Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 164 Danzo: Izanagi! A sneak attack!

Outside Konoha Village, in an abandoned Buddhist temple, two enormous painted Buddha statues at the entrance appear like weathered skeletons in the twilight, groaning and weeping in the night wind.

The air was filled with the decaying smell of stale incense ash, rotten wood, and soil.

The withered weeds stubbornly stretched out among the rubble and tiles, only to be bent over by the night dew.

Twelve figures, like ink seeping from the ground, silently blended into the shadowy corners of the Buddhist temple ruins.

They wore identical dark, tight-fitting combat suits and expressionless animal masks—foxes, wild boars, crows…

Behind the eye openings of the mask lies an emptiness deeper than the night.

His aura was completely concealed, as if he himself were part of the shadow, and even his heartbeat was barely audible.

Only the occasional glimpse of kunai or ninja sword peeking out from the cuffs or waist reveals a chilling killing intent.

Aburame Ryoma hid behind a half-tilted giant pillar, where countless tiny parasites silently crawled within his wide sleeves, forming a chilling black ripple.

Shan Zhongfeng hid behind the only remaining half of the broken wall of the Buddhist hall, his hands forming a hand seal to maintain the starting position of the Mind Turning Technique, his spirit like an invisible spider web, quietly covering this desolate battlefield.

Danzo Shimura stood alone on the relatively open gravel ground in front of the Buddhist hall.

The moonlight outlined his somewhat hunched figure, yet it exuded a sinister and imposing aura. The heavy bandages wrapped around his right arm and right eye were particularly glaring in the moonlight.

He was like a venomous spider lurking in the center of its web, patiently waiting for its prey to step into the final trap.

A faint whooshing sound came from afar, and a figure, like a gust of wind blending into the night, came to a steady stop a few steps away from Danzo after a few leaps.

It was Uchiha Shisui.

He wore the Uchiha clan's signature dark blue stand-up collar robe, carried a short sword on his back, had a bandage over his left eye, and had a calm expression with a hint of barely perceptible worry between his brows.

Those black eyes, inheriting the bloodline of the Uchiha, were clear and bright under the moonlight, yet to ignite with crimson.

"Advisor Danzo." Shisui nodded slightly, his voice steady, conveying a polite respect for the village's leadership.

"What important matter brings you to invite me so late at night?"

Danzo's single eye slowly rotated behind the gap in the bandage, scanning Shisui like a cold probe.

Instead of answering Shisui's question, he posed a question as sharp as a poisoned dagger, his voice dry and hoarse, piercing straight to the heart: "Shisui, I'll ask you one more time. If you ultimately fail to change the Uchiha clan's rebellious will... then what will you do?"

Zhi Shui's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

He took a deep breath of the cool autumn night air, met Danzo's one eye with a calm gaze, and said in a firm and clear voice: "If it really comes to an irreversible point... for the peace of the village, I will use 'Kotoamatsukami'."

He paused, his tone carrying an almost sacrificial weight.

"To change the will of the most core and radical ninjas within the clan, and to extinguish the flames of rebellion at their very core."

"This is the last resort. The Third Hokage has also promised that once the threat of the Uchiha is eliminated, he will do his utmost to promote integration and make the Uchiha a truly indispensable part of Konoha."

"Integration? Promise?" Danzo let out a very soft, mocking laugh.

"What a naive idea, Shisui. Even if your Kotoamatsukami changed the Uchiha's will and made them as docile as lambs... are the suspicions and fears in people's hearts so easily eliminated?"

"Can your magical eyes so easily erase the shadows in the hearts of people like me, like those villagers and ninjas who experienced the Nine-Tails' rampage and witnessed the terrifying power of the Sharingan?"

His voice suddenly rose, carrying a deliberately provocative edge and a cold probing: "If I... still cannot trust the Uchiha, and still believe that those eyes are the root of the calamity! Will you also use your supreme genjutsu to 'change' my will?"

