"Crackle—"

In the base of the roots, the light on the top of the corridor had been flickering on and off for a while.

The fluorescent lamp kept emitting a disturbing, short, shrill whin, as if to cry that its filament could not withstand the teasing, and that it could break at any moment, causing the bulb to explode.

The Ninja of the Roots, who was in charge of guarding the duty room, or outside the detention room, was very irritated by the light.

When he first joined the roots, he was faced with dozens of flashing lights at the same time during training against torture. For a week after that day, he felt the slightest change in the outside light, and he would be sensitive to the desire to vomit.

Just as he thought about breaking the lamp with his shuriken, the flickering stopped.

All the light bulbs in the hallway were like well-fed beggars, finally ceasing to make noise, and were on as usual as usual.

The root ninja who was guarding the gate breathed a sigh of relief.

But just then, there was a knock on the door behind him from the inside. The winter winter is very urgent.

"Is anyone there?" It was the voice of the kid who was locked in today, "Let me out!" I'm going to the toilet! ”

The root ninja guarding the gate was speechless for a while.

But considering that Danzang had said that he would try his best to stabilize the mother and son's emotions, and that the two people inside were wearing handcuffs to prevent the creation of chakra, there was no threat, so he opened the door without hesitation.

Left Suke stood in the doorway with his hands tied, looking at the root ninja while sweeping to both sides of the door, his eyes a little less innocent than usual.

And Uchiha Mikoto seemed to be a little tired, and she was lying on the bed in the duty room and napping, and even covered with a quilt.

[Really think this is your own home? Is this the so-called best people's shinobi? Being in the roots, you can still sleep, but it's really good......]

The scene inside the room made the root ninja who was secretly complaining further less vigilant, and he didn't notice the real purpose of Zuosuke's next question.

"Why isn't there any sound outside?" Zuo Zhu suddenly asked, "Aren't there many people before?" ”

The root is a detachment of the dark department, and the standard number of a detachment of the dark department is 12 people.

But when they entered the base, the total number of root ninjas encountered by the mother and son was definitely more than 20, and the real number would only be more.

But it's a little strange that the base is so quiet right now.

"Everyone has other tasks, and it is impossible to put all your attention on you."

The Root Ninja explained ominously, "Let's go, follow me to the bathroom." ”

"That's ......"

Zuosuke got the answer, and his face showed a subtle joy of "then I'm relieved".

The root ninja didn't understand what the other party's expression meant, but in a trance, the eyes of this little ghost actually switched to a pair of three-hooked jade writing wheel eyes, and then turned slightly-

The ninja twitched as if he had been electrocuted, then stopped moving, standing upright, like a soldier waiting to be reviewed.

"Solved."

Zuo Zhu let out a sigh of relief and looked at the figure covered with a quilt on the bed, "It's just him, unexpectedly relaxed." ”

"Uchiha Mikoto", who pretended to be asleep, lifted the quilt reluctantly, and it was actually a left suke, and his little face was filled with the kind of joy that only a child would have.

He jumped almost directly from the bed to the door, looked at Sangoyu's "Zuosuke" with small stars in his eyes, and opened his mouth with the mantra of Purgatory Kyojuro: "Great! Mom, you're amazing! ”

The next moment, the smoke exploded, and Mikoto Uchiha lifted the transformation technique and returned to her original appearance.

"The chakra that took so long to transform, just one transformation technique and one illusion spell can be used to almost consume, this handcuff is really powerful."

Uchiha Mikoto shook the silver bracelet on her wrist with a clang. Then she looked at the root ninja and ordered, "Untie this for us." ”

The Root Ninja sprang into action. After he made a string of handprints that were more complicated than the Water Dragon Bullet, Sasuke and Mikoto felt the strength of their wrists loosen at the same time, and the handcuffs separated on their own and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"Mom, what are we going to do next?"

Sasuke jumped up and tore off the seal on the door of the duty room, and he immediately became confident when he felt Chakra again, "Do you want to defeat all the ninjas in this place?" ”

Ever since he learned about Yiyong's "great achievements" in Yunin Village at noon, Zuosuke has always wanted to do something to prove himself.

Although the ninjas in this base belong to Konoha, since they hurt Itachi, they are already enemies. Zuo Zhucai doesn't care about any rules and regulations.

