Yes, the Hokage!

Caught off guard, Danzo coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with disbelief. He was sent flying, and only when he was in mid-air did he see Feng Lan's hateful smiling face and the words that came out of her mouth.

"Surprise, Mommy Fuck!"

"No, that's impossible!" Danzo exclaimed in shock and anger. "I just checked, and there wasn't a single member of the delegation around!"

With his insight, he could naturally see that Feng Lan had equipped each member of the delegation with specially made kunai to facilitate the Flying Thunder God technique. That's why he deliberately ran with his back to the Root organization when he was escaping. Logically speaking, there was no Flying Thunder God mark at all along the way. How did he get through it?

Seemingly sensing Danzo's confusion, Fenglan stomped her foot with a smile. Danzo looked over and discovered that there was a specially made kunai lying at her feet.

To leave the Flying Thunder God mark, you don't necessarily need someone to carry the kunai on their person. You can just throw them on the battlefield yourself. Minato often does that. Wouldn't Fenglan learn that? He had already taken advantage of his teleporting back and forth to put out fires to throw the specially made kunai into every corner of the battlefield, so no matter where Danzo ran, he would always have a chance to ambush him.

"I...I cannot die here!"

Without Izanagi, Danzo was as fragile as an ordinary ninja; a single Rasengan could displace his internal organs, but his obsession still allowed him to stand up shakily.

He staggered and fled slowly, looking disheveled, while muttering hypnotic words to himself:

"I am the only reformer in the ninja world..."

"For Konoha, for the ninja world... I cannot die here..."

"Hehe, I must survive..."

Meanwhile, Obito leisurely caught up from behind, with a cat-and-mouse playful air, determined to make the old man who had always coveted the Uchiha eyes die an even more gruesome death.

And so, after all the twists and turns, the famous scene of the kind-hearted Uchiha walking with the old man reappeared, only this time it was Obito, not Sasuke, who was walking with the old man.

Obito, of course, wouldn't display Sasuke's arrogant and boastful facial expressions. He simply followed Danzo silently, his eyes filled with hatred, a tree branch in his hand, waiting for Danzo to exhaust his last bit of strength so he could taste the Izanagi technique one last time. (Because Obito didn't understand Izanagi, he didn't know if Danzo could be resurrected.)

Danzo didn't run very far because his internal organs could no longer support his body to engage in strenuous exercise. At this point, Fenglan calculated that the distance was enough, so just like the masked man Obito in the original work, he stopped in front of him at a leisurely pace, blocking the other's last path.

"Danzo, I told you I would make you die a horrible death," he said coldly. "Although I only said it in my heart at the time, I'm putting it into practice now."

"You, you bastard..." Danzo's every word was accompanied by spitting out blood, some of which even contained fragments of internal organs. "Feng Lan! I will never let you get away with this!"

"I'm quite curious how you, in your current state, will not let me go." Feng Lan's face appeared completely calm, but in his heart he knew that this old guy still had one last trump card up his sleeve.

"That's all we'll rely on!"

Just then, Obito approached from behind. Danzo suddenly tore open his clothes, and a dark cursed seal quickly appeared on his abdomen, which was covered in wounds from the Rasengan.

"Feng Lan, Obito! You two scum of Konoha, today I'm going to drag you both down to hell!"

The dark cursed seal wriggled and spread like a living thing, covering his entire body in the blink of an eye.

"The Four Phases Seal!"

Danzo roared madly, his blood and chakra surging wildly into the cursed seal, and the black patterns suddenly emitted a dark light. Centered on him, a black sphere the size of a fist appeared out of thin air. The sphere was like a black hole, not reflecting any light, but it expanded at an astonishing speed, growing from the size of a fist to the size of a head in the blink of an eye, and then to half a body.

Wherever the black sphere passed, the air was swallowed up, the light was swallowed up, and even rainwater that fell into it disappeared instantly. Rocks on the ground were silently torn apart, and fragments were sucked into the sphere and turned into nothingness in the blink of an eye. If it weren't for the lack of a strong gravitational pull, it could almost be considered a real black hole.

