Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the beginning

"Tenju-sama..." Nara Sanjo frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Could it be that the Konoha fugitive that Tenju-sama is tracking down?"

When Sarutobi Tenjuu was tracking Li Yao, he had already informed the centers of the border barriers, and informed him when A-level ninjutsu chakra fluctuations appeared.

Now the place where the chakra fluctuation appears is closest to Sarutobi Tenshaku, so the probability that he is a fugitive is very high.

Thinking of this, Nara Sanjo immediately asked Yama no Zhongjia to notify Lord Sarutobi Tenju to go to the place where the chakra fluctuation appeared.

Chapter 77 Pain! It hurts so much!

"Master Tianzhu, in the northeast area, the Yellow-Green Forest has experienced a Class A fluctuation. Please go check it out."

In the sky, the Sarutobi Tenju couple, who were returning all the way from the valley to expand their search for Li Yao, were sitting on a large ink bird. Suddenly, the voice of San Wujia sounded in Sarutobi Tenju's head.

With the help of the super-large barrier in the center of the barrier and the equipment that amplifies chakra perception ability, Shan Wuzhongjia can have a mental conversation with the ninja with chakra marks within the perception range of the barrier.

When Sarutobi Tenju heard the chakra fluctuations of A-level ninjutsu coming from the yellow-green forest not far from them, his heart suddenly moved.

"Is it Li Yao?"

Sarutobi Tenzhu thought to himself, then looked up and said "got it", replying to Shan Wuzhongjia.

"Do you have any information about Li Yao?" Sarutobi Ayase asked.

"According to information from the center of the barrier, there is an A-level fluctuation in the yellow-green forest. Let's go and take a look." Sarutobi Tenju replied.

"Is it Li Yao?" Sarutobi Ayase.

"I don't know, let's go and take a look." Sarutobi Tenju shook his head.

Sarutobi Ayase immediately controlled the ink bird to change direction and head towards the yellow-green forest.

The Li Yao they were tracking had already been confirmed to be a shadow clone, so it was up to Sika and Ryoma to confirm whether the Li Yao over there was the real person.

If not... then there will be trouble.

The couple thought to themselves.

at the same time.

Konoha.

At the perception barrier near the side of the root underground base, Danzo, who had been rushing back since he noticed that the seal on Li Yao's heart had been lifted, finally returned to Konoha this morning after two nights and one day.

Danzo formed seals with his hands and quickly passed through the perception barrier.

As an old friend of the Third Hokage of Konoha, Danzo naturally knew the code of the technique to freely pass through the perception barrier.

Danzo's return, sensing no movement in the barrier.

soon.

Danzo arrived at the entrance of the Root base with a heavy heart.

"Shhhhhh!"

Three ANBU ninjas suddenly appeared and surrounded Danzo. They thought they were enemies, but when they saw that it was Danzo who looked up, the three of them immediately said respectfully, "Danzo-sama."

When he saw the three ANBU members appear, but the remaining Root team did not show up, Danzo frowned and realized that something had happened to the Root base, and it was a big problem.

"Inside... never mind."

Danzo stopped himself as soon as he started to speak, shook his head, and was too lazy to ask any more questions. He walked quickly into the Root underground base.

Two ANBU ninjas followed Danzo in.

The remaining one left quickly to report to the third generation.

Entering the Root Base, Danzo passed by the big hole made by Li Yao, took a look, then his face became gloomy and he quickly ran towards Laboratory Zero.

soon.

Laboratory No. 0 was right in front of him. Through the oil lamp that was still on in the corridor, he looked at the broken door of the laboratory and three black and red bloodstains in the corridor. His pupils shrank slightly. He took a quick step to the door and looked inside. His heart instantly tightened.

pain!

It hurts so much!

Danzo took the oil lamp beside him and walked into Laboratory No. 0 with heavy steps.

All the equipment inside was destroyed, and the ground looked like a plowed field, with rubble everywhere.

Danzo came to the original culture medium for cultivating the first generation of Wood Release cells with an oil lamp.

The glass equipment inside was shattered to the ground, and the original liquid of the first generation of Wood Release cells was naturally gone.

This is the original liquid of the first generation of Wood Release cells that he has cultivated with great effort over the years!

You know, the first generation of Wood Release Cells needs to absorb a large amount of chakra and nutrients to survive. Over the years, he has spent countless resources and chakra to cultivate just this little bit, and now it's all gone.

"What exactly is going on?"

Veins bulged on Danzo's forehead and he turned around and yelled at the two ANBU ninjas who followed him.

The two ANBU ninjas lowered their heads and looked at each other. They wanted to ask Danzo what was going on.

After all, Li Yao went out from the root base.

But Danzo treated the Root Base as his own private property, with layers of barriers inside and outside. Even though Li Yao broke a big hole in it, there were still many barrier traps in operation.

Anyone who enters without knowing the code of the technique is in great danger of death.

So after Li Yao's escape, until now, the Root base remains the same as it was. The Third Generation shook his head when he saw it, and only left them to guard the entrance and cave of the base, waiting for Danzo to come back and notify him.

It seemed as if the third generation had determined early on that Danzo would return early.

It turns out that the third generation really understands his best friend's methods and character.

Only after Danzo returned were they able to follow Danzo into the Root base for the first time.

So when Danzo asked them what happened here, it really made things difficult for them.

