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Chapter 149: Yamanaka Clan Secret Art? Just a Suicide Technique
"A female ninja? Why does she hate me so much?"
Danzo frowned. He could hear the extreme hatred and killing intent in the shout.
He recalled his enemies from the past few decades in his mind.
Then he suppressed it, no longer dwelling on such meaningless things.
There were too many enemies; he couldn't possibly guess who it was.
"Lord Danzo." Fu Yamanaka blocked in front of Danzo, whispering, "For your safety, I suggest you retreat first. The intruder is very strong; the hundreds of Root ninja outside couldn't stop her."
"Yes, Lord Danzo." Torune Aburame also spoke up. "You are the future and hope of Konoha. The village still needs you, the Sixth Hokage, to lead it to greatness. You absolutely cannot be in any danger."
"Please leave first. Leave this to Fu and me."
Retreat? Leave?
Danzo's face was grim, and he remained unmoving.
The intruder was clearly here for revenge and had blocked the exit directly.
Other entrances and exits were likely ambushed as well.
Moreover, almost all the Root elites had died at the hands of the enemy, greatly damaging his power.
Having someone attack his base and kill so unscrupulously—if he couldn't capture and severely punish the culprit, his prestige in the village would be trampled into the dust.
The small and medium ninja clans and civilian ninja he had contacted during this period would change their minds and no longer support him becoming the Sixth Hokage.
Danzo absolutely refused to accept the blow of losing the Hokage position that was almost in his grasp.
Nearly forty years of struggle and obsession, all for nothing? What a joke! Absolutely impossible!
He glanced at the Sharingan on his right arm, feeling slightly more assured.
Since he couldn't run, and didn't want to run, there was only one option: fight!
Combining the power of Wood Release and the Sharingan, Danzo was confident that he had few equals in the entire ninja world.
His strength already stood at the pinnacle of the ninja world; the intruder couldn't possibly surpass him!
Even if something unexpected happened, he had a life-saving divine technique, enough to delay until reinforcements from other Konoha ninja arrived.
With such a major incident occurring at Root, Anbu would inevitably know.
Reinforcements from outside would arrive soon.
"I will not retreat!" Danzo looked at the entrance and said coldly, "Prepare to engage the enemy!"
"Yes!" Fu Yamanaka brought his hands together, aiming the space between them at the center of the entrance.
As soon as the enemy appeared, he would immediately use the "Mind Body Switch Technique" to control the enemy's body.
Once successful, the battle would end instantly.
Torune Aburame stripped off the long black gloves on his hands with two swishes, revealing terrifying purple arms.
He cupped his hands together and raised them to his mouth.
Dense, tiny purple dots squirmed on his palms, so small they were almost invisible.
His chest expanded, and then he blew a forceful breath onto his hands.
"Secret Technique: Poison Dust!"
A large amount of microscopic rinkaichu (phosphorous destruction insects) transformed into a faint insect cloud, drifting towards the entrance.
If the enemy inhaled them, not only would they be poisoned, but the insects would also use the opponent's flesh and blood as nutrients to reproduce rapidly.
Gnawing on internal organs and meridians, destroying body tissues, filling the whole body with deadly toxins, turning the victim into a poisonous corpse.
Danzo stared at the dark entrance, frowning tightly.
He could feel the enemy approaching, but why couldn't he hear any footsteps?
The next second, his doubt was resolved.
Konan had flown to the entrance and appeared in front of the three of them.
"Black cloak with red clouds... Akatsuki!" Danzo saw the Akatsuki uniform first, then Konan's face emerging from the shadows.
His pupils shrank violently as he exclaimed, "It's you!!"
With her iconic light blue-purple hair and sheets of white paper swirling around her...
He recognized such distinctive features at a glance: "Akatsuki... White Tiger!"
"I didn't expect it to be you attacking my base." Danzo's eyes were full of killing intent. "I should have killed you in front of the Akatsuki leader back then. Otherwise, I wouldn't have left a huge trouble like you to come seek revenge on me."
The intruder was indeed one of his enemies.
Needless to say, she must be here for revenge because of what happened back then.
The instant Konan appeared, Fu Yamanaka made his move.
Danzo's words were merely to distract her and create an opportunity for Fu.
"Mind Body Switch Technique!"
Secret technique activated!
His spiritual body detached from his physical body and shot rapidly towards Konan directly opposite him.
But it was futile.
Alex floated in front of Konan, his paper body shooting out a beam of purple light.
It instantly restrained Fu Yamanaka's spiritual body, revealing his panicked and bewildered phantom figure.
His face was full of shock, seemingly confused as to how someone could intercept his soul and spiritual body.
It was formless and intangible; ninja couldn't see it, nor could they detect it, let alone capture it.
Since the development of the Yamanaka secret techniques, such a situation had never occurred.
Either the opponent dodged the direct shot, or they got hit and had their body taken over.
How could he be caught?!
Fu Yamanaka's phantom within the purple light immediately canceled the secret technique, wanting to return to his body.
But to his horror, he found that he couldn't!
No matter how hard he tried, his spiritual body couldn't return.
The purple light around his body was extremely powerful, possessing strong sealing attributes, firmly imprisoning him.
It was a sealing technique specifically targeting the soul and spirit—Soul Sealing Technique!
Fu Yamanaka had just happened to detach his spiritual body from his physical body and slam right into it.
It was tantamount to walking right into a trap, sending himself to his death.
Alex controlled the purple light to contract, shrinking instantly into a purple glass bead.
Inside, one could see Fu Yamanaka with a terrified expression, his features frozen and his eyes dull.
His spiritual body was completely sealed inside; returning to his body was impossible.
Thud! Fu Yamanaka's physical body, left in place, collapsed.
His chest was still heaving slightly; the physical body was still alive.
But if the spiritual body didn't return, he would forever be a vegetable unable to wake up.
No different from death.
Danzo glanced at the fallen Fu Yamanaka, then immediately looked back at Konan.
His expression carried a trace of gravity.
Even if the opponent dodged the Yamanaka secret technique, he wouldn't be surprised.
But to restrain and seal Fu Yamanaka's spiritual body in such a domineering and unheard-of manner was too incredible.
It greatly exceeded his expectations.
What kind of sealing technique was this that could seal the soul and spiritual body, just like the "Dead Demon Consuming Seal"?
More critically...
Danzo looked at Konan, whose aura remained normal. She seemed completely fine, not having to pay the price of having her own soul sealed after using the "Dead Demon Consuming Seal"!
Danzo looked at the purple bead floating on the white paper with extreme wariness.
He absolutely could not be hit by that purple light, or his soul would likely be sealed.
Torune Aburame blocked in front of Danzo, staring fixedly at Konan as she landed.
As for Fu Yamanaka who had fallen beside him, he didn't even spare a glance.
The only value of his existence was to serve Lord Danzo.
Root ninja had no camaraderie; if he died, he died. Dying to protect Lord Danzo was considered loyalty, a worthy death.
There were rinkaichu that Torune had just blown out both inside and outside the entrance.
He secretly urged them, making more rinkaichu surround Konan and enter her body, waiting only for the final moment of eruption.
Only when they erupted would the opponent notice the abnormality in her body.
But by then it would be too late; she was destined to be devoured by the rinkaichu inside her.
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