The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

Then, you can see that these muddy corpses that had originally turned into ice sculptures are actually turning into tiny ice crystals along with the large ice blocks, and then drifting away in the air with the wind.

Ice Escape. The ability to turn ice into crystals is undoubtedly effective on corpses as well. This proves that Cang Si is one step closer to developing Ice Escape into Crystal Escape!

I think the time when Ice Escape can truly achieve all the capabilities of Crystal Escape is not far away.

This is undoubtedly good news for Cang Si.

"It seems to be working well. It's time to go back." Cang Si smiled faintly, then ran towards Konoha without looking back.

Under the moonlight, only the sparkling silver ice crystals are shining brightly in this woods!

Apart from this, there is no trace left here, even

The blood also turned into silver-white ice crystals that floated in the woods.

Chapter 408 The Third Hokage Takes the Blame

The time when Soji left Konoha with the original Root team was around 12 o'clock in the evening, and when he returned, it was only 2 o'clock in the morning.

In other words, including the time spent on the journey, it only took two hours.

This efficiency is already quite high!

With Cang Si's strength, he came back at this time without alarming anyone.

No one would have thought that in such a short period of time, Cang Si not only wiped out a team from the original root, but also obtained the desired information.

After returning to the village, Cang Si did not choose to go home to sleep immediately, but quietly lurked near the original root base.

He came here with only one purpose, which was to return something.

"I think when Danzo discovers these masks, his expression will be quite interesting. I'm really looking forward to it." At this moment, Cang Si had an expression of watching a good show on his face.

The place where he was hiding was in a dark corner.

Here, as long as Souji doesn't make too much noise, he won't attract the attention of Danzo and the former Root team members.

Thinking of Danzo's angry look, Souji now held a dozen masks in his hands.

These are the masks that belonged to the original Root members and that Souji took off their faces before disposing of their bodies!

After putting down the masks belonging to the former Root members in his hands, Cang Si quietly placed a detonating talisman not far away.

"Done, call it a day, time to go back to sleep! Danzo, I hope you like this gift I gave you." Cang Si had a sly smile on his face and thought excitedly in his heart.

Afterwards, Cang Si turned around and walked towards his home without stopping.

After finishing all the work, it was only 2:30 in the morning, which was enough time for Cang Si to go back and take a nap.

Anyway, he didn't have anything else to do, so even if he slept until noon, no one would come to disturb him.

Unless Cang Si had a request, or there was something important that needed his attention, the servants in the house would not do such an inconsiderate thing.

"burst!"

Of course, after Cang Si returned home, he directly detonated the detonating talisman that was posted near the original root base!

Then, Cang Si fell asleep directly.

What happened later had nothing to do with him anymore. The people who should be busy and worried were Danzo and the Root, not him as a member of the Hyuga clan's main family!

Even if Danzo and the Root tried their best, they would never have guessed that the person who did this was Hyuga Soji.

As for the information that Cang Si obtained from the mind of the former Root Team Leader, it has no use for the time being.

It is worth mentioning that after the former captain of the Root Division discovered Cang Si's identity at the beginning, he actually wanted to take away Cang Si's Byakugan.

For Danzo and the Root, they were in urgent need of a ninja from the Hyuga clan.

They didn't want to recruit members of the Hyuga branch family, and members of the main family disdained to join the Root.

However, Danzo did not dare to take any action against the small number of main members of the Hyuga clan.

I finally found an opportunity to force Cang Si to join the Root, but unfortunately, I failed in the end.

Therefore, Danzo has basically given up the idea of ​​finding a member of the Hyuga clan to join the Root.

However, late at night, outside the village, he met a member of the main Hyuga clan, and the former Root team leader became interested.

That is to kill Cang Si who knows the secret of their roots, and then take away Cang Si's white eyes.

In this case, even if they don't have any Hyuga ninjas at their root, as long as they have the Byakugan, everything will remain the same!

In other words, what Danzo and the Root needed from beginning to end was only the Byakugan, not members of the Hyuga clan!

The former captain of the Root team had a good idea. He believed that if he did this, Lord Danzo would definitely support him.

Unfortunately, the biggest mistake he made was to underestimate Cang Si's strength!

Cang Si is not someone he can make plans for.

in.

The price of doing so is the lives of all of them.

After Cang Si fell asleep, the deserted Yuangen Base on the other side suddenly became very lively! ..

"boom"

The loud explosion caused Danzo, who was already a light sleeper, to immediately jump out of bed.

"What happened outside?" Danzo asked in a low voice outside the room where he was resting.

As soon as he asked the question, he had already walked to the corner of the room and lit a candle there.

The faint candlelight brought a glimmer of light to this simple bedroom with only a bed.

Not long after the candlelight was lit, a black shadow half-crouching on the ground suddenly appeared outside the bedroom.

"Master Danzo, a detonating tag that was placed there by someone unknown exploded less than ten meters away from the base." A former Root member outside the bedroom reported to Danzo respectfully.

"Did you catch the person?" Danzo asked in a bad tone.

It's late at night, and no one would be in a good mood if they were to be treated like this.

Although Danzo was only in a light sleep, he was still resting after all. It was good enough that he didn't fly into a rage after being frightened for no reason.

