Root Organization!

"Coming. Please wait a moment."

After pondering for a long time, Yun Xi finally decided to open the door.

After all, if they really had come to cause him trouble, they would inevitably return sooner or later, even if he didn't open the door now.

Besides, Yun Xi wanted to see who had come looking for him!

He got up and slowly walked to the wooden door.

As Yun Xi slowly opened it, the visitors came into view!

There were two people who had come looking for Yun Xi.

Both were men, dressed in pitch-black robes. The most eye-catching thing about them was the masks on their faces!

"Anbu?!"

Seeing how they were dressed, Yun Xi instinctively took two steps back, his face full of shock!

But after Yun Xi took a closer look...

He realized these guys might not be Anbu...

They were Root members...

An assassination division even more terrifying than the Anbu!

Root, also known as the "Anbu training division."

It was a mysterious organization established and commanded by Danzo, the perennial scapegoat.

Yamato, Orochimaru, Kabuto, Hatake Kakashi, and others had all spent time in Root...

Faced with an organization like this, Yun Xi's face immediately showed a look of astonishment!

"Holy crap?!"

Realizing their true identities, Yun Xi let out a classic curse.

He hadn't expected the two people knocking on his door to be Root members!

"Wait, why would Root members come looking for me at a time like this?"

Yun Xi's mind began racing...

Suddenly.

He thought of something!

Uchiha Itachi!

"Could it be that Root started watching me after I spent some time with Uchiha Itachi?"

However, after going over the whole situation, Yun Xi dismissed the theory.

The reason was simple.

Although Uchiha Itachi wasn't as powerful as he was in the original story, he was still one of Konoha's top experts.

Root members were certainly an elite force within Konoha.

But...

They were still nowhere near Uchiha Itachi's level.

And Itachi himself was exceptionally skilled at avoiding surveillance.

There was no way Root could have followed him!

After ruling that out, Yun Xi was once again at a loss.

If it had been anyone else, he could have guessed the reason based on what happened in the original story.

But Root...

This was simply too unexpected.

Root usually approached people for only two reasons.

First, the person was a Konoha prodigy, and Danzo wanted to recruit them.

Second, Root wanted to kill them...

With Yun Xi's current level of strength...

There was absolutely no way he could be called a prodigy.

"Could it be...?!"

The second possibility suddenly occurred to Yun Xi. He glanced at the two Root members standing before him like a pair of door guardians.

He quietly prepared to make a run for it!

"Kid, don't be nervous. We're not here to kill you. Lord Danzo just wants to see you."

Perhaps sensing Yun Xi's nervousness, the taller of the two Root Chunin spoke first.

He explained why they had come looking for Yun Xi...

"What does that old geezer Danzo want with me?"

Hearing this, Yun Xi quietly put away the kunai he had been holding.

But a new question arose in his mind.

Judging by his previous self's performance, he had no talent for ninjutsu, taijutsu, or genjutsu. He couldn't be called a prodigy in any of them.

According to the original story,

Yun Xi was a downright dead-last student.

And one who had repeated grades for many years!

By all logic...

Someone with such a hopeless reputation should have nothing to do with Danzo.

But...

The fact was that Danzo had actually sent people to invite Yun Xi over...

"What the heck is Danzo up to? Why is he keeping an eye on me..."

A troubled look crossed Yun Xi's face.

Judging by the original Naruto story, anyone who went to Root rarely came back out!

Going meant death.

Refusing could still mean death.

Faced with these two possibilities, Yun Xi didn't know what to choose!

"Come with us."

Apparently annoyed by Yun Xi's hesitation, the Root ninja who had spoken earlier urged him on in a cold, faintly threatening tone.

This made the already conflicted Yun Xi even more nervous!

He had even prepared to activate his Sharingan.

But just then!

The system suddenly offered him a choice...

"Ding! Congratulations, host. You've activated a choice: Life or Death?"

{Choice One: Follow the two Root Chunin to Root's headquarters. Reward: The first four gates of the Eight Inner Gates.}

{Choice Two: Become a free-spirited rogue ninja! Kill the two Root Chunin and flee Konoha. Reward: Double your current chakra.}

{Choice Three: I'm not going! Reward: None...}

"What the hell!"

Seeing the three options the system had given him, Yun Xi was furious!

He could accept both the objective and reward of the first option.

After all, at this stage, the fastest way to improve his strength—aside from obtaining the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and the Rinnegan—was to learn the Eight Inner Gates.

If he could get half of the Eight Inner Gates just by meeting Danzo, Yun Xi would be more than happy to go.

But starting with the second option...

The system was being ridiculous again!

"System, you can forget it! I'm absolutely not becoming a rogue ninja!"

After cursing it out, Yun Xi's face filled with indignation!

After all, trying to make him become a rogue ninja was an old tradition of this system.

Yun Xi was used to it!

If the rewards were good enough, he might have gone along with it and become a rogue ninja.

But what the hell were these rewards?!

First it was the Three Body Technique, and now it was a reward that doubled his chakra.

The rewards in front of Yun Xi looked great...

But!

The system hadn't considered his actual circumstances at all.

Yun Xi already had pitifully little chakra.

Even if he got a reward that doubled his chakra,

it would be like a drop in the bucket!

It wouldn't help at all!

And this option also required Yun Xi to kill the two Root Chunin standing right in front of him!

"If I could kill these two guys, why the hell would I be hesitating?!"

While silently complaining about how unreliable the system was, Yun Xi made his choice.

As soon as he had the training method for the first four gates of the Eight Inner Gates, Yun Xi turned to the two men and said, "Let's go. I'll come with you to see Lord Danzo..."

"Mm!" Seeing that Yun Xi made no suspicious moves, the two Root Chunin simply put an unopened mask over his face.

Then they took him straight to Root Base...

A few moments later, a shadow appeared in Yun Xi's home...