Sharingan? Wood Style?

Ethan wasn't worried about Tsunade following him precisely because Danzo had too many dark secrets. Once those were exposed, Tsunade would definitely want him dead as well.

But before that…

"This Sharingan shouldn't be wasted in your hands."

Danzo hadn't even reacted when Ethan, who had been standing some distance away, suddenly appeared in front of him and lightly brushed his bandaged eye.

"Ah!"

A sharp pain shot through him. By the time he realized what had happened, Ethan was already back where he started, and the Sharingan that should have been in his eye socket was now in Ethan's hand, wrapped in a layer of chakra.

"Medical ninjutsu?"

Danzo increasingly felt that everything Ethan was doing was arranged by Tsunade. This level of medical ninjutsu must have been personally taught by her.

After all, Tsunade was the strongest medical ninja in the shinobi world. And in the current situation, even if she explained, Danzo would not believe her. Besides, Tsunade had no interest in explaining anything.

What she cared about more was the Wood Style Ethan mentioned. Danzo possessed Wood Style? How was that possible? How did he manage it?

"Transplanting Sharingan and the First Hokage's cells to gain Wood Style ninjutsu. Hokage-sama, doesn't that sound very familiar to you?"

Tsunade hadn't acted until now partly because there was no concrete evidence.

But now there was no need to hesitate. Ethan had already provided more than enough proof, and more importantly, it involved the First Hokage. That alone was unforgivable.

Another Hokage might have hesitated, but Tsunade would not. As a Senju descendant, she could never tolerate someone defiling the First Hokage's remains.

Danzo understood that things were beyond saving today. He stopped hiding and unraveled the bandages on his arm, revealing an arm covered with Sharingan.

"…"

Seeing the arm full of Sharingan, Kakashi felt that Danzo had completely lost his mind. He knew better than anyone how heavy a burden the Sharingan placed on its user.

"So that's why he needed the First Hokage's cells?"

Sasuke's anger surged. The moment Danzo revealed those Sharingan, Sasuke made his move.

"Hmph."

Unfortunately, with one eye socket a bloody hole, Ethan hadn't been gentle when removing the eye, and with his aged body, Danzo had no intimidation left at all.

More importantly, Sasuke, following Ethan's teachings, immediately unleashed a powerful technique.

"Susanoo!"

Purple chakra erupted, forming giant ribs and arms around him. Sasuke leapt forward and swung his right arm, smashing his fist toward Danzo.

Boom!

The purple fist slammed into the ground where Danzo had been standing. Sasuke knew this attack wouldn't hit. With the Mangekyo active, his perception was extremely sharp, clearly tracking Danzo's evasion.

"Amaterasu!"

Danzo, who had just jumped away, was engulfed midair by black flames. He fell heavily to the ground after a few screams, the inextinguishable Amaterasu continuing to burn. Just as Sasuke thought the old man was dead, he sensed something wrong. The Susanoo he was about to dispel solidified again.

Bang. Bang. Bang.

Continuous Wind Style attacks struck the Susanoo, but its defense kept Sasuke unharmed.

"What's going on?"

Everyone had seen Danzo burned by Amaterasu, yet he suddenly reappeared and attacked Sasuke with Wind Style. When he realized he couldn't break through, he used Wind Style: Great Breakthrough to clear a section of ground, blowing away the roses and landing in a relatively safe spot.

"Susanoo, huh. As expected of the strongest Mangekyo technique. I didn't expect you to have mastered it already."

Danzo was genuinely surprised. Sasuke was only thirteen, yet he had awakened the Mangekyo and mastered Susanoo. His talent was terrifying. These Uchiha brothers were indeed monsters. That only strengthened his resolve to kill them.

"Leaving threats like this alive will only endanger Konoha…"

Sasuke stared at Danzo in disbelief. At that moment, Itachi's voice came from the shadows.

"Izanagi. A forbidden genjutsu even among the Uchiha…"

"Itachi? Your appearance means my subordinates are all dead, doesn't it?"

Itachi stepped out of the darkness, his expression calm.

"It was just cleanup."

Itachi showed no mercy. Once he confirmed Danzo was Konoha's greatest threat, his only regret was not acting sooner.

With his strength, Root ninja were no match for him, especially with Ethan's Wood Style support. Most were killed without even realizing what happened. A few with some strength were weakened by poison, and those who resisted were already elites.

Unfortunately for them, that meant nothing before Itachi. Danzo's subordinates were wiped out completely.

Danzo clenched his fist. His carefully cultivated forces had been destroyed so easily. Even if he didn't care about their lives, they were still the tools for his ambition.

Thinking of this, his hatred for Ethan deepened. He knew that the biggest reason Itachi could kill so easily was because of those roses.

Ethan didn't care what Danzo thought. After watching for a while, he took out a bottle, dropped the Sharingan inside, and casually tossed it to Kakashi.

"If you want to complete a pair, you can use this."

Kakashi stared at the eye being thrown to him like trash and felt speechless.

In this world, who wouldn't treasure a powerful bloodline like the Sharingan? Danzo's actions proved that.

But Ethan treated it like garbage. Did he really not care?

Danzo thought the same.

"You act like you don't care because you know what this eye can do?"

Ethan couldn't stand Danzo's condescending look and felt an urge to respond.

"Shisui's Mangekyo has Kotoamatsukami, the strongest genjutsu that can twist a person's thoughts."

Danzo killed Shisui not just to ruin the Third Hokage's plan, but because he coveted that power.

"Since you know that, don't you want it?"

Danzo's question made Ethan sneer.

"It's just a Sharingan. Why would I care?"

Danzo clearly didn't believe him. In his eyes, Ethan was just pretending.

As if reading his thoughts, Ethan continued.

"You parasites living under your ancestors' shadows, with shallow knowledge and rotten abilities, yet you act superior. It's disgusting."

For the first time that night, Ethan formed a hand sign.

"The reason I don't care about the Sharingan is simple. To me, so-called bloodline limits, including the Sharingan, are just ways of manifesting chakra."

Danzo understood the theory, but what Ethan implied made his heart race.

"That's right. Exactly what you're thinking."

As if responding to his thoughts, strange chakra fluctuations appeared around Ethan. Under Danzo's shocked gaze, Ethan's eyes turned red, forming three tomoe.

"This is impossible!"

Danzo shouted.

"I know. You have Uchiha blood too!"

"Ignorant fool. The truth is right in front of you, yet you refuse to believe it."

Ethan didn't have Uchiha blood. Using chakra control to manifest a bloodline limit was beyond their understanding. Even Sasuke and Itachi were stunned.

As the tomoe shifted, Ethan's Sharingan transformed into Mangekyo.

Danzo's eyes widened. He tried to dispel it like a genjutsu.

"This must be a genjutsu!"

No matter what he did, nothing changed. Then Ethan activated Susanoo.

Ribs and arms formed, layered defenses wrapping around him. It was unmistakably a real Susanoo.

Even though Itachi knew Ethan could mimic Susanoo with chakra control, seeing him use Mangekyo Sharingan and Susanoo was still shocking.

While everyone was stunned, Ethan himself frowned.

"Why is my Susanoo pink?"

(To be continued.)

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