Chapter 676 Departure

The number of people has increased.

It has been about a week since I was 'invited' to this stronghold by Orochimaru in the name of training.

Sasuke obviously felt that this stronghold was different from other strongholds that were not valued by Orochimaru. When he first came here, there were already more than one hundred elite ninjas patrolling 24 hours a day. Until now, the number of ninjas has continued to increase. There are at least five hundred ninjas stationed in this stronghold.

And in it, a considerable number of ninjas were cursed by Orochimaru.

Although Orochimaru's curse seals are divided into many types, the two curse seals of 'Heaven' and 'Earth' are the most advanced, but there are also other spell seals that increase power, but the effect of increasing chakra is far inferior to the former.

Even so, the human beings who have been successfully planted with the curse, even if they are just beginners of Chakra, will immediately have the power to surpass ordinary ninja. If you are lucky, after a period of training, it is not a problem to reach Chunin.

This level of power is naturally not a big threat to Sasuke, but with 500 people, even he has to spend a lot of money.

What's more, among these hundreds of people, there are Junin.

Sasuke even doubted that Orochimaru would have mobilized all the defense forces of Otoyin Village, right?

However, Sasuke didn't care about this matter.

In Yinyin Village, apart from Orochimaru, there is no second ninja worthy of his attention.

Although the power of the curse seal is powerful, the upper limit it can reach is not high after it has been developed to a certain extent. In the final analysis, it is just the special chakra produced after the inferior version of natural energy is mixed into the chakra.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Sasuke, who was sitting on the bed and meditating, raised his head subconsciously, and the red Sangouyu Sharingan appeared in his eyes. In the dark and unlit room, it was particularly eye-catching and dazzling, looking directly at the direction of the door ringing.

Without waiting for Sasuke inside to respond, the person who knocked on the door pushed open the door familiarly, and the tall figure of Chonggo appeared at the door, blocking the light in the corridor by the way, only a small part of the light squeezed into the room through the gap, dispelling part of the darkness.

"Sasuke, it's time for practice in the afternoon."

"Where's Orochimaru that guy?"

Sasuke's tone didn't have any respect, but was quite calm, as if asking about a trivial matter.

"He said he went out to buy something, and he should be back soon."

"It seems that he can't wait any longer. Just right, I'm a little tired of staying in this snake den."

Picking up the Kusanagi sword next to him, Sasuke touched the ground with the scabbard, supported his body and stood up from the bed.

Standing at the door of the room, Zhong Wu looked a little hesitant, as if he had something to say.

"What's wrong?"

"Sasuke, are you going to attack Orochimaru?"

Shigego met Sasuke's Sharingan and asked this question.

Sasuke didn't respond, and acquiesced to this answer.

"Although I don't like Orochimaru, he is undoubtedly a terrible guy. If possible, I still hope you can stay away from him."

These are words spoken out of concern for Sasuke's safety.

Compared with Orochimaru, the current Sasuke is more worthy of his following.

Moreover, the relationship between him and Orochimaru was originally not a relationship between a boss and a subordinate, but a transaction.

But because of this, he felt that Orochimaru was scary, and he needed to remind Sasuke not to mess around.

"Thank you for worrying about my safety, but I will take care of my affairs by myself. If other people come to disturb you, please help me stop them."

Sasuke passed by Shigego, walked out of the room, and left behind this extremely plain sentence.

"I see."

After being silent for a while, Shigego nodded, followed Sasuke's footsteps, and started today's training.

At eight o'clock in the evening, when night fell, Muye Village was enveloped in a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.

The commercial street not far from the Hokage Building also transmits the excitement of the night market to the Hokage Building, allowing the hard-working employees inside to feel the long-lost relaxation.

However, Tsunade couldn't feel such relaxation at all.

At this moment, there is probably only the word 'work' left in her brain.

Among them, the most to be handled is the task entrusted by clients from all over the world. Such affairs take up most of Hokage's time in a day.

It can be said that if there is no so-called task entrustment, Hokage's work will undoubtedly be much easier, and he will not have to work very late every night before returning home from get off work.

"It's so late, are you still working? Hokage's work is really troublesome."

An idle voice sounded from the window on one side, and Tsunade knew who was coming without even looking at him.

Jiraiya carried the ramen he just bought and placed it on Tsunade's desk.

"It's really long enough for you to go out to spy on information this time."