"You want to turn me, an old man, into a puppet of your will?!" This piercing question struck like a thunderbolt!
Shisui shuddered, a look of shock and disbelief flashing across his clear eyes!

He never imagined that Danzo would so blatantly question his bottom line!

This is no longer an inquiry, but the most vicious accusation!
Just when my mind was in turmoil and my vigilance was about to crack!
Danzo has made a move!

That hunched figure unleashed a terrifying speed that was completely disproportionate to its age!

His left hand, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, pierced straight into Shisui's remaining right eye with a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air!
This attack was ruthless, cunning, and completely unexpected!
This is precisely the time to take advantage of your weakness and kill you!
However, he was faced with "Instantaneous Stillness"!
The shock in Shisui's eyes instantly turned into a sharp, cold glint!

Faced with this deadly sneak attack, his body seemed to anticipate the attack trajectory, and with a speed exceeding the limits of visual perception, he slid only half a step to the left!
At the same time, Shisui's right hand shot out like lightning and grabbed Danzo's wrist with perfect precision!
"Advisor Danzo!" Shisui's voice was as cold as a knife, filled with the anger of betrayal and a powerful sense of oppression. "You've gone too far!"

Before he finished speaking, Shisui's clear black eyes ignited instantly!

The scarlet light burst forth like hellfire!
Three jet-black magatama spun wildly in his blood-red pupils, instantly transforming into a complex and mysterious pattern.

A windmill-shaped Mangekyou Sharingan!
"Genjutsu·Sharingan!"

Eyes widened!
An invisible and intangible, yet terrifying eye power capable of distorting the mind, surged forth like a burst dam, crashing into Danzo's mind along the line of their gazes!
Danzo's body stiffened abruptly!
It was like being struck by an invisible giant hammer!

The sinister intent and scheming in his one eye froze and dissipated instantly!
He felt as if his soul had been forcibly ripped out and thrown into a blood-red purgatory, where countless distorted illusions and fear from the depths of his soul instantly overwhelmed him!

His body went out of control, and he froze in place like a puppet.

Shisui looked at Danzo, who was instantly subdued by the illusion, and a complex emotion flashed in his eyes.

The anger had not completely subsided, but the murderous intent was ultimately suppressed by reason.

He released his grip on Danzo's wrist, his voice carrying a warning and a hint of barely perceptible weariness: "The illusion will soon be dispelled. I hope you will take care of yourself, Advisor Danzo."

He stopped looking at Danzo, who was standing frozen in place, and turned to leave.

His silhouette appeared somewhat lonely and heavy in the twilight.

He just wanted to leave this place full of intrigue and betrayal as soon as possible.

Just as he turned around, his mind momentarily relaxed due to anger and disappointment!

A sudden change occurred!

Danzo, who should have been pinned to the spot by the illusion, suddenly unleashed a strange chakra fluctuation from the gap in the bandage wrapped around his right eye!
Izanagi!

Shisui felt the scene before him blur strangely!
Danzo, who was originally behind him, suddenly appeared in front of him like a ghost!
A withered hand, wrapped in blood-soaked bandages, like a demonic claw reaching out from hell, with a shrill whistle that tore through the air, precisely and ruthlessly stabbed into Zhishui's unsuspecting right eye!

Zhi Shui's pupils suddenly contracted!

It's Danzo!
He actually broke free from the kaleidoscope illusion?! How is that possible?!
puff!

A sickening, sticky, muffled thud!

Intense, soul-tearing pain exploded from his right eye and swept through his entire body!
Warm liquid mixed with an indescribable sense of shattering surged down my cheeks!

My vision was instantly swallowed by a thick crimson and absolute darkness!

"Ugh—!"

Shisui let out a suppressed groan of pain, his body staggering backward from the intense pain and loss of balance! He then quickly created distance between himself and the enemy.

(End of this chapter)