The First Hokage's Legacy!

"First... First Hokage? This... could it be true?"

The other Anbu ninja was completely stunned upon hearing this.

What kind of joke was this? Could it be that what Takizawa Dan had obtained was truly the inheritance of the First Hokage?

If it were true, then perhaps the First Hokage was still alive! After all, he possessed such heaven-defying abilities that even if someone claimed he had become a god, many would believe it!

Could it be... that all of this was real!

"Of course it's true... If it weren't, how could Takizawa Dan suddenly become so powerful?"

The ninja on the right laughed and cried at the same time, no longer knowing what to say.

In his heart, he felt nothing but regret.

Because he had been blinded by his preconceptions, viewing Takizawa Dan as the successor of the First Hokage, or perhaps even his reincarnation. This was supposed to be a heaven-sent opportunity for Konoha Village!

Although Konoha Village was powerful and possessed the largest number of ninjas among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, this advantage was not absolute.

If one day the remaining four great villages were to unite and launch an offensive against Konoha for some reason...

Then even a powerhouse like Konoha would face immense pressure! They might even be forced to sue for peace!

But if Senju Hashirama were still in this world, everything would be completely different! Back then, he had pacified the entire shinobi world single-handedly, using his sheer strength to slap the faces of his enemies, forcing the entire world to accept his philosophy of peace!

If the First Hokage were still alive, how could Konoha ever fear those so-called rabble?

Of course, saying these things now was meaningless.

They only knew that Konoha's heaven-sent opportunity had been Takizawa Dan, yet that blind fool Danzo had ordered them to kill this child of destiny!

God, what a terrible sin they had committed!

All of Konoha's high-ranking officials, with the exception of Tsunade, were simply blind.

"Hahahaha! A village like this has no future at all! Even if the First himself were here, he'd probably be beaten to death by a mob!"

Amidst the wild laughter of the two Anbu ninjas, they were swallowed up on the spot and vanished from where they stood...

Takizawa Dan watched all of this, his mood slightly complicated.

He understood that these two Anbu ninjas did not truly want to kill him deep down.

They admired his talent just as much, but they were forced to act because Danzo had demanded it.

This was the manifestation of erasing the individual for the sake of the so-called collective will!

However, now that they believed he was the direct successor of the First Hokage, their thinking had undergone an unprecedented distortion, and their long-held beliefs had been shattered!

They had laid hands on the direct disciple of the First Hokage; this was an unforgivable crime!

It had to be said that even Takizawa Dan felt a sliver of sympathy for them at this moment.

However, sympathy was sympathy; even if he had to do it all over again, even a hundred times, he would still kill them without hesitation.

Because mutual understanding and mutual appreciation did not mean a change in stance. Just like Senju Hashirama and Uchiha back in the day, being life-and-death brothers and life-and-death enemies were not contradictory.

Drip—

A colorless, transparent skill dropped on the ground.

Takizawa Dan stepped forward and carefully picked up the skill.

Swish!

The fragment turned into a stream of light and entered Takizawa Dan's mind!

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the ability: Secret Technique: Barrier Jutsu!]

[Effect: Forms a blank zone around the host, capable of isolating sound, sight, and all other information from the outside world. It is an excellent ninjutsu for hiding one's presence or for combat!

Ps: The range and duration will gradually increase as the host's own abilities grow!]

[Duration: 30 minutes]

[Cooldown: 60 minutes]

[Host's current abilities: Basic Taijutsu, Basic Gentle Fist, Multi Shadow Clone Technique, Wind Style: Kamaitachi Jutsu, Wind Style: Floating Catkin Jutsu, Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique, Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, Secret Technique: Barrier Jutsu!]

"Good, I've finally obtained this Barrier Jutsu. With it, I can fight without worry from now on!"

Takizawa Dan clenched his fists tightly, feeling extremely satisfied.

A man living in this world cannot always be timid and hide himself; sometimes, when it is time to act, he must act and go all out to show his true colors!

However, his current identity was that of a useless person without chakra. Even though he had already displayed powerful combat abilities in Konoha Village, Tsunade had helped him explain it away as "superhuman strength gained from unlocking genetic locks"!

For his own safety and to protect more secrets, Takizawa Dan accepted Tsunade's explanation.

But if he were to use ninjutsu in future battles, this so-called lie would no longer be sustainable!

In particular, Wood Style was his greatest secret and must never be leaked.

Tsunade's sadness or the vigilance of the higher-ups was secondary; the most critical point was that if people from other villages learned that such a super genius had appeared in Konoha, they would definitely do everything in their power to eliminate him!

But with this technique, he would no longer have to worry about being discovered during future battles; he just needed to add a smokescreen!

It is worth mentioning that although Takizawa Dan had just instantly killed two Anbu Special Jonin with a single strike, it fully demonstrated the awesomeness of the First Hokage's Wood Style!

In particular, "Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence" was a technique that covered every angle without a single blind spot; within this forest, he was the absolute master, and there was no way for anyone to counter him!

Standing before a person with such a bug-level ability, Uchiha Madara really hadn't lost unjustly back in the day...

However, the awkward part was that he had fallen into a situation where he could not use this technique again for a month...

Although he could rely on his Multi Shadow Clone Technique to reduce the cooldown of this technique to 30 minutes, doing so would inevitably make those two Anbu ninjas wary, and it was possible that he wouldn't be able to unleash his "Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence" so smoothly!

After all, Wood Style was just wood; the idea of turning chakra into the source of life sounded incredibly impressive, but once you actually put it into practice, you realized that wood was just wood.

It lacked the hardness of Earth Style, the flexibility of Water Style, and even the lethality of Fire Style...

The only control capability it might possess was decent, but it still required reaction time; if he were to release it directly beneath the two ninjas' feet, there was a high probability that they would notice and dodge the technique in time!

One had to remember that a ninja's reaction speed was extremely fast, especially for Anbu ninjas who were battle-hardened elites forged by countless brutal training sessions!

Therefore, the measures Takizawa Dan had taken were, in truth, a last resort.