Chapter 59

Rising early, Su Zhong sat on the edge of the corridor, quietly watching the large lake not far away. The traces of yesterday's battle were still clearly visible, but the lake water had become much clearer.

Next to him was an incense burner, with some incense burning inside. Su Zhong added some herbs to it, and the scent that burned had a calming effect.

A regular katana lay quietly beside him.

Bai walked over with a tray, which held a large plate of steamed buns and a large cup of soy milk.

Su Zhong picked up a small bun and swallowed it in one bite, nodding in satisfaction.

Su Zhong was not used to the local diet. Since he arrived in this world, he had been constantly thinking about food. In the past, he did it himself, but now Bai was here, so he let Bai do it.

"Good, your skills have improved a lot. From now on, my diet will be your responsibility," Su Zhong said, taking a sip of soy milk, satisfied.

"As long as the master is satisfied," Bai said with a gentle smile.

He was very happy. Su Zhong's approval made him feel that he was not useless. Praise always makes people happy, especially Bai, who craved attention.

"Bai, do you want to change your living environment?" Su Zhong asked, his mouth stuffed with three small buns, speaking indistinctly.

Bai's face froze. "Why does the master ask this?"

"Because we are leaving Konoha," Su Zhong continued to stuff buns into his mouth.

"I will follow the master's orders," Bai said, his tone somewhat low.

Su Zhong turned back to look at Bai in surprise. "What, do you like Konoha?"

Bai was silent for a moment. "I have wandered with Zabuza-sama to many places. Some are more prosperous than Konoha, some are poorer. Although the peace and tranquility of Konoha make me nostalgic, it's nothing."

His voice was somewhat low.

Su Zhong looked at Bai and smiled. "Life in Konoha is peaceful, and the ninja of Konoha are strong, ensuring this stability. It's understandable to like it. But this is only for civilians. You and I are destined to be different. Everything we see is just an illusion."

Bai lowered his head and said nothing.

He knew Su Zhong was right. He had witnessed the unprovoked attack yesterday.

Su Zhong and the Sand ninja had no grudges. The only time Su Zhong left Konoha was when he met Bai.

But the Sand ninja accurately found the Uchiha residence and knew Su Zhong's weaknesses clearly.

Bai was kind-hearted, but not foolish. Because he had seen too much darkness in the ninja world, he knew how dangerous Su Zhong's situation was.

"I will prepare," Bai said calmly.

Su Zhong raised an eyebrow. "I'm glad you accepted this decision so quickly. Besides the necessary items, just bring some money. Also, seal all the materials in the library. We can't let others benefit from them."

Su Zhong stuffed the last bun into his mouth, rinsed his mouth with soy milk, and let out a satisfied burp.

Bai shook his head and cleaned up the mess, taking it away.

Even if he disagreed, what could he do? During this time, he had completely understood Su Zhong's character. Once he made a decision, he would try to explain but never change it.

After eating and drinking, Su Zhong got up and walked around the lake a few times to digest his food.

He sat back down in the corridor, closed his eyes, and began to carefully feel the energy in his body.

This new energy was very peculiar. It had the characteristics of three types of energy.

The soul energy gave the energy a spiritual quality, the flesh and blood energy gave it resilience, and the natural energy gave it vitality.

The spiritual quality made the energy easier to control.

The energy infused with Su Zhong's soul was like a part of his body, no different from his hands and feet. With a thought, he could easily command it.

But this energy was different from internal energy. Internal energy was limited to the meridians and gathered into streams.

The energy was more diffused, spreading throughout every cell of Su Zhong's body.

He himself was a huge mass of energy.

Su Zhong had been pondering the use of energy. He had been borrowing the simplest chakra usage methods.

Climbing trees and walking on water became his best experimental methods.

He stood up and walked to the big tree in the courtyard, placing his right hand on the tree.

With a thought, a faint energy covered his entire right hand.

He withdrew his right hand and was disappointed to find that there was no adhesion between his hand and the tree.

After some thought, Su Zhong placed his right hand, covered with energy, on the tree trunk again.

The energy in his palm, under his control, gradually sank into the palm.

Su Zhong tried to pull his hand back.

To his surprise, he found that his right hand was firmly adhered to the tree trunk!

"Good, I've discovered a useful application of energy. No more awkwardly jumping over high walls like a flea."

This small use of chakra adhesion seemed ordinary but had wide applications.

As long as one mastered this skill and had enough chakra, any high mountain or steep hill would become a smooth path.

This greatly enhanced Su Zhong's combat ability.

"Concave causes adhesion, what about convex?" Su Zhong was excited.

With a thought, the energy in his hand shot out.

Whoosh!

A sudden gust of wind came from his hand.

The leaves on the ground, left from yesterday's battle, were immediately swept up by the wind.

