Yes, the Hokage

He even foresaw that Orochimaru would head straight for Nagato. Since he had arranged for Obito to deal with Danzo, there was no reason not to warn him to be wary of Izanagi. However, the fact is that Obito was caught off guard.

【Come on, Obito, unleash your third power!】

Obito also had a Flying Thunder God kunai, so even if something really happened, Feng Lan would have time to save him in time, but he didn't rush to take action.

As for the other subordinates, Feng Lan has always treated Obito as a pawn, so while they cherish him, they also have to hone him a lot, such as in the previous avalanche and the current situation.

In addition, he also wanted to verify one point: many people say that Obito's Hollowfication is a passive skill, but there is no official setting to support this claim, so Fenglan decided to test it himself here.

Obito's body is currently bound by the Self-Destruction Seal, making it impossible for him to actively activate Kamui. Otherwise, Sasuke would have used Amaterasu to finish him off when Danzo attacked him. If the Hollowfication was passive, he certainly wouldn't have had his eyes taken away, but if it was active...

"Now... these eyes that transcend cause and effect and the horizon, those eyes that belong to the divine realm, are mine!"

Even with Danzo's shrewdness, he couldn't help but show a look of ecstatic joy the moment he reached out his hand. Those eyes were simply too outstanding, too overpowered.

Obito, on the other hand, immediately felt a bone-chilling danger and cold. Clearly... Hollowfication was not a passive process!

Seeing that his power was about to be taken away, Obito's eyes immediately became bloodshot. If Danzo took away his Mangekyou Sharingan, he would lose his biggest trump card and the ability to protect Rin!

He could even feel Danzo's fingertips touching his eyelashes. Even Feng Lan sighed and prepared to activate the Flying Thunder God Technique to save him.

But at that moment, Obito felt as if time had frozen, and countless images flashed through his mind.

At the Kannabi Bridge, a giant boulder crashed down, shattering half of his body. The excruciating pain nearly made him faint. Lying in a pool of blood, looking at the gray sky above, he felt he was about to die.

But at that moment, a pair of soft, warm hands held me tightly, and tears dripped onto my face, sweet and hot.

"Obito, don't die... please don't die..."

He could almost hear Lin's sorrowful, trembling plea from that time—no, not just that one sentence, but also the words he himself uttered before lying on the experimental table: "If you die, I will follow you, whether the destination is the Pure Land or the other shore..."

I can't die, I still need to protect Lin.

The transplantation of Hashirama cells, the awakening of the Kaleidoscope, the power of Kamui, the branches of Wood Release... He grew stronger step by step, climbing from the bottom of the class to where he is today.

Danzo's fingertips pressed against Obito's eyeballs, a cold sensation spreading from the corners of his eyes, causing Obito's body to tremble violently. Not from pain, but from fear. He had never been so afraid, not even on the day he was crushed under a rock, thinking he was going to die.

If he loses his eyes, can he still protect Lin? Can he still stand in front of her and shield her from all danger?

No, no!

"Absolutely not!"

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Obito let out a beast-like roar, his voice filled with resentment, anger, and an unwavering determination to protect.

The Uchiha's chakra surges due to emotional fluctuations, and this surge stimulates the Sharingan, awakening new power...

The Mangekyou Sharingan spun rapidly, the trajectories of the tomoe forming a black and red vortex. Danzo's fingers were repelled by an invisible force, and he was forced back several steps, his face filled with horror.

"This is?!"

His greedy old face was filled with terror.

A surge of powerful chakra erupted from Obito's body. It was a deep purple, not Sasuke's light purple, but a dark purple, as deep as the night sky before sunrise.

The third power... Susanoo!

A burst of deep purple chakra erupted suddenly, soaring into the sky and rapidly taking shape.

It all started with the construction of his skeleton. Thick purple ribs emerged from around him, firmly protecting Obito within them. Each rib gleamed with a metallic luster, and strange black patterns flowed across its surface, like blood vessels or the marks of a curse.

