No sooner had Ning Feng and the others left than several figures who had been hiding in the shadows swiftly flashed out.
The figure leading them was none other than Danzo, the leader of Root from Konoha!
Behind Danzo stood countless members of Root, each with cold eyes and intense killing intent, like mere tools.
"Lord Danzo, the sudden appearance of Konoha Anbu disrupted our plan to join forces with Lord Hanzō and wipe out the Akatsuki. What should we do now!?"
One of the Root ninja hurriedly asked.
In fact, Hanzo of the Salamander's side had not consisted solely of his Amegakure ninja this time. Farther away, Danzo's Root members had also lain in ambush, all with a single purpose: to exterminate the Akatsuki.
Of course, as far as Danzo was concerned, his only reason for cooperating with Hanzo of the Salamander was to use him to help achieve certain undisclosed goals.
What Danzo had never expected was that their perfect extermination plan would actually be ruined by Ning Feng's sudden intervention.
Right from the outset, even Hanzo of the Salamander, a god of the shinobi world, had been killed in an instant.
Otherwise, Danzo would definitely have emerged to help Amegakure's ninja crush the Akatsuki.
The thought that his plan to approach Hanzō and win him over had been forcibly cut short sent a nameless fury burning through Danzo's heart.
"Hmph, keep an eye on those Anbu members, especially the one called Uchiha Minato. His performance in the Anbu has actually far surpassed both Uchiha Itachi and Kakashi. It's truly astonishing and shocking!"
At this point, Danzo took a deep breath, his eyes turning utterly cold. "Oh, right. From now on, withdraw more of the personnel monitoring the Uchiha Clan and assign all of them to Uchiha Minato,