In Konoha Village...
The fighting was still going on.
The clash of weapons rang out everywhere, and ninja were dying in battle every moment. Smoke billowed across the entire village.
The war had reached its most intense stage.
Konoha's ninja fought with bloodied resolve, protecting their families, comrades, and fellow villagers.
That was Hao Shuai's first impression after leaving Root's base.
He hadn't expected dealing with Danzō to take so long.
In truth, getting rid of Danzō hadn't taken much time at all. It had only taken a few moves. What had taken Hao Shuai so much time and effort was dealing with the Root ninja.
Fortunately, the result had been good.
Hao Shuai had taken Danzō and Dream Tapir to another world and locked them up. Whenever he had time, he could bring them out and let Sasuke kill his enemy with his own hands.
As for the Root ninja...
Hao Shuai had spent some time brainwashing each of them into his own loyal followers.
That was the solution he'd come up with: turn enemies into subordinates.
After all, Danzō had poured a great deal of effort into training the Root ninja. He had carefully selected elite disciples from the various ninja clans, and they were all powerful.
Killing every last one of them would have been a terrible waste.
Especially Danzō's right-hand men, Fū Yamanaka and Torune Aburame. When Hao Shuai had watched Naruto, he'd thought those two had died particularly inglorious deaths, without ever getting a chance to show what they could do.
Now they were all Hao Shuai's subordinates. At last, he wouldn't have to do everything himself whenever he went out in the Naruto world.
After dealing with Danzō, Hao Shuai didn't stop there. Taking advantage of the chaos, he made his way to the