The moment Ryujin raised his hand—
Holding nothing but a single kunai—
Danzo's expression slowly stabilized.
The panic in his eyes faded.
His breathing steadied.
Then—
He spoke.
"Do you really think…"
"…a single kunai is enough to defeat me?"
His voice regained its confidence.
Because in his mind—
There was only one thing truly worth fearing.
Ryujin's eyes.
The Mangekyō Sharingan.
Every Mangekyō was unique.
Unpredictable.
Deadly.
No one knew what kind of power it held—
Until it was too late.
And Ryujin's—
The Eternal Mangekyō—
Was even more terrifying.
But now—
Ryujin wasn't using it.
Instead—
He simply held a kunai.
For a moment—
Everyone present fell into silence.
Confusion spread.
What was this?
A kunai?
Against Danzo?
Even those behind Ryujin—
The Uchiha.
The Senju—
Felt something was off.
Absurd.
Yet—
None of them spoke.
Because their trust in Ryujin—
Was absolute.
On the other side—
Hiruzen's faction was completely stunned.
Even Sakumo Hatake—
The "White Fang of Konoha"—
Couldn't understand it.
He respected Ryujin's strength.
He had witnessed his battle against Hanzo.
But this?
Facing a Kage-level opponent—
And a summoned beast—
With just a kunai?
This wasn't confidence.
This was madness.
Just then—
Ryujin's right eye began to spin.
Not normally.
But in a strange—
Unnatural pattern.
The Mangekyō rotated—
Endlessly.
And within his vision—
The world changed.
Every living being—
Every moving entity—
Was covered in threads.
Invisible threads.
Intertwined.
Chaotic.
Unpredictable.
They wrapped around everything—
In complex, irregular patterns.
And yet—
Ryujin could see them all.
Clearly.
These threads—
Represented more than just existence.
They were—
Life.
Fate.
Causality.
Concepts beyond human understanding—
Now laid bare before him.
This—
Was the ability of his right eye.
The power to analyze all things.
At that moment—
Danzo felt it.
A chill.
Something was wrong.
Very wrong.
"If I don't act now…"
"…I'll die here."
Without hesitation—
He moved.
"Baku!"
The massive beast responded instantly.
Its enormous body tensed—
Then—
WHOOM—!!!
A violent suction force erupted again.
But this time—
It targeted only one person.
Ryujin.
The ground beneath him cracked apart.
Bricks tore loose—
Dragged forward like debris in a storm.
The force—
Overwhelming.
Enough to tear apart any human.
And yet—
Ryujin stood still.
Unmoving.
Kunai in hand.
As if—
None of it mattered.
Danzo's heart skipped a beat.
Why…
Why isn't he moving?
Everyone watching was already shocked—
But what came next—
Was even harder to comprehend.
Ryujin's eye continued spinning.
He didn't form seals.
Didn't move.
He simply—
Raised his hand.
And aimed.
At the Baku.
Then—
He threw the kunai.
Casually.
Lightly.
Almost lazily.
It wasn't even properly aimed.
The trajectory—
Seemed completely off.
It didn't even fly toward the Baku's body.
For a moment—
Everyone was confused.
What was that?
Even Danzo froze.
"Where's the attack?"
"Where's the jutsu?!"
Then—
SHING—!
A sharp sound sliced through the air.
Like something—
Had been cut.
Severed.
Torn apart.
In that instant—
The Baku froze.
Its mouth still open.
Still in the act of inhaling—
But its body—
Did not move.
At all.
Silence.
Everyone stared.
Even Danzo—
Was stunned.
Then—
The massive beast trembled.
Its body tilted—
And fell.
BOOM—!!!
The ground shook violently as the mountain-like creature collapsed.
Dust exploded outward—
Filling the air.
And as the smoke cleared—
Everyone saw it.
The Baku—
Was shrinking.
Rapidly.
Its massive body withered—
Drying—
Collapsing inward.
As if—
All its blood—
All its life—
Had been drained in an instant.
Its skin tightened.
Its flesh shriveled.
Until finally—
What remained—
Was nothing more than a dried corpse.
A husk.
Dead.
Complete silence fell over the battlefield.
Hiruzen froze.
Sakumo froze.
Every clan leader—
Every ninja—
Every single person present—
Was stunned.
Even—
Danzo himself.
No one spoke.
The entire Uchiha compound—
Fell into absolute silence.
So quiet—
That even the sound of a needle dropping—
Would echo.
Just now…
What happened?
Where…
Was the Baku?
That massive summoning beast—
Was gone.
And all Ryujin did—
Was throw a kunai.
A single—
Casual—
Throw.
And it died.
Instantly.
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