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Chapter 96: Looting After Killing and Raiding
Chapter 96: Looting After Killing and Raiding
Danzo Shimura was nearly 70 years old. No matter how desperately he struggled, he couldn't muster enough strength to restrain himself.
As for the Four Symbols Seal, while the black blood that was released was indeed terrifying, unleashing its full power was a gradual process.
Within this timeframe, with his Shunshin speed, the black blood wouldn't be able to catch up to him no matter how rapidly it spread.
Moreover, Huyi Xuan Yue had long anticipated Danzo's last resort of taking them down together.
Danzo's attempt to catch him off guard was futile.
"It's over," Huyi Xuan Yue declared calmly as he beheld the scene before him.
Fortunately, he had extracted Obito Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan from Danzo earlier. If he had accompanied Danzo to the afterlife, it would have been a great pity.
"No! For Konoha! Huyi Xuan Yue, you must die! You have to die!" Danzo shouted, his face contorted with unwillingness and hatred.
Unwilling to accept his fate, Danzo mustered his last bit of strength and sprinted wildly towards Huyi Xuan Yue's location.
However, no matter how hard he tried, the distance between them not only failed to shrink but only widened.
In the end, as his entire body was dragged into the underworld by the black blood, Danzo's lone eye remained fixed on Huyi Xuan Yue until he was completely engulfed.
After Danzo, the caster of the jutsu, completely vanished, the black blood, which had inflated into a spherical shape, rapidly spread in all directions.
Huyi Xuan Yue stood atop the canopy of a large tree at a safe distance, gazing at the site where the Four Symbols Seal had erupted.
Soon, it was all over.
A massive pit nearly a hundred meters wide appeared before his eyes.
Everything that had been above the pit, including Danzo, had been swallowed by the Four Symbols Seal, leaving nothing behind.
"Seal techniques are indeed unreasonable," Huyi Xuan Yue remarked with a slight sigh.
Having completely dealt with the Root faction, which had always spied on him from the shadows and with whom he had previously clashed on Short Scroll Street, Huyi Xuan Yue turned his gaze towards Konoha, where a large group of Konoha ninjas was rushing towards this location.
Huyi Xuan Yue's figure flickered, and instead of leaving, he chose to return to the Root base.
After killing and raiding the base, it was only natural to loot the equipment.
During his underground pursuit of Danzo, he had caught glimpses of many valuable items.
After all, this was Root's headquarters.
Money, ninja tools, secret techniques, and intelligence were all expected here.
However, what truly caught Huyi Xuan Yue's attention were the high-tech equipment—far more advanced and diverse than what he had seen in his previous research rooms—and the rare materials being experimented on.
He had been contemplating whether to make a quick grab at the Konoha Hospital, but now he didn't need to consider it anymore.
Huyi Xuan Yue retrieved a stack of storage seals from the Root base's warehouse and immediately packed away all the high-tech instruments that had caught his eye. He then collected some other items that were of interest to him.
He paused briefly in the secret room where the Flying Bamboo Cicada had self-immolated before turning to leave.
Almost as soon as he left, the Konoha reinforcement team arrived.
The first thing that caught their eyes was the enormous semicircular pit atop the base.
Connecting it with the Root ninja corpses they had found on their way here, it was clear that Root had suffered an unprecedented attack.
"Things are indeed not looking good," Kakashi, the commander of this reinforcement team, who was unfamiliar with the Four Symbols Seal, remarked as he raised his forehead protector and scanned the pit. His attention then shifted to the completely shattered entrance of the Root base.
"Understood!"
The ninjas present were all elites of Konoha, and they knew exactly what to do.
Among them, Might Guy gave a thumbs-up and exclaimed, "My youthful blood is boiling!"
Knowing Kakashi's character very well, Guy, his eternal rival, had even prepared himself to open the Eight Inner Gates, seeing how grave his friend's expression was.
However, to everyone's surprise, after they passed through the front gate of the Root base and made their way downwards, exploring the infamous base that they had only heard of before, they didn't encounter any danger.
The only thing they saw were the lifeless bodies of Root ninjas, one after another.
As for the bodies of enemies, there were none.
Although they usually held a sense of wariness towards Root and kept their distance from Root ninjas, they were all still members of Konoha. Seeing all the Root ninjas lying dead within the base, right under the village's nose, the Konoha ninjas present fell into a solemn silence.
Afterward, Kakashi and the others carefully inspected the scene and every dead Root ninja's body, and eventually came to a grave conclusion with heavy expressions.
The annihilation of the Root base was the doing of a single person.
"A single person wiped out the entire Root? Who could have done this?" Asuma, who had also arrived, lit a cigarette to calm his emotions and asked.
After all, this was Root!
They were even more feared than the Konoha ANBU.
Even if the Hokage himself had taken action, it was hard to imagine the outcome being as they saw it now.
Suddenly, a particular person came to Kakashi's mind.
However, without any evidence to support his suspicion, he pushed the thought aside and turned to look around, furrowing his brows as he asked, "There's still a key question: Where is Elder Danzo?"
As one of the Konoha elders and the village's advisor, Danzo's position was only second to the Hokage. Naturally, those present were concerned about his whereabouts.
However, after confirming that there was no danger within the Root base and everyone relaxed their combat stances, they spread out to search the area, but they still couldn't find any trace of Elder Danzo.
"Could it have something to do with that deep pit outside?" someone cautiously offered their speculation.
Kakashi's expression turned grim upon hearing this.
If that were the case, then things were indeed dire.
News of the complete annihilation of Root and the suspected death of Elder Danzo quickly reached Konoha.
The village immediately erupted into chaos, with whispers and anxious glances exchanged among the villagers. Large numbers of Konoha ninjas scurried across the rooftops.
The alert level in Konoha Village was raised to the highest level.
With the Fifth Hokage away at the Five Kage Summit, the two remaining Konoha elders stepped forward to handle the situation promptly.
"I'll go to the Root base and confirm Danzo's condition myself."
Mito Menma's solemn face carried a hint of sorrow as he spoke to his sole remaining old friend, "Leave the village in your hands for now. Also, notify Tsunade about this. But don't rush her back; it's already too late. If she abruptly leaves the Five Kage Summit, it will only cause the other four Kage to look down on Konoha."
"I understand." Homura Mitokado's voice was grave as he replied, "You also be careful."
"Mhm."
(End of Chapter)
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