"...Are you kidding me?"
Beyond the third passageway, the captain's face went pale with shock.
The doors to the Root base weighed a hundred tons. Even they needed mechanisms to open them.
Yet they had just been blasted apart in a single strike.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As the captain stared in disbelief, tremendous noises erupted from the passage ahead again, as if something were rapidly shattering.
He stared nervously in that direction, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
"What is that?!"
A pitch-black figure, gleaming with golden light all over, thrust both hands forward and violently pulled apart.
Crack!
The Root passage behind the doors was forcibly torn open.
Thick cracks spread from the entrance deep into the interior, extending for a full hundred meters.
"Is that... Susanoo?!"
The captain was dumbfounded. Since when did the Uchiha Clan possess a Mangekyō Sharingan?
And that Mangekyō Sharingan had actually broken into the Root base!
What exactly had happened back in the village?
The captain was frantic, but there was nothing he could do. He could only order the expendable men forward. "Go! Stop him!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
One expendable fighter after another charged at the invading Susanoo.
As they advanced, their hands flew through seals and released ninjutsu.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Spear!"
Whoosh!
An enormous fireball roared forth, radiating terrifying heat.
Wind Release: Great Breakthrough followed close behind, amplifying the flames and instantly doubling the fireball's size until it nearly filled the entire passage.
At the same time, a thick earthen spear erupted from the ground and stabbed toward Susanoo.
"Heh..."
Inside Susanoo, Junichi chuckled.
The next moment—
Susanoo reached out, seized the fireball in one hand, and clenched its palm shut.
Puff!
The massive fireball was crushed and extinguished in its palm, leaving