Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 40 Shun Learns the Art of Darkness

The underground base of the roots.

Danzo's office.

Danzo pulled out the information that the Third Hokage had given the child in advance when he sent him over from the drawer next to the table.

He didn't see it then, but now he wants to see just how amazing that kid is, that Hiruzen still can't forget him.

At first, Danzo couldn't remember who the child the Third Hokage was talking about was, but then he remembered, and his curiosity was piqued.

If he remembered correctly, it was because of that child that Hiruzen was humiliated by two brats from the Uchiha clan, which made Hiruzen begin to lean towards his suggestion to establish Root.

"Hiruzen secretly studied it for more than half a year before handing it over to Root."

Thinking of this information, Danzo's expression gradually became serious. Clearly, this child carried a great secret and a great threat, and he could not let him leave alive.

"Hmm... The Yamanaka clan's Mind Disruption Technique didn't work, even with the chakra sealed?"

"Even the Second Hokage's genjutsu—Dark Travel Technique—was ineffective, only when his chakra was sealed?"

"This is impossible!!!"

Danzo, who had initially been somewhat dismissive of Li Yao, now looked completely serious.

If what the information says is true, then the secret about that child cannot be explained simply by an immunity illusion.

Danzo previously thought that the Third Hokage's claim of immunity to genjutsu was based on children having some special bloodline limit.

The fact that they are immune to Mind Disruption Technique and Dark Travel Technique even with their chakra sealed is terrifying.

This is something that ordinary bloodline limits cannot achieve.

Danzo continued reading, and the document detailed the process of Li Yao's torture, as well as the record of the Third Hokage's persistent attempts to use illusions on Li Yao during this process, all of which failed.

The last three generations left Danzo with one sentence.

If we can't uncover the secret of Li Yao's chakra, then we must kill him quickly and absolutely not allow him to leave the laboratory alive.

Although the third generation didn't say how dangerous Li Yao was.

However, Danzo could sense the Third Hokage's apprehension towards Li Yao between the lines.

Because he could also connect Li Yao's unique physique to the fact that his talent in illusion magic must be terrifying.

Just like the Uchiha clan, who are highly resistant to genjutsu, they also possess a unique talent in genjutsu.

Therefore, if Li Yao were to acquire illusion techniques, his illusion techniques would be far superior to those of others, which would significantly increase the danger to Konoha.

It is clearly unacceptable to let someone who poses such a great threat to Konoha leave the laboratory alive.

This threat also demonstrates Li Yao's remarkable ability to resist illusions.

"It's no wonder Hiruzen values ​​it so much. If everything written above is true, then that child's importance is indeed elevated to another level."

After reviewing the information, Danzo began to take Li Yao's ability to be immune to illusions more seriously.

After putting the materials away, he headed towards Laboratory No. 2.

"Hmm, someone's coming."

When Danzo stopped at the entrance of Laboratory No. 2, Li Yao, who was inside concentrating on reverse engineering and refining the chakra attributes of the Dark Travel Technique, sensed him through his chakra perception ability.

He immediately stopped condensing chakra, and also stopped controlling the fusion of physical and mental energy into chakra.

Since discovering that acupoints can hide and store chakra, Li Yao has never stopped controlling the naturally dissipated physical and mental energy to fuse and condense it into chakra.

Because this control has become second nature to him, it doesn't require much mental effort.

This time, he voluntarily stopped the process of gathering chakra.

Li Yao doesn't know who the person who came in is, or whether they have chakra sensing abilities.

For him, this was a severe test of whether the chakra stored in the acupoints could be hidden from the perception of powerful ninjas.

At this moment, the chakra in all his acupoints combined is more than a hundred times that in his chakra dantian.

This amount of chakra is no less than that of the four ANBU who had been guarding him all along.

Now it remains to be seen whether people can detect it.

Danzo, who pushed open the door, immediately saw Li Yao floating in the transparent glass capsule, enveloped in nutrient solution.

Li Yao's body is now the size of a nine-year-old, but his face is much older, with obvious wrinkles. His hair is mostly white, with little black hair left. He looks like a hunched old man in his fifties.

