Chapter 475: Hoshigaki Kisame: Are you going to kill me, partner?

"Impossible, you are a fake!"

Just as Hoshigaki Kisame was waiting patiently, the Hokage Building suddenly began to tremble.

Accompanied by the voice of Itachi Uchiha, the glass of the massive floor-to-ceiling windows shattered, and black cursed flames erupted outward.

"Oh no, Lord Hokage!"

The expressions of the Shadow Organization members guarding Hoshigaki Kisame changed drastically.

Tenzo moved with great speed, forming hand seals with one hand; a massive Wood Dragon emerged from beneath his feet, and he stood upon the swaying, ferocious dragon head, charging toward the Hokage Office.

Then, he witnessed a horrifying scene.

Itachi Uchiha, with a twisted expression, stood in place, muttering to himself.

On the wall scorched black by flames, Danzou, wearing the skin of Hiruzen Sarutobi, was pinned to it by a sharp-tipped steel rod.

"What on earth is going on?"

Itachi Uchiha suppressed the horror in his heart, spread his five fingers, gripped the Hokage's throat, and demanded: "It is you, Shimura Danzou, where exactly is Lord Hiruzen?"

He had been full of confidence, wanting to tell Lord Hiruzen about the schemes and plots of Aizen.

But he never expected that, upon looking up, he would see Shimura Danzou sitting there, wearing the Hokage Hat.

Danzou's shallow disguise could not deceive him at all.

As a Golden-level Dark Cursed Mage and a top-tier player who manipulated soul energy, he could see through the soul hidden beneath Danzou's physical body at a single glance.

The conflict erupted.

"Impossible!"

Danzou was throttled by the throat, his eyes filled with shock.

His own disguise was identical in aura to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and he had even quietly misappropriated assets from the Konoha Family to purchase an Evil Eye dropped by the 【Centipede Daoist】, a Dark Gold-level item for concealing one's aura.

Even if Itachi Uchiha were a Golden-level Dark Cursed Mage, it should have been impossible to detect a flaw so easily.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He dared to delegate power to Aizen because he possessed the 【Tongue-Sucker Root-Eater (Tier 2)】, 【Flesh Demon Eye (Tier 2)】, 【Bone Insect (Tier 2)】... countless items capable of sealing the physical body, sensing spirits, and perceiving everything.

No action taken by Aizen could possibly be hidden from him.

As long as he moved his thoughts slightly, he could kill Aizen instantly.

If this were a trap set by Aizen, how could he have been completely unaware? "Stop, let go of Lord Hokage quickly!"

Tenzo's furious voice came from behind.

The ferocious Wood Dragon head burst through the ceiling and squeezed into the Hokage Office, the dark cursed flames burning the Wood Dragon created by Wood Release into charred black.

But soon, the vigorous vitality of Wood Release replenished the energy for the Wood Dragon.

In the ninja world of the past, this was a powerful Ninjutsu that only the strongest Shodai Hokage, Senju Hashirama, could release.

Yet Tenzo could now use it with ease.

The Wood Dragon lunged,

Itachi Uchiha dodged to the side, and Danzou seized the opportunity; a jade-green staff suddenly appeared in his hand, sweeping across Itachi Uchiha's abdomen.

"Die, Itachi Uchiha, you rebel!"

Blood seeped from the corner of Danzou's mouth as he chanted in a low voice, summoning a wind spirit from the Mo Jie.

Boom.

A hurricane roared, swallowing Itachi Uchiha; the walls were torn by the suction of the hurricane, and the broken ceiling and rocks were churned together.

"That was close, almost exposed..."

Danzou took a deep breath, stabilizing his turbulent aura.

The essence of his soul was still that of a ghost shikigami of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

It was not that he was unwilling to resurrect, but if he did, the Contract signed with Hiruzen Sarutobi would be destroyed, and without the aura of the bond, he would be unable to continue disguising himself as the Hokage.

But this flaw caused Danzou to grow in strength slowly, even though he could become a player in the Samsara Game.

