Originally thought that this time the main combat force of the Root would still depend on himself, the leader of the Rain Village who once defeated the Three Ninjas.
But the fact is that he played very little combat power in this battle and only killed an ordinary jonin.
The rest were all dealt with by the Akatsuki organization itself, even Ryoma Aburame, a strong man who posed a great threat to him, was killed in seconds by their combined efforts.
Such high-end combat power seemed to completely surpass himself.
It turns out that the peace that Yahiko talked about was actually based on such confidence. I was really fooled by him.
Nagato...if my memory serves me correctly, those eyes should be the legendary Rinnegan.
The legend of the Sage's Eye is also circulated throughout the ninja world, and veteran strongmen like him have their own channels for obtaining information.
In any case, it is really hard to imagine in which direction a person with this ability can lead the Rain Kingdom in the future.
If I had discovered these eyes in the past, I might have thought of many dangerous things, but now even some extreme ideas cannot be implemented.
This battle made Hanzo realize exactly what kind of organization Akatsuki is, a "peace organization" with the fighting power to destroy other small countries.
Nagato with the Rinnegan, Yahiko who is wise but appears foolish, Konan who is vicious and cunning, the mysterious fourth person, and Noah who is as wise as the sea.
Ninja...you should never trust strangers.
Fortunately, I did not listen to that old guy Danzo and engage in internal fighting, otherwise I might be in danger this time.
But he also felt a little regretful for not listening to Danzo. Without external support, it would be difficult for him to win the battle against Akatsuki on his own.
Maybe if I had listened to Danzo at the beginning... No... I would have died early if I had listened to him.
I didn't expect that I would actually be in danger of losing power. From now on, this Rain Country will be the Rain Country of the Akatsuki organization.
Hanzo finally felt the power of time. Not only in terms of strength but also in terms of mentality.
Obito and Black Zetsu left after eradicating the Root. Next, he planned to form his own team. The five major countries would surely not be able to cope with it alone.
After dealing with Ryuma's soul, Nagato was exhausted. The awakening time of Shurado's ability was not long and the difficulty was extremely high. It was difficult to support it with his bloodline.
What remains is the matter of the Akatsuki organization and Hanzo, who has some inexplicable estrangement with him.
Noah still adhered to the previously agreed cooperation method, and was even willing to share various secret information of the roots with him.
And he said that we are all family and there is no need to be vigilant.
Hanzo could only listen at this moment. The shock of this cub turning into a dragon was too great for him.
Are you one of us? Are you one of us pretending to be weak? Are you one of us pretending to be weak?
The Akatsuki members' acting skills fluctuate so terribly.
So he found a reason to return to the high tower of Rain Village and fell into deep thought. It seemed as if he was pushed to this point today by an invisible force.
I don't know when I fell into this predicament, it's terrible.
"Teacher, this..."
The leader of the Rain Village barely concealed his uneasiness and vigilance, and the three disciples were a little worried.
"Don't worry, there's only one step left."
"Once he takes the last step, he will be our most loyal comrade. I will find a way to make Hanzo-sama continue to be great!"
Chapter 64 The third generation felt a pain in his back
boom!
Danzo sat in the dark underground space and smashed the desk in front of him with a slap.
The top-secret information flew all over the sky and then rolled to the ground with no one paying attention to it. The owner of this office was no longer in the mood to care about it.
It's been three days!
Aburame Ryoma had lost contact with him for three whole days.
Ever since he reported the progress of the siege on Akatsuki through spiritualism before the Rain Country mission, he has not been in contact since.
Based on the rigor of the roots, we can basically achieve a report every day, especially for such a sensitive task.
To some extent, this shows that Ryoma Aburame and his group have completely lost contact.
At the same time, a second group of people lost contact, making the information of this operation a complete mystery.
Because in addition to sending Ryoma Aburame's team, Danzo also secretly sent two monitors to monitor the periphery, and even Ryoma, who was carrying out the mission, was not aware of this.
Although there is control of the curse, the Root will not trust anyone.
But this time, the monitor who was sent out alone also lost contact. How... is this possible?
Is the enemy too cautious? Or has the root been infiltrated?
If it is the latter, it is really a chilling thing. Every internal review of the intelligence agency is bloody.
What Danzo could not have imagined was that among the targets of this design there was a person who had been cautious for decades and for three worlds.
These are the styles of doing things that are engraved in their bones, and those methods at the root are just like that in Noah's eyes.
If it was just a mission failure, Danzo wouldn't be so angry, but the annihilation of the entire army would be very unbearable.
This is a combat squadron composed of more than 20 elite ninjas.
Think about it, the 50-man vanguard force of the Iwagakure Village broke through Konoha's three lines of defense, and the combat power and average ability of his more than 20 people are not much different.
There were three jonin, five special jonin, and a dozen elite chunins.
The mystic arts, bloodstains, sealing classes, tracking and investigation, etc. are very comprehensive and the survivability is maximized.
Such a team...the Root suffered an unprecedented blow.
Since the Root was established after Sarutobi Hiruzen inherited the position of the Sandaime Hokage after the Second Ninja World War, it has never experienced such tragic casualties. It can be said that the high-end forces at his disposal have been basically wiped out.
