"asshole!"

Danzo roared uncontrollably.

The Root suffered heavy losses tonight. Apart from logistics and intelligence personnel, he brought 90% of the Root's combat personnel.

What was supposed to be an easy cleanup and harvesting session turned into a devastating blow to their forces.

Obito, watching from the sidelines, was a mixture of surprise and anger. The greater the losses Konoha suffered, the more beneficial it would be for his future Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.

However, the sudden appearance of this mysterious expert is a major variable, especially his ability to influence and delay divine power, which poses a great threat.

Ideally, we should use the power of Konoha today to probe more of the opponent's strength, or even eliminate him directly.

"Wind Escape. Vacuum Jade"

Danzo Shimura could no longer hold back. He unleashed his signature Wind Release technique, sending out a powerful gust of wind the size of a basketball that tore through the air and hurtled towards Hyuga Kaze.

Hyuga Kaze didn't care at all. With a casual flick of his wrist, the wind ball broke down into streams of air that re-condensed in his palm. Then, it rapidly multiplied and expanded into a vortex the size of a table, bringing with it more than a dozen wind blades that counterattacked the Root members.

Fortunately, those who are still alive are at least elite Chunin. Although they were in a bit of a mess, they managed to dodge using techniques like Body Flicker and Substitution Jutsu.

After fighting for a while, everyone realized that all of Hyuga Kaze's attacks were extremely difficult to defend against. Everyone who saw Hyuga Kaze's attacks fled for their lives.

Fire Release: Red Balsam Flower Claw

After Danzo's attack failed, Itachi immediately followed up, giving Hyuga no opening.

A dozen or so flames, resembling balsam flowers, scattered in the air, flying along strange trajectories, flanking Hyuga Kaze from both the front and back.

Hinata Kaze had already seen the shuriken hidden in the flames, but pretended not to know, instead breaking down the flames and condensing them in his palm.

The flames vanished in an instant, revealing a shuriken that shot towards him at lightning speed. Hyuga Kaze remained completely still, seemingly unable to react in time.

Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, the shuriken struck a solid wall just three inches in front of Hyuga Kaze, making a crisp clanging sound before falling to the ground.

The peculiar protective method seems to require absolutely no hand seals!

Seeing this scene, Danzo and his men's faces darkened even further.

In order to buy time, Obito launched his own offensive the moment Itachi's attack failed. He used chains and fire-style ninjutsu alternately at mid-to-long range, but dared not get too close to Hyuga Kaze.

After a few more exchanges, Hyuga Kaze started to get impatient. These ordinary Root ninjas posed no real threat to him, but their constant harassment was still annoying. He wanted to focus on dealing with the reinforcements brought by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Using the weather shield, he took Danzo's wind release attack head-on. Hyuga Kaze then swept his sword finger horizontally and shouted, "Uchiha Style: Hurricane Whirlwind!"

Instantly, a violent airflow, five or six meters thick and over thirty meters high, was generated outside the fingertips, swirling rapidly around Hyuga Kaze.

The powerful airflow not only halted the enemy's attack but also lifted many Root ninjas who couldn't dodge in time into the air, while also clearing away the rubble of collapsed houses nearby, creating an open space the size of a football field.

While the hurricane was causing damage, Hyuga Kaze used his agility and ghostly movements to knock down those unstable roots one by one.

Of the Root ninjas who entered the Uchiha clan's territory tonight, only one remained: a ninja wearing a black cloak, sunglasses, and a purple tattoo on his cheek, having been severely injured at the beginning and already retreating.

Seeing Hyuga Kaze's actions, Obito couldn't help but smirk; that speed was too dangerous.

Danzo, standing nearby, felt his heart bleeding. Having lost so many ninjas in one night, he was already considering retreating and preparing to return to gather all of Konoha's fighting force to besiege this mysterious person.

Fortunately, at this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally led the elite Anbu to the scene and surrounded Hyuga Kaze again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had remained calm throughout his journey, seeing the corpses of the Uchiha clan scattered everywhere, but he couldn't help but be a little stunned by the scene before him.

The first thing he saw was two mysterious figures wearing masks. The one with the vortex mask was probably the mysterious figure Itachi had reported before, and the other was likely the variable that would happen tonight.

Then Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at his good partner Danzo and asked with his eyes, "What's wrong with you, kid? Why did Root only produce so few ninjas? Such an important task was entrusted to you, and you can't even spare anyone?"

Shimura Danzo looked bewildered under the stare, then glanced warily at Hyuga Kaze and quickly explained the situation to Hiruzen.

Compared to Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi was clearly more cunning. Although he was startled by the information Danzo gave him, his face only twitched a few times, and he was still able to force a smile to communicate with Hyuga Kaze.

"Who are you, this mysterious ninja? Why are you causing such harm to Konoha?"

Hyuga Kaze looked at the old man's forced smile and felt disgusted. He casually replied, "I am Uchiha Tajima. How could I stand idly by while you juniors try to wipe out the Uchiha clan?"

"Damn it, Uchiha Tajima! Why don't you just call him Uchiha Madara?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's forced smile was barely contained; given his status, he certainly knew who Uchiha Tajima was.

Hyuga Kaze continued, "As for harming Konoha? I was protecting the Uchiha clan. I'm afraid in your mind, the Uchiha clan doesn't count as Konoha's people, right? You joined forces with Itachi to massacre the Uchiha clan, don't you feel any remorse?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose eloquence honed over many years was unmatched in Konoha, began to explain with an air of righteous indignation.

"I deeply regret my failure to resolve the resentment towards the Uchiha clan in time, which led to this tragedy. I've always believed that Konoha is one big family..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, having secretly signaled to the Anbu to prepare for action, began to speak eloquently about the Will of Fire. His impassioned manner disgusted Hyuga Kaze, but it earned Itachi's admiration.

Hyuga Kaze had long seen through Hiruzen Sarutobi's intentions; they were both cunning foxes, and no one could truly deceive the other.

"Hahahaha," Hyuga Kaze covered his face and burst into maniacal laughter, displaying the utterly authentic characteristics of the Uchiha clan. His mad laughter completely interrupted Hiruzen Sarutobi's words.

"I'm sorry, but what you said is really laughable. As Hokage, is it that you can't or don't want to? If you can't, it's incompetence; if you don't want to, it's shamelessness; or perhaps you deliberately acted with that old dog Danzo, conspiring to deceive Itachi into massacring your own clan!"

The near-face-pointing insults froze Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression. Just then, the Anbu's combined ninjutsu was almost ready, so he decided to throw caution to the wind.

"I am the Kage of Konoha. I treat everyone in Konoha equally. Tonight you infiltrated Konoha, massacred the Uchiha clan, and killed a large number of Root members who came to protect the Uchiha clan. I will never let you get away with this!"