Harvest

Minagawa Uchiha stepped forward and casually picked up a scroll, opening it.

"Forbidden Technique Summoning Technique—Impure World Reincarnation!"

He opened another scroll.

"Forbidden Technique Fuinjutsu—Reaper Death Seal!"

After opening two scrolls in succession, Minagawa Uchiha understood. These were likely the ninjutsu and forbidden techniques Shimura Danzō had gathered from various places. Not Only had he skimmed techniques from the Third Hokage and Konoha's major clans, he had likely acquired ninjutsu from other villages as well.

He then examined the scrolls on the other shelves. Sure enough, they contained nothing but ninjutsu: Five Element Release techniques of every rank, Fuinjutsu, and forbidden techniques. To an ordinary ninja, this place was practically a treasure vault. Even Minagawa Uchiha, who had copied countless ninjutsu, could find several techniques suited to him here.

Most importantly, he needed to record the technique Impure World Reincarnation first. Whether he needed to summon or revive others in the future, or faced enemies using Impure World Reincarnation to disgust him, he would now have a way to deal with it.

Minagawa Uchiha quickly used his Sharingan to record several useful ninjutsu before hurriedly preparing to leave.

Until now, Minagawa Uchiha had remained intangible and had not touched anything, so he had not worried about being exposed.

But now that he had tampered with Danzō's stored ninjutsu, and considering the many seals placed on the iron door, Danzō clearly valued this place greatly. The chances of exposure were therefore high.

When Minagawa Uchiha activated his intangibility, concealed his form, and emerged from the room, a large number of Root ninjas had already gathered outside.

I've already alerted them. If I delay any longer, this entire area may be swarming with Root ninjas. I can't waste any more time. I need to find the Hashirama Cells as quickly as possible.

Minagawa Uchiha accelerated his search. Usually, the moment he entered a room and failed to sense a powerful life force, he would immediately move on to the next. After all, Root could hardly have sealed away the life fluctuations of the Hashirama Cells for no reason. This naturally made the search far more efficient. Sure enough, after only five rooms, he sensed a powerful life force.

"Hmm? Such a powerful life force, and this sense of resonance with my own... Heh, looks like I found it!"

The moment Minagawa Uchiha entered this room, he sensed the presence of the Hashirama Cells. His eyes immediately lit up as he looked toward the source of that sensation.

A massive Cultivation Tank stood silently in the middle of the room. Inside it, a lump of flesh soaked in green nutrient fluid entered his sight without obstruction.

"These must be the Hashirama Cells. I finally found you. Fusing with these Hashirama Cells should bring my strength through an entirely new transformation. Such a large mass... perhaps some Asura Chakra still remains within it. Hahaha, now that would truly make this worthwhile."

Staring fervently at the Hashirama Cells in the Cultivation Tank, Minagawa Uchiha thought excitedly.

Without further hesitation, Minagawa Uchiha directly extended his palm into the Cultivation Tank. He released the intangibility around his hand, touched the mass of flesh, and immediately used Materialization to Void to temporarily store it in Dream Space.

Before coming here, Minagawa Uchiha had already stored some things in Dream Space and had kept Dream Space active the entire time. For Minagawa Uchiha, who had fused with White Zetsu cells, this brief expenditure was entirely manageable. Therefore, converting this mass of Hashirama Cells with Materialization to Void consumed little Chakra relative to his current reserves.

The instant Minagawa Uchiha took away the Hashirama Cells, the Fuinjutsu formula hidden around the Cultivation Tank was triggered, and he could not help feeling somewhat annoyed.

"Hmm, exposed? Naturally. Something this important—given Danzō's way of doing things, there was no way he wouldn't put several layers of protection on it. I was too eager when I saw the Hashirama Cells and didn't inspect things carefully enough."

"But it doesn't matter. I got the Hashirama Cells and gained some extra ninjutsu as well. This trip has exceeded my objectives. It's time to meet the Darkness of Konoha."

Just as Minagawa Uchiha was preparing himself, "Who is it?!" A furious roar rang out, and the door to the room was violently blasted apart from outside.

A group of Root ninjas wearing animal masks swiftly rushed into the room. The one who had shouted was none other than Shimura Danzō, his upper body wrapped in bandages, with only one eye exposed.

Shimura Danzō was not the first to charge in. Instead, he stood amid the crowd, his face livid as he glared furiously at the Masked Man before him. Without any visible instruction from Danzō, the Root ninjas who had rushed inside attacked Minagawa Uchiha in unison, their emotions utterly unmoved.

"As expected of Danzō's Root. No command is the best command. They have no emotions, yet coordinate perfectly. But before me, all of it is futile."

The Masked Man mocked them with supreme arrogance, seeming not to take the many Root ninjas seriously at all. The result proved that his confidence was well-founded. Not Only did the Root ninjas' attacks pass straight through the Masked Man's body, but they also threw the tightly coordinated group into utter disarray, with many being accidentally injured by their comrades.

At that moment, Minagawa Uchiha's lips split into a somewhat chilling smile. Before anyone could react further, and without him making any movement, a dense mass of weapons of every kind appeared all around him.

The instant the weapons appeared, they shot outward in every direction. They were so densely packed that there was no room to evade.

"How is this possible?!"

The sudden, bizarre scene made Shimura Danzō's furious expression freeze. He reached out, intending to pull a subordinate beside him over to shield himself from the overwhelming barrage of weapons. The nearby Root ninja did not hesitate either, desperately trying to place himself in front of his leader.

Though both Danzō and the Root member acted decisively, the attack had come far too suddenly.

Pshk...

The next instant, the sounds of blades piercing flesh rose one after another.

In that brief moment, every Root ninja who had entered the room, Shimura Danzō included, was riddled with weapons like porcupines.

Minagawa Uchiha had prepared in advance and seized the instant after their attacks missed, when their minds had briefly gone blank from failing to understand what had happened. Only then had he immediately unleashed this indiscriminate, large-scale attack and achieved such an effect.

The weapons that had appeared out of thin air were part of a technique Minagawa Uchiha had developed by imitating Stormy Dance, a ninjutsu Obito Uchiha had created by exploiting Kamui's properties, then combining it with his own Interchange of Reality and Illusion.

This technique not only covered a wide area, but also struck without warning. Against ninjas, a profession with high offense but low defense, it was practically a devastating weapon.

The troublesome part was having to store a sufficient number of weapons in Dream Space beforehand. Maintaining Dream Space and using Interchange of Reality and Illusion on those weapons both consumed a great deal of Chakra.