Danzo's face was contorted, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, yet his eyes burned with an almost fanatical pleasure. He no longer cared about Root, Konoha, or ambition; he only wanted to die a worthy death, taking the two people who had destroyed everything with him.

For no apparent reason, the image of the Third Hokage appeared in my mind: "That bastard Hiruzen is going to be happy for a long time. Without the little darling Feng Lan, Konoha will still be his after all."

"Hiruzen, you are Konoha bathed in sunlight, so let me, the root in the darkness... provide you with nourishment one last time!"

Although Feng Lan was prepared, Obito was caught off guard. He approached from behind and did not see the black ball spreading immediately, and was almost caught in it.

At the critical moment, a hand suddenly slapped his shoulder and pushed him forcefully to the side.

"go!"

Feng Lan's voice was short and decisive. Obito's body was pushed sideways several feet, barely avoiding the spread of the black sphere. He immediately used Intangibility to avoid the subsequent effects, and at the same time, he turned his head sharply: "Lord Feng Lan!"

Pushing Obito aside, Feng Lan was too late for him. Danzo laughed wildly and rushed forward, using his remaining strength to tightly embrace his mortal enemy's body, his hands clasped behind his back like iron hoops.

"Hahaha! Got it! I've got you!"

He laughed maniacally, tears and blood mingling as they streamed down his face: "Feng Lan, you can die!"

However, just when Danzo felt that his life had been fulfilling...

"Don't shout so loudly. Even if I were Han Li, I wouldn't want you to be Wang Chan. Chan'er is so cute."

"How, how is this possible?!" Danzo didn't understand the words, but he recognized the voice. He widened his single eye and saw Feng Lan standing hundreds of meters away, smiling and waving in their direction.

"Oh!"

At the same time, the Feng Lan he was holding turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared.

Shadow Clone Technique!

Damn it, that damn Feng Lan sent a shadow clone to me at the last minute!

Chapter 74 The Death of Danzo

Feng Lan was a cautious person. Since she knew that Danzo had a last resort, "Heaven and Earth Coexistence," how could she possibly risk using her true form? In any case, whether she gave him that Rasengan or not, Danzo wouldn't be able to escape; it would just take a little more time.

"Damn it... damn it Feng Lan! I will absolutely... absolutely never let you get away with this!"

So, with resentment, unwillingness, and despair, Old Bi Deng Danzo could only slowly seal himself away. Once this seal was activated, the first thing it did was draw blood from the caster's entire body, making his death truly tragic.

Furthermore, because Feng Lan had calculated the distance before making her move, although the range of the Reverse Four Phases Sealing Technique was very large, it failed to harm anyone. Whether it was a coincidence or fate, Danzo's escape location was quite delicate, and he actually managed to seal half of the bridge in Amegakure.

"It seems fate has truly invaded the Naruto world." Feng Lan wiped away his sweat. "If this scene can be recreated, will Hanzo suddenly say something like, 'Fight to the last moment,' and then commit suicide?"

Clearly, he was overthinking things. In his twilight years, Hanzo had become afraid of death and indulged in pleasure. As the saying goes, a bad leader makes a bad army. How much faith could his men have?

Hanzo's subordinates were much weaker than the Root organization's elites. After all, they were from Amegakure. Their best fighting style was to fight the enemy in the thick fog after the salamanders sprayed poison mist, wearing gas masks.

But this time Fenglan was prepared in advance, and sent out the elite of the Hyuga branch family to fight them in the poisonous fog. Their Byakugan was not hindered by the poisonous fog, and crushing these scumbags was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

Given Hanzo's cowardly nature, his first reaction upon seeing Danzo flee was naturally to run away as well. Taking advantage of the torrential rain, he used Water Instantaneous Movement to run far away. Although Shisui was able to catch up, he was stopped by Fenglan.

