Projection magicians starting from the Uchiha clan

Shisui looked at his actions with a knowing look in his eyes. He had become somewhat alert when he saw the non-animal masks. The Dark Division all wore animal masks, while only the Root had non-animal masks.

The Root soldiers standing nearby witnessed their captain being manipulated by Shisui with just a glance, and a hint of surprise inevitably appeared on their faces.

It should be noted that as members of the Root, they had undergone rigorous training in resisting mental manipulation and possessed excellent resistance to illusions. However, in front of Shisui, their defenses were breached in an instant.

[He manipulated the captain with just a glance? He's a Jonin! Is this the power of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan?]

After struggling for a while, the Root squad leader finally used chakra to break through his meridians and escape Shisui's control.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood and swayed a few times, clearly having suffered considerable injury.

“Shi...mura...Dan...zo…” Shisui pronounced Danzo’s name slowly and deliberately.

After becoming stronger, Iori had no more scruples. Although she wouldn't say she knew the future, she still shared some key information with the people around her.

For example, Danzo, the most unreliable villain in history, and the Root organization he led, which was embroiled in internal strife.

If they try to seduce you or cause trouble, just kill them directly. Don't waste time talking to them.

The squad leader was displeased upon hearing this: "How dare you call Lord Danzo by his name! Lord Danzo was the Hokage's assistant and also a teammate of your ancestor, Uchiha Kagami. You cannot call him by his name."

Although Root members are required to undergo "self-destruction" training, claiming to have no name, no emotions, no past, and no future, with only the mission in their hearts.

But in essence, they are still Danzo's private army, and when it comes to matters related to Danzo, they inevitably experience some emotional fluctuations.

Shisui discovered that the ninja who came to find him was from Root, and that he was using the Hokage's name to find him, so there must be some ulterior motive behind it.

He looked at the group of people in front of him and asked coldly, "Since it was Danzo who came to me, why did you use the Hokage's name? Can you please explain?"

The Root squad leader didn't answer. He changed the subject and replied in a stern tone, "Are you going to disobey the Hokage's orders now, Uchiha Shisui!"

"If that's the case, then it's betraying the village, and we will carry out divine punishment for the sake of Konoha's order!" The squad leader's words revealed a resolute determination, as if he already regarded Shisui as the village's enemy.

Even with a significant disparity in strength, Root ninjas would never abandon their missions. Their long-term rigorous training and rigid thinking made them regard completing missions as their highest principle, even if it meant paying the price with their lives.

In their minds, if they couldn't bring Shisui back, then provoking him and letting him kill them in his rage was also a way to complete the mission.

In this way, Shisui would be taken away by the regular Anbu for killing a Root member. Once he was in the Anbu's prison, whether he would see Danzo would no longer be up to him.

Shisui shook his head in disappointment and said, "Iori-nii was right after all. Danzo is a cancer in Konoha."

"Be thankful you escaped with your lives. If it were Iori in front of you, you would be dead for sure."

"Thank you for being Konoha ninjas!"

Shisui used the "Phantom Body Flicker Technique" to form hand seals, creating several clones that rushed towards the Root ninja.

The Root ninjas reacted quickly, knowing they were facing the Uchiha clan's top ninjas, and none of them dared to be careless in the slightest.

The squad leader quickly issued the order: "Spread out! Stay alert!"

However, the water stopped much faster than they expected.

He and his clones moved like ghosts among the Root ninjas, keeping their defenses constantly on edge.

Despite their excellent training and considerable strength, the Root ninjas were nothing more than lambs to the slaughter in front of Shisui.

Several Root members exchanged glances and attempted to retaliate. The squad leader quickly moved away from the center of the battlefield, while two Root ninjas began to unleash ninjutsu on the ground.

"Water Release: Water Chaos Waves" and "Lightning Release: Earth Walk".

Unable to capture Shisui's true form, they could only attack indiscriminately.

Water Release makes Earth Release even more powerful.

If the ground movement can paralyze Shisui, the captain's attack will be fatal.

"Genjutsu: Sharingan!" Shisui shouted softly, and the three tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly, releasing a red light.

Before the two ninjas could even unleash their ninjutsu, their movements were restricted.

Shisui quickly seized the opportunity to knock down several people, then turned to look at the squad leader at the edge of the battlefield.

The squad leader realized the situation was bad, but he looked at Shisui and gave him a forced smile.

He quickly formed hand seals and shouted, "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

A straight stream of flame shot out from his mouth, heading straight for the still water.

The flames struck the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"You think you can defeat me like this?" Shisui's voice rang in the squad leader's ears. The latter was startled, only to see Shisui already appear behind him, throwing a punch.

Seeing Shisui's actions, the squad leader smiled smugly, abandoned his defense, and took the initiative to face his vital points.

Bang! Shisui's fist shattered his throat, and the squad leader coughed up blood, but still laughed incoherently.

Shisui immediately sensed something was wrong. He turned to look at the spot where the Root ninjas had fallen and found that they had all died from the squad leader's fire jutsu.

"So you're willing to kill your own subordinates to make me look like the murderer of your comrades from the ninja village? You even used Fire Release to make it look real."

The ruthlessness of the roots stirred anger and shock within Shisui.

"Is this the root? Just as Iori-san said, they don't treat their subordinates like human beings at all!"

He clenched his fists and said angrily.

"However, this mess will probably still have to be dealt with by Iori-san."

