A few minutes prior.
Minato followed the spores on the three assassins, arriving at the eastern forest in a few flashes.
However, he didn't follow immediately. Instead, after the positions of the three no longer changed, he fired a laser blast, blowing open the underground entrance to the Root base.
Boom!
A violent explosion resounded through the night sky.
Minato, like a stream of light, passed through the long corridor and arrived under a huge atrium.
Scanning the surrounding environment, he found it was basically the same as the Root base in the anime.
"Enemy attack!"
Swish, swish, swish—
Over a dozen figures quietly emerged from the darkness. Like agile cats, they surrounded Minato menacingly, not relaxing their guard because of Minato's age.
Anyone who could break into the Root base was not a simple character.
"Intruder, eliminate!"
The voice of the leading Anbu was cold and hard, like solid ice.
"Wait a moment."
From the darkness at the end of the corridor, Danzo walked towards everyone with a steady pace.
His gaze fell on Minato, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.
Amazement, envy, appreciation, jealousy...
After a few seconds of silence, Danzo said calmly, "It seems you left something on Mountain Ghost and the others."
Minato looked calm. "You are the mastermind?"
"Hehe..."
Danzo didn't answer. He just raised his hand slowly, signaling the surrounding ninjas to step back.
He stared at Minato, a meaningful smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, his voice faintly bewitching.
"Daring to break into the Root alone at such an age... although reckless, I have to say, your courage is indeed amazing."
"Why target Kushina?"
Minato didn't engage with his flattery, just asking calmly.
"Kushina Uzumaki... although you may not believe me when I say this, I did it to help you."
Danzo asked softly, "Do you know anything about that girl? Her origin, her mission, the purpose of her appearing beside you..."
"There is a creature called Tailed Beast in this world. This creature has the power to move mountains and seas. In the past, the First Hokage captured nine Tailed Beasts and distributed them to the Five Great Ninja Villages. Since then, the power of Tailed Beasts has become the strongest power of each village. The Tailed Beast of our Leaf Village is the Nine-Tails, known as the strongest Tailed Beast."
"However, the power of the Tailed Beast is too strong and difficult to control. Therefore, the First Hokage's wife, Mito Uzumaki, used herself as a vessel to seal the Nine-Tails inside her body. Since then, other countries have followed suit. This existence sealing a Tailed Beast is also called a Jinchuriki..."
"Saying this, I think you should have understood. That's right... Kushina Uzumaki is the next generation Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Danzo sighed, "Wood Style has the power to suppress Tailed Beasts. This is also the purpose of the Third Hokage arranging her by your side."
"The Third hopes to bind Kushina with you, using your power to restrain the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and at the same time using the Nine-Tails to restrain you."
"I think no one is willing to have their life manipulated by others. You probably aren't willing to bind your life to a monster feared by people either."
"I always feel that a genius like you shouldn't be buried by the Third. He is afraid of your power and attempts to use emotions to bind you and manipulate your life."
Danzo shook his head with a look of pity, then looked at Minato earnestly.
"You are a genius, Minato. Join the Root, and I will give you a real stage! Here, you can fully display your talents without being bound by anything, becoming an existence comparable to the First Hokage!"
"You should be able to see that my target is not you. I just want to remove the shackles the Third uses to bind you."
"Nonō is your subordinate, right?"
Having verified his guess from Danzo, Minato said calmly, "Your methods seem no different from the Third's?"
Danzo shook his head. "That is just a helpless measure under the Third's arbitrary decrees."
"Using threats?"
"As long as it is for the village, any means are worth it. The Root is such a place. This world is not black and white; someone always has to deal with such shadowy things."
Danzo didn't deny it. Such easily exposed lies were meaningless.
And the moment the other party judged Nonō's identity, he planned to give up on Nonō.
"I am very sincere towards you..."
Danzo said sincerely, "Of course, you still have a choice. Wood Style is very important to Konoha. Even if you don't agree, I will only seal your memory of tonight."
"What are you talking about?"
Minato laughed dumbly. He came here today to pin the Hidden Cloud identity on the other party.
"As a member of Konoha, how can I associate with Hidden Cloud guys? Abominable Hidden Cloud actually dared to disguise as Konoha Anbu! And secretly developed so many people!"
"It seems we can't reach an agreement... It's really a pity. Even if you have two Bloodline Limits, you are only five years old now."
Danzo sighed regretfully and waved his hand. "Go, don't take his life."
As his voice fell, the surrounding ninjas suddenly rushed towards Minato, extremely fast.
However, Minato moved faster!
Two laser beams swept through the crowd in an instant. Explosions roared, and most of the surrounding Root ninjas were killed or injured in an instant!
Bloodline Limit...
Truly enviable power!
Seeing this scene, a trace of obsession flashed in Danzo's eyes.
But before the obsession in his eyes could fade, a foot had already appeared in front of him.
Bang!
Minato kicked, and Danzo flew backwards like a cannonball out of the chamber, smashing heavily into the wall.
"Not good, protect Lord Danzo!" a ninja shouted.
"Protect?"
Minato chuckled, his figure suddenly appearing behind that ninja. "Have you... ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
Bang!
Another kick. While breaking the opponent's cervical spine, Minato raised his hand and fired a laser towards Danzo's direction.
"No good, this guy is too fast!"
Swish—
Danzo drilled out of the big pit in the wall, blood streaming down his face, dodging the explosion caused by the laser in a wretched manner, looking at Minato viciously.
"No need to hold back, eliminate him directly!"
Saying that, he raised his hand to form seals, but in the next instant, Minato's foot appeared in front of him again.
That terrifying speed was simply like teleporting out of thin air!
So fast that he didn't even have time to blink, and the other party kicked him in the nose again!
"How can forming seals be faster than no seals?"
Minato's figure flickered constantly, harvesting the lives of Root ninjas with a shining short sword in his hand.
Suddenly, his movement paused. A ninja with a pineapple head formed the Rat seal, using the shadow extending from under his feet to fix Minato in place.
"I've controlled him!"
"Well done, Shikaku!" (Note: Unlikely to be Shikaku Nara himself, likely a generic Nara clan member in Root)
Danzo's voice lifted. having taken two kicks from Minato in the face consecutively, he felt his head was about to explode.
What followed was full of panic!
He had overestimated Minato's strength as much as possible, but he didn't expect the other party to have such terrifying speed!
Unless predicted in advance, that kind of speed was simply not something humans could react to!
This kid has been hiding his strength all along!
At this age... how could he hold back so well?
Fortunately, it's all over...
No matter how fast, it's meaningless if you can't move!
"Despicable Hidden Cloud, actually stole the Nara clan's secret technique!"
Minato looked at the ninja with a weird expression, and then a dazzling light suddenly bloomed under his feet...
Under the illumination of the light, the shadow dissipated instantly.
Seeing this, Danzo turned and ran without hesitation!
Minato smiled gently and appeared in front of Danzo again, but didn't attack.
Danzo stopped abruptly and hurriedly raised his hand. "Sorry, I was wrong! Can we reconcile?"
Minato was stunned, subconsciously answering, "At this moment? Are you kidding?"
Hearing this, Danzo suddenly pulled out a kunai and stabbed at Minato.
Just then, Tsunade and her party finally arrived at the battlefield.
"No good! Danzo! Stop!"
Seeing this scene, Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes widened, shouting angrily. Tsunade's heart also tightened.
Pfft!
In the next instant, Danzo's head flew into the sky! His eyes still held a trace of disbelief.
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