Menma was sitting in the teahouse when he suddenly frowned.
His keen senses picked up an unfamiliar chakra fluctuation, followed by his dad's chakra appearing in the same direction.
The teacup in his hand paused slightly, and tiny ripples spread across the tea.
"Grandpa Sarutobi,"
Menma put down his teacup, a polite smile on his face, "I need to use the restroom."
"Go ahead."
The Third Hokage nodded with a chuckle, a wisp of smoke rising from his pipe. Although a faint unease lingered in his heart, he relaxed when he remembered Minato was in charge of the village.
Menma quietly exited the teahouse and, at the corner of the corridor, grabbed Naruto, who was teasing Konohamaru.
"Naruto, emergency mission."
Menma lowered his voice, his expression unusually grave.
Naruto immediately straightened his back, his azure eyes sparkling with excitement: "Don't worry, big brother! What's the mission?"
"No matter what method you use,"
Menma stared intently into his brother's eyes, "you must keep Grandpa Third busy. He absolutely cannot leave this residence."
"Huh?"
Naruto's mouth dropped open exaggeratedly, then he quickly composed himself under Menma's serious gaze and thumped his chest: "Leave it to me!"
Though full of questions, seeing the rare anxiety in his big brother's eyes, Naruto nodded heavily.
As he turned, his eyes darted around, and a mischievous smile appearedthe king of pranks instantly came up with a dozen ideas to keep the Third Hokage occupied.
This time, he was acting on orders, so even if his mom got angry, his big brother would take the blame.
Danzo stared intently at Minato Namikaze, who stood shoulder to shoulder with the Uchiha clan, a cold understanding flashing in his single eye.
His aged fingers slowly tightened, knuckles turning white from the effortso that was it, no wonder the reinforcements had been delayed. Behind all this, the Fourth Hokage was secretly pulling the strings!
His voice seemed to be squeezed out through gritted teeth, "Minato Namikaze! You dare to collude with the Uchiha in rebellion!"
His cane slammed heavily against the ground, sending up a shower of sparks, "The village poured its heart and soul into raising you. Is this your repayment?"
A ripple flashed in Minato's azure eyes, and the Flying Raijin kunai at his fingertips trembled slightly. Just as he was about to speak, a familiar chakra fluctuation suddenly appeared in the air
"Boom!"
The moment the golden light exploded, a violent chakra shockwave sent all the surrounding rubble flying.
Menma's figure appeared in the center of the battlefield like a god descending, golden chakra visibly clinging to his body, and the ground beneath his feet cracked in a spiderweb pattern.
When he clearly saw the figure wearing a tiger-striped mask in the arena, his pupils suddenly constricted to pinpricks.
"Danzo..."
The boy's voice was cold enough to freeze, "You dare to collude with the culprit of the Nine-Tails attack and attempt to destroy the village?"
His entire family had almost died at this man's hands; how could he not hate him!
"Absurd!"
Danzo swept his cane horizontally, stirring up a blade of wind, "I have spent my entire life protecting Konoha!"
"Protecting?"
Menma's right hand closed into a fist, and dark chakra instantly condensed into a Rasengan.
The terrifying gravitational field caused all the rubble within ten meters to levitate, and the remaining debris on the Root organization's base was torn and sucked into the energy vortex.
Fugaku's Sharingan spun wildly, looking incredulously at this boy, who was even younger than Sasukethe destructive power contained within that dark energy sphere made even him feel an intense dread.
"Father already has all the evidence of your crimes."
Menma advanced step by step, the hum of the Rasengan like the whisper of the grim reaper, "Secretly collecting Sharingan, conducting human experiments, colluding with foreign enemies..."
With each word, the energy sphere in his hand expanded a bit, "Even plotting to assassinate the current Hokage"
Obito's crimson Sharingan under his mask spun rapidly, his gaze darting between Minato Namikaze and Menma Uzumaki, then he suddenly let out a hoarse, cold laugh: "How... lively."
