Shimura Danzō sat in a secret chamber, resting with his eyes closed. His bandaged right arm and covered right eye lent him a sinister air.
Behind him, rows of shelves held countless scrolls. At their very heart lay a scroll box sealed within a Triple Barrier. Inside was the greatest secret concerning the First Hokage's Wood Release ninjutsu, something he had spent half his life acquiring.
Danzo had absolute confidence in the defenses here. No physical intruder could get past the layers of traps and guards, while the Sensory Barrier could detect even the slightest abnormal chakra fluctuation. This was a forbidden sanctuary, utterly secure.
What he did not know, however, was that in the shadows beneath his feet, a miniature spider made entirely of chakra, barely larger than a speck of dust, was moving soundlessly through the gaps in the shadows along the walls.
This "spider" had no physical substance or temperature. Even its chakra fluctuations had been compressed by Toru Kujyo in an inconceivable fashion, disguised as background noise identical to its surroundings. It passed effortlessly through every Sensory Barrier, like a ghost that did not exist.
The spider climbed the shelves and reached the scroll box sealed within the Triple Barrier. Several chakra probes finer than hair extended from its body, piercing the barrier's energy nodes with precision.
No forced breach. No alarm.
Through the probes, Toru Kujyo simply analyzed the barrier's formula, then replicated the energy frequency of its "key," tricking it into letting him through.
The three barriers silently melted away like snow in the warmth.
The scroll box opened. Chakra Threads spun by the spider wrapped around the scroll inside and lifted it out. Then an identical counterfeit, fashioned from Wood Release chakra, was placed inside. The entire process flowed seamlessly, taking no more