Chapter 243: From Hope to Despair

"I'm laughing at your naivety, Danzo."

With Danzo's Summoning Beast, the Baku, exerting a terrifying suction force, Yu's body and all surrounding Devil Puppets were immobilized in place. Faced with the countless sharp wind blades thrown out by Danzo, Yu merely moved his finger lightly.

"Protective Barrier!"

Instantly, Michael, closest to him, crossed his index and middle fingers in front of him. In the blink of an eye, a huge transparent Protective Barrier appeared out of thin air, blocking all incoming wind blades for Yu.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The wind blades, powerful enough to cut through Susano'o, fiercely struck Michael's Protective Barrier, erupting into violent vibrations. However, they were unable to break through the barrier of the Barrier Fruit.

"What?!"

Although Yu and all the Devil Puppets were caught in the Wind Release unleashed by the Summoning Beast, Baku, it didn't affect Michael's ability to use the Barrier Fruit. Seeing his Wind Release, enhanced to Ultimate level, successfully blocked by Yu, Danzo's expression froze instantly.

Air Door!!

Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder!!

At the same time, behind Yu, Kaio's dimensional gate opened instantly. From within the space of Door Door Fruit, Tyrant unleashed Scorch Release, a combination of wind and fire Chakra Nature Transformation.

A large, intensely hot, yellowish fireball burst out from Kaio's dimensional space. Leveraging the strong wind generated by the Baku's eruption, it slammed directly into its mouth!

"Roar!!"

As Tyrant's Scorch Release hit the Baku's mouth with full force, this flame, far more powerful than ordinary Fire Release, erupted. The Baku summoned by Danzo let out an extremely intense and agonizing roar, then directly turned into a white smoke and disappeared.

Danzo's Baku, unexpectedly, was instantly returned to the summoning space by Yu's single strike!

"Damn it..."

The immensely strong winds around suddenly subsided. Seeing his summoned Baku being effortlessly defeated by Yu, hope turned into disappointment in an instant. The enormous emotional gap made Danzo couldn't help but curse inwardly.

"Fear has freshness to it..."

"Amidst constant fear, humans gradually become numb to emotions..."

"So, true fear, in essence, doesn't refer to a static absence of change, but rather, a dynamic state of change..."

After effortlessly killing Danzo's Baku, Yu keenly noticed the change in Danzo's expression. Finally, a hint of satisfaction crept onto Yu's face. "I'll give you a bit of hope, just to crush it ruthlessly afterward..."

"Watching you transition from hope to despair is truly exhilarating!"

Indeed, from the start, Yu was playing with Danzo. He let Danzo glimpse a bit of hope, only to mercilessly plunge him into despair. For someone like Danzo, death is definitely not the greatest torment; making him wish for death is the true torture.

"So, you've been playing me all along?!"

Staring at the devilish grin on Yu's face, Danzo's complexion turned pale. He finally realized that he had been fooled by this young man from beginning to end.

Being suppressed by Third for so long, years of patience had already worn away the excess emotions within Danzo. However, at this moment, a long-lost anger burst out from his heart.

"Die, you brat!!"

"Wood Release: Tree Bind Flourishing Burial!!"

Facing Yu, who was now within arm's reach, Danzo's pale right arm suddenly sprouted countless tangled and knotted branches, wildly thrusting and entangling towards Yu!

"Another one of these counterfeit Wood Release techniques? Hmph..."

Watching the sudden eruption of Wood Release Ninjutsu from Danzo's hand, Yu didn't even need to blink. With a stomp from the colossal Ice-Sealed Armor-Type Divine Spirit behind him, the entire ground froze, and the countless wooden branches attacking him were instantly frozen and shattered by Toshogun's fist!

"Because you've implanted three Sharingan with extremely strong 'Spiritual energy' into your body..."

After controlling Toshogun to instantly freeze and shatter Danzo's Wood Release attack, Yu stood proudly in place, a smirk forming at the corner of his mouth. "So you must implant cells of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama's Wood Release, to increase 'Physical energy' to balance it... Am I right?"

"These secrets..."

"Where did you learn about them?!"

Hearing Yu's words, and gazing at this seemingly all-knowing white-haired youth before him, a subtle panic finally flickered in Danzo's profound eyes.

He and Orochimaru had worked together for so long, only to finally grasp a hint of the secrets of Senju Hashirama's cells and the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan. But why did this highly confidential information seem to be so transparent to this youth?

However, Yu had no intention of answering Danzo's question. In his amber-colored eyes, there flashed two peculiar gleams. "But once your Chakra is insufficient, those domineering cells of Senju Hashirama in your body will surely devour you whole!!"

"Pistol Thread!!"

As his words shook Danzo, Yu lightly extended one finger from his right hand. It seemed as if there was a black radiance condensed on it, and a bullet-like thread, strengthened by Armament Haki, burst out at high speed!

"Oh no! Protect Danzo-sama!!"

Seeing the black thread burst out from Yu's raised finger, a group of Ninja rushing over immediately stood in front of Danzo, blocking him.

Bang!!

However, the power of the thread, enhanced by Armament Haki, far exceeded everyone's expectations. Several Ninja who had just stood in front of Danzo were instantly shattered by this terrifying force!

"Pressure Cannon!!"

Witnessing his attack being blocked by Danzo's subordinates, Yu's summoned Tyrant behind him wasted no time. The massive bear paw manifested a layer of flesh cushion, fiercely slamming the air in front!

After realizing that the target of Tyrant's attack was himself, Danzo, unable to dodge in time, actually grabbed a nearby ninja and used him as a shield in front of himself.

Crash!!

The Ninja pulled in front of Danzo as a human shield was instantly struck by Tyrant's Pressure Cannon, turning into a burst of blood mist and falling dead on the ground.

Danzo quickly stepped aside, avoiding the Pressure Cannon launched by Tyrant again, causing the nearby large chairs and conference table to be bombarded into countless fragments.

This guy...

He actually used a ninja as a shield?!

Seeing this scene, Yu couldn't help but glare coldly, gaining a new understanding of Danzo's shamelessness.

"Using the life of his own ninjas as a shield..."

"Hmph... Is this what you call protecting Konoha?"

Surrounded by three Devil Puppets, Yu looked at the group of Ninjas who had repositioned themselves to guard Danzo, wearing an expression of indescribable irony on his face.

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