"Finally here? Made this old man wait quite a while!"
Danzo noticed the flying boulders instantly, narrowing his eyes.
Dodging the attack, Danzo landed on the ground alongside two Root ninjas.
The moment one of them touched down, he pulled out a flare from his pocket and shot it into the sky.
Saitama stood dozens of meters ahead of Danzo and the others, silently watching that Root ninja's move without any attempt to stop him.
Arms crossed, a cool breeze made his short hair flutter while the Black Cloak Bearing Red Clouds swayed gently with the wind.
Standing tall atop a tree branch, Saitama made no attempt to hide himself.
"You..." Danzo spotted Saitama standing there the moment he landed, frowning deeply.
Clearly, he recognized Saitama.
"Lord Danzo, you really have a noble status with a forgetful mind!" Saitama mocked as he pushed off the branch, landing gracefully and slowly walking toward Danzo.
"Uchiha… Saitama!" Emotions surged across Danzo's aged face, shifting rapidly.
Glad you still have me in your memory! Saitama looked behind Danzo. His sensory abilities detected approaching chakra signatures—clearly, backup hidden by Danzo.
Unexpected. I didn't think you'd survive even after such a desperate situation! Danzo muttered darkly, his left hand slowly unwrapping the bandages around his right arm.
"Hold him back!" Glancing sideways, Danzo ordered the two beside him.
The two individuals next to Danzo weren't wearing masks; however, one had large sunglasses covering most of his face, and the other had his entire face wrapped in bandages, with only his eyes visible.
"Yes sir!" Both nodded, stepping forward to confront Saitama.
Danzo, you're still so naive?
Glancing at the advancing shinobi, Saitama quickly figured them out.
That sunglasses-wearing ninja was likely a bug user from the Aburame clan, seemingly not weak either.
Smiling faintly, Saitama kept approaching Danzo, gradually speeding up.
Crackling arcs of electricity danced across his body. Saitama remained expressionless but fixed his gaze firmly onto Danzo.
"Engage!" The two shinobi exchanged glances before charging forward together.
As the sunglasses-wearing ninja crossed paths with the other ninja mid-advance, he tore off his upper clothing.
Saitama's Sharingan flared to life immediately. He saw dark patterns spread across the enemy's upper torso—like a pitch-black armor.
Insects? Seriously? Saitama thought about someone from past events—a Root ninja named Torune Aburame.
However, that person was clearly still a child now, probably somewhere playing bugs with Shino.
Torune Aburame's insects were already strong, microscopic bugs capable of directly destroying human cells.
The bugs this ninja used appeared similar. Squinting, Saitama increased his chakra output and focused further on the enemy.
Under the scrutiny of the Sharingan, Saitama confirmed the half-body swarm of nanoscale toxic insects covering the ninja.
Spreading through the body like a virus, it could instantly kill upon contact with an enemy.
"Somehow intriguing!" Saitama showed no concern and charged straight ahead.
[Wind Release – Vacuum Sphere]
Another ninja spat out several giant transparent spheres from his mouth toward Saitama at roughly ten meters away.
Swish! Saitama stopped short and leaned sideways, narrowly dodging the attack.
As he evaded the technique, Saitama reached beneath his coat with his right hand, grasping the hilt of his sword. Then he sprang forward, charging straight at the enemy.
Crackle! Electric Shock surrounded the blade, flashing with blinding light as he drew a smooth arc midair with one hand.
Saitama narrowed his eyes as the enemy entered his striking range.
Swish! The blade sliced through the air like tearing space itself, leaving a black line behind.
"So fast!" Thought the Wind Release-using ninja, but he still charged recklessly at Saitama as if disregarding life and death!
Zzt! With Thunderous Power surging, Saitama drove the blade into the enemy's abdomen, yet didn't stop moving.
Instantly after being struck, the enemy firmly grabbed the sword and forced it even deeper while pushing closer to Saitama himself.
[Secret Arts – Poison Layer Technique]
From behind, another enemy emerged, hands clasped together before his mouth.
Following his movement, a thick cloud of purplish-black dust spewed from his lips, spreading toward both Saitama and the Root Ninja.
It was clear — even allies were expendable if they could help achieve their goal.
Saitama ignored the pierced ninja whose body was already numb from electricity, incapable of further action.
Zzt! Tremendous force surged from the hilt, flipping over the opponent who tried to restrain Saitama on the spot, splitting open his gut. The ninja's body began to tear apart violently.
Swish! Saitama hurled his sword toward Danzo, who stood aside unwrapping bandages.
"Die!" The poison mist had already reached Saitama. The previously flipped ninja's body made contact, showing varying levels of corrosion across his surface.
It looked as if countless bugs were gnawing his flesh, quickly exposing bones which immediately turned black and began eroding.
"Agh..." Letting out a few screams of agony, the ninja soon lost all signs of life.
Swish! Remaining still, Saitama transformed into a blue-white light just as the toxic fog arrived, vanishing instantly.
"What?!" Expecting a successful strike, the ninja suddenly found Saitama gone.
A chill ran down his spine as an intense sense of danger arose behind his head.
He spun around—only to meet a blade crackling with blue-white electricity.
Danzo leaped backward the moment Saitama threw his sword, yet in the next second, Saitama appeared beside the blade.
Catching the weapon, Saitama didn't pursue; instead, he swung it toward the Aburame clan member.
[Lightning Flash Technique]
Danzo's face darkened, clearly not anticipating that Saitama could actually use this space-time ninjutsu known by only a handful of people across the entire ninja world.
He thought back to that night when the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was born — the ninja who had infiltrated the Hokage Building and stolen the Scroll of Seals.
The mastery of Lightning Release! And the possession of the Sharingan!
Everything about that person matched perfectly with Saitama. A thousand thoughts raced through Danzo's mind at once.
Zzzzt! With power beyond ordinary comprehension, Saitama cleaved his blade across the enemy ninja's neck, who wore an expression of pure terror.
Hsssh! Blood burst out violently as the swarm of insects covering his torso suddenly dropped lifelessly, like leaves from a tree.
Thump! A complete human head hit the ground. Danzo's eyes narrowed while a smile crept across his face.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dozens of figures came rushing over at once, each wearing the uniform attire of Root ANBU.
"Lord Danzo!"
As soon as everyone landed, they formed a protective circle around Danzo, all turning their attention to Saitama standing beside the two corpses.
Many among them didn't recognize Saitama himself, but they recognized the Sharingan in his eyes.
"He's a master of Lightning Release! He wields the [Flying Thunder God Technique], performs Uchiha secret arts, and his Sharingan has surpassed the Three-Tomoe stage into its ultimate form!"
Danzo quickly summarized Saitama's capabilities, prompting everyone to raise their alertness significantly.
"Put up a barrier now! Don't let him escape!"
Danzo flexed his right hand slightly, revealing a Three-Tomoe Sharingan embedded within his right eye.
Three Three-Tomoe Sharingan eyes were implanted along his pale forearm.
In this life, with Minato Namikaze in power, Danzo's access to Sharingan eyes had sharply declined, yet he still managed to obtain what he needed from various other sources.
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