"If he actually got serious, I doubt that bridge would last even a second."
Kakashi's final words hit like a club, leaving the old Third Hokage utterly stunned.
A deathly silence fell over the Hokage's office.
Only the broken pipe remained on the desk, trailing wisps of smoke.
The old Third Hokage slumped helplessly into his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.
He knew that everything in Konoha was about to change.
And naturally, the contents of this top-secret conversation could not escape the all-pervasive Root.
Several minuscule, insect-like mechanical puppets clung to the outside of the office window frame, transmitting every single word spoken inside back to the underground base.
In the deepest recesses of the dark, damp Root base.
Bang!
An incredibly dull crash rang out.
Danzo slammed his cane viciously against the hard stone floor.
The blue stone tile, sturdy enough to withstand an Explosive Tag's blast, actually caved beneath his cane, leaving a deep crater!
Stone fragments flew everywhere.
"Advent of a World of Flowering Trees..."
Danzo's voice sounded like nails scraping a chalkboard, grating and hoarse with utter disbelief.
His sole remaining eye was bloodshot, like that of a beast driven to the edge of a cliff.
"He's only twelve! Twelve!"
Danzo paced back and forth through the secret chamber like a madman.
His chest heaved violently, his breathing as ragged as a broken bellows.
"That's a forbidden technique even the First rarely used! The ultimate power capable of reshaping the entire shinobi world!"
"That little bastard not only awakened it without anyone teaching him, but can cast it instantly?!"
Fear.
An unprecedented fear, seeping deep into his bones, seized the heart of Konoha's "shinobi of darkness."
He had always thought Sen Senju was merely a lucky brat who had awakened a rudimentary grasp of