Danzō removed his upper garment, revealing his chest.
He was prepared for death.
It was just a shame he couldn't tell Sarutobi Hiruzen in person that he wasn't a coward, that he had sacrificed himself for Konoha earlier than Hiruzen.
Staring at Fox, Danzō thought, A moment of hesitation had cultivated a monster.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke was also trash, unable to even see the treachery within his own subordinate.
Fox had mastered the Flying Thunder God; Danzō's Wind Release techniques had no chance to be used.
Fortunately, having exterminated the Uzumaki clan, Danzō still had one final trump card, a card that would take the enemy down with him.
The moment he discarded his shirt, a figure instantly appeared. A kunai slashed fiercely, opening a gash across Danzō's throat.
Danzō's eyes widened in shock.
Fast, too fast...
Danzō's figure faded and disappeared. He had used Izanagi to alter reality, vanishing.
Among the four Sharingan, the third eye was rendered useless.
Yōkō immediately turned, searching for Danzō.
Danzō appeared in the distance, rapidly forming hand seals.
After the seals, his summoning creature, Baku, appeared before him.
Yōkō's attack didn't cease. He used Flying Thunder God again to instantly appear before Danzō, intending to cleanly disable another of Danzō's eyes.
At that moment, Yōkō's movement faltered slightly.
He was positioned between Danzō and Baku.
Behind him, Baku suddenly opened its massive maw, a black hole-like vortex of wind appearing within, sucking Yōkō towards Baku.
This suction force caused Yōkō to stagger back a few centimeters.
The kunai attack following the Flying Thunder God unexpectedly missed, also giving Danzō the chance to prepare his trump card.
On Danzō's chest, the cursed seal of the Inner Four Symbols Seal appeared!
His eyes were filled with triumph.
If Fox moves forward, he'll be caught by the Inner Four Symbols Seal.
If Fox retreats, he'll be Devoured by Baku.
If Fox uses the Flying Thunder God to escape...
Several Flying Thunder God kunai stuck in the ground were also being sucked towards Baku.
Danzō was very familiar with the Flying Thunder God; he instantly devised tactics to counter it.
If the Flying Thunder God kunai on the ground are swallowed by Baku, and Fox uses the Flying Thunder God to teleport away, he will only teleport into Baku's mouth!
Whether Fox moves forward, backward, or uses the Flying Thunder God to dodge, it's certain death!
Yōkō's heart tightened.
If he teleported backward, as long as he used Wood Release, a single Baku wouldn't be able to handle him.
But, he was killing a high-ranking village advisor. Using Wood Release would be a bit too blatant.
Just then, a voice rang out!
"Yin Seal: Release!"
Tsunade appeared at the perfect moment, striking the ground with a full-powered Super Strength punch.
The ground for hundreds of meters in front of her instantly cracked and shattered.
The ground beneath Danzō's feet flipped backward. He despaired, realizing that if he continued with the Inner Four Symbols Seal, he wouldn't be able to catch Fox.
Baku was also thrown off balance by the violent earthquake.
Yōkō gained a split-second of reaction time.
Yōkō vanished using the Flying Thunder God, escaping Baku's Wind Release suction.
Danzō's carefully designed tactics were ruined by Tsunade.
Thud!
A scythe pierced through Danzō's back and out his chest from behind.
The scythe's blade protruded from the front of his chest.
Danzō looked down and saw his liver and lungs sliced open by the large scythe.
The scythe's tip carried out a large amount of blood!
Danzō slightly turned his head and saw Fox leaving using Water Body Flicker!
Water Body Flicker... Scythe...
Isn't that Hanzo's signature ability?
Skilled in conspiracies, Danzō's first thought was that Fox and Hanzo were colluding; to kill him, Hanzo had even taught Fox a technique like Water Body Flicker.
But then, why did Hanzo hate him so much?
These puzzles made Danzō's gaze grow distant.
Looking up, he saw all the Sharingan on the back of his hand were dull gray. He had no more chances for Izanagi.
Danzō stared fixedly at Tsunade. Why is Tsunade here?
Cold rain fell on Tsunade's hair, on Tsunade's face.
