Chapter 227: ROOT vs Naruto
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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 227: ROOT vs Naruto
"You killed the Elder?!" Ino finally snapped from her stupor and turned her face toward Naruto, but she did not let go of her grasp on his neck and remained in his arms.
"I'm not so sure about that… his chakra has not dissipated one bit, and there is a different source of energy within him as well," Naruto said, keeping an eye on the other sixteen ROOT operatives in the room.
They were all stuck to the walls and ceiling, using the darkness to conceal their positions, but that was not enough to escape Naruto's senses. He knew exactly where they were and what they were doing.
The form of Danzo Shimura appeared once more. He glared at Naruto with anger. "Stop this! You can't kill me!"
The Elder's mind was racing like never before, trying to find a way out of this predicament. He had already used his Izanagi twice to save his life, meaning he still had eight more uses. However, he knew that if Naruto discovered this information, he would not hesitate to kill him eight more times, something he was more than capable of.
His entire plan had gone out the window because he had tried to use the Mangekyō ability of the Sharingan in his right eye socket on the girl.
The Kotoamatsukami was an incredibly powerful tool that could permanently rewrite a person's memories. He couldn't completely change the way that person thinks or acts, but he could inject false memories into their minds to make them completely loyal to him. There was no defense against this and the effect will remain even if he were to die, it was completely unstoppable… or at least, that's what he thought before today.
The downside of this powerful ability was its downtime. Back when this eye belonged to Shisui, it could only be used once every ten years. But thanks to Danzo's experimentation with Hashirama's cells, he had managed to reduce this time to twenty-four hours.
His plan had been to capture Ino Yamanaka and make her loyal to him, then use her to lure Naruto into a false sense of security and use the Kotoamatsukami on him. Once that was done, Konoha's best weapon would have been in his hands.
How was he supposed to know that Naruto had already perfected the Flying Thunder God Jutsu in less than two days after acquiring the complete version and had left a formula with the Yamanaka girl before leaving for his mission?.
'How did he even do that?… It's impossible.' Danzo couldn't figure it out.
'I need to get him to talk… Maybe I can buy a bit of time, just a temporary truce until my Sharingan has the chance to recharge, and then… I could try again.'
"Naruto, listen to me! This is a misunderstanding. I never intended to harm the Yamanaka girl. I was trying to save her fro—"
Danzo's body exploded again.
"Ahh!" Ino cried, looking away from the gory scene.
Naruto glared at the remains. "You think I can't tell when someone is lying to me?" He had to admit that Danzo was good at it, but that wasn't going to work when Naruto could see through the Elder with his extra senses.
Only someone of a higher cultivation level than him could deceive his
Divine Senses.
"Naruto, you have to be careful with his Sharingan," Ino warned him. "When I looked at that red eye… I saw it change shape, and then I could feel him trying to establish a connection with my mind…" She buried her face in his neck. "It was awful…"
"Changed shapes… a Mangekyō ability." So far, Naruto had only seen Kakashi's. But his ability was to affect 'Space'… This could mean that every Mangekyō is different and has unique abilities.
He saw Danzo's body reform once more.
'Still doesn't explain how he's alive.' If his Sharingan ability is to affect minds, then this form of invulnerability had to come from something else. He just had to figure out what it was.
Naruto realized something else then. He had looked into Danzo's eyes before but never felt any sort of mental attack. 'Why didn't he try to invade my mind like he did with Ino?…' The only answer he could think of was that Danzo was unable to use it again.
Kakashi became extremely tired after using his 'Kamui,' so Danzo's ability must also be very exhausting for him.
Naruto still decided to take some precautions and looked away from Danzo's face, focusing on his feet instead. This was more than enough to predict his movements.
Danzo didn't remember the last time he had been this angry. He had lost three of his 'Izanagi' uses. This was a massive loss, and it was likely he was going to lose many more before this was over… and that was the best-case scenario.
"Kill him!" he finally ordered his men, as they weren't going to move on their own if he didn't say anything.
The sixteen members present in the chamber were his most elite, but he knew it wasn't going to be enough. He would have to join the fray as well.
As far as Danzo was concerned, despite his incredible power, Naruto was at a terrible disadvantage right now. He was alone and had that girl to protect, so he couldn't even fight at full force.
'We can do this,' Danzo convinced himself as he saw all his soldiers charge at Naruto simultaneously, surrounding him in the process.
"You think you can overwhelm me with your soldiers?" Naruto's words came across as arrogant and overbearing.
But then, out of nowhere, a cloud of smoke appeared around him, and hundreds of clones jumped out in all directions.
"The Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu?!" Danzo exclaimed, taking a step back. The situation had completely changed now.
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