Chapter 129: Danzō Wields "Dakkon" to Slaughter Prisoners, Gains Dragon Scale Power, Naraku's Talent Replication, and Impending Puppet Control
Naraku didn't immediately agree. Instead, he took Dakkon out from the scroll.
Sarutobi Hiruzen quietly stared at the blade named Dakkon. Its spine was covered in a layer of mysterious and majestic dragon scales.
Though he hadn't truly swung it yet, just looking at it already let him feel a faint murderous aura washing over him.
This strange aura didn't come from Dakkon itself, but from its unique forging process.
During Dakkon's creation, a large number of broken samurai and ninja blades were used as raw materials.
When those weapons broke, their owners often faced the threat of death.
In their final moments, the resentment and unwillingness in those people's hearts fused into the broken blades.
These negative emotions occasionally clung to Dakkon, making it emit a chilling murderous aura.
Then Naraku handed Dakkon over to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
As for how to use Dakkon to kill "enemies" and devour their vitality—Naraku had no responsibility to dirty his own hands.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took Dakkon but felt a bit awkward—after all, what needed to be done didn't quite fit his image as the upright and radiant Hokage.
Naraku didn't care about fitting or not. He quietly took Hachifusa and left, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen alone in place.
Back at his residence, Naraku tried controlling Hachifusa and discovered all eight control slots were empty.
This put Naraku in a bit of a bind, but it wasn't a big deal.
He planned to quietly hand Hachifusa to Hinata Hizashi in a while and have a good talk with her.
No need to worry about the main family seizing it after knowing—after all, he, Uchiha Naraku, had face here.
If they took it, Naraku would directly demand it back.
Moreover, the main family might not even rob it—after all, the branch family growing stronger would better "protect" the main family, right?
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In the end, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't personally arrange for someone to assist the half-dead Danzō. He left the matter to Danzō's Root.
In the dark underground of Root, Danzō's subordinates held Danzō's hand gripping Dakkon and forcefully thrust it forward. A pitiful prisoner was instantly killed by Dakkon.
The prisoner—who had just been screaming—quickly turned into a dried husk.
This scene was chilling, yet Root coldly pushed the second prisoner in front of the blade.
One after another—two, three…
The process was extremely cruel. Root feared unconscious victims might affect the result, so all prisoners were fully awake when killed.
Watching those ahead get devoured and turned into husks, the prisoners cried and wailed.
Only after Root prioritized the loudest screamers did they quiet down—standing there trembling.
When Root subordinates were about to kill the 10th prisoner, Dakkon—having devoured nine people's vitality and energy (including several ninjas among them)—seemed especially delighted. A faint red mist appeared to hover over the entire blade.
At this point, perhaps unsatisfied with the slow killing pace, powerful force began feeding back into Danzō's body.
Not only that—it also sensed something more delicious: the remnants of Wood Release power, dangerous species power, and Danzō's own chakra on his body. It slowly began devouring them through the hilt.
Of course, these resisted—but they were ultimately rootless water; their power wasn't particularly strong. In front of Dakkon carrying massive energy and vitality, they could only be devoured bit by bit.
Until Dakkon's power completely took dominance, it finally stopped.
At this moment, the withered greenery on Danzō's body visibly shriveled at eye-catching speed. Danzō's hair—previously deathly white—turned jet black.
Suddenly, Danzō's right hand gripping Dakkon tensed its muscles.
Root subordinates promptly released their hold on his hand and knelt on one knee, awaiting Danzō's orders.
Then the withered greenery on Danzō's body exploded off completely with a boom. Danzō opened his eyes.
Danzō sensed his body was now even stronger than before—physical strength, chakra, and even the remnants of Wood Release seemed to have grown stronger.
He shifted his gaze to his subordinates.
At this point, they reported everything that had happened during the process.
When Danzō learned Naraku actually possessed such a weapon, he was especially delighted—this represented a direct path to heaven even greater than Hachifusa.
Although he had seen through Uchiha Naraku's true nature during his revolving-lantern moment, practice proved he was still greedy for the power Naraku brought.
Thinking of this, Danzō tried touching Hachifusa again—only to be informed by subordinates that Naraku had taken it, saying Hachifusa and Dakkon couldn't be used simultaneously.
The nearby prisoners—seeing Danzō awaken—were overjoyed, thinking they might temporarily keep their little lives.
The 10th prisoner timely spoke up: "Lord Danzō, I really didn't leak any Konoha secrets! Please let me go—I'm willing to donate all my possessions to Konoha!"
Danzō directly sent the 10th prisoner to meet the Sage of Six Paths with one slash.
The mood of the prisoners who had just felt relieved suddenly plummeted to rock bottom.
Danzō poured massive chakra into Dakkon and swung once toward the row of prisoners in the distance.
A huge sword wave sliced all the distant prisoners in half at the waist.
Then massive energy and vitality flowed back into the blade—Danzō himself received the feedback.
Danzō sensed his strengthened body—physical power, chakra, and Wood Release remnants all seemed to have grown.
"More! I need more!" Danzō ordered his subordinates.
While continuing to clear out Root's prison inventory—killing people—Danzō mentally locked onto several key words.
"Uchiha Naraku! Raikage A! Sarutobi Hiruzen! Guardian Divine Machine [Supreme Throne]!… Just wait—I will…"
While killing in excitement, Danzō failed to notice tiny green dragon scales gradually appearing on his right hand.
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After getting off work that evening, Naraku immediately saw Danzō's latest round of rewards.
Ding...
[Shimura Danzō has reached Beginner utilization of Dakkon. Talent Replication activated: Pure Vitality ×1] Ding...
[Shimura Danzō has reached Intermediate utilization of Dakkon. Talent Replication activated: Dragon Scale Power] (Dragon Scale Power: Can cause weapons to be coated in dragon scales, increasing attack power and granting the ability to sense demon-class weaknesses.)
Naraku nodded in satisfaction. Shimura Danzō truly was a willpower monster—the man had just woken up and the weapon was already at intermediate level.
Clearly he'd been diligently killing. Naraku was already impatient to "receive" Danzō.
The idea of the weapon controlling the person while he controlled the weapon through Weapon Sovereignty—whether it could succeed all depended on Danzō.
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