The originally slowly flowing river water gradually lost its steamy state, and the gurgling water turned into a pool of clear still water, with sparkles under the breeze. Shuimu looked at the leading Anbu Tenzo with complicated eyes.

"It seems that ninjas are not only capable of being a demolition team, but also a construction team!"

Seeing that Shuimu had no additional requests, Tianzang said, "It seems that the matter has been resolved. If there is nothing else, we will take our leave."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Even though Mizuki was very picky, he had no objection to these excellent and decisive ninjas, who indeed did things very efficiently.

With a nod to Mizuki, Tenzang left with all the Anbu.

After looking at the water surface that had returned to calm, Shuimu bit his index finger, formed a seal, and then used spiritualism. Immediately, ripples of light trembled under the water surface, and a group of transparent creatures appeared out of thin air, slowly spreading out as the waves swayed.

"The preparations are almost complete. All that remains is to wait for that day to come!"

Mizuki walked out of the Death Forest with a sense of relief. Not far away from the barrier, Mizuki suddenly felt that something was wrong. He didn't know when he had been surrounded by a large group of masked ninjas.

Mizuki frowned as he looked at the ninjas that had gathered around him. Judging from their appearance, a few of them were people Mizuki had seen before, such as Terai and Aburame Torine, but most of them were definitely not people he knew.

Shuimu was secretly on guard, waiting for the other party to speak. If they really started fighting over a disagreement, Shuimu would not be polite to them.

It was Terai who stepped forward first and said, "Jounin Mizuki, we suspect you are endangering the safety of the village. Please come with us!"

Mizuki looked at Terai and replied with disdain: "Endangering the safety of the village? What a joke! Since you know that I am a Jonin, you should know that I am the Konoha ninja who protects the village. Except for the Hokage, no one can order me around! Who are you and how can you order me around?"

Mizuki's words sounded impressive. Indeed, the system of the ninja village was not that complicated from the beginning. The strict hierarchical system of Hokage, Jonin, Chunin, Genin and civilians formed the initial foundation. As for the various departments, institutions and even the elders who assisted the Hokage later on for the convenience of management, strictly speaking, they all served the ninja hierarchy. In terms of identity, Mizuki did not belong to anyone and took orders directly from Tsunade. Apart from that, he could ignore anyone. Whether the minister, captain, sub-captain and clan leaders of various families obeyed his orders or not was entirely up to Mizuki's mood.

Jonin not only represents powerful strength, but is also a symbol of status. Without any evidence, no one would easily become an enemy of a powerful Jonin.

Terai certainly had no idea of ​​making Mizuki surrender with just a few words. Apart from their missions and obedience, the Root ninjas were a group of emotionless machines.

"You don't need to know why. Just understand that we represent the interests of Konoha. You are to blame for not obeying the command of Danzo-sama." He waved his right hand and said, "Do it."

The usual shuriken mixed with a bunch of kunai attacked. However, this method was too low-level. The chakra shield that formed instantly blocked all the attacks and did not cause any shock to Mizuki.

However, the "Root" ninjas are indeed an elite team that withstands the darkness of Konoha, and they are indeed experienced in how to leverage the strengths of a team.

Dozens of "Root" ninjas continued to use throwing ninja tools to attack, occasionally mixing in detonating tags to put pressure on Shuimu. Three powerful power ninjas drew out large wind demon shuriken and slashed at the chakra shield with great force, making crisp collision sounds. The non-stop pursuit and slashing also left Shuimu with no time to spare and unable to deal with the pressure of the enemy's numbers.

"A strong crushing style of play? It seems that you have studied my characteristics thoroughly."

Using the advantage of numbers to limit Mizuki's performance, it must be said that the tactic was very successful. However, there was some intelligence that Danzo could never get right now.

Mizuki, who was in a bad situation, instantly transformed his chakra shield into two swirling fire dragons. The huge flames immediately forced back the three enemies who were attacking him at close range. The cold wind could not suppress the heat waves at all, and no one could get close to him. Unfortunately, the chakra shield that had changed its form could no longer block the throwing attacks that blocked all the retreat routes. Kunai and shuriken sank into the flames, and there were hissing sounds of hitting the target.

"Stop." Terai waved his hand, and the attack came to an end. This time, Danzo's request was very clear, not assassination, but secret arrest, so an attack that was too deadly would not work.

"You didn't continue to attack because you thought I couldn't escape?"

The flames dissipated, revealing Mizuki, who was indeed injured. Although kunai and shuriken were generally not fatal unless they hit vital points, the damage caused by such a large number was also considerable.

Although Mizuki looked embarrassed, the "Root" ninja did not dare to move forward rashly. As long as Mizuki did not show any sign of activating the Sage Mode, they could complete the mission by dragging it on like this.

"You've tried everything, even poison. It's not good enough to think that you can catch me with this method. Why doesn't Danzo himself come? Are you so timid?"

Still no one answered Mizuki's question.

"He still hasn't shown up? I really overestimated him. Tell Danzo for me that if he wants to get something from me, he can come to me if he has the guts. I promise to spare his life."

It seems that something really big has happened to Danzo as he didn't show up even at such a good opportunity. It's a good thing this way as it saves Mizuki a lot of effort.

After receiving satisfactory news, Shuimu didn't want to play any more games of hypocrisy.

With a wave of his right hand, a chakra thread wrapped around the branch of a giant tree not far away, and then he pulled it hard, and then with the reaction force, Shuimu flew diagonally out of the enemy's encirclement.

Under the gaze of the "Root" ninja, Mizuki, who was originally pierced into a hedgehog by kunai and shuriken, suddenly showed a strange wriggling on the surface of his skin, and the bloody ninja tools on his body retreated one after another and fell to the ground with a clinking sound, as if mocking the ignorance of the "Root" ninja.

"How is this possible?" The wounds all over Shuimu's body were healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Next time, please come to me with the intention of killing me, otherwise you won't be able to do anything to me."

Even without the Sage Mode, the effects of many external injuries can be reduced to a negligible level simply by relying on the Breath Concealing Technique in conjunction with the Yin Healing and Destroying Technique.