Chapter 228 - 228 (1/2)

In the Hokage's office, Ryo detailed the situation in the Rain Village to Minato.

After the latter listened to him, he frowned in surprise. He never expected that Danzo would make a secret alliance with Hanzo.

”Minato Ni-san, that's not the full of extent of his conspiracies, Danzo and his Root are more terrible than we ever thought.

”Terrible? Ryo, how strong do you think root is?” Minato asked quickly.

”A single root ninja is not strong, but they are strong together, and then have more than just a few Tokubetsu Jonin Ninjas. In the rain country, most of them remained conscious after taking the impact of my Denjiki Rasengan's explosion, and some did not even fall.”

Hearing Ryo, Minato's face was gloomy. Root was growing so strong under the 3rd's nose; why did he just sit still? (While it should be normal for Root, an Anbu group, to have strong Ninjas, Ryo's presence did force them to disband previously, then to get reformed into a much weaker nucleus.)

After a moment of contemplation, Minato asked: ”Ryo, do you think that the 3rd knew of the expansion of Root?”

Ryo thought and then said: ”I believe he knew that they were expanding, but I don't believe he realized that it was to this extent.”

Ryo's thoughts coincided with those of Minato. After hesitating for a while, he finally turned and asked an Anbu: ”Go to Konoha's higher-ups, and tell them that we'll be holding a high-level meeting tonight.”

After the Anbu Ninja received the order, he nodded and went perform his task immediately. Ryo bid farewell to Minato, and directly teleported to Orochimaru's lab.

During all the time he spent on the mission, Ryo kept thinking about Lain worriedly.

He had taught her his clan's secret techniques, and how to refine Chakra. However, he still did not know how things would end up when she takes the experiment.

Ryo walked immediately to the lower floor where she was at, and happened to find Orochimaru looking at Lain who was in glassware excitedly.

From the expression on Orochimaru's face, Ryo realized that things had probably gone well. He immediately flickered to his side, using his spiritual power to perceive Lain.

She was in a surprisingly good state, which made Ryo very happy. He did not expect that she would go through the hardest phase so soon.

And judging by the powerful vitality emitted by her body, Hashirama's cells must've already started to integrate into her body.

Now, as long as nothing goes wrong, she should end up like Yamato ended up in the Manga.

Thinking of Yamato, Ryo turned to the other side. However, he was surprised by what he found!

Yamato's body was asleep, and so was his consciousness. Even Hashirama's cells were not as active as they were usually.

Yes, he was making progress, and the cells were being integrated into his body. However, this was happening at a much slower pace!

After seeing Lain, Ryo told Orochimaru about Danzo, and then mentioned the high level meeting that was scheduled later that night.

Orochimaru didn't have any special reaction; he just nodded.

In the evening both of them left the lab to Minato's office. They arrived 10 minutes early, and took their seats waiting for the remaining heads of clans.