After sealing the Nine-Tailed, Uchiha En felt his power rapidly draining away; this was likely a side effect of drinking the milk from Tom and Jerry.
Uchiha En roughly estimated that in about 20 more minutes, his power would be completely drained, and it would take a full day to recover.
The Nine-Tailed had caused massive destruction to Konoha tonight, and the Village was now in chaos—it was the perfect time to fish in troubled waters, and Uchiha En did not want to miss this opportunity.
"Minato-senpai, I want to go check out the Root base." Uchiha En turned his head and said to Minato Namikaze.
"Go to the Root base? Danzo, he..."
"Don't worry about Danzo; the Nine-Tailed has already taken care of him for us."
Minato Namikaze sighed upon hearing this. He wasn't stupid; as for the Nine-Tailed, he figured Uchiha En had probably killed Danzo before rushing over to help.
However, Minato Namikaze didn't have any good feelings toward Danzo either. If he was dead, he was dead; the only issue was that it would be troublesome to handle the aftermath with the Third Hokage and the two Advisors.
"Minato-senpai, I know what you are worried about. That is exactly why I want to go check the Root base. There must be incriminating evidence left behind by Danzo. If we collect those things, it will be enough to shut the mouths of the Third Hokage and those two old geezers.
If that isn't enough, I will find a way to make sure those two old geezers can never speak again. As for the Third Hokage..."
"En! No matter what, you must not take action against the Sandaime!" Minato Namikaze interrupted Uchiha En, speaking in a serious tone.
Uchiha En heard this and locked eyes with Minato Namikaze for a few seconds, remaining non-committal.
"En, I know you don't have any affection for the Sandaime, but regardless, the Sandaime was once the Hokage. He has put in hard work even if he didn't achieve great merits during his many years in office.
Right now, the power in my hands has grown significantly compared to when I first succeeded as Hokage, and I have your help.
As for the Sandaime's side, they lost quite a few Anbu today, and Danzo was killed by... *cough cough*... the Nine-Tailed. I believe it won't be long before I can completely grasp the power of the Hokage.
The Sandaime is no longer a threat to us. Just pretend he doesn't exist and let him spend his remaining years in peace!"
Uchiha En pondered for a moment and said: "Alright! Minato-senpai, I promise you. As long as the Third Hokage doesn't jump out to stir up trouble in the future, I won't take action against him."
After the two reached a consensus, Uchiha En called for Asana, and they headed toward the Root base together.
Along the way, Uchiha En noticed that Asana's Sage Mode had not deactivated. It had been over half an hour since Asana returned to Konoha; in other words, she had been in Sage Mode for over half an hour and it still hadn't deactivated.
Moreover, in the original work, Yakushi Kabuto's Sage Mode didn't seem to deactivate either.
Could it be that Snake Sage Mode doesn't have a time limit?
Uchiha En asked Asana this question.
Asana shook her head and said: "Snake Sage Mode actually has a duration. If you use Senjutsu Chakra continuously, it will deactivate in 10 minutes at most.
However, after cultivating Snake Sage Mode to a certain level, one can replenish Natural Energy while fighting, so the duration can be quite long. For example, I am currently replenishing Natural Energy."
"So that's how it is. Doesn't using Sage Mode continuously put a burden on your body?" Uchiha En continued to ask.
"Of course it does. However, the most perfect Snake Sage Mode doesn't have that burden. I am still a bit away from the most perfect Snake Sage Mode, so to prevent being assimilated by Natural Energy, I can only maintain Sage Mode for one hour at most."
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