Inside the Five Kage Summit hall.
"Danzo-sama, the Kazekage has also left. To recover the Sharingan, shouldn't we send one of us after them?" Fu Yamanaka proposed.
"You Konoha shinobi! Stay right where you are!"
"Those are the Raikage's orders!" Ao barked.
Instantly, Fu Yamanaka and Torune Aburame leaped forward, shielding Danzo.
"Fu! Torune! Stand down," Danzo commanded calmly. "I shall remain here as requested."
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"You brat!" the Raikage bellowed. "I'll show you the terror of my wrath!"
The Raikage made his entrance, instantly shedding his white Kage robes.
"The terror of your wrath? Then feel the weight of my hatred." Kanon's expression was manic. Standing atop Manda's head, she stepped down onto the floor.
Pink pigment manifested around the corners of her eyes, the herald of Sage Mode. In a flash, Kanon charged directly at the Raikage.
"Well met!" Darui lunged forward, his hands weaving signs at a blurring speed. "Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"
Kanon's three-tomoe Sharingan spun wildly as she wove signs even faster.
"Sage Art: Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
BOOM!
A terrifying sea of flames, bolstered by natural energy, instantly blasted Darui back hundreds of meters. As she recoiled from the impact, Kanon extended a single hand. A rose-petal vortex manifested before her; her slender arm passed through space, reaching across the distance to seize Darui by the hair.
"What?!" Neither the Raikage nor C could react in time.
"Sage Art: Snake-Dragon Hand!" Kanon unleashed a sudden, brutal punch.
With her grip on his hair, Kanon dragged Darui toward the spatial rift of the Flower Realm. The heavy, crushing blow slammed directly into his face. The agonizing pain caused Darui's pupils to contract violently. The Flower Realm closed, and Darui was sent tumbling hundreds of meters away by the fist imbued with natural energy.
"Darui!" Seeing his comrade collapsed in a corner, unconscious, C moved to intercept. However, one of Kanon's shadow clones was already upon him.
The Raikage's Lightning Armor flared to life as he swung a fist at Kanon.
THUD!
Kanon's shadow clone, also empowered by Sage Mode, actually withstood the blow.
"You've got some skill, but you're still miles away."
Just as the Raikage threw his punch, he realized another shadow clone had burst from the ground beneath him.
"Sage Art: Massive Rasengan!"
BOOM!
The Massive Rasengan churned against the Raikage's abdomen. His eyes rolled back as he was launched toward the ceiling.
But it wasn't over. As an S-rank, Kage-level shinobi, he wouldn't be defeated so easily. In a blur of speed, he reappeared behind Kanon's original body. The Raikage swung his fist, a terrifying gale accompanied by shrieking lightning exploding through the air.
Yet, the Raikage froze in confusion. Even as the punch flew, a beautiful, cruel curve appeared on Kanon's lips.
"How?!" The Raikage tried to pull back his left arm, but only a horrific mass of minced flesh remained. His entire left hand had been ground to pieces.
The Flower Realm activated. Now, in addition to Sage Mode, Kanon revealed two distinct rose-patterned Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. The Raikage was forced into a full retreat.
"Is this the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan?!" Holding his left arm, cold sweat dripped down the Raikage's face, yet his expression remained one of explosive fury.
Indeed, in that split second of extreme speed, Kanon had used her intangibility while simultaneously twisting and crushing the Raikage's left arm.
"Raikage-sama!" C screamed.
"Entertain me a little more." Kanon's Mangekyo, radiating pure killing intent, locked onto C. She leaped back, forming a cross with her fingers.
"Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
POOF! POOF! POOF!
Dozens of plumes of white smoke erupted. Every one of Kanon's shadow clones was now shrouded in the aura of Sage Mode.
"Let me show you why the Uchiha stand above the Five Kage."
"Sage Art: Throbbing Chidori!"
Dozens of Kanons unleashed the technique simultaneously. As C and the Raikage's pupils shrank in horror, a massive thunderclap shook the room. The terrifying explosion sent dust and debris flying everywhere, leaving even Sasuke's team stunned.
"Sasuke... Kanon, she..." Karin muttered.
"Let's go. Danzo is the target." Sasuke cast one last look at Kanon before leading Team Taka deeper into the facility.
In the hall, C staggered, trying to stand, only to have a Kusanagi Sword plunge through his throat. Kanon emerged from the dust and kicked the hilt of the blade, driving it through C's neck and half an inch into the floor.
Blood pooled rapidly. C was dead before he hit the ground. His eyes stared blankly at the ceiling; perhaps in the moment of his passing, he didn't even comprehend how he had died.