This led to him being easily handled by Itachi Uchiha.

Danzou asked with a gloomy face: "Has Aizen already been killed by Itachi Uchiha?"

Nearby, Tenzo, seeing that the Hokage was unharmed, felt his eyes redden upon hearing the question and replied: "It is all the fault of the Shadow Organization for underestimating the extent of Itachi Uchiha's madness; I never expected he would dare to strike within the territory of the Konoha Family to attack Lord Aizen..." Danzou frowned deeply.

In his perception, the Tongue-Sucker Root-Eater, the Flesh Demon Eye, and several other items used to bind Aizen had all failed and been destroyed.

This situation was indeed caused by Aizen's death.

If that were the case, then who was it? Who wanted to use Itachi Uchiha as a mad blade to expose his identity...

Among the Konoha Family, the only players who possessed Soul Perception and could detect clues were those of the Yamanaka clan, who excelled in mental secret arts.

But the strongest player of the Yamanaka ninja clan was merely the current Clan Head, Yamanaka Inoichi.

His strength was at most that of an Elite Level player; he had not reached the Golden level, could not fully see through his disguise, and would absolutely not dare to risk everything to tear off the mask with him like this.

Then was it the Mobile Unit? Although Asuma was not a sensory ninja, he was, after all, the biological son of Hiruzen Sarutobi and was very likely to notice that something was wrong with him.

And he also had the confidence to turn against him.

"Once I deal with Itachi Uchiha, I will start with the Yamanaka clan!"

Danzou's face was as heavy as water,

The 【Shadow Organization】 had been built by Aizen to be as solid as an iron barrel, with hundreds of Elite Level players; even the Mobile Unit led by Asuma could not compare to the Shadow Organization.

The only shortcoming was the lack of high-end combat power.

The Mobile Unit was a hard nut to crack.

But holding the belief that it was better to kill the wrong person than to let one go, the Yamanaka clan, who were suspicious yet not strong, would be the first targets he would liquidate.

"I want to lead Konoha toward glory, is that wrong? First the Uchiha, then the Hyuga and the Yamanaka clan—these guys who only consider their families and not Konoha should all be exterminated!"

Just as Danzou was speaking, he suddenly felt his chest burning.

He lowered his head and saw a scorching air current erupting from his chest, followed by raging dark cursed flames.

In a mere half-second, the searing soul flames scorched away the majority of Danzou's shikigami soul.

Amidst the extreme, scorching pain, Danzou opened his mouth, but before he could even make a sound, he turned into a pile of ashes.

"Lord Hokage!"

Tenzo looked at the remains of the Hokage in disbelief.

Just then,

The hurricane dissipated, and Itachi Uchiha walked out, drenched in blood; although his condition was poor, it had not yet reached a life-threatening level.

"It's you, Itachi Uchiha! Did you kill Lord Hokage?"

Tenzo's trembling and angry voice spread through the crumbling Hokage Building and across most of Konoha.

All civilians, ninja, and craftsmen stopped what they were doing involuntarily and turned their heads toward the direction of the voice.

"The Hokage... is dead?"

"How is that possible? Lord Hokage is the Pillar of the village; how could he be easily killed by an enemy?"

"Itachi Uchiha, who slaughtered the entire Uchiha clan? How could he appear in Konoha?"

Discussions erupted everywhere.

The entire Konohagakure fell into a strange atmosphere because of Tenzo's angry voice.

Most civilians and ninja held an attitude of disbelief.

A small number of ninja who sensed the disturbance quickly rushed toward the Hokage Building.

"Kill Itachi Uchiha and his companion! Don't let the Mist Village missing-nin go either!"

As the voice fell,

Hoshigaki Kisame's expression changed drastically; or rather, he had felt something was wrong when the Hokage Building was bombed.

He had not expected that Itachi would actually be so daring as to attack the Hokage and succeed in killing him.

It's just that...

Had Itachi not considered that he was still wearing the Forbidden Magic Chain?

(End of chapter)