"Don't worry, we have to ask about the situation outside. Otherwise, even if you get out of here, you will just be trapping yourself. ”

Mikoto touched the top of Sasuke's head slightly, and Sasuke immediately quieted down and waited quietly.

Mikoto turned her head, took off the root ninja's mask, looked the other person in the eye and began to ask.

"How many more people are in the root base?"

"Seven of them plus me."

"Where are they?"

"Two are in charge of guarding the prisoners in the cell, one is in charge of guarding the Uchiha Itachi, one is sorting out the materials in the intelligence room, and the other is cleaning. The last one left, on duty in the monitoring room. ”

Hearing that there was surveillance, Uchiha Mikoto raised her eyebrows, and immediately looked at the roof outside the door, and found that there was no camera pointed at her.

"Where is it being monitored? Is there one in this room? ”

If there is, then her escape from prison will definitely be discovered, and she must prepare for the worst.

"Nope. The camera in this area is at the entrance and exit of the passage. ”

Mai Trin's eyes blinked, as if she had an idea.

"One last question." A slight wrinkle appeared on Uchiha Mikoto's eyebrows, "So many root ninjas left, what mission did they perform?" ”

"I don't know." The root ninja shook his head and replied stiffly, "For the sake of secrecy, the root mission will not be told to unrelated people, etc. But I can probably guess that they're going to deal with it..."

The ninja suddenly froze, repeating "reason...... Reason...... Li", but he could not say the next word.

His right eyelid blinked one after another, his lips twitched back with the pronunciation, and he looked like a broken machine.

"What's wrong with him?" Zuosuke was creepy by this scene, "Is it a short circuit?" ”

"......" Mai Trin was also confused, thinking that her illusion was used under constraints, and there was a mistake.

The root ninja continued to "short-circuit" for more than a minute before he stopped convulsing.

Seeing that he was back to normal, Mai Trin immediately asked, "What happened just now?" ”

"The curse of the tongue." The root ninja stuck out his tongue, and a complex symbol was printed on it like a tattoo, and Sasuke was disgusted to see.

"I can't tell any secrets about the roots, or I'll trigger the spell and I won't be able to move."

Uchiha Mikoto raised her eyebrows, probably understanding what was going on just now, but being able to trigger the spell mark also showed that this root ninja had guessed the target of those people.

Is there a way to bypass this spell mark? 】

Mai Trin tried, "Can you write it down with a pen?" ”

"I can't." The root ninja shook his head.

Mai Trin was not surprised. If this can bypass the curse mark, Danzang would be too stupid.

[But in this way, how do you find out what these people know and what they want to do?] Is it true that we were arrested just to investigate something related to stopping the water? Or ......]

Her eyes narrowed, and she suddenly remembered something, and immediately asked, "How exactly did the Uchiha Itachi get caught, is this the secret of the roots?" ”

"Yes." Affirmative answer.

"Is it a secret when he was caught?"

"Yes."

Uchiha Mikoto is like a hacker attacking a firewall, looking for loopholes that can be passed through repeated questions.

"And how long has he been locked up in the roots, is it a secret?"

This time, the other party finally gave a different answer.

"It's not. Uchiha Itachi is locked up here, and it will soon be 24 hours. ”

A shudder rolled over Mikoto Uchiha's back.

If that's the case, it means that the ferret was caught by the roots yesterday afternoon.

But the envoys of Yun Ren and Iwa Shinobi obviously arrived in the morning!

[That note ......]

Only then did Mai Trin realize that last night's vague message of "I'm not going home tonight" was in Itachi's handwriting, but it wasn't the tone that the kid should have! If it's a ferret, at least I'll apologize for not being able to go home and finish cooking.

[Why didn't I notice this at the time?!] 】

Deep remorse and remorse filled Mikoto's brain, and she now longed to go back to yesterday afternoon and kick herself hard.

But when I think about it, the root ninja not only captured Itachi a day earlier, but also escaped the observation of so many pairs of writing wheels in the clan land before it got dark, and left a note in her house...

[These people don't want to investigate the water stop at all! 】

Combined with the fact that their mother and son were brought here.

[But he set his sights on Fuyue from the beginning! ] Eyeing the Uchiha! Stopping the water is just a righteous reason for Danzang to make this thing bright! 】

The near-truth gave Mikoto Uchiha a huge shock.

This crisis was not sudden, but has been planned for a long time. The danger right now is probably not only Fuyue, but all the clansmen are the same.

