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NAJ Chapter 50: Inferno Unleashed
🕑 Added 2025-06-27 03:02:45 +0000 UTC“Heheheh…”
Inside the same chakra-sealed cube, Danzō let a mocking smile creep across his lips.
“Your unique Lava Release kekkei genkai, which mimics the Hydrification Technique—I’ve already tasted it once. Since conventional physical attacks don’t work well on you, we’ll simply slice your entire body apart and seal the pieces separately.”
This was one of the countermeasures Danzō had spent days devising to deal with Uchiha Keizumi.
As he stared at Keizumi’s missing right arm, the smirk on Danzō’s face deepened with contempt.
And yet—
He soon noticed something strange: Uchiha Keizumi didn’t seem at all disturbed by the injury.
The next second—
Danzō and the Root shinobi all froze, eyes sharpening—
Because the severed right arm of Uchiha Keizumi… had begun to stir.
The magma at Uchiha Keizumi’s shoulder continued to surge outward—stretching until it took on the full length of an arm. Gradually, it began to solidify into the form of a fully shaped limb.
As the molten flow faded, a perfectly intact right arm emerged—fully reformed on Keizumi’s body.
Danzō froze in disbelief.
“Back during the Third Great Ninja War, shinobi from other villages already tried sealing me with similar methods,” Keizumi said, slowly advancing. His voice was calm, almost haunting. “What kind of strange confidence… makes you think you invented this technique? And what kind of naive assumption… makes you think I’m the one trapped inside this cube?”
The moment he finished speaking—
Danzō felt the temperature spike around him.
He could clearly see that half of Keizumi’s body had transformed into a seething mass of molten lava.
Suddenly—
The lava swelled and expanded like the grotesque tumors of some abomination in a dark fantasy novel. In less than half a breath, it had already filled half the chakra cube.
Danzō’s pupils shrank. His back was pressed flush against the wall of the sealing barrier, yet there was no more room to retreat.
Panic surged through him. He had no time to think.
“Dispel the seal—now!” he shouted toward the four Root shinobi stationed at the cube’s corners.
Just as the lava closed in, the sealing jutsu collapsed.
Still shaken, Danzō launched himself backward.
[—BOOM!]
The boiling lava exploded outward in all directions, swallowing everything in its path. But just as it was about to engulf the buildings lining the street, it suddenly stopped—as if pulled back by an invisible force. In the next moment, the lava rapidly retracted, surging back toward the center.
Despite the massive volume returning to Keizumi, his body didn’t rupture.
He could generate lava endlessly with chakra.
And he could also absorb it—reverting it back into chakra.
[Bang!]
Keizumi brought his hands together.
“Lava Release…”
Danzō, still reeling, suddenly felt the ground beneath him begin to tremble. Looking down, he was stunned to see deep cracks opening at Keizumi’s feet—each one glowing with a burning red light.
“…Flame Dragon Bullet Technique!”
[Boom!!!]
The earth at Keizumi’s feet shattered. A massive molten dragon’s head burst forth from underground—its jagged maw lunging straight at Danzō.
“Damn it!”
Danzō cursed under his breath. He’d brought so many subordinates, yet this demonic Uchiha brat was fixated solely on him!
“Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!!!”
Six Root shinobi arrived just in time, four of them rapidly weaving hand seals.
Two of the other shinobi simultaneously pressed their palms to the ground.
“Summoning Jutsu!”
Four noticeably smaller water dragons collided midair with the massive head of the magma dragon just above Danzō.
[Boom!]
[Boom!]
Suddenly, two giant summoning beasts materialized—both resembling colossal tortoises and each nearly the size of a building. With gaping jaws, they unleashed twin torrents of high-pressure water, blasting directly at the oncoming lava.
Danzō’s expression darkened. He suddenly realized—only six of his men remained.
Two of his subordinates had vanished without a trace.
They must’ve been too slow escaping when the cube-shaped sealing jutsu was released... and were swallowed by the lava.
“Useless fools,” Danzō growled, biting his thumb as his eyes locked onto Uchiha Keizumi with a venomous glare.
“Summoning Jutsu!”
…
“...Maybe there was no point in me coming after all.”
Though Yamanaka Inoichi had sprinted at full speed to the Sarutobi clan compound, the earth-shaking sounds from behind made it all too clear—something colossal was already happening.
He turned back abruptly—and under the pale moonlight, he saw it.
A massive lava dragon and several water dragons clashing violently in the sky.
The thunderous roar echoed like hundreds of explosive tags detonating at once.