Kanon stood with one foot on the Kusanagi Sword, trembling with manic laughter and excitement. "This... this feels wonderful!"
"You bastard!" With a roar of rage, the Raikage's hand-chop reached Kanon's neck. "Lateral Bolt of Pain!"
SWISH!
The devastating strike passed harmlessly through Kanon's neck.
In the next heartbeat, she had him by the throat. The terrifying strength made even the Raikage pale with shock. How could a fifteen-year-old girl possess such monstrous power? Was her physical strength truly this formidable?
"Raikage, it seems you still don't understand what it means to be an Uchiha."
The Raikage prepared to spit at her to show his defiance, but his expression suddenly froze.
"You look so pathetic right now. As one of the Five Kage, is this really all you've got?"
"Then die like the rest!"
A crimson skeletal hand manifested behind Kanon, forming a blade that lunged to impale the Raikage's abdomen.
At that critical moment, a massive arm rose from the ground. It was composed of countless grains of sand, looking like the limb of an invisible giant. The hand was gargantuan, with fingers like thick pillars and joints surrounded by swirling dust. Sand constantly fell from its surface only to be replaced, maintaining its shape and power.
It instantly surged past Kanon's Susano'o ribcage, swatting the Raikage away from Kanon's grasp.
"Gaara? Do you want to die too?" Kanon turned slightly, her voice cold as she rebuked the Kazekage.
"I'm saved..." The Raikage exhaled, looking at Kanon with newfound gravity. This Uchiha brat could see through his attacks, and her speed was no joke!
"Kanon, stop this!" Gaara pleaded, looking at her.
"Get lost. Speak another word and I'll kill you too!" The sheer, concentrated killing intent radiating from Kanon's crazed expression made Temari and Kankuro's limbs go cold.
"Your eyes... they are just like they were back then."
"If I am still the same, then you won't be able to turn back if you keep this up!" Looking at Kanon, consumed by hatred and despair, Gaara saw his former self. A single tear escaped the corner of his eye. "You've been swallowed by hatred, but there is still a way ba—"
Suddenly, a terrifying Chidori Sharp Spear slammed toward Gaara.
BOOM!
The massive explosion forced Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro to leap away. Had their reactions been any slower, they would have been ground into meat by the lightning spear.
"I've long since closed my eyes! Now, my eyes see only the past! My dreams... they only exist in the past!"
"Die, Gaara!"
Kanon's hands wove signs with blistering speed. This was a new Kekkei Genkai jutsu she had developed.
"Lava Release: Dragon Dance!"
A ten-meter long dragon of molten rock erupted from Kanon's mouth, lunging at the Sand siblings. Gaara raised his sand to defend, but then, something impossible happened.
Gaara's sand ceased to obey him. Instead, it formed into sharp spikes and turned against him. With Kankuro's help, Gaara barely managed to evade the Dragon Dance. The terrifying Lava Release instantly melted the floor into a deep pit.
Temari followed the source with a horrified gaze. In the distance, a Sage Mode shadow clone of Kanon was mimicking Gaara, controlling the sand herself!
But the horror wasn't over. Kanon's original body flickered instantly.
"Impossible..." The Raikage's eyes widened, his pupils shrinking.
Kanon was now shrouded in an explosive aura of Lightning Armor. Her Kusanagi Sword slashed toward Gaara's back.
"That's Lateral Bolt of Pain..." The Raikage was stunned. Kanon had analyzed and mimicked his technique perfectly. This was a true genius, a genius of the Uchiha.
The massive wind pressure blew Gaara away. It was Temari who, at the crucial moment, shoved Gaara aside. Without control over his sand, Gaara's legendary defense was compromised.
BOOM!
His sand gourd was shattered into fragments by the blade imbued with the lightning of the chop. Kanon didn't stop. Before the others could react, as Gaara was sent flying, she slammed the Kusanagi Sword into the ground to arrest her momentum. With a roll and the boost of the Lightning Armor, she appeared directly in front of Temari.
Looking at the exquisite Kanon and her long, raven-black hair, Temari was gripped by terror. She tried to leap back, but Kanon's leg was already swinging.
Kanon's foot connected squarely with Temari's jaw, launching her high into the air. The force of the blow knocked her unconscious instantly. As she began to fall, Kanon spun her body, delivering a powerful roundhouse kick to Temari's ribs.
THUD!
The heavy blow sent Temari crashing into the wall, where she remained embedded. Kanon landed, her blue Uchiha cloak fluttering in the wind. She looked coldly at Gaara and Kankuro.
In that moment, Kanon stood like an Asura returned from hell, leaving Kankuro's legs trembling in fear.