52: Chapter 52 RootsHaving experienced the wonders of the Spiritual Touch, Naruto felt refreshed, but he did not become addicted to it.
His gaze fell upon an even more dangerous shadow in Konoha—Shimura Danzo, and the Root organization he controlled.
It's time to have a direct confrontation with this old man who's been lurking in the shadows and making underhanded moves.
As night deepened, Naruto entered the secret room once more.
This time, his target is Danzo.
Through the intelligence relayed by the raccoon dog and the scattered information obtained by Kabuto from Orochimaru, Naruto gained some understanding of the basic structure of the Root base.
More importantly, he knew that Danzo's greatest reliance, besides his arms full of Sharingan eyes, was the Tongue-Severing Seal, a vicious curse seal that could instantly silence any subordinate who tried to reveal his secrets.
"Touch of Spiritualization" activated!
The invisible tendrils of the soul reached out once more.This time, following Danzo's unique, cold, and intensely dark chakra-laden soul aura, it traversed a vast distance and precisely extended towards the nest known as Root beneath Konoha.
The scene shifted, revealing an underground space even more oppressive than the Sound Village base to Naruto.
The cold stone walls, the dim lighting, and the strange smell of disinfectant mixed with rust permeated the air.
Occasionally, members of the Root, wearing animal masks and exuding a chilling aura, would silently flit by like ghosts.
The soul tentacles, like the most keen hunting dogs, quickly locked onto a source of souls exuding a strong aura of death.
At this moment, Danzo was sitting alone in a secret room filled with sealing techniques, his left eye, the only part of his body visible, gleaming with a sinister light in the dim light.
A scroll lay open in front of him, as if he were studying something, and he habitually rubbed his right arm, which was tightly wrapped in bandages.
Naruto's soul tendrils approached silently.He didn't slap Danzo directly like he did Orochimaru, because Danzo's soul strength was far greater than that of the heavily injured Orochimaru.
He adopted a more covert approach.
The soul tentacles, like delicate probes, carefully avoided Danzo's main consciousness and probed towards the densely packed Sharingan eyes on his right arm!
The price of Izanagi is the permanent closure of the Sharingan, and most of these Sharingan belong to the Uchiha ghosts who died tragically on the night of the massacre!
They themselves contain intense resentment, fragments of shattered souls!
"Spiritual Touch" - Contact!
Buzz!
In an instant, countless shrill, resentful, and blood-red wails of souls surged back towards Naruto's consciousness like a tidal wave flowing along the tendrils of his soul!
That was the despair and curse of dozens of Uchiha clan members before their deaths!
Even though Naruto was prepared, he was still shaken by this negative emotion.
He forcibly stabilized himself, using the properties of the Spiritual Touch to guide and amplify these chaotic soul fragments, and then.poured them all into the depths of Danzo's soul!
"Ugh—!"
Danzo, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly let out an uncontrollable roar of pain, his body trembled violently, and the scroll in his hand fell to the ground.
He clutched his right arm tightly, his exposed left eye instantly becoming bloodshot, his pupils contracting in horror!Unbearable pain!
He felt as if his right arm had come back to life, and pairs of eyes filled with resentment opened in the depths of his soul, staring at him coldly.Countless curses and wails echoed in his mind, assaulting his reason!
"Who is it?Show yourself!"
Danzo roared, unleashing a powerful burst of chakra that shook the secret chamber.
He subconsciously assumed it was some kind of sophisticated illusion attack, or revenge from the remnants of the Uchiha clan.
However, no matter how much they investigated or how many hand seals they used to dispel the illusion, it had no effect.
Naruto sneered and continued to manipulate the soul tentacles, constantly stirring and amplifying the resentment of the Uchiha ghosts, letting them ravage Danzo's soul.
Danzo's physical energy, which he had deliberately enhanced through Hashirama's cells, was now on the verge of collapse under the frenzied impact of the Sharingan's spiritual energy on the right side!
When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you; when you steal the power of the dead, don't forget that the dead.will also knock on your door.
Just as Danzo was overwhelmed by the resentment of the soul, his mind went blank, his chakra became disordered, and his control over the "Tongue-Severing Seal" dropped to its lowest point!
Naruto activated his Spiritual Touch at full power!
Like the most precise scalpel, it cuts out dozens of tiny branches, searching for the "Tongue Calamity Extinction Mark" on the key root squad leaders and elite members who have been marked by the raccoon, and cuts in with lightning speed!
"Heart-Binding Spell: Soul Grafting!"
The "Heart-Binding Curse," a higher-priority soul imprint, was silently transplanted and grafted, covering and altering the key core of the original curse imprint!
This process was extremely taxing on his mental strength, but he succeeded!
Just as Danzo barely suppressed the resentment surging in his soul, regained his composure, and attempted to strengthen his control over his subordinates' cursed seals, Naruto's spiritual tentacles receded like a tide, disappearing without a trace.
Inside the secret room, Danzo was panting heavily, his back soaked with cold sweat, and fear still lingered in his left eye.
He examined his right arm and body, which appeared to be unharmed, but the exhaustion in his soul and the faint stinging sensation told him that what he had just experienced was no illusion.
"Who.is it?"
His voice was hoarse, filled with a heavy killing intent.
He felt as if he had just escaped death, and this unknown event gave him a vague sense that he was losing control of the situation.
At the same time, in various corners of Konoha's underground, the bodies of dozens of Root elites stiffened for a moment before returning to normal.
A flicker of confusion crossed their eyes beneath their masks, only to be quickly replaced by their usual coldness.
The most hidden shackles deep within the soul have been quietly replaced and reinforced.
[Ding!Successfully inflicted soul trauma on Shimura Danzo, greatly weakening his condition.Villain Value +1000!]
[Ding!Successfully overwritten the "Seal of the Extinction of the Tongue," secretly gaining control of multiple elite members of the Root Clan, gaining Villain Value +2000!] [Current Villain Value: 5000 points!]
"The seal that eradicates the root of calamity through the tongue?Nothing more than that."
Naruto slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, slightly recovering his mental strength.He immediately issued his first command through the soul link to the Root elites who had just been implanted with the "Heart-Binding Curse":
[Remain silent and execute Danzo's orders as normal.Prioritize collecting evidence of all of Danzo's secret locations, fund flows, illegal transactions with the outside world, and detailed information about the Sharingan on his arm, and transmit it regularly.]
After doing all this, Naruto relaxed.
He knew that from this moment on, he had pried open a huge crack in this tough nut.
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