Chapter 457: Danzo VS Haruno Sakura
On the other side.
On the two sides of the edge of the battlefield, Sasuke, who had not yet recovered his vitality, and the masked man watching the show from the side, had no intention of interfering in the battle between the two in the field.
Obito Uchiha, hiding himself under the mask, fixed his only exposed Sharingan eye on Haruno Sakura, and his gaze gradually became cold.
If the initial entry of the Ice Release girl just surprised him a little; now Haruno Sakura had made Obito feel the signs of the situation getting out of control.
Of course, only signs... still far from truly losing control.
Obito folded his arms, stood high facing the wind, and silently observed the battle below.
Standing on the river water, the girl whose Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals Jutsu was completely broken, still had a composed expression.
"Hmph... bluffing!" Danzo snorted coldly.
He was panting slightly. Having not used such high-intensity ninjutsu bombing for many years, the meridians in Danzo's body felt faintly painful under the impact of the boiling chakra. However, with rock-like willpower, Danzo's face did not change at all, forcibly ignoring the pain.
"Let me see..." The old man said, raising his right hand again, glancing at the eyes on his arm, and said coldly, "Without that move, how are you going to fight!"
Haruno Sakura saw clearly that on Danzo's ugly right arm embedded with Sharingan, four eyes had already closed forever.
The pink-haired girl's heart was as clear as a bright mirror.
That was Danzo's jutsu of returning from the dead...
Izanagi.
At the cost of permanent blindness of the Sharingan, restoring oneself to the state at the moment the jutsu was activated, a jutsu capable of reversing death.
Of course, there were other restrictions, such as extremely high chakra consumption, short duration, etc.
Closing four eyes meant Danzo had died four times: once before she arrived, once crushed by Susanoo, and twice killed by her Ice Release and Ice Body Flicker.
Danzo still had six chances.
This intelligence was known by Konoha after interrogating Danzo and checking the Root database; before traveling here, Haruno Sakura happened to understand its content in detail when asking Tsunade about Sasuke's tantrum.
Danzo thought he had cracked Haruno Sakura's trump card...
In fact, on the contrary, his trump card had long been seen through by Haruno Sakura!
"Whether it's mystifying or not, you'll know when you attack." The girl chuckled lightly, contempt overflowing on her face, "Or... you don't dare?"
Danzo's turbid left eye narrowed.
"This old man thought you would fight side by side with me, the Hokage, against these two Uchiha bandits," his voice was dry, cold, and hard, slowly spitting out from his mouth, "I didn't expect you to insist on attacking me because of some personal grudges, ignoring the great enemy for petty hatred, doing things that pain your loved ones and please your enemies!"
"Shut up, old immortal thing..." Haruno Sakura's smile faded, the look in her green eyes becoming cold as frost, "You are Konoha's biggest cancer! Cleaning you up first, then dealing with the two of them, is more than enough for me!"
Sharp killing intent overflowed from between the girl's lips and teeth.
Danzo spoke no more, his expression solemn, putting his hands together in front of him, chakra rising sharply.
The speed of forming seals was so fast that afterimages seemed to appear on his hands!
"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"
Instantly, several sharp air blades like ripples spewed out rapidly from the old man's mouth!
Haruno Sakura's response was calm and concise.
Her seal forming speed couldn't be called fast, it could even be said to be leisurely, just simply putting her hands together in front of her chest.
Her calf lifted slightly, the black sandal leaving the water surface, and then—stepped down fiercely!
Swish swish!
With just two simple movements, Sakura pulled up a huge amount of clear water, instantly transforming it into a heavy water dragon, boldly meeting Danzo's Wind Release ring blades!
Boom boom boom!
A frontal confrontation between powerful Wind Release and Water Release without any fancy tricks turned into an earth-shattering loud noise on the battlefield! Then, countless water splashes fell from the sky, the water dragon's sharp teeth crushed the wind blades, the manic strong wind scattered immediately, and the residual force could still carve deep cracks on the ground!
Haruno Sakura's ninjutsu was superior.
After swallowing the Vacuum Sphere, the residual force of the water flow did not dissipate, still baring its fangs and claws to bite at the old man!
This Water Release... so strong! Danzo felt awe-inspiring in his heart and suddenly lowered his body.
Then, his figure erupted!
Like swift wind and wild thunder, tearing through the spent water flow, he rushed in front of Haruno Sakura with one stride.
Close combat!
This is the best response when fighting against ninjutsu-type ninja.
The kunai in the old man's hand was unknowingly filled with Wind Release nature transformation chakra. The pure and sharp chakra stuck to the steel, extending the kunai into a half-meter-long sharp sword.
At the moment of charging, Danzo flipped his wrist, holding the kunai in reverse. The sharp sword condensed by Wind Release chakra stabbed towards the girl's chest who seemed to haven't reacted yet at a tricky and sharp angle!
Got her...!
Watching the chakra blade rapidly approaching Haruno Sakura, while the girl stood still as if frightened and hadn't responded yet, Danzo felt settled in his heart.
He could even imagine the scene in the next second, the sharp sword cutting through the fabric, piercing the tender skin, cutting open the soft fat, and stabbing a big hole in the bright red heart...
Unfortunately, if he were the Danzo of that world, he would never have such hallucinations—
No... that Danzo wouldn't even consider close combat with Haruno Sakura!
At the moment when the girl's vital point and the chakra blade were close at hand, Haruno Sakura moved.