Tsunade didn't care about the hot ramen on the table. Although she was very hungry, she cared more about the information that Jiraiya was about to explain than the dinner.

However, before Jiraiya revealed the information, she made a sarcasm as usual.

After all, Jiraiya went out to collect information in March, and didn't return until nearly three months later. Thinking about it with my toes, I know that Jiraiya must be collecting information while enjoying himself outside, going to various romantic places to talk about life with the hostesses there.

As a friend, she knows Jiraiya's lustful temperament too well.

"If you continue like this, sooner or later you will die in a woman's belly."

"Hey, hey, Tsunade, are you slandering me? I'm still a virgin!"

Zilai also quickly waved his hands to explain, saying that he is still guarding himself like a jade, not touching his body in the dense flowers.

"Shouldn't this be a commendable act of heroism."

Tsunade's subtle eyes looked.

"That's not true." Jiraiya blushed, stared at Tsunade's fair skin that was still like a young woman, sighed, then cleared up his lost mood, and said solemnly: "Compared to this, let's talk about business. It is true that Orochimaru is about to reincarnate. As for the stronghold that Scorpion said before he died, I also secretly patrolled outside and found that there is a very strong defense force. Action, I did not scare the snake, and I also confirmed that Uchiha Sasuke is staying in that stronghold."

Although with his strength, it is not difficult to break through the stronghold guarded by hundreds of ninjas, but in doing so, it will definitely arouse Orochimaru's vigilance and transfer the reincarnation ceremony to another stronghold. At that time, it was difficult for Konoha to confirm the whereabouts of Orochimaru, let alone arrest the other party.

A ninja like Orochimaru, wouldn't make the same mistake.

If you want to arrest the other party, you must succeed once.

"What about Orochimaru?"

Tsunade cares about this issue.

Uchiha Sasuke found it, so all that remains is to confirm the whereabouts of Orochimaru.

Compared to Uchiha Sasuke, she is more concerned about the whereabouts of Orochimaru.

"From what I overheard the conversation of the people in that base, Orochimaru is not currently in that base, and I think he is out on business. But if Orochimaru really intends to perform the reincarnation ceremony for Uchiha Sasuke in that base, he should return to that base in the near future and start corresponding actions."

Jiraiya's words were dignified but serious.

"In this case, please continue to keep an eye on that stronghold. In the name of holding the joint Chunin exam this year, I will send invitation letters to the rest of the villages, and let Shayin and Yunyin send people over."

Although Sha Yin and Yun Yin can directly send people over secretly, if they are discovered, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of outsiders.

In addition, there may be Orochimaru's eyeliner in the village. At this juncture, such uncontrollable accidents must not happen.

In the name of the Chunin Exam, we will send out invitation letters to the rest of the villages, and then the ninjas supported by Sa Yin and Yun Yin will be allowed to settle in Konoha in an open and honest manner, without causing suspicion.

"Okay, I will release the shadow clone later and pass the information to the main body."

Jiraiya's words also prove that what is here is only his shadow clone.

"Speaking of which, how is Naruto's situation?"

Speaking of this, Ji Lai also scratched his head in embarrassment.

Three months ago, he clearly agreed to go out for a few days and come back to personally train Naruto, but now it has been three months before he returned to Konoha.

You can imagine how Naruto will arrange himself in the corner without thinking.

"Don't worry, that kid just came over to make a fuss a few times. I used you as an excuse to find Sasuke Uchiha, and stabilized him."

Tsunade felt that compared to the next thing to do, Naruto was only troublesome, not worth mentioning.

"So how is Kay's training going with him?"

Jiraiya continued to ask.

Before he left, he asked Kai to train Naruto one-on-one. He didn't know if the other party had grown up in the past so long.

"Training? Although neither of them is using their full strength, Kai has the upper hand at the moment. After all, there is a considerable gap in the combat experience between the two."

Tsunade tilted his head and said the result.

Jiraiya was not surprised by this result at all. He had witnessed the power of the Bamen Dunjia. Although Naruto has mastered the celestial arts and his strength has improved significantly, to this extent, it will still be extremely difficult to deal with Kai who has the Bamen Dunjia.

"One last thing, I want to confirm." Having said that, Jiraiya's expression became more serious than ever: "Are you going to let Naruto join in this operation?"

