Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 228 Seal Scroll
呲呲!

Like a pressure cooker releasing steam, the hissing sound echoed in the sealed room.

Hui Li, having dispersed the barrier, stood in front of Long Ma. Although slightly shorter than Long Ma, she exuded a terrifying aura of being at the top of the food chain.

The two were very close and could feel each other's breath, but what they felt was not the ambiguity between a man and a woman, but rather a torture that was unimaginable to ordinary people!
"Cough cough... Ugh!"

He kept wailing, but Longma had no time to appreciate the pretty face that was almost right in front of him. The intense fear felt like a spear piercing through his head.

The excruciating pain and fear felt like two lumps of iron, firmly filling his brain.

The steam from Hui Li's breathing scalded his face, turning it blood red and black. His face and neck were covered with dense blisters. In a few more minutes, his entire head would probably be steamed alive!

Tilting her head, Hui Li stared directly into Long Ma's trembling, fearful eyes behind his sunglasses:

"You are one of the elders who were established at the beginning of Root, and Danzo's most trusted person, yet you know nothing about the secret passage in the secret room?"

She didn't really care whether Danzo escaped or not. In fact, his departure from Root and Konoha would make it easier for her to strike, and she no longer needed to worry about him perishing together with her Root.

What truly angered her was Ryoma's betrayal—deliberately exposing himself to let Danzo escape, a behavior that was extremely heinous!

"Your subordinate... knows his mistake and accepts any punishment!"

Ryoma closed his eyes and gave up resisting, letting Gray cook him inch by inch.

He could not justify his actions.

As Hairi said, there was no negligence involved; he deliberately let Danzo go and even dragged it out for seven days. With that much time, if Danzo had been focused on escaping, he would have been able to escape the Land of Fire's sphere of influence.

He committed such a grave mistake that it would be perfectly justified for Hui Li to kill him!

He had no complaints whatsoever!

hum~
The strange sound echoed in the air, and he felt the terrifying fear waning. Even the steam in front of him quickly disappeared, leaving only a stinging pain on his face.

He opened his eyes shakily, his face covered in blisters, his back bumpy like a toad's, his features like melted candles, except for his purple eyes hidden behind sunglasses, his original cold and stern appearance was no longer visible.

A bright red barrier spell enveloped the gray glass again, causing the temperature inside the sealed chamber to drop by two degrees.

"You were the one who contacted me to kill Danzo, and now you're the one who released him... I really don't know what to say about you!"

Having already heard Ryoma recount his story with Danzo, Hairi understood that this wax-like man before her ultimately couldn't bear to part with his sun.

thump!
Ignoring the burning pain on his face, Longma's knees buckled and he knelt before Hui Li, sweeping away the insect carcasses scattered on the ground with both hands, his forehead hitting the ground with a thud.
"With the change of ownership of Root, Danzo can no longer harm the ninjas of Konoha."

He once saved my life, losing an arm and an eye in the process. Now I repay him with my life. Whatever the outcome, Danzo and I are even. Whatever punishment I may receive, Ryuma is willing to bear it!

Looking at the heartfelt dragon horse at her feet, Hui Li gently touched her forehead, her fingertips drawing an arc on the seal between her brows.

Danzo is extremely wicked, and Ryuma betrayed Root, but judging from the current situation, it seems like she's become the villain.
"Danzo saved your life, but I saved more than one. Is this how you repay me?"

The deep disappointment in Hui Li's voice made Long Ma, who was kneeling on the ground, feel extremely ashamed.

In the battle at Leigu Mountain, if Hui Li hadn't repelled the mysterious man, he would have died. When he returned and recounted the transaction, Danzo inexplicably developed murderous intent towards him, and it was Hui Li who stumbled upon it and saved his life. Later, during the assassination attempt in the operating room, if she hadn't stopped him, he probably would have been executed by the resurrected Danzo!
His actions now have indeed betrayed her trust!

"I am willing to be your blade to repay your kindness! Please... trust me one more time!" Aburame Ryoma pressed his forehead hard against the ground, the rough bricks and stones breaking the blisters, and blood flowed down his temple.

Hui Li watched coldly, without a trace of sympathy.

Trust is the most precious thing in the world; it is hard to obtain, and once lost, it is difficult to regain.

"What if Danzo comes back and opposes me? Do you still want to let him go one more time?"

"I have already inscribed the Four Symbols Sealing Technique on my body. If Danzo dares to return, I will perish with him and never let him harm Konoha!"

His voice was deep yet firm.

If Danzo doesn't come back, it would be best for him to find a place to live out the rest of his life. But if Danzo does come back, he is already prepared to make amends for his mistakes.

Bai Yan scanned the other's body, and found that his body, which resembled a honeycomb, was inhabited by countless insect eggs. Sure enough, Hui Li discovered a black square-shaped incantation in the area of ​​his heart.

