Tsunade Ambushed, Root Reanimated

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At night, the area under the Sarutobi Police Force's jurisdiction was utterly silent!

It seemed devoid of any life.

Yet across from it, the area under Uchiha jurisdiction was still brightly lit, like a city that never slept.

Tsunade moved through the silent night. Dressed in black, even the moonlight could not reveal her figure. She moved with remarkable agility, and her destination was clear: Root's abandoned Experiment Base.

"This abandoned Root Base is still guarded. There must be a secret inside!"

Tsunade narrowed her eyes and scanned the surroundings. In the end, her gaze locked onto a spot.

That morning, she had already identified where the Root ninja were hiding. All she needed to do now was sneak over, knock those people unconscious, and avoid alerting anyone while she investigated the Root Base.

And so,

she began secretly infiltrating Root's hidden position, moving swiftly and silently.

Behind a wall, a masked Root ninja seemed somewhat sleepy. He sat cross-legged on the ground, breathing lightly, his eyes fixed only on the entrance to the Root Base.

Suddenly, he heard the faint sound of someone stepping on bricks and tiles.

He could not help opening his eyes and looking toward the source of the noise. Then, he suddenly saw a shadow.

Just as he was about to shout, the shadow was already in front of him. Before he could react, it struck the back of his neck and knocked him out. The blow was so powerful that he might even have suffered a concussion.

Clatter~~

The sound of tiles shifting alerted the other Root ninja stationed nearby.

"089, is something wrong over there?" someone called from another direction. There was no response, and they immediately sensed something was off. They prepared to investigate.

For a moment,

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