One must know that he was one of the few top-tier experts in the entire Konohagakure, even in the entire ninja world! Now, he was actually suffering blow after blow at the hands of this outsider who appeared out of nowhere. How could he possibly swallow this insult?
After this, in the Anbu and in the Root organization, would he still be able to continue ordering people around from his high perch as before? From every angle, Danzo had no reason to bow his head and admit defeat.
His pride would not allow such a possibility! At this moment, this Konoha elder even disregarded his Root identity, which should have been hidden from the public. He even ignored those Konoha shinobi who had gathered to watch the commotion and chirp like birds!
"Looks like, if I don't show some real skill, I won't be able to do anything to this brat!"
Danzo wasn't just fighting blindly. He was also slowly probing the opponent's strength and power system during the battle. He was even studying the opponent's advantages, weaknesses, and some habits that ordinary people wouldn't notice during combat.
These were experiences accumulated over decades of battle. Like almost all other professions, ninjas were also experience-based professions. The more one knew and the more one experienced, the less likely one was to suffer losses.
Even a young person fresh out of the nest, no matter how outstanding their ninjutsu talent or superb their taijutsu ability, might not end up with a good outcome!
A Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere was launched, and Danzo didn't even bother to check the results of the battle. He knew that, just like the Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere from before, this type of non-sharp-weapon damage would probably have little effect on that noodle-like outsider. This ninjutsu was merely a means for him to buy time.
Indeed, Luffy stubbornly endured his focused, powerful Wind Release chakra, and the Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere, a ninjutsu with the power of a rocket launcher, came rushing towards him! "Don't even think about running! Since you've already made your move, then let's settle this fight properly!"
Luffy seemed determined to have a decisive outcome.
Danzo indeed used his Wind Release ninjutsu to buy time. But there wasn't much time at all; it was simply pathetic! He couldn't even escape Konoha's main street, the most densely populated area and where the most people were gathered to watch at this moment!
"What's going on? Is that an outsider...? How strange, how can his body stretch that long?!"
"It should be a ninja from some special clan. Maybe that's their family's secret ninjutsu!" Konoha village also had many ninja clans that had once shone brightly. However, after the war era in which the First Hokage lived ended,
the situation where ninja clans governed themselves almost completely disappeared. From then on, it was always the ninja villages gathering the major ninja clans, and everyone working together. Konoha village also had many such remnants.
Even "similar types" secret ninjutsu that Konoha shinobi believed transformed the body in a similar way were also mastered by the Akimichi clan in Konoha. The ninjas of the Akimichi clan could use their family's secret ninjutsu to partially or completely transform their bodies. At their strongest, they could even transform into giants!
It seemed that the power Luffy possessed should be similar... The ninjas mumbled their guesses. Although there was an outsider fighting fiercely in the village now, the fellow fighting Luffy, despite his age,
was someone the Konoha shinobi could still recognize. So he was also treated as an outsider! Only the elderly who had experienced the era when the Second Hokage governed could vaguely remember some things, but not clearly.
The owner of Ichiraku Ramen was also a fighter because he had been running his shop on this street since he was young. That's why he had some understanding of the ninjas who came and went, generation after generation...
"So strong! He's really too powerful!"
Naruto watched the fierce battle between Luffy and Danzo with great excitement, waving his arms and stomping his feet! "Even if I learn just a trick or two, I can probably immediately suppress that guy Sasuke!" Naruto secretly thought to himself, glancing at Sasuke, who was also watching the battlefield beside the one-eyed man.
Naruto and Sasuke were both training under Kakashi.
But compared to Sasuke, Naruto's talent in cultivation was a bit pathetic. In fact, this had already been evident when he hadn't even graduated from the Ninja Academy. Other classmates could smoothly perform various basic ninjutsu and taijutsu.
But when it came to Naruto, it was always a stumble here, a pause there. It took him an unknown amount of effort to finally graduate, at least without falling back a year compared to his classmates...
Later, while training under Kakashi-sensei, Naruto turned out to be the least talented among the three disciples in terms of actual strength and potential. Sasuke had the Uchiha clan's inherited Fire Release ninjutsu and the Sharingan with its evolution limits. Even Sakura was famous for her terrifying monstrous strength!
Only Naruto had no special talents, and always held them back instead. Occasionally, he would come up with strange ideas, but they usually ended with him suffering.
But now, it's good! Naruto had finally found a strong, reliable backer! As long as he learned some fresh, never-before-seen powers from this outsider, Mr. Luffy, he should be able to show off again to Sakura and Kakashi-sensei!
Sasuke didn't know what Naruto was thinking, nor did he care. His eyes were currently fixed on the one fighting Danzo, "Mr. Luffy," who seemed to be steadily gaining the upper hand in the close-quarters combat. He had previously witnessed Luffy casually defeat Kakashi with his playful antics. Now, he was witnessing a different power from Luffy, unlike what he had shown when fighting Kakashi-sensei...
At this moment, Luffy had almost not specifically changed his form; that is, he hadn't activated Gear Fifth. After all, he was somewhat acquainted with the people of this village. He couldn't just come out like it was their first meeting and ruthlessly finish off his enemies as if they were nothing!
At this time, he was mainly using his Haki abilities for offense, defense, sensing, and assisting his Devil Fruit powers. He actually wanted to slowly force Danzo to display his full strength! Luffy's combat instincts and fighting will drove him to quickly understand and absorb this ninja world's fresh power system.
For the ninjas, Luffy's Haki, taijutsu, and Devil Fruit abilities were all very fresh. Conversely, for Luffy, was it not the same? To learn faster, he had to be in practical combat. Facing hand-to-hand combat was undoubtedly the best way to learn new power systems.
Coincidentally, Luffy's opponent at this moment was Shimura Danzo.
Although not like the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had the title of "Professor of Ninjutsu" and was familiar with most ninjutsu of various attributes in this ninja world, his combat experience and skill set were indeed quite impressive in the ninja world!
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