed his palm onto Danzo's chest, where the twisted black markings had just emerged!
"Evil Sealing Method!"
With a low shout, the powerful strength of the Sealing Technique poured into Danzo's chest like a bursting flood through Naruto's palm.
It wasn't a power to attack the physical body, but specifically aimed at destroying and interfering with the structure of the technique.
The black markings of the Four Symbols Sealing Technique on Danzo's chest, which had just appeared and weren't fully formed, were like patterns splashed with strong acid; they made a "hissing" sound and then began to twist violently, crumble, and dissipate! It was as if they were being crudely wiped away by an invisible hand!
Before the Four Symbols Sealing Technique could fully activate, it was forcibly destroyed and dismantled from its source by Naruto's precise Sealing Technique!
"Ugh...!"
Danzo's remaining left eye widened, looking in disbelief at the black markings rapidly disappearing from his chest, feeling the destructive energy that was trying to erupt inside him being extinguished like a fire whose source had been cut off.
His final method of mutual destruction was also so easily... broken by the opponent?
Despair, like the deepest ice, instantly froze his heart.
And Naruto, after doing all this, acted as if he had only completed an insignificant step.
He casually put away the Sharingan he had just taken, and the ice-blue longsword he had been holding in his other hand was only now slowly raised.
The sword's tip pressed against Danzo's chest, which was trembling slightly from despair and weakness.
Then, without mercy, it pierced through.
"Puchi—"
The cold sword tip pierced through flesh, bringing a real pain of death that could no longer be "rewritten."
Danzo's body suddenly stiffened, his life force rapidly draining away as the blade entered.
He struggled to lift his head, his remaining left eye staring fixedly at the fox mask inches away; that gaze was filled with endless doubt, resentment, and a final trace of confusion.
He opened his mouth, blood overflowing from the corners, his voice hoarse like a worn-out bellows:
"Who... exactly... are you...?"
This question had plagued him throughout the entire battle.
Possessing Flying Thunder God, Wood Release, Ice Release, powerful knowledge of Sealing Technique, and knowing his trump cards inside out... this enemy seemed like a collection of all his nightmares and deepest fears, yet had no identity that fit his knowledge.
The gaze behind Naruto's mask looked down calmly at the dying Danzo. He clearly had no interest in answering this question.
The blade pushed forward another inch.
"In this world..."
He spoke, his voice altered, indifferent without a hint of emotion, as if stating a fundamental truth:
"Dead people... don't keep secrets either."
The words were like a final sentence.
"So, you should... take your doubts to the Pure Land and think about it slowly."
Danzo lay on the ground, his eyes refusing to close even in death.
Naruto left a Shadow Clone in case the old man tried to come back to life again, then departed.
Although he left a Shadow Clone at home, he needed to go back first to confirm if Karin and Simba were safe.
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Inside Konoha Village.
A giant three-headed brown snake, like a moving mountain, crashed frantically into Hidden Leaf Village's houses; every tail whip or collision made the earth tremble and bricks fly.
The Konoha Ninja's Ninjutsu and attacks landed on its thick scales with little effect; the situation was critical.
"Boom!"
The sky seemed to be torn apart by something.
A massive black shadow, accompanied by a deafening sound of breaking air and an Aura-filled shout, fell from the sky like a meteorite, landing squarely and heavily on the largest, most ferocious middle head of the three-headed giant snake.
It was a giant toad whose size was not at all inferior to the three-headed giant snake.
Its skin was as rough as rock, it held a giant pipe in its mouth, and a samurai sword larger than an ordinary house was slung at its waist.
It was exactly Mount Myōboku's Gamabunta!
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