Hundreds of kunai shot towards Linto.
Linto raised his hand and pointed forward—
"Star Platinum!"
Star Platinum's tall and powerful body appeared out of nowhere. Its starry eyes scanned the area. The kunai flying through the air seemed to move in slow motion, with each one's path perfectly clear.
Ora ora ora ora!
It instantly threw hundreds of punches, knocking away all the approaching kunai.
Hidden among them were some chains trying to trap Linto. Instead, Star Platinum grabbed the chains, pulled hard, and sent over a dozen Root ninjas flying. They spun in the air before crashing to the ground, their fates unknown.
Despite their comrades being severely injured before their eyes, the other Root ninjas ignored it. More than ten of them rushed forward, attacking Linto, Konan, and Sasuke.
Without a doubt, they were like moths drawn to a flame. As soon as they got close, they were all blown away.
Loyal subordinates were continuously getting hurt, but Danzo remained expressionless, silently calculating the time.
Everything was going according to his plan.
For today's battle, Danzo had gathered all of Linto's known battle records:
Super strong close combat ability.
Body recovery power even more terrifying than Orochimaru's.
Unmatched genjutsu ability, no less impressive than Uchiha Itachi's.
He could even fly, achieving super-fast movement.
When he got this information, Danzo was silent for a long time.
He had never seen such a perfect fighter.
That's right, not a ninja, but a true warrior capable of fighting head-on on the battlefield and defeating a country.
Danzo wanted to control Linto's power, which is why he offered the olive branch:
Linto would become the ruler of the major countries, and Danzo would be the "shadow" behind it all. This was Danzo's true goal.
But Danzo was a cautious man.
Even with such a tempting offer, even with the power of Kotoamatsukami, he was still prepared for the plan to fail and for a head-on fight with Linto.
After all, if Linto refused, he had to be killed.
Danzo could not accept other ninja villages getting the power of the Ripple and the Stands, as well as the Uchiha's bloodline.
This would be a huge blow to Konoha.
"So how do I kill Linto?"
From the moment Jiraiya sent Sasuke to Konoha for protection, Danzo had been constantly thinking about tactics.
If he made a move, Danzo's enemies would not only be Linto, but also Jiraiya, who was missing a screw, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was indecisive.
"And this..."
Danzo stared at Linto, who was dozens of meters away, and said softly, "is my answer."
Buzz—
A semi-transparent barrier rose from the edge of the Uchiha ruins, isolating the chakra fluctuations within the barrier from the outside. With the cover of the night rain, the people in the village would not be able to detect the battle inside the Uchiha ruins for a while.
"Danzo! What do you want?!"
Kakashi shouted.
He knew Danzo was a gloomy old madman, but he didn't expect him to be this crazy.
When Danzo was talking with Linto, Kakashi was about to go over to stop him, but he was stopped by several Root ninjas.
Keeping in mind that both sides were showing basic restraint, Kakashi watched from the courtyard, ready to step in at any time.
But the battle broke out faster and more decisively than Kakashi had imagined. Now they were even using barrier ninjutsu!
Kakashi looked at the Root ninjas fighting with Linto.
He couldn't go up and help.
On one side was the Third Hokage's order to protect Linto, and on the other side were ninjas from Konoha village.
Even though they were Root, they were still his own people.
Kakashi's only choice was to leave, deliver the message, and ask the Third Hokage and Jiraiya-sama to come and stop Danzo's recklessness.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Seven or eight Root ninjas appeared and surrounded Kakashi.
One Root ninja said, "Kakashi-senpai, please stay here and don't move around. It's better for you and for us."
Kakashi frowned. "Protecting Linto and his group's safety in Konoha village is the Third Hokage's order."
The Root ninja said coldly, "Lord Danzo ordered that you not be allowed to leave."
"Danzo is a ba—"
Might Guy's youthful roar came from another direction. Before he could finish, the Root ninjas swarmed him.
"Looks like I have to fight."
