Chapter 60.1- One Thousand Hands

“This is a mistake” I heard Danzo roar in my ears as I watched the girl receive medical treatment from the greatest medic in the world, my cousin.

“Indeed?” I asked, looking over at him with a quirked eyebrow. The not-yet cripple seemed to be forgetting his place.

“Assuredly. She is an enemy shinobi. We must harvest the Yonbi before she wakes and unleashes the thing on us” He said.

“Yes, and you know this with your mastery in sealing, yes?” I asked, watching his mouth snap shut and his teeth begin to grind.

“I ordered this mission. She is my prisoner to do with as I wish, and I do not wish to see her tossed aside like that. Now get out” I said.

“You will regret this” He said menacingly and then began to walk away.

“Danzo?” I called, and he whirled around in my direction. I was in front of him a second later. By the next, my hand was on his throat and his body was slammed against the wall, spreading a spiderweb of cracks.

“I could kill yu right now and you would be nothing but a footnote in history. Do not test me” I threatened.

“You would not dare. To so boldly kill a clan head? The Council would vote you out in hours to save themselves the risk” He scoffed, even as he struggled to breath through my hold on his neck.

I tilted my head at him and and then began to squeeze. He struggled, legs kicking out, hands flailing about and trying to push mine off, and chakra spiking and waning as I interrupted every attempt he made to use ninjutsu with my understanding of the gentlest and connection to his network with my hand around his neck. While I squeezed, I focused and began to apply a seal of my own design. One of my newer creations— something I’d created while I considered the Azula problem.

“Now, anything else to say Danzo?” I asked after he had futilely struggled for close to a minute. His face had begun to purple and he was silent, too busy struggling for air to say something clever— or stupid rather.

I released him and he fell to his knees before me, struggling for every breath. I knelt to join him, leaning in closer until my lips were at his ear.

“If the threat of my flying thundergod seal on your person was not enough, then I have placed a second juinjutsu on your person. I could decide to leave it a mystery and let you run afoul it but I’d rather just tell you so that when you fail and when it comes, you can see it coming. It’s a loyalty seal in the crudest form. Might as well be a slavery brand, to be honest. Think of it like the Hyuga branch family seal. Try to utter any disloyal words, write them, sign them, plan them, and the seal will burn you until it burns through your throat and kills you on the spot.