The deepest, most subterranean chamber beneath the Konoha, reaching depths of tens of meters.
The air was so cold it felt like it was about to seep water.
The thick, damp stone walls all around were covered with a dense array of concealment barriers and sound-absorbing talismans.
This is the most secluded place in the entire Hidden Konoha, and also Shimura Danzō's last refuge.
In the center of the secret room, Danzo sat stiffly in his wheelchair.
His right hand, which he usually used to lean on with a cane, was now tightly gripping a handkerchief stained with oil.
Cold sweat poured down his wrinkled forehead like a burst dam.
Wipe off one layer, and another layer seeps out.
My hands were shaking so badly I could barely hold onto the handkerchief.
Before him, the three remaining Root intelligence remnants knelt in the mud, their voices trembling with sobs:
"Lord Danzo... the meeting on the ground has ended..."
"What's the situation up there?! What about Hiruzen Sarutobi?! What about the Anbu?!"
Danzo roared, his single eye bloodshot, like a dying gambler:
"Are the major ninja clans just going to stand by and watch that kid run wild?! Uchiha? Hyuga the Hyuga?!"
The intelligence ninja kneeling on the ground swallowed hard and reported tremblingly:
" Uchiha Fugaku... was the first to kneel down and support the Senju New Order."
Hyuga Hiashi also declared on the spot that the entire Hyuga clan would obey Kenya's Kenya.
Even the Ino-Shika-Cho and Aburame Clan immediately seconded the agreement...
"Not only that, Lady Tsunade publicly announced the abolition of the Elder Council, Third Hokage has already handed over his hat and retired!"
"What?!"
Danzo let out a strange cry, as if his throat had been choked, and almost fell off his wheelchair.
"That old bastard Hiruzen has stepped down?! And all the major clans have actually surrendered?!"
"Are they insane?! Senju Kenya is a missing-nin! A brute with absolutely no political acumen!"
Another Root assassin, responsible for monitoring the surface, grimaced and muttered an additional stab in the back:
"Some people have raised objections..."
"An elite Sarutobi Clan Jonin questioned something that wasn't in accordance with the rules..."
"With a casual punch, Senju Kenya punched a hole more than ten meters deep through the half-meter-thick, three-layer-reinforced solid blast-resistant steel wall in the conference room..."
"The night wind is still blowing into the hall through that hole..."
"Snap!"
Danzo squeezed the black abacus tightly in his hand and broke it in two!
He slumped back in the wheelchair, his eyes glazed over, his chest heaving violently.
It's collapsed.
This self-proclaimed Darkness of Konoha, who believed he held the highest level of cunning in the Shinobi World, was a scheming old fox.
At that moment, my mental state completely crumbled into dust!
"Is this even reasonable?!"
Danzo roared almost frantically in the dimly lit chamber, his withered arms flailing wildly in the air:
"I've painstakingly built this up over decades!"
"Studying the overall balance of power, training assassins, manipulating political power, and collecting Sharingan and Hashirama Cells!"
"I have calculated every single move! I have every human weakness firmly in my grasp!"
Danzo trembled with rage, his voice shrill like a vicious dog whose tail had been stepped on.
"And then what happened?!"
"That kid didn't play a single card the rules from start to finish!"
"One glare stunned three hundred elite soldiers! A few punches were enough to slam the Tailed Beast and Eight-Headed Serpent into the ground like punching bags!"
"Now look what's happened! He casually punched through the blast wall, and all the major clans are kneeling down?!"
"Does this conform to the rules of the Shinobi World?! Does this conform to the laws of Chakra?!"
"This isn't a ninja! This is an incomprehensible, savage monster!"
The more Danzo cursed, the more aggrieved he felt, and the more frightened he became.
The grand plans and achievements accumulated over decades seem like a ridiculous joke in the face of absolute physical brute force.
They don't play any underhanded or overt schemes with him.
Anyone who disagrees will be crushed with a single punch!
Faced with this ruthless ruler who overturned the rules and the table, all his hidden schemes became nothing more than self-amusement.
Panic, like a cold, large hand, gripped Danzo's heart tightly.
He suddenly remembered the words that the Senju Kenya had conveyed to his mind before he fell unconscious—
"Wash your neck clean and wait for me patiently downstairs."
"I'll personally come down and send you on your way!"
Danzo shuddered, his hair standing on end, a tingling sensation running from his scalp to the soles of his feet!
You'll die!
If that kid cornered me in this secret room, I'd be smashed to a pulp on the spot!
"Run! We must leave Konoha immediately!"
The once invincible leader of the underworld is now completely reduced to a panicked and defeated dog.
Danzo scrambled towards the safe in the secret room behind him, frantically issuing orders to the remaining followers:
"Quickly! Initiate the destruction process immediately!"
"Destroy all the Sharingan samples in the secret cryogenic storage using Fire Style! Leave not a single one alive!"
"Smash all the culture dishes of the Hashirama Cells! Burn all the human experiment logs and bribery ledgers to ashes!"
Danzo hurriedly stuffed a large stack of bearer banknotes and several scrolls of forbidden life-saving techniques into his robes.
"Activate the third escape tunnel leading to the border of the Land of Fire!"
"Go to the Land of Rice Fields... no, go to the Land of Earth to seek refuge with Ōnoki!"
"Get moving! You bunch of useless trash!"
The few remaining soldiers in the secret room were rushed around frantically, some moving boxes, others lighting fires.
The entire secret room was filled with thick smoke and chaos. The once sinister and imposing Root of the Roots looked like a black workshop raided by the city management officers.
Danzo, panting heavily, stared intently at the escape door, forged from thick black iron, at the deepest part of the secret chamber.
Once you pass through this door and dive into the underground currents, the sky's the limit.
As long as the green hills remain, there's always hope for a fire!
However.
Just as the two Root Ninja placed their hands on the hidden door mechanism...
Thump.
A deafeningly loud bang suddenly erupted from the main entrance to the secret chamber!
The entire underground chamber shuddered violently as if struck by a heavy blow, and rubble rained down from above.
Danzo's movements froze instantly.
"Thump!!"
A second loud bang followed immediately.
That sealed gate, supposedly capable of withstanding the onslaught of S-rank Ninjutsu, was solidly forged from tens of thousands of kilograms of refined black iron.
Suddenly, the heavy iron door of the dark room began to violently dent and deform inward.