Seeing that it was Danzō who had grabbed his wrist, Uchiha Mizukiku hurriedly asked, "Sir, are you alright?"
Danzō's face was grim.
Beneath the bandages hidden from view, the Three Tomoe in his right eye had turned into a grayish-white, blind eye. The bandages were sealed with a jutsu, so even Uchiha Mizukiku couldn't detect the anomaly.
Faced with Uchiha Mahiru's Mangekyō ocular jutsu, Danzō had been forced to use Izanagi to evade death.
He only had one Sharingan eye; his chance for resurrection was now used up.
Having a Sharingan or not made an immense difference to Danzō.
I need to find a way to cooperate with Orochimaru, Danzō thought, and have him transplant more Sharingan eyes for me. One eye isn't enough. Utilizing my special Wood Release physique, it would be best to transplant over a dozen Three Tomoe Sharingan, giving me over ten chances at resurrection.
During the Land of Whirlpools War in the Second Shinobi World War, Danzō, as the overall commander, had dispatched Aburame Ryoma and others to collect over a dozen Three Tomoe Sharingan eyes.
Three Tomoe Sharingan were perfect consumables; you could never have too many.
Seeing Danzō stop Uchiha Mizukiku from killing Uchiha Mahiru, Yōkō suddenly had a realization.
The Sharingan must be taken from a living host; the eyes of a dead person are useless.
Danzō's other hand, still like an eagle's talon, thrust towards Uchiha Mahiru's eye socket.
Just then, a Water Cutting Wave shot forth, aiming horizontally for Uchiha Mahiru's throat.
If it connected, Uchiha Mahiru's head would fly off, soaring high, several stories high.
Seeing this, Danzō's hand changed from a claw to a blocking motion.
Another Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs, performed without hand seals.
The Water Cutting Wave sliced halfway through the sprouting tree, but the tenacious Wood Release blocked the water jet, saving Uchiha Mahiru.
Danzō quickly ordered, "Mizukiku! Stop Fox!"
Yōkō also shouted, "White Ram! Golden Eagle! Stop Uchiha Mizukiku!"
The scene instantly descended into chaos.
So chaotic it was somewhat hard to follow.
Danzō, who wanted to gouge out Uchiha Mahiru's Mangekyō, was desperately protecting Uchiha Mahiru.
Yōkō, who wanted to stop Danzō, was desperately trying to kill Uchiha Mahiru.
Uchiha Mizukiku, obeying Danzō's command, was desperately attacking Fox.
White Ram and Golden Eagle, obeying Fox's command, were desperately attacking Uchiha Mizukiku.
Uchiha Mahiru, at the storm's center, suddenly found himself briefly safe.
He looked at the scene before him in confusion.
Looking left and right, everyone's face seemed to spell out 'cannibal'.
Some wanted his eyes, others wanted his life.
Haha, Uchiha Mahiru suddenly understood. Clan Head Uchiha Kane had been right all along.
Danzō, truly angered, unleashed one of the shinobi world's top-tier Wind Release techniques.
Wind Release: Vacuum Bullets shot out like bullets, striking the Semi-Absolute Defense: Coiling Snake and sending up splashes of water.
Wind Release: Vacuum Wave sliced horizontally at Fox's midsection. A section of the wind blade bypassed the Coiling Snake defense and struck Fox, yet surprisingly failed to penetrate his Absolute Defense: Copper Light.
Fox's Water Cutting Wave was too powerful, forcing Danzō to repeatedly use Cutting Sprigs to block it for Uchiha Mahiru.
Uchiha Kirika, still lying prone in the distance, took a few seconds to understand that Danzō and the Anbu were fighting fiercely over how to deal with his brother.
The situation was this: Danzō wanted to gouge out his brother's Mangekyō, while the Anbu wanted to execute his brother on the spot.
From underground, the voice sounded again: "When you graduated from the Ninja Academy, did you play the Bell Test game?
Your brother has become the bell they're fighting over!
Your brother's eyes are too tempting!"
Uchiha Kirika asked the voice from the ground, "What should I do? What can I do? Someone, please save us!"
The voice from the ground disappeared.
Uchiha Kirika looked up and saw a wooden spike suddenly erupt from the ground, piercing his brother's back!
He shuddered. Why had the situation changed so suddenly?
The wooden spike burst open inside his brother, sprouting over a dozen more wooden spikes from his chest like a porcupine!
Judging by the density, no internal organ could have survived.
Yōkō had finally seized the opportunity to use the Wood Spikes technique.
The next moment, Tobi surged up from the ground and crouched beside Uchiha Kirika.
