As Yakushi Kabuto brought Sumi to the basement where Chang'e was imprisoned, Danzo had already swallowed the entire golden elixir.
Sumi originally intended to force the elixir out, but at that moment, the system gave a prompt.
[Character Unlocked: Chang'e.]
[System Assigned Identity: Original Mythological Identity, carrying the Elixir of Immortality.]
[Special Setting: If in danger, she will directly swallow the Elixir of Immortality and fly to the moon.]
Sumi was stunned.
"Well, I should thank Danzo for this."
If Danzo hadn't snatched the golden elixir, Sumi wouldn't have known that Chang'e had this kind of setting from the system. She might have flown away one day when he wasn't around. But now, it was different. Danzo took the Elixir of Immortality, so he should be the one flying to the moon.
Sumi looked at Danzo with gratitude. This guy had finally done something good.
Meeting Sumi's gaze, Danzo felt a sense of unease.
"Kabuto, what is going on?" Danzo asked Kabuto coldly, "Who is he?"
Yakushi Kabuto smiled slightly. "Lord Danzo, you should take care of yourself first. I'll be taking my leave."
Kabuto was indeed a smart man. Knowing there was something wrong with the elixir, he decided not to say anything more. Since Sumi was already here, it was time for him to go, or it would become troublesome if the Konoha people found out.
"Wait, what do you mean?" Danzo's tone grew colder, not understanding why Kabuto was suddenly abandoning him.
"Hey, hey, hey, do you feel a burning sensation in your abdomen?" Sumi asked Danzo with a playful tone.
Upon hearing Sumi's words, Danzo indeed felt a burning sensation in his abdomen. The feeling was extremely uncomfortable, spreading from his abdomen to all parts of his body. Within seconds, Danzo was sweating profusely from the heat.
"You still haven't told me, who are you? And why are you here?" Danzo stared at Sumi and asked in a low voice.
Sumi ignored Danzo. Instead, he walked over to Chang'e, untied her, and carried her down.
"I'm sorry for the great injustice you've suffered," Sumi said to Chang'e, holding her in his arms with distress.
"Master, Chang'e waited for you all day but you didn't appear. It was... it was they who held me hostage. I thought I would never see you again..." Chang'e immediately sobbed in Sumi's arms.
Instantly, a strong killing intent emanated from Sumi's body.
Seeing this, Yakushi Kabuto broke out in a cold sweat. "Well then, Lord Danzo, I bid you farewell!" With that, he swiftly escaped.
Danzo felt the killing intent emanating from Sumi and couldn't help but frown. He looked at the unfamiliar man before him, a sense of dread growing within him.
"Dare to bully my woman, you must be tired of living..."
Sumi suddenly turned around, and his powerful chakra instantly formed a strong gust of wind. Danzo was greatly alarmed and quickly raised his left arm to shield his chest.
"I can't stand this!"
*Boom!*
Sumi's figure instantly appeared before Danzo and he delivered a full-force kick. At that moment, Danzo was like a kicked football, instantly smashing through the wall and rolling onto the grass outside. A long, deep crater was gouged into the ground.
At the end of the crater, Danzo slowly stood up, leaning against a tree that was about to break, and coughed up blood.
This kick alerted everyone in Konoha. Guards instantly rushed towards Danzo and Sumi's location.
In the Hokage's office, Tsunade and Jiraiya were discussing the successor for the Fifth Hokage. Suddenly, a roar was heard from outside. Everyone rushed to the window to look. They saw dust billowing from the direction of the Root hideout, as if a fierce battle had just taken place.
"Kakashi, Might Guy, come with me to investigate!"
"Understood!"
Tsunade led the two out the window and quickly sped towards the scene of the incident.
Meanwhile, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane were becoming restless. Their backs were already drenched in sweat, and their faces showed clear signs of guilt. However, Jiraiya saw all of this.
"You two seem to be feeling a bit hot," Jiraiya said, looking at them with a half-smile. "It's a cool evening, perhaps you're not feeling well lately?"
The two said nothing and stood up, preparing to leave.
