Chapter 10: Byakuya: Do You Also Wish to Dance?
"Hey, hey, Ino, why are you still spacing out?"
Sakura saw that after Byakuya left, Ino was completely stunned.
She just kept standing there, watching Byakuya's departing figure.
Only after Sakura patted her a few times did Ino react.
But at this moment, Ino's face was deathly pale.
That Anbu member from earlier had actually used the Mind Body Switch Technique to tell her that Byakuya was in danger.
Ino looked around.
That Anbu member had told her not to make a fuss and to go find her father to intervene.
"I have something to do, I'm going home first!"
Ino left somewhat flustered. After all, the practical combat assessment was already over.
No one paid attention to Ino leaving.
On the other side, after Byakuya left with them,
"Aren't you nervous at all?"
Aburame Torune looked at Byakuya with interest.
It could be said that among all the people he had met, Byakuya was the calmest.
You must know, even a genius of Shisui's level had to become serious upon hearing the name Anbu.
Yet Byakuya, the same age as Shisui, was so composed.
"This boy's mentality is indeed far beyond ordinary people!"
Aburame Torune thought to himself, no wonder the leader valued him so highly.
"But having said that..."
Right at that moment, Byakuya stopped in his tracks, his gaze flatly staring at the two "Anbu members" in front of him.
"This doesn't seem to be the way to the Hokage Building!"
"Hahaha, as expected of a genius's intuition; it's just different from ordinary people."
Even Aburame Torune couldn't help but applaud Byakuya for remaining calm in the face of danger and for his meticulous mind.
No wonder he could attract Lord Danzo's attention.
"What a pity. How nice it would have been if you had just pretended not to know!"
A fierce light gleamed in Aburame Torune's eyes.
On the other side, Kakashi arrived at the Ninja Academy.
"Is Byakuya here?"
Kakashi wanted to take Byakuya away, but to his surprise, the people around were all buzzing with discussion.
"Wow, Hokage-sama really values Byakuya."
"He actually sent two waves of people to call for Byakuya in succession. Just how urgent is this?"
Many who didn't know Kakashi's identity didn't understand what this implied.
When they learned of Kakashi's title as the copy ninja, they immediately became envious.
"Byakuya has definitely caught Hokage-sama's eye this time."
"Otherwise, it would be impossible to send such an important person here!"
"What's going on?"
Kakashi looked completely bewildered. Did Hokage-sama send someone else as well?
"Not good!"
Kakashi seemed to realize something and quickly prepared to turn back.
Boom!
A violent explosion in the distance immediately caught Kakashi's attention.
"That direction is Root, damn it!!!"
Kakashi almost cursed out loud; the key point was that Danzo was truly subhuman!
Now Kakashi could only pray that Byakuya wasn't in any danger!
"This is?"
The closer Kakashi got to the site of the explosion, the more terrifying it felt.
The surrounding area was filled with the aura of Chakra.
It was as if a great battle had just taken place here.
"This is!"
What met his eyes was a massive Towering Tree.
Multiple trees had rapidly grown from the ground, uprooting themselves to collectively form this Towering Tree.
"What happened?"
Kakashi couldn't believe the scene he saw next.
Two Anbu members were being strangled tightly by countless tree branches, unable to move.
"Do you guys want to dance too?"
High up on the Towering Tree, Byakuya looked down indifferently at the two defeated opponents below him.
Dressing up as Anbu members to trick him?
Little did they know, Byakuya had discovered their identities from the very beginning.
He had lived in Konoha for nearly twenty years; it wasn't as if he didn't even know where the Hokage Building was.
And that orange-haired Anbu immediately made him think of Danzo's subordinate—Fu Yamanaka!
"Are you... Byakuya?"
Kakashi looked at the domineering Byakuya in disbelief.
Was this... was this still the Byakuya he knew?
"They tried to harm me, so I taught them a little lesson in return. That's not against the law, is it?"
Byakuya naturally sensed Kakashi's arrival.
But so what? The Root members were the ones who attacked him first. He was acting in reasonable self-defense; who could blame him?
"Wait, is this Wood Release?"
Kakashi finally reacted to the most important matter.
It was actually Wood Release!!!!
Byakuya was actually using Wood Release!
At this moment, Kakashi's heart was like a surging tide!
One must know that Wood Release was the exclusive Kekkei Genkai of the First Hokage.
Since the death of the First Hokage, almost no one had awakened it.
Furthermore, it wasn't as if Kakashi had never seen a Wood Release user before.
For example, the Root experimental subject, the current Anbu Yamato.
But Yamato's Wood Release could not be compared to Byakuya's in front of him at all.
With just one Wood Release attack, Byakuya had directly destroyed the entire street and incidentally defeated two Elite Jonin from Root.
Kakashi felt that the very heavens of Konoha were about to change.
"Byakuya, come with me to the Hokage Building right now!"
Kakashi came to Byakuya's side and looked around vigilantly.
"No problem!"
Facing such a situation, Byakuya was extremely calm.
Anyway, exposing his strength was only a matter of time. Having awakened a top-tier Kekkei Genkai like Wood Release, things would become much easier from now on.
Soon, under Kakashi's close protection,
Byakuya finally met the Third Hokage.
"You're saying... Byakuya has awakened Wood Release!!"
After hearing Kakashi's report, Hiruzen Sarutobi's breathing became rapid.
That was Wood Release!
The legendary Susanoo-clad Buddha that allowed two people to destroy four nations!
"Byakuya, do you have any requests?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze toward Byakuya was filled with heat, which made Byakuya a bit uncomfortable.
"Rest assured, regarding the matter with Danzo, I will definitely give you an explanation!"
Seeing Byakuya remain silent, Hiruzen Sarutobi thought he was still brooding over what had just happened.
So, Hiruzen Sarutobi directly used his authority as Hokage to take out a scroll.
"On this is all the cultivation experience regarding Wood Release."
At first, Byakuya thought the old man, the Third, was going to give him Wood Release Ninjutsu.
But he hadn't expected it to be cultivation experience.
Do I lack that stuff?
Byakuya almost wanted to laugh. One must know that he currently had max-level Wood Release.
However, he still flipped through it; quite a bit of the usage experience regarding Wood Release inside was actually quite useful!
"Hokage-sama, the heads of the Ino-Shika-Cho Clan Alliance have arrived!"