Yōkō sharply turned his head and saw the Spiral Tobi next to Uchiha Kirika.
Uchiha Kirika, seeing all his brother's internal organs pierced, finally understood: his brother was going to die.
"Ah!!! Aaaah!"
Uchiha Kirika cried out in agony.
The Three Tomoe in his eyes spun wildly.
Golden Eagle turned his head in shock. Had his Eight Trigrams pressure point sealing been forcibly broken through by Uchiha Kirika's chakra?
Uchiha Kirika stood up. The chakra Golden Eagle had used to seal his points had vanished without a trace.
Tobi stood behind Uchiha Kirika, thinking, Lord Madara said your talent far surpasses your brother's. Don't disappoint Lord Madara.
Your brother was half a failure, but you, Uchiha Kirika, are the one Lord Madara has chosen.
With all his internal organs pierced, Uchiha Mahiru spat thick, clotted blood from his mouth, gush after gush.
He slowly turned his head, looking at Uchiha Kirika before he died.
His gaze turned relieved. His brother's eyes...
The Three Tomoe merged together, transforming into a pair of Mangekyō!
They resembled Uchiha Mahiru's Mangekyō, with four spiral arcs converging into the pupils, but within the spiral segments between the four arcs, there were four additional black dots.
Danzō also saw Uchiha Kirika's Mangekyō. He turned and used Vacuum Blade to slash through over a dozen of Fox's Earth-Style Rising Spears.
"Fox! I order you to stand down!"
But Yōkō was unyielding, declaring with righteous indignation:
"Uchiha Mahiru brutally murdered an Anbu shinobi! As the newly appointed Deputy Chief, I will absolutely not let Uchiha Mahiru go! Uchiha Mahiru must die!"
We are in the right, what do we have to fear?
Even if this dispute went before the Hokage, Yōkō's intent to kill Uchiha Mahiru was completely justified.
Not even the Uchiha clan could argue against it.
As for you, Danzō, wanting to gouge out his eyeballs... what does that have to do with me?
How was I supposed to know you wanted to gouge out Uchiha Mahiru's eyeballs? I didn't know gouged-out eyeballs could be used.
Uchiha Mahiru's gaze was dazed. He slowly raised his hand, pointed to his own eyes, spat blood, and mumbled indistinctly to Kirika:
"Take them... Kiri... Don't leave them for Konoha..."
Uchiha Kirika remembered the clan's rumors.
Historically, famous Uchiha blood brothers always ended with one dying and the other surviving. There had never been an exception.
Gradually, a rumor spread within the clan that Uchiha blood brothers were destined to kill each other.
Uchiha Kirika had always scoffed at this before.
His brother had been very good to him. His elder brother was like a father; Kirika had never known his father and had been raised by his brother Mahiru since childhood.
Seeing his brother now on the verge of death, his final wish being for Kirika to take his eyes, Kirika's grief-stricken and enraged heart turned completely dark.
Tobi chimed in at the right moment: "Only Lord Madara can oppose Konoha. Only Lord Madara can help you get revenge. Go to Lord Madara! He has been waiting for you..."
Uchiha Kirika grabbed the wrist of the Spiral White Zetsu, Tobi.
"I want revenge! Revenge!"
Tobi's spiral mask opened and slammed into Uchiha Kirika, becoming his Wood Release armor.
Simultaneously, Tobi's wooden spikes pierced Uchiha Kirika's body, using Wood Release to transform it.
Uchiha Kirika writhed in agony, howling on the spot.
Yōkō saw this. Uchiha Kirika, with the Spiral Tobi armor and mask, stimulated by Hashirama Cells, was practically a mini-Obito.
"Endure it..." Tobi said to Uchiha Kirika. "We must use the Ephemeral Technique to escape later. Without it, we can't escape Konoha's pursuit!"
Once Uchiha Kirika had calmed somewhat, Tobi spoke to him from within the mask:
"Your brother's injuries are too severe; all his internal organs are destroyed.
But I can help you fulfill your brother's last wish, to take his eyes and not leave them for Konoha!"
Seeing Uchiha Kirika's brand new Mangekyō, Yōkō thought, This is bad. The next full moon hasn't arrived yet; I can't afford to be reckless.
I don't know the new Mangekyō's ability. What if I get killed?
Seeing the Spiral White Zetsu Tobi had become Uchiha Kirika's armor, Yōkō decided to observe for now.
Just then, Danzō took the opportunity to sneak attack Yōkō with a Wind Release.
Yōkō's feet slipped, and he was sent flying over a hundred meters away by Danzō's Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Wave.
