Chapter 342 Liquidation of the Roots
Kakugi and others headed straight in one direction, and the target location was exactly the base of the previous root.
After Danzo's death, Minato issued a hush-hush order to all those who accompanied him. After the news was passed to the third generation, the third generation adopted the same strategy.
Everything is waiting for Minato to return, and then there will be a reckoning with Danzo.
Therefore, during this period of time, the remaining ninjas of the Roots, including those who had joined the Roots before and were related to the Roots, were in a state of constant panic.
Because the seal on their tongues that wipes out the root of evil has disappeared.
Any ninja with some common sense knows what this means.
However, they didn't have any extra moves. Once the basic ninjas with some abilities were basically taken away by Danzo, those left behind were either not suitable for fighting or had low combat effectiveness;
The third generation, who got the news in time, immediately launched ANBU surveillance and watched these guys closely.
These remnants of the Roots, who have lost their backbone, invariably gather at the Roots base every day to pray for the return of the God in their hearts, Lord Danzo.
It was early in the morning, and most of the Root ninjas were trained by orphans who were taken in. They could only stay at the Root base to rest at night.
This makes it easier for Kadomu to do things.
Under Cang's guidance, Kakumu and others successfully entered the gate of the root base.
The door opened, and Kadomu entered first. The next second, Kadomu quickly jumped forward, making room for the people behind him, and at the same time tensed his body.
The sound of the door opening sounded, and the sleeping root ninjas opened their eyes one after another, jumped up, and ran towards the door in unison.
At this point in time, it should be Danzo-sama who has returned!
These root ninjas who were left at home may lack fighting ability, but their loyalty to Danzo cannot be faulted at all.
But when they came to the door, what these people saw was not the adoring Lord Danzo, but a group of unknown ninjas and ANBU ninjas.
The root ninjas almost simultaneously arched their backs and assumed a fighting stance.
"Choke!" The ANBU ninjas who filed in pulled out their sharp blades and stared at these root ninjas, tense for a moment.
For those who didn’t know, they thought they had fallen into an ambush planned by Cang, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
"Wait a minute!" Seeing this, Cang understood that it was his turn to do his mission, and immediately stepped forward, standing in the middle of the two groups, and said in a low but clear voice.
"Danzo-sama has been killed in battle. Before he died, he conveyed to me his will to serve the Fourth Hokage."
"My code name is Ao. This is my signature ninjutsu. I believe many people have seen it." Aang said calmly, and used the signature ninjutsu super beast fake painting as evidence.
A voice so bland that there was no emotion echoed in the Root base, and the Root staff gradually lowered their guard upon hearing it.
Many people had heard of Cang's code name and the secret technique of Super Beast Pseudo-Painting. Coupled with the disappearance of the Tongue Bane Root Seal, everyone immediately believed Cang's evidence.
"Yes!" The root ninjas responded uniformly, and consciously stuffed the pulled kunai sword back.
Just in this chorus of responses, the eyes of the root ninjas showed confusion.
Yes, Lord Danzo has been killed, so where should we "sharp blades" go?
Kazuoki nodded in recognition towards Aoi, took a step forward, and said loudly: "I am Umino Kazuoki, the captain of the Fourth Hokage's Shadow Guard, and I am here to receive the root on the order of Hokage. Please cooperate and accept the necessary review. Don't resist!"
There was a slight panic among the Anbu ninjas, but it soon calmed down automatically. Under the arrangement of Kakugi, everyone began to hand over their weapons to the Anbu in an orderly manner.
Kadomu nodded silently, Danzo was very good at training people's hearts, and most people in the root still recognized Konoha and Hokage.
Although the one they recognized most was definitely Danzo.
Perhaps there are die-hard elements of Danzo among them, but under the current situation, they have to give up resistance.
Kadomu walked to Dragonfly again and discussed with Dragonfly for a while. Dragonfly nodded knowingly.
I saw Dragonfly detached a team to receive the root ninjas, and then led the rest of the ANBU to the right side of the hall under Cang's guidance.
Tsunoki asked A to lead the way, and the group went to the left side of the hall. The two teams split up to search this huge root base.
After a long time, it was early morning.
The remaining ANBU team had already received the root ninjas, but they only asked them to hand over their weapons and did not impose any restrictions.
At this moment, Kakugi led the shadow guards out of the side passage, followed by a long team.
There were more than 400 orphans raised by Roots in the base, and most of them were civilian children from all over the Land of Fire.
The roots teach them to fight and wipe out their emotions. When they grow up, they can become the material of the roots.
Dragonfly on the other side quickly appeared with ANBU, holding various seal scrolls, large and small, as well as many documents.
The two teams met up, shared their findings, and left an ANBU team behind, before evacuating with Kakugi.
Behind him were a long list of root ninjas and orphans being trained.
"It's sloppy. The things at the roots are beyond our imagination. Most of the things are left at the roots. If I had known better, I should have brought more people here."
The dragonfly grumbled at Kakuzu.
"We are considered a surprise attack. The most important thing is to capture the root base first." Kakumu looked at the long string following behind him and felt very headache:
"Take these people to the ANBU quickly and report them to the Hokage. The rest will be left to your ANBU to worry about."
Dragonfly glanced at Kadomu with a resentful look and said no more.
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Kakugi led the Shadow Guards to bring the rescued orphans and root ninjas back to the ANBU and left.
"I also want to report the mission to the Hokage-sama, see you later!"
After Kazuoki finished speaking, he disappeared in a flash.
Only the depressed Dragonfly and the dumbfounded Gengniu were left.
More than five hundred "prisoners" filled the ANBU's cell.
"Well, Captain Gengniu, the whole squadron and I have been up all night..."
Gengniu waved his hand wordlessly and sent Dragonfly and his men to rest, and then began to quickly arrange the ANBU's work.
The dozens of remaining ninjas brought in must be rigorously examined one by one, and the orphans rescued must also be questioned one by one.
There is also the finishing work on the root base, and a large amount of materials are waiting to be received.
Gengniu felt a headache just thinking about it.
As orders were issued one by one, the entire Anbu began to operate at high speed.
When Kakugi returned to the third generation's home with the Shadow Guards, he happened to bump into Uchiha Fugaku walking out of the door.
