In the warehouse of the Orochimaru base.

"Onions, potatoes, and frozen meat......"

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue looked at the warehouse full of ingredients, and sighed in surprise: "Your prison food is not bad, there is such a thing as meat." ”

"It's the meat of the beasts of the forest."

Ranmaru, who often hunts in the wild with the Black Hoe Thunder Tooth, added, "If you buy it from the Fog Hidden Village, it's worth a lot of money. ”

"Good eyesight."

The medicine man with the slugs on his back praised him.

"The meat is of high quality, reserved for test subjects with blood stains. Orochimaru-sama needs them to maintain sufficient physical strength to maintain their growth. ”

Although he had betrayed a lot of information about Orochimaru, Yakushidou still called Orochimaru by an honorific title, which shows his inner respect for the latter.

"But I still don't understand ......"

Ranmaru asked suspiciously, "Since Orochimaru wants to use them for experiments, why bother cultivating them?" Also, Orochimaru can obviously take them away directly, why do you want to go to the extra mile and let Ten Thousand Snakes destroy their homes first, and then let you abduct these children? ”

"What's not to understand? Looking at the corpses in the lab, I knew that the guy was a complete psychopath, and it wasn't unusual to do anything. ”

Oni Lantern Mizugetsu doesn't care about these people who are locked up in the base as much as Ranmaru, so he's not interested.

"If a giant bird flies too high, it will look small in the eyes of chickens and ducks on the ground."

The medicine man helped Fuxin to change his glasses, and his tone was condescending and contemptuous, "People who lack wisdom can't understand him, that's why they come to your conclusion." ”

"Just a prisoner, don't be so complacent."

The ghost light and water moon crossed his eyes, his teeth rubbing against each other and creaking, "If it weren't for the teacher's special order, I would have peeled off Ling's skull and kicked it as a ball for those crazy guys on the second floor." ”

"Those who are useful are always privileged."

Yiyong was not there, even if there was a time bomb on his back, Yakushidou had no fear and turned his gaze to Ranmaru.

"Let me answer your second question first. Why did Orochimaru-sama let Ten Thousand Snakes destroy these villages first, and then let me recruit those children who have the Blood Inheritance Limit like you? ”

Ranmaru looked like he was listening.

"The purpose of destroying these villages and killing all these villagers is to plunge these children into despair and darkness. Some children survive and see everything they know disappear, and they will either commit suicide on the spot, or they will stay helpless and wait for death; Others will bravely walk out of the village in order to survive. This is the first layer of screening, and those who have no desire to survive will also have no value here, and can only be reduced to the second layer of garbage.

"My task is to reach out to these children who are hungry for survival, to tell them that we will provide food and shelter, and to guide them to use their powers. Of course, I also made it clear to them that they needed to be locked up at first, and then they would have to take more risks if they wanted more power, including the risk of death - usually at this point, most of them would come back with me. ”

The Medicine Master paused, "Therefore, they are different from the real prisoners of the second layer. In their hearts, they are 'guests' who take the initiative to participate, and they have the right to choose, and no matter what Orochimaru-sama wants them to do in the future, they will be more active and active, because everything is their 'own choice'. People with this delusion are more combative and grow faster than mere prisoners, and that's exactly what we need. ”

"But one day, they will know that you sent that big snake to kill their family."

Ranmaru said heavily.

"What if you know? If we don't destroy these villages in advance, then when their abilities are exposed to everyone, they will die. Will the villagers, even their parents, let them go for the sake of self-preservation? Isn't it cruel to them to have that experience? ”

Ranmaru remembered that the villagers were trying to starve him to death, and bowed his head in silence.

Yakushi said darkly, "Those with active minds will understand that Orochimaru-sama not only did not harm them, but instead helped them retain the impression of a happy childhood, and also gave them the most precious strength and opportunity to reverse their doom that they should have died. As for those who can't figure it out, it can only become a more advanced consumable. After all, there are some experiments that they have to grow to a certain level before they can be carried out......"

"So these people have been living in deception all along?" Ranmaru muttered.

"People who feel happy are good at self-deception."

Yao Shidou shook his head and said slowly: "Who really likes the truth? ”

"At least the teacher never lies."

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue's words made Ranmaru's face improve slightly.

"Sooner or later." Yakushidou's expression looked quite determined, "This is the fate of being a ninja. ”

"Say whatever you want. You people who like to play with these little tricks don't know anything about teachers. ”

Unwilling to continue on this topic, Ghost Lantern Suiyue walked slowly to the depths of the storeroom, opened the door to the inner room, and slipped inside.

