Konoha: Starting the Game as Yoriichi

With an icy killing intent, Kusuo walked through the main street without any attempt to conceal himself, completely ignoring the gazes of those around him. Along the way, countless pedestrians fell silent, not daring to look into the eyes of the boy in red. No matter how handsome his face was, it could not hide his monstrous killing aura, which was on full display.

At this moment, these commoners, who had so肆意 (sìyì) - wantonly - discussed and slandered him before, finally remembered the strength of this young man.

BAM!

Without a word, Kusuo saw the Konoha Root base ahead and, without a second thought, kicked out.

Domineering. Utterly domineering. The massive stone gate was instantly kicked to smithereens, crumbling into a shower of falling rocks.

"Who's there? Who dares to trespass on the important grounds of Root!" Guards in the secret passage within the gate were on alert.

"The one who will kill you!"

After the cold voice suddenly rang out—

CRACKLE!

A magnificent flash of a sword. It cut clean through the entire main gate of the Root base. The outer decorations and architecture all collapsed, revealing the dark, gloomy secret passage within. The few guards didn't even have time to react before they were cut in half at the waist.

This slash carried no elemental transformation. They did not die immediately, but had a single breath left before their end.

"A sword... aura!"

"It's him! That man is here!"

Unfortunately, they didn't have time to see Kusuo's face clearly before they breathed their last.

The massive commotion outside naturally attracted a large number of Root ninja from within the base. They leaped out one after another, aiming their weapons at Kusuo. Each one wore a mask, their faces hidden, with only differences in height and build. These Root members were the foundation Danzo had collected over several decades, recruited from the special talents of various clans in the village. Kurama, Nara, Yamanaka... children of many of Konoha's great clans were all present. It was clear that Danzo had invested a lot of effort and care.

At this moment, a Root captain at the head of the group shouted in a low voice, "Trespassers on the Root base will be killed without mercy!"

With a single command, countless ninjutsu and hidden weapons came flying at him. Kusuo's icy gaze swept over them one by one, and with a casual swing of his sword, he defeated all the incoming attacks.

"Be smart. All of you, get out of my way, and I'll pretend I never saw you blocking my path," he said. "Otherwise, there's only one outcome."

"Death."

When the final word "death" was spoken, the faces of the people opposite Kusuo all changed.

Arrogance! Utter arrogance!

Someone actually dared to say such boastful words inside their base. It should be known that this was the Root base, which had been in operation for decades, filled with powerful experts. Its members were a cloud of geniuses, with all sorts of strange and unpredictable techniques. Even if a real Kage were to come in person, they would ensure he would never return.

And now, this half-grown brat dared to tell them to be smart, to get out of the way, and he'd pretend he never saw them?

A sinister killing intent emerged. The captain roared, "Kill him!"

Instantly, countless ninja began to change their formation, their hands forming various seals. Black shadows began to move along the ground, and the sound of numerous insects buzzing filled the air. In addition, genjutsu, summoning jutsu, and taijutsu came one after another. They sealed off all of Kusuo's escape routes from all directions and charged in for the kill.

His calm eyes were unstirred. Kusuo looked at these incoming attacks without any extra emotional fluctuation.

"Flashy, but useless."

His lips parted slightly. His breathing grew a little heavier, and he pushed off lightly with his feet—

"Thunder Breathing, First Form—Thunderclap and Flash!"

SWISH!

One slash. A flash of golden lightning, gone in an instant. After a crackling sound of electricity filled the air and lightning swept through the sky, Kusuo's figure had already teleported to the other side of the secret passage.

Behind him, the group of Root ninja stood frozen. Motionless. They all looked down at their own waists or necks in disbelief. There, a line of blood had slowly... appeared.

Then, one by one, they fell with unwilling expressions.

Schlick! Schlick!

Blood instantly sprayed out, leaving only a floor of corpses. The strongest and most direct move of the Thunder Breathing technique, Thunderclap and Flash.

One slash.

He killed them all.

Sheathing his sword, Kusuo continued to walk deeper inside, his expression still icy cold. He had already prepared himself in his heart. This path would surely turn the world upside down. With a three-foot blade in hand, I dare to command the sun and moon to change the sky.

After a long secret passage was a prison holding troublesome people. Beside it was a gruesome human experimentation lab. The various bloody scenes inside were enough to make one's heart turn cold. Kusuo walked past, just giving it a slight glance, his expression unchanging.

However, as he passed by the central prison...

"Boy, are you Hatake Kusuo?"

In a solitary cell, a middle-aged man who had been tortured beyond recognition was tied to a cross. Kusuo's eyes flashed. He saw a long scar on the man's face. Among all the ninja in Konoha, in his memory, only one person had such a mark. The captain of the ANBU's Torture and Interrogation Force, Ibiki Morino.

A squad captain of the ANBU, how could he be imprisoned in Root's dungeon? Even if the Third, who was in charge of the ANBU, was dead, Root couldn't be so audacious.

That old fool Danzo... has he really gone this mad?

With a sizzling slash, Kusuo casually cut him down from the cross. After being rescued, Ibiki collapsed weakly against the wall, letting out a long breath. Seeing this, Kusuo's eyes narrowed slightly. He placed a hand on his chest.

"Try to circulate the flow of your breath to where my finger is. If you can't get the feeling, you can use your chakra to assist."

Hearing the boy's calm words, Ibiki was first stunned. Then, after doing as he was told, he was surprised to find that the most severe of his wounds had actually improved considerably. At the very least, if he could receive timely medical treatment now, there would be no lasting side effects.

