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"What?!"
The clan leaders were stunned when they heard it.
That technique just now was actually a forbidden jutsu from the Uchiha clan? Danzo had secretly stolen the Sharingan?
Then, thinking about what had happened to their own clans' geniuses and secret techniques over the years, their shock quickly faded into a kind of bitter acceptance.
Honestly, with Danzo, was anyone really surprised anymore?
Wasn't he always doing crap like this?
Heck, didn't he just show off Wood Style earlier too?
This guy had messed with the First Hokage's body and bloodline—what's a few stolen Sharingan compared to that?
"But still... what kind of forbidden jutsu is Izanagi, anyway? It can prevent death itself?"
Curiosity buzzed through the crowd.
Some of the clan heads even started getting greedy little thoughts.
But the moment they felt the monstrous chakra waves coming off Renzo and Fugaku— that pressure that made your bones freeze — all those stupid ideas evaporated.
Sure, a technique that could cheat death was tempting... But you needed to be alive to use it first.
And picking a fight with the Uchiha right now? Yeah, no thanks.
Especially when even Danzo was getting beaten like a stray dog, and Hiruzen and the others couldn't even move.
"I wonder what's gonna happen to Konoha after today?"
"Who knows? But one thing's for sure — looks like the Uchiha are really about to rise up!"
"No doubt about it!"
"And the next Hokage... it's gotta be Namikaze Minato, right?"
"Maybe it will be a Uchiha..."
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Meanwhile, Danzo suddenly bolted for the exit of the Hokage Tower.
"Trying to run? Not happening!"
Renzo blinked in front of him like a ghost, and without missing a beat, landed a solid kick to Danzo's chest — sending him flying back into the conference hall like a ragdoll.
Danzo crashed hard into the floor.
Without missing a beat, Renzo flashed back to Minato's side and activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Projection Domain!"
In an instant, the entire hall was swallowed by a mysterious field, completely cutting off any chance of escape.
"Wait... that's the Mangekyo Sharingan? You actually awakened those eyes?"
Hiruzen, Danzo, even Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade all turned to stare at Renzo in pure shock.
None of them had realized it before now.
"Mangekyo Sharingan? What's that?"
"Never heard of it! I thought Uchiha eyes only went up to three tomoe?"
"Actually, when I went with Orochimaru-sama to the Kiri battlefield," one of the clan heads said, "I saw Clan Leader Fugaku use a new eye technique! Looked stronger than the normal Sharingan!"
"Yeah! Fugaku basically soloed the Six-Tails jinchuriki, took down a Kage-level Kiri ninja, and wiped out a bunch of Jonin and Chunin with those eyes."
"Right! But Renzo's eyes seem different again — not just the pattern, but the pressure! Maybe they're even above the Mangekyo?"
The clan leaders all murmured among themselves, whether they knew the full story or not.
One thing was clear: if Renzo had this kind of power...
He was even more terrifying than they had ever imagined.
But whatever. It's not like any of them were planning to fight him. Not unless they had a death wish.
At least for now, staying on the Uchiha's good side seemed like the smartest plan ever.
"Die! DIE!!"
Tsunade, burning with rage, saw Danzo crash back into the hall again thanks to Renzo.
She shot Renzo a grateful look — then immediately charged at Danzo without missing a beat.
Another devastating punch.
Another shattered skull.
Another life lost.
Renzo quietly checked with his chakra sensing.
Danzo's right arm still had five Sharingan embedded in it, plus the one in his right eye — six in total.
"I can't let him waste that Mangekyo Sharingan," Renzo thought. "I'm really curious about the jutsu inside it. It'd be a waste not to study it."
Thinking fast, he used his domain ability to quietly slip a Genjutsu onto Danzo, making him completely ignore the Mangekyo in his right eye.
With the massive power gap between them, and the projection domain boosting him even more, it was almost laughably easy.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
The whole building was falling apart from the force of Tsunade and Danzo's brawl.
The place looked ready to collapse at any second.
"Shit! The building's gonna come down! We gotta get outta here!"
Some of the clan heads panicked and started heading for the exits.
