Danzo, That Dog, Really Doesn't Do a Single Decent Thing

In the end, she finally stopped pretending. She had indeed been sent by Danzo!

But it was useless. Just as she had not intended to leave any survivors, Kitahara Kaede naturally would not leave any of them alive to escape.

Kitahara Kaede rushed in front of her. The moment she met his gaze, she was disrupted by his Genjutsu, and his shuriken slit her throat.

Kitahara Kaede's Genjutsu could only be considered mediocre. It was only through the enhancement of his Two-Tomoe Sharingan that it possessed considerable power, but he still could not use Genjutsu to kill someone directly.

In the end, he still had to rely on shuriken to finish the job.

Hyuga Keiko also noticed something was wrong. The Fox Mask Ninja had clearly frozen for a moment. It was undoubtedly Genjutsu.

But when had Kitahara Kaede learned such incredible Genjutsu?

From Kitahara Kaede's own perspective, he did not even know any proper Genjutsu. He had merely instinctively used the Two-Tomoe Sharingan. It was nothing worth mentioning.

But that was because he knew just how terrifying those inhuman beings of the future were. Even by Elite Jonin standards, Kitahara Kaede's methods were quite crude.

Yet for a ninja like Hyuga Keiko, who could only barely reach the threshold of Chunin even when giving it her all, being able to casually cast such Genjutsu in battle and achieve a decisive result was already far beyond ordinary.

Kitahara Kaede had changed far too much in this past month!

Without question, Kitahara Kaede had too many secrets. Even a powerful higher-up in the village like Shimura Danzō had personally moved against him.

But Hyuga Keiko did not want to investigate those secrets. The more one knew, the faster one died. Besides, they had no choice now. They were already grasshoppers tied to the same rope as Kitahara Kaede.

Root had always operated this way. Anything dangerous, even if it was only potentially dangerous, would be eliminated along with everything else.

"What do we do next?" Soten Genryu asked, at a loss.

Hyuga Keiko, beside him, was administering simple treatment. Fortunately, Kitahara Kaede had arrived in time, so he had only suffered minor injuries.

"We keep working. Once we kill Suzuki Ryujin, we can return to the village." As Kitahara Kaede spoke, he drove a shuriken into the head of the last Monkey Mask Ninja's corpse.

He completely destroyed the brain matter inside. That way, even if a Yamanaka Clan ninja came to inspect it, they would not find anything.

None of the three knew Fire Style. Soten Genryu's chakra nature was Water, while Hyuga Keiko needed no mention—the Hyuga Clan had always been completely incompatible with elemental ninjutsu.

So they could only hastily bury the Root ninjas.

For now, Kitahara Kaede did not want to expose himself completely. Fortunately, Shimura Danzō's actions were not exactly legitimate either. He had secretly mobilized Root for the assassination, and even the Third Hokage did not know.

So long as Kitahara Kaede pretended he knew nothing, even Shimura Danzō could do little to him. Danzo would surely find other ways to strike at him afterward, but as long as he was careful, there was nothing to fear unless he had to fight all of Konoha.

Once this mission to hunt down Suzuki Ryujin was complete, he should receive another chance to draw a prize. He could only hope to get something good.

He truly lacked ninjutsu right now. Apart from the techniques taught at the academy, he only had the three C-rank ninjutsu his late father had left him—techniques at the Chunin level.

Wind Style: Gale Palm, Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, Wind Style: Vacuum Bullet!

They were basically all Wind Release ninjutsu. This was also the Wind-nature chakra he had inherited, the same as Crown Prince Uzumaki Naruto.

However, after fusing with the Uchiha Clan Standard Bloodline, he had tested himself at home with Chakra Paper and found that he had gained Lightning-nature chakra and Fire-nature chakra.

That was already more impressive than most Jonin!

One major characteristic of the Jonin level was being able to cultivate a second chakra nature on top of one's original affinity, making up for one's weaknesses.

"Oh right, the Rasengan!"

Thinking of Uzumaki Naruto, Kitahara Kaede immediately thought of Naruto's signature ninjutsu—the Rasengan.

This technique had persisted from Shippuden all the way into the Boruto era. In Uzumaki Boruto's hands, it also possessed astonishing power—the kind that could fight Otsutsuki.

Moreover, he knew the principles behind training the Rasengan. His chakra control far surpassed Uzumaki Naruto's at this point, so he should be able to master it more easily. It just so happened that he also had Wind-nature chakra.

What he lacked right now was precisely a ninjutsu capable of delivering a decisive blow.

But Flying Thunder God plus Rasengan—wouldn't that make him a copy of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze?

Though it would be a downgraded version, Minato Namikaze's loadout was still extremely effective against ordinary Kage Level opponents.

Minato Namikaze had once faced Kumogakure's AB Combo alone and forced both of them to retreat.

In contrast, Uchiha Sasuke had nearly been beaten to his knees fighting just Killer Bee. In the end, Killer Bee even fooled him and used the chance to run off and have fun—another famous battle scene for Sunny Sasuke.

"Let's leave this place first, then find somewhere to rest," Kitahara Kaede said.

The two nodded and followed Kitahara Kaede.

They eventually traveled more than ten li before finding a cave and finally stopping. Kitahara Kaede then had Hyuga Keiko activate her Byakugan and inspect the area around the three of them. Sure enough, a bug had been hidden in Soten Genryu's backpack. It was a Yamanaka Clan Kikaichū.

That Root ninja from the Yamanaka Clan had likely been using it to track their location.

"I'll take the first watch tonight. Keiko will relieve me in the middle of the night, and Genryu will take the second half," Kitahara Kaede said.

As he spoke, he set up several simple trigger traps around the area to avoid being caught off guard.

The two did not say much. They immediately took advantage of the remaining time to sleep. Although they still had many doubts in their hearts, they knew now was not the time to dwell on them.

Kitahara Kaede, meanwhile, took out the Diary he carried with him and began updating it.

Though he had just gone through a bloody battle, he could not stop updating the Diary.

This concerned when he would receive his next prize draw.

[I was careless. I never expected that getting close to Naruto would draw Danzo's attention. As expected of Konoha's famous Pot Kage. That bastard does not do a single decent thing—if he did even one decent thing, he would not be incapable of doing any decent thing at all. I am a proper Konoha villager with a clean family background, yet merely because I came into contact with Naruto, he sent a Root Squad to kill me.

If that old schemer truly became Hokage, wouldn't all of Konoha be in a state of panic?

Fortunately, he only became the 5.5th Hokage. That old schemer always claims everything he does is for Konoha, but which of the things he has done could ever see the light of day?

Without him, the Shinobi World could have been at least half as peaceful.]