He looked at Kusuo with gratitude, but the latter just shook his head. "Tell me, how did a squad captain of the ANBU get captured by Danzo and brought here?"

The moment he heard the name "Danzo," a flash of hatred appeared in Ibiki's eyes, and he then recounted the entire course of events. After hearing his narrative, a corner of Kusuo's mouth lifted. As expected of Danzo's style. Sinister and ruthless, acting without regard for consequences or human rights. Just for his own selfish desires, he's capable of doing anything that would anger both gods and men. As for Ibiki's life or death, as long as the body didn't leave the Root base, who would know?

"Heh." With a cold laugh, Kusuo stood up with his sword and said to Ibiki by the wall, "I've already taken care of all the ninja outside. You can go back on your own after you recover your strength. At that time, I'll have something I need your help with."

With that, Kusuo left with his sword.

These words made Ibiki's pupils shrink, his heart filled with horror, like a raging sea. This was already the depths of the Root base. The number of guards outside was definitely not small. Aside from the few who were out on missions, almost all of Root's elite forces were gathered here.

What did he just say? He's already taken care of all the ninja outside?

A deep shock was imprinted on his face. Root was as famous as the ANBU, and in terms of its terrifying nature, it was even worse. For a single boy to single-handedly kill all the members of Root... it proved that he also had the ability to slaughter his way through the ANBU. If he could slaughter these two organizations, who in Konoha could stop him?

Kusuo didn't know what kind of impact his words had on Ibiki. He continued to walk step by step towards the innermost part. There, one person's breathing was very obvious.

Upon arriving, a sinister old man wrapped in a lot of gauze appeared in his sight. Danzo sat on the main throne, his hands gripping his cane...

"You have a lot of courage," he said faintly, looking at Kusuo who had walked in with his sword.

Kusuo smiled. "I should be the one saying that to you!"

With that, he slashed with his sword.

"Thunder Breathing, Sixth Form—Rumble and Roar!"

BAM! BAM! BAM!

The sound of a violent thunderclap echoed, making the entire underground base tremble. Even on the ground far above, many people could feel their feet shaking.

The technique lived up to its name. As the final form of Thunder Breathing, its main purpose was attack and destruction. Kusuo did not probe, did not hold back. He opened with a killing blow.

"Nice swordsmanship. It seems my intel on you is still too little. I didn't expect you to have mastered a lightning-attribute sword aura in addition to your fire-attribute one," a voice said from a distance. The body of Danzo that had been annihilated by the thunderous sword had vanished, only to reappear in another part of the secret room.

"There's a lot you don't know," Kusuo said with a light smile, holding his sword. Yoriichi Tsugikuni's talent far surpassed the understanding of this world. He could create his own Sun Breathing and even help others create derivative breathing methods. For Kusuo, who had unlocked a large part of the template, this was already a very easy matter. In the future, when fighting enemies, while solely using Sun Breathing would certainly have no negative impact, being able to master more breathing styles would naturally allow him to face the powerhouses of the great ninja villages with more ease. Elemental counters... they were never outdated in any world.

Danzo seemed to have a card up his sleeve. He wasn't in a hurry to attack, instead walking slowly with a leisurely gait, as if he wanted to get a closer look at more of Kusuo's secrets.

SWISH!

Another magnificent sword aura slashed out. But this time, it was golden-red, carrying the power of the scorching sun, a temperature high enough to boil the heavens and seas. Danzo couldn't dodge in time and was once again cut to pieces, his entire body turning into a bloody foam that melted in the high temperature.

"Young people will be young people. Why must you resort to blades and guns right away? Can't we just sit down and talk?"

But Danzo's corpse once again disappeared, strangely reappearing in another location.

Hearing Danzo's words from behind him, Kusuo scoffed. He looked at Danzo's face and said mockingly, "Negotiations... have always only existed between true powerhouses. An elephant does not care for the thoughts of an ant. Besides, for an old thing like you who only knows how to scheme in the dark, I just want to cut you down with one slash!"

Kusuo's words were like knives, stabbing fiercely into Danzo's heart. The latter's perpetually calm face finally twitched, his sinister expression revealing itself without reservation.

"What, just a few words and you're already showing your true colors?"

Danzo's reaction, in Kusuo's eyes, was as nauseating as the anger of a clownish rat.

"I hope you can still be so stubborn later on." This time, Danzo didn't plan on wasting any more words. After throwing out this cold sentence—

CHOO! CHOO!

"Wind Style! Vacuum Bullets!"

He quickly formed hand seals, and spat out disk-shaped wind bullets from his mouth.

Swoosh!

As the vacuum bullets flew, they hit a stone handrail, and the sharp wind element completely cut it apart. It wasn't hard to imagine that if it hit a human body, it would undoubtedly pierce through it, leaving a bloody mess.

But Kusuo just casually slashed, and the continuously fired wind bullets were immediately cut in half, passing by his body on both sides and smashing into the ground, revealing several bowl-sized deep pits.

"Is that it? If your real skills were half as good as your scheming, maybe I would have looked at you with a bit more respect," Kusuo said. "But now—"

Kusuo swung the sword in his hand forcefully upwards.

"You should just obediently go and die!"

VMM!

A constantly amplifying, humming sword aura slashed out from thin air. Carrying a fierce gale force wind and the sonic boom produced after breaking the sound barrier, it instantly flattened the entire underground space.

Danzo's body had nowhere to run. It was directly swallowed by the roaring sword aura, turning into a bloody mist that filled the air.

One slash. Terrifyingly powerful.

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