Ling's voice was still as cold as ever, and without the shouts of the Jonin, even Kuei Si, who was on his deathbed, heard it.
His last sight was of the girl, who had been pierced through, turning into a large number of white rabbits, then exploding into a mass of blood-red falling cherry blossoms, and finally disappearing.
Ling felt that her acting was definitely Oscar-worthy, though Kuei Si probably didn't think so.
"How did you find out!" Kuei Si's vision had already plunged into darkness, only his hearing was still functioning, and he wanted an answer.
"Heheheh~! I won't tell you. Die with regret and confusion! Hehe!"
Ling ended with a standard villain's laugh, and Kuei Si completely died, his brainwaves ceasing to function.
Ling's figure appeared beside Kuei Si, whose body had been diagonally cut from shoulder to waist by her sword. At this moment, Ling had no injuries, but her Wind Release Chakra Mode had dissipated.
She flicked the blood off her sword, twirled it, then reversed her grip and inserted the blade diagonally into the scabbard at her waist, letting go so the blade slowly slid in by gravity.
That's right, it was a classic sheathing pose, cosplaying as Sasuke in white. Since Sasuke hadn't been born yet, she declared that this sheathing pose had been registered by her.
If Sasuke dared to use it in front of her in the future, she would definitely charge him royalties, Ling thought shamelessly.
Ling's single sword strike, which killed the Root Ninja who had suppressed many Jonin, truly astonished those Jonin; even the Uchiha Clan Jonin were somewhat incredulous.
She ignored their gazes and instead took out a syringe, inserted it into Kuei Si's heart, and extracted some cellular tissue.
Ling believed that there should still be residual Hashirama cells in Kuei Si's body, and she couldn't forget to 'milk the sheep' for them; they might be useful in the future.
Then, she took out a Sealing Scroll, extracted some of the Wood Release Chakra that had not yet dissipated from Kuei Si's body, and sealed it using a Chakra Sealing Technique.
This was also a relatively useful item. In the future, once Ling's Earth Release Chakra and Water Release Chakra reached the required nature transformation, she could try to fuse them to create a Bloodline Limit.
Even if she couldn't develop Wood Release, Paper Release would work. This Wood Release Chakra could help Ling pinpoint the direction of fusion.
At this time, the other three Root Ninja had become somewhat precarious after the Jonin from Ling's side joined the fight.
Ling didn't go to help. These three Root Ninja wouldn't last much longer. They were weaker than Kuei Si; if not for their wooden bodies being so resistant to damage, they would have died long ago.
Ling used the Ten Shadows Technique, forming the hand sign for Nue, and summoned Nue.
Now, with Ling's Curse Power and her understanding of Reversal Technique, the summoned Nue had grown significantly in size, with a wingspan of over five meters.
She directly jumped onto Nue's back, gripped the feathers on Nue's neck tightly, and her Chakra, like Roots taking hold, firmly adhered her to Nue's back.
Soon, Nue flapped its wings, a violent whirlwind blowing away surrounding sand and branches, then it leaped and spread its wings, flying towards the high sky.
"Yo-ho~! We're flying! Head in this direction!" Ling excitedly controlled her arms, feeling the rush of the wind.
At this time, Danzo had almost escaped to the edge of Ling's Telescope Technique's perception, and the Third Hokage was also six or seven kilometers away from Danzo.
Ling controlled Nue to fly rapidly in Danzo's direction. Danzo was about to leave the Village, so it was only right to see him off.
After all, Danzo had 'taken care' of her quite a bit while he was in Konoha. Now that he was leaving the Village, she naturally had to 'bid him farewell'.
In terms of social etiquette, Ling was very particular; she would absolutely not let Danzo feel disheartened. Using Fire Release to send warmth was essential.
Considering Nue's speed and Danzo's escape speed, Ling quickly solved this encounter-and-pursuit problem that would stump elementary school students after a quick mental calculation.
Ling would only need thirteen minutes to catch up to Danzo. At that time, she would present him with her farewell gift, letting him feel the Village's regard for him.
She believed Danzo would be moved to tears upon seeing her tirelessly chasing after him.
Ling's Chakra was a bit low at this time because there were still dozens of Shadow Clones at her home in the Village, learning the techniques given by Uchiha Chiri.
More than half of her Chakra had been distributed to the Shadow Clones, leaving her with only the amount of an elite Chunin. However, this didn't mean Ling had no chance of winning.
Her swordsmanship, taijutsu, and monstrous strength didn't consume much Chakra, and her Chakra recovery speed was very fast.
These ten-odd minutes, plus a high-grade Soldier Pill, could restore her Chakra to about eighty percent.
It was still possible to cut down a Danzo who had been tormented by genjutsu several times and then half-killed by Tsunade's monstrous punch.
Although Danzo had recovered some Chakra and injuries using Hashirama cells, his mental state was still weakened.
Mental weakening would slow down a Ninja's reactions, and Chakra recovery speed would also decrease.
Furthermore, with the Third Hokage rapidly approaching, Danzo was too busy escaping; how could he possibly fight her to the death?
The high-grade Soldier Pill, which cost over ten thousand ryo, were indeed powerful, and they even came with a feeling of fullness. At this point, her Chakra had recovered by seventy to eighty percent, and at this moment, Danzo and his group appeared before her eyes.
"Lord Danzo, there's a strange bird following us in the sky. It should be the Village's pursuit."
A sensory Ninja closed his eyes, carefully distinguishing whose Chakra was on the back of the strange bird.
Danzo's face was pale at this moment. His mind had first been tormented by Izanami, then hit by genjutsu, and then nearly killed by Tsunade, leaving his mental power insufficient.
Even though he released Hashirama cells to recover some, the Hashirama cells quickly went out of control, forcing him to seal them again, resulting in his Chakra being less than half of its original amount.
His shattered and temporarily recovered sternum had not fully healed yet, still feeling somewhat fragile and faintly painful.
"Hmph! Ignore him, speed up! Once the Root Ninja reinforcements arrive, let's see if he dares to seek death!"
Danzo turned to look at Hyuga Hizashi, who was being carried on the back of a Root Ninja. At this moment, Hizashi's limbs were broken, and his Chakra was sealed, making him look utterly miserable.
If it weren't for the Caged Bird Curse Mark, he could have obtained a pair of Byakugan. What a pity.
Ling arrived directly above Danzo and his group, lowering her altitude slightly to a position just outside Danzo's Wind Release range, preparing to give Danzo some welcoming gifts.
"Art is an explosion!" Ling took out a Sealing Scroll, which contained two hundred thousand Exploding Tags, intending to let the Ninja World's bumpkins witness what a bomber was.
Looking at the strange bird that was lowering its altitude above them, the Root sensory Ninja finally identified whose Chakra signature it was.
"Lord Danzo, it's Uchiha Ling! She's the only one who caught up!"
"Damn Uchiha brat, if you dare to come down, this old man doesn't mind having an Uchiha experimental subject."
Danzo's expression was cold because he could sense that the strange bird's altitude was outside the range of his Wind Release.
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