Chapter 575 Danzo's Resurrection Coin
Chapter 575 Danzo's Resurrection Coin
Sasuke harbored a deep-seated worry: he feared that Satsuki might suddenly strike and eliminate Danzo before he could.
He knew he was no match for Zuo Yue. Even though he had just acquired those eyes, which he himself couldn't understand, a mix of purple and red, his reason clearly told him that the woman who shared the same bloodline as him was not someone he could fight against.
But Satsuki did nothing.
This made Sasuke secretly relieved, but at the same time he was a little confused. Had Satsuki really let go?
Of course, Sazuki hated Danzo. When she learned the truth from Naruto, and that the real instigators of the Uchiha clan massacre were Danzo and Obito, she did feel an urge to kill them with her own hands... that was inevitable.
She hated Obito, hated him for causing the Nine-Tails' rampage, hated him for making the Uchiha clan suspicious, ostracized, and driven to the brink of destruction by Konoha, hated him for causing the deaths of Naruto's parents—and then she killed Obito with her own hands in her own world.
As for Danzo, she didn't get the chance to kill him with her own hands. It was Naruto who took care of that threat without her knowledge.
But she never felt regret. Because in her eyes, she and Naruto were inseparable. His hand was her hand, his sword was her sword, and what he did was what she did.
Moreover, rather than hating someone who is already dead, rather than wasting her time on those who are no longer in this world, she would rather spend her time with those who are still by her side. She would rather love the living than hate the dead.
In the center of the arena, Danzo's reaction was completely different.
He had already been planning his retreat, but the moment he saw those eyes, he threw that plan away completely.
He began to slowly untie the bandages from his arms, one by one. He wanted those eyes, no matter the cost.
Was he blinded by greed? Or was he overly confident in his resurrection coins—an armful of them that could be used to activate the Sharingan, Izanagi?
"Uchiha Sasuke." Danzo's voice came from the other side of the clearing.
"Since you cannot understand the deal between me and Itachi, and insist on attacking me and the higher-ups of Konoha, then I have no choice but to break the deal with Itachi and kill you."
He spoke so matter-of-factly, as if he wasn't trying to take those eyes, but rather because Sasuke "insisted on attacking the Konoha leadership," so he had to "defend himself."
Naruto stood behind him, listening to his spiel, and didn't even have the desire to expose him.
He found it boring. The person himself was boring, repeating the same few phrases over and over again: "For Konoha," "Necessary sacrifice," "Hero in the shadows." He got annoyed after hearing it once, tired of it after hearing it twice, and after hearing it three times, he just wanted to bury him in the ground.
"Unseen by the light of day, self-sacrificing, unsung heroes—those are the ninjas..." Danzo continued.
"Stop talking to yourself!"
Sasuke's voice suddenly exploded, "So, in maintaining this so-called peace, it's okay to sacrifice anyone at will?!"
"My mother! And the Uchiha civilians! Is death the only way to maintain this so-called peace?!"
"Then what exactly is peace for those who died innocently?!"
"Those were all necessary sacrifices."
Danzo's voice remained steady, his face expressionless. "You're a ninja, yet you harbor such laughable and naive thoughts. You, who cannot comprehend Itachi's will, would never understand."
His tone was condescending and contemptuous; he thought Sasuke was too naive.
The bandages on his hands were finally removed.
A withered, pale arm was exposed to view. It was an unhealthy color, devoid of any blood, and on that withered, pale arm, Sharingan eyes were densely imprinted... each one radiating the cold, sinister chakra aura belonging to the Uchiha clan.
Those eyes weren't his; each one was taken from someone else, and behind each one was a life that had been severed.
Sasuke's pupils contracted sharply at the sight. Stories Naruto had told him flashed through his mind: how Danzo persecuted the Uchiha clan, how he manipulated everything behind the scenes, and how he drove the Uchiha to their doom.
Was Danzo's purpose in doing all this to dig those Sharingan eyes out of his clansmen's eye sockets and embed them in his own arms? Was it to turn the power of the Uchiha clan into something he could use at will?
"Let's let our eyes speak for themselves in the battle to come."
Danzo issued his final ultimatum before the battle.
Just as Sasuke's killing intent surged, the scene of Sasuke using Susanoo kept replaying in his mind. He wanted to use that power to tear the man standing in front of him to pieces and rip that disgusting arm covered with Sharingan eyes off his body.
However, suddenly, Danzo felt an irresistible force pulling him towards him!
His body tilted forward uncontrollably, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground. He was horrified to discover that he was completely powerless to resist!
"The Guiding Force of All Things".
Naruto's voice came from the other side of that open space.
"Snapped!"
The next moment, a huge golden chakra claw extended from behind Naruto. The claw was not an illusion, but a real, scorching claw formed from the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Five thick fingers gripped Danzo's body tightly, from his shoulders to his knees, locking him firmly inside the golden cage.
"I can't let you do that."
Naruto's voice came from behind that giant golden claw.
"This is not your power."
Danzo was terrified. His body struggled frantically as the golden claw gripped him, but the claw remained unmoved.
"This is... the Nine-Tails' chakra! This is impossible! How can you possess the Nine-Tails' power! Who are you?! Where are the Jinchuriki of Konoha now?!"
"I don't need to explain to you, Danzo."
Naruto's voice was still in that unhurried tone.
"I can't stand it anymore. You keep talking about sacrifice, but in the end, the only ones who sacrifice are your subordinates whose personalities have been stifled, other ordinary ninjas, and innocent civilians."
"All you've done is force others to sacrifice. Everyone else can talk about sacrifice, but you don't have that right."
His gaze fell on Danzo, on that withered, white arm covered in Sharingan eyes.
"You never intended to sacrifice yourself. Otherwise, why would you use the Sharingan in this way?"
These words were like a knife, precisely piercing the part of Danzo's heart he least wanted to be touched. He wanted to refute, but his mouth opened, and the words got stuck in his throat; he couldn't utter a single syllable.
It wasn't because Naruto's words made too much sense, but because his arm, and the Sharingan hidden under the eye patch and covered by bandages, started to feel a sharp, intense pain, like something was trying to crawl out of it, making him want to scream.
"...Ugh!"
Danzo let out a groan. His body convulsed violently under the grip of the golden claw, every muscle in his body spasming at the same moment.
The Sharingan eyes on his arm began to detach one by one.
Like ripe fruit falling from a branch, it slowly floated up from that withered white arm, suspended in the air, and then fell to the ground one by one.
One, two, three, four... After those tomoe Sharingan eyes detached from his arm, they left behind bloody pits in their original locations. Bright red blood gushed out from those pits, flowing down his arm and dripping onto the ground.
And the Kotoamatsukami that had been taken from Uchiha Shisui long ago—the eye hidden under the bandages, which he regarded as his greatest trump card—slowly emerged from its socket.
The eye slipped out from the gap in the bandages and landed quietly on the ground, lying side by side with the Sharingan eyes that had detached from the arm.
Naruto stole all of Danzo's Sharingan powers.
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