Naruto, this is called Kuuga, not White Zetsu

Jiraiya put the file in his hand into the storage scroll, looking at Shimura Danzo hanging upside down on the floating bridge, the anger in his heart was rising rapidly, and the corners of his mouth almost smiled: "Then should I thank you on behalf of all the ninjas who died on the battlefield for allowing Konoha to survive? Should I thank you for allowing the ninjas of Konoha to experience death this time..."

“It is true…”

Danzo Shimura pointed at the Root members who surrounded Jiraiya and said, "If there were no Roots constantly collecting intelligence from various ninja villages, if there were no Roots intimidating the spies of various ninja villages, if there were no Roots balancing the conflicts within the villages, how could Konoha have never had a Jinchūriki kidnapped during the peaceful years? How could it have fought for the greatest interests for Konoha during the war? How could the rebellion of the Uchiha clan have ended so quickly? If I hadn't guided the members of the Root to guard silently, how could new leaves have grown."

Shimura Danzo became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice even seemed to be shouting. His voice echoed in the empty environment, and the surrounding Root members also spontaneously looked at their leader.

Jiraiya looked at the old man in front of him with a complicated expression. His throat was surging, but he didn't know what to say. He was silent for a while, and his expression gradually calmed down. He looked at the Root Ninjas around him:

"Danzo kept saying that he was doing it for Konoha, but he teamed up with Orochimaru to launch this incident, and so many people died. Is this what he called protecting? Is such a person worthy of your wholeheartedly following him and sacrificing your life for him?"

"..."

The surrounding Root members remained motionless, still staring at Jiraiya.

Seeing this scene, Danzo nodded with satisfaction. With the Seal of Eradicating Tongues and constant brainwashing, he could ensure that the members of the Root would not betray him. Even if the monkey came, they would only obey his orders.

"Jiraiya, I advise you to surrender, so that I can guarantee that Hiruzen will be safe after he returns. And you should stop trying to sow discord between us. On the first day of joining the Root, they have already abandoned their identities as normal ninjas in Konoha and became Root ninjas. The so-called ninjas exist to sacrifice!"

"You bastard..."

Jiraiya felt as if he had been hit hard on the head, and his vision suddenly became dim. He knew that the Root did play a certain role in some aspects, but he had never imagined that the Root would actually train people to be like this, losing their human identity and at the same time their dignity as a human being.

Ninjas exist to sacrifice themselves. What is the logic behind this?

Where there is light, there is shadow. Does this mean that the old man also accepts these things?

"Let go, Danzo. You still have a chance to turn back."

Danzo jumped back to the ground, took out the kunai from his waist with his right hand, blew gently, and the light green chakra wrapped around the kunai: "Jiraiya, your will of fire is no worse than Hiruzen. If you want to blame someone, just blame yourself for knowing too much."

"Danzo, do you know?"

"Oh?"

Jiraiya took a deep breath, "In the real world, the more you know, the more likely you are to survive. Barrier. Sky Canopy Array!"

"...I see. Are you still planning on fighting? Capture Jiraiya and decide whether to live or die!"

Danzo jumped onto the stone wall not far behind him, quietly waiting for the outcome of the matter. He looked at Jiraiya jumping up and down being chased by the Root Ninjas, trying his best to avoid the Root Ninjas dying in his hands, and immediately shook his head.

The disciple taught by Hiruzen was indeed the same as Hiruzen, too indecisive. If he had been more decisive in the Uchiha clan, the fact that there would not be other people alive in the Uchiha clan besides Sasuke would not have happened.

"Damn it, in this situation, I don't have time to use summoning techniques, let alone concentrate senjutsu chakra."

How to make the Root members lose their combat effectiveness while ensuring that they will not suffer fatal injuries is what Jiraiya is really thinking at this moment.

In his opinion, although these Root ninjas were chasing him relentlessly, they were doing this because they were following Danzo's orders. As long as he could destroy the ninjutsu set in their bodies, he could still let them return to the sunlight.