With so many root ninjas disappearing, either for Fugaku or for other clansmen, there would never be another possibility.

[Their plans must be figured out.] 】

Uchiha Mikoto immediately thought of the stall room.

"Will there be an archive left before the root sends the task?" Naturally, this is a standard process.

"Yes." The root ninja nodded, "But all the documents in that root are written in secret language, and the contents will only be revealed after they are sealed in a certain order. Each document is stamped in a different order. ”

"Yes is enough."

Mai Trito nodded and picked up the handcuffs on the ground, "Where can I find more of this?" ”

The root ninja gave the location: "Next door to the monitoring room is the equipment room. ”

"Alright, your mission is done." After Mikoto gets the answer, she knocks her unconscious with a knife in one hand and hangs the handcuffs on her wrists.

You can't make chakra, and there's no point in stamping.

"You wait for me here, and I'll be back shortly."

Without superfluous explanations, Uchiha Mikoto immediately transformed into the form of this ninja, put on a mask and walked out, closing the door by the way.

Knowing that his mother couldn't leave him, Sasuke picked up the ninja's weapon and sat across from him waiting.

About five minutes later, Uchiha Mikoto returned, still stained with blood, which made Sasuke exclaim.

"I'm fine, it's not my blood."

After a brief explanation, Uchiha Mikoto squatted down, wiped the bloodshot from her hair, and said seriously: "Sasuke, today's matter is very complicated, I will explain to you slowly after it is over." But until then, you can do whatever I say, without any hesitation. Can you do it? ”

Although Sasuke was a little flustered, his desire to take risks and prove himself supported him to overcome this uneasiness: "Just like a real ninja? ”

"Yes." Mikoto repeated, "Like a real ninja." Now I'm your boss. Every word I say to you, it's a command. ”

"I see." Sasuke nodded heavily. He thought he was going to do some dangerous work today, "I'll be obedient!" ”

"Okay, come with me." Mikoto let out a sigh of relief, what she wanted was Sasuke's promise that he wouldn't follow her to the most dangerous places.

The mother and son abandoned the ninja in the room and hurried all the way to the monitoring room.

Sasuke was surprised to find that the Uchiha Itachi was lying on the floor of the monitoring room, and at the foot of the wall were three root ninjas who were bound in handcuffs, apparently knocked unconscious.

"And the other three?" Sasuke walked over to Itachi's side and knelt down on one knee and asked suspiciously.

"There's another one in the stall room." Uchiha Mikoto said, "That ninja is still useful. ”

"The remaining two ......"

Seeing that his mother didn't answer, Sasuke immediately turned his gaze to the screen of the monitor, and then at the door of the room where Itachi had been locked up before, he saw two corpses lying in a pool of blood. One of them was nailed to the wall by kunai.

"Left Assist ......"

Mai Trin crouched down and pulled the little pale face that had come into contact with blood for the first time.

"Next, I'm going to go to the stall room and get the information on the roots. You're going to stay here and watch the ferrets and those two people......"

"But ......"

"Remember, the life of the Itachi is entrusted to you."

For the first time, Mikoto didn't let Sasuke finish his own thoughts and opinions.

"As for those two people, they may become important witnesses later. I can't waste my time now, you can figure out how to get some towel or whatever big stuff into their mouths before they wake up, and definitely can't let them kill themselves. Most importantly, until I come back, no matter what happens, you can't leave Itachi's side. ”

Seeing what Zuo Zhu wanted to say, Mikoto's expression was solemn: "Don't forget what you promised me before." Stay here and strictly follow my orders. This is an important task, you know? ”

The strict mother, who was different from the usual, made Zuosuke a little uncomfortable, but he still agreed seriously: "Got it." ”

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Mai Trin didn't say anything more, left the room, and went straight to the stall room.

"Roar—"

The moment he broke open the door of the stall room, a Menghu made entirely of ink rushed towards Meiqin, but his momentum was no less than that of the real king of beasts, and even more terrifying.

"Thunder Escape: The magnetic field is scattered."

Mai Trin's bright yellow chakra shot out in the form of hundreds of tiny arcs of electricity, automatically finding and landing on all the metal objects in the room.

The next moment, as Mai Trin's handprint changed, the stainless steel desk in the center of the room seemed to be given consciousness, and immediately stood up between Mai Tamin and Menghu.

