novelraw Chapter 376 Danzo: Hyuga Kumokawa! It's you!!
Chapter 376 Danzo: Hyuga Kumokawa! It's you!!
Chapter 376 Danzo: Hyuga Kumokawa! It's you!!
Thud! Thud thud!
The sound of breaking ground was deafening!
The black tree is growing and spreading extremely fast, and has already begun to affect nearby residential areas!
More and more villagers were awakened by the huge noise and terrifying sight, and fled their houses in terror, crying and trying to get away from the eerie black trees that devoured people!
The patrolling ninjas of Konoha also appeared on the rooftops, their expressions filled with shock and disbelief at the horrific scene. One of them screamed, "Quick! Go report to the Hokage!"
"Damn it! What kind of monster is that at the bottom of that pit?"
The two wooden figures glanced behind them and saw that the tree roots, like a persistent carbuncle, kept sprouting from the ground, retracting, and then sprouting again from an even closer distance.
Her sharp claws swung repeatedly, slicing the approaching tree roots to pieces, but the severed roots would instantly regenerate into even more, seemingly endless, which made her face extremely pale.
This is Konoha, and she and Huang Tu and the others dared not use any large-scale destructive methods, so they were restrained.
The rampant tree roots were about to entangle them.
Just then...
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Several sharp, unparalleled sounds of air being torn apart suddenly came from high above!
The next moment, several condensed, almost tangible, bluish-white wind blades descended from the sky!
As the wind swept past, the black tree roots that had been chasing each other were cleanly severed, and a thick, foul-smelling red sap sprayed from the cuts.
Huang Tu, the two Yukito, Kisame and the others felt a chill and immediately looked up in the direction from which the wind blades were coming.
Under the cool moonlight, a figure floated silently in the air.
Clad in a white divine robe, with white wings spreading behind her, and wearing a conical hat, a pair of calm and beautiful eyes can be vaguely seen in the shadows beneath the hat.
—It is Hinata Kumokawa!
He lowered his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping over the wildly growing black forest below, and the deformed entity in the center of the forest that was still roaring.
Below him, several masked ninjas quickly arrived at the scene, spreading out on the surrounding rooftops and high points.
However, what they saw before them made even these elite ninjas gasp in shock.
Dark, writhing trees; a torn earth; the stench of burning and blood filling the air; and...
Those gruesome, mutilated corpses hanging from black branches!
Besides the people whose white lab coats were stained with blood, there were also some people wearing masks that looked like those of the Dark Guard!
"Those are people from the Root?" someone blurted out instinctively.
Almost the instant the identity of the corpse was recognized, the hearts of all the members of the Dark Guard sank!
If those who died were Root ninjas, then...
Their gazes involuntarily turned to the center of the black forest, to the grotesque creature entangled by countless black roots, its shape twisted and terrifying, their eyes filled with astonishment and fear.
Upon closer inspection, despite its distorted and grotesque appearance, they still recognized the "monster" as it was.
A chilling, unbelievable, yet seemingly the only answer, conjecture surfaced in the minds of all those in the shadows.
However, the three-tomoe Sharingan radiating an eerie red light, and the other cold and empty Byakugan, were incredibly dazzling at this moment.
"Shimura Danzo?!" A trembling voice uttered the name.
"His eyes, Byakugan and Sharingan, how could they be..." another person's voice was hoarse.
And these trees...
Could this be... Wood Release?!
The hellish scene before my eyes, combined with the corpses wearing Root masks and white lab coats, and the Sharingan and Byakugan simultaneously present on the monster's face...
These clues quickly connected in the minds of the members of the Dark Division, and a chilling yet incredibly clear "truth" had surfaced.
The Anbu members present, as the Hokage's direct elite, had access to a large number of sealed confidential files.
Several years ago, the village's higher-ups secretly conducted a "Wood Release experiment" in an attempt to recreate the power of the First Hokage. Although it was listed as a taboo and sealed away, they were all well aware of it.
However, they never expected that Danzo Shimura was still conducting forbidden experiments that had long been prohibited!
Moreover, this madman was so depraved as to use the experiments on himself?!
Do not!
That's far from all!
The monster before them possessed not only Hashirama cells, but also the Sharingan that should have belonged to the Uchiha clan, and the Byakugan that belonged to the Hyuga clan!
"This madman..." a member of the ANBU ninja squeezed out the words through clenched teeth, his voice trembling slightly with shock and anger.
He stole the bloodline limit of his fellow villager's family and forcibly implanted it into his own body.
This is no longer just a matter of violating the village's prohibitions!
This is the most thorough and insane trampling on village order and even ethics!
The ANBU ninjas' undisguised disgust and anger pierced Danzo's brain like countless red-hot steel needles.
The fear he felt due to his own mutation was now intertwined with anger, almost completely threatening to devour his reason.
No! This shouldn't be happening!
I have endured so much pain and gained so much power!
I was meant to be the one who reigns supreme!
Why are you looking at me like that?!
Just then, Hyuga Kumokawa, who was suspended in the air, finally spoke.
"Shimura Danzo." He looked down at the deformed Shimura Danzo below, like a god scrutinizing a fallen creation. "Look at yourself. What have you done?"
Being looked down upon by Hyuga Kumokawa in such a condescending manner filled Danzo with an intense sense of humiliation.
This shouldn't be happening!
Where is the problem?
Crazy thoughts flashed through his chaotic mind.
Suddenly, something he considered his last trump card appeared like a lifeline.
Oh, right! White eyes! I've already had white eyes transplanted!
I can control Hyuga Kumokawa! I can even control Hyuga Kumokawa!
Like a drowning man grasping at a straw, Danzo desperately tried to activate the chaotic and enormous chakra within his body.
Around his Byakugan, countless ferocious blue veins instantly burst open, his gaze fixed intently on Hyuga Kumokawa in the air.
He frantically sensed the "Caged Bird" curse mark that was firmly established and imprinted deep within the soul of the Hyuga branch family!
however……
No!
Empty!
He couldn't sense the "Caged Bird" curse mark on Hinata Kumokawa at all!
Danzo was stunned; his immense astonishment even temporarily overwhelmed his anger.
Why not?
How could that be? There isn't one?
He looked into Hinata Kumokawa's eyes, and in the shadow of his straw hat, his calm eyes clearly reflected his hideous and ugly appearance.
There was a hint of mockery in those eyes that only Danzo could see.
In an instant, Danzo felt a chill that went straight to his bones.
Is that you?
It's you!
Hinata Kumokawa, you must have tampered with my experiment! You're the one who turned me into this grotesque mess?!
The anger of being fooled and tricked overwhelmed Danzo instantly, causing his reason to snap completely.
He wanted to roar and question Hinata Kumokawa, but all that came out of his mouth was a more hoarse, twisted, resentful and inhuman roar!
"roar!!"
With his roar, the entire black forest seemed to feel his fury.
Countless thick, sharp black trees and roots suddenly sprouted from the ground in all directions, stabbing wildly at the figure in the air, trying to tear him apart and devour him completely!
Faced with this overwhelming attack, Hyuga Kumokawa hovered in the air, his wings fluttering slightly. The mockery in his eyes turned into indifference, and his wings slowly folded behind him...
呲!
(I'm going for a physical exam tomorrow, so I need to go to bed early tonight. I don't know when I'll finish the exam tomorrow, so updates might be a little late, as shown in the picture below, lol)
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