was really awesome!

Chapter 52 was awesome! (Adding to yesterday's chapter, please continue reading!)

The ANBU squad consisted of four people, but they were facing more than a dozen enemies, including the injured retired ninja from Konoha who had lost his left arm.

But at this moment, he held a knife in his right hand, his face fierce, and fought fiercely with an ANBU ninja under the rain, and they were evenly matched.

Meanwhile, the other three ANBU ninjas were surrounded by a total of ten Rain Ninjas. Two of them were injured, but there were also two Rain Ninja corpses lying on the ground.

When Xingxia Xiu and her team arrived, this was the scene they witnessed.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World?

The moment his body landed, Xingxia Xiu completed the hand seal.

Rain Ninja also noticed that the enemy reinforcements had arrived, and they shouted to each other to warn one another. Four of them turned and pounced on Hoshino Hide and the others.

But before they could reach Xingxia Xiu, vines sprang up from the ground and grew rapidly, covering the sky and engulfing them in the blink of an eye, even obscuring the rain.

"What is this?"

"Damn it!"

"Get out of there!"

Several Rain Ninjas shouted repeatedly, wielding their ninja swords to cut off one vine after another, but more vines appeared, sweeping in from all directions, impossible to stop.

In less than three seconds, the four Rain Ninjas were bound by the vines.

Meanwhile, the rapid spread of the Tree World also swept up and submerged other Rain Ninjas and Anbu ninjas.

At this moment, not only the Rain Ninja were shocked, but the Konoha Anbu ninja were also astonished.

Even the ANBU ninjas were more shocked.

Because they knew that what they were facing was a Wood Release technique, the powerful force that the First Hokage relied on to quell the chaos of the Warring States period!

"Wasn't the experiment on Wood Release a failed attempt and sealed away?"

"Someone has actually mastered the Wood Release technique!"

"So strong!"

"With such a dense attack, breaking through is too difficult!"

The four ANBU ninjas stared blankly as the Rain Ninjas and the Konoha rogue ninja were captured by vines.

The enemy that nearly wiped out their squad was dealt with in the blink of an eye; the shock was immense.

Aburame Ryoma was also deeply affected. At this moment, his mind couldn't help but echo with Inuzuka Ryo's earlier words to him: Never question the captain. The captain's will is Danzo's will.

Because he is Lord Danzo, the sharpest sword in Root!

Ryoma Aburame didn't quite understand these words before, but now he does.

Having captured all the enemies in one fell swoop, Xingxia Xiu flashed a few times and arrived in front of the one-armed ninja.

Their eyes met. The one-armed ninja, looking fierce, stared at Hoshino Shizuka with a sneer: "Don't waste your energy, I won't say anything."

"Also, don't even think about getting anything from my brain, because I've already set up a spell to seal it."

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Hide turned to Inuzuka Ryo and said, "Santo, teach Pegasus to interrogate the Rain Ninja, starting with their leader."

"Yes, Captain!"

Inuzuka Ryo nodded, but before he could move, the captain of the dark squad said, "Let us do it. We can use illusion magic and brain hacking to obtain information."

Xingxia Xiu glanced at the dark squad.

The ability to hack into brains to obtain intelligence suggests the presence of a mountain tribe.

However, Hoshino Shu refused: "The secret techniques of the Mountain Clan are excellent, but they take too much time. This is the Land of Rain, and we need to get what we want as quickly as possible."

"Three heads, go!"

Inuzuka Ryo immediately brought Aburame Ryoma to the Rain Ninja leader and then instructed Aburame Ryoma to use insects to devour the Rain Ninja leader's chakra and body.

Ears, neck, face...

A piercing scream echoed through the forest, and even the ruthless ANBU and Root ninjas, who were known for their bloodthirstiness, couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines at the sight.

The other Rain Ninjas were even more terrified.

Xingxia Xiu turned around, his eyes beneath the mask fixed on the one-armed ninja's eyes, and said with a playful smile, "Don't worry, you'll confess obediently in a moment."

At this moment, both Xingxia Xiu's eyes and voice were filled with magic.

The one-armed ninja's eyes were glazed over, and his mind was drowsy. Unbeknownst to him, he was hypnotized by Hoshino Shu using his hypnotist skills.

"Name!"

"Kamiyotake!"

"When did you start betraying information about the village?"

"Konoha's 30th Anniversary!"

"Who was the person you betrayed?"

"Iwagakure ninja, Amegakure ninja..."

The question-and-answer dialogue left the several Anbu and Root ninjas dumbfounded.

This is... way too easy!

Besides Wood Release, is this person's genjutsu (illusion techniques) really that advanced?

"Why betray the village?"

"Captured by Iwa ninja, in order to survive, and to prevent their descendants from becoming orphans..."

When Shimura Daichi arrived with his men, Hoshita Hide's interrogation of Kamishiro Takeshi was already coming to an end.

Takeshi Kamishiro's betrayal was not complicated.

He was captured during a mission and chose to betray his village in order to survive.

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Once betrayed, all moral boundaries vanish.

Since we've already sold the information to Iwagakure, we don't feel any guilt about giving it to Amegakure, Kumogakure, or Sunagakure as well.

He sold information to all five major ninja villages except for Kirigakure.

At the same time, the deaths of several of his companions were indeed caused by him using the power of the Iwa ninja.

The reason was that he realized his betrayal had been discovered by his companions, so he decisively killed them.

And Yu Ren also gave an explanation.

They are not Rain Ninja; they are Iwa Ninja posing as Rain Ninja.

This was a premeditated action.

The Anbu squad, the Konoha ninja squad responsible for the safety of the caravan, are all sacrifices, to be used to frame the Amegakure and ignite conflict between Konoha and Amegakure.

Less than 5 minutes.

Using his hypnotist abilities and ruthless physical torture, Hoshino obtained all the information he wanted.

Shimura Daichi's expression was grave: "A, this matter must be reported to Lord Danzo!"

"You're fast; you'll be the one to return to Konoha and report."

Hoshino asked, "Aren't there any flying ninja beasts relaying information?"

Shimura Daichi shook his head.

After a moment's thought, Hoshinoshige Hideyuki made his decision: "Mimura Yomaki!"

Mimura Yomi, the ninja squad leader in charge of the caravan's safety, nodded subconsciously: "Yes."

Xingxia Xiu said, "You continue to escort the caravan forward."

"Anbu, you are responsible for bringing Takeshi Kamishiro back to Konoha and reporting to the Third Hokage."

"Ten, let's take these Iwa ninja to see Hanzo of Amegakure."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Hoshino Shigehisa, and Shimura Daichi quickly asked, "A, what are you trying to do?"

Hoshinobi said calmly, "Of course, we should tell Hanzo that the Iwa ninja impersonated Amegakure ninja to attack Konoha ninja, attempting to frame Amegakure and incite war between Konoha and Amegakure."

"Such despicable acts should be punished."

"We are willing to join forces with Amegakure to punish Iwagakure."

"The Land of Rain is surrounded by major powers, so there should still be quite a few Iwa ninja spies here. Find them, eliminate them, and teach the Iwa ninja a lesson, a warning!"

These words once again left Shimura Daichi and the others speechless.

Mimura Yoru swallowed hard, unable to resist saying, "This...shouldn't we report this to the Third Hokage first, so he can make the decision?"

The captain of the secret service team nodded immediately.

Shimura Daichi also felt that this was not a decision they should make; they had to report it to Danzo.

But I have to admit, the decision that Xingxiaxiu made... is really satisfying!

One chapter is missing; I'll add it tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)