Yamato

"Nagasawa-san, if you attack again, I'm afraid we will only get a pile of debris today." Orochimaru teased Nagasawa as he threw the Root leader to the ground.

"I know what I'm doing. Despite how it looks, I hold back, you know." Nagasawa laughed.

If he attacked with all his strength, let alone this small base, even an island would be blown up.

Orochimaru nodded, believing Nagasawa's words.

The two of them delved deeper into Root's base.

Along the way, the two of them met some casualties of Nagasawa's attack.

Some of the people who were close were blown up to the point that they were no longer identifiable, while those who were far away were seriously injured.

Orochimaru would gladly welcome them as future experiment subjects. He tied them up with a giant snake in case they ran away.

He just happened to be short on experiment subjects. Danzo had agreed to give him a few experiment subjects, but since Danzo was thrown into prison, he had to figure it out on his own.

In addition to the members of Root they met at the entrance, the two also met some hiding Root members, but they were easily crushed by Orochimaru and Nagasawa.

The two kept going until Nagasawa saw a little boy looking at him with vigilance.

The boy was wearing Anbu clothes, but he did not wear a mask, and his hair was unkempt.

The boy quickly took out Kunai from his pouch and looked at the two warily.

He was taking a nap, and the base exploded. He woke up still confused.

Nagasawa thought about it and guessed that this boy should be Yamato, the only person who could use Wood Release aside from the First Hokage.

Considering the year and the boy's age, Nagasawa was quite certain.

Nagasawa stopped Orochimaru, who was about to attack Yamato.

Orochimaru looked at Nagasawa with his snake-like golden pupils.

"Don't you think he looks a bit familiar?" Nagasawa smiled.

"Huh?" Orochimaru was even more puzzled. He could not recall who this Root member was.

Orochimaru carefully observed Yamato for a while and finally remembered. Wasn't this the experiment subject he used during his research on Hashirama's cells before? Didn't he die? Why was he here?

Could it be that the boy survived and was taken in by Danzo?

Yamato glared at Orochimaru. He tried to form hand seals to use Wood Release, but Orochimaru's killing intent completely paralyzed Yamato.

It was as if Yamato just saw a mountain of corpses behind Orochimaru, and a lot of blood flowed down from them. At this moment, his world seemed to have been dyed blood red.

As someone who had participated in two Great Shinobi Wars, his powerful killing intent was not something that Yamato could withstand at this stage.

Yamato was intimidated by Orochimaru's killing intent, rendering him unable to move. His body trembled slightly, and cold sweat continuously dripped down his forehead.

"It doesn't seem to be a success. That's all it takes to scare him." Orochimaru felt a little disappointed when he saw that Yamato was actually intimidated by his killing intent and did not dare to move.

"It can't be helped, he's still so young. It's normal if he can't endure your killing intent." Nagasawa shook his head.

Yamato's Wood Release was indeed not as good as Hashirama's, but to be fair, Hashirama was a God of Shinobi.

Compared to ordinary Shinobi, Yamato was undoubtedly powerful. If his power were to be measured, he'd be one of the strongest Special Jonin.

In addition, Wood Release restrained Tailed Beasts by nature.

Nagasawa smiled and walked up to Yamato. He gently patted Yamato's head and said,

"Don't be afraid. We are all good people. We are here to give you freedom."

Perhaps either because of Nagasawa's gentle smile or because Nagasawa and Orochimaru themselves really did not do anything, Yamato let his guard down a little and asked, "Who are you? What happened to the base?"

My name is Fujiwara Nagasawa, and I am the assistant of the Hokage. As for the base, of course, we're the ones responsible for destroying it. Your leader, Danzo, has been arrested for doing too many bad things, so this base is kind of illegal now.

Hearing Nagasawa's words, Yamato's eyes showed a hint of confusion. Danzo was actually in prison. This was something he had never thought would happen.

He wasn't this confused even when Root was disbanded. According to Danzo, they just became even better than Anbu.

"If you're confused, you can join my training team. It's part of Anbu, but it will be much easier than being in Root. As an Anbu, you can continue to protect Konoha." Nagasawa smiled.

"Continue to protect Konoha..." Yamato's eyes gradually changed.

In the past, Danzo always said that to protect Konoha, saying that as Root, they were responsible for helping Konoha from the dark.

"What is your name?" Nagasawa continued to ask.

"I don't have a name. My code name is A," Yamato replied honestly.

"Then you can call yourself Yamato from now on. This is your name from now on. What do you think?" Nagasawa still smiled warmly. Combined with his attractive looks, he certainly became more convincing.

"Yamato?" Yamato nodded, feeling that this name suited him for some reason.

"Yamato, stay here! We still have to deal with some things. We will come to pick you up later." Nagasawa patted Yamato on the shoulder and smiled.

Yamato nodded. "Yes."

The two delved deeper.

"Nagasawa-san, now that's cheating." Orochimaru said as he licked his lips.

Nagasawa shook his head and said "Cheating? You left such a bad impression on him. Are you trying to knock him out and take him back?"

"The result is the same, right?" Orochimaru said nonchalantly.

"Of course not. I can feel the light in his heart. He is not an ordinary member of Root." Nagasawa said casually.

Orochimaru: …

While they were chatting, the two of them entered the information room of the base. There were all kinds of information that Danzo had collected, as well as some precious items.

However, there was no one guarding this place anymore. With such a big explosion, who could possibly guard this place? They would've rushed straight at the intruders.

However, it was a pity that the intruders were too powerful.

Nagasawa punched the tightly locked door, and the two of them walked in.

As soon as they entered, Nagasawa and Orochimaru were drawn by the two small bottles on the table.

Because the two bottles actually contained a red eye with three tomoes in the middle.