Following Esdeath's aura, he didn't find any Root members pursuing him.
Apparently Danzo wasn't stupid, she had even injured him. Sending his men there would not help, it would only increase the losses. It would hurt his future competition for the Hokage position. What Danzo had to do now was preserve his strength.
…
It was deep night.
The moon was shining brightly today, illuminating the surroundings, and Naoki finally met Esdeath in the valley. She wasn't too surprised when she saw Naoki appear. Because he had already used their connection to tell her that he was coming.
When they met, Naoki first examined Esdeath and found that there were no signs of injuries on her body, but she looked a little weak.
"It seems like you used that ability, right?" Naoki guessed.
"Yeah, but I can only use that ability once a day," Esdeath replied.
She wasn't surprised that Naoki knew about her trump card. After all, he was the one who called her here, it wasn't surprising that he had information about her abilities.
She looked at Naoki and couldn't help but sigh, "Today I saw the power of chakra and ninjutsu. The old man isn't stronger than me, but all these techniques are so strange."
Esdeath was actually a bit careless. It was true that his strength was incredible, but she clearly lacked experience in this world, and was easily deceived by the endless substitutions and a bunch of different ninjutsu in battle.
Fortunately, she activated her ability in time, severely injuring the enemy, and was able to escape. Of course, after activating her ability, she could have actually killed Danzo, but she considered that Naoki was still in Konoha and that it could cause unnecessary trouble for him, so she did not kill him.
In fact, even if Esdeath had actually killed Danzo, Naoki would not have said anything, and would have even praised her instead. However, now that Danzo has seen Esdeath's abilities, killing him again will not be so easy.
"Forget about it, I already guessed that something like this could happen. Now that you've left Konoha, you can show off all your talents outside," Naoki thought for a moment before continuing, "The next thing you'll have to do is help me create an organization that's focused on extracting information, and you'll supply me with some intelligence when needed."
"An intelligence organization? That sounds interesting," Esdeath chuckled, "But before that, I need to properly study chakra and ninjutsu."
"Well, it's not an urgent matter, you can do whatever you think is necessary. But be careful," Naoki warned her again and informed her about some particularly strong people in the ninja world, asking her to pay more attention to the information about these people and be extremely careful.
Finally, Naoki gave Esdeath the chakra-modified teleportation talisman he received in the previous lottery, which could save her life at a critical moment.
After all, Esdeath still needs to establish her power in the ninja world, she can face danger at any time, unlike him. So Naoki was not upset about giving Esdeath this talisman.
After that, he told her some more information and then allowed Esdeath to leave.
As for the Third's letter, there was no need to give it to Esdeath, he had already read it on the way, and the contents were nothing more than a few words of apology to her in the hopes that she would not blame the village for what happened.
In any case, Naoki is still in Konoha, so Esdeath won't do anything.
…
After Esdeath left, Naoki did not immediately return to Konoha, but headed further into the Land of Fire.
Leaving the village this time was also an opportunity for him. There was a ninjutsu he had always wanted to learn and master, but it was inconvenient to do so in the village. Now that he was outside Konoha, he could test it to its full potential.
In any case, in the eyes of the Third, the mission to pursue Esdeath is not that simple. It would be strange if Naoki completed the task so quickly.
Naoki then found an empty valley and began to learn a new technique.