Kabuto Yakushi pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose again. This action made him look gentle and gave him some time to think.
He agreed.
What could he do if he didn't agree? The blond boy in front of him had already stripped him down to his underwear. What's more, this proposal accurately tickled the most itchy part of his heart.
Danzo.
When he thought of this name, an undercurrent of hatred and fear surged in Kabuto's blood. His original life should not have been so miserable.
"I'm curious." Kabuto's voice returned to calmness, "How do you plan to 'test' him?"
Naruto has no answer.
He just turned around, leaving his back to this top spy.
"Three days before the finals, in the evening."
"I'll give you the location."
The third day before Chunin Ninja Exams Finals, dusk.
The afterglow of the setting sun coated the entire Konoha with a layer of lazy gold.
Kabuto Yakushi used his identity to successfully apply for a secret meeting with the "Root" organization for the irresistible reason of "synchronizing the latest experimental data of Lord Orochimaru".
Danzo, the old man hiding in the shadow of Konoha, agreed out of fear of Orochimaru and his thirst for information.
He never thought he would be bitten by a snake's dog.
The location was carefully selected by Naruto through Zero's intelligence network.
At the edge of the village, there is an unknown bridge that has long been abandoned.
The terrain here is open and rarely populated, making it an excellent place for secret transactions.
At the same time, three kilometers away, an abandoned water supply tower stood alone like a rusty giant.
Here is the command post of the entire plan.
It is also a sniper spot.
At the top of the water tower, the wind was so strong that it hurt people.
Naruto stood on the edge, overlooking the ant-sized bridge in the distance.
He bit his finger again, and the taste of blood filled his mouth.
He pressed his palms against the cold, rusty iron plate.
"Summoning Jutsu."
Like many times before, there was no white smoke.
A twisted black battlefield fog, exuding a strong smell of rust and gunpowder smoke, gushes out silently.
Karsten, wearing dark green Power Armour, knelt on one knee and appeared behind Naruto.
He looked tougher than last time, and the scratches on his armor were his badge of honor.
This time, he didn't have that ferocious Bolter in his hand.
Instead, there is a Imperial Sniper Rifle with a slender shape, a gun body covered with precision lines, and a cold sense of technology.
"Commissar-sama."
"Get up, soldier." Naruto pointed to the small bridge in the distance without looking back.
"See there?"
Karsten stood up and looked in the direction of Naruto's finger.
"Target, the old man with a bandage on his face."
Naruto's voice is colder than the wind at the top of the water tower.
"Use your most accurate bullet and aim at his head."
He paused and added.
"Remember, this is not just an assassination."
"This is a data collection."
"I want you to record everything that happened after he was hit, every detail, every energy reaction, and don't miss it."
Karsten didn't ask why.
He just lay down skillfully and placed the slender sniper rifle on the guardrail of the water tower. His movements were as smooth as breathing.
The high-magnification optical sight lights up, and the distant scene is instantly zoomed in and becomes extremely clear.
"Understood, Master Commissar."
His tone was that of a soldier's absolute obedience to orders.
"For Emperor, I will put a bullet in his damn forehead."
On the nameless bridge.
Shimura Danzō stood in the middle of the bridge, leaning on a cane.
Behind him, stood two Root confidants wearing animal masks, their auras calm, like two lifeless stone statues.
"There is no chakra reaction around, sir."
"There is no other sign of life within two kilometers."
One of the Root ninja reported in a low voice that his perception ability was the best among Root.
Danzo nodded, his exposed single eye flashing with scrutiny and impatience.
The figure Kabuto Yakushi came slowly and slowly from the other side of the bridge Earth Flow.
He still looks gentle and harmless.
"Tell me." Danzo tapped the bridge with his cane, making a dull sound, "What kind of trick is Orochimaru playing again?"
Kabuto Yakushi stopped three steps away and bowed slightly.
"Sir Danzo, Lord Orochimaru is very satisfied with the experimental subject you provided last time."
He began to follow the script given to him by Naruto in advance and dish out some half-true and half-false information about Otogakure's troop deployment and experimental progress.
"... Currently, we have successfully reduced the risk of Curse Mark's runaway risk by 17%, but the rejection reaction is still very strong and more 'containers' are needed for screening."
"Hmph, he does know how to recycle waste." Danzo snorted coldly, not commenting on this statement.
Kabuto Yakushi was very nervous, and he was also considering the consequences of the matter being revealed.
But on the surface, he is still the gentle and calculating spy. Every word and every pause is just right.
As time went by, his back was soaked with cold sweat unknowingly.
Where is Naruto?
What about that little guy?
He didn't sell me, right? Let me face this old fox alone?
As soon as this thought appeared, his hands and feet went cold.
He even began to suspect that this was simply a set-up. A Naruto borrowed a knife to kill someone, and Danzo used Danzo's hand to get rid of him.
Danzo also became impatient with Kabuto Yakushi's mother-in-law, and he hit the ground with his crutch heavily.
"If this is all, there is no need for me to come in person."
"Don't worry, Master Danzo, I need to talk about important things slowly." Kabuto Yakushi's heartbeat is getting faster and faster, and he has almost used all the time-delaying methods he prepared in advance.
Danzo squinted his eyes and noticed something strange. He looked at the surrounding environment again. According to the report from his subordinates, there were no risks within two kilometers. Is there anything missing?
For example...
Danzo unconsciously looked at the tall tower to the side. It was far away. Could anyone really launch an attack from there? But the atmosphere at the scene already made him feel very uncomfortable.
He winked at the men beside him.
"Look into it."
The Root ninja whistled, and the psychic falcon prepared in advance flew into the air.
Eagles can see farther.
The top of the water tower three kilometers away.
Karsten's breathing and heartbeat dropped to the lowest point.
His whole body was integrated with the sniper rifle in his hand.
The crosshair of the optical sight firmly covered the bandaged head of Danzo.
"Target locked."
"Correcting windage..."
"Ballistic calculation completed..."
On the bridge, Danzo became more and more fed up with Kabuto Yakushi's words on the wheel. He snorted coldly and prepared to scold him.
Suddenly, the piercing cry of the psychic hawk startled him, and he completed three seals almost instantly: Mao, Hai, Wei.
"Fire."
Karsten gently pulled the trigger.
No loud noises and Kakkō.
There wasn't even the sound of a bullet being fired.
There was only an energy beam that was almost invisible to the naked eye, cutting through the three-kilometer sky silently and at a speed exceeding the speed of sound.
Kabuto Yakushi is still racking his brains to think of a way to escape.
Then, he saw a scene that he could never forget in his life.
"Pfft."
A soft sound.
Like a ripe watermelon dropped to the ground.
On the opposite side, Danzo's head exploded.
Red blood, white soft gel-like objects, mixed with broken skulls, sprayed backwards in a fan shape.
That face that always looked cold and calculating disappeared in an instant.
There is only a neck cavity left that is constantly gushing liquid.
Warm liquid with a strong smell of blood splashed on Kabuto Yakushi's face.
He was stunned.
The whole person froze in place.
My mind goes blank.
The two ninjas known as Root elites were also completely confused.
They didn't even have time to respond to what happened.
Their master, the man who was like a god in their hearts, was just like that...
Gone?
Time, at this moment, is stretched infinitely.
The whole world has turned into slow motion.
Kabuto Yakushi could clearly see that Danzo's headless corpse shook first, and then fell straight backwards.
"Bang."
The corpse hit the bridge, making a dull sound.
It also woke up the two distracted Root ninjas.
"Enemy attack!!"
The shrill roar finally broke the eerie silence.