VII

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Arc VII Chapter 7

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Danzo?charged?in his desperation. Armed with his kunai, he closed in. Facing her in melee was a subpar decision, but he had little choice. Taking her blast was equally suicidal. He regretted his decision quickly.

Asami grinned and scored her next hit, demolishing?another portion of the village. ?Danzo was slow, painfully slow.

Her current attack relied primarily?on brute force, but its effectiveness was undeniable.

Danzo returned once again and Asami resorted to her favourite side arm, her sword.

Danzo's kunai blocked her Susanoo and snapped, which left him vulnerable.

Asami counterattacked. Her sword pierced his torso?with?merciless precision. Her gleaming lightning?sealed his end.?Her?high voltage grilled?his paralysed body inside out.

Asami leaned closer and whispered. The demon in black mocked him, "Seven. You died seven times, yet you still fail to comprehend the discrepancy in power. You and I, we are not equals. We never were."

Asami extracted her blade and faced another Danzo with delight. Her sword sensed her euphoria.

Danzo sweated. Izanagi started to take a toll on him. The jutsu drained his limited chakra?reserves.

Asami accelerated and charged protected by her purple lightning. Lightning and wind, raiton and futon collided.

Her steel met his kunai and Danzo parried her strikes.

Danzo gritted his teeth. This strength ... This speed ... This was ridiculous. Her heavy blows pushed him back.

Danzo?was erased by??a lance of heated plasma. Asami stabbed his lungs with burning plasma.?Danzo flickered out of existence.

Asami giggled. "Such a?pathetic?performance. Is this everything you have to offer?"

Danzo didn't?hesitate. He?repeated his mistake?and charged. Close combat was a terrible idea. Danzo couldn't match her speed, her strength, her skill.

Danzo paid?the price. ?punished a densely concentrated Chakra . Her might pulverised him?and?another portion Konoha's infrastructure.

Asami sensed Danzo's presence and readied her weapon. His movement grew increasingly?sluggish,?careless. His resurrections?drained him mentally and physically.

Asami hunted?her helpless prey. Her blade?pierced his leg?and pinned him?down. Danzo struggled in vain.

Asami grinned ominously. "Do you know what I don't understand?“

“Why are you doing this? Why are you trying to kill me? What do you gain from this?"

Danzo refused to answer.

“Such a pity. We aren't talkative today.“ Asami ignited her fire and incinerated Danzo.?Her purple flames?devoured her victim in an endless pyre. His cries of agony resounded through the air.

Asamis innocent smile?struck terror into his heart. "Imagine the world that could have been. Imagine the future that could have been. All?lost in a single day.“ Danzo burned until nothing remained.?His skin remembered the blazing heat.

Izanagi reset reality and Danzo panicked. He had already died ten times. He was running?out of Sharingan and the malicious demon still lived.

Asami wielded her sword and stepped ?closer, prepared reap his life. "Don't worry, we are not finished yet." Her lips?twisted.?Darkness clouded her eyes.

Her Susanoo grabbed him and strangled?Danzo. Her palm summoned a tiny flame. "This might hurt a tiny bit, but not for long. Promise. Your death will be slow and painful.“

Asami carried her fire?forwards. Her intentions?were clear?and Danzo paled. He had used up his Sharingan. This was his last chance.

Danzo played his final?card?and prayed, Shisui's eye. His last act of defiance. “Die!!!“

Asami froze and halted. Her whole body refused to move and her burning?glare hit Danzo. " What did?you do?"

Asami gripped her sword and stabbed her?chest. Her beloved blade pierced her heart and blood stained her kimono. Her hands grew cold.

In the end, Konoha claimed her life. The?village never?deserved?her.

Asami's?weakened body collapsed and her Susanoo?released Danzo.

Danzo?escaped her grip and?couldn't believe his luck. He won.?He won.?He?won?...

Danzo's eyes widened.?Her bloodied corpse?rose in his moment?triumph.?The girl defied death.

Asami?removed her blade and stood with a?gaping hole in her chest. Asami lived?and her wounds regenerated under a subdued purple shimmer.

"I have beaten death once,?and I will beat death again! You need more to kill me! The world needs more to kill me!"?Asami rammed her steel?through his right eye. Her last strength guided her hand

Her blade split his skull apart and tasted the sweet nectar of victory. Victory was hers, but fate robbed her of her triumph.

Danzo's corpse vanished. The coward fled?the battlefield. He ran with his tail between his legs.

Asami clenched her fists?and coughed?blood. "This ... bastard?..."

Danzo would pay for this betrayal. The village would pay for this betrayal.

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Danzo limped?through Konoha's burning ruins. He survived the demon?in human skin and lived to tell the tale, but the once proud village was reduced to rubble. Her attacks wrecked havoc.

Danzo?carried his old broken body?along and fled the battlefield. He had to escape this hell.

Butchered, eviscerated, bisected, burnt, he lost all of his Sharingan. A single fight cost him his hard-earned spoils. He even sacrificed Shisui's eye.

Danzo spotted Fu and Torune at the horizon. They brought reinforcements. He was saved.

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