Yao Shidou heard the movement and hurriedly followed: "Please don't mess with the things in that room, it's dangerous for all of us." ”

The ghost lamp Shuiyue obviously has no intention of being obedient.

He poked out of the door with a fist-sized metal container in one hand: "What is this?" ”

"Grenade.

The medicine man snatched the thing away, and before the ghost light water moon attacked, he said with a straight face: "This is a weapon improved by Lord Orochimaru, the power is equivalent to five highest-level detonation charms, as long as you pull this ring off and throw it out, it will explode, even ordinary people who can't extract chakra can use it." ”

Some villages, such as the Grass Ninja Village, are particularly fond of this novelty, and Orochimaru can make a lot of money from them every year.

"Mom!" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue shrunk her neck and jumped out of the room.

Without it, there were dozens of identical things on the shelves in that room, and if they exploded at the same time, they could destroy the entire base.

The medicine man spared the ghost lantern and put the grenade back on the shelf, and put it back in order.

"And what about the one next to me with the word 'earthquake' written on it?" Ghost Lantern Shui Yue pointed curiously.

"It's a stun bomb that makes a loud sound that makes people lose their sense of direction and faint." Pharmacist Dou introduced.

If you want to catch the test specimen without them being killed or injured, this thing is very useful.

"What about this?"

"Smoke grenades that are specifically aimed at opponents in enclosed spaces can make people can't open their eyes."

"And this ......"

There are a lot of questions about the curious baby ghost lamp and water moon, and the pharmacist answers them one by one, for fear that this guy will touch which one of his hands is cheap.

"What's the last one?" Ghost Lantern Suigetsu looked at the delicate white bottle.

Yakushidou was silent for a while, and suddenly said thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, this is the weapon specially developed for the writing wheel after Lord Orochimaru-sama encountered the instantaneous water stop last time......"

"So what's it for?" Ghost Lantern Shui Yue asked worriedly.

"It can make people ......" Before the pharmacist finished speaking, a "Di Di Di" sound suddenly sounded in the base.

"Someone's coming." The pharmacist walked out with the ghost lantern Shuiyue and locked the door with his hand, "Ring the doorbell, it should be a guest." ”

"It can't be the guy with the hair like fire that the teacher said?"

Ghost Lantern Suigetsu ran out in a hurry, and Lan Pill and Yakushidou followed behind, all the way to the monitoring room.

Dozens of black-and-white screens broadcast scenes from the base's various "cells" and corners, marking floors and locations.

In the display called "Exit W1", a man wearing a cat mask and completely black is standing.

"It's ...... Fog Hidden Pursuit Troops? ”

The mask triggers memories of the ghost lantern Mizutsuki.

"No, this is Konoha's Root Ninja."

At the mention of the word "root", Yakushidou's nose wrinkled for a moment, showing strong hostility, but immediately retracted and returned to normal.

"I have to go out and see him."

"Do you think I'm going to let you tell you what's going on here?"

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue grinned and said, "Who knows what the relationship between you is!" 'Roots' or anything, I haven't even heard of it. ”

"The root is a secret service agency under the Konoha Dark Division. Your teacher is a member of the Uchiha, and as soon as the front foot arrived, Konoha's spies followed him, do you think this is some kind of coincidence? ”

Yakushi held the middle of his glasses, "Konoha's attitude towards the Uchiha is very similar to the attitude of the four generations of Mizukage towards the Ghost Lantern Clan, are you sure you don't want to know why he came?" ”

Sure enough, listening to what Yao Shidou said, the ghost lamp Shui Yue was not as firm as before.

Seeing that Shui Yue was a little hesitant, Yao Shidou pressed a button at the bottom of the screen: "You press this button, you know what I said to him, so it's always okay, right?" ”

Ghost Lantern Shuiyue and Ranmaru glanced at each other, and finally nodded, but the former did not forget to warn: "If you dare to make a ghost, this slug will turn you into sour water in an instant!" ”

"Don't worry."

The medicine master put on a wide white coat to cover his back, and walked out without looking back, "I'm still sorry for my life." ”

"I don't know who is going to look for the ...... yesterday"

After a sarcastic remark, Ghost Lantern Shui Yue stared at the figure on the screen tightly.

A minute later, Yakushidou opened the secret door in a hidden cave and met the masked Ninja of the Roots. This is one of the exits from the base.

"A letter from Danzo-sama."

The Root Ninja was concise and took out a scroll and held it in his hand.

