When Izayoi got serious, Root's members stood no chance.
Against his unstoppable gravity and repulsion, they couldn't flee, and all ninjutsu and secret techniques were mercilessly scattered.
Even genjutsu was useless.
Fleeing into the shadows didn't help—they were hunted and killed by human puppets wielding Lightning Release.
Soon, aside from the vegetative Danzo Shimura and one member Izayoi deliberately spared, hidden away, every Root operative was felled by the Kurosuki clan puppets.
As each Root member fell, beams of varying colors shot from their corpses toward Izayoi.
Green, blue, purple…
"Decompose."
"Decompose."
"All decompose…"
Amid the system's relentless prompts, Izayoi chose to break them all down.
His points skyrocketed, reaching—[97,277].
Seeing the tally, Izayoi felt joy tinged with pain.
Joy, because Root alone yielded over 80,000 points, nearly a tenth of an unknown-tier fragment.
Pain, because this was a one-time haul.
Elite forces like Root were rare across the ninja world.
For Izayoi, who could farm traits repeatedly, Root was a money tree sprouting gold.
The ideal approach would've been periodic harvests.
But Izayoi loathed being targeted and had no intention of saving Hiruzen Sarutobi.
To avoid Danzo's gaze, he struck first, eliminating him.
Missing the Konoha Crush would've cost him this perfect chance.
Even a forced kill would've caused a stir.
Though his Transformation Technique was flawless, it couldn't mask his chakra signature, risking exposure.
With bonds in Konoha, Izayoi had no desire for a feared rogue's life.
Signaling, he had the Naka River shadow clone direct puppets to collect Root's corpses, sealing them into large scrolls. Using gravity, Izayoi lifted Danzo and headed off.
Only after Izayoi and the puppets left did heavy breathing echo from a shadow near the ceiling.
After a few breaths, the figure held their breath, not daring to drop their secret technique's disguise.
Escape was unthinkable.
But Izayoi's Deva Path guise, his abilities, and his talk with Danzo were etched in the hidden figure's memory.
Boom—
At a cliff wall linked to the Hokage Rock, Izayoi pressed a hand to it. Repulsive force surged like waves, shattering stone, metal, and seals.
A secret chamber's entrance appeared.
Inside, bookshelves held countless scrolls—large, small, multicolored.
They were divided into intelligence, ninjutsu, and secret technique sections.
No forbidden technique section.
Danzo lacking forbidden scrolls? Izayoi wouldn't believe it.
This was one reason he'd spared Danzo's life—for now.
At the secret technique shelf, Izayoi scanned it, clicking his tongue. "Well, damn. Openly hoarding Yamanaka, Nara, Akimichi, and Aburame clan secrets—something even the Hokage wouldn't dare. Truly 'Lord Danzo'!"
If this chamber were exposed, Danzo would face universal outrage.
Secret techniques were clan-exclusive, not all members even qualifying to learn them—their core heritage.
The foundation of every clan!
Even Hiruzen, as Hokage, wouldn't scheme for these.
This showed Danzo's immense power in Konoha and his audacity.
What the village has, I can take; what it lacks, I possess.
Uprooting this cancer was the right call.
Scanning the shelves, Izayoi found his target.
He plucked a small red scroll labeled "Mind Reading Technique."
"Still haven't awakened the Spirit Orb, so this'll do for now." Izayoi unrolled it, studying.
He swiftly mastered the Yamanaka clan's key interrogation technique.
His ultimate dojutsu's Yin Release chakra and Tenseigan-granted nature transformations made learning any ninjutsu effortless.
Especially with his gold-tier Chakra Control.
This talent, second only to his Tenseigan, was crucial.
Without it, he'd have capped at Ultra Hurricane Linked Spheres or maybe Naruto's Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, not effortlessly fusing two or three natures into ultimate techniques.
If this trait couldn't evolve, once his Ōtsutsuki bloodline hit an unknown tier, he'd upgrade Chakra Control to a red trait next.
"Ninja Art: Mind Reading Technique!"
Placing Danzo on the ground, Izayoi touched his head, Yin Release chakra flooding his brain, extracting memories.
He got what he wanted.
"So they're all at his clan grounds. What a reckless guy." Izayoi muttered, seizing control from a shadow clone. A human puppet drove a blade into Danzo's neck, ending the source of chaos.
A purple and a blue beam shot from Danzo's corpse, merging into Izayoi.
Decomposing them, his points broke 100,000.
Carrying Danzo's body, Izayoi left the chamber, retracing his path, ensuring the hidden figure saw the corpse.
Puppets flickered in, emptying the shelves of scrolls.
Danzo's decades of cultivating elite operatives, hoarding ninjutsu and secrets through ruthless means, and intelligence gathered at the cost of countless spies—all fell to Izayoi.
The Konoha Crush had barely begun, villagers still evacuating, yet half of Konoha's legacy was in Izayoi's hands.
Even Hiruzen's close friend preceded him to the grave.
But it wasn't enough!
Leaving the base, Izayoi glanced at Central Street, lips curling, before flickering away.
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