The shrill red alarm lights flashed wildly across the ceiling of the underground laboratory.
"Beep—beep—beep—"
Each sweep of red light illuminated the severed limbs scattered across the floor, along with the malformed monster that had just crawled out of its cultivation tank.
The pungent stench of formaldehyde, the thick smell of blood, and the acrid, poisonous fumes produced as the monster's yellow-green pus corroded the floor tiles mingled together, turning the air into something as thick and nauseating as a swamp.
"Roar—!"
The monster opened the gaping maw lined with ghastly pale barbed fangs and let out an inhuman roar. Dark silver Astral Matter writhed madly across its body like greedy parasites, tightly strangling the grayish-white First-Generation Cells.
It had no visual organs, but its overwhelming hunger for high-purity Stellar Chakra made its massive body turn toward Hinata without hesitation.
A thick fused tentacle smashed through the instruments in its path, kicking up a foul wind as it came crashing down toward Hinata's face.
At the same time, Danzo, who had retreated to a safe distance, had a viciously cold glint flash through his lone eye.
"Class-A Contingency Plan! Move!" Danzo slammed his wooden cane heavily against the ground and roared, "Kill this girl! As long as you protect her head, dig out her eyes intact for me!"
The monster's loss of control was certainly troublesome, but in Danzo's eyes, as long as he obtained those pure Byakugan as a neutralizing agent, he could regain control over this godlike power.
The order was given.
The remaining fourteen Root elites held nothing back. They were the sharpest blades in Danzo's hand; even facing a monster and unknown Stellar Force, they would not hesitate in the slightest.
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Flame Technique!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
"Lightning Release: Earth Walk!"
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