Uchiha's personal opinion

Danzo felt that Ryoma Aburame's hand, resting on his shoulder, was gently pressing down with his fingers to convey a message of retreat.

The so-called retreat is, to put it bluntly, just running away.

Is it really necessary to abandon the Root ninjas, who are all huddled together like hedgehogs, and flee back to Konoha like a stray dog, begging Hiruzen Sarutobi for help, and then spend the rest of your life in a dark underground base, living in constant fear?

Danzo's face changed from pale to a sickly flush, his eyes fixed on Uchiha Tokumitsu's Sharingan.

"Uchiha! The evil Uchiha!"

Filled with boundless hatred and remorse, Danzo drew a kunai from his sleeve and gripped it tightly in his hand.

He rejected Aburame Ryoma's signal to retreat with his actions.

Even if Danzo dies, he will die in a battle against the Uchiha! The consequences of his one and only act of retreat and escape in his life still haunt him to this day!

"Lord Danzo, please have some self-respect." Uchiha Tokumitsu drew his katana with a sinister grin. "If you don't act with dignity, don't blame me for not showing you any!"

"Since you're unwilling to face death calmly, then I have no choice but to send you to your death!"

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

As soon as Uchiha Tokumitsu finished speaking, he launched an attack with a high-level fire-style ninjutsu.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

The Root ninjas reacted immediately.

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

The Uchiha ninjas simultaneously unleashed a Fire Release ninjutsu.

Hundreds of fire dragons attacked the Root ninjas with earth-shattering force.

"Four Purple Flame Formation!"

The Root ninjas then attempted to block them by casting a large-scale barrier technique.

The square barrier formed by purple transparent flames was shattered after blocking nearly half of the fire dragon's attack, turning into specks of flame.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

Most of the remaining fire dragons were blocked by their respective water-style ninjutsu, but a few Root ninjas were unable to dodge in time and were hit squarely by the fire dragons, turning into ashes.

"Fire Release: Head Carving!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu drew upon the Yin Release and Fire Release chakra within his body, fusing them into Flame Release power, and unleashed another high-level ninjutsu.

A purple sea of ​​fire, a symbol of misfortune and death, once again swept across the land.

"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"

A massive wave surged up from the ground and crashed towards the sea of ​​fire.

However, the Fire Release: Sea of ​​Fire, a bloodline limit, disregarded the elemental weaknesses of chakra and continued to surge towards the Root ninja after shattering the wave upon impact.

"Earth Escape Technique: Earth City Wall!"

"Charge in and engage in close combat!"

Danzo roared in anger and was the first to charge.

If the ninjutsu exchange continues, Root will have no advantage whatsoever.

The Uchiha clan's ninjutsu are all powerful combat ninjutsu. Although their attributes are somewhat singular, their ninjutsu are of high quality.

Root ninjas, who are required to perform multiple missions such as assassination and intelligence gathering, do not have an advantage in large-scale ninjutsu battles, even though most of them have mastered some kind of special secret technique.

Sakumo Hatake then disappeared.

At this point, he had no intention of showing any mercy or holding back.

With a wave of his left hand, Uchiha Tokumitsu launched an immediate charge.

"Secret Technique: Parasitic Worms!"

Aburame Ryoma instantly blocked Hatake Sakumo's path, and with a flick of his hand, a cloud of insects enveloped Hatake Sakumo.

"Lightning Instantaneous Movement!"

Sakumo Hatake released his chakra, forming a lightning chakra cloak.

Then, he used a Body Flicker Technique to escape the insect cloud's coverage and circle around behind Aburame Ryoma.

The Aburame clan is not skilled in taijutsu or ninjutsu; their only expertise lies in their family's secret insect control technique. Faced with Sakumo Hatake's flanking attack, Ryoma Aburame seemed momentarily caught off guard.

I'm sorry...

Sakumo Hatake felt a pang of sorrow, but his expression remained unchanged as he coldly swung his sword.

"Thunder Strike!"

The thunderous blade cleaved Aburame Ryoma in two at the waist.

Immediately, Aburame Ryoma's body transformed into a cloud of insects and rose into the air.

"Insect clone!"

Sakumo Hatake was somewhat surprised.

He had clearly locked onto Aburame Ryoma using his aura and confirmed that the target was his true form, but he didn't expect that Aburame Ryoma could still escape.

"Secret Technique: Insect Jade!"

