"Blind spot?"
"What does that mean?"
Tsunade, Jiraiya, Shimura Danzō, and the others all looked puzzled upon hearing Leo's cryptic words.
But Leo simply smirked coldly and refused to explain. He folded his arms in front of his towering blue Susanoo and remained silent.
"Hmph! Don't try to bluff us. Even if you're the legendary Uchiha Madara, you won't get away with this. You're facing the full strength of Konoha's finest!" Danzō said confidently.
Indeed, the power Leo had just displayed was overwhelming. Even Might Guy, after opening the Eighth Gate of Death, failed to bring him down—and paid for it with his life.
But Danzō, with his right hand tightly bandaged and his right eye covered, felt a strange sense of confidence surging through his chest.
In fact…
"Those eyes…"
"The power of the Uchiha…"
"If I could possess them…"
Danzō was already dreaming of claiming Leo's eyes as his own.
Leo didn't bother responding—his smirk deepened.
Something about this made Jiraiya uneasy. He could sense it. The air felt wrong.
The man before them wasn't just any enemy. He was Uchiha Madara, the feared Shura of the Ninja World. The mere thought sent shivers down Jiraiya's spine.
"Everyone, stay alert. I have a feeling—" Tsunade began, trying to issue a warning.
But it was too late.
Slash—!
Thud—!
Two Root ninjas standing behind Danzō moved at blinding speed. One severed Danzō's right arm cleanly. The other decapitated him in a flash.
"What?!" Tsunade gasped in horror.
Jiraiya, Kakashi, Kurenai, and every Konoha ninja present were frozen in shock.
The once-proud body of Shimura Danzō collapsed to the ground—lifeless, headless.
"You—What are you doing?!" Tsunade roared in fury, glaring at the two Root shinobi holding Danzō's severed head and arm.
Even the other Root ninjas looked stunned.
But then—
BOOM!
One of the two Root shinobi suddenly exploded with a powerful surge of blue chakra.
A massive Susanoo—Level 3—dozens of meters tall—erupted around them, encasing them in a shimmering fortress of chakra.
"That's… Susanoo?!" Tsunade's face turned pale.
It dawned on her.
They weren't Root shinobi.
They were Shadow Clones.
Leo's Shadow Clones!
The transformation technique had fooled them all.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The disguises dropped. The two imposters revealed their true forms—identical to Leo, clad in red Uchiha armor, with long flowing black hair and glowing crimson eyes.
"Damn it! When did they…" Jiraiya gritted his teeth.
"Even Elder Danzō…" Kurenai gasped. She couldn't believe what just happened.
Leo, still standing with his arms folded in front of his own Susanoo, sneered with satisfaction.
"You really thought I came to Konoha without a plan?" he asked coldly.
As a time traveler, Leo knew everything—Konoha's inner workings, its dark secrets, and every individual's weakness.
He knew Danzō had Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō.
He knew Danzō's right arm contained ten Sharingan eyes, enabling him to use Izanagi repeatedly.
And he knew Danzō would never hesitate to try and claim his eyes.
So Leo prepared.
He had planted two Shadow Clones among the crowd before the battle even began—hidden, waiting.
Their timing had been perfect.
Shimura Danzō – Eliminated.
Leo's mind was sharp, ruthless, and deadly.
He was no fool. Nor was he a mindless brute.
He was a schemer. A planner.
A predator.
Even Danzō, at the moment his severed head hit the ground, realized the truth—too late.
…
"How could someone like Uchiha Madara stoop to such vile tactics?!" Mitarashi Anko shouted angrily.
Her words, however, sounded a bit hollow in the ears of those who understood the ways of the ninja world.
Leo simply chuckled.
"This is how villains operate. What did you expect?"
Then, looking down at Danzō's head, one of Leo's Shadow Clones sneered and whispered:
"You really thought you were qualified to dance in front of me?"
Shimura Danzō's lifeless eyes stared back—wide open in shock and disbelief.
He never even activated Izanagi.
He didn't stand a chance.
Perhaps Danzō had underestimated just how far Leo was willing to go.
…
"Give back Danzō's body!" Jiraiya roared and leapt into action.
He charged forward, thrusting a massive Rasengan toward the towering Susanoo protecting Leo's Shadow Clone.
BANG!
The Rasengan hit—but the massive Level 3 Susanoo barely budged.
Not even a scratch.
In retaliation, Susanoo's gigantic arm swung at Jiraiya, sending him flying backward.
The other hand formed a terrifying spinning orb of chakra—the Yasaka Magatama—and hurled it toward Jiraiya at deadly speed.
WHIZZ—BOOM!!
Jiraiya narrowly dodged.
But the attack was too close.
A sharp trail of blood erupted from his arm as the chakra projectile grazed him.
"Tch—!" he grunted.
"Jiraiya! Are you okay?" Tsunade rushed to him, immediately applying healing chakra to his wound.
Fortunately, Tsunade had long overcome her blood phobia. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to treat Jiraiya at all.
"It's just a scratch…" Jiraiya said, forcing a smile despite the pain.
Meanwhile—
"Earth Style—!"
"Fire Style—!"
"Lightning Style—!"
"Expansion Jutsu!"
"Eight Trigrams Palm!"
Kakashi, Kurenai, Anko, Hiashi, Choza, and other Jōnin, along with dozens of Anbu, all unleashed a massive barrage of ninjutsu on Leo's Shadow Clone Susanoo.
But—
It was useless.
"Ha!" the Shadow Clones mocked them from inside.
THUMP! THUMP!
The two Susanoo giants began striding toward Leo's true body.
The ground shook with each step.
The rain of jutsu bounced off their glowing armor like raindrops on steel.
Frustrated, one of the Shadow Clones lifted an arm and summoned another Yasaka Magatama, hurling it into the crowd of Konoha shinobi.
BOOM!
A massive explosion erupted across the battlefield.
Cries of pain echoed in the aftermath.
Konoha's forces had once again suffered heavy casualties.
Leo watched from above with cold eyes.
"Do you see now?" he said softly, his voice carrying across the battlefield.
"You were never prepared for me."
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