Here They Come

The two masked men looked utterly respectful, because if it weren't for the person in front of them, they might have already been blasted into dust by these attacks.

Ye Lan quietly watched this person.

Ye Lan narrowed his eyes as he looked at this person, and then said softly, "As expected of the leader of Anbu. To personally intervene for the sake of two small fry."

"Heh. They are, after all, elite ninjas of my Anbu. If they were to die at your hands just like that, I would feel somewhat uneasy. Moreover, the two of them haven't committed any heinous crimes, they were merely following my instructions to invite you to my place for a chat. Besides, young friend, I think even if they had truly committed some wrongdoing, it shouldn't be punishable by death, right? Why did you resort to such a deadly attack? You could have simply severely injured them, and even the Hokage probably wouldn't have blamed you. But you clearly intended to kill them, which is a great disrespect to me, Danzo. If you sincerely want to be my enemy, then I have no choice, especially since I saw you with Kakashi today. You should know Kakashi is a man of Hiruzen."

Ye Lan said, "I only arrived this afternoon, how could you possibly know what kind of relationship I have with the Hokage? Furthermore, wasn't Kakashi-sensei once under your command as well?"

Danzo narrowed his eyes, then said, "You are indeed very clever."

Ye Lan smiled and said, "When it comes to cleverness, I can't compare to you, Lord Danzo, the leader of Root. Your power is beyond doubt, but how did you know that I had just released Ninjutsu? How did you know that they died suddenly? How did you know that I couldn't control these Ninjutsu?"

Danzo narrowed his eyes and said, "What? You wouldn't be suggesting that you can control these Ninjutsu, would you?"

Ye Lan smiled without saying a word. Danzo, seeing his expression, felt a sense of gravity in his heart. Then Danzo said with a smile, "Heh, young friend Ye Lan, it seems I truly underestimated you."

To be honest, there aren't many people in the entire Konoha Village who can make Danzo speak like this, but today, Ye Lan managed to do it. Because Danzo felt that if it was true, as Ye Lan said, that he could control these Ninjutsu, then Ye Lan would be truly terrifying.

You should know that just releasing all these Ninjutsu in an instant already possesses tremendous power. Even he isn't necessarily able to perfectly execute it. But Ye Lan actually did it. Just based on this point, he has the qualifications to take Ye Lan seriously. Moreover, Danzo also felt that Ye Lan said he could control these Ninjutsu at will. How could that be possible? Because Ninjutsu is generally directly transformed from one's own Chakra. The more powerful the Ninjutsu, the more massive it becomes upon release. And the Ninjutsu of Danzo, when released, the energy will become increasingly vast with the surrounding air. But conversely, this kind of Ninjutsu becomes even more difficult to control after it takes shape. In the end, or rather, once it is released, no one can control it. But Ye Lan dared to say such a thing, which forced him to take this young man seriously, because he felt that if he could truly control these Ninjutsu at will, then that would be truly terrifying.

To be able to freely release Ninjutsu, and Ninjutsu that has already been released, and still be able to control it at will, what kind of heaven-defying ability would it take to do that?

Wouldn't that prove that Ye Lan's strength is even above his?