Sinking her shoulder and turning sideways, her left hand lifted quickly, white hand with fingers together like a knife, accurately hitting the old man's right wrist, parrying the kunai, avoiding the old man's inevitable blow.
While the left shoulder sank, the right shoulder moved forward with the momentum. The girl's right hand fingers grasped slightly, bent into a claw, and suddenly poked out! This movement was as swift as a tiger. In the blink of an eye, it pressed on Danzo's left wrist, forcibly suppressing his restless left hand!
So fast...!
Danzo was startled in his heart.
Only at this moment did he realize that Haruno Sakura's previous slow response was not because she couldn't react in time, but because she was confident in countering him!
He was wrong again.
Was Haruno Sakura's response just a casual countermeasure?
"Monstrous Strength: Wing Chun Hidden Leg!"
The moment her hands restrained Danzo, Haruno Sakura exerted force from her waist, abruptly lifted her right leg, swung her slender calf high backwards, and kicked out!
This was a kick powerful enough to split mountains and crack rocks, destroying the earth.
Just listening to the sound of tearing silk and shrill whistling of the air torn by the calf was enough to make bystanders horrified!
Hit frontally by this kick, Danzo's pupils contracted violently. He only felt an indescribable force surging up from his chest. The flesh in contact with that fair arch was instantly crushed layer by layer like tofu, mashed into meat paste...
Danzo's withered body flew backwards at high speed like a torn rag doll, crashing into the bridge body.
The bridge finally couldn't withstand the continuous blows and collapsed with a bang.
Thud!
Obito jumped out from the collapsed stone platform and landed on the side.
The gaze in his eyes finally began to look squarely at the girl standing alone in the field.
When did Konoha produce such an expert?
Or rather, the Minazuki clan controlling Ice Release had long been completely exterminated by him. Where did the ninja world produce such a strong person so skilled in Ice Release?
He had no clue at all.
But Obito wasn't anxious.
As the behind-the-scenes BOSS who had secretly manipulated everything for a long time and created countless joys and sorrows, he had 100% confidence to control the situation and completely eradicate it for any accident.
Just as Sasuke said.
Ice Release...
Just a low-grade and inferior Kekkei Genkai.
Obito slaughtered the Minazuki clan like slaughtering dogs back then!
Where did Haruno Sakura get the capital to be presumptuous in front of the Sharingan!
Holding such confidence, Obito looked at the battle between the two in the field at this moment, mostly with an interested and condescending attitude.
As if watching a monkey show.
Danzo... in his view, was just an ant, a tool used to stimulate Sasuke.
Haruno Sakura... only that Ice Body Flicker was slightly worth watching.
That speed of Body Flicker, that fighting posture, actually faintly reminded him of his teacher, reminded him of his only defeat in so many years, reminded him of the scene where he was severely injured by Minato Namikaze in that ultra-high-speed battle!
Unfortunately, the weakness of needing ice blocks as a medium to perform it was seen through by Karin.
Without ice blocks, she couldn't perform that nearly unsolvable Body Flicker Jutsu anymore. Obito thought this was Haruno Sakura's limit, didn't expect...
Haruno Sakura's exquisite Water Release performed casually and the unreasonable Monstrous Strength surprised him quite a bit.
And what deserved his attention most was the extremely fast reaction speed shown by the girl in close combat...
"Worthy of a ninja who can use such Body Flicker Jutsu..." Obito realized that Danzo took it for granted to treat her as a partial ninja specializing in ninjutsu.
Without fast enough reaction speed and agile movements, how would she dare to casually shuttle through space-time and attack right in the enemy's face?
Just like Minato Namikaze, his most terrifying aspect was not the unsolvable Flying Thunder God, but his ultra-fast reaction speed and agile movements controlling the Flying Thunder God!
"Interesting."
The masked man muttered to himself in his heart.
"If you are stronger than Danzo... then use you as Sasuke's whetstone!"
"Killing companions, erasing bonds and memories with one's own hands. Compared to revenge, this is the method to grow hatred faster and fall into darkness..."
Under Obito's mask, the corner of his mouth curved into a cold arc.
On the field, after the bridge collapsed, bricks and stones shattered, earth and sand collapsed, and dust filled the air.
When the thick dust dispersed.
Danzo's figure stood on top of the ruins, appearing indistinctly.
"Only five eyes left..."
The old man habitually glanced at his arm, thinking secretly in his heart.
"Tsunade's Monstrous Strength? Very strong taijutsu..." He pressed his left hand on his chest in the air, as if it was still aching faintly there, "However, this is the end for you, Haruno Sakura."
Danzo extended his right hand, pointing his finger at Haruno Sakura, his voice low and cruel.
As the old man's voice fell.
Black curse marks extended from a black dot on the girl's right wrist, crawling rapidly on her skin. In the blink of an eye, they covered Sakura's whole body, even black markings appeared on her face!
"Cursed Seal?"
Karin, watching the battle silently from the side, shouted in surprise.
"That's right, it's the Binding Curse... a jutsu with quite powerful effect." Obito sneered and said.
"Now... you can't move anymore." Danzo walked down from the ruins leisurely and took out a long sword.
"You lost, Haruno Sakura."
The pink-haired girl could only move her eyeballs all over her body. She looked at the black marks on her hand with interest, then glanced at Danzo.
Chuckled out—
"Oh?"
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