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  "Aarrgh!" Danzo's scream halted the Root ninjas and they immediately turheir attention to their leader.

  Then they saw a Root ninja with a bloody swrabbing the severed arm up in the air. The arm instantly vanished from the Root ninja's hand upon making tact.

  "My task is dory and finish things on your end." The Root ninja addressed the disguised Daichi a sed it vanished in a puff of smoke.

  Dragon nodded with a smirk that the others couldn't see.

  The leader of the Root was down on his knees with one arm trying to support his body. Without the power of the Sharingan, Hashirama's cells inside Danzo's body started going out of trol.

  A rge tree suddenly sprouted from Danzo's severed shoulder, growing and breaking through the ceiling. Danzo gritted his teeth and forcefully cut himself off from the tree protruding from his body.

  Two Root ninjas capable of Medic jutsu went to assist Danzo. They healed his injury and helped their master get ba his feet.

  [You have sensed killing i.]

  Danzo's eyes held hatred and rage as they fell on the masked enemy. "You bastard… To think you had someone on the inside… Or was that a e in disguise?"

  "Guess." Dragon chuckled in mirth. "You were careless Danzo. You look down on others and believe yourself to be the mastermind puppeteering everyohat's why you didn't see this ing." Dragon replied as he tightehe grip on the sword he took from a nearby dead ninja.

  "Where is that arm?"

  Dragon ughed mogly. "Gohat jutsu is far too dangerous and uable. It's best to destroy it." The disguised Daichi lied.

  The one eyed war hawk gritted his teeth and was about to speak when one of his agents whispered. "Lord Danzo. The Hokage and Jiraiya are making their way here. What should we do?"

  Danzo held in his anger and looked at the mysterious enemy. 'Maybe I get Hiruzen to fight and kill him for me.'

  Having made a decision the leader of the Root gave his order. "Hotaru. Kill him. Four of you back him up. The rest of you are with me."

  Immediately the reanimated Hotaru and 4 Root ninjas surrounded Daichi while the rest escaped the room with Danzo.

  Ohe old war-hawk was away from the battlefield he looked at the nearby 3 ninjas. "You three. Lead Jiraiya down here. Make sure Jiraiya believes that man is the enemy of the Leaf."

  The Root ninjas assigned with the task heir heads and vahe one eyed old ninja made his way to a secret escape tunnel. 'Hiruzen's attack so soon was pletely ued. To think he would make su aggressive move without wasting any time. I thought I made sure his spy didn't find anything ao think I've been reduced to running like a rat.'

  Danzo could only tighten his fist in anger and move forward uhe prote of the ninjas besides him. After the attack just now Danzo was wary of his agents. He had his guard up and was on high alert.

  His team had e across a few Anbu and some of his ninjas stayed behind to let their wounded leader escape.

  —-

  As Danzo was fleeing, Hiruzen and a few masked ninjas were examining some of the bodies of the Root ninjas they discovered. Anbu had e across the corpses as they were making their way down the hideout.

  "They were assassinated. Swift ahal strikes. But it wasn't us." One of the masked ninjas in Anbu gear spoke.

  "Could it be infighting?" Another Anbu specuted.

  "No. Danzo has traihem well. This is something else." Hiruzen shook his head and replied. "It seems there is someone else here in this base. Most probably using our raid as cover to achieve whatever it is they came here to do."

  "We o find Danzo before he escapes. He might have our answer." The Hokage gave his order and the teams vanished.

  —-

  [Mental intrusioed]

  [Gamer's Mind has ralized the attack.]

  Meanwhile, Daichi(Dragon) was defending against the onsught of five strong ninjas. He defended against their various Genjutsu and analyzed their fighting style, tering every trap.

  'The four of them are trying to immobilize me while Hoes for a double suicide jutsu. That reanimated body is being a real pain in the ass.'

  But the five enemies in front of him were not Daichi's main . It was the man hidden in the shadows watg their battle. 'If I tag Obito with a Mana tracker skill then I'll be able to find his hideouts. But I'm not sure if Bck Zetsu sense Mana energy up close. It's a huge risk.'

  [You have sensed killing i.]

  'Now that my Seat and killing i skill have gone up so many levels it's almost like having a spider sense.'

  'Dragon' raised his left hand and blocked the punch aimed for his head. He gripped the fist of the enemy ahe sword in his right hand in reverse grip and quickly sshed.

  The root ninja leaned back but Daichi sent lightning chakra through the bde aes range allowing the sharp on to pierce through the root ninja's body.

  But as Daichi attacked he sensed Hotaru ing, aiming to sever his right arm. He immediately used his left arm to form multiple hand seals with the enemy. He inhaled a rge amount of air and turned his head towards the oning enemy.

  'Wind style - Air on.'

  A powerful bst of wind blew Hotaru to the other side of the room while inflig several wounds. But dust and debris quickly swirled around his body and the wounds were healed.

  'Dragon' sensed a fireball jutsu ing from behind and he jumped high as quickly as he could. The sed he side dowhe ceiling two root ninjas appeared with swords poised to decapitate him.

