In Konoha, you get one evolution point every day.

In the darkness of night, all was quiet outside the windows of Konoha. In the village under the dark moonlight, the Mitomon clan was holding a meeting to discuss how to deal with Lin Fan.

"Tsunade has definitely been deceived. That damned Lin Fan dared to insult us like that!" Koharu Utatane said angrily.

"Koharu, don't get agitated." Mitokado Homura pushed up his glasses and said calmly to the group of high-ranking ninjas who had 'voluntarily' come to the meeting, "Anger can make a person lose their mind."

"That's outrageous! That's the Third Hokage! How dare Lin Fan!" The current head of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Higen, was an old man in his forties or fifties.

"The Third Hokage sacrificed so much for Konoha, and yet he ended up like this... I'm really worried about his life in prison," Hyuga Higeki said with concern.

"You can rest assured about that," said Koharu Utatane. "I have already spoken privately with a squad leader in the Anbu, and he is willing to become our informant within the Anbu... The Third Generation is safe for now."

"Then why not just let him release the Third Hokage directly?" Nara Shikao asked, frowning.

Koharu and Homura sighed.

"Oh. Do you think I don't want to?"

Koharu Tsurugi said worriedly, "Lin Fan appears honest but is treacherous at heart. Currently, apart from Xuejian, Yanya, and Lan, who are confirmed to be his pawns, we can't tell who the other members of the Dark Guard are potential enemies. I'm starting to suspect that Lin Fan's appearance was a conspiracy from the very beginning."

"If that's the case, then the Third Hokage being in prison is actually a form of protection," Nara Shikao analyzed.

Xiaochun nodded; that was exactly what she thought.

Mitomon Homura rubbed his temples and said, "What we need to do now is find a way to bring the Root members into our camp. Only in this way can we have a guarantee for our plan to take down Lin Fan and Tsunade."

"You're going to make a move against the Fourth Hokage too?" Nara Shikasei exclaimed in shock. "Wasn't our meeting to discuss how to deal with Lin Fan?"

"Yes, Lady Tsunade has been kind to us."

"My son also received treatment from Lady Tsunade."

"Would the two consultants like to reconsider?"

Seeing that Tsunade was on the right track, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado exchanged a glance.

Koharu Utatane said, "Yan, you've gone too far! How could we lay a hand on Tsunade? She's a disciple of the Third Hokage! Tsunade must have been tricked by Lin Fan to allow him to do such a thing!"

Mitokado Homura hesitated and said, "I've said too much. Let's wait for the Third Hokage to come out before making a decision about Tsunade."

Seeing that the two advisors had relented, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

While these people were still having their meeting, a member of the Mitomon clan rushed in from outside in a panic.

"Clan...Clan Chief, something terrible has happened!"

Upon hearing his clansmen's voices and seeing their flustered state, Mitokado Yan frowned and asked, "Daishi, what's wrong with you?"

Under the watchful eyes of so many high-ranking ninjas, Mitokado Taishi frantically pointed outside: "There's a battle! A fight has broken out in the village!"

"What!" Mitokado Yan stood up in shock.

Everyone else was also worried.

Seriously? We've only had two days of meetings, and you, Lin Fan, have already wrecked our headquarters?! This is unacceptable!!!

......

Inside the village, at a hidden base nestled among the roots.

A group of Root members are discussing how to rescue their beloved Lord Danzo from the Dark Side base.

At this moment, the oil-woman Homo sapiens suddenly stopped speaking and raised her hand: "My insects are dead. Someone has invaded from outside."

The group felt a chill run down their spines, and they all leaned against their companions, staring intently at the surroundings of the house.

Outside, a black insect was split in two by lightning.

Sakumo Hatake stepped into this relatively remote residential area on the outskirts of the village, entered the courtyard, and looked at the spacious two-story house and the small storage warehouse next to it.

"The place Orochimaru was referring to must be right here."

Tonight, Hatake Sakumo donned his ANBU uniform, wearing a white ANBU mask with red patterns, carrying the White Fang scabbard on his back, and holding the cold, white White Fang short sword in his hand.

He also had a secret force of more than a dozen men by his side.

Looking at the lights in the room, Hatake Sakumo hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "By order of the Hokage, all those who resist shall be killed without mercy."

The members of the Anbu nodded in unison. With the return of their old leader, Hatake Sakumo, most of the Anbu members decisively stood on his side. Even the Anbu squad leader that Utatane Koharu had recruited was now imprisoned after being exposed.

boom!

The house was breached by ninjutsu, and countless streams of water poured in.

"Damn it! Lin Fan attacked us!" the oil-woman Homo sapiens roared. "Everyone, get out of here!"

The Root ninjas tensed up and immediately broke open another escape route around the building, intending to scatter and flee back to Root for help.

After all, there are more than a hundred people inside the roots!

The moment they rushed out, a dozen or so members of the Dark Guard surrounded several members of the Root organization.

A squad leader from the secret service stepped out.

The cold blade gleamed in the moonlight.

"Root members, the Hokage has ordered that anyone who resists... be killed."

Ryoma Aburame was so angry at the squad leader that he was breathing rapidly.

"You bunch of lackeys and scoundrels following Lin Fan think you're a match for us!"

"What if I were included?"

Sakumo Hatake walked out.

under the moonlight.

On the ground, the middle-aged figure with short silver hair and that sharp white dagger... it's Konoha's White Fang!

"Konoha's White Fang!" Ryoma Aburame's eyes widened. "You weren't already...?"

"Shut up." Hatake Sakumo had long known that this group of people would not surrender, because they were absolutely loyal to Danzo's lackeys, and their shouts were merely out of zealotism.

Sakumo Hatake's figure disappeared right before the eyes of the Root members.

at the same time.

All the Root members could see was a faint flash of lightning surrounding them... that was Konoha's White Fang's signature Lightning Release: Body Flicker.

"Secret Technique: Parasitic Worms!" The Aburame Homo sapiens realized what was happening, and countless black worms flew out of his body and spread out, completely surrounding him.

"Troublesome." Hatake Sakumo, still wanting to strike first, stopped halfway and completed a hand seal with one hand: "Lightning Release: Earth Walk!"

Sakumo Hatake unleashed a net of lightning with a single hand.

The lightning crackled, and countless black parasitic insects turned into charred corpses that fell to the ground.

Hatake Sakumo made a hand gesture, and two Anbu ninjas swiftly completed the hand seals:

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Two fireballs appeared, their light reflected on the faces of the Root ninjas.

Two Root ninja stepped forward: "Water Release: Water Wall!!"

The two spat out a wall of water large enough to block the fireball's attack range.

Rumble!!