As night deepened, the edge of the Naka River forest outside Konoha lay deathly silent.
Chenshu Senju walked leisurely toward his estate, both hands tucked into his pockets.
He had thoroughly crushed Danzo at the Hokage meeting today, leaving him in such high spirits that even the weeds by the roadside looked more pleasant.
Just as he was about to step into a dark stretch of woodland—
The air around him abruptly froze, and even the sound of the wind eerily ceased.
Four crimson pillars of barrier light shot up from the ground like an enormous cage, instantly sealing off the forest within a hundred-meter radius.
"Four Violet Flames Formation? What a retro welcome ceremony." Chenshu Senju stopped walking, too lazy even to lift his eyes.
From the darkness, dozens of Root elites wearing animal masks emerged like ghosts, surrounding him from every direction. The cold gleam of their kunai was especially piercing beneath the moonlight.
The crowd slowly parted, and a gloomy figure leaning on a cane stepped forward. His single eye stared fixedly at Chenshu Senju, brimming with bone-deep hatred and killing intent.
It was none other than the furious Shimura Danzō.
"Chenshu Senju, your arrogance ends here. This day next year will be your death anniversary," Danzo said sinisterly.
"Old dog, you're already jumping the wall because you can't take it? I thought you could at least hold it in until after breakfast tomorrow."
Chenshu Senju sighed, his face practically spelling out, You're such an idiot.
At that deeply insulting form of address, the veins at Danzo's temple bulged violently, and his remaining left eye became bloodshot.
He said nothing more. He drove the cane in his right hand hard into the soil, then tore away the layers of sealing bandages wrapped around his right arm.
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