Shisui scratched his head and decided to summon a crow to deliver the message to Iori.

Chapter 92 The internal strife goes like this: Danzo only needs to send people to their deaths, but we have much more to consider.

Shisui stood in the wasteland after the battle, surrounded by chaos. Several charred corpses lay at his feet, but he had no time to deal with them.

He sent out crows to search for Iori, but when they returned, they found no trace of her, which puzzled him.

"Strange, did they not find it? Or is it that Iori-nii had something to do and couldn't come?" he muttered to himself, his mind filled with questions.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Shisui's eyes as he considered his next move:

"I wonder if Iori-nii sent any letters. If not, I'll have to handle it myself. Could this also be a test from Iori-nii?"

"What should we do? We can't just turn ourselves in now, can we?"

Shisui has long lost trust in the higher-ups, and Danzo's actions have only exacerbated this.

Just as Shisui was lost in thought, his crow did not fly to his shoulder, but landed on the ground to the side.

Shisui looked at it in confusion, when suddenly, a figure appeared in front of him with a slight ripple in the space.

Shisui looked up and saw Iori's figure, a joyful smile spreading across his face.

"Oh, it's Flying Thunder God Technique. I thought you weren't coming, Iori-nii."

Shisui breathed a sigh of relief. Iori's arrival meant that he didn't have to worry about the follow-up issues; he just needed to obey orders.

Iori glanced at the surrounding battlefield and raised an eyebrow in surprise: "I thought you hadn't killed them. I didn't expect you to be so decisive this time. You've grown, Shisui."

The message that Zhishui sent earlier was very brief: "Attacked by the roots, now resolved, but we don't know how to proceed."

Although Iori knew that Shisui had been attacked and had dealt with his opponent, he was unsure how Shisui had handled his enemies. Based on his past behavior, he would most likely have spared the enemy's life and simply knocked them unconscious.

Iori felt somewhat relieved. Shisui's soft heart was his biggest problem. If he had been a little more ruthless during the main story, he wouldn't have had his eyes gouged out by Danzo and then committed suicide.

Shisui's face turned bright red, and he stammered as he explained, "Ahem, Iori-nii, I originally wanted to spare their lives."

"It's just that their captain killed the incapacitated members with fire jutsu and tried to frame me. Later, I originally wanted to knock out the Root squad leader, but he deliberately ran into me and committed suicide."

Iori thought for a moment and realized that they were bound to die, and that they would die at Shisui's hands, or at least in a way that seemed like they would die at Shisui's hands.

"It seems Danzo gave them the order to bring you back. It seems he's completely figured out your personality."

Shisui found this strange and said, "Even I wouldn't just surrender. Even if I went back with the Anbu, I wouldn't let him control me."

Upon hearing Shisui's words, Iori looked at him incredulously: "You don't actually intend to turn yourself in to Hiruzen Sarutobi, do you?"

He knew that Shisui was sometimes too naive, but he didn't expect him to still have such thoughts after knowing so much.

Shisui looked at him with some doubt: "Of course not, but wouldn't something like this definitely not be hidden from the Hokage?"

Although Shisui no longer trusted the higher-ups, the fact remained that members of Root had died at his hands, and he couldn't escape the Hokage's influence both emotionally and logically.

Iori looked at him helplessly and said, "Hiruzen Sarutobi isn't stupid. He wouldn't stir up conflict between the village and the Uchiha clan at this time."

"This was almost certainly Danzo Shimura's own decision, even under pressure from Hiruzen Sarutobi."

Shisui looked at him in disbelief: "Such a big matter, how come the Hokage can't control Shimura Danzo? This could easily cause a civil war!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi had served as Hokage for twenty years and had accumulated considerable influence. Shisui never expected that he couldn't even manage his own deputy.

Iori pouted and said, "Who knows? People are always complicated, aren't they?"

"Nobody knows whether he can't control himself or doesn't want to, when he's genuinely unaware and when he's pretending not to know."

Seeing Shisui nod thoughtfully, Iori said, "Then let's clean up the scene first."

Iori gestured for Shisui to leave, and after Shisui was far away, Iori took out the Spiral Sword from the treasure vault.

As Iori's chakra was injected, the spiral sword began to spin, whipping up a gale that seemed to tear the sky and the earth apart.

"The heavens and earth swirl in a grand spiral! Unleash your power and shatter this land, Caladbolg!"

Then Iori plunged the sword into the ground, and a tornado rose from the earth, pulverizing everything on the ground.

Of course, the corpses of Root ninjas were no exception.

Seeing this, Shisui asked curiously, "Why not just burn the body? Wouldn't that leave more obvious traces?"

Looking at the earth shattered by the spiral sword, Shisui felt that this was a classic case of trying to hide something obvious.

Iori smirked and said, "Of course it's a show of force. They know I did it, but they can only pretend they don't know because they don't dare to arrest me."

"Let's go, we still have things to do." With that, Iori walked towards the village.

Shisui quickly caught up and walked alongside Iori, asking curiously, "What are we going to do now?"

“Murder,” Iori answered succinctly.

"Kill whom?" Shisui continued to press.

“Aburame Ryoma,” Iori replied, his voice tinged with coldness.

"Who is he, and why kill him?" Shisui was unfamiliar with the name and did not understand why Iori would target him.

“He is an elite member of Root and Danzo’s right-hand man. It’s not convenient to kill Danzo now, but killing Aburame Ryoma should make him behave.”