"Boom!"
After a violent explosion, the bursts of Kakkō spurred the Root ninjas to make their summoning beasts fly even faster.
Actually, they originally planned to use the rumbling sound of the ice sculptures to cover up their escape.
But then he thought that since this place wasn't far from the Iwagakure battlefield, they might be able to use their flying advantage to escape while drawing the enemy's pursuit, and then use the huge commotion to attract the attention of the border troops. At that time, they could join forces with the ninjas who came to support them to deal with the enemy again.
But what they didn't know was that sometimes such a commotion might attract not teammates, but a far more terrifying enemy.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from the forest below the Root ninjas.
" Dark Release: Evil Dark Storm "
Immediately afterwards, a strange, deep purple storm struck them directly in mid-air with lightning speed.
They felt a powerful suction pulling them, then everything went black, and they instantly lost consciousness.
To outsiders, however, something terrifying happened.
Several human soul-like Chakra energy entities and an eagle-like Chakra energy entity were torn out by the storm, looking incredibly eerie.
As the Chakra energy body detached, the Root ninjas in the air and the eagle-like summoning beast seemed to lose power and plummeted straight to the ground.
Finally, a light dust storm arose, and the fallen Root ninjas were mangled beyond recognition, their flesh and blood a bloody mess.
" Setsugetsu- san, even when you're playing, you have to be careful, or the Root people almost got away." A slightly teasing voice rang out from the forest in Setsugetsu distance. And after the voice fell, two figures dressed in white robes slowly appeared in the forest.
"Even if you don't make a move, those Root ninjas won't escape." After being detonated by the Explosive Tag, Setsugetsu, who had returned to human form, held several exceptionally sharp ice Senbon in her hand and said calmly.
Clearly, even if Jörmungandr intervene, Setsugetsu still has corresponding countermeasures.
"Alright, now that we've dealt with these scum, we should head out. The commotion here has attracted Konoha's attention. I don't want to see familiar faces so soon."
This is the border between the Land of Rain and Konoha, but it's also close to the battlefield where Iwagakure and Konoha are fighting. So any commotion here could easily be observed by the Konoha camp on the Iwagakure battlefield. If they move too slowly, they might run into Minato or Jiraiya. Aizen doesn't want to get entangled with Konoha again so soon after escaping their entanglement.
"However, let's not leave the Land of Fire for now. I'm thinking that these few Root corpses might play a different role and bring us considerable benefits."
After hearing Aizen's words, Jörmungandr and Setsugetsu nodded.
So, after a few leaps, the three of them headed into the depths of the forest.
All that remained was a battlefield in complete disarray.
Half an hour after they left, a ninja squad wearing green vests with the Konoha insignia arrived.
Upon arriving at this battlefield, the Konoha ninjas felt a bone-chilling cold assail them.
Looking up, all I could see was a snow-white world, with countless shattered ice blocks piled up here. At the same time, there were also many dark marks on the icy battlefield, as if they had been scorched by a raging fire.
"This, this is Ice Release? This is a trace left by Ice Release user from the Light Organization. I saw the same scene during the battle to retrieve Roshi." At this moment, a Konoha Ninja who had participated in the mission to retrieve Roshi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise upon seeing the battlefield scene before him.
He had participated in the mission to pursue Roshi before, and although he suffered a crushing defeat, he had witnessed a similar scene before.
The person who was able to create such a scene Lord Jiraiya the Ice Release user in the Light Organization who overpowered Jiraiya.
"Quickly, we must report this information to Lord Jiraiya immediately. The Light Organization has reappeared in our Land of Fire."
Thus, the information was reported to Jiraiya. Although Jiraiya's expression was somewhat serious upon learning of this information, he quickly relayed it back to Konoha.
He realized that it might be better for the village's higher-ups to handle this information, since these dead ninjas were members of Root. Besides, they couldn't spare any resources for the battlefield right now.
Meanwhile, after receiving the information from Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned in the Hokage's office, seemingly pondering something important. Beside him, Danzo, his hand Danzo in bandages, sat with an angry expression.
" Hiruzen, I need your support. This Light Organization isn't just a matter for Root; it concerns the reputation of the entire Konoha. Root is also a branch of Konoha; Root losses are Konoha's losses."
At this point, Danzo had lost the confidence and pride he had when he first accepted the task of eliminating the Light Organization.
There was no way Danzo could be so tough now, having lost a Root unit.
It's important to understand that in Root, a unit comprised entirely of elite ninjas, the loss of such a large squad would be considered a devastating blow.
Furthermore, while Danzo wanted to destroy the Light Organization, he didn't want to completely sacrifice his Root. He still wanted to keep Root as a powerful asset in his bid for the Hokage Position. If Root were completely wiped out, wouldn't his Hokage Position be forever dashed?
But Danzo Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't so easy to talk to. He still vividly remembered Danzo's confident expression when he boasted to him.
They said they couldn't solve the Light Organization, so they would do this and that.
Are you coming here crying and seeking help?
That's completely impossible.
Instead of responding to Danzo's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi countered, " Danzo, our previous deal was already very clear: you resolve the Light Organization, and you can reclaim Root; if you fail, you will forever relinquish your rights to Root. So, you've come to me today to hand over the rights to Root?"
Upon hearing this, Danzo's expression turned quite ugly. He had considered that Hiruzen Sarutobi might not support him, but he hadn't expected Hiruzen Sarutobi to be so direct and ruthless.
However, he was thick-skinned enough that he completely ignored Hiruzen Sarutobi's question, pretending not to hear it, and continued, " Hiruzen, every day that the Light Organization exists, Konoha will be ridiculed by the other ninja villages. Do you really want Konoha, founded by the First Hokage, to become a laughingstock in the Shinobi World? Do you really...?"
But no matter how much Danzo talked, no matter how serious the situation became, even going so far as to say that Konoha would be destroyed by the Light Organization, Hiruzen Sarutobi remained unmoved. He knew that those were just words Danzo used to get him to support him, and they shouldn't be taken seriously.
Besides, this was something Danzo and he had agreed upon in the first place. The fact that he hasn't directly taken back Root is already a big concession to Danzo.
Furthermore, Hiruzen Sarutobi had confidence in Danzo and his Root. He knew that Root definitely had a trump card capable of wiping out the Light Organization; now it just depended on whether Danzo up.