"I never imagined Hiruzen had such a ruthless side!"

Danzo sighed, then, as if remembering something, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

"Even without my intervention, given his current physical condition, this brat will age at least ten years faster than others in a year, and at most four or five years before his body collapses and he dies."

"Without the support of nutrient solution, he might collapse and die within one or two years."

Danzo shook his head. In his opinion, the Third Hokage was worrying unnecessarily. This brat named Li Yao was no longer a threat to Konoha.

All I can say is that those six months in the third generation were incredibly grueling.

Li Yao's body appears to be only aging, with no other problems, but it is precisely this rapid aging that means his time is running out.

Li Yao was actually aware of his current physical condition, but he didn't have time to think about it.

His only thought was to get out first.

Everything else can only be possible after he escapes Konoha first.

Otherwise, all your efforts will be in vain.

Li Yao sensed Danzo's head-shaking gesture through his chakra perception ability, but since he couldn't hear it, he didn't know what Danzo meant.

However, he understood Danzo's subsequent actions.

"Illusion - Darkness Travel Technique!"

Danzo, the sixth brother, truly lives up to his reputation as a childhood friend of the Third Hokage. Their actions are exactly alike; he immediately unleashed a Dark Illusion Technique on Li Yao upon arrival.

Li Yao smiled inwardly, though.

The illusion technique Dark Walk, which originally took one or two months to learn, will not take that long this time.

As Danzo released the Dark Path Technique, the illusory chakra passed through the glass and entered Li Yao's body, attempting to penetrate into Li Yao's chakra.

In that instant, Li Yao sensed the changes in the nature and form of the Dark Travel Technique's chakra attribute.

Then, with a thought, a wisp of chakra appeared within Li Yao's Shengmen acupoint; it was the chakra of the Dark Travel Technique.

Compared to the chakra of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Technique, the chakra of the Dark Travel Technique is significantly easier for Li Yao to gather.

Or rather, as his chakra reserves increased, his chakra perception also improved considerably. Especially in the case of contact, he could almost instantly sense the changes in the nature and attributes of the Dark Travel Technique chakra.

With the information about the nature and attribute changes, and given Li Yao's absolute control over his own chakra, replicating the Dark Travel Technique chakra with the same nature and form changes was naturally a matter of an instant.

Danzo was unaware that Li Yao had already learned this A+ or even S-level illusion technique through one of his Dark Walk Techniques.

Danzo frowned, then relaxed.

Hiruzen was right; this kid's chakra was indeed somewhat special, and his genjutsu, Dark Travel Technique, couldn't penetrate it either.

"What's the reason?"

While wondering about the reason why Li Yao was immune to illusion magic, Danzo walked to the operating table, extracted the nutrient solution from the glass chamber where Li Yao was, then laid the glass chamber flat, opened the chamber door, took Li Yao out of it, and placed him on the operating table.

"What's this guy trying to do?"

"Are you going to torture me again?"

With only chakra sensing ability, Li Yao could only judge what the person wanted to do by observing his own body movements and the person's actions.

He is clearly lying in bed now.

The person who came was about to do something to him.

Li Yao secretly prepared himself, ready to strike as soon as he sensed something amiss with the other party's actions.

Even in death, you have to make a fuss.

He didn't want to die so peacefully.

Danzo took a glass test tube containing a dark green liquid, and then took a scalpel and tweezers.

hiss!

Danzo, holding a sharp scalpel, cut open the surface of Li Yao's thigh skin, revealing the bright red muscle underneath.

Li Yao sensed a gap in the chakra within his thigh, his mind raced, but he suppressed the urge to attack.

The person who came might be torturing him.

The chakra gap on his thigh didn't widen, so it probably wasn't meant to kill him.

Danzo used tweezers to remove a small piece of flesh from Li Yao's thigh and put it into a test tube containing dark green nutrient solution. After giving Li Yao some simple treatment for his wound, he took the dark green test tube and left.

(End of this chapter)