Konoha's Hextech Ninja

Orochimaru was discussing the next steps.

Suddenly, a ninja wearing a striped mask spoke up: "Someone is approaching. This amount of chakra... is very strong!"

Everyone fell silent instantly, turning their attention to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru formed a hand seal, and several small snakes, no thicker than a finger, crawled out of his trouser leg and slithered towards the outside.

After a moment, Orochimaru looked puzzled and surprised, and said calmly, "I won't take action against those who came for you. You can deal with it yourselves."

The moment Orochimaru uttered those words, the dozen or so masked ninjas around him scattered instantly.

Without any doors or windows opening, the dozen or so ninjas had vanished without a trace, and no one knew how they had left the room.

"Shadow clones? Yoruichi-kun, your courage surprises me!"

Orochimaru licked his lips, muttering to himself, "Let me see what your purpose is, and what you're capable of! These Root members may be useless, but they can't be dealt with by just one shadow clone!"

……

In a narrow alley, Yagami Yoruichi used her 'Wind Perception' to discover that a portion of the chakra aura had disappeared from her senses, and the remaining people were all surrounding her location.

Only Orochimaru and the subordinate he initially brought remained in the original house, unmoved.

"So it really is Orochimaru's collaborator or subordinate? Let's see who it is first. If it's someone from the village..."

As Yagami Yoruichi was thinking, she saw a masked figure dressed as an ANBU member appear at the other end of the alley.

"The Dark Guard?!"

Yagami Yoruichi was startled.

If it's Konoha's Anbu, then it will be very troublesome if my identity is exposed.

"We have no choice but to disband the shadow clones, otherwise it will be troublesome if our identities are exposed."

As Yagami Yoruichi was thinking, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

The mask of the 'Anbu' ahead seems different from that of a normal Anbu member.

After being attacked by the Root squad, in order to help Yoruichi Yagami distinguish between the Anbu and Root, Kosuke Maruboshi and Tsunade specifically explained it to her.

Their attire is similar, but there are subtle differences.

The biggest difference is in the masks.

The masks worn by the Dark Division are all animal-shaped, such as cats, dogs, foxes, and so on.

The masks at the base, on the other hand, usually feature meaningless striped patterns.

The mask worn by that 'dark group' ahead has a striped pattern!

"Since it's the root..."

Yagami Yoruichi immediately abandoned his idea of ​​dispelling the shadow clones.

Regardless of what these roots are doing in the land of Sichuan.

Yagami Yoruichi only knew one thing: Shimura Danzo had once tried to harm him, so the Root group led by Danzo was his enemy!

If they are enemies, of course they must be eliminated!

Although no system notification popped up when the Root ninjas were killed last time, it seems that these Root ninjas were not identified as 'enemy units' by the system.

But when it comes to killing enemies, there's no need to consider whether it's profitable or not.

The fact that the enemy is dead is the greatest benefit in itself!

In an instant, Yagami Yoruichi made a decision, rushing forward at high speed while quickly forming several hand seals.

"Ninja Art - Chaotic Body Rush!"

Chakra instantly created a large number of electrons, forming an electric field around Yoruichi Yagami's body.

The electric field disrupted the nerve signals of the Root ninja the moment it approached, causing his movements to freeze for a moment. The ninja sword that was originally going to cut Yagami Yoruichi changed angles in mid-air and stabbed into his own thigh.

Pfft!

The intense pain was bearable for Root ninjas who had undergone brutal training.

But this bizarre scene made him widen his eyes in surprise.

In that instant, Yagami Yoruichi had already punched the Root ninja in the head.

Strange power!

The chakra exploded the instant the fist struck, and the terrifying power instantly penetrated the Root ninja's brain, shattering his head.

The aftershock of the punch sent the Root ninja's corpse flying, crashing into the wall and causing cracks to appear on it.

[Kill an enemy hero and gain 200 gold.]

Upon seeing the pop-up system notification, Yagami Yoruichi was momentarily stunned.

Last time, we killed several Root ninjas, but we didn't get a single gold coin.

Clearly, those Root ninjas were not identified as 'enemy units' by the system.

But why was this time, another Root ninja judged as an 'enemy hero' and awarded 200 gold coins?!

Two hundred gold coins significantly accelerated Yagami Yoruichi's progress in synthesizing the next piece of equipment!

If we kill ten more enemy heroes, we'll have enough gold for the Rift Creator!

In an instant, surprise and confusion intertwined in Yagami Yoruichi's mind.

It wasn't until she caught sight of another Root ninja in her peripheral vision that Yoruichi Yagami snapped out of her daze and quickly turned her attention back to the battle at hand.

Chapter 115 Nara Shikaku's Thinking Gradually Becomes Diligent

"Ninja Technique - Super Beast Fake Painting!"

"Secret Technique - Insect Jade!"

"Secret Technique - Shadow Binding Technique!"

One after another, ninjutsu and secret techniques, accompanied by a large number of kunai, shuriken, and explosive tags, attacked Yagami Yoruichi.

