At the same time, Danzo led more than seventy Root members and had already arrived at the outskirts of the Uchiha clan.
However, the various traps set up by Kiyan caused great losses to the Root members.
Needle traps, explosive tag traps, bow and arrow traps…
Various traps emerged one after another. This was a war of extermination; the Uchiha also went all out.
The explosive tags were all high-end goods worth over ten thousand ryo each.
Other traps might leave survivors, but if one was caught by the explosive tag traps, they would basically be blown to pieces.
With the continuous rumbling sounds and screams, Danzo and the others' marching speed was greatly hindered.
Danzo's face was also grim. The people he brought were all elites. Every loss caused him heartache.
These were the foundation for his upcoming plans.
There was no other way. Danzo could only slow down and begin checking for various traps step by step.
At this moment, a subordinate suddenly came to report, "Lord Danzo, Uchiha Itachi requests an audience. He says he brings the latest information from within the clan."
Danzo was a bit surprised and suspicious. He had previously thought Itachi had defected.
But now that Itachi brought information alone, clearly that wasn't the case.
"Let him come," Danzo waved his hand. More than ten elite guards stood around him, and he also had Kotoamatsukami in his hand.
A single Uchiha Itachi naturally couldn't stir any waves.
Itachi soon appeared, and just like before, respectfully reported in front of Danzo, "Lord Danzo, due to Rengoku's sudden return, the Uchiha clan has become vigilant."
"Within the clan, Fugaku and the Great Elder had a conflict."
"Now the clan is fighting for power. Internal strife has already begun."
A sharp light flashed in Danzo's eyes, "Internal strife? Good!"
"Itachi, you—", Just as Danzo was about to assign a mission to Itachi, the moment he made eye contact with him, Itachi's three-tomoe Sharingan instantly transformed into Mangekyō.
Tsukuyomi!
At that moment, Itachi dragged Danzo's consciousness into the world of Tsukuyomi.
In reality, the moment Tsukuyomi was activated and before Danzo could even scream, Itachi moved his hands.
One hand pulled open Danzo's bandages, and the other directly gouged out Shisui's eye.
Itachi flipped over and kicked Danzo, immediately shooting outward.
If not for Rengoku's order that he couldn't kill Danzo at this moment, Itachi would've casually killed him just now.
"AHHH!", Only now did Danzo scream and fall to the ground.
"Bastard!"
"Lord Danzo!"
"He actually dared to hurt Lord Danzo?"
"KILL HIM!"
It wasn't that no one was around Danzo, but no one expected that Itachi would suddenly attack Danzo in the middle of a circle of over ten guards.
Itachi's Tsukuyomi only lasted an instant but severely injured Danzo.
Danzo naturally couldn't activate Kotoamatsukami under these circumstances.
However, when Itachi snatched Shisui's eye, he inevitably wasted about two seconds.
As he was knocked back, four Root members nearby had already slashed toward him with blades.
Those a bit farther away also threw kunai.
Although Itachi was still young and not as strong as he would be in a few years at his peak, his pupil power was almost completely unused until now.
The divine power of the Uchiha was about to be displayed for the first time.
Susanoo!
Tremendous pupil power and chakra were instantly released.
An orange-red skeleton appeared and deflected all incoming attacks.
With a single sweep of its massive arm, two Root members were smashed into folding shapes and sent flying.
Itachi did not linger to fight. After blocking the first wave of attacks, he threw a smoke bomb to the ground.
Crows cawed and fluttered—
Kaah! Kaah! Kaah!
A swarm of crows flew wildly from the smoke, completely disrupting the Root's line of sight.
In the next moment, Itachi's figure had already appeared far away.
Root was a highly centralized department. All authority lay in Danzo's hands. Once Danzo fell, there was no one left to command.
Naturally, fewer people chased after Itachi.
Itachi easily escaped the encirclement.
The Third Hokage and Danzo had a tacit understanding, so each had spies within the other's ranks.
When Itachi gouged out Danzo's eye and escaped, a spy in the crowd also took the opportunity to leave and went to find the Third Hokage.
———
[Land of Water]
In the Mizukage's secret chamber.
Although Karatachi Yagura had been controlled all these years, he could still see and hear clearly.
Watching the village he loved, Kirigakure, being ravaged into this state by his own hands.
Countless bloodline limit clans were exterminated because of him.
Yagura's heart felt like it was being cut by knives.
Watching Kirigakure descend into chaos and even dragging the Land of Water into decline, Yagura's guilt had reached its peak.
But he had no way out. Under Obito's control, he couldn't act freely at all.
He always stayed secluded and never met with Ao, who had the Byakugan.
Even if someone suspected Yagura had a problem, they couldn't do anything.
Because… no one could defeat Yagura.
As for Obito being able to enslave him, that was only because he had brought Tendo Pain and the others.
Only after heavily injuring Yagura first did they manage to control him.
There was no doubt about Mangekyō Sharingan's ability to control tailed beasts.
Obito even controlled the Nine-Tails before, let alone Yagura and the Three-Tails.
But later, Obito used Izanagi and had already died once.
Naturally, his control over Yagura was broken.
Sensing the disappearance of the pupil power, Yagura instantly burst out of the secret chamber he'd been hiding in and let out a grief-stricken roar.
"Damn Uchiha!"
The Three-Tails Isobu had also been controlled by the Sharingan for so long.
Along with Yagura's roar, a massive surge of tailed beast chakra erupted into the sky.
The entire Kirigakure village could feel this terrifying pressure.
Terumi Mei and many other Kirigakure ninjas immediately leapt toward Yagura's location to investigate.
"Could Isobu have gone berserk?"
Everyone panicked. Kirigakure had already suffered enough.
If a tailed beast rampaged in the village, they couldn't imagine the damage it would cause.
But when everyone arrived, they only saw a calm-faced Yagura.
The tailed beast chakra erupting from his body had already been retracted back inside.
Yagura's expression was calm, but his eyes were full of emptiness and pain.
The village he loved most had been destroyed by his own hands. That kind of pain made him feel worse than death.
Yagura had finally appeared in public. Terumi Mei also gave Ao a look.
Ao used his single Byakugan to investigate.
But the result surprised him greatly. He shook his head toward Terumi Mei.
Terumi Mei frowned, 'How can that be?'
The Fourth Mizukage was supposed to have been controlled.
Seeing Terumi Mei and the others arrive, Yagura also slowly exhaled.
"All Jonin, gather in the conference room. I have something important to announce!"
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