Tengen's explosive speed startled Root's guards, who swiftly formed hand seals.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!" Two Root ninjas unleashed sharp wind blades at Tengen.
"Too slow." Tengen said, his speed surging.
Swish!
The blades sliced through him, but his form faded, an afterimage.
"Trouble!" The ninjas' faces paled, retreating.
"Too late." Tengen said, his fists glowing with Armament Haki, unleashing air cannons.
Boom! Boom!
Two deafening blasts sent the Root members flying. Tengen held no fondness for Root.
This headquarters, tucked in a secluded part of Konoha, went unnoticed for now.
But inside, Root operatives detected the commotion.
The enemy attack was their immediate thought.
What foe would dare assault Konoha's heart so brazenly? Even enemy ninjas wouldn't be this reckless; such audacity risked death.
Yet reality hit fast as a figure charged toward them.
"Who the hell are you?" A masked Root jounin barked at the equally masked Tengen.
"Just here to play." Tengen said, his voice chillingly cold.
"Damn you!" The jounin, clearly enraged, shouted, "I'll capture you and make you talk!"
He began complex hand seals, signaling a powerful ninjutsu.
Tengen smirked, his right fist whipping forward with a ferocious gust.
Armament Haki: External Strike!
A massive airwave roared toward the jounin, pulverizing obstacles into dust.
"Incredible." The jounin gritted, retreating. Casting ninjutsu was impossible now.
A direct hit from that airwave could cripple him.
His retreat left Tengen unhindered. Chunin and genin attacks couldn't pierce his Haki defense.
They couldn't react as he pressed deeper.
"Here it is." Tengen reached a spot where the signal required further penetration, likely a secured area.
"No matter." Tengen said, his fist slamming down. The rock exploded, revealing a long passage.
"This is it." Tenge's descending swiftly. No guards were present; Root's forces were likely above.
He stopped in a basement chamber, the system rapidly downloading the HD signal, nearing completion.
Suddenly, wooden branches sprouted from the ground, ensnaring him.
"Wood Release." Tengen's eyeing a young boy.
"Your Wood Release is weak, kid." Tengen chuckled, his body erupting with raw power, shattering the branches with brute force.
The Pseudo One-Punch Man Training Method was terrifyingly potent.
"Download complete." Tengen sensing ninjas gathering above. He smirked.
"Danzo hasn't shown up yet." He murmured. "This isn't the Eight Gates, but it's my enhanced body and Haki combined."
Tengen clenched his fist, compressing air, Haki solidifying it, eyeing the rocky ceiling.
His fist surged forward.
A flaming dragon's head roared forth, the air cannon's friction igniting flames that grew denser, heat intensifying.
"Blazing Inferno!"
With a thunderous roar, the fiery air cannon obliterated one of Root's headquarters in an instant.
"See ya, kid." Tengen vanishes from the scene.
The attack's spectacle would draw Konoha's forces, including the Hokage.
Lingering meant trouble.
Though disguised with the Transformation Jutsu, a keen sensor might detect clues.
The longer he stayed, the riskier it got.
Tengen understood this.
Nearby, Danzo stared, stunned. How long had it been since such an attack, within Konoha, no less?
"Who did this?" Danzo's expression turned icy as he advanced toward the site.
"Are you all alright? What happened?" The Root jounin barked. He'd barely escaped the devastating force.
"We're fine, but some are badly injured. The enemy likely... " A Root member reported, crouching before him.
"Understood." The jounin nodded, then paused. "What about Kinoe?"
Before his subordinate could answer, an aged voice cut through.
"Tell me what happened."
"Danzo-sama!"
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