Utatane Koharu seemed to want to reprimand Uchiha Fucheng, but she recalled Uchiha Fucheng's arrogance and overbearing nature, so the stern words that had just reached her lips became softened.
"Everyone, no, let's not damage the harmony."
The Advisors of Konoha remained restrained, but the delegation from the Land of Fire looked at Uchiha Fucheng in disbelief.
"What are you doing? How dare you threaten to kill a minister of the Land of Fire?!"
They could not imagine it at all; they had clearly found the high-level officials of Konoha to act as intermediaries, the atmosphere during the mediation had been quite harmonious, and Misaka Shenting had even offered compensation with a very low profile.
"How can you, a Uchiha Clan head, flip your face just like that?"
Thump!
The young man with long hair sitting next to Misaka Shenting slammed the table in a fit of rage, causing the cups nearby to rattle and jump.
"You, stop right there!"
"You mere Ninja, how dare you be so rude to Misaka Shenting?"
His punch didn't seem to land on the table; instead, it felt like it landed on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face.
Hokage-sama glared fiercely at the long-haired young man, his face pitch black. "What are you doing?!"
"Apologies, the young man is not very sensible and has a bit of a temper." A political elder of the Land of Fire delegation politely tried to smooth things over with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
But when he turned his head to face Uchiha Fucheng, his attitude was not polite at all.
"The Uchiha Clan should not threaten the nobility of the Land of Fire, nor should they threaten the important ministers of the Land of Fire."
This old and young pair of Land of Fire envoys were quite in sync, singing in harmony.
Uchiha Fucheng chuckled; he wasn't actually angry.
Instead, he looked at these two somewhat self-righteous nobles from the Land of Fire with amusement.
Mikoto whispered to Fucheng, staring at the other party as if looking at fools.
"The young man is Misaka Yosuke, the second son of the second uncle."
Uchiha Fucheng looked up and saw that, sure enough, the young man resembled Misaka Shenting quite a bit.
"Don't worry, he is your relative after all, so I'll spare his life." Uchiha Fucheng chuckled softly and turned to leave with Mikoto.
"Stop! You stop, stop—" Misaka Yosuke didn't finish his sentence before he seemed to change into a different person.
His movements became like that of a puppet, jerky and stuttering, his entire body stiffening.
His hands were gesturing numbers in front of him, and he kept muttering in his mouth.
"One month; as long as you return it within the deadline and hand over the person responsible, I can let bygones be bygones."
Meanwhile, the other political elder who had interrupted earlier kept slapping himself in the face. The sound of the slaps echoed like they were striking the faces of every single envoy from the Land of Fire.
The group of Land of Fire envoys panicked.
"Yosuke? Elder Ishikawa? What, what has happened to you!"
When facing Danzo Shimura, the unruliness in Uchiha Fucheng's bones was slightly restrained.
After all, on the surface, he maintained the most basic respect for Danzo Shimura's strength.
But when facing these nobles from the Land of Fire, Fucheng truly held them in no regard at all.
"Noble bloodline?"
In Uchiha Fucheng's eyes, only the various Ninja dogs of the Hatake family and the Inuzuka family were worth discussing in terms of purity of bloodline.
Uchiha Fucheng had more important things to do tonight.
He wanted to take advantage of the heavy losses suffered by Root personnel to enter the core area of Root again. He was going to clean out all of Danzo Shimura's good stuff.
"Who has the spare time to bicker and haggle with these nobles from the Land of Fire?"
The western outskirts of Konoha at night were quiet, without a single sound.
In this area, to prevent animals and summoning beasts from sneaking in to eavesdrop, Root had even exterminated the cicadas, snakes, crows, and field mice in the forest.
Even the fish, frogs, and geese in the ponds had been wiped out.
Twenty Misaka Sisters following Fucheng collectively used their techniques, carefully sneaking underground.
As for Uchiha Fucheng, relying on his excellent skills, he snuck into the core Root base silently.
He did not use [Gods Alibi].
Given the current level of defense Ninjas at the Root base, with their strength, they couldn't pose much of a threat to Fucheng.
During the decisive battle against the Sand Ninja, Uchiha Fucheng successfully eliminated eight RootNinjas, four of whom were elite Jonin.
At the Tenchi Bridge in the Land of Grass, Uchiha Fucheng also eliminated Danzo Shimura's body double. Uchiha Fugaku, Mikoto, and Elder Liyao killed a total of 20 RootNinjas, among whom were four elite Jonin serving as Danzo Shimura's bodyguards and six RootJonin acting as squad leaders, who also perished.
Finally, in the Land of Grass, the Rock Ninja's self-destruction killed another 12 RootNinjas, including the two most powerful assistants of Danzo Shimura, Shen and Yi.
By this count, about forty of the most core Root experts had died at the hands of Uchiha Fucheng.
This didn't even include the RootJonin lost on the battlefield during the war in the Land of Rain and the war against the Sand Ninja.
The current Danzo Shimura and Root were far less powerful than they would be over a decade later. The Root under his command hadn't yet had time to absorb more elite Ninjas from small Ninja clans.
Having lost these powerful RootNinjas, the current Root had already become an "empty shell" that existed in name only.
Even in the underground base of the core Root area, the arrangement of defensive Ninjas seemed stretched thin.
It was completely maintained by the old, weak, sick, and young Ninja reserves, who were barely holding things together.
Entering the interior of the base, the situation inside was quite close to what Fucheng had expected.
The last time Fucheng snuck into Root, the entrance to this base still had nearly three squads of nine Ninjas patrolling.
At the same base entrance, now only one RootChunin was left, dozing off.
Utilizing the shadows, Fucheng didn't alert the opponent, smoothly flashing past the top of the cave.
He cleverly bypassed the base entrance that required personnel identity verification.
The space behind was even more empty.
In the large warehouse area, only two Chunin with two Genin were responsible for night security.
However, this kind of ordinary warehouse area with bulk food, medicine, and Ninja tools was not on Fucheng's looting list.
He passed through here in a few flashes.
The second underground level of the Root area behind was a functional area for RootNinja training and accommodation.
In the entire underground Root base, this area had the largest space.
The cave was dug very high, and there were traces of numerous Ninja activities and training.
It was just that it was night rest time, and the ordinary RootNinjas and reserve Ninjas were not on duty rotation.
One level further down was the prison for "Ninja Beasts, special personnel, and captured enemy personnel," which had a somewhat strange appearance.
The guards and patrol personnel on this level were much more numerous.
Uchiha Fucheng even needed to use Mangekyo genjutsu control to confuse the Root personnel in order to pass through here quickly.
Closer, getting closer.
Fucheng had the Misaka Sisters underground acting as scouts and guides.
In the massive underground cavern, Fucheng could even detail a 3D map of the underground cavern.
One more level down.
Fucheng arrived at the office area for core Root personnel and the confidential biological experiment area.
On this level, Danzo Shimura had even cleared out nearly half the area to house many biological and human experimentation devices.
Presumably, the later Wood Release Cells experiments and Orochimaru's Root human experiments all took place here.
"Careful, there are hidden traps ahead!" the Misaka Sisters warned.
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