96 Chapter 96

Even until death, the Root Shinobi couldn't understand how he died.

Naturally, he didn't know that there was a fanatic of an evil god, Hidan, at the entrance of the base.

"Oh, we've got another one coming!"

Hidan, covered in blood, had an ecstatic smile on his face as he stood in the midst of a bloody ritual with the Blood Seal.

He picked up the Kunai continuously appearing in front of him and licked the blood from it.

His expression became even more manic and demented, looking no different from a psychopath.

"Come on! This time, it goes straight from the temple to the brain!"

As his body was covered in black and white stripes, Hidan aimed the massive steel needle at his temple and thrust it in fiercely!

Squish!

The steel needle penetrated the brain.

The immense pain made Hidan's body tremble.

"This kind of ecstasy after surpassing extreme pain is better than beheading by a thousand times!"

Speaking, Hidan began to rapidly spin the massive steel needle in his temple.

His insane expression reached its peak at this moment.

"Sai Kou Ni High Tie Duck!" (It's making me so ecstatic!)

Kushina: ""

Kurama: ""

This scene of Hidan's madness successfully drove Kushina and Kurama away from him.

"No, I must keep Kaze from this lunatic!"

"Even the perverted old man Jiraiya is better than this lunatic!"

As if imagining Kaze or Naruto, making a disgusting expression like Hidan's, Kushina couldn't help but shiver, and goosebumps covered her body.

Kurama also smacked its lips and shook its head.

"I take back what I said about liking him; this masochist is too insane!"

While they were talking, a ninja with a bleeding neck rushed toward them at high speed.

Obviously, this Root ninja had a special constitution.

Even with a slashed throat bleeding profusely, he still had the strength to run!

"Hmph, it's finally my turn to lend a hand!"

Kurama snorted coldly, and its arm transformed into a massive fox claw.

But before it could strike, Kushina, on the side, moved faster.

"Damn you, you Root scum, die, die, die!!!"

In an instant, eight Adamantine Sealing Chains shot out!

Directly nailing the unresponsive Root ninja to the wall!

A woman may be weak, but for her child, she could be strong!

Originally, Kushina, who disliked killing, showed no mercy at this moment!

These chains that were originally used for sealing and binding.

Now, they all turned into spikes, delivering a fatal blow in one strike!

All for the sake of bringing justice to the dark and painful memories!

"Ugh."

On the side, Kurama, which had stretched out its claws, felt a little embarrassed as it hung in the air.

Then, it acted as if nothing had happened, reabsorbing its chakra and continued to watch the battle with its arms crossed.

As Hidan, with no more sacrifices, was about to leave the ritual, Minato, emerged from the depths of the passage.

"How is it? Did you find the information and evidence?"

Kushina leaned forward, eagerly staring at Minato's empty hands.

Minato's face didn't look very good as he shook his head.

"It seems that everything here has been moved, leaving only some abandoned equipment."

"It's probably due to some unknown reason that caused Danzo to move everything, leaving behind some guards."

Of course, this unknown reason was because two months ago, Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed the locations of these two bases.

This led Danzo to move everything important and leave some ninja guards.

This base is now just a temporary stop.

But Danzo's approach was correct because, after Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed this information, he didn't keep it a secret anymore and even gave it to Kaze, hoping to improve their relationship.

Unfortunately, Kaze, after receiving the information, didn't bother to acknowledge Sarutobi Hiruzen and had no intention of continuing to destroy these two bases.

Because this would lead Naruto to feel that he was killing innocent people unnecessarily, causing his trust and reliance on Kaze to decrease.

It was only now that these two bases were being used to test Minato and Kushina, to see if they were truly cutting ties with Konoha and would get their hands dirty, rather than secretly protecting the village under the guise of helping with revenge.

"So the next base won't..."

Kushina had a premonition that the Root base in the Forest of Konoha might also be an empty shell.

"It doesn't matter if it's there or not. All we need to do is eliminate everyone and pass Kaze's test. It's like a challenge; only by completing it can we have a chance to gain trust and forgiveness. Otherwise, Kaze will never trust us, the parents who sacrificed for Konoha."

Minato is well aware of the significance of this operation, having been a Hokage himself, and he's not so foolish as to misunderstand Kaze's intentions.

Upon hearing the words "trust and forgiveness," Kushina immediately couldn't sit still, and she ran out ahead, shouting as she went, "Let's go, let's go, we need to get to the base in the Forest of Konoha!"

Early morning in the vertical sun.

Danzo stood at the base gate below the ancestral shrine with an ashen face.

After a long while, the Root Shinobi, with a grim expression, walked out of the base.

"Lord Danzo, it's the same as the base in the Forest of Konoha."

"They're all dead, not a single one left alive."

Danzo, who had been surviving in other bases, suddenly felt a large number of Tongue Hashirama Disintegration Seals disappearing yesterday. So he brought his men back overnight and only arrived now.

"Did you find anything?"

Danzo's tone was cold, making the Root Shinobi shiver a bit.

"I've checked, and I didn't sense any residual Tailed Beast chakra. It shouldn't be the doing of the one you're thinking of. If it were them, they wouldn't have left the base behind."

The one mentioned by the Root Shinobi was naturally Kaze, who had destroyed one of the bases.

"Hmm?" Danzo glanced at the Root Shinobi.

The dissatisfaction and coldness in his eyes made the Root Shinobi quickly lower his head and avoid eye contact.

After a while, Danzo snorted coldly, propping himself up with a wooden stick and walked toward the Hokage's office.

In the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at the intelligence in his hand, his brows furrowed tightly.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open with a "bang."

Angrily, Danzo walked in, his face stern.

But before Danzo could speak, Sarutobi Hiruzen threw an intelligence scroll and said, "Orochimaru and a mysterious man from the Land of Stars infiltrated the village yesterday. Only your two bases were destroyed, see the specific intelligence yourself. It's highly likely that you attracted some powerful enemies from the outside for your actions. You should be well aware of what you did outside."

If it were indeed Kaze, Sarutobi Hiruzen wouldn't have been so troubled.

After all, Danzo's covert actions had been increasing, and he was becoming less honest. But now, it was unknown men operating in the shadows, which was quite terrifying.

Danzo glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen coldly without responding.

After casually flipping through the intelligence for a few moments, he left with the intelligence and his subordinates.

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