After a long walk comparable to a short trip in a stop-and-go rhythm, Danzou and Naruto, each with their own ghosts, finally arrived at the base of a huge tree with a trunk that was incalculable to the naked eye.

"I thought that when Danzou named his organization Root, the meaning behind it was just the old guy's words all day long, 'We are the roots of the towering tree that is deep in the earth and supports the towering tree of Konoha Ninja Village in the dark!'" This pyramid scheme organization brainwashed its members with a high-sounding slogan full of self-deception, but I didn't expect it to be really a 'root' organization that is 'deeply rooted in the earth'...... There is no false propaganda that is 100% in line with the name of the organization...... "Looking at the thick roots of the trees exposed in front of him and the group that bent over and slowly burrowed into it, Naruto's young mind fluctuated violently and twitched at the same time, his inner world was constantly frantically complaining about the rustic entrance in front of him that was diametrically opposed to the expected concealment of various high-end atmospheric grades, and after a pause, he approached a little and knocked on the roots intentionally or unintentionally to determine whether the scene in front of him was a man-made forgery. While puffing out his face and pouting like a real three-year-old naughty child, he stood with his hands folded and stood with his arms folded and complained softly, "Hmph! Grandpa Tuanzang, you lie! Talking doesn't count! He said that he would invite me home for a big meal, and he took me away for so long...... But I haven't seen Grandpa Tuanzang's house until now, no matter how I look at it, it's just for me to watch Grandpa Tuanzang climb the roots of the tree and play! ”

"How so? Naruto, you've known Grandpa for so long, when did Grandpa ever lie to Naruto? Hearing this, Danzo, who had already cleared the dead branches of the bushes that covered the entrance, slapped the dust between his hands due to the cleaning of the camouflage, and turned his head to keep a kind smile on his face, gently responding and calming Naruto's dissatisfied complaints, after a pause, his eyes swept over Naruto's petite body as if he was weak, and quietly tested it through the special probing techniques of the root tissue, "Grandpa is indeed taking Naruto home, but Grandpa has also said before, grandpa's home is far away from here, I'm worried that Naruto won't have the strength to walk home with Grandpa, so now Grandpa wants to take Naruto on a shortcut that will allow him to get home early......"

Of course, Naruto, who had long known about Danzang's suspicious character, naturally prepared a perfect response to the old guy's move...... And that's another important reason why Naruto went to great lengths to use shadow clones to transmit information.

Another significant feature of the multiple shadow clone technique will be evenly distributed when the body chakra is performed, so that the chakra in Naruto's body, which has a huge reserve [only counting the chakra possessed by the body, the chakra of the nine lamas is not counted] becomes empty, because he knows that he has the existence of the giant power bank of the nine lamas in his body, which can quickly provide a large number of tailed beast chakras to supplement his own consumption, such as the reason why the arm command launches ninjutsu on his behalf, It makes Naruto naturally seem dispensable to the chakra reserves that are only beyond the ordinary shinobi under the age limit, and they are comparable to the middle ninja. Therefore, it can be said that the number of shadow clones created is as good as possible, which leads to the fact that no matter how Tuan Zang tries to test it in the open and secret, in the end, he can only get that Naruto has a slightly more chakra in his body than his peers, which is in line with the half-hung Uzumaki clan bloodline talent inherited from his mother Uzumaki Kushina, is just a "useless waste" with mediocre qualifications and no highlights and is very easy to coax. If it weren't for the urgency of the current situation and the need to use the power of the nine-tailed demon fox in the body of this little ghost head to win the game, presumably even if he killed Tuan Zang, he would not have pulled down his face like this in this life to curry favor with Naruto.

What's more, Danzang personally tampered with and concealed the identity of Naruto's hero's son, causing Naruto to be abused and disliked by the villagers who didn't know the truth in the past three years, but also practiced a superb acting skills that were free and easy, so that the three generations of Hokage suddenly woke up and began to command the forces under his command to press the power in the hands of Danzang step by step. I have never speculated on the culprit who caused the transformation of the three generations of Hokage, and I have never put a single bit of speculation on the simple and willful child in front of me...... In a sense, it can be regarded as self-inflicted.

