A huge banyan tree with a diameter of ten meters is not uncommon in this forest, there are many wild beasts here, sparsely populated, almost maintaining a primitive natural style, hundreds of years old trees are everywhere, and the huge canopy almost completely obscures the sky, making the ground below dim and unusually dark, and it looks a little cold.

In this forest, a large tree seems to be a little special, as if it lacks nutrients, and its leaves are half dead.

Suddenly, a teenager appeared under a large tree.

The tight-fitting combat suit of the dark part, carrying a single knife on his back, is none other than Kakashi, who has been tracking Orochimaru all the way.

"There seem to be Orochimaru's footprints here. Parker sniffed around and said, "There is too little residual smell, it should have been left a few days ago, and the footprints seem to have entered a tree hole." ”

"Parker, you keep searching nearby, I'll go in and have a look. Kakashi finished and walked slowly into the dimly lit hollow.

The tree hole was regularly shaped, and it was obvious that it had been artificially repaired, and the slowly descending passage soon came to an end, revealing an empty space, and the candles on both sides were still slowly burning, illuminating the whole space.

"What kind of place is this?" Kakashi looked around, sighed and said to himself, "Looks like I'm lost in a weird place." ”

Suddenly, a large amount of smoke gathered from all directions, quickly enveloping Kakashi's surroundings.

Everything is just like in the anime, Kakashi who came here by chance was attacked by the Ibuli clan who were loyal to Orochimaru, and when Kakashi was about to be killed, the ninja Yamato of the root pretended to interrogate the captive, thus saving Kakashi, but it exposed the true intention of the root represented by Yamato to Orochimaru, not to help but to erase, the Ibuli clan intended to kill the two of them, but was stopped by the little girl Yukimi who missed the younger brother who was taken away by Orochimaru as an experimental subject, and rescued the two.

There was only room for one person to crawl in the narrow hollow, and Yukimi, Yamato, and Kakashi were struggling to climb up.

"Did you hear that?" Yukimi said excitedly.

"Uh, what," Yamato asked, confused.

"It's not the sound of the forest, I've always wanted to go outside and see. Yukimi said.

"But aren't you afraid of the wind when you go outside?" asked Yamato worriedly.

"There are some things that I'm going to look at anyway, with my brother Tenzo, or you. Yukimi smiled, and suddenly turned into pink smoke, which instantly enveloped Yamato, and then disappeared like the wind along the tree hole.

Kakashi watched the two disappear in front of him in a daze, and sighed to himself, "It's really unlucky to be left in such a place by a person, where is the exit from the messy tree hole?"

"Yo, watching others show affection, are you sad about this light bulb?"

A familiar voice suddenly came from behind Kakashi.

"Who?!" Kakashi turned around in surprise, his right hand habitually resting on the hilt of the knife behind his back.

"Uh, Amber?" Kakashi was stunned when he saw the person behind him, he really didn't expect to meet Amber who he hadn't seen for a long time here.

"That's right, it's me. Amber shrugged her shoulders, sat down on the ground, waved her hand, and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm just like you, an unlucky person who has lost his way." ”

Relieved, Kakashi sat cross-legged on the ground and asked suspiciously, "Why are you here?

"I said I was passing by by accident, do you believe me?" Amber said with a smile.

Kakashi didn't speak, he looked at Amber with disdain, who would pass by the tree hole without any trouble? And this kind of labyrinthine tree hole?

And so it was. Amber spread her hands and said, "I'm here to find Orochimaru." ”

"What is the purpose of looking for Orochimaru?!" Kakashi frowned, his tone becoming a little stiff.

"Don't put the shadows on me. Amber rolled her eyes and said, "I'm not interested in Orochimaru himself, in fact I'm interested in them." As she spoke, Amber pointed to the ground.

"You're talking about the Ibolites?" Kakashi asked, surprised.

"Yes, it's them, what do you think they're capable of?" Amber asked, smiling.

"It's weird, they're born assassins. Kakashi said with palpitations, as he had just been cut into his body by the smoke-turned creature, and his whole body was out of control, and the sharp pain almost killed him.

"Can't your mind be a little brighter?" Amber said, covering her forehead, "can't they use this ability for infiltration and intelligence gathering?

"Hug ...... Sorry, get used to it. Kakashi scratched his hair, for some reason, every time he faced Amber, who was younger than him, he felt like he was facing his brother.

"Should I suggest to the three generations of old men, transfer you to the village as a doorman, and maybe it will be much better to bask in the sun and chat with the old grandmother, a place like the dark department is really not suitable for you. Amber teased.

"Still, forget it. Kakashi's face was covered in sweat, and he was a genius Kakashi who wouldn't have to be laughed at if he went to the door.

"It's up to you. Amber shrugged and said that there was only one person who could change Kakashi.

There was silence for a while......

Amber suddenly asked, "Do you want to find Orochimaru?"

"Of course, you know where he is?!" Kakashi asked in shock.

"I don't know. ”

"......" Kakashi glared at Amber with black lines.

"I don't know where he is, but I know he's going to be here. Amber smiled confidently.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course. Amber pointed to the ground and said, "The Konoha Shadow Division is all dispatched, and the seriously injured Orochimaru has a hard time even walking, and it is almost impossible to escape, and the only way is here." ”

"Are you saying that the Ibuli clan used that smoke ability to escape with Orochimaru?" Kakashi asked thoughtfully, he had just been saved by that ability, and it was indeed very helpful for Orochimaru to escape from the pursuit.

"Not true. Amber shook her head.

"Isn't that right?"

"Haven't you ever wondered why the Iblis have such a talent and are hiding underground to survive?" Amber asked rhetorically.

"Why?"

"Because their talent is hugely flawed. Amber explained: "They are afraid of the natural wind, once they encounter the natural wind when they are in a state of smoke, their atomized body will be easily blown away, and then they will be dismembered, and what is even more terrifying is that the older the clan, the more likely it is that the ability to lose control, and eventually the body will dissipate and die, so their people are very young." ”

"I see, what a terrible flaw. Kakashi shook his head abruptly.

"They were lucky enough to meet Orochimaru when they were about to be wiped out, and Orochimaru developed a spell that helped them stabilize their talent and reduce the mortality rate, so they survived, but they were unlucky, Orochimaru just used them as test subjects, and many newborn children were used for experiments, which is really ......" Amber sighed.

"Since they can't go to the outside world, what's the use of Orochimaru coming here?" Kakashi asked.

"Through research, Orochimaru found that as long as he drank the blood of the children of the Iboli clan, he could temporarily possess the ability to smoke, so that he could easily escape the nets of the shadows. Amber said.

"I see...... Kakashi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, and asked suspiciously, "How did you know this?"

"I've secretly investigated Orochimaru's lair. Amber shrugged and said, "You should know about Orochimaru's base being attacked by unknown forces a few months ago, right?"

"Yes. ”

"Actually, that's what I did, I just sneaked in to see it, and it turned out to be an ambush, so ...... Haha, a little overdone. Amber grinned, holding the back of her head.

“……”