  The two Root ninjas moved forward to attad successfully pierced the masked ninja's heart and cut off his head. But the sed two bodies fell to the floor. It was the two root shinobi. Instead of Daichi, they attacked each other. Unfortunate victims of a meticulous Genjutsu.

  'Dragon' nded a few feet away and suddenly a new notification appeared.

  [Dangerous Poisoed…]

  [Gamer's body is ralizing the fn pound.]

  The shadow e was immediately on guard and swiftly found the source of the poison. It was one of the two root ninjas he had just killed. The ninja's dead body released a strong colorless, odorless airboroxin. Daioticed the only living Root ninja in the room i his body with a small vial. He immediately realized what just happened.

  'A deyed kill tactic. Even if they die they'll use their corpse to weaken or kill the enemy. These guys are indeed ruthless.'

  Instantly the masked shadow e formed a seal and powerful gusts of wind formed and blew the surrounding air away in all dires.

  [Gamer's body has ralized the fn pound.]

  The message came indig that his system was from the poison. But the masked Daichi suddenly stumbled. He was down on one knee and breathing hard.

  'My chakra is running low. I won't be able to hold on much lohat Genjutsu attack used up a k of my chakra.'

  The disguised Daichi used 'Genjutsu - Reverse Reality teique'. It makes a shinobi believe their friend is their enemy all the while pletely erasing the presence of their true target from their senses. A powerful A rasu of Daichi's own design.

  "You weaved the hand seals for that Genjutsu in the split sed between avoiding the fireball jutsu and reag the ceiling." A cold emotionless voice spoke.

  Daichi looked forward and saw Hotaru walking towards him.

  "The instant those teared near you, you caught them in your trap. That Genjutsu caught them at the st moment when they were about to attad that didn't give them time to sense if there was anything wrong. A fwless jutsu execution that made them kill each other."

  Daichi let out a deep breath of air and stood. 'He figured out my teique so quickly. His observation skills are good.'

  The masked ninja turned his gaze to the other ninja who was standing near Hotaru but wary. '3 down. 2 more to go.'

  "Who are you? How do you know me?" Hotaru suddenly asked.

  Daichi kept silent as he looked at the reanimated ninja. 'Hmph. If Danzo thinks I'll divulge information that easily, he's even more of a fool than I thought.'

  The gamer ninja remembered what his observe skill had shown him. 'Danzo see ahrough him. If I let slip anything that points to my identity it's not just Danzo who'll be after me. The Hokage might bee aware, not to mention that bastard Obito…'

  Seeing no reply from the masked man, Hotaru didn't bother wasting time and gave the order to attack. The st Root ninja with him followed the and and rushed at the disguised shadow e.

  Daichi stood his ground and braced himself. 'They're ting on the fact that I'm almost out of chakra and only use Taijutsu skills.'

  'Dragon' fought and tered the root ninja while keeping an eye on Hotaru. The reanimated puppet was keeping a close wat the masked ninja and was looking for an opportunity. He didn't have to wait long for oo appear.

  The masked ninja's right leg tripped on a jagged piece of rock stig out of the floor and momentarily shifted his bance. Hotaru instantly went forward to attack.

  The root ninja also saw the mistake and wao capitalize on it. But her khat it art of the disguised Genin's strategy. The instant Hotaru came close, smoke bombs instantly appeared in Daichi's arms and it fell all around them. They exploded, momentarily c the three ninjas from the hidden Obito's view.

  Daichi used his speed skills and increased his agility. Ihan a fra of a seultiple lethal strikes nded on the root ninja's body killing him. Hotaru was close and didn't expect his eo move at such greater speeds.

  Daichi suddenly vanished from his eyes and the instant a palm grabbed the back of his head and smmed him into the floor face first.

  'So fast'. Hotaru wao retaliate but Daichi didn't give him the ce.

  A powerful Mana energy tore through his mind and Daichi forcefully broke through the seals and defense barriers Danzo pced on Hotaru's mind.

  'There are three ways to stop a Reanimation ninja. Ohe user himself uhe jutsu. Sed. Use sealing jutsu to trap the reanimation. Third, trigger a stroal or emotional fluctuation and the soul of the reanimation will bee free.' Daichi held the ninja down ahe st k of his Mana into his Mana shock attack.

  Seeing the reanimation ninja temporarily disabled, Daichi went through several hand seals and immediately pced his palms on Hotaru's back. A strong Yin and Yang chakra was emitted into Hotaru's body disrupting his chakra pletely and temporarily halting the movements of his body..

  The shadow e used the st few ks of his chakra and now his chakra bar was down to double digits. Something that hadn't happened in a long time. 'I've attacked your Mind and your Body. The soul part will be up to you. I've removed the blocks Danzo pced on your mind. Let's see if you free yourself.'

  Daichi took a few steps bad sat on the ground breathing hard. 'I'm going to dispel anytime now. But before that… I have to know… If this worked.'

  A minute went by and slowly Hotaru was beginning tee his body. He slowly stood on one leg and turo look at the masked ninja while the rest of his body repaired itself.

  "What did.. you do to me?" Hotaru asked, this time there were several emotions in his voice.

  "I've given you a fighting ce. The rest is up to you." 'Dragon' replied.

