NOVEL WEB Chapter 108: CHAPTER 109
A sharp burst of cold chakra surged from the tip of Tian Yu's blade—the Great Red Lotus Ice Wheel Pill—overflowing with white frost that rapidly condensed into an icy mist.
In the blink of an eye, a radius of 100 meters was engulfed in dense, bone-chilling fog.
The ROOT ninjas who were still mid-formation with their hand seals had no time to stop their jutsu.
Instead, they were hit by a freezing wave of chakra that cut straight through their defenses.
"H-hh…" Shimura Danzo inhaled sharply at the sight, his eyes wide with a rare flicker of fear.
"Ice Release? But… how?!" Danzo gritted his teeth, still cloaked behind the advancing ROOT operatives.
"This style of Ice Release… it shouldn't exist in the Land of Fire. It's from the Land of Water, or possibly the faraway Snow Country. Could it be… a kekkei genkai?"
Tian Yu's display of the Ice Wheel Pill's strength sent shockwaves through Danzo's mind.
But there was no time to dwell on the mystery.
Within seconds, the entire 100-meter field was transformed into a frozen tundra, laced with glistening blue ice. Every ROOT shinobi caught in the mist—none escaped.
Their movements halted.
Frozen mid-attack.
Shrouded in frost, they became statues of ice.
Then, as if on cue, a cold breeze swept through the area. One by one, the sculptures cracked and shattered, clattering to the ground like broken porcelain.
Only Danzo remained.
Everyone else—annihilated by a single jutsu.
His thoughts in chaos, one word echoed in Danzo's heart:
"Escape."
Spinning on his heel, Danzo bolted, chakra surging through his legs.
But the frost-covered ground betrayed him. Icy tendrils slithered up from beneath, numbing his legs in an instant.
His speed faltered.
He stumbled.
And then, like a creeping death, the frost latched onto his ankles… then his knees… then his chest.
"You—" he tried to shout, but the words froze in his throat.
Ice enveloped his body entirely.
And just like that, Shimura Danzo was frozen solid, captured mid-run—an icy monument to his failure.
Ding!
A kunai flashed through the frozen mist—thrown from Tian Yu's fingers.
It struck the frozen Danzo directly in the back.
Crack—
The impact created fractures that snaked from the point of contact outward, racing across his limbs and torso.
Crack… Crack-crack!
And then…
Shatter.
Danzo's frozen figure disintegrated into a pile of glistening ice shards.
Dead?
Tian Yu narrowed his eyes, stepping forward to inspect the icy remains.
But in that very moment—
The body vanished.
Tian Yu's pupils contracted.
"Genjutsu?"
No—more than that. A deeper illusion. A forbidden technique.
Tian Yu exhaled slowly, thoughts catching up.
He recalled the grotesque arm Danzo had modified—the one filled with Sharingan.
"Izanagi…"
Yes, that was it.
Danzo had used Izanagi—the Uchiha's ultimate forbidden genjutsu technique.
A Sharingan-based illusion that rewrites reality. The caster records their current physical state, and for a limited time, any fatal injury—including death itself—is rendered null, reverting the body to the previously recorded state.
But the price: the Sharingan that casts Izanagi loses its light forever.
Though Danzo now possessed far fewer Sharingan than he had in the manga's Fourth Great Ninja War, even with just one eye left, he had chosen to sacrifice it for survival.
Tian Yu's gaze darkened.
"A slippery rat until the end."
He sheathed the Great Red Lotus Ice Wheel Pill, the cold mist dissipating slowly around him.
Though Danzo escaped, tonight's battle was far from meaningless.
Danzo had overplayed his hand.
And now, his fox tail was exposed.
How could Tian Yu not beat the dog while it was down?
Far off under the Hokage Rock, the lights of the Hokage office still glowed in the dark of night.
Tian Yu smirked slightly.
He could imagine how chaotic it must be inside.
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"Hey, old man!"
Tsunade's voice thundered through the office.
"There's no way you're seriously going to brush this off!"
Bang! Her palm smashed against the Hokage's desk, rattling everything atop it.
Sarutobi Hiruzen grimaced, taking a shaky breath.
"If I hadn't shown up tonight, the Scroll of Seals would be in enemy hands!"
"Those ROOT members, all from the Shimura faction, even dared to knock out the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki—Naruto Uzumaki!"
"What the hell are you doing, you senile fossil?! Are you deaf now too?!"
Crack!
The desk splintered slightly under her chakra-enhanced blow.
Behind her stood a squad of ANBU—members of the Second Assassination Unit, under Tian Yu's direct command.
Cold sweat trickled down their spines.
She was terrifying.
Half an hour ago, they'd witnessed Tsunade's personal guard—who they assumed was merely a "newcomer"—display absurd levels of power on the battlefield.
He wasn't just strong—he was a force of nature.
One arrow — instant kill.
One punch — shattered ribs.
Feather blades — sliced unseen through shadows.
He wasn't a shinobi.
He was a living weapon.
An unstoppable killing machine.
Even among the elite ANBU, only Captain Tian Yu could possibly match such might.
Not even Yamato (Tenzo), the ANBU commander, could hold a candle.
And to think…
That person was merely Tsunade-sama's personal bodyguard?
Hardcore didn't begin to describe it.
Even now, none of the ANBU had recovered from the shock of that one-sided massacre.
And here they were, watching Tsunade, one of the legendary Sannin, tear into the Third Hokage like a wild storm.
Then she removed her mask.
The final piece clicked.
"So that's why…"
Everything made sense now.
How could a powerful ninja like that appear without warning?
Why had they received no intelligence?
The answer: it was Tsunade Senju.
Her return to Konoha had been rumored, but to witness it like this—
The ANBU exhaled.
Relief flooded them.
Everything now made perfect sense.
This was Tsunade, of the Legendary Three.
The strongest medical ninja.
And the woman whose wrath made even Sarutobi Hiruzen flinch.
There could be no doubt.
This wasn't over.
Not by a long shot.
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