Danzō's Unease

But to kill Danzō, there was no need to act personally.

Within this base, several bizarre creatures were sealed away, perfect for utilizing.

Hinata easily found a Jinchuriki who had a bizarre creature sealed within him.

"Sorry, you're going to the underworld."

"Heh... heh..."

A Root member, clad in black with a mask obscuring his face, watched the hand that had pierced through his abdomen. Blood gushed from the wound, a massive amount.

But this wasn't what filled him with the most dread. What made him tremble with fear was what the hand emerging from his ruptured stomach was holding.

It was a bizarre creature, completely bound by sealing jutsu. He could even see the distorted, terrifying form of the creature within the seals!

He hadn't heard what the person behind him had said. He had only one thought now.

"It's over."

His vision was gradually swallowed by darkness, and his body fell powerlessly to the ground.

Looking at the bizarre creature in her hand. "Orochimaru must really like this bizarre creature."

Because this bizarre creature's appearance was that of a snake, a colorful venomous snake.

Over the years, the village had gradually figured out some of the characteristics of these bizarre creatures.

For example, their killing mechanisms were related to their appearance.

The rope-like ones strangled people to death, while the shadow ones devoured living beings through their shadows, and so on...

As for this snake, it killed any life form it perceived.

Don't let it fool you, currently docile and sealed in Hinata's palm; its true form was a three-meter-long serpent.

Wrapped around a person's neck, it was enough to strangle them.

And it also had the ability to control puppet corpses.

An explosion sounded. This bizarre creature wasn't the first one Hinata had obtained from the Root base.

Including this one, she had acquired a total of three.

Two strands of hair, each sealing a bizarre creature, were now wrapped around Hinata's wrist. Now, another strand of hair was added.

The explosion that had just occurred seemed like a signal. Explosions began to erupt throughout the base.

The first explosion came from the laboratory.

As for why the laboratory exploded, it had little to do with Hinata.

It was the result of Root's own people courting death.

Through the Tenseigan, Hinata saw that they were attempting to fuse different bizarre creatures together, trying to create an even more powerful one!

Theoretically, bizarre creatures were all nurtured by a single type of energy, so they could indeed fuse.

And the fused entity's strength could be said to be absolutely greater than one plus one equaling two.

Furthermore, Root personnel had the audacity to place three bizarre creatures together.

Hinata wouldn't believe for a second that Danzō hadn't sanctioned this.

The good news was that this kind of experiment seemed to have been conducted more than once, but it appeared none had succeeded.

They might be wondering why the experiments hadn't succeeded, but Hinata, through the Tenseigan, saw the reason.

Simply put, they lacked self-awareness. Even their instincts were merely mechanisms for killing, not even true instincts.

Let alone making them self-devour and fuse.

Although Hinata was very interested in what would happen when different bizarre creatures fused, now was not the time, nor was it the place.

So, Hinata made a small adjustment to the wall covered in sealing jutsu outside the laboratory where those three bizarre creatures were confined.

It seemed to be effective now. Those three bizarre creatures should have broken free.

However, in the Root base, there were Konoha's most elite ninjas everywhere. These three bizarre creatures would likely be resealed soon.

But Hinata's goal was to alert Danzō. Such a major incident as bizarre creatures breaking free within their own base, Danzō couldn't possibly... he would likely hide far away until the bizarre creatures were resealed and then come out.

"This won't do..."

Obtaining three bizarre creatures was already the limit, as these three were privately captured by Root and not registered within the village.

Even if they discovered they were missing, they wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.

"Discovered bizarre creatures had broken free. To minimize losses, rushed to seal the bizarre creatures but was unfortunately killed by them. Died heroically."

Danzō would surely be satisfied with this cause of death.

As for how to get Danzō to appear before the bizarre creatures... it was merely a matter of spatial transfer, which was incredibly simple for Hinata.

Although Danzō was very familiar with his own bizarre creatures, in combat, timing was always unpredictable. For example, in a moment of crisis, being tripped by debris shattered by an explosion?

Shortly after Danzō's death, his soul drifted out of his body.

However, in his soul state, he was somewhat dazed, as if he had lost his mind.

"Sorry, just in case, I can't let you go to the underworld."

Summoning a Truth-Seeking Orb, the orb gradually elongated into a black spear, instantly piercing Danzō's soul, and then shredding it. Only then did Hinata feel at ease. (The Truth-Seeking Orb is the embodiment of physical energy and mental power at their peak, thus capable of harming the soul.)

Afterward, Hinata used spatial transfer and returned to her home.

After Hinata disappeared and the Anbu resealed the Bizarre Creatures, they discovered Danzō was dead.

When this news reached them, some ninjas seemed to have lost their souls, wandering aimlessly, not knowing what to do.

Disturbingly, a portion of these ninjas chose to commit suicide!

Hinata, no longer watching the Root base, did not witness this scene.

However, most of these ninjas returned to their posts, doing what they were supposed to do.

These people no longer had "souls"; Danzō had trained them into "tools"!

After the Bizarre Creatures were sealed and settled, the Third Hokage arrived with the Anbu, albeit late.

They had already been fast, but the Root base was just so remote.

"What? Danzō is dead!?"

His old friend of decades, the esteemed Shadow of the Shinobi, was dead just like that!

After personally seeing Danzō's corpse, the Third Hokage had to confirm that Danzō was truly dead.

The Third Hokage sighed. His old friend of decades had died; how could he not feel sorrow?

However, Danzō's death was too strange. How could such an old fox be so easily killed by Bizarre Creatures?

Therefore, Danzō's body would have to be handed over to medical ninjas for an autopsy to determine the true cause of death.

He wondered if his sorrow would turn to rage when the Third Hokage discovered the First Hokage's Cells transplanted onto Danzō's arm, and the arm full of Sharingan.

However, one thing was certain: Danzō's corpse would not be resting in peace.