Somewhere in the forest.
After finishing off a squad of Root Ninja, Yechen looked up at the barrier in the sky.
Yet he felt little concern.
The reason was simple: a sealing barrier like this might trap ordinary people, but it was utterly useless against him.
For all its immense size and its ability to trap enemies and prevent their escape, this was also the most useless kind of seal.
Just as he was thinking that, an inexplicable sense of being watched welled up within him.
"So that's it."
He glanced at the barrier again and immediately understood its purpose. It was most likely a sensory barrier, meant to track his location at all times.
Clearly, Danzo had studied him carefully. Knowing that ordinary sealing barriers could not contain him, he had set up a support barrier instead of a conventional trapping one.
This approach showed just how confident Danzo was in himself and the forces under his command.
Yechen sensed that most of the Root Ninja were gathering in one direction. Clearly, Danzo had no intention of letting him pick them off one by one.
Since that was the case, he could not be bothered to waste any more time and simply stood where he was, waiting for them to arrive.
One minute later.
A group of ninja appeared in his field of view, then swiftly surrounded him.
Yechen made no move, letting them do as they pleased. In his eyes, they were merely a swarm of hopping grasshoppers. He would let them hop around a little longer.
A hundred meters away, Yechen spotted his target. This was the first time since the Chunin Ninja Exams that he had properly come face-to-face with Danzo.
Compared to their last meeting, Danzo seemed to have aged further. His previously normal right