Chapter 68.5- One Thousand Hands

He lay on the floor for a second or so while I waited for him to get up. This time, he did so slowly. So slowly that without the byakugan, I might have even fallen for it and assumed he was on his last legs.

“What is the meaning of this? Showing up to my house unannounced? Attacking me? A sitting clan head? You must have grown arrogant in your position if you think the village will stand for this? You’ll never be Kage when I’m done with you” He spat, the vitriol in his voice was so apparent it hung in the air even after his words had passed.

“This? This is just stress relief. We’ll get to the matter of why I’m here in a few.” I said, and then took a step backwards while his clone shot out through the floorboards in front of me. That was only half the plan though. Danzo jumped backwards, sailing through the glass of his study and into the field outside as he formed the rat seal. The entire study exploded with me inside. At least he must have thought he did.

“It takes a certain kind of man to blow up their own house” I said from my place behind his shoulder as he stood outside breathing heavily staring at the explosion. If he were a lesser man, he might have yelped in shock. At least he managed to avoid doing that. Instead, he turned about, spitting a senbon from his mouth straight at me. I leaned down a slight bit, allowing the senbon to ding against my headband and be repelled.

“Also, you should know that it isn’t cool to stare at your own explosions” I said, as he near about roared in rage, forming the seals for a summoning jutsu. Baku the nightmare eater appeared in a giant puff of smoke. I might have been impressed if he wasn’t smaller and less impressive than even the baby whales I’d seen.

My fingers flicked through seals and the nightmare eater sank into the ground swallowed up in a matter of seconds. It tried to fight its way out but my control over the earth was undeniable. I went through more seals then, and borrowing one of Uzume’s new favourites, ended on the tiger seal. “Fire Release: Majestic Flame missile” I said concentrating a massive amount of fire, about half as much as would have gone in a great fire annihilation and concentrated it into a spinning spear within my throat. I breathed out, bringing it ino being and the sounds of the nightmare eat being burned alive echoed about the empty space for a few seconds before it returned itself to its realm.

“Now I wonder, is that all you have?” I asked, tilting my head at him and trying to plant the most bored and uninterested expression on my face that I could form.