"[Temple of Nirvana Technique!]"
A voice suddenly rang in his ears, but Hyūga Tanaka didn't pay much attention to it. He had never even heard of this ninjutsu before.
"Probably just the desperate final ninjutsu of some unknown ninja?"
Hyūga Tanaka instinctively judged.
"Why have so many snowflakes suddenly appeared?"
Just as he thought this, an irresistible drowsiness suddenly overwhelmed him.
"Not good! This is genjutsu!" In the final moment before falling asleep, Hyūga Tanaka finally realized something was wrong with this technique.
But there was nothing he could do anymore.
Everything happened in a flash. Yet these eerie snowflakes seemed to fall unusually abruptly and rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, countless snowflakes filled the sky, delicate and beautiful like feathers.
The ninja who were casting techniques noticed it too.
Then came the same unavoidable wave of drowsiness.
At this very moment, the jutsu being cast ceased entirely. The Water Release, weakened and out of momentum, advanced a little further by inertia before scattering down forcefully.
As for the Fire Release, it didn't even progress forward again—it simply dissipated into midair.
In short, all offensive ninjutsu aimed at Kabuto vanished completely.
Thump! Thump!
Falling sounds echoed right then. Those fierce ninja who moments ago appeared so threatening now looked as harmless as innocent children.
"[Temple of Nirvana Technique!] It seems that condensing it to this level actually produced such excellent results." Kabuto rubbed his chin, clearly quite satisfied with the current situation.
"I wonder what would happen if I expanded this technique's range even further? Even if its power decreased, as long as everyone below jonin rank fell asleep, it would still work."
Actually, Kabuto didn't know that in another timeline's manga, he used this very technique to cover the entire Chunin Exams arena. Not only chunin-ranked ninja, but even certain jonin also fell under its influence and fell asleep.
This time, however, he deliberately condensed the range. Naturally, this ensured that everyone present would fall unconscious.
Seeing the scene before him, Kabuto sighed helplessly. "Still, I can't go killing you all just yet if I want this mission to keep going... Such a shame. Otherwise, the higher-ups in Konoha would definitely grow suspicious. If I leave them alive, Danzō might think I'm still loyal to The Third — not without reason, since he'd sacrifice anything for Konoha's sake."
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Chapter 42: Desperate Escape
Whoosh!
Snow was blown back into the air by a rushing hurricane-like wind, as if a streak of crimson fire had flashed through.
Shiki knew that his true victory wasn't measured by how many ninja he had defeated, but rather by reaching the Hokage Office. Until then, he couldn't guarantee his own safety.
Shiki grimaced as if a thousand needles were stabbing into his flesh. "Good thing I carry the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan. Otherwise, even using the Eight Gates, my body wouldn't have held up."
The Eight Gates technique was designed to push a person's potential to its absolute limit, allowing ninja to defeat otherwise insurmountable opponents in an extremely short time.
Even Might Guy wouldn't use the Eight Gates just for travel.
Yet Shiki Uzumaki did exactly that—thanks to the incredible vitality passed down through his clan. This level of usage was still agonizingly painful. However, it wouldn't cause permanent damage.
Even so, this allowed Shiki to move at unimaginable speed. Yet he also realized—if he could safely reach the Hokage Office like this, then Root members were truly nothing but useless trash.
Suddenly entering a new street, several Anbu wearing peculiar white masks had already been waiting there.
"Who are you? Stop immediately!" Several Chunin who had received their mission orders had been waiting here all along.
They originally thought that brat from the Uzumaki clan wouldn't dare walk right into their trap, yet unexpectedly, he actually showed up!
"Get out of my way!!!"
Shiki roared loudly, without slowing his pace. He dashed forward like lightning, rushing straight toward those Chunin.
"Darn!"
Just as they tried to stop him, the Chunin found themselves already passed by a blur of wind.
"How could he be so fast?" Sei Nakamura stared in shock at Shiki's retreating figure and said.
"Has he already reached the level of a Jonin?"
Seeing Shiki getting further and further away, these Chunin couldn't help but feel astonished.
"Let's keep completing our mission!"
"Yeah!"
His words gained agreement from everyone present.
Immediately afterward, these Root ninjas left the spot at maximum speed.
If they failed to intercept Shiki, their next task would be reporting this news to other locations.
Unfortunately for them, someone else had detected Shiki's trail earlier than they did, and used an even faster method to notify all Root members within this area.
"Uzumaki Shiki is heading from Konoha Hospital toward the Hokage Office. Surround this road entirely!"
This voice belonged to Fu Yamanaka!
[Mind-Transmission Jutsu]—a secret technique passed down within the Yamanaka clan.
The Chunin glanced at one another before turning to chase after where Shiki had vanished,
Or more precisely, toward the Hokage Office itself.
"That child's potential is indeed amazing," Danzo murmured, having also heard Fu Yamanaka's message, unable to suppress his admiration.
In merely three months' time, he managed to elevate his strength to such a level.
He'd even outsmarted the Chunin assigned to guard him.
Moreover, he knew how to use others' power to divert my attention.
Danzo gradually closed his eyes, seemingly making some sort of decision.
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