"Wait, have you two done anything to betray Konoha?" Jiraiya teased, hands on his hips. "That would be terrible, wouldn't it? Tsunade, as the granddaughter of the First Hokage, despises such actions."
Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane were completely flustered.
On the other side.
Danzo clutched his chest, staring intently at Sumi in front of him. He hadn't expected this seemingly frail young man to possess such immense power.
"Lord Danzo!"
*Swish, swish, swish!*
Several figures suddenly appeared before Danzo. They were Root reinforcements.
A bright moon hung in the sky. A warm breeze blew across the ripe wheat fields. Sumi, dressed in white, looked refined and elegant. Chang'e behind him stared in awe.
"Kill them!" Danzo slowly uttered two words. Instantly, the Root reinforcements charged forward.
Sumi put away his fan and frowned. "Ha chi meng tong kuo kai! Xi Meng!" Red chakra erupted from Sumi's body. The surrounding wind swirled around the entire grassland, forming a vortex. Because the ground could not withstand Sumi's power, it began to collapse downwards.
The Root members, witnessing this scene, were suddenly terrified. Danzo, through the Sharingan beneath his right eye's bandages, saw the power surging within Sumi, converging towards the Gate of Death.
"Is this guy crazy?!" Danzo clenched his fist and slowly retreated.
Like autumn leaves falling, Sumi's body radiated with blazing flames.
"This kick, I doubt even your prized Mangekyo Sharingan can withstand it..." Sumi's lips curled into a slight smile.
Hearing Sumi's laughter, Danzo's scalp tingled. "How do you know... Are you related to the Uchiha clan..."
"I've talked too much. Take my immense wrath!" Sumi strode towards Danzo with an arrogant gait. The ground ahead instantly collapsed. The ANBU ninjas shielding Danzo trembled and fled.
"Wait... wait! Hold on!"
Danzo anxiously tore off the bandages on his right arm. When he saw the metal protective device inside, he was utterly dumbfounded. Previously, to prevent others from discovering that he had transplanted an Uchiha clan's Sharingan into his right arm, he had specifically fashioned a metal protective device. It also had a sealing jutsu, which required a certain amount of time to release. But now, a god of death was rapidly approaching, and he couldn't even control his own body. Even the surrounding air was distorting.
"It's over there!"
At this moment, Tsunade, Might Guy, and Kakashi arrived.
"Is this... the Eight Inner Gates?!" Might Guy's eyes widened in surprise. Sumi's power flowed with the wind. Looking at Sumi's figure, Might Guy's heart burned with passion. "Father... I never thought there would be someone else in this world who could use the Eight Inner Gates..."
"With this move, he will die!" Tsunade, watching Sumi's chakra converge towards the Gate of Death, became increasingly anxious.
All the Konoha guards had arrived. The entire village of Konoha had climbed onto rooftops, looking in the direction of the Root hideout. Sumi, like a ferocious dragon, tore through the wide grassland, the swirling dust and smoke obscuring everyone's vision.
At a critical moment.
A golden light suddenly emanated from around Danzo's body. His feet gradually lifted off the ground, and his body became light and buoyant.
"Byakugan!"
Neji activated his Byakugan and looked into the dust and smoke, looking completely bewildered.
"He's... Danzo is flying!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned. As expected, Danzo's body, like a thin piece of paper, slowly flew towards the direction of the moon.
"I... I can't control my body! What's happening!" "Could it be that golden elixir!" Danzo anxiously watched Konoha village receding from him. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the golden elixir he had swallowed earlier.
"No! I don't want to fly anymore!"
"I don't want to fly anymore!"
High in the sky, Danzo's figure grew smaller and smaller, until he became a speck of light and completely disappeared from everyone's sight. The entire village of Konoha watched this "flight to the moon" and spent the entire night in doubt, unable to sleep.
As the dust and smoke cleared. Sumi stood shirtless, his back to the crowd. His body surface was like scorched charcoal, and the ashes on his skin slowly drifted away with the wind. However, soon after the flames died down, he grew new skin.