All of Konoha was rattled by the blast.
Inoichi could even make out two giant tortoises towering over the surrounding buildings—and then, a creature even larger than either of them, a “tapir”-like beast, emerged out of thin air!
He didn’t recognize the two tortoises.
But he did recognize that tapir.
It was Danzō’s summoning beast!
It’s already reached that level of intensity...?
Then—what about his clan…?
What about his wife and daughter…?
Suddenly—
Silhouettes leapt from the Sarutobi clan residence. The leader of the group spotted Yamanaka Inoichi standing at the entrance.
Clad in full shinobi combat gear and wearing an uncharacteristically grim expression, Sarutobi Hiruzen froze in surprise.
“Inoichi? What are you doing here?!”
Inoichi didn’t explain. He simply forced out a single line: “Hokage-sama, if you don’t get there now… the Yamanaka clan grounds might be wiped off the map.”
...
The moment the massive summoning beast Baku appeared, it stirred up a howling storm, which surged outward in all directions.
As the gale swept by, sand and debris filled the air. Even the six Root shinobi standing in front of Danzō struggled to keep their footing.
Baku raised its head, gazing at the clash of a molten dragon head and a Water Release technique in midair.
Opening its mouth toward the sky, it began to gather an even more violent storm in its throat. In mere seconds, it had condensed a massive, semi-transparent wind sphere—over 20 meters in diameter and clearly visible to the naked eye.
Then, with a roar, Baku unleashed the wind sphere. It obliterated the molten dragon head in a single strike—and wiped out all six Water Dragon Bullet techniques in an instant. The swirling storm swept through the area like a typhoon, bending trees hundreds of meters around, and even leaves on trees a kilometer away were torn off by the blast.
By then, Danzō had already leapt onto Baku’s head. Though the violent gusts constantly whipped at his robes, he stood firm.
Expressionless, he formed hand seals and took a deep breath.
“Wind Release…”
Once again, Baku opened its mouth wide, drawing in a tremendous volume of air.
“Vacuum Blade Technique!!!”
In perfect unison, both Danzō and Baku released Wind Release jutsu forward—two transparent wind blades, one large and one small, slicing through the air with a shriek as they hurtled toward Uchiha Keizumi.
The ground they grazed barely at the edges split apart, two deep ravines carved instantly by the passing wind.
“If I can’t seal just part of your body, then I’ll shatter you entirely—and seal your whole self away. Let’s see if you can come out unscathed from that.”
Murderous intent surged in Danzō’s eyes.
He was convinced that Uchiha Keizumi’s Lava Release must have a limit.
After all, how could a human possibly become an immortal monster just because of some so-called Lava Release kekkei genkai?
The six Root shinobi didn’t hesitate either.
Wind Release, Water Release, Earth Release… Every technique they believed could suppress Lava Release was unleashed all at once, surging toward Uchiha Keizumi in a chaotic barrage.
…
“Baku… Danzō…” muttered Sarutobi Hiruzen grimly as he raced toward the source of the commotion.
Summoning such a dangerous beast inside the village?
Did Danzō even take him, the Hokage, seriously anymore? Did he have any regard for innocent lives?
“Inoichi, what exactly is going on here?”
Still speeding forward, Hiruzen turned to Yamanaka Inoichi, who was flying alongside him.
Inoichi answered bitterly, “Hokage-sama, I honestly don’t know what conflict exists between Danzō-sama and Keizumi. The two of them just happened to encounter each other outside the Yamanaka clan’s grounds. Before I could even react, they were already fighting.”
Hiruzen felt a throbbing headache coming on.
…
Within the Uchiha clan compound, Fugaku stood silently, eyes fixed on the distant scene.
“Baku…”
“Lava…”
He realized immediately—Keizumi and Danzō were clashing again.
Last time, Keizumi had killed two Root shinobi and exposed secrets about Shimura Danzō’s possession of Sharingan, deepening Fugaku’s resentment and wariness toward the Konoha elder.
After all, this was a man who lusted after the Sharingan more than anyone.
He had even transplanted multiple Sharingan into his own body—without the Uchiha clan’s permission, and from sources no one could confirm.
When Fugaku heard footsteps approaching from behind, he didn’t even need to turn his head to know it was his wife.
He asked, “Sasuke hasn’t woken up yet?”
Uchiha Mikoto shook her head. “He’s still unconscious.”
Fugaku inhaled deeply and made a decision. “Stay home and take care of him. I’m going to see what’s happening.”