Tsunade was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Regarding this matter, Lu Jiu also mentioned it to me. It's fine if Naruto doesn't know anything, but since he is also a witness, it is meaningless to hide it from him. If he is not allowed to join in, he might sneak out of the village alone. In that case, the situation will be more serious than letting him join in the action."

Jiraiya's face was slightly bitter. Indeed, he could have imagined that Naruto would definitely do such a thing.

Because Naruto learned the information about Orochimaru's upcoming reincarnation of Sasuke from Scorpion's mouth, even if it was concealed, it would be meaningless, instead it would make him take the risk and act alone.

"Also, I personally think that although Naruto's many actions are a bit immature, he will never do anything to hurt Konoha. Let him make a break with Uchiha Sasuke. I think this is a good thing for both of them."

Tsunade spoke his mind.

She is different from the rest of Konoha's high-level leaders. She will not let Naruto's precious combat power go, and has been doing nothing in the village, accepting the protection of the village.

That not only wastes the public resources of the village, but also wastes Naruto's talent as a renchu power.

This is also the reason why she has been sending various missions to the seventh class in the past few years. Only ninjas who have experienced blood and fire are worthy of being called ninjas.

The flowers in the greenhouse cannot become the pillars of the leaves.

If Naruto is deliberately excluded from this operation because of the existence of Uchiha Sasuke, it is tantamount to planting a hidden danger in the village.

As Hokage, Tsunade naturally didn't want Naruto to be dissatisfied with the village because of this kind of thing.

"Of course, the premise of all this is based on Uchiha Sasuke being able to survive from Orochimaru's hands. If Uchiha Sasuke cannot survive from Orochimaru's hands, the so-called end will not exist."

Tsunade said these words calmly.

Jilai also fell silent, stared at Tsunade's face, and replied: "I understand, then I will trouble you with the matter here, I will continue to watch around that stronghold, and I will let Toad contact you when the time comes."

After finishing speaking, Jiraiya formed a mudra with both hands, and disappeared into Hokage's office in a puff of smoke.

"Speaking of which, Orochimaru seems to have been absent from the last few meetings. Is that guy secretly holding back some bad tricks?"

In a meeting room on the top floor of the tower in Yuyin Village.

Akatsuki's members gathered together and sat in their respective seats, but there were three vacant seats, one for Orochimaru, one for Scorpion, and one originally for Hidan.

Except for Scorpion and Hidan who had died in the line of duty, Orochimaru was not notified of his death in line of duty by Nagato. Obviously because of other things, he couldn't come here to participate in the meeting.

Kisame made a sound about this matter, but his tone was not particularly concerned, as if he was just asking casually.

Beliuhu, who is also a researcher of the organization with Orochimaru, also glanced at the vacant position belonging to Oroshemaru, and said: "It's true that I haven't heard much about him recently. However, maybe that guy Scorpio knows something. Compared with me, the two of them seem to have a common topic."

The so-called common topic is undoubtedly the longevity that Orochimaru is struggling to pursue.

Scorpion is the only ninja in their organization known to be able to live forever. Although there are defects that require regular replacement of body parts, this alternative longevity has also given Orochimaru a lot of inspiration.

Although Scorpion was still annoyed by Orochimaru's harassment, he also learned a lot from Oroshemaru.

If you ask who in the organization knows Orochimaru best, it is undoubtedly Scorpion.

"The scorpion is already dead."

Kisame replied.

"Well, yes, I regret this incident, I am still very interested in his puppet forbidden technique."

Beliuhu made no secret of his covetousness.

Even if he is obsessed with the power of Xueji Boundary, who can refuse the power of longevity?

Even people like Orochimaru have abandoned everything and embarked on the road of chasing longevity.

"You two, if you dare to be disrespectful to Brother Scorpion again, I don't care if this is a conference room or not. Hmm."

Didara heard Kisame and Beiruhu's conversation, instinctively felt uncomfortable, and stared at the two with murderous eyes.

Even if he knew that Xie didn't die, he just feigned death to escape from Xiao, but even so, he would not allow his respected senior to be treated as a joke.

"That's really scary, is it the sympathy of artists?"

Kisame grinned, revealing a mouth full of fangs, and let out an inexplicable laugh.

Beliuhu ignored Didara's threat, and just quietly poured himself a cup of tea to pass the time.

"So, what is the purpose of bringing us here this time? Are you planning to do something to Sanwei and Liuwei?"