"Be careful of his explosive fire array. Now that Danzo has been killed, there is no need to continue the pursuit."

Shisui was now used to obeying Fenglan's orders, so although she was puzzled, she stopped in her tracks.

Feng Lan deliberately let Hanzo go, after carefully analyzing the pros and cons. First of all, there would definitely be drawbacks to letting Hanzo go, as Konoha and he would have an additional Kage-level enemy. However... compared to the benefits, it was not unbearable.

Moreover, Hanzo's main killing move is poison, and his poison fog during World War II was already countered by Granny Chiyo of Sunagakure. Tsunade's medical ninjutsu ability is superior to Granny Chiyo's, so she can definitely concoct the corresponding antidote.

In other words, even in the worst-case scenario, if Hanzo joins the Hidden Cloud Village and launches the Fourth Shinobi World War, our side still has gas masks and antidotes to deal with it.

Moreover, based on Fenglan's understanding of Hanzo, if this person were truly so afraid of death, he would never get involved in the war again after escaping. Instead, he would take the wealth he had collected in Amegakure over the years and live out his remaining years in seclusion.

Well... it depends on whether his lust for power or his desire to survive is greater. If it were Danzo, he would definitely not be willing to go into seclusion, but it's harder to say for Hanzo.

After discussing the downsides, let's talk about the benefits. Hanzo's escape will further increase the unease of Yahiko's trio, prompting them to form a cooperative alliance with Konoha.

As long as Hanzo continues to roam outside, Amegakure will have to rely on Konoha. Nagato's control over the trio will only grow stronger, and in order to deal with Hanzo, he will accelerate his training and development of the Rinnegan, becoming another card for Konoha.

After much deliberation, Feng Lan released Hanzo. Upon seeing their leader flee, Hanzo's subordinates immediately lost their will to fight and scattered in all directions. They wished they had two more legs, as they ran faster than anyone else. Only a few remained to resist, but they were quickly dealt with as well.

With the ninjas of Amegakure scattering, the elites of Root were suddenly left isolated and helpless. Moreover, after witnessing Danzo's death, most of them had lost the will to fight.

"Put down your weapons."

Feng Lan walked slowly, surrounded by Shisui and Obito: "Danzo has been executed. Although you are already rogue ninjas, you are ultimately just accomplices. And until now, you have not truly harmed any of your comrades. If you stop now, I can persuade Minato to be lenient."

The Root ninjas exchanged bewildered glances. Some had already begun to open their ninja tool pouches, while others, more astute, tentatively inquired, "Lord Fenglan, what would happen if we were treated leniently in this situation?"

“You’ll have to spend some time in prison first.” Feng Lan shrugged. “Don’t forget you’re rogue ninjas now. But I’ll arrange for the Uchiha to not make things difficult for you. Once we’ve investigated and found out that you haven’t done anything to harm the village, we can release you and let you serve the people again. As for wanting to become a ninja again, that will be more troublesome. You’ll have to take the exam again.”

The group exchanged glances and realized that the punishment was unexpectedly lenient. Even the kind and benevolent Third Hokage would have exterminated all rogue ninjas.

"Is this really true?" Some people still found it hard to believe.

Feng Lan scoffed disdainfully: "When I went to confiscate the Root Organization's manpower and resources, those who were willing to follow me have already reunited with their families. You chose to stay yourselves, so why are you questioning me now?"

The members of the Root organization looked at each other, and couldn't help but think, "What he said makes so much sense, I have no words to say." At the same time, a sense of regret welled up in their hearts. "If I had gone with Lord Fenglan back then, how could I have ended up as a rogue ninja?"

Soon, most of the Root members surrendered. However, as the saying goes, there are always oddballs among many people. There were actually a few die-hard Danzo loyalists who fought to the death with the idea of ​​fighting to the last moment and committing suicide. They may think this is called loyalty, but in Feng Lan's eyes, it is just stupidity.