"No need to freak out! I'll just take everyone somewhere more suitable," Renzo said casually.
With just a thought, he activated his domain and instantly teleported everyone inside it several miles behind the Hokage Rock, landing them in a wide open clearing.
"Wait... what?!"
"How's that even possible?"
"What the hell just happened?"
"Is this Renzo's Mangekyo ability? Damn! That's crazy!"
"This kid... this is way scarier than Flying Thunder God!"
Everyone looked around, trying to wrap their heads around the sudden change in scenery. The familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings left them all stunned.
Even Fugaku couldn't hide his shock.
"Same Mangekyo Sharingan... but the gap is this huge?" Fugaku thought bitterly.
Compared to Renzo's ridiculous ability, his own Mangekyo felt like cheap fireworks.
"Yeah... I was right. Renzo's eyes must be Eternal Mangekyo... maybe even something beyond that."
After all, he'd never even heard of Uchiha Madara's Eternal Mangekyo having nine tomoe.
"That damn brat..."
Danzo was caught off guard too.
Before he could react, Tsunade was already on him — landing another devastating punch that blew his head up again, costing him yet another life.
Danzo was about to lose his mind.
...
"Hey Minato, could your Flying Thunder God do something like that?" Jiraiya stroked his chin and turned to ask.
Minato gave a helpless smile and shook his head.
"Not even close. I'd have to touch them first. Plus, mass teleportation like that would need a crazy amount of chakra... and ridiculous control over the Flying Thunder God technique."
Minato sighed.
He realized now... he had seriously underestimated Renzo.
For Renzo, Flying Thunder God probably wasn't even that impressive anymore.
Sure, Minato's chakra was growing like crazy lately — ever since he'd infused himself with Uzumaki DNA — but even so, his Flying Thunder God mastery wasn't at the level needed for a stunt like that.
"Eh, no big deal," Renzo said with a grin, waving his hand. "It's just mass teleportation using a combination of domain ability and Flying Thunder God."
"You can think of the domain as a shortcut — like touching everyone at once."
Honestly though, Renzo could have pulled it off with his pure superpower-based teleportation too.
And now that his teleportation ability and Flying Thunder God had merged at the peak level... there was basically no difference anymore. He didn't even need to separate the two techniques.
"Easy for you to say," Minato said, shaking his head. "But that domain of yours... it's way more than just teleportation, isn't it?"
"I noticed — every time Danzo tried to escape earlier, it was like he was locked in place, like he couldn't break out of some invisible wall. That's gotta be part of your domain, right?"
Minato hit the nail on the head.
"Who knows~" Renzo shrugged, not confirming or denying anything.
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Meanwhile, Danzo was really losing his mind.
Seeing the last Sharingan in his right arm close shut, realizing he had no more extra lives left, real fear finally crept into his heart.
He panicked.
"You can't kill me! I'm the Hokage's advisor! This is treason! You can't do this, Tsunade!"
Danzo started shouting desperately, trying to scare her off.
"Shut the hell up!"Tsunade growled."I don't care who you are! You're dead today! Nobody's saving your ass!"
With that, she kept chasing him relentlessly, throwing monstrous punches that forced Danzo to use Wood Style again and again just to barely survive.
"Hiruzen! Save me! Help me!!"
Danzo, seeing that threatening Tsunade didn't work, turned to the Third Hokage for help, yelling frantically.
He didn't stop there either.
"You were part of all this too, Hiruzen! And so were you, Koharu! Homura!"
"Don't think if I die, you'll get away clean!"
"You really think that Uchiha brat is gonna let you off? You really think Tsunade's gonna just forgive and forget?"
"Wake up! We're all screwed! We're all on the same sinking ship now! You let me die, and you're all next!"
Danzo, completely desperate, kept shouting as he staggered toward Hiruzen and the elders, trying to drag them down with him.
His words hit a nerve.
"Stop! Tsunade!"
Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura— who had been immobilized by Renzo's domain pressure, suddenly stood up, yelling loudly.
Their voices echoed, trying to stop Tsunade from finishing Danzo off.
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