Then came the arms, two enormous purple arms extending from the sides of the ribs, with jagged bone spurs protruding from the joints, and the fingertips of the bones sharp as knives.

Next came the spine, extending segment by segment from behind the ribs, barbs that plunged downwards into the ground, fixing Susanoo's body to the earth. The barbs embedded themselves in the rock, the ground beneath their feet cracked, and rubble was sent flying by the chakra, turning to dust in mid-air.

Finally, there was the head, a purple skull emerging from above the ribs, with black and red light burning in the empty eye sockets, like two balls of ghostly fire rising from the depths of hell.

This is the first stage of Susanoo, the skeleton form.

"What...this is?!"

Witnessing this power firsthand, everyone was stunned. It was clear that Susanoo was a secret known to very few even within the Uchiha clan.

[So, besides the abilities of the Mangekyou Sharingan's left and right eyes... there's a third power?] Even the usually composed Shisui couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

"what--!"

Danzo hurriedly retreated, but it was too late. With Obito's roar, the giant skeleton reached out and grabbed him.

"Very good." Feng Lan's lips curled into a slight smile. "Sasuke hasn't even been born yet, and the skeleton dog has already arrived."

Chapter 73 Hehe, I must survive!

"Gurgle—!"

Danzo was held in the giant skeletal hand by a deep purple skull, a scene not unlike when he fought Sasuke. This time, however, he didn't get the chance to complete the world-famous painting of kunai piercing Susanoo.

He tried to form hand seals, but both his hands and body were tightly gripped, and he couldn't break free at all. Obito's eyes flashed with a cold light: "Die!"

"Pa-ta-!"

His entire body was crushed into a meat patty, and blood dripped from the giant skull's palm. The scene caused the Root members nearby to shout in grief and anger.

However, the Root members themselves were not in a good situation either. Although they were elites, Feng Lan had brought many experts with him this time. In particular, he had specially arranged for the Uchiha to deal with the Root organization. If it were someone like Hyuga or Aburame, the other party might have shown mercy, but the Uchiha and the Root organization were mortal enemies, and they were extremely ruthless.

However, Danzo was still alive! The reason was simple: Izanagi still had some duration. The corpse held in the skeleton's hand disappeared, and a new Danzo appeared not far away.

However, Danzo dared not launch another attack this time. The reason was simple: Izanagi was about to expire. Without the protection of Izanagi, he would be crushed to death in a single move when facing Obito with his double Kamui Susanoo.

So this time, Izanagi was resurrected in the position furthest away from Obito, and before anyone else could react, he took off running!

But just because others couldn't react didn't mean Feng Lan couldn't. Almost at the same time Danzo took off running, he grabbed a megaphone and shouted: "Hey, loyal elites of Root, Danzo, who brainwashed you into risking your lives for him, has run away while you were fighting a bloody battle!"

As he said this, he used his perception ability to accurately point out Danzo, who was on the run, with the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger.

Because the loudspeaker volume had been turned up to maximum, and Feng Lan was relatively close to the Root organization, most of the Root organization members heard it.

Even the most steadfast and loyal people couldn't help but turn their heads to take a look, and sure enough, they saw Danzo fleeing in a sorry state.

At that moment, the battlefield seemed to be paused.

Danzo Shimura, the leader of the Root organization, is the one who personally rescued them from orphanages, slums, and the brink of death (most of those abducted from various families have been rescued by Fenglan, and these loyal ones are mostly orphans raised from childhood).

The person who told them, "From today onwards, you are no longer orphans. You are the branches of the Roots, the guardians of Konoha in the shadows"; the person who used an iron fist and authority to etch an unshakable mark of loyalty into their hearts... was now running headlong toward Amegakure without looking back.

His cane was nowhere to be found, his bandages fluttered wildly in the wind, his crimson Sharingan eyes gradually dimmed, and his expression was filled with panic, making him look like a stray dog.

"Lord Danzo?!"

Someone shouted incredulously, but Danzo didn't even turn his head.