So, out of kindness, he asked the enthusiastic Uchiha lads to warm these silly kids whose clothes were soaked from the rain by the fire. But they accidentally lost control of the fire and burned the kids.

But it doesn't matter, since the original owner didn't protest, so let's not worry about these details.

After completely resolving the issues with the Root organization and the Amegakure ninja, Feng Lan turned around, stood on the high platform, and looked down: "So... only this last tough nut to crack remains."

……

If we rewind the timeline slightly, Jiraiya and Orochimaru are exchanging harsh words while using the Toad Mouth Binding Technique.

"Although we were once comrades-in-arms, you are now a rogue ninja of Konoha, and you even dared to attack my disciple. From today onwards... we are no longer comrades of the Legendary Sannin!"

Although Jiraiya said that, his killing intent was ultimately not that intense, which was evident even before he activated Sage Mode.

"Ha, what can a loser like you possibly accomplish?" Orochimaru, on the other hand, was quite annoyed. "How dare you obstruct my great undertaking of obtaining the Rinnegan! Do you even know what great things I can achieve once I have these eyes? I can master all ninjutsu, and I will become the second Sage of Six Paths!"

Chapter 75 Reanimation Jutsu

“You’re wrong,” Jiraiya said in a deep voice. “A ninja isn’t someone who has mastered all ninjutsu; it’s someone who can endure all kinds of adverse circumstances!”

"Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together!" Orochimaru knew this was not the time to waste. Once that Hollowfied dog was free, it wouldn't be so easy for him to escape.

Moreover, the esophagus of the giant toad is not only for sealing and imprisoning. Orochimaru could feel that the viscous and soft flesh was gradually trying to devour or even digest him. If he were completely trapped here, even he would really die!

His first reaction was to escape this damned cage. Since he had fallen into this trap, killing Jiraiya would be useless; he had to find a way to break out.

Jiraiya, of course, wouldn't let him succeed, and suddenly formed hand seals: "Fire Release: Flame Bullet!"

This technique differs from ordinary fire release techniques. Jiraiya used chakra to refine a unique oil, which he exhaled from his mouth while simultaneously using fire release techniques to ignite it. It's somewhat like a combination ninjutsu, and its power is far greater than ordinary fire release techniques.

Orochimaru's elemental attribute is wind, which means he cannot use the Five Elements Release techniques to launch a counterattack. The esophagus is also narrow and difficult to dodge. Although he could eat it and then shed his skin, it would be better to conserve his chakra in this situation.

So he bit his finger hard, drew blood, and slammed it to the ground: "Spiritual magic!"

"Rashomon!"

The massive iron gate with the demon mask rose from the ground, bearing a resemblance to the Ranking Technique. Although it could not continuously transfer damage to the ground like the Ranking Technique, it was still incredibly powerful, managing to withstand Jiraiya's Fire Release.

Orochimaru didn't waste the blood from biting his finger; he quickly formed hand seals again and slammed his hand on the ground: "Summoning Jutsu!"

"Come forth, Manda!"

This move is somewhat similar to Naruto's strategy after being swallowed by a snake during the Chunin Exams: to burst the snake apart and escape. Naruto used a massive number of shadow clones, but Orochimaru couldn't afford such luxury, so he directly summoned his trump card, the gigantic Manda.

The black runes spread in all directions like living things, and the smoke burst open. It was not the soft white smoke and clouds that usually emanates from spirits, but a thick, foul-smelling dark green mist, like the poisonous miasma rising from something rotting.

A giant snake appeared out of nowhere. It was indeed astonishingly large, even exceeding the concept of a snake. Its head alone was nearly twenty meters long, and its entire body was probably over fifty meters long. Its body was covered with layers of dark purple scales, each the size of a palm, with sharp edges like knives and covered with a layer of viscous fluid, which temporarily resisted the corrosive effects of the stomach acid.

Its triangular head is flat and broad, with two vertical pupils that are golden yellow, like two burning sulfur flames, exuding a cold and cruel meaning, as if it wants to devour people.