Before his words finished, his body began to dematerialize, and the surrounding space rippled like water, twisting into a vortex.
"Trying to escape?"
A cold light burst from Menma's eyes. He hadn't expected this masked man, who always hid his face, to actually show himself.
The Rasengan in his hand erupted with a blinding black light, carrying destructive energy directly towards Obito's face.
At the same time, Minato's figure flickered behind Obito like a ghost, his azure Rasengan forming a perfect pincer attack with Menma's.
"Damn it..."
Obito's pupils under his mask suddenly contracted.
He shouldn't have risked showing himself, but now it was too late to regret.
In the nick of time, his body completely dematerialized, and the two fatal attacks passed right through him
"Boom!!!"
The moment the Rasengan and the Rasen-ring collided, father and son simultaneously used the Flying Raijin Jutsu to retreat.
A deafening explosion echoed through the night sky, and the towering flames illuminated the surrounding hundreds of meters as if it were daytime.
A violent shockwave swept through, and the surrounding building debris instantly vaporized in the high temperature.
Shisui Uchiha and the others had to raise their arms to shield themselves from the incoming heatwave. Through their fingers, they saw the space at the center of the explosion distort, and their shock was beyond measure.
"Is this... Minato and Menma's true strength?"
Fugaku Uchiha's back was already drenched in cold sweat. He swallowed with difficulty, "Good thing we didn't initiate a coup... otherwise, the Uchiha clan would have been doomed..."
In the smoke and dust, Obito's figure staggered into view.
Although he had dodged the fatal blow by dematerializing, the black sleeve of his right arm had been torn to shreds by the residual explosion, revealing an arm covered in gruesome scars. A drop of blood dripped from his fingertip, raising tiny dust on the scorched earth.
"Cough..."
A suppressed groan came from under the mask.
Obito stared intently at the golden figure in the distance, "Menma Uzumaki... has grown to such an extent..."
At this moment, even he, foolish as he might be, could sense Minato's Flying Raijin mark on his back.
His current predicament was no longer just a setback for his plan, but a situation where he could die at any moment.
A look of grim determination flashed in his eyes"I can only use that move..."
"Shisui! Stop Danzo!"
Menma shouted, his keen senses having caught Danzo's figure quietly retreating amidst the smoke of the explosion.
Shisui Uchiha immediately acted upon hearing this, his figure blurring and splitting into seven phantom images.
These were not ordinary clones, but "Phantom Shunshin"Shunshin Jutsu pushed to its extreme, where each phantom could deliver a physical attack.
"Danzo, this is the end."
Shisui's voice came from all directions, and the seven figures simultaneously formed hand signs, surrounding Danzo.
At the same time, Itachi Uchiha and Fugaku quickly moved into position, three pairs of crimson Sharingan flashing with dangerous light in the smoke and dust.
A sinister glint flashed in Danzo's single eye, and the veins on the back of his hand, clutching his cane, bulged: "Heh... I didn't expect this old man to be pushed to such a state by you youngsters."
The battle between the Root organization and the Uchiha was nearing its end, with very few remaining on either side.
Danzo knew that no one could come to his aid now.
Seeing that Danzo had been restrained, Menma turned his full attention back to the masked man.
He took a deep breath and exchanged a knowing glance with his father.
"He can't dematerialize when he attacks."
Minato said in a low voice, continuously throwing specialized kunai.
These sharp weapons, engraved with the Flying Raijin Jutsu formula, were scattered across the battlefield like stars, forming an invisible spatial network.
Menma nodded in understanding, also throwing several kunai to supplement the formation.
Father and son, one in front and one behind, trapped Obito in the center of the Flying Raijin domain.
Obito's Sharingan under his mask spun rapidly. He suddenly raised his hand, and the space in front of him twisted into a vortex, countless shuriken pouring out like a rainstorm.
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