Yōkō crashed into a distant tree, bit his lip, and spat blood, saying:
"Such a powerful Wind Release!"
This statement was at least forty percent credible.
Danzō's Vacuum Serial Wave was genuinely strong; it was a top-tier Wind Release capable of slicing through Susano'o.
The crisscrossing Vacuum Waves had cut cracks into the Copper Light.
If the Copper Light failed, his chest would be torn to pieces.
Yōkō estimated he could withstand two of Danzō's Vacuum Serial Waves consecutively.
Seeing Lord Fox had disengaged from the battle, White Ram and Golden Eagle immediately abandoned Uchiha Mizukiku and retreated.
Seeing Fox had been repelled, Danzō felt a wave of relief.
He quickly turned and charged towards Uchiha Mahiru.
Hurry! If I don't extract the eyeballs soon, the Mangekyō's pupils will dilate too.
Uchiha Kirika, having awakened the Mangekyō and clad in the Spiral White Zetsu, saw his strength leap directly to the level of a powerful Kage.
His chakra reserves and taijutsu had both ascended by a large margin.
Danzō's eagle talon was again a mere 3 centimeters from Uchiha Mahiru's eye when his vision was suddenly filled by a white fist.
His features distorted violently as he was sent flying back by the punch.
Yōkō thought, Oh no, why is he flying towards me?
What should I do?
Should I take a cheap shot?
What if someone sees?
Yōkō looked at Golden Eagle, who had his Byakugan active and was intently watching the battlefield.
Yōkō soon had no need to hesitate. Danzō, mid-air, held a kunai and forcefully stabbed it into the ground, using the friction between the kunai and the earth to halt his momentum.
A long crack appeared on the ground.
The shape of Danzō's face had changed; his cheekbone and upper jaw were clearly fractured.
After this punch, Danzō suddenly calmed down considerably and didn't recklessly charge forward again.
The Sharingan beneath his bandages was useless; he had no more trump cards.
Tobi's voice rang out.
"Kirika, several powerful Konoha shinobi are approaching from that direction. I can only take you alone to escape.
Your brother is having his final rally. Take his eyes, and let's flee!"
Uchiha Mahiru, seeing the Mangekyō in his brother's eyes within the spiral mask, felt deeply relieved.
He once again pointed to his own eyes, wanting Kirika to take them.
Seeing Kirika still hesitating, unable to bring himself to do it, Tobi extended a wooden vine and dug out Uchiha Mahiru's two eyes.
Danzō body-flickered into place, reaching out to grab the Mangekyō eyeballs from Tobi.
Uchiha Kirika hurriedly pulled his hand back.
Danzō employed a feint, then raised his hand again to gouge out Uchiha Kirika's Mangekyō.
Tobi's mocking voice sounded.
"Hahaha! The cowardly little brat from the Shimura clan has grown up to be so detestable!"
Wooden spikes shot out from the spiral mask, piercing through Danzō's palm.
Danzō's palm stung with pain, and he quickly retreated.
Uchiha Kirika's figure sank into the ground. Danzō wanted to pursue, but he had already lost track of them.
In his impotent rage, Danzō suddenly turned and glared at Fox, who had just stood up.
"Fox! Yōkō! What are you doing!"
Yōkō thought to himself, I'm cultivating an Eternal Mangekyō...
If all goes well, the next time I meet Uchiha Kirika, I can extract an Eternal Mangekyō that won't lose eyesight and has no side effects.
Just then, several people body-flickered down in succession.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Yellow Dog.
Utatane Koharu, seeing Uchiha Mahiru's corpse on the ground, said to Fox,
"Send someone to stop Uchiha Kane! Don't let him get close! Seal all information! Absolutely no leaks are allowed!"
Yōkō looked at Golden Eagle, who led the less severely injured Anbu members to block the Uchiha clansmen.
Yellow Dog asked Yōkō, "Fox, what happened?"
Yōkō said, "Lord Yellow Dog, wait! There's still another Uchiha shinobi hiding in the bathroom of that house!"
Uchiha Shun, the head of the Security Police's Interrogation Division, had been crouching inside the bathroom window, watching everything unfold.
His scalp was now crawling; all the higher-ups were looking at him!
Uchiha Shun knew he couldn't hide any longer. He quickly formed hand seals, preparing to summon a ninja crow.
Danzō, filled with fury, casually threw a kunai. It pierced through the wall and stabbed into the top of Uchiha Shun's head.
Uchiha Mizukiku, standing nearby, saw Lord Danzō kill a Uchiha shinobi. His heart trembled, and he bowed his head deeply.
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