Just as Izayoi's main body and the puppet army controlled by his Shadow Clones were frantically harvesting the corpses of the Root Organization and the ninjas from the three factions on the streets, the Shadow Clone that had transformed into Tendo Pain using the Transformation Technique was also quietly infiltrating the Hokage Building with the help of the Crimson Eye's ability to create illusions.
As the most important place in the Leaf Village, even during a war, the Hokage Building had to be heavily guarded by Anbu. Not only that, but surveillance cameras and sensory barriers were also in place. With such tight security, even if a fly entered, the Anbu could appear at the fastest speed and swat it dead.
If it weren't for Hiruzen Sarutobi's orders, Uzumaki Naruto would have been captured by the Anbu the moment he entered the Hokage Building, and he would never have had the chance to reach the Hokage's office and so smoothly take away the large 'Book of Sealing.'
"Captain Tenzo, a Chakra presence has infiltrated the Hokage Building, but we can't locate him on the surveillance. The intruder might possess a Secret Technique or Kekkei Genkai related to Invisibility Release."
The moment Izayoi entered the Hokage Building, he immediately alerted the Sensory Team. After communicating with the surveillance team, the Sensory Team promptly reported this information to Captain Tenzo, who was the first in command in the absence of the Hokage and the elders.
"Understood," came Tenzo's voice over the walkie-talkie. "You continue to maintain the barrier. We'll handle the intruder."
"Yes."
Although he couldn't hear the conversation, Izayoi saw their communication. He wasn't surprised that he had been discovered. If the Anbu couldn't even deal with an invisible intruder, they wouldn't deserve the privilege of being directly under the Hokage and looking down on everyone else.
Izayoi's infiltration mission was also to confront the Anbu. However, he still had a small task to complete. So, Izayoi disappeared using the Body Flicker Technique.
With a loud bang, the door to the room where the Sensory Team was located was shattered by a powerful force. Izayoi walked in and, without giving the Sensory Team a chance to react, raised his hand and shouted, "Almighty Push!"
A moderate repulsive force storm swept through the entire room, shattering all the devices and objects inside. The ninjas wearing sensory equipment were sent flying, crashing heavily into the walls. The flying objects also struck them, causing secondary injuries.
Before they could endure the pain and get up, Izayoi appeared in front of them using the Body Flicker Technique, injecting Chakra into their acupoints and knocking them all unconscious. The sensory barrier enveloping the Hokage Building immediately disappeared.
As a result, a group of puppets that had been waiting outside for instructions, with the help of the Crimson Eye's ability, infiltrated the Hokage Building.
After knocking out all the sensory ninjas, Izayoi, as if he had noticed something, immediately made a move to kill them. At that moment, two shouts suddenly reached his ears.
"Earth Style: Underworld Swamp!"
"Wood Release: Tree Barrier!"
The walls sprouted numerous wooden vines, turning the entire room into a wooden house. Only the floor turned into a swamp, but no mud hands or earth dragons attacked Izayoi. Instead, it began to sink downward.
Losing his footing, Izayoi, along with the unconscious sensory ninjas, fell into the bottomless abyss.
However, during the fall, the wooden vines extended once again, catching the unconscious sensor ninjas and wrapping them up like dumplings, leaving only their heads exposed. They were then hung on the wall, awaiting rescue.
More wooden vines, like the tentacles of an octopus, reached out to bind Izayoi.
Another portion transformed into sharp wooden spears, shooting violently toward Izayoi.
"Almighty Push!"
Izayoi, as always, relied on sheer force to break through all obstacles, releasing a repulsive force that shattered the vines and wooden spears. At the same time, he accelerated his descent.
After passing through the tunnel created by Wood Release, Izayoi arrived at the underground base beneath the Hokage building.
As soon as he landed, a long black snake swiftly approached, attempting to bite Izayoi's foot and connect with his shadow.
Following the direction from which the black snake had come, an Anbu member wearing a cat-faced mask was seen maintaining a hand seal.
"Shadow Imitation Technique!"
Since this was just a Shadow Clone, Izayoi didn't bother to test whether the Shadow Imitation Technique would affect him. Instead, he immediately soared into the air, spreading his arms and gathering energy as he shouted, "Almighty Push!"
Boom————
An invisible Repulsive Force Storm roared out like a gale.
Wherever it passed, the ground and all structures of the underground base were shattered.
The Anbu members, who had already surrounded the area and were preparing to use tactical coordination to subdue or kill the intruder, were completely caught off guard by such power. Moreover, the intruder had unleashed a devastating technique without hesitation.