"I'll pass it on." Yakushidou reached for it, but the Root Ninja took a step back.

"There is an explanation, saying that I will personally hand it over to Orochimaru and get a reply. Isn't he there? ”

The pharmacist was silent for a while, and there was a sticky feeling on his back.

He felt that if he dared to let this person in, he was afraid that he would die on the spot.

"Excuse me, is Your Excellency a ninja of the Oil Girl clan?"

The pharmacist lifted his glasses, smiled warmly, and asked an irrelevant word.

But when the other party saw this smile, he was obviously a little vigilant: "You know the rules, don't ask what you shouldn't ask." ”

"That's right, Orochimaru-sama is conducting an insect transformation experiment, and it just happens that you need to know more about parasitic ......"

"Here you go." The ninja quickly shoved the scroll into Yakushi's hand, "I'll wait for a reply here." ”

"I'll be back as soon as I can." The pharmacist squinted his eyes and closed the door and returned to the monitoring room.

"Give me something!"

Ghost Lantern Shui Yue snatched the scroll over, slowly unfolded it, and browsed the contents on it.

However, to his surprise, it was purely some nonsense such as greetings and greetings, and there was no need to write it with a ninja like a scroll.

"That's it?" He was confused and picked at his head.

"It's supposed to be a code." Ranmaru reminded, "Only some of the words have meaning. ”

When acting with the Black Hoe Thunderfang, the order of the Fog Shadow Department was given by a similar means.

"Sure enough, you're much smarter than this guy who only has water in his head."

Yakushidou walked over, "Most of the documents in the root are written using a secret technique, and only special handprints can see the real content. ”

As the handprints of the medicine master changed one after another, the words on the scroll trembled, and the pen and ink began to be arranged and reorganized as if they had come to life.

"Sure enough, it has something to do with the teacher!" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue exclaimed.

You don't need to look at the text, just look at the portrait with blank eyes on the frontispiece.

The three of them then skimmed through the rest together.

The content of Shimura's letter is simple - he first explains what Yoshito did in Yunin Village, and then asks Orochimaru to capture or kill Yoshiyu, and tortures the latter about the purpose of his trip to the Land of Water. The most important thing is to give a "living human head" carried by Yi Yong to the root ninja who sent the letter.

"These people are far away in Konoha, how can they know everything." Ghost Lantern Shui Yue sighed.

"It means that there are spies in Tang Ninja Village, and your every move is under their observation."

Yakushidou looked at the box that the ghost lamp Shui Yue was hanging on, "Is this the 'living human head' mentioned in the letter?" ”

"It's none of your business." Ghost Lantern Shuiyue snorted coldly, and then his face was slightly gloomy, "It seems that the teacher is being targeted by their own people in their village." ”

This kind of enemy is the most troublesome, just look at the fate of the Ghost Lantern Clan.

Besides, the letter made it very clear that the Uchiha was captured, but it didn't matter if he lived or died.

"It's unrealistic to subdue him. I'll send him away first, and I'll say Orochimaru-sama will do the same. ”

The medicine man helped his eyes and legs and was about to go out.

"Wait a minute!" Ghost Lantern Shuiyue called out to him, a hint of excitement welling up on his face, "I have a way to confuse the teacher's enemies in Konoha!" ”

Without waiting for others to ask, Ghost Lantern Shuiyue immediately raised a finger: "Let's just say that Orochimaru has already killed the teacher for experiments." In this way, the teacher's enemies should no longer stare at him. ”

"However, he took all the writing wheels in the base." Medicine Master Dou shook his head, "Otherwise, I can still give them one, saying that it is your teacher's eyes." If you only talk about it in vain and have no evidence, the roots will not believe it. ”

"Who said I have no proof. Wait a minute! ”

Ghost Lantern Shui Yue ran out happily, and ran back with a stack of books.

"It's the teacher's summer homework! It's enough to prove that he has fallen into the hands of Orochimaru! ”

"Hmm...... Konoha Ninja School should have the handwriting he left behind, which can be used as a comparison. ”

The pharmacist opened his homework, saw Yiyong's print-like font and nodded, "I can barely hand it over to the roots." ”

"Then let's do it." After the ghost lamp Shuiyue nodded, Yakushidou immediately imitated the tone of Orochimaru and wrote a reply letter and encapsulated it, to the effect that Uchiha Yoshiyu had been seriously injured in the battle and had already been used for experiments, and the two writing wheel eyes were just double hook jade, which was not worth worrying about. As for the "living head", he "Orochimaru" has never seen it at all.