The insect cloud in the sky transformed into a pagoda-shaped aggregate of insects, descending upon Hatake Sakumo.

"As expected of a strong member of the Aburame clan..."

Sakumo Hatake stopped fighting Ryoma Aburame and used a Body Flicker Technique to immediately escape the range of the Insect Ball.

"Shadow Binding Technique!"

A shadow puppeteer from Nara controlled an Uchiha ninja and was about to use a secret technique to behead him when Sakumo Hatake casually beheaded him with a single stroke.

"Fire Release: Dust Concealment Technique!"

Besides Aburame Ryoma, several other Aburame ninjas were constantly harassing the formation with their insect control techniques. Several Jonin from the Uchiha Ninja Army immediately joined forces to activate the Dust Concealment Technique.

The high-temperature smoke and dust scorched and killed the parasites that were flying everywhere.

Although the parasitic insects of the Aburame clan are resistant to high temperatures, there is a limit. They could not survive when faced with the Dust Concealment Technique launched by several Jonin.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"

Danzo spat out beams of transparent wind that shot towards Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"Uchiha Style: Sword Flame Slash!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu neither dodged nor yielded, his body protected by purple flames, as he swung his sword and unleashed waves of flame sword energy, shattering Danzo's ninjutsu.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Sword!"

The fierce wind-style power roared through the kunai in Danzo's hand, spinning rapidly as if to cleave through the void.

With no defenses in place, Danzo brandished a kunai imbued with wind blades and stabbed it toward Uchiha Tokumitsu's chest.

"Uchiha Style: Sun Halo Dance!"

The purple flame sword energy blocked Danzo's wind blade thrust, followed by a continuous barrage of sword energy slashes.

Danzo was overwhelmed and could barely hold his own.

During the battle in the Land of Rain, his right hand and right leg were severed by Hanzo of the Salamander. Although he later reattached the severed limbs, his agility was far less than before, and his combat power was naturally greatly reduced.

"Uchiha Style: Sword Leap Slash!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu spotted Danzo's weakness, leaped up, and unleashed a massive sword strike that knocked Danzo to the ground.

Just as he was about to unleash another sword beam to finish off this gloomy enemy, a cloud of insects burst forth from the ground and coiled around Uchiha Tokumitsu's legs.

Then a figure leaped out from the ground, scooped up the fallen Danzo, and ran away.

It's Aburame Ryoma!

"What a troublesome bug!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was extremely angry, and immediately increased the temperature of the fire-release aura protecting him, burning all the parasitic insects to ashes.

The situation on the battlefield has become one-sided.

Hatake Sakumo mercilessly slashed and hacked through the Root ninja ranks, invincible in his path. The Uchiha ninja methodically carried out tactical cuts, annihilating Root ninja groups with minimal losses.

But we can't let Danzo escape!

"Where are the guards! Follow me in pursuit!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu roared to the sky and chased after Aburame Ryuma.

More than thirty Uchiha bodyguards clad in full armor immediately withdrew from the battle and followed Uchiha Tokumitsu on a mission to kill him.

The battle command on site was once again handed over to the two squad leaders of the Tokugawa Red Guard.

Hatake Sakumo also mentioned Uchiha Tokumitsu's shouts and howls, but his lips trembled slightly as he still mercilessly beheaded one Root ninja after another.

As one of the strongest members of the Aburame clan in the present day, Ryoma Aburame is best at infiltration and assassination with poisonous insects, but his teleportation technique and marching speed are not outstanding.

As Uchiha Tokumitsu led his troops in pursuit, Aburame Ryoma was quickly overtaken, and the distance between them was getting closer and closer.

"Put me down, Ryuma..." Danzo on his back tried to break free. "Go away, let me die like a ninja!"

Blood was seeping from Danzo's right sleeve.

The sword strike that knocked Uchiha Tokumitsu to the ground had already brought his right hand to the brink of necrosis.

The taciturn Ryoma Aburame did not respond and continued running on his back with Danzo on his back.

"Whoosh whoosh!!!"

One after another, kunai wrapped with explosive tags shot out from behind at extremely high speed.

Using the Uchiha clan's ninja tool throwing techniques, all of Aburame Ryoma's evasive routes were blocked by kunai.

"Boom boom boom!!"

The kunai that hit the target detonated the explosive tag, sending up a large cloud of smoke.

"Insect clone!"

Three figures leaped out of the smoke and then fled in different directions.