Chapter 052: What!? The Root Base Has Collapsed?

*Puff*

*Puff*

*Puff*

The flowing blood gathered into a river in the narrow paths of the Root Base, and the severed body parts sank and floated in the bloody river.

The air was filled with an extremely strong smell of blood. The Root members who were known to have no emotions were so frightened that they were trembling and retreating. But the blood on the soles of their shoes made them slip, making some of them tripped by their dead companions and fell into the sticky blood river.

"Damn it! Is this guy really a human?"

"How can we defend against something like this?!"

There was no expression on Mirai's face, only endless coldness.

He understood Naruto's pain very well. In this alien world where he had no other relatives left, Naruto was his only family member, his dear nephew, and as his uncle, he would obviously save him.

Mirai clenched his fist and,

*Boom*

The whole underground Root base suddenly trembled, and countless metal structures penetrated the walls of the base.

A large number of Root members that had no time to dodge were instantly pierced through by the metal structures.

The fleeing Root members were also soon pierced through by them from bottom to top, hanging in the passage like a string of bacon.

This continued, leaving countless corpses which were pierced through, hung on the steel structures in the entire corridor.

No one survived.

Mirai accelerated and rushed forward. The steel structures that pierced the Root members along the way made way to form a passage under Mirai's control.

…

At that same time.

The laboratory in the deepest part of the root base.

"Trash! A bunch of trash! What use do you even have?!"

Danzo angrily knocked the ground with his crutches.

These Root members of the sealing team he carefully selected couldn't even solve the silver object on Naruto's body.

"We have tried everything Danzo-sama, but this thing is too stubborn."

The members of the sealing team explained with a trembling voice.

They tried many methods.

But the silver thing seemed to have no form. Even if it was wrapped with a seal scroll, it would quickly penetrate through the gaps and return to Naruto's body.

Naruto, who was protected by this thing, was like an iron lump. No matter how hard they tried, no matter how many ways they used, it was useless.

Seeing that the sealing team could not do anything any time soon, Danzo began to get anxious.

'What did Namikaze Mirai do?'

'How did he come up with this kind of thing to protect the Jinchūriki?'

"No more delay! Start planting the [Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal] directly!"

Danzo gritted his teeth and ordered.

The reason why he wanted to get this silver thing down was to ensure that there were no errors in the process of planting the [Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal].

The behavior logic of this thing was very simple, it killed everyone who tried to harm Naruto.

But now, there was no more time to solve this thing now.

'If I planted the curse seal by myself, there would be risks.'

'Konoha still needs me!'

'So, someone else needs to do it!'

His eyes stopped at the Root members of the sealing team, and he said in an unquestionable tone.

"You guys, use the method I taught you to put the [Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal] on the Jinchūriki!"

The members of the sealing team looked at each other, but no one stepped forward for a while.

"Hurry up! Can't you even hear my orders?"

Hearing this, the sealing team members had to bite the bullet and move forward.

They naturally knew the risks involved. When they tried to seal that silver thing, several of their team members had been killed by that thing.

But as ninjas of Root, if they disobeyed Danzo's orders.

Their end would even be worse than death.

Danzo showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

This kind of curse seal was not difficult to use. The sealing team members who were proficient in sealing techniques could quickly plant it on the Jinchūriki.

'Even if there is protection from that silver thing, so what?'

'They can go and plant it one by one!'

'If one dies, the next one will continue.'

There would always be a time when he would succeed.

At that time, the life and death of the Jinchūriki would depend on his mind.

Danzo once again fantasized his bright future, and his scarred face showed an ugly smile.

At that moment, the door of the laboratory was opened and a panicked voice sounded.

"Danzo-sama! It's not good!"

The reporting Root member interrupted his fantasy.

"What's going on? Didn't I give the order? Don't come to disturb me!"

Danzo said impatiently.

The Root member swallowed his saliva, as if he recalled something extremely terrifying, and his voice trembled a little.

"Our defense line is constantly being breached, and Namikaze Mirai is about to arrive here!"

'What?!'

The smile on Danzo's face froze, and his left eye was filled with shock and disbelief.

"How could it be so fast?"

"There are hundreds of Root members in the base! What are they doing?!"

The reporting Root member felt bitter in his heart.

'If you go out and take a look.'

'You won't ask this question.'

No matter how many ninjas there were, they couldn't stop Mirai. The Root base had long been turned into a purgatory on earth.

If he hadn't ran fast, he might not have lived to report this.

Just when the two were talking.

*Boom*

The entire Root Base suddenly shook violently. Danzo immediately held the laboratory equipment beside him, stabilized his body, and looked up in shock at the falling debris and dust from the ceiling.

A chill rose in his heart.

The location of this laboratory was the deepest part of the entire Root base. If even here could feel this level of tremor.

'I'm afraid the situation outside is already very bad!'

"Namikaze Mirai, how strong are you..."

There was a hint of fear in Danzo's eyes.

Breaking into the Root base alone, but the entire Root couldn't do anything to him.

He suddenly realized what a terrifying existence he had gotten into his lair.

His plan was too ideal.

'The roots that I have worked so hard to build might be destroyed today.'

'No!'

'There is one last hope!'

He turned his head, his eyes stared at Naruto who was surrounded by silver tentacles.

…

Hokage Office.

Hiruzen, who was smoking with his tobacco pipe, suddenly noticed a slight vibration in the ground, and a few dust particles fell from the ceiling.

His brows furrowed slightly.

"Earthquake?"

'Why did an earthquake occurred so suddenly?'

'As far as I remember, Konoha doesn't seem to be in an earthquake zone, right?'

'Normally, we won't encounter an earthquake without detecting any signs.'

Just when he was surprised, an Anbu member appeared beside him.

The voice sounded a little shaken.

"Something bad has happened, Hokage-sama."

"What happened?"

Hiruzen, who was thinking about the source of the earthquake, didn't notice his urgency.

After experiencing several blows from Mirai, he had developed a steady heart.

"It's the Root, something happened to the Root!"

'Root?'

'Something happened in Danzo's base?'

Hiruzen looked startled. It seemed that the source of the earthquake was in the direction of the Root base.

He quickly grasped the connection.

"Speak quickly! What's wrong with the Roots?"

The Anbu member who reported the report swallowed.

"The entire Root base collapsed..."

*Bang*

The tobacco pipe in his mouth fell away and fell onto the Hokage's desk.

Hiruzen's eyes were dull for a moment.

'W-what?!'

'The Root base has collapsed?'

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