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"How's it going? Is it over?"
"Maybe. No one could survive that kind of attack."
Their experience told them that no matter how strong someone was, no one could withstand a simultaneous assault from nearly a hundred elite shinobi.
Yet, they'd seen it with their own eyes.
Uchiha Haru had clearly been bitten and struck down on the spot, but for some inexplicable reason, he had somehow come back—resurrected, alive.
No one was sure if he had truly survived. All eyes were fixed on the center of the battlefield, where he had stood.
But the smoke from the massive explosion was too thick to see through.
Even Uchiha Itachi with his powerful Sharingan, the masked man with Kamui, and several Root operatives equipped with Byakugan could only make out vague outlines—none of them could see clearly.
Suddenly, the masked man moved.
His body began to fade, slipping into the distorted spiral of the Kamui dimension.
Uchiha Itachi and Orochimaru immediately activated the Body Flicker Technique and retreated.
"Scatter!"
"He's alive!"
A Root ninja with Byakugan recoiled, shocked.
"What?!"
All the Root shinobi, even Danzo, were stunned and started to retreat.
But in that moment, the earth beneath their feet erupted.
Countless trees burst from the ground, rising like monstrous serpents. Thick, powerful branches whipped around and coiled upward in a frenzied dance.
Many Root operatives were entangled before they could react, trapped and unable to move.
Some ninjas tried to help their comrades, launching attacks and performing ninjutsu to cut through the branches—but nothing worked. Their efforts were in vain.
Instead, those who tried to help were quickly overwhelmed and trapped as well, the tree trunks binding them tightly.
Seeing this, Danzo quickly ordered a tactical retreat, instructing the remaining Root ninjas to abandon rescue efforts and fall back to a safer position.
The gray smoke at the center of the battlefield slowly began to clear.
Uchiha Haru's figure emerged.
He stood tall and solitary, arms folded behind his back.
His Mangekyō Sharingan glowed crimson, exuding a mesmerizing, almost hypnotic aura.
Around him lay the shattered remains of a colossal wooden dragon—its once indomitable body, like hardened molten iron, was now nothing but debris scattered across the battlefield.
The technique he had used was none other than Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique.
Facing an ambush from nearly a hundred shinobi, even with top-tier taijutsu and reflexes, it was impossible to dodge everything using only the Body Flicker Technique.
The only option was absolute defense.
So he had summoned the legendary technique of the First Hokage—Senju Hashirama's Wood Release: Wood Dragon.
A jutsu that had once subdued even the Nine-Tails.
In Haru's hands, backed by his Kage-level strength, it had withstood the full barrage of Root's combined assault.
A glimmer of satisfaction flickered in Haru's eyes.
In the last simulation, even though he hadn't died from a similar attack, he had suffered injuries.
But now, while the wood dragon was obliterated, he remained completely unharmed.
Only a large amount of chakra had been consumed.
"What?!"
"He's not even injured?!"
"How is that possible?! He took that entire barrage head-on!"
The nearby Root operatives, now positioned on the perimeter, were stunned. Survival was one thing. But to emerge unscathed? That was unthinkable.
Not even Danzo or the current Hokage could do that.
Danzo, the masked man, Orochimaru, and Itachi all wore grim expressions.
Could it be… Izanagi again?
Otherwise, how could he have lived?
It was incomprehensible.
"Don't panic. He must be exhausted. No one can survive that kind of attack without paying a heavy price."
Danzo narrowed his eyes.
Even if someone could do it, it shouldn't be Uchiha Haru.
As the leader of Root, Danzo was familiar with the true titans of the shinobi world.
Like the legendary Senju Hashirama, or Uchiha Madara.
Those were men capable of singlehandedly withstanding attacks from thousands.
But Haru? He was powerful, yes—but not on that level.
"Ordinary Uchiha need to sacrifice a Sharingan to use Izanagi," Itachi added in a cold voice. "The only reason Haru hasn't lost an eye is because Izanagi must be his Mangekyō Sharingan's innate technique."
"But even so, such a powerful eye technique must have limits."
Itachi spoke from personal experience. As one of the few with the Mangekyō Sharingan, he understood the devastating toll its techniques could have.
Tsukuyomi, for example, could backfire if overused.
Overexerting the Sharingan brought irreversible damage.
Haru had already used Izanagi once. To use it again so soon? There had to be consequences.
The masked man's expression remained stoic under his mask, but inwardly, he harbored doubt.
This matter struck close to home.
He too possessed a Mangekyō Sharingan—but not the Eternal version. Yet he could use Kamui frequently with little backlash.
Why? Because he had Hashirama's cells integrated into his body.
Uchiha Haru didn't have those cells… yet he had Wood Release.
Hashirama's Wood Release allowed for automatic healing—chakra-based regeneration that required no hand signs.
Could Haru have inherited the same trait?
He didn't voice the suspicion aloud.
With his Kamui, he could escape at will. Danzo and the others didn't matter to him. He had already obtained what he came for.
Orochimaru, watching from afar, licked his lips.
His cold eyes gleamed with dark, insatiable desire.
Haru's performance thrilled him.
He must have that body.
"Go!"
Danzo raised his hand.
The remaining Root shinobi vanished and reappeared around Haru, encircling him.
Haru didn't hesitate.
He attacked first.
The battlefield was a wasteland of craters and debris, and Haru's speed was like lightning.
Ninjutsu from all directions rained down, carving the earth with explosive force.
But none of them hit him.
"Wood Release: Grafting Technique!"
Long, sharpened wooden thorns burst from Haru's arms.
As he zipped across the battlefield, he launched the thorns with precise aim.
They flew at such speed that most eyes couldn't follow.
One moment they were in Haru's hands, the next—they pierced flesh.
The thorns impaled their targets, then, under Haru's chakra control, expanded from within, erupting outward in grotesque bursts.
Pffft!
Blood sprayed.
One Root ninja was reduced to a spiked corpse in seconds. It didn't even look like he had been stabbed—it looked as if he had grown onto the spikes.
And this wasn't an isolated case.
Haru used elite-level taijutsu and breakneck speed to streak through the battlefield like a ghost.
Everywhere he went—screams and blood followed.
Danzo's face darkened.
All of these Root operatives were personally selected by him.
Loyal.
Trained.
Dead.
His fists clenched in rage.
The masked man's mask couldn't hide his unease.
"Wood Release: Insertion Technique…"
That was his technique.
How did Haru know it?
And he used it better.
Combined with such high-level physical ability, Haru's execution surpassed even his own.
The scene before him stirred up memories he didn't want.
Memories of another battlefield.
Another massacre.
…Of Rin.
"Why aren't you helping?!"
Danzo snapped at him.
But the masked man remained impassive.
Haru was Konoha's problem, not his.
He had already called Orochimaru, already set the extermination of the Uchiha clan into motion.
His role was done.
He had what he needed.
Danzo… meant nothing to him now.
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