Kakashi's residence.
The Root captain sneered.
"Enough talk."
"Come with us."
Haku clenched his teeth and tightened his grip on the short blade.
Suddenly, a Root operative launched a sneak attack from behind.
A kunai stabbed straight toward the back of Haku's neck.
Swish!
A figure appeared in an instant.
A hand clamped down on the Root ninja's wrist.
Crack!
The crisp sound of bone snapping echoed through the courtyard.
The Root ninja screamed as his wrist was crushed outright.
Kakashi appeared in front of Haku.
His gaze was ice-cold.
The Sharingan slowly rotated, emitting an eerie crimson glow.
He looked at the dense wounds covering Haku's body.
The fury in his eyes was on the verge of eruption.
"Touching my student… you're all courting death."
His voice was low, carrying an uncontrollable killing intent.
The Root captain spoke coldly.
"Kakashi, what do you think you're doing?"
"We are acting under Danzo-sama's orders to investigate suspicious individuals."
"Are you defying Danzo-sama? Are you opposing Konoha by protecting a suspect?"
Kakashi sneered.
"Danzo's orders? Since when did Danzo become Hokage? Why haven't I heard of that?"
His gaze grew sharper.
"Haku's status was personally approved by the Hokage."
"Is Danzo really above the Hokage?"
"You claim you're investigating—do you have the Hokage's written order?"
"I don't think you do."
The Sharingan spun, its crimson light growing dangerous.
"Then I now have reason to suspect that you are impostors pretending to be Root."
"Taking advantage of the chaos after the invasion to infiltrate Konoha…"
"…with the intention of kidnapping my student."
The Root captain remained expressionless.
"Pointless argument. Execute the mission."
"Four-man formation. Change target to restraining Kakashi. Priority: capture Haku."
Four Root operatives formed hand seals simultaneously, their coordination flawless.
"Earth Release: Earth-Splitting Foot Bind!"
The ground cracked as chunks of earth locked around Kakashi's ankles, restraining his movement.
"Wind Release: Returning Blade Web!"
Intersecting wind blades formed a web in midair, not aiming to kill, but to compress his evasion space.
"Sealing Technique: Binding Chain Pattern!"
Black curse markings spread across the ground as chakra chains burst forth, locking onto Kakashi's arms.
"Water Release: Water Whip!"
High-pressure water lashes struck from the side, targeting his joints precisely.
This was the classic Root suppression chain: immobilize the feet, restrict movement, bind the body, then apply layered control.
But the tomoe in Kakashi's eyes spun violently.
"Too slow."
Before the words even finished, lightning flashed.
The first Root ninja was still holding his hand seal when Kakashi appeared before him like a phantom.
He stomped down on the man's right knee.
Crack!
A bone-shattering sound rang out.
The knee bent backward unnaturally, white bone piercing through flesh.
Yet the Root ninja didn't scream.
Expressionless, he drew a kunai with his other hand and stabbed toward Kakashi's throat.
"Perfect tools, trained to the bone…"
Kakashi's eyes grew even colder.
He caught the wrist with a backhand grip and twisted sharply.
Crack!
The wrist snapped at a ninety-degree angle.
The kunai clattered to the ground.
Kakashi followed through, striking the back of his neck with a palm.
Bang!
The Root ninja collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut.
The remaining Root operatives pressed on without hesitation, showing no reaction to their comrade's fall.
The second charged straight in, abandoning all defense, intent on trading injuries.
Kakashi sidestepped and seized his arm.
"Since this is the hand that hurt Haku…"
Crack!
Every joint in the arm was wrenched apart.
A side kick followed instantly.
Crack!
The thigh bone shattered.
The third. The fourth.
Kakashi was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
No flashy ninjutsu—only brutal, absolute taijutsu domination.
Every sharp crack was accompanied by twisted limbs.
In less than a minute, all four Root operatives lay on the ground.
Their limbs were completely broken, writhing like worms.
Only the Root captain remained.
He looked at his annihilated squad without fear or hesitation.
His gaze stayed calm.
"The mission… must be completed…"
Kakashi frowned.
Something felt wrong.
The chakra within the Root captain suddenly went berserk.
A black curse mark spread from his chest, crawling rapidly over his entire body.
"This is—"
A forbidden Root seal.
Once activated, it turned the user's blood into a spreading core, sealing everything within dozens of meters into nothingness.
Including the user.
A true mutual-destruction technique.
Black blood began pouring from the Root captain's body, forming a rapidly expanding sphere.
"Damn it… that seal!"
Kakashi's expression changed sharply as his Sharingan spun wildly.
The black sphere continued expanding.
"Sharingan: Genjutsu!"
Crimson light flashed.
The Root captain's eyes instantly dulled.
Kakashi flashed forward and grabbed him by the collar.
"Lightning Release: Earth Flow!"
Lightning surged through the man's body, paralyzing him completely.
Kakashi exerted force.
"Get out of here!"
Boom!
He hurled the Root captain skyward like a cannonball.
The figure shot higher and higher into the night sky.
Kakashi formed seals, chakra condensing violently.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
A massive burst of air slammed into the airborne body.
Ten meters. Thirty meters. One hundred meters—
Boom!!
A pitch-black blood mist exploded high in the sky.
A void-like darkness expanded violently from the center, instantly spreading across dozens of meters, like a demonic eye opening in the heavens, threatening to drag all of Konoha below into nothingness.
Kakashi immediately pulled Haku behind him, his Sharingan locked onto the sky.
Only after the black sphere shrank, disintegrated, and vanished without leaving a trace did he finally relax.
The massive disturbance alarmed the entire village.
Konoha's sensory barrier blared warnings.
"Alert! Alert!"
Members of the Sensory Division sprang to their feet.
"Large-scale sealing technique chakra detected!"
The ANBU captain's expression changed drastically.
"Dispatch a unit immediately!"
"Yes!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dozens of ANBU were mobilized in an instant.
Kakashi stood in the courtyard, watching the darkness fade from the sky.
He let out a slow breath.
"Barely in time…"
If that seal had detonated on the ground—
The houses and civilians within dozens of meters—
The casualties would have been unimaginable.
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