Naruto: The Uchiha They Should Have Killed

"So from the very beginning, the cooperation you promised was nothing more than deception?"

Shimura Danzō gritted his teeth, fury nearly bursting from his chest.

Although Danzō himself had never truly trusted the Uchiha clan—and had only agreed to cooperate with them out of necessity, planning to deal with them after securing the position of Hokage—he had at least genuinely intended to work with them for the time being.

Because of that, an unavoidable sense of betrayal now rose within him.

"Deception? Heh… Danzō, that's where you're wrong."

Uchiha Ren shook his head.

"From the start, I never intended to make you Hokage. But joining forces with you to deal with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others—that part was real."

"You deserve to die. Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others deserve to die as well. If you had managed to eliminate them, it would have saved me quite a bit of trouble. Unfortunately… you were too useless to kill Hiruzen."

"But don't worry. I should actually thank you for gathering all that evidence of Hiruzen and the others' crimes. It won't be long before I send them down to join you."

As he spoke, Uchiha Ren drew the Zanka no Tachi from his waist and pointed it at Danzō.

"They gave me ten minutes to deal with you. Five minutes have already passed…"

"Danzō—do you have any last words?"

"Five minutes… Hahaha!"

Shimura Danzō burst into wild laughter as if he had just heard the funniest joke imaginable. He raised his grotesquely altered right arm before his chest.

"Uchiha Ren, you truly deserve your title as the head of the Uchiha clan. You've displayed the arrogance of your clan to the fullest!"

"You saw the battle between me and Hiruzen Sarutobi earlier, didn't you? Right now, I'm invincible!"

"You think you can finish me in five minutes? Heh… And if you fail?"

Danzō stared straight into Ren's eyes, a faint trace of expectation hidden deep within his gaze.

"What a clumsy attempt at provocation."

Ren shook his head.

"You still haven't given up, have you?"

At this point, Ren was almost impressed by Danzō's stubborn resolve. Even now, he was still searching for a way to survive.

Unfortunately, no matter what Danzō said today—

He had to die.

As if he hadn't heard the mockery in Ren's tone, Danzō continued in a low voice:

"If you're truly so confident, why not make a bet with me? If I last five minutes against you, spare me today."

"Just today."

Ren chuckled softly and shook his head.

"Shimura Danzō… it seems you still haven't understood the situation."

"It's not just me who wants you dead. I'm merely carrying out the will of everyone else."

"The so-called ten minutes was nothing more than a promise I casually gave them. If I fail to finish you within ten minutes, that 'ten minutes' can easily become fifteen."

"So the time isn't important."

"What matters is that you must die today."

Danzō narrowed his eyes and glanced toward the observing clan heads standing in the distance.

Their expressions were calm—completely unhurried.

In that instant, Danzō understood.

Uchiha Ren had been telling the truth.

This time, he was truly abandoned by everyone—isolated and without support.

Danzō's expression darkened, bitterness filling his heart.

Even if he became the Fourth Hokage under such circumstances… what would it matter?

Ren continued calmly:

"Danzō, the reason you believe you can last five minutes is nothing more than the invincibility granted by the secret technique Izanagi, performed using the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan."

"But trying to use the Uchiha clan's secret technique against the head of the Uchiha clan… don't you think that's a bit naïve?"

Danzō froze for a moment, staring at the mocking expression on Ren's face.

"What do you mean by that?"

Danzō had only learned of Izanagi by chance.

It happened during the First Great Ninja War, not long after the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju , had died and Hiruzen Sarutobi had just become the Third Hokage.

At the time, Danzō and Uchiha Kagami had been sent on a mission together.

During that mission, the two were forced into a desperate situation by enemy forces. At the critical moment, Kagami used his own body to block a fatal attack aimed at Danzō, suffering a mortal wound in the process.

Danzō had believed Kagami was dead for certain.

Yet the next moment—

Kagami reappeared before him completely unharmed and turned the battle around in a single stroke.

Afterward, when Danzō pressed him for an explanation, Kagami—who had little suspicion toward his comrades—revealed the existence of the technique Izanagi.

He explained that even within the Uchiha clan, very few people knew of it.

It was a forbidden technique among forbidden techniques.

Danzō had been utterly astonished. He couldn't believe there existed a ninjutsu capable of rewriting reality itself.

At the same time, the feelings he already had toward the Sharingan changed.

What had once been admiration became covetous desire.

Not long after, Uchiha Kagami died.

Danzō obtained Kagami's remaining Sharingan.

Kagami died during another mission carried out together with Danzō.

Two people left.

Only one returned.

According to Danzō's account, Kagami had sacrificed himself to cover Danzō's escape, leaving no body behind.

As for the truth—

No one knew.

And no one cared.

The greatest beneficiary was Danzō.

Not only did he gain a Sharingan, he also obtained the method to perform Izanagi.

After all, the activation method for Izanagi was astonishingly simple.

One only needed to form three hand seals:

Rabbit → Boar → Ram.

With just a few casual questions, Danzō had already learned the sequence from Kagami.

From then on, Danzō treated Izanagi as his ultimate trump card.

A technique that could rewrite reality—

To Danzō, it was the most invincible technique in the world.

With Izanagi, he believed he had the confidence to face anyone.

Yet now, Uchiha Ren showed absolutely no regard for the technique.

That both infuriated—and unsettled—Danzō.

After all, Izanagi was a secret technique unique to the Uchiha clan.

If the Uchiha possessed a method to counter it, that wouldn't be surprising.

But what kind of technique could possibly counter one that rewrites reality itself?

"It seems you only understand Izanagi superficially," Ren said calmly. "You know what it does, but not how it truly works."

He planted Zanka no Tachi into the ground and rapidly formed hand seals.

"Next…"

"I'll show you another secret of the Uchiha clan—"

"A technique that has never been passed down outside the clan."

"Izanami."

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