Kakashi pushed up his headband, revealing a slowly spinning Sharingan, and his expression gradually became calm and cold:
"Everyone, blades and fists have no eyes. Don't blame me if you get hurt."
Kakashi, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma, four top ninjas, were surrounded by Root ninjas several times their number.
In terms of head-on strength, although the Root ninjas were numerous, it would still be difficult to stop the four of them. The key was two words:
"Soft-hearted"
They weren't like Kirigakure, who had gone through the Bloody Mist Village and had no hesitation in attacking their colleagues.
Kakashi and the others were still soft-hearted after all.
Without killing, it was impossible for any of the four to get rid of a group of Root ninjas and break the barrier in a short time.
Danzo's eyes swept over Kakashi and the others in the fierce battle.
This was also part of his plan. Next was—
"Ninjutsu team, go!"
At Danzo's order, hands in the darkness completed hand seals.
"Earth Release: Yellow Spring Bog!"
"Wind Release: Tornado Hurricane!"
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Four types of ninjutsu shot out from the darkness.
Kakashi looked back and exclaimed, "Combined ninjutsu?!"
"Combined ninjutsu" refers to a technique where dozens of ninjas perform the same ninjutsu together, greatly increasing the ninjutsu's power and range.
Not only that, under the Root ninjas' skillful coordination, wind, fire, earth, and water, the four elements were fused together.
A large swamp appeared under Linto and his group's feet, with an oily sheen floating on the swamp, clearly "oil" added to trap their legs.
The tornado merged with the fireball to form a fire tornado, and the water from the Water Severing Wave stirred up the oily sheen, further integrating it into the fire tornado.
The next moment, a fire tornado nearly a hundred meters high and thirty meters in diameter appeared—
"Ninjutsu: Super Fire Dragon Storm!"
This was the killing move that Danzo had racked his brains over.
"You are indeed very strong, but you have one fatal weakness."
Danzo stared at Linto. "You lack the means to deal with large-scale ninjutsu. Or rather, as long as you're human, it's impossible to defeat such a large-scale ninjutsu."
Faced with the super-large fire tornado that was like a black hole engulfing the wind, Linto couldn't fly away, and he couldn't manipulate his Stand to blow it up.
As soon as he entered the attack range of the fire dragon storm, the flames, gales, and water blades inside would turn Linto into a pile of minced meat in less than half a second, like a meat grinder.
This was a power that only tailed beasts could deal with.
Danzo stood on a rooftop. "Unfortunately, you're just a mortal after all."
"Madmen! You're all madmen!"
Konan felt that everyone she had met since following Linto was crazy.
She picked up Sasuke and used her Shikigami Dance.
"Linto! Run! What are you doing?!"
She knew that escaping the attack range of the Super Fire Dragon Storm was like ascending to heaven, but she had to try, she couldn't just wait to die, right?
"Linto!"
Kakashi shouted and made hand seals.
"Raikiri!"
He turned into a bolt of lightning and rushed towards Linto, actually planning to use the speed increased by lightning chakra to bring Linto out of the storm's attack area.
But—
Konan opened her paper wings, but before she could flap them, countless papers were ignited by the high temperature and fell to the ground.
Kakashi rushed halfway, but the howling wind made his steps unsteady and his speed suddenly decreased.
There was no escape.
Danzo said softly:
"Sorry, Linto, we have no grudges, but for the future of Konoha, please die."
Konan stared blankly at the approaching fire dragon storm:
"This level of power... Danzo, how many ninjas did you gather?!"
Despair enveloped Konan.
Just then, Konan felt a warm little hand grab hers, and Sasuke's voice rang in her ears:
"It's okay, Konan-neechan, Brother Shou is here, he—"
Sasuke looked at Linto's back and said:
"Is invincible."
"In... invincible?"
Konan was stunned. How could anyone in the world be "invincible"?
At the same time this thought appeared, she saw Linto raise a hand—
The rain stopped.
What stopped with it was the approaching fire tornado disaster.
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