“No, when we heard the explosion and rushed over, the sensing ninja didn’t find any suspicious people around.

Therefore, I infer that it is highly likely that someone detonated the detonator from a distance."

Although this former root member said it was a high probability, from his tone, he was quite certain!

"Were there any casualties?" The casualties that Danzo was referring to were his own men. As for the lives and deaths of other people in the village, what did it have to do with him?

For Danzo, only the Third Hokage and a few other friends are still in his heart.

"No, even our base was not affected by any aftermath of the explosion." The former root member continued to report.

Hearing this, Danzo's expression relaxed a lot, and he was no longer as bad as when he just woke up.

"Besides this, are there any other discoveries?" Since the roots were not affected, there was nothing to worry about for Danzo.

However, what the former Root members said next directly sent Danzo from heaven to hell!

"Lord Danzo, we found 17 masks near the explosion site, and the owners of these 17 masks may be the Root A team that just left the village tonight." After a pause, the former Root member answered relatively seriously.

Although he felt that this was not a possibility, but a certainty.

But after all, I am only responsible for reporting. I'd better leave the analysis to Lord Danzo.

"What did you say? The 17 masks found at the scene came from the Root Armor Squad?" Danzo, who had been very calm, raised his voice and asked back.

Then, without waiting for his men to answer, he opened the door and walked out.

Originally, if nothing serious happened, Danzo was going to continue resting.

But now that such a big thing has happened, it is only right and reasonable for him to personally inquire about and handle it.

If the source of those 17 masks is indeed the Root Armor Squad, then it means that his men have lost a quarter of their strength!

This loss is second only to the time when Danzo led a group of Root ninjas to the Rain Country to seek cooperation from Hanzo.

On that occasion, Nagato turned evil, and the three Root teams led by Danzo were completely wiped out, causing him to remain silent for several years, licking his wounds silently.

But after that loss, because the root structure was still there, it only took some time for him to make up for it.

But this time it’s different. The root organization has never been restored after it was cancelled.

After the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze passed away, Danzo actually looked for the Third Hokage and wanted to restore the Root organization.

But the Third Hokage thought of the previous Jonin meeting, where almost 90% of the Jonins were in favor of abolishing the Root organization, which made him feel hesitant.

So, after thinking it over again and again

, the Third Hokage still rejected Danzo's proposal.

Therefore, if a team's core members are really lost at once this time, there will be no channel for replenishment.

How could Danzo not be anxious when he thought of these things?

"I can only say that this possibility is very high. However, it ultimately needs to be confirmed by you, Lord Danzo." The former Root member followed Danzo who was walking in front and said respectfully.

Although there was still room for ambiguity in the words of this former Root member, Danzo knew in his heart that since the other party said so, it was most likely confirmed.

After pondering for a while, Danzo said with a gloomy face: "Where are those masks? Bring them to me."

Now, Danzo can only hope for an almost impossible accident.

"Yes, Lord Danzo!"

"call out"

After responding respectfully, the original root member left in a flash.

Not long after, he came back to Danzo, half-knelt on the ground, raised his hands high, and handed the masks to Danzo.

Picking up a mask, Danzo basically just took a look at it, then touched it, and he had already confirmed his guess in his mind.

The owners of these masks were none other than the Root Armor Squad that he had sent out a few hours ago to reveal frontline intelligence to Kumogakure!

"Click"

"Bastard! Who on earth could have slaughtered a Root squad of my men silently!" Danzo whispered with a sinister look on his face.

At the same time, he exerted force with his right hand and directly crushed one of the masks into pieces!

"boom"

Danzo, not satisfied, even slammed his cane heavily on the wooden floor.

He really couldn't imagine who could do this.

Danzo knew very well how powerful the combat capability of a Root team under his command was.

Even though he is a team leader, his strength is just that of an ordinary jonin.

But it is no exaggeration to say that if the members of a Root team cooperate well, they have a good chance of winning even against an elite jonin.

Even if 10,000 troops retreat, the entire army will not be wiped out. There should always be a few people who can escape and report the news.

And in Konoha, how many people have the strength above the elite jonin? It's not an exaggeration to say that they are rare, right?

But the current outcome is that all of his Root A squad members have died.

Why do you say that?

Because Danzo saw that there was a pool of blood inside each mask.

If the bloodstains were on the outside of the mask, it could be said to be the blood of the enemy killed, but this is on the inside, could the enemy have spit blood into it?

This is pure nonsense!

Therefore, there is only one conclusion, that is, the owner of these bloodstains is the owner of the mask!

After reaching this conclusion, there is no need to guess anymore, the members of Root A Squad are definitely in danger.

"It's definitely not the elite jonin who can do all this, only the Kage-level strongmen can do it! And even if I count, Konoha only has three Kage-level strongmen now.

Uchiha En is on the front line in the Land of Hot Springs, and it’s impossible for me to be there.

In that case, there is only one person who meets this condition."

The more he thought about it, the closer Danzo felt he was to the real answer.

"Hiruzen, did you do all this? Was this your warning to me? Why? Why do you have to protect those damned Uchiha clan?