"What's wrong with you!?"
Danzo froze, then hurriedly helped up the Root Member beside him.
Yet the moment he helped him up, his already furrowed brows tightened even further.
He discovered that the Root Member beside him had actually fallen under a genjutsu.
Yes, that was right. A genjutsu.
And a very advanced one at that.
They had barely had any close contact with Ning Feng just now, and had not even seen him form hand seals. How had his subordinate fallen under a genjutsu!?
"Stay alert!"
Danzo took a deep breath and hurriedly gave the order.
The Root members surrounding Danzo were all somewhat shocked as well. Hearing his order, they immediately spread out around him and cautiously stood guard.
Danzo, in the middle, looked especially wary.
In truth, Danzo had not expected Uchiha Minato to be so bold as to refuse his offer of recruitment and then suddenly attack him.
After all, he was one of Konoha's senior leaders. This was tantamount to challenging the authority of the Konoha High Command.
What Danzo found hardest to accept, however, was what sort of genjutsu Uchiha Minato had used to make his subordinate pass out without anyone noticing...
Meanwhile, Ning Feng, who had long since darted several thousand meters away, stood at the highest point of a tile-roofed house. He watched the tense-faced Danzo and his men coldly, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
He was no fool. What if he went to Root with Danzo, only to be dissected and have his Sharingan gouged out!?
In the original story, Danzo had collected plenty of Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan to bolster his own fighting strength.
He was so young and had already awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Danzo would surely want to seize it.
Unfortunately for Danzo and his