I'm Not a Generous Person

Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall!

Mo Chen clapped his hands, and rows of wooden pillars sprang up in front of him, curving out of the ground to form an arching barrier that protected him inside.

The more Chakra he had, the stronger the Wood Locking Wall's defense.

Danzo's two guards weren't enough to break through this defensive jutsu.

Danzo's eyes narrowed. He'd already lost enough face in this battle, and it had dragged on for too long. He had to take Mo Chen down as soon as possible.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Just then, a series of smoke poofs suddenly sounded behind the Root members from earlier.

Everyone jumped in fright and immediately turned around. There were seven Mo Chen Shadow Clones.

"These are... the Shadow Clones from the beginning!"

The Root members' faces changed dramatically.

When they'd first launched a sneak attack on Mo Chen, they'd used four combination jutsu.

Mo Chen's response had been to create seven Shadow Clones and use four combination jutsu as well, together with his real body.

Afterward, Mo Chen's Shadow Clones had disappeared.

They'd assumed he'd recalled them after using the jutsu.

That was what ordinary ninja usually did after combining their attacks with Shadow Clones.

After all, their Chakra was limited, and Shadow Clones consumed too much of it.

But who could have guessed that Mo Chen wasn't afraid of using up his Chakra at all? He'd kept all the Shadow Clones from back then, simply using Transformation Jutsu to turn them into rocks on the ground and wait for a chance to strike.

Everyone's attention was on Mo Chen's real body, so they couldn't react in time when the Shadow Clones suddenly appeared.

Wood Style: Wood Binding Death!

Each Shadow Clone took on one Root member, using a single-target attack.

Seven trees burst out of the ground and instantly bound the Root members.

Then the trunks coiled around and crushed them. In the next instant, they burst into clouds of blood.

In the blink of an eye, only one of the eight Root members remained—and he was the one who'd been injured by the combination jutsu at the start.

"You're asking for death!!" Danzo was truly furious now, a thick aura of bloodlust rolling off him.

He didn't particularly care about the deaths of his subordinates.

As long as he achieved his goal, no sacrifice was too great.

But what Mo Chen had done was no different from slapping him in the face.

"Don't rush. There's still one left!" Mo Chen withdrew the Wood Locking Wall, snapped his fingers, and pointed at the last Root member.

The seven Mo Chen Shadow Clones gave cold, mocking laughs and all turned toward the remaining Root member.

The man wet himself in terror, dropped onto his backside, and kicked his legs as he tried to scramble backward.

"D-don't kill me! Please, don't kill me!"

Even Root members, who were killing machines, couldn't be completely devoid of emotion. They still feared death.

Especially when seven of their comrades had just burst into clouds of blood right beside them.

Not everyone could withstand that kind of horrifying sight.

Danzo's face darkened like the bottom of a pot, and fury surged in his heart.

Partly because of Mo Chen's arrogant attitude, and partly because his subordinate was acting like a clown.

Danzo's two guards weren't about to stand by and let their master be humiliated. They immediately turned and charged at Mo Chen's seven Shadow Clones.

"Senju Mo Chen, you'll regret this!" Danzo ignored what was happening behind him and spoke to Mo Chen in a cold voice.

Mo Chen paused. Senju Mo Chen? Since when was his surname Senju?

But he didn't dwell on it. He assumed Danzo had subconsciously taken him for a Senju descendant after learning he could use Wood Release.

In Mo Chen's own mind, though, he was a civilian with no surname.

He could use Wood Release only because he'd made it up and gained the ability in the future. It had nothing to do with the Senju.

"Why would I regret it?"

Mo Chen gave a cold chuckle. "You suddenly showed up and attacked me. What, I'm not allowed to fight back?"

"I don't care who you are, and I don't want to know why you attacked me! I'm not a generous person. If you attack me, you'd better be prepared to get killed in return! And that includes you, you old dog!"

Danzo barked, "Do you know who I am? Don't think that mastering Wood Release means you can look down on everyone. I—"

"Enough noise!" Mo Chen raised his hand. A wooden spear burst from his palm, and he grabbed it and hurled it at Danzo with all his strength.

Danzo hurriedly dodged, growing even more furious.

The brat wouldn't even let him finish speaking. He clearly didn't want Danzo to reveal his identity.

In other words, even if Mo Chen didn't know who he was, he had at least guessed something.

But as long as Danzo's identity wasn't made public, Mo Chen could act without restraint.

Realizing what Mo Chen was thinking, Danzo stopped wasting words and flipped up the bandage covering his right eye.

"Since you're so stubborn, don't blame me for turning you into a mindless puppet!"

His right eye held Shisui Uchiha's Kotoamatsukami, which he'd been saving for the right moment.

Using it on Mo Chen would be well worth it!

Unfortunately, Mo Chen knew Danzo inside and out. The moment Danzo uncovered his right eye, Mo Chen already knew what he was about to do.

Mo Chen immediately dodged and moved behind a large tree. He formed Hand Seals and then slapped his palms together.

"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"

By then, Danzo's two guards had already dealt with Mo Chen's seven Shadow Clones.

There was no helping it. The Shadow Clones disappeared as soon as they were hit, and they couldn't hold out against elite ninja like these.

Still, the effort hadn't been wasted. Before the clones disappeared, they'd managed to kill the last Root member.

Just as the two guards were about to turn back and help Danzo, the entire forest around them seemed to come alive.

Every tree grew at a tremendous rate, as if it had been pumped full of stimulants. They grew several times faster than with Forest Creation.

Even with the strength of all three men, they couldn't cut the trees down quickly enough.

As the trees grew enormous, their footing was squeezed tighter and tighter, forcing them to keep dodging.

"Damn it! How did he know what jutsu I was going to use? He dodged in advance!"

Danzo's heart sank. He'd just revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, but before he could use its power on Mo Chen, Mo Chen had already hidden.

"No! Impossible! Shisui's Kotoamatsukami is in my hands. Only that person knows about it, and he couldn't possibly have any connection to Mo Chen."

"Mo Chen just got lucky. He happened to hide in order to use this jutsu!"

Danzo quickly came up with a reasonable explanation and calmed down.

Kotoamatsukami couldn't be exposed—not only because of how he'd obtained it, but also because it was his greatest trump card.

"Not good!"

Just then, the guard from the Aburame Clan shouted, "The pollen overhead is poisonous!"

Mo Chen's jutsu had made all the trees grow to enormous sizes, leaving less and less room on the ground. As Danzo and the others dodged, they could only leap upward, plunging straight into the golden pollen.

Advent of a World of Flowering Trees was an enhanced version of Forest Creation. It not only produced countless giant trees, but also caused a huge flower to bloom at the very center.

The pollen released by that flower could paralyze an enemy's nerves, making movement difficult until they gradually lost consciousness.

Danzo had certainly studied this jutsu. But time had passed, and no one had mastered true Wood Release for decades. The details of the technique had long since faded from his memory.

Besides, he'd been focused on Kotoamatsukami. It wasn't until his guard warned him that he suddenly remembered what the jutsu could do.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

As Mo Chen secretly manipulated the technique, thick yellow clouds closed in on them from every direction. They were already surrounded.

Below, countless giant trees surged toward them as well...