And even if they knew something, they couldn't tell Danzo.

The Root led by Danzo belongs to the Anbu but is independent of it.

Danzo is not their boss, so they can't say anything to Danzo.

At this moment, they responded with silence.

Faced with the silence of the Anbu ninjas, Danzo calmed down after his roar. He also knew that these Anbu ninjas definitely did not know the detailed information.

"Um...that's it?"

At this time, Danzo saw out of the corner of his eye that there seemed to be a big hole under the broken chakra metal bed. Then he thought of something and his face suddenly changed. He instantly came to the big hole and took a look.

Although the oil lamplight was dim and I couldn't see clearly.

But Danzo knew that the Devouring Sealing Orb buried underground was broken.

This means that the culture medium circulation of the entire base will collapse.

"Li Yao..."

"what!"

"not good!"

Danzo let out an angry roar, then his expression changed, and he turned and ran out.

When Danzo arrived at the door of Laboratory No. 1 and was about to push the door open, he suddenly calmed down, glanced at the two Anbu ninjas following him, and did not open the door to go in.

"Forget it. At this time, the Sharingan inside must be broken."

Although he was unwilling, Danzo knew that without the chakra provided by the Sealing Orb, the culture medium in the entire base laboratory would run out of energy and lose nutrients within one night.

Another day has passed by now, and his Sharingan in Laboratory No. 1 has broken down and cannot be used.

"Wait for Hiruzen."

Danzo turned around and leaned his back against the gate without saying anything. He had already opened part of the barrier of the Root base, allowing Hiruzen to get here along the same route he came.

The two Anbu ninjas glanced at the door of Laboratory No. 1 and understood clearly that there were secrets inside that they could not know.

The two were not curious, and would not say anything.

Some secrets can only be known at the cost of one's life.

Neither of them wanted to die young.

After waiting quietly for two minutes.

A burst of hurried footsteps sounded in the corridor and soon arrived at the aisle of Laboratory No. 1.

Under the dim light, the face of the third generation with suppressed anger appeared first.

"Hokage-sama." said the two ANBU ninjas who followed Danzo down.

The Sandai nodded, then glared at Danzo fiercely, and said to the two Anbu ninjas: "You go out first."

"Yes, Lord Hokage." The two immediately walked past the Sandaime and left.

After the footsteps of the two men could no longer be heard, the Sandaime could no longer suppress his anger, but before he could say anything, Danzo attacked first.

"What happened? Hiruzen."

“Why is there a big hole in my root base?”

"Why is my test subject gone?"

Danzo came up and asked three questions in a row. The expression on his face was even angrier than the Third Hokage. He was just about to ask how the Third Hokage could become the Hokage and how he could even let an experiment subject from the Root base escape.

Seeing the expression of the Third Hokage, Danzo knew that Li Yao had already escaped from Konoha, so he took the lead in attacking.

However, Danzo was unaware of the fact that Li Yao knew sealing techniques, and he even had a brief fight with Uzumaki Mito and was not at a disadvantage, so the level of danger increased sharply.

He underestimated the anger of the Third Generation over Li Yao's escape.

"you……"

The third generation's eyes suddenly widened with anger, his mouth opened, and he was speechless for a moment.

He was shocked by Danzo's shamelessness.

Not to mention that this guy abandoned his position as a front-line commander and came back without permission.

As for Li Yao, he didn't believe that Danzo didn't know why he was so angry.

Now you dare to challenge him!

"Danzo..." The Third Hokage, with his heart burning with rage, stared at Danzo with a murderous look.

"Uh..." Under this terrifying gaze, Danzo finally realized that he seemed to have really touched Hiruzen's sore spot this time, and he could no longer get away with it as before. So he immediately lowered his head to show defeat and no longer resisted Hiruzen's gaze.

Chapter 78 The Third Generation's Special Move

Huh... After a while, the Third Generation took a deep breath, suppressed the anger on his face, and asked Danzo calmly.

"Tell me, why didn't you listen to me and kill Li Yao?"

It was agreed at the beginning that Li Yao would be killed no matter what one year later, but Danzo didn't listen, otherwise this wouldn't have happened now.

However, the third generation also understood his good friend. There must be something about Li Yao that interested him, which was why he disobeyed his orders and let Li Yao survive.

What is it?

The art of immortality?

Or is it a special ability to be immune to illusions?

Although the Third Generation was angry, he was also very curious about what Danzo had discovered through his research on Li Yao.

"That...ahem."

Danzo's eyes were erratic, and he didn't want to talk about Wood Release. But when he thought of the murderous look in the Third Hokage's eyes just now, and the fact that Li Yao had already escaped and might have shown his Wood Release ability, and that he would need the power of the Third Hokage to catch Li Yao again, he stopped hiding it, coughed a few times, and whispered:

"Um... I transplanted the original Wood Release cell fluid of the first generation into Li Yao."

“What!!!” The Sanda’s eyes widened instantly, staring at Danzo in disbelief, then his expression changed, and he said, “Could it be…”

"Yes."

Facing the gaze of the Third Generation, Danzo spread his hands and said, "Li Yao resisted the original fluid of the Wood Release Cells of the First Generation."

Upon hearing this, the Third Generation's brain suddenly felt dizzy and his body swayed. Then he suddenly stared at Danzo's eyes with an expressionless look.