A Test

Danzo's Wind Release had already blown to Uchiha Itachi's feet, rising from beneath his soles toward the space between his legs.

The old Uchiha Clan house could no longer hold up. It began to collapse and fall apart, yet Uchiha Itachi, standing on the roof, did not shift in the slightest.

He seemed completely unaffected by gravity, as though he was not standing on the roof at all, but floating in midair.

Danzo's Wind Release continued to rise between his legs, and before it could leave him childless, he finally moved and extended his right hand.

Danzo's Wind Release, which could slice through houses, seemed unable to cut Uchiha Itachi's palm, unable even to break his skin.

As the time he possessed the Rinnegan grew, Uchiha Itachi had begun to master the powers Nagato once held. He could absorb Ninjutsu, even highly condensed Wind Release.

Danzo only had one breath left. His cheeks had turned purple, yet he had not harmed Uchiha Itachi at all. Still, he had bought time. His Root operatives gathered together and unleashed the same Ninjutsu at once.

Danzo used Wind Release, and most of the ninjas in Root specialized in it as well. The violent winds of many ninjas converged, even blowing the entire building away. Yet Uchiha Itachi calmly stretched out his right hand and absorbed everything.

"Use ninja tools! Use ninja tools!" someone shouted. Only then did the Root ninjas suddenly realize that Ninjutsu was useless against him.

However, they no longer had the chance to use ninja tools. Uchiha Itachi suddenly closed his hand, and wind rose behind the Root ninjas, lifting them into the air and pulling them toward Uchiha Itachi.

The sensation of drifting through the air with no footing beneath them was far too bizarre. Almost no one could