Danzo, Did You Forget Itachi's Threat?

Lin Fan's lips curled into a sneer.

That old schemer Danzo wants to invite me to the Root compound?

I bet he wants to catch me off guard, have a "heart-to-heart," and then covet my Sharingan!

He's lusting after my body.

He's despicable.

Lin Fan didn't hold back, immediately retorting to the Root members.

Clearly, he had long since learned every sordid detail of the old schemer Danzo's dirty deeds from the original story.

Colluding with Hanzo the Salamander to set a trap for the Akatsuki, which led to the death of Yahiko and the complete corruption of Nagato.

Ambushing Shisui and coercing Itachi, which resulted in the annihilation of the entire Uchiha clan and the harvesting of more eyeballs than he had arms.

Killing the messenger toad during Pain's invasion and refusing to send a single soldier, leaving Konoha in a desperate struggle just so he could seize the chance to become Hokage.

Though he claimed everything he did was for the sake of Konoha, every single one of his actions directly or indirectly cultivated powerful enemies capable of bringing about Konoha's destruction.

His hypocrisy was plain for all to see.

"Bullshit! A genin who just graduated from the Ninja Academy dares to spout such nonsense and slander our leader?"

"You don't have any elite jonin protecting you now, while we have one jonin and two chunin here."

"Lin Fan, we've got you cornered. Even Jesus couldn't save you!"

The lead ninja in the cat mask said coldly.

After Danzo ordered them to bring Lin Fan to the Root base, the three of them had been tracking Lin Fan and monitoring his every move since the morning.

It was only because they were wary of the elite jonin Might Guy in the forest earlier that they hadn't made a move.

They hadn't expected Lin Fan to come to this secluded Senju Compound on his own in the afternoon; for them, this was a god-given opportunity for an ambush.

Lin Fan couldn't help but smile contemptuously.

"Heh, you don't know a damn thing. Konoha genin are the ones you really shouldn't mess with."

"Time to teach a brat who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth a lesson."

"Let you see the true power of our chunin and jonin."

As the lead cat-masked ninja finished speaking, his hand tightened around the hilt of the longsword on his back.

The blade was partially unsheathed, a cold glint flashing.

Lin Fan, unhurried, pulled a kunai from his waist, ready for the fight.

In a flash, the cat-masked ninja drew his sword and lunged toward Lin Fan's blind spot.

He shouted loudly: Konoha Style: Vacuum Sword.

As the cat-masked ninja swung his tightly gripped sword rapidly through the air, several silent and sharp transparent sword beams sliced directly through Lin Fan's body from his blind spot.

"Heh, that's it? So much for a genius genin from the Ninja Academy."

Poof.

Just as the lead cat-masked ninja was feeling smug, he suddenly saw a puff of white smoke appear in front of him.

Lin Fan's body had turned into three segments of severed logs.

Substitution Technique?

The three Root ninjas' pupils shrank violently at the sight.

To be able to swap places with an adjacent object at a speed invisible to the naked eye—this Lin Fan was definitely more than just a genin.

"Behind you, on the tree branch!"

The lead Root member was a Konoha jonin, so his observational skills were naturally exceptional.

The other two turned quickly upon hearing the shout, one of them clasping his hands together to begin the opening hand seals for a Fire Style technique.

Rat-Tiger-Dog-Rabbit-Tiger.

At this moment, Lin Fan's scarlet pupils suddenly appeared on the tree branch, spinning rapidly.

After successfully copying the jutsu, he immediately added points to upgrade it.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for upgrading Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique to LvMAX. Reward: Fire Style affinity increased by 10% (Total current increase: 30%)]

Lin Fan's hands then blurred, forming seals at three times the normal speed.

Instantly, several massive fireballs, shaped like the fruits of a phoenix flower, shot out from Lin Fan's mouth like lightning.

Both sides had unleashed Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique at nearly the same time.

But the difference was that the fireballs Lin Fan spat out were several times larger than his opponent's.

The Root chunin who had cast the Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique stared at the massive fireballs before him as if he had seen a ghost.

"Holy shit!"

The Phoenix Sage Fire Technique cast by Lin Fan was not only faster than his, but also significantly larger.

How the hell is this supposed to be a fight?

Terrified, he didn't even care if his own technique had hit Lin Fan; his only thought was to dodge the terrifying fireballs that were relentlessly pursuing him.

Soon, the fireballs gradually extinguished, and he leaned against the stone monument of the Senju Compound in a disheveled state, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

But immediately after, a sharp whistling sound followed.

The fireballs had actually been concealing dozens of shuriken?

Thud, thud, thud.

One of the three Root members, a Chunin, couldn't escape in time and was pinned directly to the stone monument by the shuriken, passing out instantly.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "One down, I'm going to kill three today!"

He then churned the chakra within his body and quickly clapped his hands together.

He rapidly unleashed the Tobirama's Ninjutsu he had just learned and leveled up from the scroll.

Water Style: Water Colliding Wave.

In an instant, a water column, spinning and rising rapidly like a tornado, was summoned.

It quickly enveloped Lin Fan's entire body.

The other two members of Root were instantly dumbfounded.

To be able to cast such a large-scale Water Style ninjutsu in the waterless Senju Compound—what kind of monster is this Lin Fan?

Soon, a massive wave of water began to spread rapidly like a waterfall.

It then surged toward the two of them with aggressive momentum.

Earth Style: Earth Wall.

The other Chunin member of Root hurriedly formed hand seals in a panic, barely managing to block the impact of the water flow.

The Earth Style: Earth Wall was also more than half destroyed by the turbulent Water Colliding Wave.

But the next second, Lin Fan used Body Flicker to descend from the tree branch and arrive directly in front of the Earth Style: Earth Wall.

Zzzzt.

At this moment, a dazzling blue sphere of chakra suddenly appeared in his right hand, with lightning flashing.

Through the chakra flow visible to his Sharingan, Lin Fan confirmed that both of them were hiding in the same spot behind the Earth Style: Earth Wall.

Chidori.

The max-level Chidori he used pierced straight through the Earth Style: Earth Wall, which had already been half-destroyed by the Water Colliding Wave.

A bolt of lightning struck directly at their hearts.

Puff, puff.

The two of them clearly hadn't expected Lin Fan to also possess Lightning Style ninjutsu, which completely countered Earth Style.

Struck directly by the Chidori, they both spat out a mouthful of blood and were sent flying.

Soon, the Earth Style: Earth Wall crumbled away.

Lin Fan naturally had no interest in checking whether the three of them were dead or alive.

He brushed the dirt splashed onto him by the Earth Style: Earth Wall and calmly left the Senju Compound.

Several hours later.

Hiruzen slowly arrived at the Senju Compound, puffing on a pipe.

"Hiruzen, you watched as someone severely injured three of my subordinates and did nothing. What is your intention? You must give me an explanation today."

Danzo's single eye was filled with a fierce glint as he spoke viciously.

Hiruzen exhaled a ring of smoke and said leisurely, "An explanation? That's simple. I have plenty in my Hokage office; you can take as much as you like."

Just as Danzo was about to retaliate, Hiruzen grabbed his collar tightly with both hands.

His eyes were instantly filled with cold frost.

"Danzo, I advise you not to think about targeting Lin Fan again. Have you already forgotten Itachi's threat?"

Naruto: Starting with Infinite Skill Points by Shenqi Xiao Sima