Underground,
Gan and Wen's speed had increased to the extreme, and they were escaping wildly with the unconscious Naruto.
When they were far away from the more populated areas of Uchiha clan, they emerged from under the ground.
Without the restraint of the soil layer, their speed of escape increased greatly, and they quickly rushed towards the meeting position.
Long before the mission began, Root had already planned a route to take Naruto away.
This route that they had carefully selected was not only the shortest distance from Danzo's pickup location, but also had the smallest risk of being discovered.
The two of them didn't know whether Mirai had already discovered anything unusual about Naruto or not, so they didn't waste even a single second.
The steps of this whole mission had been rehearsed many times and were straightforward. Logically speaking, the probability of exposure was very low.
However, they dare not gamble.
Mirai was a man that even their respected Danzo-sama feared.
If Mirai really found out, he must be heading towards them.
If they encountered Mirai head-on, the two of them would definitely die.
That's why, Naruto must be transferred to Danzo as quickly as possible.
Danzo and a large number of Root members were waiting to support them outside the Uchiha clan grounds. As long as they could get there, even if Mirai chased them, there would be enough Root members to stop him.
What the two of them didn't notice was that there seemed to be some kind of silver liquid slowly seeping out of the unconscious Naruto's bracelet.
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The forest outside the Uchiha clan.
Danzo and his subordinates were waiting.
There were no less than ten members of the Root behind Danzo, and there were even more of them hidden in the darkness in the forest.
Danzo attached great importance to the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
The significance of Nine-Tails was too great.
That must not fall into the hands of those evil Uchihas!
Once Naruto was in his hands, he could use this as a threat to control Mirai.
So what if he was stronger?
With Naruto in his hands, would he still afraid that Mirai would cause trouble for him?
After waiting for a while, seeing that the expected people had yet not arrived, one of the Root members tentatively asked Danzo who was standing there.
"Danzo-sama, could it be that… there was any kind of accident?"
"No, both Gan and Wen are my subordinates who have been carefully trained by me personally. In terms of infiltration ability, no one in the current Root can compare with them."
"Only they can complete this task."
Danzo's expression was quite calm.
He had absolute confidence in the subordinates he had trained.
Gan and Wen were both subordinates who would complete tasks even if it meant sacrificing their lives.
He just needed to wait.
Sure enough, not long after his voice fell, two figures could be vaguely seen in the woods in the distance, carrying something and coming quickly towards them.
When they got closer, the Root members behind Danzo could clearly see the features of the parties on the other side.
The thing carried on that shoulder was the unconscious Naruto.
"Danzo-sama, the Jinchūriki has been retrieved."
Gan placed Naruto from on his shoulders on the ground in a half-kneeling position.
"Well done."
Danzo glanced at the unconscious Naruto with one eye.
One of the Root members stepped forward, picked up the unconcious Naruto, and rushed back behind Danzo.
Looking at Naruto's unconscious appearance, Danzo checked him carefully and confirmed that there was no problem.
A satisfied smile appeared in his eyes.
"Good! Very good!"
He praised them two times in succession, and it was not difficult to describe Danzo's joy at this time.
In the end, the Jinchūriki fell into his own hands.
"Shisui, didn't you think I can't take away the Jinchūriki without your help?"
Danzo snorted at the thought of Shisui who dared to reject him.
If Shisui helped, this mission would have definitely been much easier.
However, Shisui refused.
The reason was quite ridiculous.
Afraid of angering Mirai.
'Ridiculous! Didn't I kidnap Naruto just to deal with Mirai?'
As long as the [Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal] that controls life and death was placed on Naruto, he could use this as a threat to force Mirai to compromise.
Maybe, he could even find an opportunity to put a curse mark on Mirai.
By then, this unruly tiger would become a tamed cat in his hands.
He, Danzo, had never been a person afraid of taking risks.
The Second Great Ninja War, the Third Great Ninja War, and how many risks had he taken?
All he worried in taking risks was that the benefits were not worth the risks.
However, this operation was different.
The benefits were extremely considerable, enough to attract him to take the risk.
Hiruzen was still hesitating, but he had already found a way to win.
'Sure enough, I still need to take action to make things right.'
A proud smile appeared on Danzo's face, as if he had seen the scene of Mirai's fall.
But the frightened wails that suddenly came from behind made the smile on his face suddenly freeze.
"Ah! What is this???"
"Damn it!"
"He-help me!"
Danzo turned his head and saw silver fluid oozed crazily from Naruto's bracelet, and the Root member holding the unconscious Naruto was caught off guard and wrapped in the silver fluid.
The silver fluid like tentacles wrapped around the base of the man's body. As he screamed in terror, it pried open the mask and penetrated deep into his mouth.
The body trembled, and his eyeballs rolled up to leaving only the white color. Saliva mixed with blood flowed from the edge of the lips, and the hand holding Naruto fell off.
The surrounding Root members saw this strange scene and subconsciously distanced themselves in panic.
Emotions such as panic and shock spread out from these Root members.
In just a few seconds, the Root member had completely lost his vitality and turned into a drooling corpse with only his eyes wide open and rolled back.
"Damn it! What's going on?!"
Danzo's one eye burst out a huge amount of killing intent, staring at the Root member who suddenly died in such a horrifying manner.
The two Root members, Gan and Wen, who brought Naruto were also shocked by this scene and stepped back tremblingly.
"We-we don't know..."
Danzo turned his head, staring at the two of them with anger in his eyes.
"Assholes! Didn't you two find anything unusual along the way when you brought the Jinchūriki?"
Being stared at by Danzo with such a cannibalistic look, the two men who brought Naruto quickly knelt down, cold sweat dripping from their foreheads.
"Danzo-sama, we rushed here immediately after knocking out the Jinchūriki. We didn't find anything unusual along the way!"
As members of the Root, they were very aware of Danzo's cruel methods.
They were extremely nervous under Danzo's angry gaze.
On the way back, their spirits were high and all their attention was devoted to rushing back to this place.
They didn't notice any changes in the Jinchūriki at all.
Danzo looked as if he had swallowed a toad alive, his face was extremely ugly.
When such an accident occurred, there was no doubt that Mirai had made arrangements for Naruto in advance.
Maybe, he's already on his way here now.
With his speed, he would be here soon.
In this short period of time, the oozing silver fluid engulfed two more Root members.
Looking at the creepy scene, a strange and fearful emotion spread from the surrounding Root members.
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