After Tsunade woke up in the hospital, she ran to the Hokage Building to find Sarutobi Hiruzen. Anyway, there were loud explosions and fighting sounds coming from the Hokage Building. No one knows the outcome. Tsunade just cried all night in the Senju clan's territory.
At night, Orochimaru and Karot stood side by side, while Minato and Kaze lagged behind them by a body length.
"Orochimaru- senpai, you don't need to come here to feed the mosquitoes so late at night, do you?"
Karot harbored a lot of resentment towards Orochimaru for calling him out at night. Staying up so late was something only a human being could do.
"Hehe, isn't this an invitation for you to watch a good show?"
Orochimaru, seemingly never getting angry, spoke in a gentle tone.
"That would be best."
Karot tightened his clothes, yawned, and then sat down on the ground, leaning against a large tree, waiting for the actors to appear. Unlike Orochimaru, he didn't have to pose all the time and stood up the whole time.
Anbu, the guards were on duty as usual tonight. However, with the help of someone who was keen on the matter, Aburame Torune made it to Danzo's cell without any trouble.
"Danzo, we should go now."
Aburame Torune spoke respectfully to Danzo, who was feigning Danzo.
"Okay, let's begin!"
Upon receiving Danzo's order, Aburame Torune immediately broke the seal on the prison cell, then entered the cell and released the Chakra seal on Danzo. With Aburame Torune's help, Danzo's power returned.
After doing all this, Aburame Torune brought out clean changes of clothes; after all, Danzo was a man of principle. Afterward, the two left the cell. Wherever they went, Anbu members lay on the ground, unconscious. Danzo hadn't killed them, otherwise it would have meant a complete break with Sarutobi Hiruzen. He only needed Sarutobi Hiruzen to casually write down a few casualties. Root members continued to gather behind Danzo; this time they would leave Konoha. Before leaving, Danzo would take all his power with him. Only in this way could Danzo have a place in the Ninja World; otherwise, without power, his former enemies would try every means to kill him.
After Danzo and the Root members left, a ninja who had been lying unconscious on the ground got up and went to report the situation to Sarutobi Hiruzen. After he left, another ninja silently disappeared from the Anbu, as if he had never existed.
"Brush."
"Lord Orochimaru, everything is as you predicted. He's heading this way."
The members of the Anbu who had disappeared knelt before Orochimaru, reporting on Orochimaru 'Danzo actions. Danzo, however, was completely unaware that Orochimaru had been monitoring all his movements. Orochimaru's ability to infiltrate even the Anbu, loyal to Orochimaru Sarutobi Hiruzen, demonstrates the extent of his power. Many people only see Orochimaru 'Orochimaru and never consider his strategic brilliance.
"Keep watching, and make your move when they enter our ambush area."
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru."
He disappeared after saying that.
"Not bad! Orochimaru- senpai, you have people in the Anbu."
Karot, with his hands behind his head, leaned against a tree and praised Orochimaru.
"As your team's partner, how can I do this without some skills?"
The two looked into each other's eyes and laughed silently.
"They've arrived."
At this moment, Karot sensed dozens of streams of energy rushing towards this direction.
"Go, wind."
Orochimaru sensed this at the same time and immediately gave an order to his subordinates.
"Yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, the wind vanished.
As Danzo on his journey, he felt increasingly uneasy. Since leaving Konoha, his anxiety had grown stronger. After running wildly through the forest for an hour, far from Konoha, this unease had become so intense that the hairs on his body stood on end. It was a feeling he had developed after countless brushes with death, a sixth sense that people called a sixth sense. This feeling had saved Danzo many times.
"Stop."
Danzo stopped and spoke. The Root ninjas were well-trained and obeyed orders. Upon receiving Danzo's command, they immediately halted.
"Come out! Don't hide."
Danzo spoke directly ahead, his body tense, ready for battle at any moment. The Root members were the same. They had long since disregarded life and death, obeying only Danzo's orders. Danzo was their faith.
Orochimaru clapped his hands and led Karot and Shisui out of the darkness.
"As expected of Danzo. His vigilance is still so strong."
Hearing Orochimaru's insincere words, Danzo spoke up.
"Orochimaru, I'm about to leave Konoha. Please spare my life! If we fight to the death, we'll both suffer losses. Let's just leave each other alone and go our separate ways, okay?"
"Danzo, have you lost your mind? I've been waiting for you here all night, did you think I just wanted to see you off the border?"
"The loss itself doesn't matter; what matters is that you're going to die."
After Orochimaru finished speaking, his eyes sharpened.
"Then there's no way to talk about it."
Tensions were high between the two sides, with Danzo leading the Root to strike first in an attempt to seize the initiative.
Orochimaru waved his hand, and ninjas who had been lying in ambush leaped out of the forest. They faced off against Root. His former partner Aburame Torune, went up against Aburame Torune, while Orochimaru was engaged in Danzo with Danzo.
"Senior, should we go up?"
"Shisui asked, standing behind Karot."
"What do you mean, 'go on stage'? We're here to watch the show."
Karot pulled out a bag of snacks and watched the chaotic battle with great interest. The Root ninjas' reckless attacks were being held back by Orochimaru's ninja army. Upon closer inspection, it became clear that Orochimaru's ninja army possessed an abnormally high rate of regeneration. If you slashed them, they would recover in less than a second, while if you were slashed by them, you would be seriously injured. It seemed that Orochimaru's research on Hashirama's cells had yielded impressive results; only Hashirama's cells in the Ninja World possessed this ability. Truly, even though he was no longer in the game, his legend lived on.
Orochimaru's army planned to slowly wear down Danzo's Root Danzo. The Root ninjas could see this, but they had no effective countermeasures. Death was only a matter of time.
The life-or-death struggle between the longtime partners, Kaze and Aburame Torune, was much simpler. There was no intelligence analysis Ninjutsu combat; only the clinking of kunai clashing—they knew each other too well. Constantly on missions and assassinating targets, they spent more time together than with their families, knowing each other inside and out. Their strengths were evenly matched.
When the Aburame Torune, this time Aburame Torune did not dodge, but instead made no attempt to defend himself, allowing the kunai to pierce his body.