Leading Naruto to Destroy the World - Chapter 40
After leaving the Hokage Building, Danzo returned to the Root base.
He was in a perfect mood.
If his calculations were correct, Ryoma should have started his mission by now.
Aburame Ryoma, his most prized left-hand man, a legendary ninja within the Aburame clan who wielded nanotech poisonous insects.
These nanotech-level insects possessed far greater lethality and stealth than ordinary parasitic insects!
With a slight touch, the nanotech insects would invade the enemy’s body, destroying it at the cellular level!
Such an injury was almost impossible to reverse.
Touch it, and you die!
Aburame Ryoma had specially modified his Transformation Jutsu to maximize this terrifying ability.
Even members of Root, skilled in sensory techniques, found it hard to see through his disguise.
With just a casual touch while passing by…
Namikaze Mirai would…
Danzo couldn’t suppress a grin from creeping onto his face.
She was just imagining Mirai, who was strutting around the Hokage Building moments ago, lying dead in an unnoticed alley the next, filled Danzo with uncontainable excitement.
It was almost euphoric…
At that moment, a member of Root came in to report.
“D-Danzo-sama…”
The Root member’s eyes were evasive, his voice trembling with an unusual hint of fear.
“What is it? Has Ryoma returned? Did he complete his mission?”
Danzo asked, still smiling with pride.
It is such a meticulous plan with the touch-and-die nanotech insects. Aburame Ryoma was indeed his most prized subordinate.
Members like him were precisely what Danzo needed.
“No, Ryoma-sama…”
The Root member swallowed hard.
“He failed…”
Failed?!
Danzo’s pupils contracted, his anger flaring.
“Impossible! How could someone with nanotech insects fail? What happened?!”
The reporting Root member mustered his courage and spoke shakily.
“You should see for yourself…”
…
In a concealed room within the Root base, the lifeless body of Aburame Ryoma lay on a wooden board, stripped of his Root uniform, completely naked.
His eye sockets were empty hollow, with dried streaks of purplish-black blood flowing.
His nostrils, ear canals, and mouth were caked with dried purplish-black blood.
This gave him an even more eerie and terrifying appearance…
Danzo stared at Ryoma’s body, his left eye trembling.
It felt like a giant stone was pressing on his chest, making breathing hard.
He stood there, petrified.
“When we arrived, we only found the insect’s body. His entire cellular structure was destroyed, and all the nanotech insects were dead. Additionally, we discovered an unusually high concentration of metal elements in his blood…”
Danzo’s teeth clenched, his eyes bloodshot with rage.
He couldn’t understand!
He couldn’t comprehend!
How could Aburame Ryoma, with his nanotech insects, lose so miserably?!
All the nanotech insects were dead, and even his blood contained high metal levels…
Wait?!
Metal elements???
Danzo’s pupils contracted violently!
It seemed like he suddenly realized something!
“Get back!”
Almost the moment he shouted!
Ryoma’s body on the wooden board suddenly swelled like a rapidly inflating balloon. In the blink of an eye, it had reached its limit!
“Protect Danzo-sama!!!”
The surrounding Root members noticed the violent change.
Having been thoroughly brainwashed, they instinctively rushed to shield Danzo!
The next second!
Boom!!!
The swollen body exploded!
The vicious, bloody slurry splattered everywhere, like a crimson flower blooming in the Root base, its petals engulfing the entire room!
Walls, floors, and even the ceiling were covered in blood!
The entire room turned into a bloody hell!
Danzo’s pupils trembled, shaking violently!
His body was drenched in Ryoma’s blood. A tiny droplet of blood rolled down his bloodstained face, falling onto the similarly stained floor.
“D-Danzo-sama, are you alright?”
A nearby Root member asked, his voice trembling.
This sudden incident had utterly caught them off guard!
“Ahhh!!!! Namikaze Mirai! I will never forgive you!!!”
Danzo’s eyes were bloodshot, his voice filled with hatred echoing through the room.
“Hurry! Get the medical team! Check on Danzo-sama!”
“Where’s the medical team?!”
Root members fell into disarray.
Supporting Danzo out of the room, many members frantically searched for medical ninjas.
Fear and chaos spread from this room.
They couldn’t understand how Namikaze Mirai had done it to this moment!
They had thoroughly examined Ryoma’s body beforehand, and apart from the high concentration of metal in his blood, there were no abnormalities.
In the chaos, the room where Ryoma’s body had been kept was gradually forgotten.
Only the bloodstains on the walls remained, telling the story of the horrific event that had just occurred.
A few minutes later.
The blood on the walls and floor began to change.
At first, just a few patches of silver emerged from the bloodstains. Then, the bright silver increased, forming tiny silver droplets.
Soon, these droplets gathered into streams, converging from all directions.
The silver fluid gathered at the spot where Ryoma’s body had exploded, gradually taking on a humanoid form.
Golden hair, a face strikingly similar to Namikaze Mirai.
Azure eyes scanned the empty room.
“It seems it worked.”
Magnetic Fluid Clone!
After killing Ryoma, Mirai had left behind a backup plan.
A portion of the magnetic fluid had not been reabsorbed. Still, it remained in Ryoma’s blood in its most diminutive form, so the Root members detected an unusually high metal concentration in Ryoma’s blood.
The explosion just now was merely a distraction.
With Root in chaos, it was the perfect time to act!
“Too bad. To avoid detection by Root and leave enough energy for the next plan, I had to limit the explosion’s power…”
Mirai’s eyes showed a hint of regret.
If he had concentrated all the energy on the explosion, he might have killed Danzo directly!
Of course, it was still highly challenging.
Root was Danzo’s stronghold. Even if he were heavily injured, countless medical ninjas would desperately try to save him.
Moreover, Mirai suspected Danzo wasn’t as simple as he appeared.
There might be some unique life-saving ability!
“It’s time to act. With Root in disarray…”
Mirai’s azure eyes flickered slightly.
There would never be a better opportunity!
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