The one who manipulated the ink to attack was the gray-haired boy who was staring at Mikoto Uchiha in the hallway. Seeing this scene, his heart was full of waves, and he even wanted to laugh......

"You're underestimating the power of the Super Pseudo-Beast Painting."

[Although it is only made of ink, its destructive power is far above that of a real tiger.] 】

As expected, the stainless steel table was easily shredded like printer paper by the claws of the Easy Ink Tiger.

But Mikoto Uchiha behind the desk was gone.

At this moment, the gray-haired boy heard a crackling sound behind him and immediately realized what was happening!

"It's the Thunder Instant Technique!"

At this point, it was too late to paint again, and the gray-haired boy took off the kunai around his waist and stabbed him behind him without looking, and his reaction was already extremely fast.

But just when Kunai was about to touch Mikoto Uchiha's blouse, it seemed to touch an invisible barrier, and it couldn't take a step forward.

"What's going on?!"

The gray-haired boy didn't understand what was happening, but then, an electric current escaped from the kunai and poured into his arm, and the sharp pain forced him to let go of his hand.

The young man gritted his teeth, took a step back and grabbed the ninja knife on his back, but it was clear that he had already pulled out half of it, but the ninja knife seemed to be pressed back into the sheath by an invisible hand, completely out of his control.

From the moment Mai Trin entered this room, all the metal inside was covered in her chakra, so these things were only affected by her electromagnetic field.

It was too late for the boy to do anything, because under the handprint of Uchiha Mikoto, the kunai that belonged to him actually flew up out of thin air and hit his neck.

The battle is over.

Uchiha Mikoto is still a shinobi in the end. Although he hadn't fought in years, the ninjutsu he used was completely a type that the young ninja had never seen. The first time I see it, I will inevitably suffer a big loss.

He was forced by Kunwu, leaned against the shelf where the scroll was placed, coughed violently twice, and blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth: "I didn't expect you to be able to break free from that kind of restraint." However, as you can see, I am already a terminally ill person who is about to die, and it makes no sense to threaten me with death, and besides, even if I want to say anything, I can't say it......

"If I had disturbed the chakra in my body with the Sharingan, I'm afraid I'd have died much faster, maybe in just a few minutes."

Looking at this sick and weak boy as old as Itachi, although Mikoto felt pity in her heart, she still hardened her heart like she did on the battlefield more than ten years ago.

She didn't hesitate, her eyes turned, and the boy's eyes were empty like a marionette.

Thinking of what the boy had just said, Uchiha Mikoto simply asked, "I want all the information about Uchiha to help me sort it out in reverse chronological order." ”

Since time is limited, I can only start with the most recent documents, such as what Tuan Zang is doing when he transferred all the people from the roots.

The gray-haired boy immediately took action, picked up scrolls or folders, and placed them in front of Mai Trin in order.

Uchiha Mikoto picked up the file closest to him and opened it, and the content on it was simply incomprehensible, in short, it had nothing to do with the ninja's mission at all.

[Is it the password of the root?] 】

"Can you unencrypt it?"

Mikoto asked a little worriedly, afraid that Danzo's spell mark could be so detailed.

Fortunately, the young man gave a positive answer.

With a series of his handprints, the handwriting on the document was rearranged and combined into ink, and became meaningful.

"You go ahead and unravel the rest."

After giving the command, Uchiha Mikoto's gaze quickly swept over the document that had already unraveled the secret language.

Date, today's date. Location, Konoha Village. Executives, twenty ninjas including the oil girl Ryoma.

Mission content: After receiving the signal, lead the ninjas of Cloud Ninja and Iwa Shinobi to break through the barrier and enter Konoha, surround Minamigagawa Shrine, and launch the Ninja Circle of the Second Hokage to assist the opponent's actions.

[Aren't Iwa Shinobi and Yun Shinobi already in Konoha? 】

At the first second, Mai Trin didn't understand the meaning, but she immediately reacted and exclaimed in a low voice, "Could it be that there is another group of people?" ”

[Activate the Ninja Circle, surround Nanga River, and assist the operation...... Really! 】

A thunderbolt jumped back and forth in Mikoto's cranial nerves, [Danzo colluded with these people and wanted to completely exterminate the Uchiha? 】

The patriarch has not returned for a long time, and the patriarch's wife and the patriarch's son have disappeared without a trace, and with the character of the clan, they will definitely gather at the shrine to discuss countermeasures!

