Chapter 44
The Shedding of Skin, Infiltration
"What did you say?! You let him get away!"
Danzo's cane dented the floor, sending shards of stone flying. The rage in Danzo's eyes was palpable, and he practically roared those words at Orochimaru in front of him.
"Hmph~" Orochimaru chuckled dismissively.
"Danzo, don't get so worked up. It's just the Sharingan, right? Just find another target. I almost died at Mo Jun's hands, which is quite different from the strength you're talking about."
"Die at his hands? What a joke! You're one of the Legendary Sannin, and Uchiha Mo is just a ten-year-old kid no matter how talented he is. He killed Maki a few months ago by using his cunning."
Danzo stared intently at Orochimaru, his tone agitated, showing no sign of respect.
Upon hearing this, Orochimaru coldly retorted with a question.
"A clever trick?"
The entire process of the battle replayed in his mind once again.
Now that he understood, Orochimaru realized that from the very beginning of the battle... no, it should be said that even when the two were still locked in a standoff, Uchiha Mo had already firmly grasped the rhythm of the fight.
Everything that followed was entirely due to him, a dignified Sannin, being led by the nose by the "brat" Danzo had described. From the initial display of strength in their taijutsu duel, which lowered his guard, to the final emotional shifts that lured him into not being wary of "Shisui"...
All of this was part of Uchiha Mo's plan! If it weren't for his superior strength and large advantage in basic stats, he, a dignified Sannin, would have truly died at the hands of a ten-year-old brat...
"This kind of combat intelligence and skill is not just some kind of clever trick."
Orochimaru stared coldly at Shimura Danzo's one eye.
Danzo paused, seeing Orochimaru's strong reaction, and couldn't help but become suspicious.
"Is that kid really that strong?"
"Hmph! Weren't some people from the Root Clan going with them? Why don't you just ask them?"
After saying that, Orochimaru turned around and strode towards the door.
"Let's put the Sharingan collaboration on hold for now. I have more important things to do."
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As soon as he finished speaking, Orochimaru disappeared through the door without pausing.
"Such a perfect body, it's truly enviable! Is there any way to make it mine...? Perhaps I can connect it with the art of immortality..."
On the other side, Shimura Danzo stared at the spot where Orochimaru had disappeared with a sinister expression, his cane cracking as he gripped it.
"That insatiable viper! If it weren't for those experiments and the Hokage Project, we wouldn't still need you..."
After a long while.
Danzo snapped out of his daze, whispered something, and then four figures dressed in black robes instantly appeared in front of him.
"Tell me the entire battle between Uchiha Sumi and Orochimaru, without missing a single detail!"
"yes!"
The four responded in unison, and then began to describe in detail the scene of the battle to Danzo.
About fifteen minutes later, the air fell silent again.
Danzo waved his hand with a grim expression, and the four figures quickly dispersed and disappeared into the room.
When there was no one around, Danzo suddenly gripped the armrest of the stone chair tightly with his right hand, so tightly that his fingertips turned white. However, he seemed completely unaware of this and muttered under his breath with a frown and an ugly expression.
"This inherently evil Uchiha brat is so strong! Even Orochimaru almost fell victim to him... He deserves to die!"
"Damn it... At this rate, even if I do it myself, I might not be able to kill him! Most importantly, that brat is protecting Shisui like a mother hen. At this rate, when will I ever be able to bring Shisui into the Root?"
"Should we just give up like this?"
Danzo Shimura slowly released his right hand, his one eye watching the darkness before him flicker on and off.
"Uchiha..."
……
"despair……"
At the base of the tree, a figure dressed in a high-necked black robe landed on a thick tree branch.
Uchiha Mo's eyes narrowed slightly as the scene below was instantly brought into view.
The Uchiha clan hasn't reached the point of open conflict with Konoha yet, and the time that Mo is waiting for is also far from coming. Despite many concerns, this doesn't mean that Mo is powerless against Danzo.
The structure of the root is similar to that of the dark area. Although there are subtle differences, they are not significant to the ink.
