Underground Ruins – Sasuke vs. Danzo
A fierce battle erupted between Sasuke Uchiha and Shimura Danzo in the depths of the underground ruins.
With the Star Path Palace opened, Sasuke's speed and strength surged to overwhelming levels. His movements became sharper, his strikes deadlier. In contrast, Danzo, despite possessing Hashirama's cells, was still an aging man whose physical prowess could not compare to the young Uchiha's ferocity.
The clash lasted only a few brief exchanges before Sasuke's Chidori Light Sword slashed through Danzo's chest!
Yet, Danzo's trump card, Izanagi, activated instantly, erasing the fatal wound as if it had never happened.
"Tch. So that's how you're staying alive," Sasuke muttered, watching Danzo reform at a distance.
Danzo, however, was growing increasingly alarmed.
Damn Itachi… when did his taijutsu become this powerful?!
No matter how he tried, Sasuke utterly crushed him in both speed and strength. The only thing keeping him alive was his Izanagi, but each use consumed a Sharingan, bringing him closer to his limit.
No… if this continues, I'll run out of eyes!
Danzo knew he couldn't afford to drag this fight out. If he did, he would eventually meet his end.
Just then, Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan spun into motion.
Danzo's vision darkened. A crimson moon hung high in the sky, casting an eerie glow over a desolate landscape. Ghastly wails filled the air as hollow-eyed Uchiha specters emerged from the shadows, their skeletal hands reaching toward him.
"Shimura Danzo… give us our eyes back!"
Danzo's breath caught in his throat.
"Damn it… a genjutsu!"
Before he could break free—
SLASH!
Sasuke's blade cleaved through his neck in a flash!
But once again, Danzo's form dissipated, only to reappear in the distance, revived by Izanagi.
"Tch… without Izanami, dealing with this technique is a hassle."
Sasuke knew that trying to finish Danzo in a single blow was pointless. Instead, he relentlessly pressured him with taijutsu, forcing Danzo to continuously expend Sharingan eyes to keep himself alive.
Danzo, growing desperate, formed a seal—
"Summoning Jutsu!"
With a puff of smoke, a Dream Tapir appeared, its gaping maw unleashing a powerful vacuum suction, pulling everything toward it.
"I see… using the suction to restrict my movement?"
Sasuke quickly understood Danzo's intent. His agility had made it impossible for Danzo to land a solid hit, so he was using his summoning beast to control the battlefield.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!"
Danzo spat out a razor-sharp wind blade, which accelerated toward Sasuke due to the Dream Tapir's suction force.
SLASH!
The attack struck Sasuke's body—
—only for him to shatter into rubble and collapse to the ground.
"A substitution?! I was tricked?!"
Before Danzo could react, Sasuke flashed behind him, delivering a crushing heel drop to his skull!
BOOM!
Danzo's body smashed into the ground like a meteor, blood splattering across the ruins.
Yet, once again, Izanagi activated.
Danzo reappeared, glancing at his arm.
"Damn it… only two Sharingan left."
Realizing he was running out of options, Danzo made his final gambit.
"Uchiha Itachi! I'll ask you one last time—surrender to me!"
Sasuke scoffed.
"Surrender? I'd rather rip your head off!"
He dashed forward, but just as he was about to strike—
"Sealing Curse Mark!"
Danzo's binding seal activated, black markings rapidly crawling up Sasuke's body, paralyzing him!
"Hmph… you're strong, but the moment you made contact with me earlier, you were already doomed," Danzo sneered, drawing his Vacuum Sword to finish him off.
Just as Danzo swung—
ZZZZT!
A golden Chidori suddenly erupted from Sasuke's body, piercing straight through Danzo's chest!
"Wha—?! How… how did you break my curse seal?!"
Danzo coughed up blood, staring at Sasuke's golden chakra dots, which had devoured and erased his seal.
"You idiot. I let you place it on me on purpose."
Sasuke leaned in close, smirking.
"Oh, and by the way…"
Suddenly, Sasuke's features shifted—returning to his original self.
"I'm not Itachi."
Danzo's eyes widened in horror.
"Uchiha Sasuke?! YOU—?!"
Before he could finish, countless golden light blades erupted from Sasuke's body—impaling Danzo from every direction!
"AARGHHH!!!"
Blood sprayed as Danzo screamed in agony.
"Evil Uchiha… damn you all… for Konoha… I'll take you down with me!"
As his final act, Danzo activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, his entire body glowing with ominous markings.
Sasuke instantly vanished from the blast radius as a massive black sphere expanded, consuming everything around it.
When the dust settled, a deep crater remained where Danzo had made his last stand.
His lifeless body lay at the bottom.
Sasuke stepped forward, inspecting the corpse carefully before exhaling in relief.
"Finally… this dirty old fox is dead."
His Mangekyō Sharingan spun, a third tomoe slowly taking form.
Chūnin Exam – Sarutobi Hiruzen's Final Stand
Elsewhere, in the heart of Konoha, the battle between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru reached its climax.
The Kusanagi Blade had pierced Hiruzen's chest, but the old Hokage did not flinch.
"Why didn't you dodge, old man?" Orochimaru sneered.
Hiruzen merely sighed.
"It doesn't matter anymore… but I'll at least take you down with me!"
Behind him, the Shinigami loomed, reaching into Orochimaru's soul.
Orochimaru's eyes widened in realization.
"Damn old fool! NO—!"
With a final strike, the Shinigami severed Orochimaru's arms, sealing away his jutsu forever.
Sarutobi Hiruzen collapsed, his lifeless body falling to the ground.
Orochimaru, now crippled, was forced to retreat as his Sound Four rushed to his side.
Aftermath – Konoha's Devastation
As dawn broke, Konoha lay in ruins.
Jiraiya had arrived too late, though he helped drive back the remaining invaders.
However, the village had suffered catastrophic losses.
The Hokage was dead.
The two advisors, Koharu and Homura, had been assassinated.
Danzo was found dead, his Root headquarters reduced to rubble.
For the first time in its history, Konoha's leadership was nearly wiped out in a single night.
The village was left leaderless, shattered, and vulnerable.
And somewhere in the shadows, Uchiha Sasuke watched it all unfold—
His vengeance had only just begun.