The Master of Konoha's Legacy

Should we really let these secret agents in?

Seeing that everyone had almost arrived, "Tian" led them straight towards the entrance at the root.

After all, if we were any later, Lord Tu Nan would be arriving soon.

If Lord Tu Nan saw that so many of them hadn't even entered the door yet, it would surely make him think they were useless.

The Root ninja with the dog-face mask saw that these ANBU were completely ignoring him.

Out of duty, he immediately stepped forward to block the entrance, and at the same time knelt on one knee and said:

"I'm sorry, please don't put me in a difficult position."

None of the four secret guards gave him a second glance.

But they didn't resort to violence against him.

After all, although everyone is in the same department, the tasks they do are pretty much the same.

I can understand his difficulties, and I wouldn't lay a hand on a watchdog, as that would be beneath my dignity.

The four bodyguards bypassed the Root ninja and continued towards Root.

After hesitating for a long time, the Root ninja finally gritted his teeth and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Enemy attack!"

"Peng!"

"Pfft~"

The shouting stopped abruptly, and it was unclear which secret unit had made the move.

One could only faintly hear a sentence from the dark ranks that kept walking into the root of the organization.

"I'm sorry, sir, it was purely instinctive just now."

The shouts from the Root ninjas earlier had alerted them inside.

Dozens of Root ninjas near the entrance drew their short blades and rushed toward the passage leading to the entrance.

A Root ninja landed at the entrance of the passage, his cold eyes fixed on the corner, and said in a chilling voice:

"Someone actually dared to attack Root in Konoha, they're really asking for trouble... uh..."

A group of four bodyguards emerged from around the corner, followed closely by a dense swarm of ninja.

Upon seeing this, the Root ninjas who arrived later took a few steps back, their hands gripping the short blades trembling uncontrollably.

"This is... someone from the Dark Guard..."

"So many people, has the entire Dark Division come out?"

"What should we do?"

"Those are the secret guards of the leader of the Dark Division."

Do not act rashly, immediately inform Lord Danzo.

.......

When the four guards saw someone blocking their way, they did not order their men to violently clear the area.

"Heaven" said in a deep voice:

"We are carrying out the leader's mission. No unauthorized personnel should block our way, or they will be treated as traitors to the village."

These were just small fry at the bottom of the gang; they dared not block the way and silently lowered their hands and retreated to the side.

Only one older Root ninja forced himself to bow and say:

"I don't know, Chief..."

However, before he could finish speaking, a dark shadow flashed by.

"Bang~"

"Pfft~"

The Root ninja was kicked away by "Nan" and crashed into the rock wall of the passage.

"I told you not to block the way," Nan said softly in a cold voice.

The whole process took place right in front of these Root ninjas.

But these Root ninjas could only pretend not to see it, and none of them even dared to help their injured comrade.

They could only watch helplessly as the long line of ANBU ninjas headed straight for the depths of Root.

[Chapter 417 Tensions Rise, Tu Nan Arrives]

After all, today's mission is not assassination, but to openly and legitimately arrest criminals, following the orders of Uchiha Tonan.

Therefore, the entire secret service team did not move very fast.

They continued on their way, and no foolish Root ninja came to block their path.

They didn't even see a single Root ninja.

The "earth," adept at perception, whispered:

"It seems that today's task will not be completed so easily."

"Tian" nodded silently and whispered instructions to his three companions:

"Be careful later, otherwise it could easily escalate into internal village conflict."

This might put Lord Tunan in a difficult position.

Before long, the gray-black torrent arrived at a tightly closed stone gate.

The stone gate was over ten meters high and over twenty meters wide.

The door is engraved with intricate sealing techniques.

"Crack crack crack..."

Before the secret agents could even knock, the stone door slowly opened under the control of the people inside.

The moment the stone door opened a crack, the expressions of the four guards turned serious.

Inside was a dark and empty square.

The Root ninjas knelt on one knee, their backs to the stone gate.

In the direction where they were kneeling, a ninja wearing a cat-face mask stood silently in front, watching the approaching ANBU with his deep eyes.

Seeing the base of the tree displaying this array.

A fierce glint flashed in Bei's eyes as he said in a deep voice:

"They seem to know the information, and they don't seem willing to hand over the people."

These root-root scum dare to disobey even Lord Tunan's orders.

He then turned to "Heaven" and asked:

"Lord Tunan did not give us the right to attack Root members at will. What should we do now?"

"Tian" narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly:

"Lord Tunan will be arriving soon. What we need to do is not to weaken the morale of the Dark Division."

After saying that, he led the members of the Dark Guard toward the stone gate.

The only Root ninja standing was the Root commander, Danzo's confidant: Aburame Ryoma.

As the Anbu members approached, Ryoma Aburame's eyes remained completely still, almost like a stagnant pool.

The image of Danzo choosing to leave after receiving the notification flashed through his mind.

"For the sake of the village's stability, I cannot step in to protect you."

But considering how many years you've been with me, I'm not willing to just hand you over like this.

Whether we can protect ourselves or not depends on you.

The day... has finally come...

Aburame Ryoma's fingers trembled slightly, then he shouted loudly:

"The Root has long been under Danzo's jurisdiction. Isn't it going too far for you to trespass into the Root like this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Root ninjas who were kneeling on one knee stood up and formed a human wall to block the ANBU ninjas who wanted to surround the people in the room.

The two sides immediately found themselves in a stalemate.

"Humph."

A cold snort rang out, and four bodyguards arrived in the middle of the crowd, peering through the human wall at Aburame Ryoma behind them.

"Heaven" said coldly:

"Aburame Ryoma, you were poisoned during a mission, which forced the former Dark Army Captain White Fang to abandon the mission for your sake."

After returning to the village, in order to avoid punishment, you shifted the blame to White Fang.

He even secretly manipulated public opinion among the villagers, leading to Bai Ya's suicide.

Today I'm taking you back to the Dark Guard for interrogation.

Undeterred, Aburame Ryoma met the gaze of "Heaven" without fear and calmly said:

"I didn't ask White Fang to save me. If you want to arrest me, shouldn't you provide evidence?"

To be honest, the Dark Division doesn't have any evidence.

After all, so many years have passed.

Moreover, this case is different from ordinary cases because there is no concrete evidence at all. Even if you were to investigate, you would definitely not find anything.

With Uchiha Tonan not yet present, the Anbu dared not start a war with Root.

Therefore, having committed a crime, "Heaven" had no choice but to invoke the banner of Uchiha Tonan, threatening in a chilling voice:

"It seems you don't take the leader seriously."

Seeing that the other party had brought up Uchiha Tonan, Aburame Ryoma remained unmoved and stated in a calm tone:

"He... is the leader of the Dark Guard."