Land of Whirlpools, underground laboratory on Ascension Island.
In the center of the laboratory, ten Root ninja in fitted gray outfits lay sprawled on the floor, motionless.
Lin Ze sat cross-legged before them, a cold Suzaku mask covering his face.
He took out the two scrolls containing Sealing Jutsu theory and carefully read through them again, paying particular attention to the sections on "chakra contract restraints" and the "silencing" rune.
I've thoroughly grasped the theory. Next comes practice.
Closing the scrolls, Lin Ze took a deep breath and swept his gaze over the ten "specimens" on the floor.
He first selected the Root member with the weakest chakra signature.
Dragging him onto a cleared space in the center of the laboratory, Lin Ze formed a hand seal with one hand and barked:
"Release!"
The Root ninja shuddered and slowly came around.
The moment he regained consciousness, beastlike ferocity and resolve flashed through his eyes. Instinctively, he tried to bite through the poison capsule hidden between his teeth while mobilizing his chakra to destroy the vessels around his heart.
But-
To his horror, he discovered that his body seemed bound by invisible chains. Forget biting through the poison capsule-he could not even move a finger!
His chakra lay dormant in his chakra pathways, completely unresponsive.
All he could do was stare wide-eyed at the cold man in the Suzaku mask before him.
"Don't waste your energy."
Lin Ze's voice came through the mask. "Since I kept you alive, naturally, I made every preparation."
Before bringing these Root ninja back, he had already used a restraining formula incorporating the principles of the Four Symbols Seal to seal off all their movement and chakra. They could not even kill themselves.
Without another unnecessary word, Lin Ze extended his right hand, probing the Root