"Wait... these types of chakra..."

Jiraiya's face showed some understanding. He clasped his hands together and moved quickly towards the exit of the root.

"Are you going to provide support? Or are you planning to escape?"

Danzo stuck the kunai into the ground, pulled out a few tiny shurikens, and blew into their mouths one by one.

In the dim space, the shuriken in Danzo's hand spun rapidly, tearing the surrounding air, and in less than two seconds, it caught up with Jiraiya's figure.

"Sunfire!"

"Fuma Shuriken!"

"Compound Ninjutsu. Explosive Fuma Shuriken Technique!"

A white light suddenly appeared above Jiraiya's head. Even though Jiraiya was 7 or 8 meters away, he could feel the heat from the Fuma Shuriken. The red-burned part of the shuriken could be vaguely seen in the white light.

On one side it carried the wind jutsu that could tear everything apart, and on the other side it carried an extremely high temperature. The white disc was cut into several pieces, and the next second it released a white light, which swallowed the shuriken while isolating the root ninjas behind.

Before Jiraiya could complain about the terrible name, he shouted, "Don't kill these Root ninjas, they have been brainwashed by Danzo and are only following Danzo's orders!"

"Are you okay, Lord Jiraiya?" Shikaku rushed forward and checked Jiraiya's injuries.

Jiraiya shook his head: "I'm fine, luckily you guys came in time, otherwise they would be in trouble."

Jiraiya fixed his sight on Seto Chihiro, his eyes revealing a hint of regret: "I'm sorry, I didn't want to involve you in this matter. Maybe if I had listened to you, so many things wouldn't have happened."

Quietly winking at 9527, Seto Chihiro waved her hands, pretending nothing happened: "Actually, you just need to tell Kakashi and Captain Shikaku about this. If that man named Danzo hadn't sent ninjas to kill me, I wouldn't have known you came here alone?"

"Danzo sent people to kill you?" Jiraiya grinned.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't talk nonsense, you guy!"

Kakashi stared at him with dead eyes and said calmly, "We are just confirming that Danzo is interested in the red gourd on you. Please don't slander the village leaders casually!"

"But I felt that guy's murderous intention towards me..."

"Little ghost, you are wrong..."

Jiraiya's mouth twitched. He actually wanted to say that Seto Chihiro was not wrong, but the current situation was already chaotic enough, so it felt better not to say anything.

Shikaku threw out a signal light, instantly bringing a powerful source of light to the dim environment: "Then let's follow the original plan... Ninja Technique. Shadow Tentacles!"

The shadows beneath his feet seemed to come alive, and quickly rushed towards the dozen or so Root ninjas in front of him, wrapping around their feet and firmly fixing them in place.

Seeing this, Seto Chihiro quickly formed seals with both hands: "Wood Release. Crazy Plant."

At this moment, vines as thick as the mouth of a bottle emerged from the ground beneath the root ninjas, entangled them, and began to frantically absorb the host's chakra. The vines as thick as the mouth of a bottle became thicker again.

In less than five seconds, one-third of the Root's population was controlled, and the rest were all standing by Danzo's side.

Shikaku wiped the sweat from his head, took out a Bingliang Pill and swallowed it. Controlling dozens of enemies at once made him feel a little tired.

"There's a change of plan. This is all I can do to help you. For now, Kakashi and I will hold Danzo back while Shiwei protects Master Jiraiya and allows him to enter Sage Mode."

Chapter 69: Fukai is Resealed

"Aburame Shiwei? I guess you are Seto Chihiro, right? Since you are here, it means that Ryoma's side has been completely defeated."

Danzo Shimura was not surprised that the target of the mission appeared here, or rather, when Jiraiya appeared in front of him, he had already guessed that something might have gone wrong with Ryoma.

Seto Chihiro was standing at the back at this time, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible, thinking about how to make the Root members lose their combat capability as soon as possible. Just as Shikaku said, his mission target was only the Root members.