The Root ninjas didn't care whether it would affect the civilians in the capital; they only wanted to kill Yagami Yoruichi as soon as possible to silence her.

Yoruichi Yagami didn't have time to think about why the system suddenly identified the Root ninjas as 'enemies'; she focused all her attention on the battle.

Orochimaru and his subordinates did not make a move; Yoruichi Yagami only had to face the Root ninjas.

These Root ninjas weren't particularly strong; most were at the Chunin level, with only a handful reaching Jonin or Special Jonin strength.

However, their methods are endless, and many of them are unique family secret techniques passed down by the ninja clan.

Moreover, Yoruichi Yagami is, after all, just a shadow clone. Although her combat power is not much weaker than that of her original body, she is limited by the characteristics of a shadow clone. She must do her best to dodge some attacks that her original body can ignore, and cannot suffer any damage.

This limitation made Yoruichi Yagami somewhat hesitant during battles.

After a brief stalemate, and having killed seven or eight Root ninjas, Yagami Yoruichi was still bitten on the skin by a parasitic insect of the Aburame clan due to her carelessness, and her shadow clone vanished with a bang.

"Shadow clone?"

"Or did they run away?"

The remaining six Root ninjas surrounded the spot where Yagami Yoruichi's clone had disappeared, remaining silent for a long time.

With such a commotion, the higher-ups in the Land of Rivers had already reacted.

An army surrounded the battlefield from a distance, but dared not approach.

In the face of ninjas, this army of ordinary people was nothing more than cannon fodder.

Only samurai who are equally skilled in using chakra can barely put up a fight, but the vast majority of samurai only have taijutsu skills at the genin level.

Without orders from higher command, these troops were unwilling to go forward to their deaths, but they also dared not let the 'enemy' leave, so they could only surround them from a distance.

The Root ninjas, however, acted as if they hadn't seen them at all, waiting in place for something.

After a while, suddenly, a messenger rushed over with orders from the new daimyo of the land of rivers, and dispersed the army.

The Root ninjas had already collected their comrades' bodies and cleaned up any traces of battle that could reveal information, and then disappeared.

……

At a border post somewhere in the Land of Fire.

When Yagami Yoruichi received the memories transmitted by his shadow clone, he couldn't help but frown.

"Are Root and Orochimaru... cooperating to investigate information about the Land of Rivers? Or are the affairs of the Land of Rivers originally related to them?"

As Yagami Yoruichi pondered, the memories transmitted back by his shadow clones were mostly scenes of battle, with little truly useful information.

But whatever the purpose of the Root ninjas' appearance in the Land of Rivers, Yagami Yoruichi is very interested in thwarting what the enemy wants to do.

Moreover, killing a Root ninja will earn you two hundred gold coins, greatly accelerating the accumulation of equipment.

This is also very beneficial to Yoruichi Yagami.

As for whether Konoha Village's interests will be harmed as a result?

Yoruichi Yagami didn't care at all.

To put it bluntly, the current Konoha leadership is all from the Third Hokage faction, led by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

If there are to be losses, their interests will be affected first.

Once she has enough power to remove Hiruzen Sarutobi and other high-ranking Konoha officials from power, and she or someone she approves of becomes the ruler of Konoha, Yoruichi Yagami will begin to value the 'overall interests' of Konoha.

"My shadow clones were first controlled by the ninjutsu of the Yamanaka and Nara clans, and then dissipated by a secret technique of the Aburame clan. In other words, among the Root ninjas who are still alive, there are at least ninjas from these three clans, and they are all Special Jonin or above."

Yoruichi Yagami analyzed the information she currently had: "There is also a Jonin who has mastered 'Ninjutsu - Super Beast Imitation Drawing', and a Jonin who is skilled in swordsmanship and fire release."

"The rest aren't particularly strong. Of course, it's possible some are hiding their true strength. Root was all trained by Danzo, so it's normal for a few old schemers to be there..."

"If Orochimaru doesn't intervene, my shadow clones are theoretically strong enough to deal with these Root ninjas. However, the nature of shadow clones doesn't allow for any mistakes. Also, in order to avoid revealing my identity, I can't use techniques like Rasengan or Super Strength, nor can I use Tobirama Senju's Water Release. I can only use the basic Five Elements Ninjutsu, which will limit my performance."

"However, as long as we can disrupt Root's plans and kill a few more Root ninjas, it doesn't matter if we lose some chakra. After all, they're just shadow clones."

"But if Orochimaru makes a move, my shadow clones probably won't last long. I hope Orochimaru doesn't personally intervene, otherwise I'll have to give up."

As Yagami Yoruichi pondered, he quickly made a decision: to continuously use his shadow clones to infiltrate the capital of the Land of Rivers and launch attacks to disrupt Root's plans.

The memories of the shadow clone had just returned, and now he was at the border outpost, surrounded not only by his three teammates, Ino-Shika-Cho, but also by the ninja squad stationed at the outpost.