"That's where the target is located, everyone get ready!"
In the dark of night, a group of Ninjas wearing strange masks and exuding a cold aura slowly surrounded the hotel where Vegapunk was staying.
Strangely, the Konoha Anbu who had originally surrounded the hotel for both monitoring and protection had all been transferred away, leaving not a single person behind.
Of course, these cold Ninjas did not find this strange, as such things often happened in the past. Root Ninjas never clashed with Konoha Anbu when executing missions—because it was impossible for Anbu Ninjas to even be present when they were on duty!
From this point of view, the understanding between Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi was quite high.
"There is only one mission target, but there should be three protectors with him! One is a female Ninja from the Sea Ninja Village who possesses multiple Bloodline Limits, and there is also a relatively low-profile male guard for whom there is no clear data."
"However, the most troublesome one should be the female guard named Hancock! Preliminary assessment suggests her strength may have reached Kage-level, and she possesses a Bloodline Limit with bizarre petrification and charm abilities!"
Whether it was the mental-type charm ability or the petrification ability that specifically countered the physical body, both were incredibly troublesome Bloodline Limits. Ordinary Ninjas would likely back down upon hearing this, yet these death soldiers trained by Root did not even change their breathing rhythm.
Root's training erased humanity, making it difficult to create true experts; even Jonin-level powerhouses rarely appeared. However, with the supply of massive resources and various secret techniques, mass-producing Elite Chunin-level Ninjas was not difficult, and some talented ones could even reach the level of Special Jonin.
More importantly, because of their cold style where everything was for the mission and they completely disregarded their own lives and those of their comrades, the combat power of death soldiers trained by Root was even stronger than that of Ninjas of the same level. It was a common occurrence for them to take down Ninjas stronger than themselves.
And this time, Danzo had also made a grand move. Besides his deputy, Aburame Ryoma, almost all of Root's capable Ninjas were deployed—nearly 20 Special Jonin, plus Aburame Torune and Fu Yamanaka, two Elite Jonin. This practically accounted for all of Root's high-level combat power.
It couldn't be helped; according to Kakashi, although Vegapunk had no combat experience, his basic physical fitness and Chakra volume alone were enough to compete with an average Jonin.
And Hancock was terrifyingly strong. That bizarre petrification ability and powerful physique would make even the Kage of the major hidden villages scratch their heads if they saw her.
Mei Terumī went without saying; being a dual Bloodline Limit user already spoke for her talent. It wasn't just the boost to her strength from the Bloodline Limits, but the fact that she could synthesize dual Bloodline Limits itself showed that her Chakra control and nature transformation had both been cultivated to the limit.
There might be weaklings among Ninjas who possess a Bloodline Limit, but Ninjas who can synthesize a Bloodline Limit are definitely not weak; the weakest among them would be at the Elite Jonin level.
In other words, Root might have to face two Kage-level experts joining forces in this battle. If Root Ninjas weren't all brainwashed tools, ordinary Ninjas would have lost all morale long ago.
Even Danzo only dared to launch the plan because he had intel that Vegapunk himself was not good at fighting. Otherwise, if he really had to face two Kage-level Ninjas, he wouldn't have much chance of winning even if he threw the entire Root into it... In the hotel's first-floor porter's room, Uchiha Obito silently sat up from his bed and looked out at the dark night.
Just as he was about to pick up the weapon placed by the bed, his body suddenly shuddered as if he had heard an order, and he withdrew his hand. Then, he lay back down in the covers. After a spatial distortion, he and the entire bed were sucked into the Kamui Dimension.
The room became empty in an instant, leaving only his mutter:
"Going to sleep, going to sleep. A bunch of fools coming here to find death..."
The masked Ninjas quietly lurked outside the hotel. Because Vegapunk had set up a Barrier, these Ninjas did not dare to act rashly. First, several Ninjas proficient in Barrier Ninjutsu and Sealing Techniques began to crack the hotel's Barrier.
However, soon ten minutes passed, and those Root Ninjas proficient in Barrier Ninjutsu and Sealing Techniques were still busy. Their masks hid their expressions, but it could be seen from their sweat-soaked backs and heavy breathing that their progress was clearly not going smoothly.
In the Amenominaka Space, Vegapunk, who was so comfortable he was almost losing consciousness, dazedly looked at the outside world and only reacted after a long while.
"Can't these fools even break a Barrier of this level? It's clearly created entirely based on the chakra system!"
"And I've already simplified the Barrier as much as possible. If they can't even crack a Barrier of this level, these guys are too useless, aren't they?"
In terms of Sealing Techniques, having absorbed all the knowledge of the Ninja World in the Parallel World and possessing a Quantum chip with super-computing power, Vegapunk's sealing skills were worlds apart from the Ninja World's. Otherwise, he couldn't have created the 64-Trigram Seal, which was countless times more advanced than the Eight Trigrams Seal.
If he really went all out with a Barrier, even Six Paths Level figures could barely withstand a blow or two, and Super Kage-level Ninjas like Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara would be trapped for over ten minutes. So this time, the Barrier he set on the perimeter was simplified again and again.
In Vegapunk's estimation, theoretically, these things shouldn't stump those ninjas—but in reality, it was only theoretical!
As a top scientist, Vegapunk's inspiration far exceeded that of ordinary people. His brain produced unimaginable ideas every second, leading to unconstrained thinking when performing Sealing Techniques. The entire Barrier seemed consistent with traditional Barriers, but in fact, it had many small changes and optimizations.
If it were the Ninjas from the Konoha Barrier Team, they might be able to completely crack Vegapunk's Barrier after spending some time, gaining a lot of new knowledge and even improving their own Sealing Techniques.
But for Root Ninjas, due to long-term brainwashing, even these Barrier Ninjas only memorized by rote. They rigidly performed or cracked fixed Barrier techniques. Faced with Vegapunk's inspired Barrier, these people were simply at a loss.
Seeing that these people were busy for another few minutes and still at a loss, Vegapunk helplessly used his Electromagnetic Ability to control his Bio-weapons to slightly reduce the Barrier's structure from the inside.
"Overestimated the intelligence of these fools. It's really hilarious; they can't even crack my perimeter Barrier and yet they want to cause trouble for me. Do these Ninjas have brains?"
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