In Konoha, you get one evolution point every day.

Rumble!!

The water wall blocked the two flames, and countless water mists sprayed outwards. Hatake Sakumo seized the opportunity, his whole body transforming into a bolt of lightning, his sharp eyes calmly traversing back and forth in this dark illusion.

The sharp white blade gleamed repeatedly in the moonlight.

call out!call out!

Sakumo Hatake completed his technique and stopped a few meters away from where the Root ninjas were gathered.

A faint layer of bloodstains appeared on the sharp dagger.

The mist dissipated.

The gathered Root ninjas emerged in the moonlight.

The oil-loving Homo sapiens stared wide-eyed.

The rest of the Root ninjas all had stiff expressions.

puff!puff!puff!

Countless drops of blood, under the moonlight, transformed into red sprites that leaped and danced.

The black parasitic insects floating in the air, having lost the support of chakra, fell to the floor one by one like stars falling to the ground.

A thud—

All the Root ninjas present fell down.

The oil-loving Homo sapiens was still alive when she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"So fast... such a fast knife..."

Sakumo Hatake sighed, flicked the blood off his sword onto the floor, and sheathed it.

He did not look at the dying Homo sapiens.

"I'm sorry, this time, I can't save you."

Upon hearing this voice, the Aburame Homo sapiens immediately thought of the matter of Hatake Sakumo.

"You...you're really stupid..."

Sakumo Hatake remained silent.

"My son...please...please..."

The voice of the oil woman Homo sapiens grew fainter and fainter until it disappeared.

"Is it stupid?" Hatake Sakumo's eyes flickered slightly.

"Even now that I know it was Danzo's scheme, even if that happened again, I would still choose to save my comrades."

"Not doing this for any particular person."

You are the fool, you oil-woman Homo sapiens.

......

"Captain, the count is complete. There are eight people in total, all here." A Jonin from the Anbu came to Hatake Sakumo to report.

Sakumo Hatake has been standing in this position for quite some time.

Killing a comrade is a painful thing for many Konoha ninjas... except for some Root members.

"There are still some roots in the village. We'll take care of them all, and then we'll gather at the root base."

Sakumo Hatake ultimately decided to give the order.

The members of the secret service exchanged glances, nodded slightly, and with a few swift movements, all of them left.

The highest-ranking officials in the Root organization besides Danzo have been dealt with. The rest of them, even if they return to the Root organization, won't be able to cause any trouble.

......

At the entrance of the root base.

The two Root ninjas were still discussing whether Aburame Tomohito could rescue Lord Danzo by going to the Anbu base tonight.

At that moment, one of the Root ninjas looked up at the red moon in the sky.

"The moonlight is so red tonight."

"Yeah, looks like tonight's going to be pretty bloody."

The other Root ninja said, "As long as Lord Danzo is freed, those Anbu and even the Hokage will definitely not be... Be careful!"

The shout was uttered, and a figure flew out with a shield at an extremely fast speed.

boom!!

The Root ninja who shouted was smashed into a bloody pulp and embedded in the wall.

In the forest, where Lin Fan had just been standing, there was still a sign that read "Lin Fan," while the other members of the Dark Guard watched in silence.

"Black Blade!" the female ninja next to her shouted. The next second, her entire body was wrapped around a python. The python spat out a bunch of small white snakes from its mouth. A hole was torn in the mask, and the snakes frantically crawled into the female ninja's mouth.

Lin Fan stepped out from the pile of minced meat, "Ugh—"

Lin Fan leaned against the wall and dry heaved.

Orochimaru poked his head out from beside the female ninja's feet until he was standing on the ground.

He looked at Lin Fan, his gaze filled with a hint of speechlessness.

"No, if you can't kill, you don't have to come."

Lin Fan raised his hand.

After a moment's pause, he said, "No, it's just that the thing is disgusting."

Lin Fan pointed to the minced meat.

Orochimaru glanced in that direction speechlessly.

"Uh." Orochimaru looked surprised.

When the ANBU ninja who had run over heard this, they looked in the direction of the voice.

"vomit--"

Orochimaru's lips twitched.

Okay, that's definitely a bit disgusting.

"But didn't you do this?" Orochimaru retorted. Who told you to be so ruthless? You don't have to kill people like this.

"Do you want to live?" Orochimaru asked the female ninja who had swallowed countless small white snakes.

The female ninja nodded frantically.

Orochimaru's eyes flickered slightly.

The python released the female ninja.

The female ninja retched violently.

"Snakes! So many snakes!"

Orochimaru said, "That was just an illusion."

The female ninja was bewildered when she heard it was an illusion; when had she fallen under its spell?

However, after realizing it was an illusion, the female ninja under the mask showed a hint of relief.

"So it was just an illusion..." she said, then drew her short sword and charged at Orochimaru. "Die!"

Orochimaru's body was cut in half by the female ninja.

Lin Fan was stunned.

He watched as Orochimaru's body appeared next to the female ninja, with Orochimaru's substitution tool in front of her... Well, Orochimaru hasn't mastered the Orochimaru Substitution Technique yet, no fun.

"Hahaha! I killed Orochimaru!" the female ninja roared arrogantly after finishing her attack.

"Idiot." Orochimaru's voice came from the female ninja's side. As soon as she heard the voice, the female ninja instinctively swung her sword, but Orochimaru had already used Hidden Shadow Snake Hand. Several white pythons as thick as arms wrapped around the female ninja's body again. Some of the white pythons broke through the female ninja's mask and crawled into her open mouth.

"Illusion, this is all illusion!!" The female ninja stared wide-eyed as she ate several snakes.

......

"Ugh." Lin Fan covered his mouth and pointed at the 'work of art': "You're not much better."

Orochimaru said, "It would be very painful for a person to die without ever having enough to eat."

Orochimaru spoke calmly.

The secret agents: "..."

They would rather go hungry.

......

Within the root base.

"There seems to be some commotion outside."

"Is it an enemy attack?"

Several older Root ninjas were discussing it.

In the corner, a blonde female ninja wearing a mask stood with her arms crossed, looking at the rock wall in front of her.

"Miko, why aren't you saying anything?" At this moment, a Root ninja looked at the blonde female ninja with displeasure.

The blonde female ninja, codenamed "Miko," reached out and removed the intricately patterned mask from her face, revealing a beautiful face.

A pair of round, black-rimmed glasses sat on his prominent nose.

"What do you want me to say?" Yakushi Nonou said calmly, "Isn't our Root organization under the Hokage's jurisdiction?"

"Hmph!" the Root member said coldly, "We Root members obey Lord Danzo's orders. What kind of bullshit is the Hokage?!"

"that is."

"Priestess, it seems you have betrayed Lord Danzo."

"Should we deal with her?"

Several people were furious.

It looked like they were about to take action.

Yakushi Nonou formed a hand seal with one hand, and blue chakra appeared in her right hand, transforming into the shape of a sharp blade. The gentleness on her face was gone, and at this moment, only killing intent was on the face of that 'walking shrine maiden'.

"Want to give it a try?"

"I'm not weak."