Chapter 124: Naruto: I am Uchiha Fugaku [124]
"Uchiha Fugaku, I have to admit your clan's Sharingan is indeed useful. I've decided—I'll be taking your Mangekyō Sharingan."
Danzo Shimura's eyes burned with desire as he stared at Uchiha Fugaku.
The reason he had access to Izanagi was due to Uchiha Shisui having stolen the forbidden secrets of the Sharingan and delivering them to the Third Hokage. From there, Danzo's spies within the ANBU stole the technique and brought it to him.
"Just you?"
Fugaku scoffed coldly, a look of disdain on his face.
"With eleven Sharingan in my possession, I can cast Izanagi eleven times. I am now invincible. Fugaku—you're the one who's going to die here today!"
Danzo's arrogance only deepened as Fugaku's expression of scorn provoked him. He rapidly formed hand seals.
Despite his age, his seal speed was surprisingly swift—he completed the jutsu in mere seconds.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
One razor-sharp wind blade after another shot from his mouth—each like a scythe capable of slicing through steel—hurtling toward Fugaku.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Fugaku didn't move an inch.
The wind blades slammed into the Susanoo that protected him, but despite their slicing force, they shattered harmlessly against the chakra armor—like eggs against stone.
They couldn't even leave a scratch.
Danzo's eyes grew cold. He bit his finger, smeared blood across his palm, and slammed his hand onto the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu—!"
Black symbols spread from his hand, and with them came a towering beast.
It looked vaguely like an elephant, but with bright orange-red skin, an unnaturally long chin, and multiple wrappings around its head.
It was the Baku, a summoning beast capable of generating intense suction through its mouth, drawing in anything before it to devour whole.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Danzo and the Baku flanked Fugaku from the front and back.
Danzo once again cast Vacuum Serial Waves, while the Baku opened its maw, releasing a massive suction force.
With the wind pulling the jutsu forward, Danzo's attacks gained a massive boost in power, surging toward Susanoo.
"Hmph."
Fugaku snorted coldly, fully understanding Danzo's ploy.
He dismissed Susanoo, allowing the Baku's suction to pull him in.
Just as he drew close to the summoning beast, he suddenly reactivated Susanoo—its massive palm slamming downward with crushing force.
Boom!
The Baku's enormous body was struck midair by the giant chakra hand. The impacted area collapsed inward from the force.
Before it could even hit the ground, the beast was dismissed in a puff of white smoke—its injuries too severe to sustain the summoning.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Danzo's wind blades, now boosted by the Baku's suction, came hurtling in next.
Fugaku poured more chakra into Susanoo. In its left hand, a white shield appeared.
The wind blades slammed into the shield—only to be reflected back at even higher speeds.
Shlick—!
Danzo tried to dodge but was still struck by one of the returning blades—his body was cleaved in two.
Buzz—
Under the power of Izanagi, Danzo's body regenerated. But his expression grew darker.
His ambush had failed. Even his summoning beast was destroyed.
"Was that all?"
Fugaku dismissed Susanoo to conserve chakra and stared at Danzo with a cold expression.
He didn't press the attack.
Danzo, having activated Izanagi, was effectively invincible for a short period. Any injuries—including death—would be reversed.
The only way to counter Izanagi was with another forbidden jutsu: Izanami.
But Izanami came with the same cost—blindness in the eye used to cast it. Fugaku was unwilling to pay that price.
Without Izanami, his only option was to wait Danzo out—stall until Izanagi's effect wore off.
Fortunately, Danzo was not of Uchiha blood. His use of Izanagi was unstable, and each Sharingan could only sustain it for about one minute.
"Don't get cocky, Fugaku!"
Enraged by Fugaku's arrogance, Danzo's face darkened. He raised his right hand.
"Wood Style: Piercing Spikes!"
Thick vines erupted from his right hand—each shaped like a massive spear, lunging toward Fugaku at blinding speed.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Fugaku's eyes locked onto the incoming vines.
Despite their speed, they seemed to slow under his Mangekyō Sharingan's heightened perception.
With his visual insight and Kage-level reflexes, he dodged them all with precision.
The vines crashed into the ground like enormous spears, embedding deep into the earth.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Great Sphere!"
Having missed, Danzo unleashed another technique—quickly forming seals.
Huge orbs of compressed air fired from his mouth, surging toward Fugaku like cannonballs.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Once again, Fugaku dodged each shot, slipping between them with surgical precision.
"He's stalling for time…"
Seeing all his attacks dodged, Danzo's expression turned grim.
Fugaku's intentions were now obvious—he was conserving chakra and prolonging the battle until Izanagi's effect ran out.
Danzo glanced around. Of the Root shinobi who had once numbered in the dozens, only a dozen or so remained.
The tide of battle had fully turned against him.
With a cold sneer, Danzo stopped targeting Fugaku and shifted his glare to a nearby Uchiha.
"Wood Style: Piercing Spikes!"
Once more, thick vines shot from his hand—spear-like and razor-sharp—hurtling toward the unsuspecting Uchiha clansman.
If Fugaku refused to fight directly, then Danzo would force him to—by targeting his people.
"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"
Just as the vines were about to strike, three massive waves of fire engulfed them.
The vines caught fire, incinerated by the flames before they could reach their target.
Fugaku had made his move.
He used Fire-Style ninjutsu to counter Danzo's Wood Release and saved the clansman.
He understood Danzo's plan—to bait him into direct combat, to deny him time to wait out Izanagi.
But Fugaku had no choice. He couldn't let his clansman die.
This was Danzo's open trap. Fugaku knew exactly what he was doing—but still had to take the bait.
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