Chapter 151:
But Root was no decoration. Three Root members attacked Toritsume Koyun from the left, right, and behind respectively.
Danzō calmly turned his head again, seemingly very confident in Root's strength.
And indeed he was—Root managed to attack Toritsume Koyun before her blade reached Danzō.
Unless… someone helped intercept Root!
The Mangekyō Sharingan in Sakyo's eye sockets spun wildly. Danzō noticed this and was instantly shocked. He subconsciously activated Izanagi…
Sakyo thought to herself: "Genjutsu… Sharingan!"
The three Root members who had originally been preparing to attack Toritsume Koyun now gripped their ninja swords and thrust them simultaneously toward Danzō.
Puff puff~
The sound of four ninja swords piercing flesh rang out almost at the same time. Danzō's body began to turn illusory.
From the shadows, Danzō's voice came again: "I actually overlooked you… and wasted one of my Sharingan eyes."
"Since you don't know what's good for you, then die."
As soon as Danzō finished speaking, the Root members all launched attacks toward Sakyo.
At the critical moment, Naruto's voice echoed across the entire area: "Heh heh, did you count me in?"
"Amenominaka!"
The entire world vanished under Naruto's technique.
Everyone's vision blurred for a moment, and when it cleared, the world had completely changed. All of them were now scattered across thick tree branches.
The Root members closest to Sakyo were almost instantly attacked by Wood Release.
Bizarre branches grew wildly, wrapping around the Root members.
Meanwhile, Naruto slapped Sarutobi Hiruzen on the shoulder and channeled chakra: "Genjutsu—Release!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes snapped open. He immediately saw the Root members being utterly crushed by Wood Release.
Not far away, Danzō observed the surroundings with a gloomy face, as if searching for the technique's weakness.
Naruto wasn't worried at all.
Indeed, every technique had a weakness.
But with Danzō's strength, the probability of him breaking Amenominaka was infinitely close to zero.
"Welcome to the Wood Realm. This is my home field."
Naruto's body suddenly erupted with powerful chakra. These chakra currents rapidly spread throughout the entire Wood Realm via the wood.
With Naruto's chakra stimulation, Wood Release grew frantically while simultaneously attacking Danzō and the Root members.
And… this attack was overwhelming, with basically no chance of dodging!
"Wind Style—Vacuum Great Sphere!"
Danzō could feel the branches draining his chakra wherever they touched him—his chakra was rapidly leaking through his feet.
However, Danzō had no choice but to ignore this for now. He formed a one-handed seal and expelled violent gusts from his mouth.
Crack crack~
The Vacuum Great Sphere blew all nearby Wood Release into fragments. Danzō leaped high into the air, pulling a scroll from his inner pocket with one hand.
He unfolded the scroll and threw it skyward.
Under Danzō's control, a rain of ninja tools fell from above. Kunai and shuriken spread densely in all directions until they covered a large area of branches.
Danzō himself floated in mid-air, occasionally stepping on kunai to control his position. He no longer felt Wood Release draining his chakra.
At the same time, Danzō quickly unwrapped the bandages on his other arm…
This situation had far exceeded Danzō's expectations.
Wood Release reappearing in the world shocked even him. What was even more ridiculous was that Naruto had pulled everyone into a world made entirely of Wood Release.
Even more ridiculous—there was no gravity here!
Whoosh whoosh~
The branches surged toward Danzō like mad. Danzō had almost no resistance and was quickly bound and tightened by Wood Release.
By now, the Root ninja Danzō had brought were basically wiped out.
Under Wood Release's onslaught, even Danzō couldn't resist—let alone his subordinates.
Naruto himself received feedback chakra from Wood Release.
These were the Root ninja's chakra, refined through Wood Release and now usable directly by Naruto.
Now Naruto understood why Senju Hashirama was so strong and had so much chakra.
Wood Release was really convenient: use chakra to attack enemies, absorb their chakra, and replenish what you lost…
In other words—as long as there were enough enemies, he could keep using ninjutsu and big moves forever.
So human-wave tactics were basically useless against Hashirama.
The current Naruto was the same.
"OK, battle over."
While Sarutobi Hiruzen and Sakyo hadn't even started fighting, Naruto had already finished the battle.
The two gathered toward Naruto. Sakyo didn't ask what happened. Instead, she said: "Naruto, about the Uchiha matter—I want you to tell me the truth."
Naruto knew it was time. The real culprit was right here, so he said to Sakyo: "Ask the real person yourself."
"Shimur Danzō… or Sarutobi Hiruzen, either works."
Sakyo frowned and looked suspiciously at Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Could the Third Hokage have had a hand in the Uchiha clan's destruction back then?
Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed twice: "I didn't know about Danzō's actions beforehand."
Naruto let out a scoffing laugh in his heart: Such a large-scale operation and you didn't know? How are you even Hokage?
Naruto absolutely didn't believe Sarutobi Hiruzen's words.
Massacring a major ninja clan overnight was no small matter.
Even with Root's full cooperation, it probably couldn't be done.
Perhaps it even required Akatsuki, Root, and ANBU working together.
But Naruto didn't expose Sarutobi Hiruzen—this old guy still had some use for now.
Danzō was bound by Wood Release and couldn't move, so he couldn't form seals and definitely couldn't use Body Flicker to escape.
Sakyo and Naruto walked up to Shimura Danzō, looking at his unwilling old face.
Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood at a distance, somewhat reluctant to watch.
As people grew old, there were more and more things they could do nothing about.
Sakyo spoke to Danzō in an ice-cold voice: "I want to know the truth."
Danzō's mouth curved slightly. The Mangekyō Sharingan in his eye socket began to spin: "The truth?"
"What does knowing it change? What does not knowing change?"
Puff~
Sakyo didn't give Danzō a chance to use genjutsu. She reached out and easily gouged out Danzō's Mangekyō Sharingan.
Fresh blood immediately gushed out, accompanied by Danzō's extremely pained, suppressed grunt.
"Not talking, huh?"
Sakyo's face grew colder and colder. She just wanted to know what really happened that night.
Why Uchiha Itachi killed their parents. Why the Uchiha clan suffered those things.
If it really was just to test his strength as Uchiha Itachi said, then Sakyo would have nothing to say.
But if Uchiha Itachi was forced into it… then he had borne too much alone.
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