The moment that hand was about to touch the should of Eagle masked Anbu, Monkey masked Anbu suddenly came out of nowhere, caught her, and flashed away.
Chiiiirrrrpppp…
And the very next instant, the sharp sound chirping of thousands of birds was resounded in the forest, and with dangerously dazzling thunder wrapped around his hand, the Dog masked Anbu, who had turned back a few moments ago, quickly rushed towards the masked man.
"If it isn't the long lost Chidori…" – whispered masked man to no one in particular while looking at the lightning wrapped around the right arm of Dog masked Anbu.
Dog masked Anbu didn't seem to notice the masked man's fluctuating emotions.
His speed was extremely fast, and in just an instant, he had already arrived in front of the masked man, but the fact that the masked man did not even attempt to dodge, retreat or block the attack made him feel confused.
Whoosh…
Dog's eyes shrank, the attack that was supposed to kill, or at least injure the masked man, did not even touch him, in fact, it just phased right through him, as if… as if what was standing before them was nothing more than a projection.
"What sort of ninjutsu is that…?" – muttered Dog in confusion.
But before he could reanalyze things, he suddenly felt a harsh kick on his waist, and with just one blow, Dog was blown away and severely crashed on the nearby tree…
The Masked man muttered in anger and disappointment, "Pathetic, useless as always… can't stop anything, can't save anyone!"
At this time the dust on the opposite side cleared, and Cat Anbu, who had a dark green skeletal structure covering him was revealed.
His back was covered in small burns but nothing too dangerous.
He also saw the weird scene where Captain's attack phased right through the body of the masked man, and to be honest, he even with his Mangekyou Sharingan was unable to figure out the exact mechanism. He was certain that it wasn't due to some sort of Genjutsu or mere image projection. The masked man is indeed standing there but the attack still phased right through him, this was strange.
He understood that they have encountered a powerful enemy with strange abilities, so he did not dare to be careless, and said to the panicked Uzumaki Naruto, who was held by him. "I and my teammates will deal with him, meanwhile you will run in the direction of the village, can you do that?"
Cat knew that the reinforcements from the village will be on their way, so as long as Uzumaki Naruto runs in the direction of the village, he will soon meet up with them, and thus will be escorted back to the village safely.
Although Naruto is a kid, and he was unaware that this masked shinobi was secretly protecting and watching him for months now, but he saw the scene where this masked Shinobi did not hesitate to risk his life in order to save him just a few moments ago, he was still touched.
And with the calm and gentle tone he spoke to Naruto, Naruto instinctively nodded, for some reason, Naruto felt that this person was different from the rest of the villagers… he was like… like… Hyuga Kuroto, yeah… like Hyuga Kuroto, and Ramen Guy.
So out of trust, Naruto nodded, and as soon as the cat-masked shinobi put him down, he ran away.
It's just that the ignorant kid did not know the right direction at all, and although he ran extremely fast, he did not run in the right direction.
Cat looked helpless, but at this time it was already too late to stop the kid, so Cat could only sigh, and look at the Captain.
Dog nodded towards the Cat, then glanced at Eagle, "Go after the kid, and make sure that he reaches the village safely!"
The Eagle masked Anbu hesitated a little, but looking at the resolute eyes of three of her seniors, she nodded and disappeared in the direction Naruto went.
The masked man did not stop her, he just lazily stood in the center of the three Anbu.
With Naruto and Eagle gone, Cat asked with a sharp tone, "Just who are you, and what do you want with that kid, I don't believe you are from Amatsukami?"
The Masked man did not even bother to look at Cat, or any of the other two members of Team-11, from beginning to end, his gaze was on Uzumaki Naruto and the Eagle Anbu that went after Naruto.
To be honest, the Jinchuriki kid wasn't really his target, bringing Naruto here was just part of his plan, and letting him escape was also part of his plan, so he did not have any intention of stopping Naruto from beginning to end.
At this moment, sudden noise was heard, and from the looks of it, a large number of Shinobi were on their way here.
The masked man chuckled loudly, "It's about time!" – and immediately activated some strange technique. As soon as the technique was activated his figure distorted and disappeared in a spiraling whirl.
The second part of his plan has just begun, confronting Uchiha Shisui and Hatake Kakashi wasn't really necessary, as such the masked man tacitly disappeared, because his objective was achieved.
"Damn, it's a space-time Jutsu again!" – muttered Cat with a frown.
No matter how much either of three thinks about it, there doesn't seem to be a way to counter this technique.
Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…
Accompanied by the sound of breaking past wind, several figures, led by Elder Danzo arrived at the battlefield.
Shimura Danzo looked at the state of the battlefield, and with just a glance he figured out some things, then he turned towards the captain of Anbu Team-11, and questioned, "Where is the attacker? Where is the Jinchuriki?"
Dog pointed in the direction Uzumaki Naruto ran in, and said, "The attacker just escaped using some sort of Space-Time Jutsu, and Uzumaki Naruto ran in that direction. Eagle of our team went after Uzumaki Naruto and we were going to go after him as well."
"Stop!" – Shimura Danzo ordered and stopped the three of Team-11 to chase after Uzumaki Naruto. His gaze was flickering as if he was preparing for something.
Cat asked doubtfully, "Danzo-sama, is something wrong?"
