Chapter 258 - 258 (2/2)

”Sakumo san left you with one arm too many.”

”Ryo YAMANAKA! How dare you! Root, kill him, kill him now!”

Danzo was not through talking when Root swarmed around Ryo who smiled and said: ”Danzo, your Root Ninjas are mostly Chunin and Jonin, a good reliable force indeed. But killing me? You've lost it old man; you're asking them for way too much!”

Ryo's Ice Lightning Chakra Mode raged more ferociously. Just as he was about to turn the place into a bloodbath, the 3rd stopped him: ”Ryo, they are all Ninjas of Konoha; some of them are from the Ino-Shika-Cho! Please be merciful!”

Being reminded of the presence of the Ino-Shika-Cho Ninjas among Root, Ryo just sighed and disappeared from the place.

The 3rd sighed, and looked at Danzo with hesitant eyes before leaving.

The next day, Sakumo issued an order, making the Jinchurki's identity a village-wide S-Class secret that no one was allowed to discuss or spread.

With this order, the debates in Konoha about Naruto stopped quickly.

At the same time, Root was disbanded again. However, this time, things were different. The 3rd had a punishment for Danzo this time around.

He personally sealed Danzo's Chakra, and locked him into Root's headquarters.

In the Hokage's office, Sakumo sighed after learning of his choice: ”He still did not kill him; after all that!”

Ryo had long guessed that the 3rd would not. It was actually only punished him because of the pressure and guilt he felt for not doing so before.

”That's already the limit of what he could do. After all, he and Danzo have known each other for a lifetime. In a sense, Danzo was a Shadow Sandaime. The 3rd did very well just by doing what he did.”

From the office, Ryo directly teleported to Orochimaru's lab.

Recently, he had not paid attention to Yamato's situation. With him finally having time now, he wanted to see the recent changes that occurred to him.

As he entered, Ryo happened to find an interesting unexpected scene!

Anko Mitarashi was in the Snake Sage Mode, and for a while, it wasn't obvious who would come out on top in her battle against Orochimaru. Ryo hadn't seen her fight for too long, and was surprise to see her grow so fast.

Unfortunately, she couldn't maintain Sage Mode for too long, and while she was practically on par with Orochimaru when in it, the latter could beat her rather easily when she was out of time.

With their battle over, Ryo, who had been watching for while now, said: ”Orochi san, this place is rather small; couldn't fighting here destroy your lab?”

”I just don't want to get out, so I fight carefully here. Well, what are you here for?”

”I'm here to check on Yamato. Lain is Ninja school already but he's still the same. It's making me a bit anxious.” Ryo walked toward the glassware where Yamato was placed.

”Oh, he's not exactly the same. In the past few days, he had already woken up once. After that, the speed of the integration of the 1st's cells with his became much faster. I think this should end up being a success as well.” Orochimaru said as he excitedly licked his lips.

”Is that so? Well, I'm still looking forward to see the birth of another Wood Release using Ninja!”