His gaze shifted quickly, and the defensive layout within the root base rapidly came to mind.
Danzo Shimura was resting in his office, which was located in the lower right corner of the base.
About fifteen minutes later, Uchiha Mo quickly calculated a route to Danzo's office in his mind, and just as he was about to take action, his gaze inadvertently swept to the center of the Root base.
Mo's gaze stopped abruptly, and then he frowned and focused his attention slightly again.
"Heh~"
Uchiha Mo's lips curled slightly, and his body vanished with a gentle breeze...
The Root squads are similar to the Anbu in that they are mostly composed of three people, with one of them being a sensory ninja.
However, sensory ninjas are extremely rare, and even Konoha cannot equip every team with one. After the various departments and Anbu teams have been allocated their resources, Root naturally doesn't have many left. Therefore, only a few elite and functional teams within Root have sensory ninjas.
As a result, even fewer people will be able to remain in the base.
Mo used his invisibility ability to move swiftly through the Root base. His planned route avoided all Root members who possessed the characteristics of the Yamanaka clan or obvious sensory ninjas. If he encountered any sensory ninjas who could detect his presence without using their abilities, he would have no choice but to kill them.
Most regular sensory ninjas are only slightly more perceptive than ordinary ninjas when they don't use their sensory abilities; ninjas like Hashirama, who possess such astonishing sensory abilities even when passively subjected to them, are a minority.
However, to be on the safe side, Mo chose to avoid it.
With the aid of invisibility, Uchiha Sumi was impossible to be seen by the naked eye, so he quickly and smoothly arrived outside Danzo's office.
After passing through a long, narrow, and dark corridor, Danzo's office was located at the corner.
For some unknown reason, none of the rooms in the root area have doors, except for the hidden iron door that leads to the underground at the very beginning!
Even the changing rooms and dormitories that the Root organization provides for its members don't have doors!
Mo noticed something while observing the Root base. Although he didn't know what Danzo was thinking, this made things much easier for Mo. Otherwise, he might have had to use Earth Release to infiltrate the area, which would have undoubtedly increased the risk of being exposed.
Danzo's cane dented the floor, sending shards of stone flying. The rage in Danzo's eyes was palpable, and he practically roared those words at Orochimaru in front of him.
"Hmph~" Orochimaru chuckled dismissively.
"Danzo, don't get so worked up. It's just the Sharingan, right? Just find another target. I almost died at Mo Jun's hands, which is quite different from the strength you're talking about."
"Die at his hands? What a joke! You're one of the Legendary Sannin, and Uchiha Mo is just a ten-year-old kid no matter how talented he is. He killed Maki a few months ago by using his cunning."
Danzo stared intently at Orochimaru, his tone agitated, showing no sign of respect.
Upon hearing this, Orochimaru coldly retorted with a question.
"A clever trick?"
The entire process of the battle replayed in his mind once again.
Now that he understood, Orochimaru realized that from the very beginning of the battle... no, it should be said that even when the two were still locked in a standoff, Uchiha Mo had already firmly grasped the rhythm of the fight.
Everything that followed was entirely due to him, a dignified Sannin, being led by the nose by the "brat" Danzo had described. From the initial display of strength in their taijutsu duel, which lowered his guard, to the final emotional shifts that lured him into not being wary of "Shisui"...
All of this was part of Uchiha Mo's plan! If it weren't for his superior strength and large advantage in basic stats, he, a dignified Sannin, would have truly died at the hands of a ten-year-old brat...
"This kind of combat intelligence and skill is not just some kind of clever trick."
Orochimaru stared coldly at Shimura Danzo's one eye.
Danzo paused, seeing Orochimaru's strong reaction, and couldn't help but become suspicious.
"Is that kid really that strong?"
"Hmph! Weren't some people from the Root Clan going with them? Why don't you just ask them?"
After saying that, Orochimaru turned around and strode towards the door.
"Let's put the Sharingan collaboration on hold for now. I have more important things to do."
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As soon as he finished speaking, Orochimaru disappeared through the door without pausing.
