One Dragon Tail Kick will shatter your Susanoo dream!

Time flies, and before long, Naruto barely passed all the tests at Root. Ryoma Aburame, who was in charge of observing the training progress, knelt down in front of Danzo Shimura early in the morning.

"Lord Danzo, everything went smoothly. The bond between Naruto and Shin has been formed!"

"We can begin the next phase!"

Shimura Danzo squinted, fiddling with the kunai in his hand, before taking out a scroll from his robes and unfolding it.

"This time, let's not rush into infighting. Kusagakure is still a threat. I've decided to have him team up with Shin and the other reserves to attack Kusagakure!"

"Lord Danzo, most of these boys and girls aren't even at the Chunin level, so..."

Danzo Shimura waved his hand, not explaining his plan to his personal guard. The attack on Kusagakure was just a pretext; his real purpose was to kill Shin at the hands of the Kusagakure ninja.

He wanted to see a Jinchūriki shrouded in darkness, with a closed heart, powerful yet ruthless, not the Naruto who currently eats while snoring, whose ninjutsu is terrible, and whose kind nature hasn't changed even though he's in Root!

However, before the plan could be implemented, just as it was being drafted, Shimura Danzo's residence was visited by an uninvited guest.

"I'm sorry, but without Lord Danzo's token, no one may enter!"

"Jiraiya, are you trying to force your way in?!"

"Boom!"

A loud bang was followed by the sound of the door being smashed open. Jiraiya, his face grim, stepped over the two unconscious Root ninjas.

"Whizzing!"

Several whooshing sounds rang out as several kunai struck Jiraiya's feet, and about ten masked Root ninjas emerged from various corners.

The masked man at the head of the group, wielding a katana, faced Jiraiya directly and shouted sternly.

"Breaking into a high-rise residence without permission, Jiraiya, are you trying to betray the village?!"

Jiraiya casually picked his nose, then flicked it at the other person with his finger.

"Don't try to pin this on me! Where is Danzo? Tell him to hand over Naruto!"

The Root members exchanged glances, and one of them quietly formed hand seals, causing a black line to silently approach Jiraiya.

"Shadow Imitation Technique?"

Jiraiya pretended not to see the other person's little tricks, and as the black line was about to get close to him, he suddenly jumped up, and the white hair on his back quickly grew longer.

"Ninja Art: Needle Hell!"

The Nara ninja hiding at the back of the crowd was directly lifted up by the white hair and fell heavily to the side, completely losing his ability to resist. Seeing that Jiraiya had taken the initiative, the leader of the Root ninja also decisively gave the order.

"Jiraiya's attempt to attack Konoha's high command is a crime equal to treason! Everyone, take action!"

The Root ninjas, whose strength was at least at the Chunin level, advanced rapidly, displaying a variety of ninjutsu. Jiraiya watched as the leading ninja's arms grew larger and his fist struck down, creating a deep crater where Jiraiya had been standing. Jiraiya frowned deeply.

"The Akimichi clan, the Nara clan, the Root clan is truly full of talented people. Old man, you've spoiled Danzo too much!"

Jiraiya also chose to confront the attack head-on, using Jizo's hair to harden it for defense while spitting out a large amount of oil from his mouth, followed by a Fire Release attack.

He set the building in front of him ablaze, and taking advantage of the Root ninjas being distracted, he rushed forward without holding back against these emotionless people.

The Akimichi clan ninjas were beaten black and blue, their speech slurred. The Nara clan ninjas were the primary targets, their secret techniques impossible to defend against. To avoid trouble, they were the first to be wiped out by Jiraiya, beaten into a folded screen and collapsed to the ground.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Several fireballs, accompanied by heat waves, hurtled towards Jiraiya, who was standing on the Root ninja, without any regard for his comrade beneath his feet!

Seeing this, Jiraiya's eyes flashed with a hint of pity, followed by a low shout.

"Ninjutsu? Needle Jizo!"

A head of beautiful white hair enveloped the two of them. The hardened hair rendered the Fire Release ninjutsu ineffective. However, good intentions were not rewarded. The injured root inside the needle Jizo secretly pulled out a kunai and stabbed it into Jiraiya's lower back without hesitation.

"Isn't it undignified to treat your savior like this?"

Jiraiya rarely showed anger on his face. Although he had heard about Root's ways, he still couldn't accept being betrayed like this.

With two fingers like iron clamps, Jiraiya prevented the kunai in his opponent's hand from advancing any further. Then, he knocked the opponent unconscious with a chop to the neck. Not wanting to cause internal strife, Jiraiya ultimately did not kill him!

"The technique of messing up the lion's hair!"

Jiraiya's hair grew at a visible speed, knocking a large number of weapons, including the Senbon Kunai, that were being fired at him to the ground, and then pulling the distant enemies together to collide.

After a while, none of the Root ninjas in the arena survived, including the leading Jonin, all of them were knocked unconscious by Jiraiya. Suddenly, a swarm of black insects flew out from the corner and quickly attacked Jiraiya.

"The Aburame clan?"

"Look at me! Toad Oil Bomb..."

The chakra within his body quickly gathered in his mouth and transformed into oil. The sticky toad oil sprayed right over Aburame Ryoma, who was hiding in the corner.

With his powerful combat instincts, Jiraiya sensed from the beginning that there were still enemies watching him, and he remained vigilant at all times!

"You're trapped by my toad oil, give up resisting! I'm just here to find Danzo!"

As Jiraiya was speaking, several wind blades appeared with a "whoosh," the most dangerous of which even cut his cheek, causing a lot of blood to seep out.

"Jiraiya, it's been a long time. You insisted on leaving the village despite the village's lockdown rules, and now you've suddenly returned, only to come looking for trouble. You've gone too far!"

Danzo Shimura maintained his hand seal gesture, and several Root ninjas appeared behind him one after another. They were all his personal guards, and their strength was all at the level of Jonin!

The three Root guards stepped forward, took out various ninja tools, and confronted Jiraiya without fear. Aburame Ryoma cleaned the toad oil off his body and silently walked up to Shimura Danzo.

"I'm sorry, Lord Danzo!"

"It's alright. After all, he's one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha. Jiraiya does have some skill!"

Looking at the Root ninjas surrounding him, who were eager to make a move, Jiraiya hesitated whether to break ties with them. After all, if a fight really broke out, the impact would be enormous!

"Danzo, hand Naruto over to me!"

"Jiraiya? What Naruto?"

"The Jinchūriki has gone missing? How come I didn't know?"

Seeing Shimura Danzo feigning ignorance, Jiraiya's chest heaved as he took a step forward!

"That's Minato's child, hand him over to me!!!"

Danzo Shimura tapped his cane on the ground and let out a disdainful snort.

"I have been within the clan for some time now and have never seen the so-called Naruto. The Jinchuriki is a matter of life and death for the village. If he has truly disappeared, I am willing to send three Root teams to help search for him!"

Looking at the serious-looking Shimura Danzo, Jiraiya couldn't help but begin to doubt the authenticity of the information provided by Kusakage. So he tapped his chin slightly and softened his tone.

"I was too radical. I'll go ask the old man. Well then, Elder Danzo, farewell!"