"How is this possible... How is this possible?!"

At that moment, the string that had been taut in the minds of all the elite members of the Root organization snapped.

Even though they became rogue ninjas along with Danzo and left their homes to come to Amegakure, they never wavered in their beliefs. Because Danzo had said that Konoha was being deceived, and that those of them who had temporarily left were Konoha's last line of defense. For Konoha, they were willing to sacrifice everything!

He said that even if he carried the darkness of the whole world on his back, he would walk to the end with his back straight.

But now? And now!

It turns out that the spine had been broken long ago.

At that moment, the elites of the Root organization suddenly felt like laughing; their feelings were just like those of Hiroshi Hyuga, who had been betrayed by the head of the main family.

The Root organization does not allow ego, doubt, or questions. They are trained to be emotionless blades, yet even blades can break under extreme temperature variations.

Ultimately, ninjas are human beings, and naturally they experience joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. Inhumane brainwashing training inherently has significant drawbacks.

In that instant, they realized with sorrow and profound understanding that they were not Konoha's last line of defense; they were rogue ninjas, while the Uchiha on the other side... the Uchiha that Danzo called the cancer of Konoha, were the ones who truly represented Konoha.

Although they haven't laid down their weapons, their fighting spirit... has waned considerably.

What Fenglan needs to do is to eradicate Danzo, the biggest cancer in the Root organization, and also to extinguish the last fighting spirit in the hearts of those people.

Danzo wasn't completely oblivious to the possibility of turning back, but he wasn't looking back to see the Root members who were fighting for him. Instead, he was looking to see if Obito had caught up. The duration of Izanagi had already ended, and his right eye was now completely black. If that kid really caught up, he would surely die!

Although he always said he would do anything for Konoha, when the moment of his death came, he was undoubtedly trembling with fear. Danzo would find an excuse for himself: "I'm not afraid of death, but I can't die for Konoha!"

Turning around, Danzo saw that Obito was chasing him, but not very fast. He was temporarily relieved, but before he could turn around again, he felt a strong wind coming from in front of him, and a terrifying impact slammed into his stomach.

Rasengan!

"Wow--!"

Caught off guard, Danzo coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with disbelief. He was sent flying, and only when he was in mid-air did he see Feng Lan's hateful smiling face and the words that came out of her mouth.

"Surprise, Mommy Fuck!"

"No, that's impossible!" Danzo exclaimed in shock and anger. "I just checked, and there wasn't a single member of the delegation around!"

With his insight, he could naturally see that Feng Lan had equipped each member of the delegation with specially made kunai to facilitate the Flying Thunder God technique. That's why he deliberately ran with his back to the Root organization when he was escaping. Logically speaking, there was no Flying Thunder God mark at all along the way. How did he get through it?

Seemingly sensing Danzo's confusion, Fenglan stomped her foot with a smile. Danzo looked over and discovered that there was a specially made kunai lying at her feet.

To leave the Flying Thunder God mark, you don't necessarily need someone to carry the kunai on their person. You can just throw them on the battlefield yourself. Minato often does that. Wouldn't Fenglan learn that? He had already taken advantage of his teleporting back and forth to put out fires to throw the specially made kunai into every corner of the battlefield, so no matter where Danzo ran, he would always have a chance to ambush him.

"I...I cannot die here!"

Without Izanagi, Danzo was as fragile as an ordinary ninja; a single Rasengan could displace his internal organs, but his obsession still allowed him to stand up shakily.

He staggered and fled slowly, looking disheveled, while muttering hypnotic words to himself:

"I am the only reformer in the ninja world..."

"For Konoha, for the ninja world... I cannot die here..."

"Hehe, I must survive..."

Meanwhile, Obito leisurely caught up from behind, with a cat-and-mouse playful air, determined to make the old man who had always coveted the Uchiha eyes die an even more gruesome death.

And so, after all the twists and turns, the famous scene of the kind-hearted Uchiha walking with the old man reappeared, only this time it was Obito, not Sasuke, who was walking with the old man.

