hotmtlnovel Chapter 40 The root was blown up, Fugaku and Shisui were shocked, Danzo was unharmed.
Chapter 40 The root was blown up, Fugaku and Shisui were shocked, Danzo was unharmed.
"Mad Bull! Blue Dog! What are you doing?!"
"Protect Lord Danzo!"
"Take them down!"
From the shadows surrounding the secret chamber, more than a dozen figures suddenly sprang out—the elite Root members responsible for protecting Danzo. Both shocked and enraged, they shouted and simultaneously used various methods to pounce on the suddenly "betraying" Mad Bull and Blue Dog, attempting to subdue them.
A mocking smile also flashed in Danzo's eyes.
"You think you can hurt me with this kind of attack?" Danzo activated his Sharingan and dodged their attack, looking completely relaxed.
Meanwhile, other Root ninjas had also arrived.
Faced with the attack from their former colleagues, Mad Bull and Blue Dog not only did not defend or dodge, but instead simultaneously made a move that made everyone's pupils shrink.
They abruptly ripped open their tattered ANBU uniforms, revealing countless explosive tags covering their entire bodies! The fuses of those tags had been quietly ignited with their chakra, emitting soft hissing sounds and dazzling sparks!
Those were hundreds of explosive tags that Shen Yue had stuffed in, from their own ninja tool kits and as a gift from Shen Yue!
When ignited simultaneously, the destructive energy contained within is enough to completely level this area!
"For the honor of Root! Eliminate the traitors!" Mad Bull and Blue Dog roared in unison, their voices filled with the fanaticism and determination implanted by the illusion, as they charged toward Danzo and the Root members who rushed toward them!
"Not good!" Danzo's expression changed drastically. He never expected that his two most capable subordinates would deal with him in this way!
At such close range, with such a dense array of explosive tags, even he felt a deadly threat!
"Retreat!" he shouted sharply, his hands rapidly forming hand seals.
But everything happened too fast.
boom!
A deafening, earth-shattering explosion erupted in the innermost secret chamber of the Root organization's headquarters!
The intense flames, mixed with the violent shockwave, instantly engulfed Mad Bull and Blue Dog, and also completely enveloped Danzo and more than a dozen Root elites around him!
The sturdy underground structure crumbled like paper in the face of such a horrific explosion; the walls, ceiling, and floor collapsed instantly!
Scorching heat waves and debris swept wildly in all directions, causing the entire underground space to tremble violently, as if a magnitude 10 earthquake had occurred!
Even deep underground, the blinding light pierced through layers of rock and soil and the gaps in buildings, reaching the sky above Konoha.
The deep, thunderous roar echoed throughout much of Konoha, causing countless ninjas and civilians to look in astonishment and uncertainty toward the direction from which the tremor originated.
Fugaku, Kamizuki, and the others who had just led their team to the outer area of the Root headquarters also clearly felt the violent tremors beneath their feet and heard the muffled and terrifying explosion.
They stopped and looked at the entrance ahead, which was usually heavily guarded but was now faintly filled with smoke and chaotic sounds, their expressions varying.
Fugaku was shocked and terrified, Shisui looked calmly at Shingetsu, and Seisui and Tetsuki were excited and expectant.
Shen Yue, however, revealed a smile that was both dazzling and chilling.
"See, Chieftain, I told you there was going to be a good show!"
"What beautiful fireworks!"
"Is it lively?"
"What on earth is going on?" Fugaku was stunned by the horrific scene before him, which looked as if it had been ravaged by a natural disaster.
Smoke and dust filled the entrance to the Root headquarters, and the air was thick with the smell of burning and blood. Faint sounds of collapse, groans, and shouts could be heard coming from deep within.
The scale of destruction was as if it were a direct attack from a tailed beast!
He abruptly turned to look at the composed Shen Yue beside him, his voice trembling almost imperceptibly: "Shen Yue! What on earth happened?! What did you do?!"
With his hands in his pockets, Shen Yue peered through the smoke and dust, observing the epicenter of the explosion with interest. He said in a relaxed tone, "It's nothing, clan leader. It's just to give that old scoundrel Danzo a boost, so he won't be so bored all the time, always thinking about causing trouble for our Uchiha."
"Increase the intensity?!" Upon hearing this, Fugaku's lips twitched violently, and he felt his blood pressure spike again.
"Are you pushing the limits?! You're going to destroy Gen's entire lair and send Danzo to his doom too! Isn't this a bit too much?! In this situation, can Danzo even survive?!" Looking at the horrific aftershocks of the explosion, Fugaku simply couldn't imagine anyone surviving in that kind of epicenter.
"Don't worry, clan leader! That old bastard Danzo is incredibly tough. A firework of this magnitude won't kill him. He'll definitely survive," Shingetsu said confidently.
"He survived, and he didn't even have Susanoo to protect him!" Fugaku and Shisui, who was standing next to him with equally solemn expressions, looked at Shingetsu with great surprise upon hearing this.
They knew that Shingetsu always planned carefully before acting and wouldn't make a move without reason, but their certainty that Danzo could survive such a devastating explosion was still beyond their comprehension.
It would be understandable if Danzo had the Mangekyou Sharingan.
But he doesn't have Sharingan!
Shisui frowned slightly. He could sense that deep within the explosion, there was indeed an extremely subtle chakra fluctuation, carrying a chilling aura, stubbornly persisting.
That aura was indeed Danzo's.
As if to confirm Shenyue's words, at that moment, a figure slowly emerged from the billowing smoke and the still lingering flames.
It was Shimura Danzo!
His black robe had a few scorch marks and tears, making him look a little disheveled, but other than that, he was completely unharmed!
His exposed skin on his face and arms was completely unharmed, and even his breathing was steady and normal, as if the terrifying explosion that had just torn an elite Jonin to shreds was merely a harmless aftershock.
Leaning on his cane, he stepped over the rubble and scorched earth, his single eye flashing with a cold, piercing light as it was fixed on Shen Yue, the killing intent in his gaze almost tangible.
"How is this possible?!" Fugaku's pupils shrank, and he couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.
Shisui's expression also hardened, and a kaleidoscope pattern faintly appeared in his eyes, filled with vigilance and confusion.
To be completely unharmed by such an explosion is an effect that ordinary defensive ninjutsu or substitution jutsu cannot achieve!
Facing Danzo's murderous gaze, Shingetsu defiantly made a throat-slitting gesture at him.
He clearly remembered that Danzo's right arm, which was wrapped in bandages, had been transplanted with countless Sharingan eyes.
Izanagi, a forbidden technique of the Uchiha clan, can transform all unfavorable factors, including death, into dreams, while simultaneously transforming all favorable factors into reality. It is an ultimate genjutsu that requires the permanent blindness of one Sharingan eye to achieve its goal.