The Root ninjas were just about to move.
Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly shouted, "All of you, stop right there!"
The Root ninjas hesitated, halting in place.
Danzō cried out weakly,
"You bastards! I'm your master! Why are you listening to him?!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen roared, "Root has already been disbanded! Danzō-sama's position as Hokage's advisor has been stripped! You no longer serve him—disperse, all of you!"
The Root ninjas turned their eyes toward a female Anbu with light golden hair. The Anbu figure flickered—and vanished instantly.
The Root operatives followed suit, disappearing one after another, abandoning their former master, Danzō.
"Come back! Come back—!"
Danzō kept howling, everything he once possessed vanishing like smoke in a single morning.
"Smack!"
Kairen's foot came crashing down, stomping right on Danzō's head, driving his face into the dirt. His jawbone cracked, his mouth filling with mud as he choked and swallowed it again and again.
"Look at you—chewing on dirt. Isn't this fitting for someone whose destiny was always to grovel beneath the earth?"
"Mmmph! Mmmph!" Danzō's mouth was stuffed with mud, his eyes burning with hatred, one hand twitching and struggling feebly.
A shadow clone stepped forward, holding a camera, and shouted,
"Boss! Strike a pose! I'll capture your heroic figure!"
Kairen grabbed Danzō by the hair, yanking his head up.
Mud and blood mixed at the corner of Danzō's mouth; his face was beyond pitiful. Many who once knew him turned away, unable to bear the sight.
"...Little bastard... little bastard..." Danzō muttered weakly.
Kairen held Danzō's hair in one hand, his blade resting on his shoulder, flashing a confident grin toward the clone's camera.
"Click!"
The shutter snapped. The photo developed instantly.
The clone ran over and handed it to Kairen.
In the picture, Kairen stood fierce and dominant—blade slung over one shoulder, clutching Danzō's bloody head with the other.
"Nice. I'll hang this on the wall when I get home and look at it every night before bed!"
Kairen laughed.
Sarutobi Hiruzen: (▼ヘ▼#)
He clenched his fists tightly, suppressing his fury. Just as he was about to act, he noticed dozens of gun barrels aimed directly at him.
"Sigh..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen exhaled quietly, slipping out of the shadow clones' encirclement with a single Body Flicker, vanishing from sight.
Since he had already abandoned Danzō, there was no reason to stay.
"This young man..." some muttered to themselves.
A high-ranking Konoha elder, the Hokage's own right hand, was being humiliated like this in public—it left many clan elders stunned.
What shocked them even more was that the Hokage had allowed it to happen. They began to reevaluate Kairen's value entirely.
Several clones approached Kairen eagerly.
"Boss, take one for me too! I wanna pee in front of him for the photo!"
"Me too! I wanna grab his neck and show off my heroic pose!"
Kairen waved a big hand. "No problem! Anyone who wants a photo, go ahead!"
After all, it was Danzō being humiliated—the more the merrier!
He turned to the shadow clone with the camera.
"From now on, you're the Moku Army's press officer—codename Shan! Your job's to build my heroic image!"
Shan nodded solemnly. "Got it, Boss! From now on I'll take your photos, edit your videos, and spread your glorious exploits far and wide!"
"Alright, everyone line up!" Shan commanded.
One clone grabbed Danzō by the throat and posed dramatically.
"Click!"
Canon stood in front of Danzō, peeing while flashing a victory sign.
"You can take the picture, but that part better be censored."
"Up to you!"
"Click!"
Next one stepped forward coldly, sword on his shoulder, stomping on Danzō's head, his face full of proud Uchiha arrogance.
"Add a caption: 'Whenever I feel like it, I can stomp on Konoha's high command!'"
"Got it!"
"Click!"
Uchiha Madara's eyes bulged. He muttered under his breath,
"Too ruthless! Too damn ruthless! This kid doesn't just kill—he crushes the soul! Becoming his enemy would be pure hell!"
"What does crap even taste like?"
"How the hell were you made, you freak?!"
...
Danzō opened his eyes, his gaze full of murderous rage and unbearable humiliation. Being so insulted by Kairen's clones nearly made him explode.
"Moku Kairen! Moku Kairen! You little bastard—!"
"Still mouthing off?!"
"Don't know when to quit!"
"Eat shit!"
Canon and the clones charged up together, stomping on Danzō mercilessly until he was half-dead.
Kairen shouted around, "Anyone else want a photo? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
"..."
The various clan members looked away. Kairen could get away with mocking Konoha's leadership, but they couldn't. One snapshot, and masked men would visit their houses that very night.
Then, a small voice spoke up, "Can I... take one?"
Who could be that bold?
In an instant, every gaze turned toward a beautiful red-haired kunoichi.
"Ah!"
Kushina gasped, hiding shyly behind Minato.
"My lady, come on! What's there to be afraid of? With me here, nobody will dare touch you!"
Kairen and his clones pulled Kushina out and brought her before Danzō.
Kairen grinned. "My lady, you can pose however you like!"
Now that she was already there, Kushina didn't care anymore. She didn't even touch Danzō—instead, she crossed her arms and stood proudly to the side, as if his humiliation were her doing.
"Click!"
After the shot, Shan handed her the photo.
"Free of charge—pretty generous, huh?"
Kushina smiled in satisfaction at her gallant image.
So this was the same man who once wanted to imprison her—now he knew the power of the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero!
"Kushina, we're going home!"
In a flash of light, Minato appeared in front of her, whisking her away instantly with Flying Thunder God.
Kairen could mess around, but Kushina couldn't join in.
Kairen blinked, seeing Flying Thunder God for the first time.
"Am I faster than him at stealing wives?"
Just as he was about to keep fooling around, Tsunade shouted from atop Katsuyu,
"Enough fooling around!"
Kairen nodded, and waved a hand. Several clones carried out the Dog-Head Guillotine.
They placed Danzō's head under the blade. Canon grabbed the handle, struck a pose, and Shan snapped another photo.
"I'm about to chop!"
"Chop! Chop! Chop!"
The clones shouted in excitement, as if Danzō were some great villain deserving execution.
Several clones even conjured eggs and cabbage to pelt him with.
Orochimaru watched silently—and felt a shiver of fear.
So this was what awaited anyone who became Kairen's enemy.
He could already imagine himself turned into dried snake jerky, surrounded by dozens of Kairen's clones feasting on him.
"It's over!"
Canon brought the blade down in one heavy swing.
Blood sprayed. The head rolled.
The era of the Dark Root ended in a single stroke.
But then—Danzō's corpse vanished.
"What?! Someone dared to interfere with the execution?!"
"Who dares?!"
The clones all cried out in alarm.
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