"These guys have decent moves. Unfortunately, they're too weak."
Gojo Satoru flew over, holding seven unconscious Root ninjas in his hands.
He casually tossed them forward. The bodies crashed onto the ground.
As time passed, Gojo Satoru continued to grow and develop. His body's endurance gradually strengthened.
Coupled with the Limitless technique, he was essentially another version of Obito.
As long as one couldn't break his mechanism, he possessed crushing dominance over enemies at the same strength level.
One black, one white—two wolf dogs were digging at the large crater. Soon they excavated a blood-covered ninja.
A faint green light permeated the earth, keeping him alive. Otherwise, he would have died long ago.
The excavated ninja looked up at Zenji above the crater. A hint of terror revealed itself on his cold face.
His bitten-off tongue was actually regenerating bit by bit. What kind of Ninjutsu was this?
To possess such strong healing abilities even through several meters of earth—it was practically immortality.
Zenji watched the Root ninja being dragged up by White Hound. Just as he squatted down, the other party's questioning voice emerged.
"How do you have so many powerful summons?"
"Haha. Finally heard something different." Zenji smiled.
The process of localizing the Ten Shadows Technique could be described as both simple and difficult.
The Nara clan possessed numerous Shadow Secret Techniques for reference. Even Jiraiya had mastered a Shadow Secret Technique.
But the difficulty lay in localizing the nine Shikigami templates. Because to raise the technique's upper limit, Zenji not only optimized and modified the ability templates of the nine Shikigami—
He'd changed their very existence, simulating Tailed Beast structure. This was also why he'd used the God Tree as the Sacred Treasure.
As a result, he'd obtained an extremely high ceiling. As long as chakra quality was sufficient, he could summon Shadow Shikigami whose base strength was determined by the chakra's power.
Currently, among Zenji's Shadow Shikigami, the combat-oriented ones possessed at least the strength of a relatively strong Jonin.
Unfortunately, aside from the Shadow Clone, summoning other Shadow Shikigami causes mental strain. With my current mental strength, five is the limit. Any more affects me.
However, even limited to five, Zenji currently possessed Kage-level strength. Enough for self-protection.
"What do we do with these guys? Kill them all?" Gojo Satoru looked down at the Root ninjas from above, speaking casually.
Zenji slowly shook his head. Killing them all would be too wasteful.
"Don't forget—we're the family members of a Hokage Advisor. Being attacked by Root ninjas during such chaos... what exactly were they trying to accomplish?"
Looking at Zenji's expression, Gojo Satoru immediately understood his thoughts.
This was a perfect excuse.
Though he didn't know what that old thing wanted by joining Konoha, having more power and higher status would definitely make achieving it easier.
Thinking of this, Gojo Satoru turned his head slightly, looking toward the shadows at the barrier's edge.
"Hey, hey. Do you want to be witnesses—or accomplices?"
The four ANBU ninjas hiding in the shadows all stiffened internally.
If Zenji's battle had seemed like a very smooth defeat of six Root ninjas...
Then Gojo Satoru's was completely different. He'd crushingly dominated seven Root ninjas.
"Captain, we—"
"Return and report." The captain cut off his subordinate and immediately moved.
The other three could only follow. One team member walking at the very back couldn't help turning for another look.
He had a good friend in the Nara clan. He was currently apprenticing under a Nara Jonin, learning nature transformation.
The Nara clan would probably be very interested in this level of Shadow Secret Technique.
His eyes flickered.
If I could share this information with the Nara clan, could I also become like those clan ninjas?
The thought of desire took root in his heart and rapidly grew into fervent ambition.
On the other side.
A terrifying chakra aura radiated unbridled amidst the ruins. With the slightest movement, the Nine-Tails made the entire village shake and destroyed vast swaths of streets.
"Don't retreat! Even if we can't hit the Nine-Tails, we have to stall it!" A Jonin stood on a tree, voice resolute.
Several Chunin stood behind him. But just as his words fell, a shadow enveloped the area.
A giant claw smashed the location to pieces without hesitation.
BOOM.
The powerful Jonin didn't even have time to scream before being obliterated.
On the Hokage Rock, Minato Namikaze suddenly appeared wearing his Hokage cloak. He stood slowly, gaze resolute.
"I will protect the village and my family in the name of Hokage. This is what I must do."
"I will absolutely not allow you to rampage."
The Nine-Tails turned its gaze toward Hokage Rock. It slowly lowered its body and opened its maw.
Purple chakra—chaotic like liquid—rapidly condensed before its mouth.
"You noticed me?" Minato immediately formed a seal. "I won't let you succeed!"
A giant purple Tailed Beast Bomb erupted instantly, blasting toward him.
Wherever it passed, only ruins remained.
Just as it was about to strike Hokage Rock, black patterns formed a massive array.
The Tailed Beast Bomb sank into it and vanished bit by bit.
After it disappeared completely, beyond the distant mountains...
A brilliant light erupted. A massive energy explosion enveloped the earth, subsequently illuminating the entire sky.
With such power, if it had detonated within the village, everything would have been destroyed.
Minato caught a glimpse of the light illuminating heaven and earth from the corner of his eye. His expression turned grave.
I must inform the Third about what's happened.
A hand reached from behind. The masked Obito grabbed at Minato once again.
With extremely keen perception, Minato immediately spotted him, turned and counterattacked—his hand passing directly through Obito's head.
He was then grabbed. The masked man immediately declared victory.
"Your opponent is me. And everything is already over."
His single remaining eye emitted the power to distort space.
Just as Minato was about to be swept away, he vanished instantly.
Obito followed closely behind, disappearing from Hokage Rock.
On a rooftop, Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze suddenly focused. His body immediately tensed. He secretly went on guard.
Zenshu slowly floated down and landed beside him.
Those dim blue eyes stared gloomily at Hiruzen. Before either could speak, a pained roar rang out.
The Nine-Tails threw its head back and howled. Its giant eyes were scarlet—three tomoe rotating glaringly within them.
Almost everyone present witnessed this scene. Some hearts skipped beats.
Then they watched as the tomoe rotated and shrank. The scarlet eyes reverted to beast-like vertical pupils.
After venting its fury with that roar, the Nine-Tails' giant claw smashed into the nearby street.
BOOM.
The earth trembled. Billowing smoke and dust rose. The entire street was swept clean by the intense impact—reduced to ruins.
Hiruzen's heart was wound tight. Minato had just disappeared, and Zenshu had immediately appeared.
Then the Sharingan vanished from the Nine-Tails' eyes.
Was this because Minato had dealt with the enemy? Or because Zenshu had appeared?
It was truly too coincidental.
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