This is completely in line with Orochimaru's character. If Feiduan's head fell into his hands, it would never be handed over to anyone else.

In this way, after checking it several times, he asked Yakushidou to hand over Yiyong's summer vacation homework and death to the root ninja.

When he returns to Yunin Village, he meets his boss, the deacon Yunin named Kaminai, who will use the unique secret art of super pseudo-beast painting to generate a large bird with great speed, and bring the homework and news back to Konoha with the news.

It's a pity that this summer vacation homework may never reach where it should be - Iruka's desk.

A few hours later, as night fell, war broke out in Wuyin Village, hundreds of kilometers away.

Known for their battle maniacs and low intelligence, the Taketori clan suddenly launched a clan force to attack the Fog Hidden Village, and most of the Fog Hidden ninjas took the initiative to stop the chaos.

However, the Wuyin elite, known as the "ghost man", did not kill the peach land, but only showed one side and disappeared.

He didn't die in the battle with the Taketori clan, but quietly slipped to the side of the big lake behind the Fog Hidden Village, intending to take advantage of the chaos to assassinate the four generations of Mizukage Goji Yakura, so as to end the reign of the Blood Mist.

If successful, he will become the hero of Misty Hidden Village, and he will become the fifth generation of Mizukage.

However, something went wrong that kept him from doing it.

"Don't kill the adults again."

A beautiful-looking, androgynous young ninja appears after Momochi never beheads again.

"Bai, you finally got out, why did it take so long?"

Momochi's mouth was wrapped in gauze, and his voice was a little dull, sounding impatient.

Bai's eyebrows drooped, his eyes were full of tears but he couldn't help it, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." There were so many dead people in the village that I couldn't walk away for a while......"

"Now is not the time to be merciful, you guy, when will you become a satisfying tool!"

Momochi didn't cut it anymore while complaining that Bai was useless, but at the same time lowered Bai's head with concern, "Be careful, don't be discovered." ”

was touched, and a hint of blush appeared on his white face.

Momochi frowned and poked his gaze out from behind the stone: "Things have gone wrong, we have been taken first, and Goji Yakura has been subdued?" ”

"Who is it?" Bai Wenyan was shocked.

The fourth generation of Mizukage likes to haunt here, he saw it by chance when he was practicing Ice Escape Ninjutsu, and it should be a secret.

"See for yourself." Taodi didn't say a word again, and Bai crawled out half of his head and looked at the river beach not far away.

Two men in firecloud robes were below.

One of them sat on a fallen dead log, holding a thin-bladed broadsword half a door wide, and looked like he was waiting.

Another stood with long hair on the side, his hands sealed. And the fourth-generation Mizukageya, who was famous in the fog, Kura was lying at his feet covered in wounds.

A stream of red energy poured out of the body of the wolfberry Yakura, and it continued to pour into a clay pot, as if performing some kind of technique.

"That's a decapitation broadsword!" Bai lowered his voice to hide his surprise, "That person is Lord Loquat Shizang?" ”

"It should be him, but the other one is also troublesome."

Momochi didn't look at the other figure again, his face was hard to see, "Orochimaru, one of the three ninja of Konoha, I didn't expect to meet him in this place." ”

"If you don't kill the adults again, since Yakura has been subdued......"

Bai said happily: "You don't need to take any more risks. We're going back to help, Terumi-sama is in need of manpower......"

However, if you don't cut it again, you refuse very simply.

He stared at the two voices below and said in a cold voice: "The group of brain-dead people of the Taketori clan don't need me, and others can solve it." But Yakura's life should not be taken away by a traitor and an outsider. ”

"Do you want to do something to them?" Bai's face became the same as his name, "But there are two of them, and they are both characters who are not easy to mess with." ”

"I just made a move with Yakura, and they consumed a lot, not to mention, the whole person should be in a state of relaxation. Coupled with the fact that Orochimaru is using some kind of technique, I should be able to eliminate him immediately if I use the Silent Assassination Technique. Then we will work together to deal with Loquat Juzo, recapture the decapitating broadsword, and finally kill Yakura. In this way, all the credit is ours! ”

Momochi Zai Zai didn't cut it anymore, as if he had seen the scene after the plan was successful, and his eyes welled up with strong fanaticism.

However, when he looked at Shiro hopefully, there was only a deep worry in the latter's eyes.

"What, are you scared?"