The Dog looked at Shimura Danzo deeply and then signaled something to Monkey, unlike Cat, who was really worried about the safety of Uzumaki Naruto, the keen captain of Team-11 noticed the strangeness of Shimura Danzo's expression.
At this moment, the Captain of the Hokage Guards along with the rest of the Hokage Guards also arrived, came next to Dog, and whispered lightly, "Someone tried to assassinate Hokage-sama, we suspect that the culprit of the attack is Uchiha Shisui."
The Dog was shocked and immediately denied, "It's impossible, Uchiha Shisui has been under my watch from beginning to end, it cannot be him!"
The fact that Hatake Kakashi denied it made Shimura Danzo's determination stronger. He instantly used the Body Flicker Technique and instantly rushed towards Uchiha Shisui without any warning or questioning. With his crutch pointing towards Shisui.
Uchiha Shisui did not expect Elder Danzo to attack him so suddenly, for seemingly no reason, and that too at such a critical moment when the life of Kyuubi's Jinchuriki was at stake, as a result, he was highly shocked. But even if shocked, Shisui still managed to directly use Genjutsu to subdue Shimura Danzo instantly.
Instantly, Shimura Danzo who had rushed towards Shisui came to a halt, his head bent down, and it seemed he has lost consciousness.
With Shisui's Genjutsu mastery, he managed to instantly subdue Shimura Danzo even with hastily launched Genjutsu.
And just as Shisui wanted to figure out why Elder Danzo suddenly attacked him, the figure of Danzo standing in front of him suddenly disappeared, and this disappearance was so strange that neither was there any smoke nor any signs of other techniques being used, it was as if Shimura Danzo wasn't even present there.
Shisui's eyes widened, "This is Iza-…" – was all he could speak when Shimura Danzo suddenly appeared behind him out of nowhere and fiercely struck his crutch on Shisui's spinal cord.
Shisui wasn't able to avoid this attack, he had barely managed to avoid being hit at the spinal cord but he was still in severe pain, and weakly asked, "Wh… why?"
Shimura Danzo said coldly, "Humph, you Uchiha Shisui, dare to collude with the Uchiha Clan and planned the assassination of Hokage-sama, and you dare to question me 'why?'"
While Shisui lost his consciousness, Danzo did not wait any longer, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to rip out that oh-so-powerful pair of Mangekyou Sharingan from Shisui's eye sockets, so that he can finally have the ultimate Genjutsu technique Kotoamatsukami in his hands and make good use of it 'for the sake of the village.'
Just as Danzo's fingers touched Shisui's eye sockets, some sort of seal hindered Danzo to move forward and rip out those eyes.
And before he could figure out what in the hell was this, two figures simultaneously appeared before Danzo, one of whom heavily kicked Shimura Danzo in the chest, while the other picked up the unconscious Uchiha Shisui.
Both of them acted in tacit cooperation, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed out of the crowd while carrying the unconscious Shisui.
Shimura Danzo, who was kicked heavily in the chest collided with a tree, but it didn't seem that he was injured, however, he was deeply angered, and that rage was clearly visible on his face.
Looking at the two figures who disappeared with soon-to-be-his pair of Mangekyou Sharingan, Shimura Danzo gritted his teeth in frustration, "Hatake Kakashi! Might Guy!"
He was only a step away from Mangekyou Sharingan, and the fact that these two interfered with his plans angered him, in rage he immediately ordered the shinobi around him. "Anbu Team-11 colluded with the Uchiha Clan, and betrayed the village by participating in the assassination attempt of Hokage-sama, for their crime, I, Shimura Danzo declare them to be rebels! Immediately start hunting!"
The loyal shinobi of the Root sub-unit did not hesitate to chase after the three Anbu of Team-11, while the shinobi that were not part of the Root sub-unit looked at their respective captains, they were not sure what to do.
Team-11 is undoubtedly the most elite and strongest team of the current Anbu department, and their respect is extremely high within the Anbu department, as such, they were hesitant to act as per Shimura Danzo's orders.
The Captain of Hokage Guards stepped forward, and said, "Danzo-sama, Uchiha Shisui is only one of the suspects, he is not proven to be a convict as of yet, moreover, Hokage-sama ordered that Uchiha Shisui must be brought back without any injuries, so directly declaring them as a rebel is a bi-…"
Shimura Danzo interrupted his words mid-way, and said sternly, "I will explain things to Hokage-sama myself, now Uchiha Shisui is an extremely dangerous person and he is on the lose, moreover I suspect that the rest of team-11 is under his control, so they must be immediately neutralized, and Uchiha Shisui must be eliminated as early as possible, otherwise the danger he poses to the village is too much!"
Speaking so, Danzo did not care about the opposite parties' words and immediately rushed in the direction of Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy.
Seeing Shimura Danzo's reaction, the Hokage Guards, as well as other Anbu shinobi looked at each other helplessly. They were not sure what to do.
The captain of the Hokage Guard pondered for a moment and said, "Hokage-sama tasked us with bringing Uchiha Shisui back safely, and we have to also see that the Jinchuriki is safe, so from here we are going to be divided into three teams, one will go after team-11 to ensure their safety, one will go in the direction pointed by Captain of team-11 where Uzumaki Naruto went, while the last will go back and inform Hokage-sama. Is that clear!?"
"Yes!" – everyone responded.
The Captain nodded, and immediately divided the teams to follow the orders.
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