  "I don't know if I break free." Hotaru said as he looked at the arms that were slowly regeing. Even at that moment he was gettial orders from Danzo to attack. Just as his body was about to move and follow that and, the mask ninja spoke.

  "Think about your mother. She wouldn't want to see you like this."

  "Where is she?" Hotaru asked the mysterious ninja.

  "She's dead. She has been for several years. The pain of losing you was too much for her."

  Hotaru's eyes widened and a tear escaped from the er of his eyes. Suddenly his body glowed white and his soul began to separate from his body.

  The ethereal soul looked at the unknown ninja and there was gratitude on his face. "Who are you?"

  "I'm afraid I 't say."

  Hotaru looked at the man and nodded. "Thank you."

  The masked ninja merely nodded and Hotaru's soul vanished into the ether. The masked Daichi let out several deep breaths of air and had a small smile under his mask.

  "I'm impressed." A cold voice suddenly came from the shadows.

  The voice didn't startle Daichi as he was waiting for the man to appear. From the dark shadows of the room a man wearing a spiral mask slowly walked towards the man wearing the Dragon mask.

  Obito looked at the masked ninja and crossed his arms. "I was right. You sensed me long before now, didn't you. That's impressive."

  "Are you going to kill me?" 'Dragon' asked.

  Obito chuckled. "Why would I waste my energy on a shadow e?"

  That statement surprised Daichi a little.

  As if expeg such a response, Obito replied to the unasked question. "Throughout your battle from the very beginning, you were careful not to let a sirike nd on your body. Eve would have been ve. You either dodged or redirected the attacks or used defensive ninjutsu. It's certainly impressive that a shadow e was able to kill so many capable Root."

  "What do you want?" Dragon's rude attitude was ignored by Obito.

  "What I want? Not who I am?" Obito replied with his owion.

  "I sense Sharingan and Wood style chakra ing from your body. You're either an Uchiha who got his hands on the First Hokage's cells or a Senju who got his hands on a pair of Sharingan and the First Hokage's blood. Either way, yoing to be a problem for me." Daichi mixed some truth with lies and gave out some false hypotheses so as to not reveal all his cards.

  "A problem for you huh." Obito chuckled. "If you get in my way, then yes, most certainly."

  Obito slowly released his killing i and the masked Daichi stood up fag him. The gamer ninja thought back to the night he lost his friend and he ched his fists.

  Chakra and murderous i rose in the air as the masked Daichi looked at Obito. 'It's still too soon for ht. But even so… I really wanna take a crack at yht now.'

  "Where is Shisui Uchiha's Sharingan?" Obito asked in a chilling voice.

  "Gone. Kotoamatsukami is far too dangerous."

  "I don't believe that for a sed." Obito chuckled at that poor lie.

  "You're right. What I meant to say was… you won't ever get the ce to use that eye."

  The smug tone in the masked ninja's reply angered Obito. "You bastard… You know quite a lot of secrets don't you? Who are you?"

  Daichi was about to give a sarcastic retort but stopped himself. He decided it was time to send Obito asu on a wild goose chase. A few seds of sileer he answered. "Dragon.. You sider me as a revolutionary."

  "A revolutionary huh. Tell me. What are you revolting against?" Hearing the word revolutionary was ued for Obito.

  "This whole broken system."

  That answer surprised Obito. "If it's the shinobi system you're fighting against, then why don't you join my anization?" The masked Madara gave an offer out of mere i.

  "Not ied. I work alone. Besides, you and I have a score to settle." The Genin hadn't let go of the grudge formed on that fateful day.

  "You have no idea who you're up against. I will find out who you really are and then we'll talk again. I'm curious to see if you'll have the same bravado then." The light from the Sharingan in the eyehole gave a menag aura to the masked ninja.

  No more words were exged. Killing i rose from the two deadly masked ninjas as they stared each other down. The floor around them cracked due to the might of their power.

  Just then a message came from the Daichi's shadow e who was raiding the sealing scrolls. 'Hey guys. Not to arm you but someoremely strong just ehe base. I sense high level chakra and higher than average Mana reserves. A high kage level ninja. Definitely not the third Hokage.'

  Immediately a new message came from the inal Daichi who was keeping an eye ohing. 'Dispel yourselves. We got what we wanted.'

  The other shadow e immediately let go of the jutsu and vanished into smoke.

  Several notifications popped up in Dragon's view but he ignored all of them and gazed directly at Obito. 'He's vigint. If I try to pce a Mana tracker on him, something might g. And I don't have any Mana reserves left to impnt the higher level tracker seals. It's best to retreat for now.'

  Just as the e gave a warning, both Obito and the masked Daichi sensed aremely powerful chakra ing towards them.

  "ime." With those words Dragon vanished into a puff of smoke.

  Obito was silent and slowly vanished in a swirl. A masked ninja appeared just as the st few bits of Obito were sucked through his space time ninjutsu.

  The masked shinobi was covered from head to toe in protective and cealing clothes. He looked at the disturban spad inwardly frowned. He pced his index finger on the floor and sighed after a few moments.

  'Gone. I was just a couple seds te… How did they escape? Who were they?'

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