The chakra of the five elemental releases clashed against each other, their turbulence exceeding the critical energy threshold, and exploded violently!
The explosion wasn't a Fire Release explosion, but a non-elemental explosion caused by elemental conflict.
After the initial blast, the flames, water waves, lightning spears, flying rubble, and hurricane from the five elemental techniques were scattered by the explosion, forming shockwaves of varying properties.
Yōkō was stunned; he had greatly underestimated the power of the Five Elements Unrivalled Attack.
This technique, which Sarutobi Hiruzen considered his trump card, actually had such unique destructive capabilities.
Truly worthy of an S-rank ninjutsu. This explosion was comparable to a small Tailed Beast Bomb, wasn't it?
The Root ninja swallowed by the explosion had no ability to resist.
Even those who occasionally used some clone or substitution technique found their true selves submerged anyway due to the sheer scale of the blast.
The canyon's special terrain made the explosion erupt like it was inside a jar, amplifying its power.
A long time later, the explosion ended.
The mountain walls on both sides of the canyon collapsed with a roar.
Danzo stood panting on the water surface, looking up at the Spiral White Zetsu atop the waterfall.
Mutilated corpses were washed downstream by the waterfall current, floating past Danzo's feet.
Yōkō thought to himself, the "Pot Shadow" is still a Shadow after all; even an S-rank forbidden technique couldn't kill Danzo.
However, Danzo's Root was crippled.
Including Hei, 5 coded members, and over a dozen Root trainees, were all dead.
Internal conflict within Konoha had always been like this.
Who didn't know how to be ruthless?
Danzo's bandages fell away, revealing a spent Sharingan underneath.
Yōkō thought, Izanagi again? Just how many collections did Danzo have?
If the Uchiha weren't wiped out soon, it felt like Danzo's collection wouldn't be enough.
"Danzo, if Lord Madara were here, you would already be dead.
Anyone who tries to destroy Lord Madara's statue, I, Sarutobi Kanenosuke, will never let you off lightly!"
Danzo was dumbfounded, standing there stunned, so much so that his mouth quickly went dry, and he swallowed with difficulty.
Sarutobi... Sarutobi Kanenosuke?
A rogue ninja from the Sarutobi clan had joined Uchiha Madara?
The four shadow clones burst, turning into white smoke that scattered horizontally in the wind.
Yōkō's figure slowly sank, submerging into the water.
Danzo was too shocked, causing his reaction to be half a beat slow.
"Vacuum Bullets!"
Danzo spat out over a dozen Vacuum Bullets from his mouth, which flew towards the top of the waterfall like bullets.
However, Sarutobi Kanenosuke had long since disappeared.
Ten minutes later, Yōkō appeared beneath the izakaya.
After sealing the spiral mask, Yōkō went to the front of the shop.
"Yūka, get me a bottle of sake!"
Yōkō was in a very good mood.
Appearing here now could create an alibi.
No one could possibly travel from the Valley of the End to Konoha Village in ten minutes, pass through the village's barrier, and drink here right under the noses of the sensory ninja in the village wall watchtowers.
Yōkō lifted a corner of his mask and quickly downed an entire bottle.
It wasn't until an hour later that Yōkō heard a special bird call.
Yōkō went outside the izakaya and identified it as the distinctive long and short calls of a ninja hawk.
It was the Anbu's emergency assembly call!
Konoha Jōnin looked up one after another at the Anbu ninja hawk, wondering what major event had happened in the Anbu to require a full assembly.
Yōkō Body Flickered away, putting on his Anbu mask on the way.
When he reached the entrance to the Anbu base, he saw that Yellow Dog had already assembled most of the Anbu.
Except for the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki monitoring squad, all the Anbu in the village were here.
Purple Cat handed him the squad leader's white hooded robe, which Yōkō put on.
He looked towards the Yak Squad and saw White Crane.
White Crane was currently shrinking behind Yak, her eyes terrified behind her mask.
Yellow Dog beckoned to the Fox, and Yōkō quickly went over.
"Weren't you suspicious that there might be a base of Uchiha Madara's in the Valley of the End? For some reason, Advisor Danzo learned of this intelligence first.
I did not report this matter to Advisor Danzo.
He took Root and the trainees to the Valley of the End and encountered Uchiha Madara's subordinate.
The result..."
Yellow Dog thought about the Five Elements Unrivalled Attack used by Uchiha Madara's subordinate and found it utterly absurd.
He hadn't even mastered the Five Elements Unrivalled Attack himself, so why would Uchiha Madara's subordinate know the Third Hokage's signature technique?
That was an S-rank forbidden technique created by the Third Hokage himself.
"The result wasn't good?"
Yellow Dog said, "The result was very bad. Root was almost completely wiped out. Only Advisor Danzo and Kō, who didn't go, are still alive."
"That's terrible..."
Yōkō thought to himself, this is just too tragic.
The Jōnin Commander, Nara Rokaku, suddenly appeared via Body Flicker.
"Yellow Dog, the Hokage has already headed to the village gate. The Anbu are to set out now."
"Understood, Lord Rokaku."
At the village gate, Yōkō saw Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Orochimaru.
Following the Konoha leadership, the team quickly left the village.
Ninja who had just entered the village near the gate looked in astonishment at the retreating figures of the numerous higher-ups and Anbu, unaware of what had happened.
On the road outside the village, Konoha ninja saw so many higher-ups and Anbu chasing from behind and were startled.
They were only on a C-rank mission; could there be some hidden aspect to it?
Did they possess some talent they themselves hadn't discovered, prompting the entire Konoha leadership and Anbu to mobilize to rescue them?
The higher-ups and Anbu flew over their heads, leaving this squad very disappointed.
So it had nothing to do with them.
When they reached the Valley of the End, Yōkō saw Shimura Danzo standing alone by the waterfall in the distance.
The wind blew his tattered clothes, giving him a somewhat desolate, tragic-heroic aura.
Yōkō came to the edge of the canyon and saw the terrifying signs of explosion below.
One could almost say this explosion was like a small Tailed Beast Bomb.
The Five Elements Unrivalled Attack was truly formidable.
On the bank of the canyon river, several mutilated corpses were laid out.
Yōkō thought Danzo was quite considerate; although he always sent his subordinates to their deaths, when they actually died, he at least knew to collect their bodies.
Including Hei, 5 official Root members and over a dozen trainees were all dead.
Danzo had become a commander with no troops.
Mitokado Homura looked at the different residual traces of Fire, Lightning, and Wind Releases on the canyon walls and glanced puzzledly at Sarutobi Hiruzen.
He thought, Hiruzen, what are you trying to do?
After carefully examining the scene, Orochimaru said, "It is indeed the Five Elements Unrivalled Attack. Five impact-type ninjutsu, culminating in a secondary great explosion due to elemental conflict..."
Orochimaru turned to stare at Sarutobi Hiruzen, his eyes filled with disappointment: "Hiruzen-sensei... This is a technique even I haven't learned. Who did you teach it to?"
"Don't be absurd!" Sarutobi Hiruzen said:
"The requirements for the Five Elements Unrivalled Attack are extremely high. Just preparing five impact-type ninjutsu takes years.
Then, training for the five-element conflict takes several more years.
Even I only mastered this technique at the age of 25.
How could I possibly teach it to someone else? And have them use it against our own Konoha people?"
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