Chapter 96
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Danzo, nearing 70 years old, could not bind Gensou despite using all his strength.
As for the Reverse Four Symbols Seal.
While the released black blood was indeed terrifying, its full power unfolded gradually.
During this time, Gensou could easily outpace the spreading black blood with his swift speed.
Moreover, Gensou had long been wary of Danzo's final self-destructive move.
Danzo had hoped to catch him off guard, but he had thought too much.
"It's over."
Seeing everything before him, Gensou calmly announced.
Fortunately, he had already extracted Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan from Danzo's eye. It would have been a great pity to follow Danzo into the afterlife.
"No! For Konoha! Gensou! You must die! You must die..."
Danzo's face was full of resentment and hatred.
Desperate, he used his last strength to charge at Gensou.
But no matter how hard he tried, the distance between them only grew.
Finally, as his body was dragged into the abyss by the black blood, Danzo's one eye remained fixed on Gensou until he was completely swallowed.
As the caster, Danzo completely vanished, and the rapidly expanding black blood sphere spread in all directions.
Standing far away on a treetop, Gensou watched the explosion site of the Reverse Four Symbols Seal.
Soon, everything ended.
A huge crater nearly a hundred meters wide appeared before him.
Everything above the crater, including Danzo, had been swallowed clean by the Reverse Four Symbols Seal.
"Sealing techniques are indeed unreasonable."
After a brief sigh, Gensou, having finally dealt with the Root forces that had been spying on him since the conflict in Tanzaku Town, looked towards Konoha, where a large group of ninja was heading his way.
Gensou's figure flashed. Instead of leaving, he returned to the Root base.
After killing and looting, it was time to collect the spoils.
While chasing Danzo in the underground base, he had glimpsed many valuable items.
After all, it was the headquarters of Root.
Gold, ninja tools, secret techniques, and intelligence were one thing.
What truly interested Gensou were the advanced scientific equipment and precious materials far superior to those in his previous lab.
Thinking about possibly grabbing something from the Konoha Hospital, he no longer had to worry.
Finding a stash of storage scrolls in the Root base's warehouse, Gensou packed up all the advanced equipment he coveted. He also collected other items that caught his eye.
Finally, he paused briefly in the chamber where Tobidara had self-immolated, then left.
Almost as soon as he left, the Konoha reinforcements arrived.
At first glance, they saw the enormous semi-circular crater above the base.
Coupled with the Root ninja corpses they found along the way, it was clear that Root had suffered an unprecedented attack.
"It's worse than I thought."
Raising his headband, Kakashi, who was unfamiliar with the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, focused on the completely destroyed entrance of the Root base.
Hearing no sounds of fighting from within and seeing no Root ninja coming out to greet them, Kakashi had the worst suspicion.
He solemnly ordered, "Maintain a B-rank battle formation. Stay vigilant at all times when entering the Root base, and no one is to leave the group without permission."
"Understood!"
The ninjas present were all elites of Konoha and knew exactly what to do.
Might Guy, giving a thumbs up, said, "My youthful spirit is burning!"
Fully aware of the seriousness of the situation when his eternal rival Kakashi showed such a grave expression, Guy was even prepared to open the Eight Gates.
But to everyone's surprise, as they passed through the entrance and descended into the Root base, which they had only heard of by name, they found no danger.
All they saw were lifeless bodies of Root ninjas.
As for enemy bodies, there were none.
Though normally wary of Root and its ninjas, considering them part of Konoha, seeing them all dead within the village itself left the Konoha ninjas silent.
During the subsequent investigation, Kakashi and the others carefully examined the scene and the bodies of all the fallen Root ninjas, coming to a grim conclusion.
The destruction of the Root base was the work of a single person.
"One person wiped out the entire Root? Who could do such a thing?" Asuma, who had arrived as well, lit a cigarette to calm himself and asked.
That was Root! Even more terrifying than the Konoha ANBU.
Not even the Hokage could have caused this much devastation.
Kakashi's mind suddenly flashed to one person.
But without evidence, he didn't dwell on it. Instead, he looked around and, frowning, asked, "Now there's another critical issue. Where is Elder Danzo?"
As one of Konoha's advisory elders, Danzo's status was second only to the Hokage, a matter of great concern for everyone present.
Despite finding no danger within the Root base and dispersing to search, they could not find any trace of Elder Danzo.
"Could it have something to do with that crater on the surface?" someone cautiously suggested.
Kakashi's face darkened.
If that were the case, it would be a disaster.
The complete annihilation of Root and the possible death of Elder Danzo quickly spread back to Konoha.
It caused an uproar, and the entire village was immediately on high alert.
As many puzzled villagers watched, a large number of Konoha ninjas moved swiftly across the rooftops.
The alert level of Konoha Village was raised to the highest.
With the Fifth Hokage away at the Five Kage Summit, the remaining two Konoha advisors quickly stepped up to handle the situation.
"I will go to the Root base myself. I need to see if Elder Danzo is truly dead."
With a serious and slightly sad expression, Homura said to his last remaining old friend, "I leave the village in your hands. Also, inform Tsunade, but don't make her rush back. Leaving the Five Kage Summit in a hurry will only make the other Kage look down on Konoha."
"I understand." Koharu replied solemnly, "Be careful."
"Yes."
(End of Chapter)