Kakashi looked at the Root ninjas who were confronting each other and was not surprised at all. He took the initiative to step forward. As the nominal supreme leader of Konoha at this stage, he had to clarify some things before fighting.

"The Sandaime Hokage entrusted Konoha to me before he left. Today, Orochimaru carried out a revenge operation against Konoha. Nearly a thousand casualties were caused by Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Tell me, Danzo, why did the members of Root stationed near the commercial street in advance as if they had foreseen it."

Shimura Danzo shook his head, his expression serious, "Anbu Chief Captain Kakashi, Staff Officer Nara Shikaku, Sannin Jiraiya, and Aburame Clan Chief Aburame Shiwei broke into the Root and tried to murder the Root leader on trumped-up charges. There is also a spy who tried to release Kinkaku and Ginkaku. This is for the best, so we don't have to look for you later."

"Are you planning on becoming an enemy of Konoha?"

"Kakashi, are you abusing Konoha's power and trying to intimidate me and make me a sinner of Konoha?"

Shikaku looked at Kakashi's trembling body, stepped forward and patted the latter's shoulder: "Danzo, you keep saying that you are doing this for Konoha, but how are you going to explain the actions of the Root tonight?"

Shimura Danzo narrowed his eyes and said, "Explain? Do you think every action of the Root members needs to be reported to you, the Konoha staff officer?"

Jiraiya's eyebrows raised, he felt that something was wrong. He was now entering the Sage Mode, why didn't the other party stop him, but instead started chatting leisurely?

Could it be that...

Oops...it's the Eight-Tails!

Jiraiya tried to figure out what happened, but it was too late as a familiar roar of an animal could be heard from beneath his feet.

A red figure, carrying violent chakra, appeared in everyone's sight in the dark passage, jumping like a red evil spirit.

"Danzo, are you crazy? You actually let Fukai out..."

Shimura Danzo held the cane in his hand and slammed the ground hard, interrupting Kakashi: "Root members, listen up. Hatake Kakashi uses the shadow clone to release the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. Everyone, go out and arrest the five people in front of you!"

Looking at the Root members rushing up, except for the somewhat excited Seto Chihiro, even Aburame Shiwei frowned unconsciously. In order to prevent the scandal from spreading, Shikaku did not tell anyone else in the village about this matter.

Shikaku's eyebrows jumped up and down, he looked at Jiraiya: "Master Jiraiya, how long will it take you to enter the Sage Mode?"

Jiraiya was no longer his usual nonchalant self, his eyes were tightly closed: "The energy underground is too thin. I need to wait at least another 3 minutes if I want to enter Sage Mode."

Three minutes?

Seto Chihiro glanced at Jiraiya thoughtfully. Ever since he acquired the characteristic 'Pokémon', he could easily sense natural energy.

Moreover, these natural energies became much friendlier to him.

For example, in the morning, when using the arc of the big tree, after the natural energy reaches a certain height in the body, the natural energy in the environment will instinctively stop entering the body, but stay quietly beside it. When the natural energy is insufficient, it will actively replenish it like a sponge in water. This treatment is like being a child of nature.

Green runes rose from beneath his feet, and Jiraiya looked at Seto Chihiro as if he had seen a ghost.

Under his perception, natural energy continuously flew out from the ground beneath his feet, and this little ghost was like a toad in Myoboku Mountain, gently wrapped in natural energy.

This was the second time he had seen such gentle natural energy. The first time was on the body of the Big Toad Immortal!

Where on earth did Tsunade find such a promising talent who is suitable for learning fairy arts?

Looking at the green light disappearing under his feet, Shikaku was delighted: "Yes, Chihiro can use natural energy. Lord Jiraiya, how long do you think it will take you to enter Sage Mode?"

"Uh... less than a minute..."

"Chihiro, you and I will deal with the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. After I control the Eight-Tails, you will immediately use Wood Release to seal him. Kakashi, you and Shiwei will hold Danzo back. Lord Jiraiya needs to follow Chihiro and enter Sage Mode. As long as Lord Jiraiya successfully enters Sage Mode, we will have a way to win."

