"A cluster of Kikaichū."
Countless Kikaichū crawled from the ground onto Karot's body. It was as if Karot was wearing an insect's coat. Danzo's Root was truly full of talent, with ninjas from various clans, which also showed that Danzo had absolute Danzo in Konoha. The ninja clans dared not resist and could only obediently offer up their children.
"I really overestimated you."
Danzo, seeing that Karot was trapped, began to speak. He had thought Karot could hold out longer, but it turned out to be this easy.
"What a piece of trash."
Danzo then had the two men he had sent out to test Karot whipped to death.
"Oh no! Get out of the way!"
A ninja from the Aburame Clan shouted, the message from the Kikaichū causing the ninja to yell that the Kikaichū hadn't even touched Karot's body, but were instead separated by a layer of energy. He quickly told the ninjas who wanted to seal Karot to get out of the way.
"Bang!"
All the Kikaichū were blasted away by Karot's gas. Not even their corpses were left behind; they turned into wisps of smoke and dissipated into the air.
The nearby sealing ninjas were also killed by insect stings and collapsed to the ground.
"It's you? Do you know how disgusting so many bugs are?"
"Karot roared in fury," he said, and in a flash, he charged towards the Aburame Clan ninja.
It was all about speed. The Nara Clan ninja even tried to use Shadow Imitation Technique to interfere with Karot's actions, but it was completely useless. In fact, Karot dragged them along. This shocked the Nara Clan ninja, who had actually been controlled by Karot.
"Go to hell!"
Karot's enraged punch landed directly on the Aburame Clan ninja, who tried to transform into an insect to absorb the damage, but couldn't use her Insect Clone and had to take the full force of Karot's punch.
"Puff."
Blood kept flowing from his mouth, and his liver had been completely shattered by Karot. Even if Tsunade came, she couldn't save him.
"Call."
Karot breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems my cultivation is still lacking; I can't be so short-tempered. This is very wrong, very wrong."
Karot's whisper caused Root ninjas present to involuntarily take a step back.
"Are you even speaking human language? You have a bad temper, but when you kill, you show absolutely no mercy."
This is what everyone present wanted to say to Karot.
"What are you waiting for? Kill him now!"
Seeing his Danzo standing still, Danzo ordered, "I've raised you all this time, not so you could be spectators. The sooner we finish this, the better. I still have to go to the Danzo's Daimyo."
"Attack together!"
A hand holding a kunai lunged at Karot, Karot dodged to the side. The first kunai came at him, but the second one arrived unexpectedly. Karot pinched it between two fingers and twisted it.
"Bump."
Karot snapped the kunai in two with a single twist. The ninja couldn't believe it; the kunai had been twisted in two. Karot didn't give him much time to think; he simply threw it, and the "Shōka Hishō" pierced the Root ninja's neck. He clutched his neck tightly, greedily taking one last look at this world he so longed for. He died with resentment in his heart.
The battle on the field did not end with the death of any particular ninja; instead, it intensified.
Four ninjas launched Karot coordinated attack on Karot from all sides, unleashing Ninjutsu of the four elements: wind, lightning, fire, and earth.
"Bang, bang."
All the Ninjutsu hit their mark, and just as everyone was celebrating, Karot emerged from the thick smoke. He was unharmed, not even a scratch on his clothes.
"Impossible."
The four ninjas refused to accept this absurd fact.
"Is Ninjutsu useless?"
Watching Karot Danzo unscathed from the Ninjutsu attack, Danzo couldn't help but speculate. Danzo now held Karot in higher regard; after all, strange abilities abounded in the Ninja World, and he felt confident he could handle a Ninjutsu immune to ninjutsu. Once Danzo captured Karot, he could simply use hand seals to control him. After all, this was Root's stronghold, giving them the advantage.
"Attack with Taijutsu."
Danzo gave the order.
"Yes."
All the attacking ninjas abandoned their Ninjutsu. Within Root, Danzo's orders Danzo the most authoritative; even if Danzo ordered them to commit suicide, no ninja would disobey. This was also why Karot didn't hold back; the Root ninjas had been completely brainwashed and were beyond redemption.
Slash after slash came at Karot, each strike aimed at vital points, with eyes, mouth, nose, and limbs being the primary targets. Karot narrowly avoided the enemy's attacks, which only fueled the Root ninjas' excitement. With just a little more effort, they could finally cut Karot down.
Gradually, they began to realize something was wrong. They managed to evade the attacks of more than ten people each time, which was the most unusual thing about them.
Seeing that the Root ninjas had changed their battle strategy, no longer launching fierce attacks but instead trying to wear down Karot's stamina.
"Has it been discovered yet?"
Karot thought to himself, "Looks like they're not so stupid after all! I was hoping to let you live a little longer, but it seems that's not going to happen."
Karot grabbed the wrist of a Root, snatched his katana, and killed him with a single strike.
Ah.
He only managed to utter one last cry before collapsing, leaving behind his final silhouette in this world.
Then Karot, like a tiger among sheep, slashed, hacked, and stabbed, each move taking a life.
Facing Karot, the god of death, the Root ninjas showed fear, but none of them retreated a step. In the eyes of the Root ninjas, death was not scary; what was scary was failing to complete the mission assigned by Lord Danzo.
After Karot slit the neck of the last ninja, only Karot and Danzo remained on the field.
Karot slowly walked towards Danzo, carrying his bleeding katana. The two stood facing each other.
Karot threw the blood-stained katana in front of Danzo, the blade humming as it embedded itself in the ground.
"They are a very good group of subordinates, it's a pity they didn't choose the right people to follow."
"Karot said regretfully. 'Fearless in the face of death—that's the best kind of warrior. To not die on the battlefield but instead become someone's private army is their greatest tragedy. To be abandoned by one's family means one's life no longer belongs to oneself.'"
"Ha, they're just a bunch of tools, no, they're a bunch of useless trash, and I still have to get involved myself."
Danzo disgusted. He had raised this subordinate for so long, and he couldn't even complete the task he was given. He deserved to die.
Karot didn't argue with Danzo. Karot Danzo well: a cold-blooded man who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, and everyone else was just a tool he used to achieve his objectives.