Obito, of course, wouldn't display Sasuke's arrogant and boastful facial expressions. He simply followed Danzo silently, his eyes filled with hatred, a tree branch in his hand, waiting for Danzo to exhaust his last bit of strength so he could taste the Izanagi technique one last time. (Because Obito didn't understand Izanagi, he didn't know if Danzo could be resurrected.)

Danzo didn't run very far because his internal organs could no longer support his body to engage in strenuous exercise. At this point, Fenglan calculated that the distance was enough, so just like the masked man Obito in the original work, he stopped in front of him at a leisurely pace, blocking the other's last path.

"Danzo, I told you I would make you die a horrible death," he said coldly. "Although I only said it in my heart at the time, I'm putting it into practice now."

"You, you bastard..." Danzo's every word was accompanied by spitting out blood, some of which even contained fragments of internal organs. "Feng Lan! I will never let you get away with this!"

"I'm quite curious how you, in your current state, will not let me go." Feng Lan's face appeared completely calm, but in his heart he knew that this old guy still had one last trump card up his sleeve.

"That's all we'll rely on!"

Just then, Obito approached from behind. Danzo suddenly tore open his clothes, and a dark cursed seal quickly appeared on his abdomen, which was covered in wounds from the Rasengan.

"Feng Lan, Obito! You two scum of Konoha, today I'm going to drag you both down to hell!"

The dark cursed seal wriggled and spread like a living thing, covering his entire body in the blink of an eye.

"The Four Phases Seal!"

Danzo roared madly, his blood and chakra surging wildly into the cursed seal, and the black patterns suddenly emitted a dark light. Centered on him, a black sphere the size of a fist appeared out of thin air. The sphere was like a black hole, not reflecting any light, but it expanded at an astonishing speed, growing from the size of a fist to the size of a head in the blink of an eye, and then to half a body.

Wherever the black sphere passed, the air was swallowed up, the light was swallowed up, and even rainwater that fell into it disappeared instantly. Rocks on the ground were silently torn apart, and fragments were sucked into the sphere and turned into nothingness in the blink of an eye. If it weren't for the lack of a strong gravitational pull, it could almost be considered a real black hole.

Danzo's face was contorted, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, yet his eyes burned with an almost fanatical pleasure. He no longer cared about Root, Konoha, or ambition; he only wanted to die a meaningful death—to take the two people who had destroyed everything with him.

For no apparent reason, the image of the Third Hokage appeared in my mind: "That bastard Hiruzen is going to be happy for a long time. Without the little darling Feng Lan, Konoha will still be his after all."

"Hiruzen, you are Konoha bathed in sunlight, so let me, the root in the darkness... provide you with nourishment one last time!"

Although Feng Lan was prepared, Obito was caught off guard. He approached from behind and did not see the black ball spreading immediately, and was almost caught in it.

At the critical moment, a hand suddenly slapped his shoulder and pushed him forcefully to the side.

"go!"

Feng Lan's voice was short and decisive. Obito's body was pushed sideways several feet, barely avoiding the spread of the black sphere. He immediately used Intangibility to avoid the subsequent effects, and at the same time, he turned his head sharply: "Lord Feng Lan!"

Pushing Obito aside, Feng Lan was too late for him. Danzo laughed wildly and rushed forward, using his remaining strength to tightly embrace his mortal enemy's body, his hands clasped behind his back like iron hoops.

"Hahaha! Got it! I've got you!"

He laughed maniacally, tears and blood mingling as they streamed down his face: "Feng Lan, you can die!"

However, just when Danzo felt that his life had been fulfilling...

"Don't shout so loudly. Even if I were Han Li, I wouldn't want you to be Wang Chan. Chan'er is so cute."

"How, how is this possible?!" Danzo didn't understand the words, but he recognized the voice. He widened his single eye and saw Feng Lan standing hundreds of meters away, smiling and waving in their direction.

"Bam—!"