Her cold eyes flickered slightly as information about this ninjutsu surfaced in her mind.

The Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique was the forbidden technique that Danzo intended to use to take Sasuke and the others down with him.

By reversing the Four Symbols Seal, one can spread their blood throughout the space to form a sealing technique, which is enough to seal everything within a radius of hundreds of meters into the body.

This ninjutsu is an S-rank forbidden technique. Once activated, it is almost impossible to counter. Most importantly, due to the unique nature of sealing techniques, even Izanagi cannot avoid this move.

That's right!

Izanagi, who can even revive, is only afraid of high-level sealing techniques!

Having explored the workings of Kotoamatsukami for many years, she has gained a profound understanding of the mysterious kaleidoscope, even delving into the essence of eye techniques.

So-called pupil techniques are actually just miracles achieved through brute force!
It may sound a bit simplistic, but that's the truth.

All the abilities of the Otsutsuki clan are inseparable from chakra, and only when they acquire enough chakra can they display all sorts of mysterious powers.

Through studying the Sharingan and Yin Release ninjutsu, the Yang Release clones discovered that the reason why Yin Release is so unpredictable is because spiritual power can disregard the laws of the material world.

such as:

As long as you let your imagination run wild, anyone can traverse galaxies and the universe in half a second, with a thinking speed far exceeding the theoretical highest speed in the universe—the speed of light.

Ordinary people lack the power to support their own thoughts, and traversing galaxies is nothing but a fantasy, but the Otsutsuki clan is different.

They obtained an almost inexhaustible supply of chakra by plundering the planet's natural energy.

Therefore, their will can truly become reality, generating various powerful abilities that do not conform to the real world, namely, eye techniques.

Eye techniques belong to Yin Release ninjutsu, which are formless and intangible. Unless the same Yin Release power is used to counter them, other types of ninjutsu are like trying to catch the moon's reflection in water—impossible to touch.

But sealing techniques are an exception!
Do not know why.

Sealing techniques like the Eight Trigrams and the Four Symbols are effective against these Yin Release techniques, and they're not just eye techniques like Izanagi. Almost all seemingly unsolvable abilities are powerless against high-level sealing techniques. Even the indestructible gray bones within her body are no match for these sealing techniques.

Therefore, Ryoma's statement that he would perish together with Danzo was not just arrogant empty talk.

If Danzo were to become careless due to Izanagi's invincibility, Ryuma could directly seal him away, thus making amends for his mistake as he had said.

"Please give me another chance!"

Longma banged his head on the ground again, his voice muffled as if it were covered by a quilt, while the loyalty above his head shone brightly.

The silence in the sealed room was terrifying.

Looking down at the kneeling dragon horse at his feet, Gray Glass gathered lightning at his fingertips, which contracted and circulated, emitting strange bird-like cries. The dragon horse knelt on the ground, its body as stubborn as a rock, standing silently, awaiting the impending judgment.

The lightning flickered intermittently, eventually fading away.

"Remember what you said today. If this happens again, I guarantee you'll wish you were dead!"

She coldly uttered a sentence, then stepped aside from the kneeling dragon horse and turned to walk out the door.

Da da!

As Hui Li left, Long Ma's deep voice echoed in the corridor:
"Longma already owes you four lives!"

Kneeling on the ground covered with the corpses of insects, Ryoma's face was disfigured, his cheeks were covered with blood and his eyes were filled with tears. He lay on the ground for a long time without moving, as if he had died with those insects, or as if he had been cleansed of the sins of his past life and reborn!

……

The efficiency of the grassroots level is exceptionally high.

That night.

Danzo's personal belongings and related information within Root have been sealed away, and the chakra diagrams recorded in the barrier have been directly deleted. From now on, he will not even be able to freely enter or leave the Root toilet.

All secret passages and hidden passages leading to various parts of the village were sealed off, and alarm traps were set up. With Gray Glass's White Eye perception and supersonic speed, once the opponent showed their face, they would never be able to escape.

Meanwhile, Ryoma, as the captain of the Root unit, was sent to the training department by Lord Hairi to receive punishment for his mistake. According to the people in the training department, his appearance was completely ruined, his body was covered in blood, and he always wore a thick purple patterned mask on his face.

The Root ninjas were fast, and Hairi wasn't idle either.

The next morning.

Carrying the evidence of crimes compiled by Ryoma, she stepped onto the third floor of the Hokage Building amidst the gazes of countless Konoha ninjas and clients.

Beside the door.

When Suzaku saw Hui Li approaching, he quickly made way for her and bowed his head as a greeting.

The matter concerning the Land of Waves was settled last night.

