"Aaah… it hurts! My head's splitting!"
As invisible Yin Release chakra seeped into Izayoi, he felt nothing.
Like the ninjutsu scattered by Shinra Tensei, the chakra didn't even reach his body before an unseen rule-based force repelled and shattered it, leaving the caster wracked with backlash.
The agonized scream came from Fu Yamanaka, hidden in the shadows, seizing a chance to seize Izayoi's body to claim his Rinnegan for Lord Danzo.
Izayoi's gaze pierced the dark, locking onto Fu clutching his head, writhing on the ground, eyes bulging. Speechless, Izayoi muttered in his native tongue, "Sha hai."
Using mental Yin Release ninjutsu on an Ōtsutsuki—especially one with the ultimate dojutsu—was a spectacular way to court death.
Beyond taijutsu and rule-based abilities, an Ōtsutsuki's resistances were inhuman.
And that was just his red-tier Ōtsutsuki bloodline.
A pureblood extraterrestrial Ōtsutsuki's resistances could shrug off ninjutsu, even kekkei tōta or divine genjutsu.
That immunity alone would despair ninety-nine percent of ninja.
"Continue with area tactics."
No one heeded Fu's screams.
Danzo Shimura's voice echoed from the dark.
Blended with Wind Release, his words would've eluded detection without Izayoi's Tenseigan and Kagura Shingan.
"Fire Release: Mist Blaze Dance Technique!"
The barrier parted slightly, and four Root members spat clouds of flammable dust, shrouding the interior in haze.
Before the barrier sealed, they bit down, sparks igniting the dust like a fuse, erupting into massive orange-red flames poised to explode.
"Shinra Tensei."
A repulsive storm scattered the dust and flames, slamming the barrier.
This storm's power was staggering.
The barrier ballooned, warping severely.
Though it didn't break, the four casters saw it lurch toward them.
Despite being its creators, the barrier's flames didn't spare them.
Unable to dispel it in time, the four were touched.
"Aaah…"
Screams rang out, and the Four Violet Flames Formation vanished. The storm surged outward, shattering the stone bridge and kicking up thick dust.
The already dim base turned pitch-black, vision null.
Izayoi, about to test the barrier's limits, paused, stunned.
Glancing at the four charred corpses below the broken bridge, he sighed. "What a waste—prime leeks."
Then, as if spotting something, his eyes gleamed.
Without hesitation, he unleashed another storm, repelling invisible nanoscale poisonous insects.
As he landed, colorful ninjutsu rained from all directions.
Like before, they didn't touch him, scattered mercilessly by repulsion.
Root members, aware of this ability's strength, abandoned barriers, turning the ground to swamp with Earth Release and bombarding with ranged ninjutsu, forcing Izayoi to keep using it, gathering intel for Danzo.
"Where are the other squads? Didn't you relay my orders?"
In the dark, Danzo eyed a recovering Fu, questioning.
"I notified everyone. If they're not here, they've met enemies," Fu said, clutching his head in pain. "I sensed several chakra signatures earlier—likely his subordinates. But their chakra's weak. Unless they're picking off squads one by one, they can't match them."
Danzo's expression eased slightly.
Turning to Torune Aburame, who'd failed multiple ambushes, he asked, "Torune, figured it out?"
"Yes, Lord Danzo."
Torune nodded. "His technique is bizarre and powerful, repelling and scattering all ninjutsu with a short cooldown. But it has flaws. To unleash a strong invisible storm, he needs to charge, converting chakra into its nature transformation, during which a green dome appears."
"Instant casts weaken the second blast. Without structures nearby, it's like an enhanced Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, repelling all ninjutsu. A strong physique could withstand it."
"He seems to know this, rarely instant-casting, preferring to charge on the ground or in the air—prime time to strike, but…"
Torune paused.
Fu picked up, eyeing Izayoi 'pinned' by Root's barrage. "His Yin Release chakra is immense. Yamanaka clan secrets don't work—genjutsu likely won't either. To force a mistake, we'd need to stop him from charging and instant-casting, which is impossible."
"And my bugs say his chakra's vast. Draining it with attrition isn't realistic," Torune added.
"Flight, all-purpose offense and defense, an infinitely usable technique, and the summoning of giants—that's the Rinnegan's power?"
Danzo's gaze on Izayoi burned with greed. "The foremost of the three great dojutsu surely holds more than these."
It seems I must act myself.
A tactic formed in Danzo's mind.
Without hesitation, he unwrapped his right eye's bandages and removed the seal on his Sharingan-laden arm, signaling Fu and Torune.
They nodded, flickering away.
Izayoi, playing turn-based games with Root—you attack, I repel; you attack, I repel again—was in high spirits.
Every so often, blue or green beams shot from somewhere, piercing obstacles to merge with him.
Sometimes even purple beams came.
Each beam triggered a system prompt in his mind, and he instantly broke the traits into points.
Points surged—random double, triple, even quadruple digits per leap.
To Danzo and others, Izayoi was suppressed, forced to stand and trade blows.
In truth, Root members were treasures to him, too precious to crush.
When they accidentally killed each other, Izayoi's heart ached, like a penniless man bleeding out.
If Kado was the world's richest tycoon, Root was Izayoi's point jackpot.
Thanks to Danzo's pickiness, every Root member was elite—starting at green-tier Chunin, up to blue-tier Jonin, and purple-tier kekkei genkai wielders.
Few had single traits; most boasted two or three.
Outside, human puppets needed multiple kills for a green trait.
But with Root, nearly every two kills yielded a green, blue, or even double-drop trait.
Such drop rates were unprecedented since Izayoi gained the talent trait system.
For a moment, he felt tears well up.
His golden days had arrived.
Fears of slow upgrades, being outpaced or surpassed in Shippuden, with aliens looming and the ninja world nearing kekkei tōta and divine eras—his anxieties were finally cured.
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