"Huh? The ...... of the home Shortcut? Seeing that the once arrogant Danzou was now forced to pull down his face, hypocritical, patient, and funny to please himself, Naruto's heart was as refreshing as drinking a bowl of iced juice when the dog day was blazing. Trying to control his facial muscles to keep them in place to avoid revealing any horses' feet, the body wrapped in thick clothes also trembled slightly imperceptibly because of the forced smile, but on the surface, he tilted his head a little bit without any suspicion, and his brows gradually tightened as if he was trying to digest and understand Tuan Zang's words, muttering in a low voice to stimulate the tense nerves of the frightened bird in front of him. After appreciating for a while, the old guy in front of him gradually tightened his fists and wanted to do it directly, but because the initiative was in his own hands, he took his helpless embarrassment and accepted it when he saw it, and before the person was about to break out recklessly, he bent his eyebrows and smiled, showing a childlike innocent appearance, and continued, "Well, that's what I said, like Grandpa Tuanzang, what a 'good' person, he really didn't 'lie' me!" ”

In order to further deepen the trust in himself of the old guy Tuanzang, Naruto shook his head and restrained the tiredness deliberately disguised on his face, pretending to be obedient and obedient because of Tuanzang's words, while trotting forward with his little short legs, and playing the ordinary innocent and easy to coax child who is full of curiosity and excitement about unknown things at the same time, he took the first step to follow Tuanzang to clean up the disguise and then drill into the black hole that leads to the ground at the root of the giant tree. Not long after, with the help of the natural echo effect in the cave corridor, the milk voice shouted excitedly: "Wow! Grandpa Tuanzang, come on, it's so spectacular! It's the first time I've seen these weird-looking stones! It's beautiful! ”

“…… Sure enough, I was too careful...... Hmph, I would go to great lengths to be so wary of such a useless little ghost...... Because I was forced too hard by that guy recently, did I have a nervous breakdown and be suspicious? As always, under the superb acting skills, Naruto's performance can be said to be flawless, in the eyes of Danzang, Naruto, who is well-behaved and obedient, occasionally does not understand etiquette, and jokes with himself, is a simple little fart child without any scheming at all times, so that Danzang can't help but sigh that he has been suspected of being a soldier recently, and re-showed that disgusting hypocritical smile to respond to Naruto, "Slow down, slow down, Naruto, you can't run in here, if you fall, it will hurt a lot." ”

"Hey, okay - I got it!"

At the same time as Tuan Zang followed Naruto's steps into the cave, the dry palm under the robe formed the last handprint of ninjutsu, and lifted it up to release the low-level wind escape ninjutsu, and with the help of his own subtle control of ninjutsu, the camouflage stacked aside was regrouped and moved to cover the entrance to the cave, cleaning up the traces of human passage left by himself and Naruto, and it looked the same as when they first arrived in front of the giant tree, as if nothing had happened.

However, Danzo, whose mental power was too concentrated on Naruto, did not notice it, and on the canopy of another giant tree opposite the two of them, a white-haired man standing quietly with his arms folded in his hands took in the whole story.

"Naruto Uzumaki...... Haha, interesting, he really deserves to be the son of Watergate, this bold and careful little guy is the same as his father, and both father and son like to mess around on their own...... The old man was right...... Pratunam, Jiushinai, you have made a very good boy......"

Under the breeze, the bright red vest on the man's body swayed slightly in the wind, and he kept looking down at Naruto and Danzang between the words, his eyes gradually rising, and the corners of his mouth began to slowly rise to reveal a smile of relief.

"Don't worry, Watergate, Kushina...... No matter what the cost is to me, I will do everything I can to protect this child's ......."

The warm sunlight reflected on the man's body, and the shape and pattern between his foreheads were different from the standard metal forehead guards of the Konoha Ninja Village, reflecting the dazzling light, and the powerful word "oil" in the center was more and more clearly visible.