"Nope." Bai gritted his teeth, "I'm a tool that doesn't kill adults anymore." If this is your wish, I will do it for you, even if it costs with my life. ”

"You don't say bad things at such times! If you want to, get ready to do it! ”

Don't cut off your hands together, ready to unleash the Fog Concealment Technique to prepare for the assassination.

However, the next moment, the woods behind him suddenly shook violently.

[Someone's coming? 】

The master and servant both turned their heads at the same time, only to see an orange-red flame burst out of the forest, and then pass over their heads with a twisted air.

An extremely hot storm swept through the space above the two of them, and Momochi hurriedly pressed Bai's head and lay on the ground tightly.

When they got up again, they both looked at each other's hair curled up in fear, and then they all poked their heads out and looked down, where the river beach was.

The orange-red flame was like a meteor streaking across the night sky, and it swooped down from the top of the cliff towards the place where Orochimaru and Loquat Juzo were, behind Orochimaru, to be exact.

Momochi and Bai held their breath, and at this moment, they saw the truth of the flame.

A short man wearing a fox mask held a red, notched ninja knife in both hands, and swung it at Orochimaru's neck from top to bottom.

The latter felt the crisis, and interrupted the technique in his hand in time to turn his head, but it was just in time to meet the deadly heat wave and the brilliant blade.

A human head with its hair on fire flew out and fell into the rocky beach more than ten meters away.

And the loquat Shizang on the side finally reacted, raising the big knife and slashing at this uninvited guest, the latter dodged the blade one by one, and directly stretched out his left hand to hold the back of the beheading knife and dragged it hard, and even dragged it over with the loquat Shizang.

"Don't get in my way."

Yi Yong's cold voice came from behind the mask, and his right hand swung his knife and slashed at Loquat Shizang's hands holding the knife.

Seeing this, the latter hurriedly gave up the beheading broadsword, but was hit by a vicious kick in the position of the xiphoid process, and rushed out like a chicken wing folded in half, and the dark blood vomited on the way already showed the severity of his injury.

Yoshiyong did not follow up and continue to attack Loquat Shizang, but looked coldly at the headless corpse of Orochimaru at his feet and stood in place.

"Don't pretend, I know you can't die from this attack."

Sure enough, as the righteous words fell, Orochimaru's severed head and body turned into muddy water.

About fifty meters away, a mollusc-like shadow emerged from the rocky beach and took the form of Orochimaru, looking like the god of lights in Aladdin's magic lamp.

Orochimaru spit out the snake letter, and looked at Yiyong with interest, "Ho ho ho, don't say a word to cut off people's heads, it's not a polite greeting......

Before he finished speaking, a line of water that shot extremely fast pierced the center of his eyebrows, and Orochimaru was "killed" again.

It is so convenient to break the wave without stamping.

Orochimaru's body did not fall. He opened his mouth like a snake and spat out a brand new snake pill.

But when this Orochimaru had just opened his eyes, Yi Yong once again blocked him in front of him with the breath of fire, the shape of Ichi, and the fire of ignorance. The fiery chakra blade was about to behead him again.

"You're ......"

[Can't you communicate?] 】

The Great Snake Flow Stand-in Technique, but it takes a lot of chakra to use!

Orochimaru's eyes widened in almost rage and stabbed at his foe, his dark red tongue sticking out like a sharp sword, turning into a python and biting the blade of Yoshiyu's sword.

But in the next moment, the snake was sliced along the torso, as easily as butter.

Orochimaru had already realized that the guy on the other side, who was only the height of a child, was different from his previous enemies, and he didn't seem to even bother to say a word to him.

The other party doesn't want anything but kill him.

Orochimaru gritted his teeth and severed his tongue, crawling on the ground like a real snake, shaking left and dodging several slashes, finally distancing himself from this crazy opponent.

However, as soon as he turned his head, he saw a giant tiger made entirely of flames, rushing towards him with broad steps.

[I've never seen it before!] Is it instantaneous? 】

Looking at the whitish flames, Orochimaru didn't have time to think about it, only felt a dry mouth.

He stretched out his thumb and bit it in his mouth, imprinting his palm on the ground, intending to use the body of the ten thousand snakes to block the terrifying attack.

[Although the serious injury of ten thousand snakes will affect my relationship with Longdi Cave, it can't be controlled so much......]

However, the imaginary scenario did not happen.

Ten thousand snakes did not appear. It's like dialing 120 when a patient has a heart attack but doesn't get through.

Fatal mistake!

[What?] 】

[What about a ten thousand snakes as big as I? 】

Orochimaru raised his right hand as if he was stupid and looked at it, and then he was engulfed in flames.

(End of chapter)