Chapter 37: One Sword to Cut Down Root
Most of the Root ninjas could only barely dodge the frontal attack, but the aftershock from the wind blades alone left them in a sorry state!
Facing more than ten massive blades, Danzo rapidly formed hand seals.
Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!
An invisible wind release erupted from his mouth, sweeping toward the incoming cyan wind blades.
Danzo didn't dodge. He tried to use his most proficient Wind Release to resist Naruto's Second Form claw strike.
The Wind Release collided with the first claw strike.
In less than a second, the Vacuum Wave was completely shattered.
It was like a child blowing out a candle versus a giant typhoon.
"Lord Danzo, be careful!"
Several Root ninjas who had been brainwashed since childhood and followed Danzo's every command chose to block in front of him.
Their fate was to be torn apart by the claw strike.
Danzo himself could not escape the Second Form's claw blades either.
Everyone's attention was focused on those dazzling, giant claw blades.
No one noticed a plain-looking three-pronged kunai quietly embedding itself into the ground not far from Danzo's feet.
The Third Hokage watched as Danzo was chopped into pieces, his heart filled with complicated emotions.
There was a sense of "the rabbit dies, the fox grieves."
He and Danzo had known each other since childhood. In their youth, their relationship had been very good.
But before the Third's grief could fully surface, Danzo's figure reappeared in his original spot like a slide transition.
The corpse that had been cut into pieces also vanished.
This bizarre scene shocked the Third.
Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and said in a trembling voice,
"Danzo, you—!"
After the aftershock of the Second Form dissipated, an area of several hundred meters had been turned into ruins.
Countless Root ninjas lay scattered. Some were already dead.
Most of the survivors were also heavily injured.
Danzo's gaze was filled with extreme greed as he stared at Naruto, as if looking at a peerless jade. He slowly unwrapped the bandages on his right arm.
As the bandages came off, what was exposed to the air was an arm even paler than a corpse.
Embedded densely across the arm were numerous three-tomoe Sharingan.
One of them had already lost its luster.
Sharingan looked handsome and imposing when in the eye socket.
But when densely embedded across an arm, it looked utterly disgusting.
"To be able to use such sword techniques… Jinchuriki, you've once again opened my eyes!"
After clearly seeing Danzo's arm, the Third's suspicions were confirmed, and rage surged within him.
The appearance of this arm represented too many deep-level things.
"Jinchuriki, how about cooperating with me? Believe me, I can give you a life beyond your wildest dreams!"
Danzo looked at Naruto and extended a "sincere" invitation.
But to Naruto, this invitation was laughably ridiculous.
Danzo's true intention wasn't an invitation either.
His goal was simply to divert Naruto's attention!
[Now!]
Inner Four Symbols Seal!
Countless ink-like liquids seeped up from the ground.
Danzo's heart pounded wildly. It seemed he could already see the dawn of victory.
Six Root suicide operatives hidden underground in advance released the Inner Four Symbols Seal from within their bodies.
This was an extremely powerful sealing technique that required sacrificing oneself.
The black light orbs unleashed by the six Root members' sacrifice swept toward the dozens of Narutos on the surface.
At the same time, Danzo also removed the bandages covering his right eye.
Inside the right eye socket was also a Sharingan.
But this Sharingan's luster was even brighter.
This was Danzo's trump card — Shisui's Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo.
The Inner Four Symbols Seal would restrain Naruto's main body and destroy all the other Shadow Clones, finally allowing him to cast Kotoamatsukami on Naruto for a perfect conclusion.
However, Danzo's supposedly flawless plan had already been seen through by Naruto's Transparent World.
The six Root operatives hidden in advance had long been noticed by Naruto.
And he had chosen to play along.
When the Inner Four Symbols Seal was less than a meter away from him,
Danzo's full attention was on using Kotoamatsukami.
The three tomoe spun rapidly, eventually forming a shuriken pattern.
"Where is the main body? Which one is the main body?"
Danzo widened his eyes, about to locate Naruto's real body.
But the next second, his vision went black and a sharp pain shot through his right eye!
"What happened? What's going on?"
This was Danzo's first thought.
Naruto's figure had already appeared behind Danzo.
In his palm was a bloody Mangekyo Sharingan!
As it left its host, this Mangekyo Sharingan slowly reverted to a three-tomoe state.
Only then did Danzo react. Clutching his bleeding right eye, he slowly turned his head to look at Naruto.
His trump card had fallen into someone else's hands just like that!
Years ago, Danzo had used a sneak attack to steal one of Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan.
Now it was his turn to taste the same medicine, and for a moment his emotions were extremely complicated.
Naruto's other Shadow Clones had also used Flying Thunder God to dodge the Inner Four Symbols Seal.
The six Root suicide operatives had successfully sealed a pile of dirt.
Naruto glanced at the wet Sharingan in his hand and took out a small scroll.
Using the Storage Seal, he sealed it inside.
An ability like Kotoamatsukami would definitely be very useful.
Wind Release: Vacuum Bullets!
Danzo turned the anger accumulated in his heart into Wind Release and spat it out.
The Vacuum Bullets shot toward Naruto like a Gatling gun, carrying a piercing whistling sound.
This technique had considerable power, enough to shatter rocks.
At such close range, it was very difficult to dodge.
Naruto was gradually tasting the sweetness of Flying Thunder God. This mechanism of dodging without injury and instant-attack teleportation was incredibly useful.
He directly activated Flying Thunder God and easily avoided Danzo's Vacuum Bullets.
At the same time, dozens of Shadow Clones flung out kunai and used Flying Thunder God to spread out.
Ninth Form: Vajra Deva Typhoon!
All the Shadow Clones swung their light swords at the same time, unleashing the Ninth Form.
Under the enhancement of Sage Mode, the tornadoes formed by this Ninth Form were all dozens of meters tall!
Facing this terrifying formation, the Root ninjas subconsciously tried to escape.
But as dozens of tornadoes formed, they felt an irresistible suction force pulling at them!
The situation was somewhat similar to the Chibaku Tensei.
Even Danzo and the Third were unsteady on their feet from the suction and had to use techniques to resist it.
After a few dozen seconds, the already injured Root ninjas began to be lifted off the ground one by one and swallowed by the massive cyan tornadoes!
The destructive power of the tornadoes was comparable to the Rasenshuriken.
Anyone touched by it would be sliced into pieces with a ninja's fragile body.
Even someone like Kakuzu with five hearts couldn't withstand it, let alone these Root ninjas.
In less than a minute, almost all of Danzo's Root forces were wiped out!
The Third and Danzo exchanged a glance. Both saw shock in each other's eyes.
The Third's expression also carried a hint of blame, as if saying:
"Look at your scheme — what a huge mess you've caused for Konoha!"
He didn't even dare imagine what would happen if Naruto swept this kind of tornado across Konoha. Who could stop it?
Himself, this old bag of bones?
Even if he wanted to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, Naruto had Flying Thunder God — it would be a wasted effort!
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