This shockwave-like ability did not surprise Su Zhong.

But the power was too weak. Su Zhong tried to increase the output of energy, releasing about half of it at once.

Whoosh!

A strong shockwave immediately formed on his open palm, causing a gust of wind that created a trench on the lake surface, splashing water.

"This power is about the same as the Great Breakthrough of Wind Release. It's a bit useless," Su Zhong thought, frowning.

"Wouldn't it be better to use Crane Hand directly?" Su Zhong found it unreasonable.

This power was a combination of three types of energy. But the result was inferior to pure flesh and blood energy?

"This is impossible," Su Zhong concluded calmly.

"It must be that I haven't found the correct way to use it." He thought of the vast number of ninja techniques and felt relieved.

"New energy requires a new way of use. Finding the correct method will maximize its power. Simply releasing energy is a waste, just like simply releasing chakra. But how does the Hyuga family's Eight Trigrams Palm work?" Su Zhong's mind became active.

He even had the thought of directly attacking the Hyuga family to steal it. But reason suppressed his madness. This matter needed to be planned carefully.

The consumption of half of his energy made Su Zhong feel empty. But as time passed, under the observation of his Insight Eye, white gas rapidly entered his body.

The energy quickly recovered. When it filled his body to a certain concentration, the speed slowed down.

Su Zhong became increasingly curious about the energy. It could absorb natural chakra to recover. Moreover, under the evolved Insight Eye, he discovered that not only did white gas enter his body, but his body also emitted white gas.

The energy fluctuated with the entry and exit of the white natural chakra, maintaining a dynamic balance.

This made Su Zhong realize that the energy had an upper limit.

Could this limit be increased? Su Zhong couldn't help but wonder.

A black shadow suddenly appeared in his Insight Eye, interrupting his thoughts.

"Uchiha Qiu, during the war, you openly violated the Hokage's secret order. You publicly killed the Sand ninja Jounin Daifu, who had already surrendered. This has caused irreparable damage to Konoha. The elders have summoned you. Follow me."

Black clothes, silver chest armor, arm guards—standard ANBU attire.

Su Zhong nodded calmly. "Let me tidy up, and I'll go with you."

"The elders' order is to go immediately!" The black shadow said coldly, without emotion.

Su Zhong paused, not resisting, and turned to follow the ANBU, who indicated for him to go first.

After a few turns, Su Zhong arrived at a small alley.

The narrow alley, the foul smell, the pile of garbage, and even a familiar but clearly old cat!

Was this revenge?

"You Root really know how to choose places. You've tried to assassinate me twice in the same spot?!" Su Zhong said cheerfully.

Turning around, Su Zhong found that there were over ten masked Root members behind him.

The same cat-faced masks, the same height and clothing, the same weapons.

Su Zhong almost thought they were ten identical models.

Turning back, he found that there were also over ten Root members in front of him.

The room next to him was no longer filled with the sound of a couple arguing. The faint shadows told Su Zhong that there were also Root members hiding inside.

"Am I really that dangerous? Or is my existence so feared by Danzo that he sent over thirty Root members to deal with me alone?"

The response was the sound of heavy footsteps and the low whistling of air.

Several shadows instantly shot out, quickly entangling Su Zhong's feet and rapidly spreading to his entire body.

Shadow Bind Jutsu!

This was the tool the Root assassins used against him before.

The ground suddenly turned red, with black runes twisting and jumping, like demons dancing.

A huge suction force came from the ground.

Sealing Jutsu!

The incoming weapons were all wrapped in a layer of light blue chakra.

Wind Release chakra nature change!

The bright light from the Root members' straight swords made Su Zhong's eyes hurt.

Sealing Jutsu, Shadow Bind Jutsu, restricting Su Zhong's movements.

Chakra nature change on weapons, increasing damage.

All of this was aimed at Su Zhong's abilities. This was a carefully planned ambush.

Although he had anticipated that Danzo would eliminate dissenters during the reconstruction of Konoha, he didn't expect the action to be so swift.

And the scale of the operation was so grand, or rather, all-out.

A sudden dizziness appeared in Su Zhong's mind, and the scenery changed. The sky had unknowingly darkened. By the time Su Zhong realized it, he was completely in the dark.

A piercing pain suddenly appeared in his heart, making the slightly dazed Su Zhong suddenly清醒.

He felt as if millions of fine but sharp threads were desperately trying to pierce his body.

The scene was completely dark.

Darkness Walking Jutsu!

A top-level genjutsu!

As for the piercing pain.

Is it the Mind Body Switch Jutsu?

How much hatred or caution does Danzo have to send so many elite members to assassinate someone who only knows taijutsu?!

What makes him so aggressive?

Is it the position of Hokage or the visit of Uchiha Itachi?

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