Danzo's heart tightened. With a roar, he concentrated all his chakra into a Wind Release technique, forming a barrier of raging wind that wrapped tightly around him.
"Summoning Jutsu!" Danzo quickly formed hand seals, and a massive Baku emerged from thin air, letting out a deafening roar.
Yet all of this seemed utterly feeble before Roy.
With a light wave of Roy's hands, brilliant rays burst forth from his fingertips in an instant, like cutting machines, effortlessly slicing the Baku's massive body into several pieces.
The Baku's wail vanished into the air.
"This level of power… it completely surpasses the Kage level…"
Danzo stared at the scene before him, his heart filled with terror and shock.
He felt as if he were seeing the shadow of his own teacher, or even the overwhelming, invincible power of the First Hokage.
"How could anyone in this world possibly reach such a level?" Danzo muttered to himself, his eyes full of disbelief.
Yet, amidst this terror, a glimmer of greed and ambition arose in his heart.
If he could use the Kotoamatsukami in his right eye to control this mysterious and unfathomable individual, he would essentially gain a super-Kage-level enforcer.
Then, Konoha Village would once again stand atop the ninja world, and even unifying the entire shinobi world would no longer be an unattainable dream.
Back in the day, the First Hokage had that immense power but wasted it by bowing his head and begging for peace.
Danzo had thought countless times that if he had possessed such strength, the ninja world would have been flattened long ago.
However, just as greed arose in Danzo's heart, a terrifying, unprecedented power erupted from Roy, a force that made one's heart palpitate.
This power seemed to transcend the heavens and the earth, inspiring awe.
In that moment, Roy's entire body flashed with dazzling brilliance. Then, countless tiny particles of light began to emanate from around him, forming an invisible giant net that firmly enveloped the entire space.
Roy had directly activated his Devil Fruit awakening, revealing his true power.
Danzo was horrified to find that his body was completely immobile, as if bound by an overwhelming force.
He tried to struggle, but no matter how hard he tried, it was futile.
His eyes widened in terror.
Roy looked coldly at Danzo, a mocking sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.
This was one of the abilities of his awakened domain—Restraint. Within this domain, he was the sovereign.
Danzo's expression turned extremely grim. He had never witnessed such terrifying, such immense power.
He could only watch helplessly as Roy approached him step by step, powerless to do anything.
Roy slowly extended his hand toward Danzo's right eye.
Danzo immediately opened his right eye, revealing the Mangekyō Sharingan spinning wildly, flickering with eerie light.
He knew this was the moment of life and death; he had to risk everything.
He took a deep breath, preparing to activate—Kotoamatsukami.
"I win!" Danzo screamed in his heart, seemingly already envisioning his moment of victory.
Yet Roy said coldly, "Kotoamatsukami is something I'd rather not test."
As one of the most bizarre abilities in the Naruto world, he wasn't about to gamble on such a slim chance.
Before his words faded, Roy instantly reappeared behind Danzo.
With a muffled grunt from Danzo, his right eye was violently ripped out by Roy.
Danzo felt a searing pain.
But it wasn't over. Roy used his ability again, ruthlessly extracting the ten Sharingan from Danzo's arm as well.
Deprived of the Sharingan's power, Danzo lost control of the strength within him. Hashirama Senju's cells began to rampage through his body. He screamed in agony as his body twisted and deformed.
Roy watched Danzo fall and then vanished instantly. Whether Danzo lived or died was irrelevant to him; all he wanted were the Sharingan.
Leaving the Root base, Roy transformed into a streak of light and arrived at the Chūnin Exam venue.
By now, the Four Violet Flames Formation had firmly enveloped the center of the arena, with a group of Anbu helplessly surrounding it.
Seeing this, Roy let out a sneer.
"Looks like there's no shortage of dissatisfaction with Hiruzen Sarutobi inside Konoha."
For the so-called greatest ninja village to be stumped by a mere Four Violet Flames Formation—who would believe it?
Both advisors were absent, Danzo was gone, and even Kakashi and Gai hadn't gone all out.
Roy even wondered if the entire village had long grown weary of Hiruzen.
Of course, these were just passing thoughts. The truth was that chaos had already engulfed Konoha.
Meanwhile, Orochimaru had successfully summoned the First and Second Hokage.
"Facing both the First and Second Hokage, plus Orochimaru, it seems today is my end."
Hiruzen Sarutobi gasped for breath, barely managing to fend off the attacks.
Over the years, with power firmly in his grasp, he had won much for Konoha, but he had also made the village lose a great deal.
Naruto Uzumaki's tragic childhood, the annihilation of the Uchiha clan—he could claim it wasn't intentional, but he was complicit in allowing it to happen.
And as he aged, he couldn't help but favor his own ninja clan. Now, the attitudes of all sides within the village toward him were unmistakably clear.
"Very well. Let me make one final contribution to Konoha."
"I will take this treacherous disciple with me."
Hiruzen muttered to himself, his eyes suddenly filled with resolve.
"I will take this treacherous disciple!"
He roared, his voice carrying a note of desperate finality as he rapidly formed hand seals, preparing to perform the forbidden technique—Dead Demon Consume Seal—to seal Orochimaru away forever.
But at this critical moment, a dazzling light exploded without warning before his eyes, like a rising sun yet carrying destructive force.
"Light Spear!" With Roy's steady voice, a wave of terrifying energy surged forth. The spear of light, like a meteor streaking across the sky, unstoppable, shattered the sturdy barrier of the Four Violet Flames Formation into nothingness.
"S-such terrifying power." Hiruzen's voice was filled with disbelief amidst his shock.
Though he was the Hokage, he felt insignificant before such power.
"Such a powerful figure… who is this? An ally of Orochimaru?"
Orochimaru's expression darkened to its limit. A complex mix of fear and anger flickered in his gloomy eyes.
Was this man going to help Konoha?
Just then, Roy appeared before the Impure World Reincarnation form of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. The sealing scroll in his hand emitted a faint blue glow. With a flick of his fingers, the First Hokage's form gradually blurred and was ultimately sealed completely within it.
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