Under the dry persuasion of Hui Li, "The location is good and the food is delicious," the Hokage made the final decision to facilitate the village settlement agreement between the two countries for the next ten years, with the profits to be generated in the hundreds of millions.

According to the leader of the Land of Waves, he also plans to erect a statue of Sunburst Glass in Konoha Square to thank her for her outstanding contributions.

These are all political achievements!
Seeing that Hui Li also nodded to him, Zhu Que had already assumed that the other party was a strong contender for the next Hokage. If he were not aloof, he might have already gone up to greet him.

Unexpectedly, Hui Li did not go directly into the office, but instead took the initiative to talk to him.

"Why are you standing guard outside the door?"

"Um... Lord Hokage said there are confidential documents from the Anbu and asked me to excuse myself!" Suzaku was somewhat flattered and stumbled slightly as he spoke.

"I see."

Hui Li held the scroll in her hand and nodded politely to Zhu Que, while her eyes were already peering through the doorway at the scene inside:
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had blood gushing from his nose, his aged face flushed, as he rested the crystal ball on the table. Upon hearing her voice, he shuddered and quickly wiped the blood from his nose with a tissue.

That old bastard who used a telescope to spy on the women's bathhouse!
Once Hiruzen Sarutobi had finished cleaning up, Kairi ended her conversation with Suzaku and went into her office.

As soon as she entered, she sensed a peculiar smell in the air.

blah blah blah!

Taking a deep drag on his pipe, the acrid smoke masking the smell, Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up a mission list to examine it. His eyes were cold, his expression serious, and his wrinkles were like knife cuts. Judging from his aura, it seemed that the mission list in his hand would determine the fate of the ninja world for the next hundred years.

Of course, all of the above is based on the premise that Gray Glass cannot see the words written at the beginning of the mission: "D-level mission, postpartum care of sows" and related information.

"Hmm? Hui Li is here!"

Pretending to have just noticed Hairi's arrival, Hiruzen Sarutobi put down the mission sheet in his hand and put on his usual kind smile. However, a streak of red on his philtrum destroyed his aura, leaving only a strong sense of lewdness.

"Um……"

He hesitated for less than three seconds before leaving the scroll bearing the name 'Danzo' on his desk.

Despite the fact that Danzo's defection was a very serious matter, she couldn't be serious at all; all she felt was deep embarrassment.

Unaware that his secret had been exposed, Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his hands and picked up the scroll. When he saw the label indicating the hiding place on it, he understood what was going on. As the scroll slowly unfurled, his expression grew increasingly grave.

"These are all crimes committed by Danzo over the years."

He collaborated with Orochimaru on human experiments using the First Hokage's cells, prevented the Uchiha clan from providing support during the Nine-Tails' attack on the village, leading to the death of the Fourth Hokage, assassinated Uchiha Shisui, and incited hatred within the Uchiha clan, among other things.

All the testimonies and evidence were written by members of the root organization who personally experienced the events…

By presenting the pre-prepared evidence to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kairi recounted the events with an expressionless face, thus declaring his victory in this battle.

"Yesterday, Shimura Danzo fled to escape punishment and defected from Konoha without permission. I hope the Third Hokage will issue an arrest warrant for him, designate him as an S-rank rogue ninja, and organize a team to capture him!"

Snapped!
The scroll was slammed onto the table. Hiruzen Sarutobi was enraged by the various crimes recorded on it, but fell silent after listening to Hairi's words.

Seeing the struggle in his eyes, Hui Li did not urge him on.

She knew this was an extremely difficult decision for Hiruzen Sarutobi, and that it was within her expectations that he would resist the pressure and not issue an arrest warrant.

“The Chunin Exams are in a month, and Konoha probably won’t be able to spare enough manpower to capture Danzo…” As if convincing himself, Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded as he spoke, while glancing at Kairi’s expression.

He didn't want to offend Hairi because of Danzo, but he also didn't want to abandon Danzo like that. He said he wouldn't interfere in the fight between Hairi and Hairi, but at the crucial moment, he still wanted to leave room for maneuver.

"Let's leave it at that then. We'll issue the arrest warrant after the Chunin Exams."

Hui Li was not surprised by this, and she had even expected this reason. The indecisive Hiruzen Sarutobi never disappointed when it came to being disappointing.

Perhaps... it's time for the old man to retire and enjoy his later years!

After finishing her story about Danzo, Hui Li turned and left.

With the Root organization officially changing hands, she still has many things to handle. The organizational structure and staffing all need adjustment, and there's also the Jigami-Grim Reaper and Hidan...

"Wait a moment!"

The aged voice pulled her from her thoughts, and she turned her head in confusion, only to see Hiruzen Sarutobi take out two scrolls, one large and one small, from the drawer and place them on the table.

"this?"

Upon seeing the brightly colored giant scroll, Gray Glass couldn't take her eyes off it.

(End of this chapter)