Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 55 Acting Skills

"It's over."

Aburame Ryoma realized that he and the parasitic insects he was controlling were unable to move, as were the other members, and instantly understood that the operation had completely failed.

To keep the secret, he decisively shouted, "The glorious moment has arrived!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he activated the explosive tags he had hidden on his body using chakra.

Upon hearing Aburame Ryoma's words, all the other Root members, except for Kirito, a pseudo-Root member, did the same thing without hesitation: activating the explosive tags hidden on their bodies with chakra.

"What a bunch of desperate outlaws with lofty ideals, it's a pity they followed the wrong people."

Kirito noticed that Ryoma Aburame and the others chose to commit suicide without hesitation in order to avoid being captured and giving Danzo a handle against them, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

These people were all die-hards, capable of playing a crucial role in critical moments, but unfortunately they were misused.

However, since they were enemies, their deaths were no big deal. In any case, he had already successfully captured a Root ninja, and the deaths of the rest of them would not affect the overall situation.

Mito was a perfectionist and also concerned about her image. Since she had made such a bold promise in front of her disciples, she certainly wouldn't let things end in a half-hearted manner.

She snorted coldly, clapped her hands, and the sealing array on the ground instantly transformed back into a large number of sealing spells.

Then, as if they were alive, these sealing techniques quickly crawled up the feet of these Root ninjas and covered their entire bodies. The explosive tags that had already been activated on their bodies were instantly sealed, becoming duds, and even their chakra was sealed along with them.

"As expected, these guys can't even commit suicide in front of Mito-sensei. She's truly worthy of being called Mito-sensei."

Upon seeing this, Kirito smiled slightly, amazed by Mito's ability to reorganize the magic circle.

This method of reorganizing a sealing array is something only top-tier sealing ninjas can do. And to be able to instantly reorganize a sealing array with a coverage area of ​​over a hundred meters like Mito is probably something only Mito in the world has the ability to do.

The strongest in Konoha right now, the strongest sealing ninja in the world, truly lives up to his reputation.

After Mito successfully prevented the Root ninjas from committing suicide, she deactivated the Four Purple Flame Formation and immediately unleashed astonishing speed, knocking all the Root ninjas unconscious.

"I apologize, Lord Danzo."

As Ryoma Aburame looked at the whirlpool that had suddenly appeared before him, he thought in despair before losing consciousness.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lady Mito."

Once Mito had completely taken control of all the Root ninjas, Momoka arrived with some of her trusted subordinates.

"The rest is up to you."

Mito nodded, a hint of fatigue on his face.

"Cough cough cough~"

The next moment, her youthful and beautiful appearance quickly transformed back into that of an old woman, and she began to cough violently.

At the same time, wisps of red chakra overflowed from her body, covering her entire form, and a pained expression appeared on her face.

It is clear that the Nine-Tails' chakra is leaking out of control.

"Mito-sama, are you alright?"

Upon seeing this, Tao Hua and the others were immediately shocked and asked with concern.

Kirito, who had already broken free of the possession, remained expressionless, only marveling at the acting skills his teacher was now displaying.

Indeed, women are born actresses, especially beautiful women.

Exposing his "weakness" was part of a plan he and Mito had discussed. He didn't want Mito to take such a risk, but Mito insisted on using this opportunity to lure out the despicable traitors in the village, so he had no choice but to agree and cooperate.

After all, once the Four Purple Flame Formation is activated, it's impossible to completely conceal the traces.

This had already alerted some patrolling Anbu ninjas nearby, as well as some Root ninjas on guard further away.

Not to mention that the Nine-Tails' chakra is now leaking.

Just now, Kirito has already noticed many streams of chakra appearing around him, most of which belong to the Hokage's direct subordinates, the Anbu and Root.

In addition, he also discovered an unusual chakra in the sky.

It was a tiny eye, inconspicuous in the night sky. If Kirito hadn't been able to sense chakra through natural energy, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

"I didn't expect even this thing would cause such a stir."

Kirito turned his head and looked at a large tree in the distance.

At this moment, a white head sprouted from a branch of the tree's canopy.

White Zetsu, the eyes left in Konoha by Uchiha Madara.

Kirito has naturally visited many places in Konoha during his nighttime outings, and even returned to places outside Konoha. Naturally, there was no reason for him not to visit the Uchiha clan's territory.

In fact, the Uchiha clan's territory is now one of the places he visits every night during his nighttime outings.

The reason is simple: it's because they were able to find something as valuable as White Zetsu in the Uchiha clan's territory.

After leaving Konoha, Madara Uchiha never stopped monitoring the village, especially the Uchiha clan's territory, which was a key area he kept a close watch on.

Kirito discovered the White Zetsu by chance while wandering through the Uchiha clan's territory one night.

White Zetsu also has a soul; otherwise, it wouldn't be able to serve as a sacrifice for the Impure World Reincarnation.

That day happened to be the day of the Uchiha clan's daily clan meeting. Kirito discovered the soul flame of the White Zetsu in the underground of the Naka Shrine. He secretly sneaked underground and discovered that it was the White Zetsu.

At that time, his spiritualization technique was not as powerful as it is now, and he was not confident that he could keep that White Zetsu, so he had to give up for the time being.

Unfortunately, he never found any more White Zetsu during his nighttime wanderings after that.

Based on the soul aura, the white ape appearing here now is not the one he discovered before.

"With White Zetsu around, Madara will definitely find out about this soon. What should we do? Should we get rid of it?"

Kirito stared intently at the white Zetsu peeking out from the tree branch.

He actually had a strong craving for White Zetsu, because the current White Zetsu was a variant enhanced by Madara using Hashirama cells. It possessed Hashirama cells in its body and could master Wood Release ninjutsu.

Furthermore, White Zetsu possesses many other remarkable abilities, such as stealth, rapid underground movement, and chakra transfer.

With his current mastery of spiritification techniques, creating a White Zetsu clone would be incredibly easy.

Just as Kirito was considering whether or not to eliminate the White Zetsu, the White Zetsu lurking in the tree seemed to receive some kind of instruction, quickly slid down the tree trunk and disappeared in a flash.

"Hmm~, what's going on? Did he find me?"

Kirito watched his prey run away in an instant, and thought with surprise and uncertainty.

He soon learned the reason why Bai Jue had left.

He sensed the souls of the Third Hokage, Danzo, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, and the two clan leaders, Homura Uchiha and Kazuma Hyuga, who were rushing towards him.

While White Zetsu's ability to hide is formidable, it can still be exposed in the face of a bloodline limit like the Byakugan.

Clearly, White Zetsu received advance notice of Hyuga and Maru's arrival and promptly withdrew.

After Bai Zetsu left, the eye in the sky also quickly disappeared.

At this moment, Mito also sensed that the Third Hokage and others were coming. She decisively finished the final stage of the Nine-Tails' chakra leakage. She "extremely struggled" to reseal the leaked Nine-Tails' chakra back into her body, and then "fainted".

"Mito-sama."

Upon seeing this, Momoka immediately put on her act, rushing forward to pick up Mito. She then left a shadow clone and a group of subordinates to guard the Root ninjas, while her main body took Mito back to her residence alone.

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