"Danzō! Tell me! Nawaki wasn't killed by Iwa-nin explosives; he was killed by you all conspiring together?"
Faced with Tsunade's questioning, Danzō did not answer.
He turned to look at Yōkō, who had killed Baku.
Yōkō picked up his Flying Thunder God kunai from beside Baku's corpse.
"Fox, Senju Yōkō! I thought you at least had brains, at least considered the greater good.
Some things, even if you see through them, you shouldn't speak them aloud.
By telling Tsunade and the Senju clan the truth, do you want Konoha to split apart?!
You! Do you want to completely destroy Konoha?!
Have you considered the tragedy of the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki going on a rampage inside the village?"
Yōkō said, "Danzō, you have committed countless evils, yet yyou demand others consider the greater good.
Why don't you reflect on why it's always others who must consider the greater good, and not you?
Do you get to decide what constitutes the 'greater good'?
Now I too will say, for Konoha's greater good, to prevent Konoha from splitting, Shimura Danzō, you should just die!"
Danzō's cold gaze swept back and forth between Yōkō's and Tsunade's faces, saying:
"Back then, if the Uzumaki clan hadn't been exterminated, Uzumaki Kushina wouldn't have come to Konoha to become the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
From Konoha's perspective, exterminating the Uzumaki clan was the only choice.
Exterminating the Uzumaki clan, my conscience is clear.
Senju Nawaki talked incessantly about becoming Hokage, styling himself the Fourth Hokage. What he wanted was to continue the Senju clan's glory.
Once he learned the truth of the Uzumaki clan's extermination, who knows what extreme choices he might have made.
Killing Senju Nawaki, my conscience is clear.
Heh, who would have thought Konoha would lose three high-ranking officials in a single day again?
Killing you two, my conscience is also clear!"
Tsunade received her answer. The look in her eyes shifted from disbelief to collapse, then to calmness.
Ignoring the severe injury in his chest, Danzō's single eye filled with ferocity as he ran towards Yōkō and Tsunade.
After three or five steps, Danzō's steps became unsteady.
This scythe didn't seem like Hanzo's weapon; Hanzo's scythe was more slender and lighter than this one.
In fact, this was Uchiha Madara's scythe, extremely sharp. Hanging from the wound, it was very heavy, tearing a larger wound with Danzō's every movement.
Yōkō and Tsunade simultaneously jumped backward.
Tsunade, with the Yin Seal released, possessed enormous chakra. One Body Flicker carried her over a hundred meters back.
Yōkō's Body Flicker Technique was even faster.
Danzō couldn't stand for his final steps, kneeling and sliding several meters, far from Yōkō and Tsunade.
The black ink of the Inner Four Symbols Seal sprayed out. In his despair, Danzō realized his wish to die together was a joke.
All he could seal was himself, Uchiha Madara's scythe, the hemispherical pit in the ground, the rainwater from the sky...
Yōkō approached the circular pit left by the Inner Four Symbols Seal and said:
"Danzō died together with Uchiha Madara's scythe. From now on, rogue ninja of the Uchiha clan will have no scythes to use.
A fitting death, this way of dying suits Danzō well.
When Uchiha Madara revives, I'll have to lodge a good complaint with him—it was Danzō who destroyed his scythe."
Tsunade stared at the circular pit. After a long silence, she asked, "Fox, did you know all along that Nawaki was killed by Danzō?"
"I knew. Danzō gave the order, Yellow Dog personally laid the explosive tag trap. Even Orochimaru didn't discover it."
Tsunade slowly raised her hands, covering her face, wet with both rain and tears. Her shoulders shook as she began to weep.
Yōkō walked forward and gently rested Tsunade's head on his shoulder.
"Princess Tsunade, it's all over. Yellow Dog and Danzō are both dead..."
A long time later, Tsunade lifted her head.
"Is it really all over? This matter, that Yellow Dog personally killed Nawaki... does Sarutobi Hiruzen know about it or not?"
"Questioning Sarutobi Hiruzen is useless. I imagine Sarutobi Hiruzen would say he didn't know."
Hearing this, a sad look flashed in Tsunade's reddened eyes.
What happened to make Konoha Village, once so good, become like this?
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