Starting from the root of Konoha, he was the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 50: Double Swords, Dragon Horse! (Seeking follow-up recommendation votes and monthly tickets)

"withdraw!"

Seeing Danzo appear with his men, Dodai ordered a retreat without any hesitation.

Hatake Sakumo put away his sword and stood still, without pursuing.

Danzo gave no orders, and the Root ninjas did not take any action.

Hoshita Hide looked at Hatake Sakumo's tall back and was greatly shocked.

Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, the speed of Hatake Sakumo and the momentum that penetrated everything were deeply imprinted in his mind.

Very strong!

Hoshita Hide believed that even if he used the tree world to descend, he would not be able to trap Hatake Sakumo.

With such speed and piercing power, it is completely possible to penetrate the tree world in one breath.

Hatake Sakumo's Lightning Style combined with swordsmanship is much more powerful than his Wind Style combined with swordsmanship.

Speed ​​alone is not enough.

"Faced with such a strong opponent, I can only keep my distance to ensure my own safety."

Xingxia Xiu subconsciously regarded Hatake Sakumo as an imaginary enemy.

But if the situation were reversed.

If the enemy is a Wood Release user like him, and he can only use Wind Release...

Xingxiaxiu concluded that it was not enough to kill through the tree world.

"My speed is still far from enough, and my knife isn't sharp enough!"

……

After the Kumo ninja retreated, Danzo went up to talk to Hatake Sakumo.

Xingxia Xiu waited for a moment, and Danzo turned back: "Retreat!"

shhhhhh!
One by one the Root ninjas disappeared.

All the way south.

The number of Root ninjas following Danzo is decreasing.

When they entered the Land of Hot Springs to rest at noon, only the two teams led by Hoshita Hide and Shimura Daichi were left by Danzo's side.

Inside the wooden house made of Wood Release.

Hoshita Hide and Shimura Daichi sat cross-legged opposite Danzo.

Danzo asked expressionlessly, "A, you've seen Hatake Sakumo's strength. What do you think?"

Xing Xiaxiu was not wearing a mask at this time. After hearing this, his expression was solemn: "Very strong!"

"Although my Wood Release has improved, even with the strongest Tree World Advent, there is no way to restrain him."

"Konoha White Fang is too fast. He is an extremely good assassin with invincible strength."

Danzo nodded slightly: "The current Konoha White Fang is indeed the sharpest knife in the village."

"However, you are making great progress. If you keep up, you will surpass him."

"Don't forget that you have the power of the First Generation."

In Konoha, especially those who came from the era of the first generation, there is no one who does not believe in the power of the first generation.

Even the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was later known as the strongest Hokage, couldn't help but conduct Wood Release experiments.

Hearing Danzo's words, Hoshita Hide's expression immediately changed from solemn to full of confidence: "I am confident that in the future I can surpass Konoha White Fang with the power of Wood Release and become the sharpest sword of Danzo-sama and the village!"

Danzo was very satisfied with Xingxia Xiu's attitude, and then he gave a firm order: "Master the part of Wood Release that suppresses the tailed beasts as soon as possible!"

Xing Xiaxiu's heart trembled slightly when he heard this. His thoughts turned a thousand times in an instant. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Yes!"

Half an hour later, the group continued their journey until they arrived in Konoha in the evening.

After returning after several days, Xingxiaxiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, feeling like home.

But after returning to the root base, this feeling disappeared.

The atmosphere in the root base is naturally depressing.

Even though Xing Xiaxiu had already gotten used to it, this place still didn't give him the feeling he wanted and couldn't make him relax.

So, after only sleeping for three hours, he woke up, washed, and went to the place where he had often practiced before.

Sitting casually on the grass, Xingxia Xiu secretly pondered Danzo's orders during the day.

Uzumaki Mito is dying!
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was about to be replaced. Furthermore, Danzo was very likely to confess his existence to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"But...Danzo seems confident that he can convince Sarutobi Hiruzen to keep me in the Root?"

Xing Xiaxiu frowned secretly.

The current situation in Konoha is indeed different from the Konoha of the future that he knows.

The relationship between Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen was not as conflicting as it would be later.

"But considering the importance of the Jinchūriki, no matter how good his relationship with Danzo is, no matter how important Danzo is now, Sarutobi Hiruzen would not place a Wood Release ninja who can suppress the Jinchūriki in the Root."

"Repression means...control."

Xingxia Xiu suddenly came to his senses: "Danzo, this old fox, has a big appetite!"

"This is what Tsunade wants, and the Kyuubi Jinchuriki wants too!"

"No, the Kyuubi Jinchuriki takes priority."

"Compared to the so-called Tsunade-sama, the reputation of the Senju is definitely not as important as controlling the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in Danzo's eyes."

Thinking about this, Xing Xiaxiu couldn't help but sigh to himself, "Plans are not as good as changes."

Putting aside all thoughts, Xingxia Xiu formed seals and created clones to practice separately.

Silent all night.

The next day, after finishing morning training, Xingxia Xiu left the Root Base dressed as an ordinary person. After having breakfast, he went to the ninja tool shop to pick up the double swords he had customized earlier.

The two swords are one long and one short.

There is nothing special about the style of the long sword; it is a standard ninja sword.

But this is a real chakra sword, which can be used as a carrier for performing ninjutsu.

The same is true for short swords.

The style of the short sword is similar to Hatake Sakumo's short sword.

Back to the root base.

Xingxia Xiu began to devote some of his energy to practicing his dual-sword style, fighting with both left and right swords.

Because of the multitasking, the left and right hands can perform different actions at the same time without any influence on each other, which means that the attacks of the two swords can do more than just complement and cooperate with each other.

Instead, it can have more uncertainty and be difficult to predict.

Of course, using dual swords well in actual combat is definitely much more difficult than drawing circles and squares with the left and right hands alone. Xing Xia Xiu also needs time to train step by step, gradually forming his own dual sword combat system.

The destruction of the Sky Ninja Village in the outside world and Konoha's pursuit of the remaining Sky Ninja caused quite a stir.

The most direct impact is that all major ninja villages have accelerated the pace of expanding their military strength.

For a time, the undercurrent in the ninja world became more and more turbulent.

But these have nothing to do with the Star Show.

His peaceful daily training was in stark contrast to the other busy Root ninjas.

Three days passed in a flash.

On this day, Xingxia Xiu was practicing, but Inuzuka Ling came to see him with someone.

"Captain, this is our new member!"

Inuzuka Ling introduced: "He is from the Aburame clan, his name is Aburame Ryoma, and he is twelve years old."

Xing Xiaxiu raised her eyebrows slightly after hearing this.

He was familiar with the name.

A Root member who excels at infiltration, he serves as Danzo's bodyguard alongside Orochimaru.

Of course, this is the future that Xing Xiaxiu knows.

And now Aburame Ryoma is still just a twelve-year-old boy, very young.

Taking off the mask, Aburame Ryoma bowed: "Captain, I am Aburame Ryoma, codename Pegasus."

Xingxia Xiu nodded slightly, then said to Inuzuka Ling: "Isn't this the only reason you came to see me?"

Inuzuka Ling nodded: "Danzo-sama ordered us to cooperate with the Anbu's actions."

Xingxia Xiu nodded after hearing this, put on his mask, and disappeared from the spot without saying a word.

Inuzuka Ryo immediately followed, with Aburame Ryoma at the end.

(End of this chapter)