The weather was lovely that day, with a gentle breeze brushing against their faces.
But the breeze that had initially left Danzo feeling rather comfortable now carried a chilling severity, like a gentle knife gouging his exposed skin.
Years of experience allowed Danzo to maintain his outward calm, but enormous waves were already raging within him.
When he arrived, Danzo had thought victory was assured. He had this in the bag!
Yet now, reality had dealt him a crushing blow.
No matter how hard he racked his brains, he could not understand why Su Yu was unaffected by Kotoamatsukami!
At that moment, Danzo felt some fear-not of Su Yu, but because he had already lost control over the entire situation this time, and he had handed over the initiative himself.
At this point, Danzo could not even be bothered to ask Su Yu why. Even knowing the answer would do nothing to help his current situation.
From the moment he truly made his move against Su Yu, there had been no turning back.
Danzo gritted his teeth. He watched Su Yu warily, weighed his options, then gave an order.
"Yan, Shan! Lead your teams and hold this man off!"
Danzo did not tell them to kill this man. Although making Su Yu disappear from this world was what he wanted most at that moment, he also knew that these fifty people would struggle to deal with Su Yu, even with his own help.
Besides, he had never intended to fight in the first place.
Yan and Shan answered, "Yes!"
Watching the scene before him, Su Yu nodded in approval.
"How ruthless. As expected of the leader of Root. Once you discovered your trump card had failed, you didn't waste a single word, and you decisively chose to use your subordinates