Kakashi Hatake, watching the battle from the side, was constantly cheering for Minato Namikaze in his heart.
As Minato Namikaze's disciple, he had previously been serving as the shadow guard captain.
He had long placed Minato Namikaze's safety as the most important thing in his heart.
His earlier initiative to go and kill Danzo Shimura was because he didn't want Minato Namikaze to put himself in danger.
After all, regardless of everything, Danzo Shimura still had a formidable reputation.
It could also be seen from his past combat records.
Danzo Shimura was a very powerful Ninja.
Watching the Hokage he wanted to protect with his life engage in a one-on-one, head-on battle with Danzo Shimura...
Kakashi Hatake's heart was constantly in suspense.
Until the fight started and Minato Namikaze easily suppressed Danzo Shimura.
Beating the latter to the point where he had almost no power to fight back, surviving several close calls.
Only then did Kakashi Hatake breathe a sigh of relief.
But suddenly, Danzo Shimura found an opportunity and caught him off guard, spitting out a series of Chakra spheres at Minato Namikaze like a machine gun.
Kakashi Hatake couldn't help but shout a warning:
"Sensei, be careful!"
"Don't worry, your sensei is very strong."
Minato Namikaze nimbly twisted his body to dodge the wind spheres and even took a moment to turn his head and comfort Kakashi Hatake.
It was clear he was completely at ease.
Seeing that Minato Namikaze actually had leisure time to chat with his subordinate, Danzo Shimura's old face turned ashen.
He indignantly bit his index finger, slapped the flowing blood into his palm, and slammed it onto the ground:
"Summoning Technique: Baku!"
It looked like a giant elephant with fiery red fur and sharp claws and teeth on its limbs.
This was Danzo Shimura's summoned beast, the legendary dream-eating beast Baku that fed on human nightmares.
This Baku had quite distinctive features; like its master, its head was wrapped in white bandages, and its eyes revealed ferocity.
"Is this Danzo's summoned beast? Should I call out Gamabunta too?"
After testing Danzo Shimura's strength just now, Minato Namikaze found that he posed no threat at all, so he didn't feel any sense of urgency in the battle.
Instead, he rubbed his chin, considering whether he should also call a summoned beast or something.
But thinking about it, Gamabunta was too large after all; if summoned, Hiruzen Sarutobi's house would probably be gone and would need to be rebuilt.
So he dismissed the idea.
Seeing Minato Namikaze's relaxed expression, Danzo Shimura gave a cold laugh.
Damn it, you look down on me, don't you? I'll teach you a lesson in a moment.
"Baku, use Wind Release!"
Danzo Shimura commanded his summoned beast.
Baku was also a very intelligent beast; although it couldn't speak human language like the summoned beasts of the Three Great Sage Regions, its tactical cooperation with Danzo Shimura was completely fine.
Hearing Danzo Shimura's command, Baku nodded understandingly, took a deep breath, opened its giant mouth, and sucked in a large amount of air.
The resulting suction even made the Anbu members watching from afar unable to stand still, involuntarily moving toward it.
Minato Namikaze, who was even closer, felt like he was about to fly up.
Not wanting to be sucked into Baku's mouth, Minato Namikaze could only use the Body Flicker Technique to dodge.
The next moment, Danzo Shimura showed an excited look; this was the effect he wanted to achieve:
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
Danzo Shimura took a deep breath and spat out large mouthfuls of Wind Release Chakra, which turned into several sickle-weasel-like curved wind blades, shooting towards Minato Namikaze's position.
Baku also closed its mouth at the right time and instead sprayed white mist from its long trunk, covering every direction Minato Namikaze could escape.
Up, down, left, right—all routes were blocked!
At this moment, Minato Namikaze was like a turtle in a jar!
"Sensei!"
Kakashi Hatake shouted, his heart pounding.
The hot white mist and sharp wind blades were almost about to tear the golden-haired man apart.
At this time, Minato Namikaze's flying thunder god kunai were all within the attack's range, so even using the Flying Thunder God wouldn't escape the attack.
His carelessness seemed to have borne bitter fruit.
But the next moment, a piercing sword hum sounded, and Minato Namikaze's voice came from the white mist:
"Blazing Purgatory: Fire God Flash!"
Shua!
A huge, fiery red half-moon-shaped sword qi, seemingly capable of slicing through an entire house, cut through the white mist and shattered all the wind blades, continuing to shoot towards Danzo Shimura.
"Not good! Get out of the way!"
Shock appeared on Danzo Shimura's old face; he immediately exerted force with his legs and dodged the sword qi with a jump.
He could dodge.
But the massive Baku had no way to avoid it.
Chi!
Like a hot knife through butter, the fire god sword's sword qi sliced through Baku's red skin, deep enough to see bone.
Immediately, a large amount of blood splattered, forming a rain of blood!
"Roar!"
Baku let out a roar of pain; the Fire God Slash's sword qi not only broke through its skin and shredded its muscles...
But the scorching sword qi also burned its body; the muscles touched by the fire god sword's sword qi were instantly steamed cooked by the high temperature.
Bang!
The heavily injured Baku fell to the ground like a collapsing mountain, making a huge noise.
"Bastard!"
Danzo Shimura's eyes turned red; he stared fixedly ahead as if trying to see the golden figure clearly.
Shua, shua, shua!
Still sharp sounds of breaking air, several Kunai cut through the white mist and shot out.
Caught off guard, Danzo Shimura barely dodged most of them, but one Kunai still stabbed into his shoulder.
Oh no!
In a panic, Danzo Shimura's pupils dilated; he quickly grabbed the Kunai on his body to pull it out, his body subconsciously exerting force to dodge.
But the next moment.
A faint golden light flickered, and the golden-haired figure appeared in front of him in an instant.
Buzz!
The fire god sword hummed, its scorching blade slicing through the air, severing Danzo Shimura's neck in one strike.
Chi!
Danzo Shimura's bandage-wrapped head flew into the sky, and a large amount of blood splattered onto the blade of the fire god sword.
The headless corpse fell to the ground, and the head, after spinning twice in the air, also landed on the ground and rolled twice.
Revealing Danzo Shimura's wide-eyed, shocked expression.
The generation's Potkage, the Darkness of the Shinobi, had his head cut off just like that.
"Roar!"
Baku, lying not far away, let out a loud roar, seemingly in sorrow or anger.
"Why did it have to come to this, Danzo?"
Minato Namikaze subconsciously wanted to shake the blood off the fire god sword, only to see that the high temperature of the fire god sword had already dried the blood.
He looked at Danzo Shimura's head, which died with eyes open, with a complex expression, shook his head, and sighed.
Minato Namikaze was a very gentle person; he loved the Village and everyone in it.
But Danzo Shimura's actions had already violated Minato Namikaze's bottom line.
Even Hiruzen Sarutobi's suggestion of stripping Danzo Shimura of his power and life imprisonment was only accepted by Minato Namikaze for Jiraiya's sake.
Being able to cut off Danzo Shimura's head with his own hands now also settled a matter on his mind.
Turning around, Minato Namikaze prepared to leave, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw Kakashi Hatake running towards him rapidly, his face full of anxiety, shouting:
"Sensei, look out!"
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