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At that moment, deep within Root's secret base, Danzo felt a growing unease.

He muttered to himself,

"Strange... I just received word that Homura and Koharu were coming here to meet me. So why aren't they here yet?"

His three subordinates had been escorting them—by all logic, they should have arrived by now.

Could something have delayed them?

Lately, strange things had been happening, and the center of every disturbance seemed to be the same person—

Uchiha Nanaya.

"The Uchiha clan... Truly a group that can never be left unchecked."

Danzo's Growing Concern

Wu, Xu, and Dingzan had been tasked with delivering Nanaya to the Cloud Shinobi forces.

By now, they should have already returned.

The Root division operated with strict precision. Every mission followed carefully laid-out protocols, and every team followed regulations to the letter.

If a mission exceeded its designated time and no reports were received...

That could only mean one thing—

Something major had happened.

But Danzo refused to believe it.

With Cloud Shinobi's Muguruma, their perfect Jinchūriki, leading the attack—alongside his own three most trusted subordinates—surely they could handle a single Uchiha brat.

"That damned Uchiha brat!"

If not for the promise made with Itachi, Danzo would have dealt with Uchiha Sasuke the moment he awakened his Sharingan.

And one more Sharingan would hardly make a difference to him.

Danzo's Sharingan Experiments

After all, his experiments with Orochimaru had required a vast number of Sharingan.

It wasn't easy to graft Sharingan onto an arm infused with First Hokage Senju cells—few transplants were successful.

Even after the Uchiha Clan Massacre, after harvesting so many Sharingan, only a handful had been successfully implanted.

The rest?

Failures.

Discarded remnants of his countless Izanagi trials.

Danzo's Decision

At that moment, Shin Yamanaka, a Root sensory ninja, stepped forward.

"Lord Danzo, Homura and Koharu have yet to arrive. It's possible they've been delayed within the village. Shall I return to check on them?"

Danzo fell silent, considering the request.

Then, after a moment, he shook his head.

"No. They have their three guards with them. That should be enough."

It wasn't Homura and Koharu that truly concerned him.

It was Uchiha Nanaya.

If Wu, Xu, and Dingzan hadn't returned, did that mean…

That brat had actually escaped?

Meanwhile—Homura's Shock

On the other side of Konoha, Koharu had fallen into Uchiha Nanaya's illusion—trapped so deeply that she couldn't escape.

Homura, enraged, shouted,

"Uchiha Nanaya! What have you done?!"

A Wicked Joke

With an amused smirk, Nanaya responded,

"What else, Elder Homura? Just a little taste of the Uchiha clan's illusions."

Then, with a casual gesture, he pointed toward Koharu.

"You've been with her for so many years, haven't you? Why not test her strength for yourself?"

"Y-You—!"

For a brief moment, Homura's heart nearly stopped.

Even Tsunade, standing nearby, couldn't help but stifle a laugh.

"This brat has quite the sense of humor."

Koharu Attacks

Suddenly—

Koharu lunged, kunai in hand, aiming straight for Homura's heart.

Her movements were swift, precise.

But Homura, despite his age, was no fool.

With a sharp inhale, he jumped back, narrowly dodging the strike.

His eyes narrowed.

He understood—this wasn't her.

She was moving purely under Nanaya's illusion.

Her body was no longer her own.

A Game of Cat and Mouse

The chase began.

Koharu, eyes glazed over, attacked with relentless precision, forcing Homura to evade over and over again.

Though she lacked true intent, her strikes remained lethal.

Because she wasn't attacking of her own will.

She was simply a puppet under the Uchiha's illusion.

And Homura knew one thing—

As long as Nanaya's Sharingan remained active, she would never stop.

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