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"Are you here so soon?" Danzo paused, then said, "I will not take action for the time being. Let a few Root ninjas fight them, test their intelligence, determine their fighting style and type of ninjutsu, and then report to me. After that, I will personally put an end to them."
"Yes." The Root ninja nodded, and after taking another vigilant look at the middle-aged man, he left the cabin.
After he left, Danzo waved his hand at the middle-aged man who was still glaring at him, and said in a friendly manner: "The enemy is here. Even if I want to leave now, I can't. It's better to deal with them before I leave. It will be quick anyway, and you don't have to rush for the time being."
After hesitating for a moment, the middle-aged man sat down again unhappily and said: "Then let's make an exception this time, but don't get me wrong, even without you and your Root, I can defeat them alone."
Danzo ignored him, but sighed softly: "Akatsuki, it's really nostalgic. I didn't expect that after so many years, this organization is still alive…"
At this time, 20 kilometers to the east, Hitani and Kakuzu were slowly moving towards the Flame Valley.
Kakuzu was holding a map that he got from somewhere, and he was thinking, "We will reach the Flame Valley a few dozen kilometers further. Should we make some preparations here? Since the enemy is Danzo and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, it might be troublesome to rush in rashly."
Hitani ignored him and walked forward on his own, without any intention to make any preparations.
Seeing this, Kakuzu had to put away the map and sighed, "Really, I don't know whether it is good or bad to follow you on a mission. Although it is almost impossible for me to be killed by the enemy, this reckless behavior is too… Ouch."
In the middle of his words, Hitani suddenly stopped. Kakuzu, who was chattering, bumped into Hitani's back. He wondered, "What's wrong… Why did you stop suddenly?"
Hitani looked up at the depths of the dark forest and said calmly, "Someone is coming."
As soon as he finished speaking, three ninjas wearing masks and carrying samurai swords rushed out of the forest. These three Root ninjas stood on the branches and looked down at Hitani and Kakuzu.
Looking at the decorations of these three people, Kakuzu snorted disdainfully, "This kind of dress should be from the covert organization of a ninja village. Is it from Iwagakure or Danzo's group? It should be Danzo's. Leave it to me to deal with it." As he said this, he took a step forward and prepared to take action.
However, Hitani stopped him lightly.
Kakuzu looked at Hitani and said in confusion, "You don't need to fight these minions, save your energy to deal with the Jinchuriki and Danzo. I will help you clean up these useless fish."
Hitani didn't explain to him. When Kakuzu had just finished speaking, Hitani had already disappeared on the spot with a Body Flicker Technique, and in an instant he crossed a distance of nearly ten meters and appeared on a tree branch, behind one of the Root ninjas, and slashed at the back of the Root ninja's neck.
The Root ninja's reaction speed was not slow, and he immediately lowered his head to avoid it. Hitani's knife passed by his scalp and cut off a few strands of broken hair.
"Wind Release…" After dodging Hitani's slash, the Root ninja immediately jumped back, and while doing so, he formed seals with both hands, preparing to launch an attack.
Puff!
However, before the Root ninja had finished forming his seals, Hitani once again appeared behind him with a Body Flicker Technique, and mercilessly chopped off his head with a single blow.
The Root ninja's head with the mask on flew out, and his headless body fell from the air to the ground with a snap, and blood splattered everywhere.
Killing one person instantly made the muscles of the other two Root ninjas tense up immediately.
The two immediately drew their katanas and looked at Hitani warily.
Hitani swung his sword lightly to wipe off the blood on his blade, and then he rushed straight to the Root ninja on the left with the sword in his hand.
His speed was extremely fast, and although he did not use a Body Flicker Technique this time, it was almost as swift.
He instantly arrived in front of the Root ninja and slashed him on the head with a single blow.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!" The Root ninja did not fight with Hitani with swordsmanship, but retreated immediately, and at the same time formed a ninja seal, and a large piece of flame spewed out of his mouth, rushing towards Hitani.
Facing the flames coming towards him, Hitani did not dodge, but raised his sword and chopped it down, splitting the flames with one stroke, and then he continued to rush towards the Root ninja, his speed not slowing down.
"This is bad." The face of the Root ninja under the mask changed, and he retreated faster, while shouting to another companion in the distance: "Help me!"
"Here they come!" Another Root ninja immediately rushed with a samurai sword, charging towards Hitani from behind.
At this moment, Hitani suddenly gave up the Root ninja in front of him, turned around, looked at the one behind him, raised his blade, and made a throwing gesture.
"Huh?" The Root ninja behind was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized something, and immediately wanted to dodge to the side.
But it was too late. Hitani's arm muscles bulged, and he threw his blade towards the Root ninja.
With a puff, the blade pierced through the throat of the Root ninja with a sound of breaking through the air. The huge kinetic energy of the blade carried the body of the Root ninja and nailed it to a big tree. The entire blade sank into the neck of the Root ninja, leaving only the handle outside.
The Root ninja spit out a lot of blood bubbles from his mouth. He lowered his head to look at the blade inserted into his neck, raised his hand to pull the knife out, but his hand fell down halfway and he lost his breath.
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