If we want to accumulate the same level of power again, it will take at least ten years, and a large amount of resources will have to continue to be poured into it.
Such a horrific accumulation would be a heavy blow even for the huge size of Konoha Village.
Danzo didn't even dare to send anyone to investigate the enemy's information. The terrifying abyss that could overwhelmingly eliminate everyone was not something the Root could handle. Unless Konoha sent a large force, they could find out the truth.
How can I explain this to Sarutobi Hiruzen?
The Root is nominally an organization under the name of the Anbu. In other words, every ninja here is actually a resource of the Konoha Anbu.
You've destroyed an elite squadron of troops, and if you don't give an explanation you're going to end up in trouble.
Thanks to the bad things he did secretly for Konoha, the people who want him dead can line up from Hokage Rock to Kikyo Mountain.
Although he usually concealed many secret combat powers of the Root, he could not hide Ryoma Aburame and the other two ninjas, and they all registered with Hiruzen.
The other party is not an old fool. How could he not register this elite ninja force that can change the situation of the battle?
Besides, without the face of the Third Hokage, Danzo would have no face to select people from the major ninja clans.
Do you really think that he has so many followers because of his personal charm? He must have entered the Anbu first to select people and brainwash them, and then gave them a big gift package of curse seal.
Especially the team leader Ryoma Aburame, the Aburame clan is one of the ninja clans cooperating with the Root.
Danzo paid a considerable price for this talent.
Its special mystical abilities and survivability would be very difficult for even Danzo to deal with on his own.
And this subordinate knows many of my secrets.
Or it could be called criminal evidence, and a vast amount of facts that a future Hokage shouldn't do.
That's why he carved all kinds of protective seals and suicide curse seals on the opponent's body.
But the other party never came back. This has a lot of implications... If the information is leaked...
No, it won't. The seal and Ryoma's will will not betray themselves.
But this doubt has always lingered in my mind.
Even though he conducted the first generation of Hokage cell experiments, even though he copied most of the seal book, even though he stole a lot of Konoha's funds, even though he cultivated many secret forces of his own, even though he...
Hey!
Longma, if you want to die, then die. Don't mess around...
Danzo was extremely anxious at this moment.
But no matter how anxious he was, he had to go to Sarutobi Hiruzen to report.
If an unknown enemy becomes hostile towards Konoha, Hiruzen must be warned to avoid being caught off guard by the enemy.
Even small changes at the end of a war can have a big impact.
Or he could go find an old friend to cover for himself, because if this matter were to be exposed, he would be finished.
Before sitting on the throne of Hokage, I may have to go to the gallows first.
"completely annihilated?"
"Ahem, at the moment this is a possibility."
"What a possibility."
"99%."
……
boom! ! !
"I'm going to beat you to death...￥#...￥%￥...%!!!"
First, a desk flew out of the window, followed by the roar of the Third Hokage and the sound of fists and feet fighting.
From the muffled sounds, one could tell that this was a fatal blow.
At first, Danzo was in the wrong and didn't dare to fight back, but this guy became more and more excited and started to fight back.
But when it comes to close combat, he is no match for Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is still at the peak of his strength, so he was severely beaten by the sandbag-sized fist.
When Hiruzen stopped, Danzo was almost suffocated by the beating.
Even so, three generations have not calmed down.
It's the same again. He's backstabbed by his own friend again. This bastard is so worrying!
The identity of Aburame Ryoma is equivalent to that of his own Anbu chief being captured by the enemy, and even his corpse has huge value.
What's more, many of Danzo's shameful things were carried out by the guards around him, which was too dangerous for Konoha.
Even if Utane Koharu and Mitomon were missing, he wouldn't be so nervous. The core of the Root... is really different.
Yes, he tacitly approved of Danzo's various actions towards the outside world, and these actions also helped Konoha delay the pace of enemies from other countries.
The roots played a huge role in enabling the village to survive until this period of time in this war.
The ability to complete the mission regardless of death or any circumstances was something not even the Anbu could fully achieve.
However, at the most critical moment of the war, they provoked a mysterious and powerful enemy, destroying the power of an elite squadron.
This guy had so much combat power hidden away, but it was all given away in one wave. If it had happened on the battlefield of Platycodon Mountain, the outcome of the battle might have been decided.
Finally, the crisis of intelligence leakage... this is a huge event.
Chapter 65: The Power of the Will of Fire
White Fang was driven to suicide by the secretly manipulated public opinion just because he gave up the intelligence. As for Danzo... he really deserves to be killed.
If this battle did not require the support of the Root, he would have to kill this guy according to the village rules to be worthy of the ninjas fighting on the front line.
Alas... it's always different for Danzo.
There was no other person as useful as him and as sharp as him. No matter how angry Sarutobi Hiruzen was, he didn't really ask anyone to take this bastard away.
"Ahem, it's possible that Salamander Hanzo personally left Ryoma there."
"Don't worry, the information should not have been leaked."
After catching his breath a little, Danzo said weakly that he would die regardless of whether the secret was leaked or not, otherwise Hiruzen would really kill him.
Danzo still understood which areas he absolutely must not touch, as even ten of him would be killed.