"This old guy ......"

As if returning to the war years, Uchiha Mikoto gritted her teeth and pushed open the file and picked up another one, wanting to know all of Danzo's plans.

However, the following content, in addition to the mission plan for capturing Itachi, there are several surveillance records for Fugaku, Itachi, and the Uchiha Iron Fire and Inahuo.

The earliest records can be traced back to more than ten days ago, that is, before the summer vacation began!

It can be seen that this operation against the Uchiha has been planned for a long time.

Mai Trin scanned through the papers, eventually pausing in front of a closed box. The box was not opened at all, unlike all the other scrolls and documents.

"That's not encrypted." The gray-haired boy explained, "It's from the land of water. ”

Mikoto Uchiha's heart pounded.

【Water Country? 】

[Since it is classified as Uchiha's intelligence, will it be ......]

[What does it have to do with righteousness? 】

Thinking of this possibility, Mai Trin couldn't hold it back anymore and quickly lifted the lid.

But what caught her eye gave her heart a heavy punch, almost shattering it.

It was a summer vacation homework with a bloodstained cover.

The so-called bloodstained refers to a bloody handprint on it that clearly belongs to a child.

Mikoto stretched out her palms tremblingly, her eyes as if they were covered in a dark shadow, and her breathing became heavier and heavier unconsciously.

She took the child's hand when she took Sasuke away from the welcome ceremony today, so she knew the size of Sasuke's hand.

And Yi Yong and Zuo Zhu are twins, which means that the gap is almost none.

In this comparison, she withdrew her hand in almost horror, and even forgot to breathe for a while.

"No, no, it won't be brave, it won't be brave......"

Then, Uchiha Mikoto took her summer vacation homework and quickly flipped through it, but the familiar, print-like font, who else could do it except for Yiyong?

Countless thoughts were like a black cloud of mosquitoes, enveloping her mind and brain. One dark conjecture after another arises, but it is cast aside by the hope of being a mother.

She picked a few acceptable ideas and kept muttering them in her mouth......

"Yiyong should have just been caught, like a ferret......"

"They just get their summer homework......"

"Even something that the righteous bravely accidentally threw away......"

She even forgot that, with her righteous care, she had never lost her belongings.

These thoughts have gradually deviated from reality, and they are just her purest and most wanted to realize their wishes......

After nervously closing her summer homework, Mai Trin notices that there is still a letter in the box.

However, as soon as she opened it, she hadn't read the contents of the letter, and her sensitive eyes had already caught Orochimaru's signing.

At this moment, the most feared speculation in her heart broke free like a dark monster and came to the surface of her consciousness, temporarily suppressing all her sanity.

Uchiha Mikoto looked away from the disgusting name almost numbly, her pale lips twitching, and she slowly read out the contents of the letter.

"I had already captured the Uchiha Yoshiyu before you sent someone here, but I didn't see any undead heads, so I don't understand what you're talking about. As for the writing wheel, he is not the three-hook jade as you speculate, but the double-hook jade, and there is no need to collect it. In short, the experiment of enucleation is over......"

Mikoto's voice choked up, tears stinging her eyes.

"But Uchiha is brave ......"

A heavy, suppressed gasp echoed through the stall room, as if the soul had been drained from her body little by little.

"I didn't get through it. True...... It's a pity, I thought I could try a few more experiments, this is a rare Uchiha genius......"

It was Orochimaru's tone.

At this moment, no heart-rending or heart-wrenching pain can describe Uchiha Mikoto's mood at the moment.

The feeling of blood in the whole body, all the muscles in the body, including the internal organs, were as heavy and stiff as stones, was the same as that of a real deceased.

A drop of blood mixed with Mikoto Uchiha's tears made the letter tremble back and forth.

The drop of blood kept sliding downward, like a deletion number, rolling past Orochimaru's name.

"Orochimaru, Danzo ......"

The mournful cry that was almost as low as a beast came from the mouth of the Uchiha mother, who had always been gentle.

As she slowly stood up, the lights of the entire room, the entire root base, and even the entire Konoha were lit flickered, and at the end, there was a bang-

In this village, the lights used by every house to welcome the coming night have been completely extinguished.

In the dark file room, the only two light sources were two stunning scarlet eyes.

The magatama in the eyes of the writing wheel kept spinning, spinning, spinning......

Eventually, a completely new shape was formed.