Returned Alive

"Ah!"

Three screams rang out all at once.

They stopped abruptly a moment later!

Using his Mangekyō Sharingan, Qin Yu saw a mass of blood vessels shoot out of the ground without warning, piercing straight through the bodies of the three Root Division ninjas.

As the blood was consumed, Kakuzu, who had been on the verge of collapse, gradually regained his strength.

Three hearts were forcibly ripped out and implanted in Kakuzu.

Feeling his strength slowly return, Kakuzu quietly breathed a sigh of relief and finally stood up.

"Boss, I'll be going now. Do you need me to handle Danzo?" A murderous glint flashed across Kakuzu's face.

Danzo's intelligence failure this time had nearly cost him his life.

If Qin Yu hadn't developed the idea of recruiting him at the last moment,

he would probably already be a cold corpse.

"No need. You don't have to worry about this. I'll handle it myself." Qin Yu patted Kakuzu on the shoulder.

"Let's go!"

Kakuzu couldn't help but pause. "Boss, don't you need to put some kind of measure in place to keep me in check? If I just run off, you'll have nothing to show for it."

In Kakuzu's eyes, every country had plenty of spies and informants.

For the sake of safety and secrecy, each of them used genjutsu, secret techniques, forbidden techniques, and the like to control their agents remotely.

The hardest part of surrendering for Kakuzu had been accepting that he would have to endure the pain of being controlled.

"No need. Putting little tricks on you would feel like a cheap move." Qin Yu smiled.

"Besides, I believe in my own charisma. One burst of Haki, and the entire Ninja World will tremble."

His words seemed like a joke.

But when they reached Kakuzu's ears, his expression changed.

After witnessing Qin Yu's powerful methods with his own eyes,

and seeing those Blood Moon Eyes, a symbol of calamity just like Uchiha Madara's,

he knew this boy probably wasn't just talking big.

Kakuzu took a deep breath, gathered his thoughts, and said, "Boss, I'll be off. If I get any news, I'll contact you as soon as possible."

After watching Kakuzu leave, Qin Yu walked over to Uzuki Yugao and Gekko Hayate.

"Release!"

He formed a hand seal, and the unconscious Gekko Hayate and Uzuki Yugao woke up.

"Qin Yu, how did I fall asleep? I think I had a dream just now. An S-Class rogue ninja came to assassinate us." Uzuki Yugao rubbed her sleepy eyes.

When she saw the ruins before her, she was completely dumbfounded.

This probably hadn't been a dream.

"Let's go. It's about time. If we linger here, Konoha will probably send someone to look for us." Qin Yu rubbed Uzuki Yugao's head.

When he used his Mangekyō Sharingan just now, he hadn't been idle.

Uzuki Yugao came around a little and glared at him.

"Qin Yu, could you stop treating me like a little girl and messing up my hair?"

Uzuki Yugao was about the same age as Qin Yu.

But Qin Yu was already 1.7 meters tall, a head taller than Uzuki Yugao, who was just over 1.5 meters.

He could not only look down at the top of her head, but also give her a comfortable head rub.

In front of Konoha's Sealing Gate.

With Uchiha Qin Yu's sudden rise and his overwhelming defeat of the Cloud Ninja and Mist Ninja,

Konoha's upper ranks had taken him very seriously.

No!

Even the younger generation of the Uchiha Clan had been deeply shaken.

They had thought that with Uchiha Shisui, their clan had already produced someone who stood above the entire generation.

Not long ago, even the Uchiha Clan leader's brat had shown his talent. As soon as he entered the Ninja Academy, he had been hailed as a little genius.

Now, another genius had suddenly appeared—someone who had been bullied for more than ten years and had kept his abilities hidden.

The contrast was hard to accept.

For that very reason, the Uchiha Clan had also sent out the police force to wait here.

Facing them were Minato Namikaze and the rarely seen Danzo.

A few minutes earlier, after finishing up some trivial matters, Minato Namikaze had returned to Konoha and unexpectedly found Danzo, who rarely showed himself, waiting at the city gate.

The sight had startled him and set his heart pounding.

Thinking of what had happened at the base, Danzo's presence here was clearly like a weasel paying its respects to a chicken.

"No, the agreed time has already passed. I'm going to take a look." Minato Namikaze glanced at the Chunin guarding the gate, unable to hold back any longer.

"Heh, Minato, you just got back. Where are you going now?" Danzo had clearly been keeping a close eye on him.

The moment Minato Namikaze formed the Flying Thunder God Seal, Danzo hurried forward and stopped him.

"Lord Danzo, the three Chunin on my team are overdue. I'm worried something happened, so I want to go check on them." Minato Namikaze spoke in a low voice.

There was a hint of coldness in his words.

Minato Namikaze was also displeased with Danzo for repeatedly targeting Qin Yu.

But with Qin Yu and the others late, Minato Namikaze didn't know what had happened and couldn't openly challenge Danzo.

"Heh, Minato, you really are a leading candidate for the next Hokage. You're always so careful in your work." Danzo was still smiling.

Inwardly, he was calculating how long it would take Kakuzu to finish off Qin Yu.

Seeing Minato's anxious expression, Danzo's smile widened.

In his eyes, the longer the delay, the more likely Minato would end up collecting a corpse.

Fifteen minutes had already passed. With an S-Class rogue ninja and the help of the Fuma Ninja,

taking care of a mere Chunin shouldn't be difficult.

That was true even if that Chunin was hiding a secret.

"Lord Danzo, are you deliberately stopping me from going to save them?" Minato Namikaze's expression darkened.

He had been leading the team.

If anything had happened to Qin Yu and the others, he would be held responsible.

"Minato, your words wound this old man." Danzo said, though his smile grew brighter.

"Do you know that everything I do is for Konoha?"

"Besides, I have no idea what you're talking about. I only saw all the commotion here and came to see what you were waiting for."

As he spoke, Danzo shook his head with a smile.

"But judging by your expression, it seems unlikely you'll get to see them."

"I'll be heading back, then. I hope your little friends make it back safely."

Fifteen minutes had passed.

The observer he had sent out still hadn't sent a signal.

As far as Danzo was concerned, Qin Yu and the others were as good as dead.

For that reason, there was little point in staying any longer.

"Minato, why are you here?" Qin Yu's voice suddenly rang out.

Danzo had just taken a step forward, and the smile on his face froze in place.