They say that if you want to destroy someone, you must first praise him, and praise him very highly.

When you reach it, drop it. In the end, no matter who you are, you can calmly accept this extreme gap between prosperity and decline.

At this time, Konoha was experiencing a typical transition from prosperity to decline.

Toneri wandered in the Kingdom of Iron for three days, worked as a wandering swordsman for three days, and dealt with countless samurai.

In the past three days, I have not used chakra, and I have completely integrated into the profession of samurai.

Although it didn't last long, I still felt a little bit like Hatake Sakumo did.

In the three-day competition, everyone had their own victory or defeat, but occasionally lost one or two games. The victory or defeat did not matter life or death, so the impact was not big. On the contrary, from the battles with others, I experienced more sword skills, which allowed me to a certain extent.

Improve yourself.

After three days of being a wandering swordsman, I finally found the famous blacksmith recommended by Danzo.

Originally, the other party didn't do much forging anymore, but maybe because he owed Danzo a favor, he agreed to help Toneri forge a short sword, but the materials required additional money.

Toneri, who made a fortune from the Finance Minister of the Kingdom of Water, didn't care much about money. However, he also thought about the small metal balls he found in the secret compartment of the Finance Minister of the Kingdom of Water and asked the blacksmith about them.

The origin of metal.

I learned that these are actually the prototypes of chakra conductive metals. After being polished and refined through special processes, they can become precious chakra conductive metals.

Coupled with his original broken dagger, the very hard dagger obtained from the root, and the precious metals owned by the blacksmith, all kinds of high-quality things were combined, and in the past three days, finally

It was a sword that was forged that met Toneri's requirements.

A short sword that can withstand his current strength and his improvement in strength in the future.

Not only that, because this sword has a large amount of chakra conductive metal incorporated into it, so that this sword has a stronger ability to accept chakra.

For this reason, Scheren also worked hard to give this sword a very resounding name.

Round Dance 1: Flash 2!

But as soon as he said the name, he was rejected by the blacksmith. Regardless of Shiren's objections and repeated emphasis, he finally named it the Round Dance Blade.

I just used the first two characters of the name given by the person who gave it.

Although he, the blacksmith master, was a little dissatisfied at the beginning, after all, the future master was Sheren, so he still had to use the two words he named him to show respect.

The reason for these two words is because the moment Toneri took the sword, he pulled out the short sword from his waist and slashed it horizontally in front of him, revealing a semicircular arc blade. Because the speed of swinging the sword was fast enough, and this

Due to the special nature of the handle, this arc-shaped light blade actually lasted for one second.

It's like cutting out a round blade on one's own chest, hence the name Round Dance.

After finally settling his worries, Toneri took his sword and immediately left the Kingdom of Iron and rushed towards Konoha.

Although it is said that he should return to Konoha immediately after the mission is completed, but for the sake of the sword, I believe it makes sense.

Moreover, Toneri also used a psychic snake to tell Orochimaru about his situation, believing that Orochimaru would inform people in Konoha about his situation.

Return to Konoha.

When he appeared at the entrance of the village, seven days had passed since the mission ended.

However, when the security team guarding the gate of Konoha looked at Toneri who came back slowly, there was something wrong with the expression on his face.

It seemed that they were all surprised by Toneri's appearance, and could even be said to be slightly frightened.

That expression when you see a dead person?

"Did I say you saw a ghost?" Toneri asked angrily.

Hearing his voice, the two gatekeepers looked at each other and confirmed that it was a real person and not a ghost.

"Toneri Jōnin, are you okay?" one of them asked.

"Um?"

Hearing this, Sheren frowned. He felt something unusual, "What? Should I be in trouble?"

"Didn't you just hear that Elder Danzo assigned you a task?"

Toneri was stunned. Although he came back this time through the main entrance, it was because he found that the secret door belonging to the root did not seem to be open. Out of helplessness, he had to take the main entrance.

But even so, the root mission should not be known to others. Why would the ninja guarding the door know that Danzo had issued the mission to him?