Nara Shikaku immediately controlled the enemy in front of him and combined it with the information he had obtained before to reveal the entire plan.

In his impression, the Shimura clan had long been in decline in Konoha, and did not have any praiseworthy family secrets or special bloodline limits. Facing an enemy of this strength, with the strength of Shiwei and Kakashi, they could already hold all of them back.

Maybe the other party collected some family secrets when he became the leader of the Root, but so what? Even Ino-Shika-Chou would suffer a great loss when facing the secrets of the Aburame clan.

The base of the Root is located at a depth of about 400 meters underground. Looking straight down in the dim environment, it looks like a bottomless cylinder. Floating bridges are built inside the entire cylinder, and the Root ninjas walk on them on a daily basis.

"Wood Release. Crazy Plant!"

Seto Chihiro first used this move to create a terrain that was very advantageous for Wood Release Ninja to fight. A large number of vines grew out from the top of her head and the surrounding cliffs, weaving a huge net structure to support Kakashi and Shiwei to fight on it.

Most importantly, this huge net divides the battlefield into two parts.

After doing all this, Seto Chihiro and Shikaku looked at each other, and together with Jiraiya, the three of them jumped down.

Danzo Shimura felt extremely excited when he saw that such a large-scale Wood Release could be released just by putting his hands together.

Wood Release Bloodstains!

This is definitely the Wood Release Blood Limit. Hashirama Senju used the Wood Release Blood Limit to pacify the troubled times. If he could crack the secret of the Wood Release Blood Limit through this child, could he unify the five major countries?

While Danzo Shimura was still fantasizing, a small number of ninjas with wind and fire jutsu were fine, but most of the Root ninjas had been entangled by vines and fell limply to the ground, silently feeling the chakra draining from their bodies.

"Master Danzo, these vines have the ability to absorb chakra, please be careful!"

"My chakra..."

"Master Danzo, I can no longer protect you."

Bang!

A Root ninja had an explosive tag in his hand, but due to the vines, he was blown into a bloody mess before he could get close to Jiraiya.

"Are these guys really crazy?"

Kakashi, whose face was covered in blood from the explosion, felt his scalp tingling. Aburame Shiwei kept turning her head, controlling the parasite while looking for a young figure in the crowd.

Shimura Danzo came back to his senses and frowned involuntarily. The Root Ninjas were still a little inferior to the Blood Limit in terms of strength. He stuck his cane into the ground and quickly formed seals with both hands: "Wind Style. Vacuum Great Ball!"

The whistling wind escape came into contact with the dark green vines, and countless vines fell to the ground as if they were cut off.

Kakashi had no choice but to release Water Dragon Bullet to stop the Wind Style in front of him. The moment the Water Dragon Bullet touched the Vacuum Ball, it was blown away into water splashes. However, this was also the limit of the Vacuum Ball. As soon as it touched the vines, it instantly dispersed.

On the other side, the other three were moving quickly on the cliff. They were only about 150 meters away from the bottom and could already see the white bones on Fukai's body.

"Uncle Shikaku, how long can you control the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki?"

"I have two special flares on me, which can control the opponent twice at most, each time for about 1 second, but the opponent's chakra is too strong. If he wants to break free, I have no other way."

"About one second at a time?"

Nara Shikaku nodded, but before he could explain, Jiraiya, who was still gathering natural energy, spoke.

"Fukai is different from Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Fukai can not only enter the Tailed Beast Mode on his own, but can also release the Tailed Beast Ball. As for what the Tailed Beast Ball is, I think you should have seen it on Yagura."

Chihiro Seto had some ideas about how to deal with Fukai. Since the opponent was not Naruto, she had no way to use ninjutsu like the Parasitic Seed. She could only use violent means to seal the opponent into the red gourd.

"Then I'll go first. Uncle Shikaku, you seize the opportunity and control that guy."