"Such a perfect body, it's truly enviable! Is there any way to make it mine...? Perhaps I can connect it with the art of immortality..."
On the other side, Shimura Danzo stared at the spot where Orochimaru had disappeared with a sinister expression, his cane cracking as he gripped it.
"That insatiable viper! If it weren't for those experiments and the Hokage Project, we wouldn't still need you..."
After a long while.
Danzo snapped out of his daze, whispered something, and then four figures dressed in black robes instantly appeared in front of him.
"Tell me the entire battle between Uchiha Sumi and Orochimaru, without missing a single detail!"
"yes!"
The four responded in unison, and then began to describe in detail the scene of the battle to Danzo.
About fifteen minutes later, the air fell silent again.
Danzo waved his hand with a grim expression, and the four figures quickly dispersed and disappeared into the room.
When there was no one around, Danzo suddenly gripped the armrest of the stone chair tightly with his right hand, so tightly that his fingertips turned white. However, he seemed completely unaware of this and muttered under his breath with a frown and an ugly expression.
"This inherently evil Uchiha brat is so strong! Even Orochimaru almost fell victim to him... He deserves to die!"
"Damn it... At this rate, even if I do it myself, I might not be able to kill him! Most importantly, that brat is protecting Shisui like a mother hen. At this rate, when will I ever be able to bring Shisui into the Root?"
"Should we just give up like this?"
Danzo Shimura slowly released his right hand, his one eye watching the darkness before him flicker on and off.
"Uchiha..."
……
"despair……"
At the base of the tree, a figure dressed in a high-necked black robe landed on a thick tree branch.
Uchiha Mo's eyes narrowed slightly as the scene below was instantly brought into view.
The Uchiha clan hasn't reached the point of open conflict with Konoha yet, and the time that Mo is waiting for is also far from coming. Despite many concerns, this doesn't mean that Mo is powerless against Danzo.
The structure of the root is similar to that of the dark area. Although there are subtle differences, they are not significant to the ink.
His gaze shifted quickly, and the defensive layout within the root base rapidly came to mind.
Danzo Shimura was resting in his office, which was located in the lower right corner of the base.
About fifteen minutes later, Uchiha Mo quickly calculated a route to Danzo's office in his mind, and just as he was about to take action, his gaze inadvertently swept to the center of the Root base.
Mo's gaze stopped abruptly, and then he frowned and focused his attention slightly again.
"Heh~"
Uchiha Mo's lips curled slightly, and his body vanished with a gentle breeze...
The Root squads are similar to the Anbu in that they are mostly composed of three people, with one of them being a sensory ninja.
However, sensory ninjas are extremely rare, and even Konoha cannot equip every team with one. After the various departments and Anbu teams have been allocated their resources, Root naturally doesn't have many left. Therefore, only a few elite and functional teams within Root have sensory ninjas.
As a result, even fewer people will be able to remain in the base.
Mo used his invisibility ability to move swiftly through the Root base. His planned route avoided all Root members who possessed the characteristics of the Yamanaka clan or obvious sensory ninjas. If he encountered any sensory ninjas who could detect his presence without using their abilities, he would have no choice but to kill them.
Most regular sensory ninjas are only slightly more perceptive than ordinary ninjas when they don't use their sensory abilities; ninjas like Hashirama, who possess such astonishing sensory abilities even when passively subjected to them, are a minority.
However, to be on the safe side, Mo chose to avoid it.
With the aid of invisibility, Uchiha Sumi was impossible to be seen by the naked eye, so he quickly and smoothly arrived outside Danzo's office.
After passing through a long, narrow, and dark corridor, Danzo's office was located at the corner.
For some unknown reason, none of the rooms in the root area have doors, except for the hidden iron door that leads to the underground at the very beginning!
Even the changing rooms and dormitories that the Root organization provides for its members don't have doors!
Mo noticed something while observing the Root base. Although he didn't know what Danzo was thinking, this made things much easier for Mo. Otherwise, he might have had to use Earth Release to infiltrate the area, which would have undoubtedly increased the risk of being exposed.