Moreover, it was clear from the expressions and words of these people that they thought something had happened to them.

But didn’t he tell Orochimaru beforehand?

Sensing the abnormality, Shiren's heart tightened, and a bad premonition came over him.

"We'll talk about it later, I'll go to Hokage-sama first!"

With that said, without any further hesitation, he disappeared from the doorway.

He rushed directly towards the Hokage Building.

When passing through some commercial streets in Konoha, I could clearly feel that something was not right about the people on the commercial streets. They gathered together in twos and threes and discussed something.

If it was just one or two, it would be normal, but it seemed that everyone on the street looked like this, and Toneri felt something was wrong.

Subconsciously speeding up the pace again.

But, when he just crossed the commercial street.

He frowned.

He grabbed the circular dance blade at his waist with his right hand and pulled it out instantly!

Clang!

There was a crisp sound of metal collision, and a small shiny tip of the knife fell to the ground.

Taking a closer look, he saw five ninjas wearing masks and ANBU uniforms. The knife held by the leader was neatly broken, and the tip of the knife that fell to the ground belonged to him.

Wearing masks, it was difficult to see their appearance and expressions, but Toneri recognized them at a glance. They were not ANBU ninjas, but Nebu!

The leader looked at the broken knife in his hand through the hole in the mask, and you could clearly see the surprise in his eyes.

However, the five people were unmoved and just vaguely surrounded Shiren, looking on guard.

"Jōnin, Lord Danzo, I'd like to invite you." The leader said solemnly.

Toneri narrowed his eyes, but did not return the sword in his hand to the scabbard. He said calmly: "What if I said that I want to report to the Hokage first?"

A moment of silence.

The other party continued: "Danzo-sama! Please come!"

At the same time, the other four people also had kunai in their hands, and they seemed to be forcing themselves on them if Toneri disagreed.

The frown slowly relaxed, and the round dance blade turned around in his hand, leaving a small circle like a bright moon before returning it to the scabbard.

"Call away."

After receiving a positive reply, the five people did not lower their guard and "escorted" him towards the root base.

When we came to the dark base of the roots again, we could clearly feel that the chakra fluctuations in the roots were much less.

Ninjas from the roots were sent out in large numbers.

"Lord Danzo."

Looking at the familiar Shimura Danzo, wearing a white robe and holding a cane.

Upon hearing the call, Danzo slowly turned around, glanced at Toneri from top to bottom, and paused for a moment on the short sword at his waist.

"It seems your new weapon is good." Danzo's slightly deep voice tried to sound.

"Thanks for the help, Danzo-sama." Toneri responded calmly.

Danzo seemed to have expected Toneri's attitude, and was not surprised or angry.

A faint smile appeared on Danzo's somewhat old and slightly wrinkled face.

"I heard, I heard that you still completed this extremely difficult mission under the guard of the Yanyin villagers." After speaking, he continued with a slight hesitation: "It's just a pity that except for you, the other three people all

He died because of this mission.

They are all great. In order to let the towering tree of Konoha grow better, they use themselves as nutrients.

This is the root ninja, this is the true role of the roots."

Toneri pursed his lips. He was not surprised by the death of the other three root ninjas.

At that time, there were at least seventy or eighty Iwa ninjas in the Daming Palace of Tian no country, if not a hundred. Even if most of them were genin and chuunin, and only a few jounin, there were still dozens of ninjas, red ninjas, etc.

The three Luan people knew that they would die the moment they took action, but they still did it in order to complete the mission.

Danzo said that they are the roots of Konoha and dedicate themselves to Konoha. This is not wrong.

However, Toneri can guarantee that Danzo should have known about the situation in Tian Country before asking them to do this task.

There are so many Iwa Ninjas, including many Jōnin, and even Han, a powerful five-tailed Jinchuuriki. What's the difference between just sending four of them and sending them to death?

"Do you think that asking you to do this task is equivalent to committing suicide?" Danzo said bluntly, as if he had seen through Toneri's thoughts.

His eyes narrowed.
To be continued...