The Root Jonin froze at the sound of that voice—he recognized the highest leader of Root all too well. Being directly under Danzo Shimura, he knew the gravity of this place: one of Root's headquarters.
"Lord Danzo Shimura!" The Jonin knelt and bowed respectfully.
"Explain what happened here." Danzo's gaze was ice-cold—whoever dared raid his secret stronghold would earn his wrath.
"Yes, Lord Danzo." The Jonin hurriedly recounted how a ninja had forcibly breached Root's facility. He admitted his confusion: the intruder had taken nothing—what was his aim?
"We lost nothing," Danzo Shimura said in a low voice.
"Yes—and he used no ninjutsu, only pure taijutsu. We do not even know who he is." The Jonin replied.
"I see." Danzo inhaled deeply. "Member Jia?"
In Danzo's mind, Member Jia was invaluable—a shinobi capable of Wood Release.
"Lord Danzo, Member Jia is here." A Root operative escorted the boy Member Jia before Danzo.
"A—he did nothing to you?" Danzo looked down at the child.
"No." Member Jia shook his head.
"Continue the investigation. Report all findings." Danzo ordered.
"Yes, Lord Danzo Shimura." The Root shinobi echoed.
At that moment, Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen appeared, flanked by ANBU masked in shadow.
"Danzo Shimura—what happened here?" Hiruzen asked.
"An enemy attacked Root," Danzo said, shaking his head.
"They stole nothing?" Hiruzen's expression shifted. Root held countless Konoha secrets within its vaults.
"Rest assured, Hiruzen—they took nothing, nor removed any documents," Danzo replied.
"He fled?" Hiruzen's hand paused in midair.
"He is gone." Danzo's eyes flickered. "His taijutsu was formidable."
"An enemy shinobi?" Hiruzen asked.
"I don't know. I can't fathom why he attacked Root," Danzo sneered.
Hiruzen studied Danzo for a long moment. "Danzo Shimura—notify me if you learn anything more."
"Of course, Hiruzen." Danzo nodded.
Tian Yuan's raid would become an unsolved mystery. Even if Danzo later suspected him, he would have no means to oppose Tian Yuan's growing power.
That night, Root and ANBU operatives scoured Konoha, seeking clues. Destroying part of Konoha's own village was an affront to its citizens—fortunately, Root's base lay remote, avoiding public panic.
Tian Yuan returned to his home.
"Thrilling, but I got the video," he smiled. An HD video usually held good content—the quality signaled at least mid-tier value.
"Let's see what it is." He opened the player and froze. "Of all things…"
In his view: Hokage ninja footage. Clearly, HD signals were common in this world.
"But I can't extract it out in the open," he murmured. "If I summoned something huge—like a Red Bull delivery or that massive cigarette container—it'd be a disaster."
Large summons here—if the system dropped a summon beast that crushed nearby houses—how would he explain? Especially after Root's destruction.
It felt like a countdown to his own arrest—Konoha would demand answers.
"Host, don't worry. Extracted items need not manifest physically; they can remain in the player's storage," the system reassured.
"System, I feel like slapping you," Tian Yuan said.
"…" The system feigned innocence—it had not volunteered that info.
"Then configure the player to display extracted items internally."
"Done, Host."
"Proceed with extraction." Tian Yuan triggered it, hopeful for this HD source.
Ding: Acquired Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
The system's voice echoed, and Tian Yuan beheld the blood-red three-tomoe Sharingan.
"Sharingan?" Tian Yuan blinked. "Not bad."
Though it granted little direct power, it laid the groundwork for a future Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Then I shall absorb it." He murmured as the crimson aura flooded his eyes.
His irises turned blood-red; two tomoe spun within each eye as a third tomoe formed.
Round and round, three tomoe rotated in his pupils.
"Three-Tomoe Sharingan complete." Tian Yuan fetched a mirror and examined his eyes' transformation.
"Three-Tomoe Sharingan." He cracked a grin.
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