"Alright, that's all. If nothing unexpected happens, Danzo is the one who killed your father, Kakashi-sensei. Do you want to finish him off yourself for revenge?"
Kakashi hadn't expected Furina to throw the question at him right after returning. Of course he had thought about what she said, but personally taking action... for a moment, he really couldn't make up his mind.
"As for me, I'll pass. After all, Hikari also has a grudge against him, and in the end, it was Hikari who dealt with him personally. I didn't help much, so it's better to leave the final decision to Hikari."
"Mm-hmm. Since Kakashi-sensei has no objections either, let's get started."
Although there was no fluctuation in Furina's tone, the captain instinctively sensed danger. This intuition, honed over decades as a ninja, was almost never wrong.
But unfortunately, being rarely wrong didn't mean it helped now—his current condition no longer allowed him to respond effectively.
A flash of blade light passed, and Danzo was instantly separated from the massive tree connected to his body. Only after Danzo felt the sharp pain in his body did the sound of the sword slicing through the air catch up.
After severing the link between Danzo and the tree, it didn't end there. Furina wasn't doing this out of kindness. Before Danzo could react, numerous streams of water appeared out of thin air around him, instantly enveloping him completely and forming a spherical prison similar to the Water Prison Technique.
"Alright, Hikari, use the seal on him. Since Elder Danzo said he wants to devote himself wholeheartedly to Konoha, let's not kill him for now. Let him contribute to protecting Konoha in another way.
Look, Elder Danzo seems quite happy about it."
Following the direction of Furina's finger, through the water curtain, Danzo's face was clearly visible—agitated, his mouth constantly moving. Although no sound came out, anyone with basic lip-reading skills could tell he was far from willing, contrary to what Furina claimed.
"Mm."
Watching Uchiha Hikari step closer, her Mangekyo Sharingan manifesting once more, although Kakashi didn't know the specific function of the "seal" Furina mentioned, he had a vague guess from her words.
"Could it be that this so-called seal allows her to absorb the chakra of the sealed person, or directly control them through the seal? Either way, it's an incredible ability."
While Kakashi was speculating, Uchiha Hikari had already completed the seal. Throughout the entire process, Kakashi hadn't noticed anything unusual—it was as if nothing had happened.
But Kakashi knew for sure that Uchiha Hikari had done something; he simply hadn't detected it. What happened next confirmed his suspicion.
Uchiha Hikari's Mangekyo merely spun gently. Danzo, who had been cursing furiously inside the water prison, suddenly froze in place as if hit by a paralysis jutsu, his pupils faintly turning purple.
Then Danzo slowly raised his remaining single arm and viciously slapped his own face.
Slap
Although there was no sound, Kakashi mentally filled it in for him. Just looking at the clear handprint left on Danzo's face told him how hard the blow had been.
"Oh my, is Hikari venting her anger for me? That's really touching."