The Anbu members hit by the Repulsive Force Storm were all sent flying.
The unlucky ones collided with buildings or debris mid-air, sustaining severe injuries.
The fortunate ones, as if struck by Wind Release, were flung a distance before crashing heavily to the ground.
Only Tenzo, the top expert among the Anbu, was neither among the former nor the latter. While being blown back, he calmly formed hand seals and used Wood Release to create a large number of vines, which knocked away the surrounding debris and caught his flying comrades.
However, in the next second, those vines were torn apart by the Repulsive Force Storm.
Tenzo could only use Wood Release to create a large net woven from vines behind him, catching both himself and his comrades.
Once the Repulsive Force Storm dissipated, Tenzo immediately issued an order: "All of you, leave this place and go find reinforcements. It would be best to inform Lord Jiraiya and the elders. The intruder is a powerful foe that you cannot handle."
"Yes!"
The highly disciplined Anbu members immediately nodded in acknowledgment, then, despite their pain and discomfort, all vanished using the Body Flicker Technique, heading toward other exits to reach the surface.
Izayoi did not stop them, as his target was only Tenzo.
"Universal Pull!"
An invisible gravitational force formed a giant hand, lifting Tenzo off the ground and pulling him toward Izayoi.
"This is... Attraction!"
The expression beneath Tenzo's mask changed slightly as he muttered, "So that unstoppable storm earlier was actually Repulsion."
At the same time, Tenzo quickly formed hand seals and shouted, "Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!"
Boom...
The devastated underground base shook violently.
Green saplings began to sprout from the ground.
Then, these saplings, as if they were in a domain of accelerated time, rapidly grew and flourished, transforming into trees in the blink of an eye. In an instant, the underground base was turned into a small forest.
With the forest blocking the way, Tenzo managed to break free from the grip of Attraction and landed on the branch of a tree.
Just as Tenzo was about to form hand seals again to create a large number of Wood Clones to help him probe the enemy and gather information, a loud shout from above made his expression change drastically, realizing how foolish he had been.
"Almighty Push!"
A green dome floated above the forest, with distorted air currents swirling around Izayoi.
After converting a large amount of Chakra into Repulsion and compressing it, Izayoi released it.
In that moment, it seemed as if a transparent white dome expanded from Izayoi's body.
The dome's walls acted like an indestructible barrier, shattering everything in their path without mercy, even isolating the dust and mist outside the dome.
Even the forest formed by the trees was instantly shattered upon contact with the dome, unable to bend or resist in the slightest.
With nowhere to hide, Tenzo could only take refuge in the hollow of a large tree, forming hand seals: "Wood Release: Wood Encasing Wall!"
A row of wooden pillars rose from the ground, curving to form an arched wall that enveloped Tenzo like a cocoon.
Boom...
The next second, Tenzo heard a deafening explosion in his ears, and the ground beneath him shook violently.
Crack...
When the sound of wood splintering reached his ears, Tenzo's face beneath the mask was filled with despair.
With a loud crash, Tenzo felt as if he was engulfed by something, instantly losing consciousness.
The violent tremors even reached the surface.
At that moment, several figures were swiftly moving towards the Hokage building on the surface.
Leading them was a tall, white-haired man, standing at 191 cm, a rare sight in the Shinobi World.
Feeling the tremors from the ground, Jiraiya, while rushing forward, urgently asked, "Are you sure the intruder is a man wearing a black cloak with red clouds, with orange hair and purple ripple-like eyes?"
"Yes, Lord Jiraiya," the Anbu quickly assured.
Hearing this, Jiraiya was both surprised and delighted.
He had thought his disciple, who had been presumed dead for years, was not only alive but also nearby. This made Jiraiya wish he had a flying Ninja Technique to immediately reach Yahiko.
But soon, as if remembering something, Jiraiya's expression turned worried, and he thought to himself, "Yahiko, what have you all been through these years? Why are you wearing the Akatsuki uniform? And why does Nagato's Rinnegan appear on you?!"
By the time Jiraiya and the Anbu arrived at the Hokage building and descended to the underground base, both 'Tendo Pain' and Tenzo had already disappeared. The underground base was left with only a massive crater, as if it had been struck by a meteor, with rubble and trees scattered around the edges.
Seeing this, both Jiraiya and the Anbu were shocked.
The Anbu were astonished by the range of the Technique and worried about Captain Tenzo's safety.
As for Jiraiya, his heart was heavy.
Without a doubt, this was undoubtedly the power of the Rinnegan! He had a premonition that his former disciple had seemingly gone down a dark path.
What on earth has happened over these years?!
(End of Chapter)