Chapter 61 – The Rat Finally Shows His Stolen Trump Card
"Just some sewer rat's nest. Takes no guts at all."
Sasuke's verbal knife slid in smooth and deep.
One "rat's nest" turned Danzo's face the color of old iron.
"Damnable Uchiha brat!"
"Sensei was right all along—the Uchiha are an inherently evil clan. Even their children are born rotten!"
"If Sarutobi had listened to me, Konoha would never have fallen this low!"
"Yeah. That's why he's dead."
Crimson flames licked across Sasuke's body. His Sharingan stared ice-cold at Danzo.
"Now go join him."
"Blaze Release: Uchiha Shiranui!"
Sasuke threw his palms wide.
Hundreds of flaming bullets sprayed out, weaving a net of fire meant to swallow Danzo and every bodyguard whole.
"Now!"
Danzo barked.
The dozen Root nin in front of him moved in perfect sync.
"Water Formation Wall!"
TSSSSSSSSS!!
A wall of water surged up, meeting the rain of fire head-on.
Steam exploded outward, blanketing the entire underground chamber in thick white fog.
At that exact moment—from Naruto and Sasuke's flank.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Cannon!"
Danzo seized the opening, targeting both boys while their vision was blocked.
"Tch. Dirty mutt."
Naruto swatted the invisible wind bullets away like flies.
Then casually tossed a Rasenshuriken as a thank-you note.
"Shit—!"
"SCATTER!!"
Danzo roared inside the fog.
A screaming, expanding disc of wind blades shredded the mist in an instant.
When visibility returned, a brand-new crater sat where Danzo and his men had stood.
"Yo, old dog!"
"Still breathing? Impressive."
Naruto grinned at the bloodied, ragged Danzo.
Sasuke smirked right alongside him.
The once-imposing warhawk now looked like a half-drowned sewer rat—clothes torn, hair singed, dignity nowhere to be found.
"YOU LITTLE BASTARDS!!"
"Damn demon fox!!"
Danzo was grinding his teeth hard enough to crack them.
That single Rasenshuriken had wiped out most of his remaining bodyguards.
Only two were still breathing: Aburame Ryoma and Yamanaka Fu.
And they weren't looking healthy.
If they fell too, Danzo would be completely alone.
Time for the ace up the sleeve.
Danzo's jaw clenched.
He reached up and slowly unwrapped the bandages over his right eye.
"Arrogant brats. You really think I have no way to deal with you?"
The cloth fell away.
A Shisui-style Mangekyou Sharingan stared back at them.
"Behold the power of the future Fifth Hokage!"
Fanatic glee twisted his face.
Kotoamatsukami activated instantly.
"Shit—!"
Naruto's instincts screamed.
He hadn't expected Danzo to go nuclear right out of the gate.
Flying Raijin flashed—no hesitation.
He grabbed Sasuke and vanished, reappearing far outside the technique's range.
"Same pattern as Itachi's eyes."
Sasuke glared, wary.
"That's Shisui's eye. The technique inside is Kotoamatsukami. Extremely dangerous."
"Shisui-nii…?"
Sasuke's pupils shrank.
Memories flooded in—gentle smiles, the kind older boy who used to visit the Uchiha compound, who taught him shuriken tricks when Itachi wasn't around.
The person he had admired most as a little kid, second only to his brother.
"Yeah," Naruto said grimly. "It rewrites the victim's mind permanently. One hit and we're his puppets."
He racked his brain for counters.
Aike's memories had explained the jutsu, but never how to break it.
Best plan for now: stay the hell out of line-of-sight.
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