Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 51 A Shocking News During a Night Stroll

Night strolls are a daily practice session for Kirito since he mastered the Spirit Transformation technique.

Through repeated nighttime outings, Kirito gradually gained his own insights into the use of the Spirit Transformation Technique, and became increasingly adept at using it.

He looked down at the house below, his eyes seeming to have X-ray vision, clearly seeing the souls of all the living things inside.

This is the innate spiritual vision ability of a spirit, also known as soul vision.

Kirito can use this ability to see the souls of others without being hindered by any object.

In his spiritual vision, the soul within each living being is a ball of fire, and these fires are of different colors, with various colors and some even having a mixture of multiple colors.

He later learned from Mito that the reason why the soul color in a human body is different is related to the nature of the chakra cultivated by the individual.

The souls of those without chakra or who have not cultivated chakra nature are white. Once a certain type of chakra is cultivated, the color will change.

Upon learning this, Kirito couldn't help but think that chakra was truly amazing, capable of altering not only human bloodline genes but also the soul.

So he boldly hypothesized that perhaps the soul, like the human body, has genes, called soul genes.

The knowledge involved is too advanced. Kirito has only proposed a hypothesis so far. To verify it, he needs to continue to work hard to become stronger, learn more, and make more money.

At first glance, the most conspicuous soul in the Nawaki family is undoubtedly Mito. Mito's soul fire has seven colors, which is undoubtedly due to the presence of both Yin and Yang and the Five Elements attributes.

However, compared to the soul flames of the others in the room, Mito's seven-colored soul flame was far too small, like a candle flickering in the wind. Although it was very bright, its weakness was immediately apparent.

"Sigh~"

Upon seeing this, Kirito couldn't help but let out another silent sigh, his face showing deep reluctance.

Over the past two years, Mito has treated him very well. Their relationship has long since become more than just that of master and apprentice. Mito truly cares for and cherishes him like a grandson. The same kind of concern he shows when looking at Nawaki is genuine.

He truly felt Mito's kindness, and thus felt grateful and respectful.

However, this teacher who treated her like family was about to pass away, and the weakness of her soul's fire was undeniable.

He was extremely reluctant to part with her, but he couldn't bring himself to ask her to stay.

Because he knew that Mito had long since given up on living.

She had long since lived enough and was tired of living. She just wanted to grow old naturally and then go to another world to find familiar people.

If she hadn't kept her promise to her husband to protect Konoha, she might have already followed the First Hokage.

Kirito quietly watched Mito's soul fire for a while, then drifted away, flying swiftly through the air and arriving at the outer perimeter of the Senju clan's territory in no time.

The Spirit Transformation Technique has a remarkable ability to sense souls: it can remember discovered souls. Once remembered, as long as the remembered soul is still alive, the user of the Spirit Transformation Technique can vaguely sense its direction and then find it.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Dan Kato used his Spirit Transformation Technique to find Tsunade, who was on another battlefield, hundreds of kilometers away, and then sent her his chakra.

In other words, Kirito can now remember the aura of every soul and identify a person's identity. No matter what kind of disguise the other party makes on the surface, as long as the soul has not changed, they cannot hide it from him.

After three weeks of nighttime exploration, Kirito has used his amazing memory to memorize the soul aura of everyone in the Senju clan's territory, and even the soul aura of many people in Konoha Village.

Therefore, he can immediately detect any unfamiliar soul that approaches.

Now, Kirito has discovered that some rats have come to the Senju clan's territory.

These rats did not dare to venture deep into the Thousand Hands territory, but only sneaked around on the outskirts.

"These guys are Root ninjas, right? What's Danzo up to?"

Kirito recognized the familiar soul aura within these rats and immediately understood where they came from, his expression turning sour instantly.

In Konoha, anything associated with Danzo, that old schemer, is never a good thing.

The Senju clan had done him a great favor, and he couldn't just stand by and watch Danzo do bad things to them.

So he quietly approached the Root ninjas to see what they were doing.

Soon, he discovered what these rats were doing. They were secretly destroying the sealing barrier that enveloped the Senju clan's territory. Among them were experts in sealing techniques who were able to bypass the barrier's detection and secretly carry out the destruction.

Moreover, the destruction was highly technical. They didn't completely destroy the sealing barrier, but only secretly damaged a small part of it. This allowed the barrier to continue functioning normally on the surface, but once invaded by external enemies, the barrier would be practically useless.

"What is Danzo trying to do? Has he gone mad? Mito-sensei is still alive! This guy's audacity is outrageous! Does he really think Mito-sensei can't lift a sword?"

Kirito was furious at what these Root ninjas were doing.

He had never underestimated Danzo, but judging from today's incident, he had underestimated the courage of this dark figure of Konoha. It was estimated that there was nothing in the world that could frighten him anymore.

They were truly unscrupulous and extremely arrogant.

Mito and Tsunade were still alive, and the Senju clan's prestige in the village remained. Yet, this good disciple of the Second Hokage dared to secretly plot against the Senju clan.

They secretly sabotaged the Senju clan's sealing barrier.

What are they planning to do?

How about a night of annihilation for the Thousand Hands clan?

"And these three traitors, have they lost all their conscience? They actually helped Danzo fight against their own clan."

Kirito shifted his gaze from the Root ninjas to three ninjas dressed similarly to them, and his anger intensified.

At the same time, he was extremely shocked and even felt a chill.

Although these three ninjas were completely concealed from head to toe, their soul aura could not fool Kirito; these three were members of the Senju clan.

A thousand hands are cloudy, a thousand hands are alike, a thousand hands are clear water.

These three people are all members of the Senju clan's guardian team. Among them, Senju Cloud Hand is a Jonin and also the vice-captain of the guardian team.

Kirito never expected that Danzo's reach was so far, that he had already developed people within the Senju clan, and that the traitor he had developed held such a high position.

The fact that these Root ninjas were able to so easily break the Senju clan's sealing barrier here is undoubtedly due in large part to the role played by these three traitors.

As expected, the traitor within the organization is the most destructive.

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(End of this chapter)