Itachi, who had been silent all this time, opened his eyes, glanced at Nagato who was sitting on the seat with scarlet Sharingan, and got straight to the point.

The rest of the people also shifted their gazes at the same time, and all fell on Nagato's calm face.

Currently they have obtained four beasts with tails, and only five beasts with tails have not been captured yet.

The organization's itinerary for catching tailed beasts has already been determined, and the next goal is to return the three-tailed and six-tailed beasts to their positions at the same time.

In that case, Akatsuki would have a six-headed and tailed beast.

Even if the organization is exposed at that time, it will have the power to fight, and it will not be as passive as before.

"No." Nagato negated lightly: "At present, we have not found an entry point to strike. The whereabouts of the fourth Mizukage Yakura and Six Tails Jinchuriki are difficult to grasp, not to mention attacking them at the same time. We must pay more attention to timing and means, and we cannot act too hastily."

"Then call us over..."

"It is to introduce a new member to you. It happens that Scorpion died in the line of duty. Didara still lacks a teammate who can make up for the lack of strength of the Qingyu team."

Nagato's voice fell, and before everyone could react, they were interrupted by a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of the door of the conference room being pushed open.

"Hello, good evening, seniors, long time no see, I will be a full member of the organization in the future, please give me your advice~"

An unscrupulous and laughing voice sounded in the room, and he posed in a funny salute pose, full of distortion and weirdness.

The person who spoke in this way was wearing a red cloud coat with a black background, and an orange spiral mask on his face. The eye hole exposed on the left was pitch black.

The whole body is shrouded in a mysterious and funny atmosphere.

"What, it's Ah Fei."

I thought it was an interesting newcomer, but after seeing the other party's true face, they all showed dislike for him.

Even Didala's face collapsed. He couldn't believe that this kind of guy would replace Scorpion and become his teammate in the same group.

This guy named A Fei was an alternate member of the Akatsuki organization long ago. He entered the organization earlier than Didara, but because of his lack of strength, he has not been selected to become a core member.

"Is the organization so short of people that even this kind of guy is going to be sent out?"

Didara covered his forehead with one hand, looking quite headache.

"No way, even this kind of guy will come in handy one day. Anyway, please take care of him more in the future, Didara."

Nagato also said in a subtle tone.

Among the whites that Madara left for him, this guy is the strongest, but relatively, his personality is also extremely troublesome.

"Haha, I will trouble you in the future, Senior Didara. Speaking of which, I have always wanted to ride the big bird of Senior. Now I have waited for the opportunity. It is really great. I can finally go on my way without going by myself!"

While showing the 'Jade' ring on his finger, A Fei leaned close to Didara's side in an almost clingy manner, like a child acting like a baby to an adult.

"Boss, seriously, can I blow this guy up right now? My art tells me it needs a chump as a sacrifice. Hmm."

Listening to A Fei's almost stupid speech, Didara subconsciously thought of those Bai Jue who were killed by him, the degree of idiots was exactly the same.

"If this is the case, please feel free to adjourn the meeting."

After Nagato said this, he took Xiao Nan out of the conference room, fearing that he would be infected with the germ called an idiot by A Fei.

The rest of the people also took the initiative to distance themselves from Ah Fei. Although they don't know if idiots will be infected, there is no harm in being careful.

"Itachi, what's wrong?"

Seemingly aware of Itachi's aura, there was an unusual fluctuation, Kisame asked suspiciously.

"It's okay, let's go."

The scarlet Sharingan inadvertently lingered on A Fei's body for a moment, and left the meeting room with Kisame.

"It feels good to go out in the middle of the night. I haven't seen such a clear night sky for a long time."

Baishi, who is located at an altitude of several thousand meters, looks at the stars and moon hanging above his head, and stretches out his hand slightly, as if he can grasp the bright and dazzling stars and moon in his palm.

Under the dark night, a giant blackened beast flapped its steel-like wings and soared in the sky.

Although the surface of the behemoth is still dominated by black, the unicorn and limbs, including the main body, have been magnified, but it can still be clearly seen that the metal energy tubes that are interspersed with flesh and blood and exposed to the air are dark red metal energy tubes.

The steel-hard but extremely soft wings, under the moonlight, also reflected a dark and cold light. It can be vaguely seen that the edge of the steel wings on both sides of the giant beast is like a dense array of sharp blades. During the flight, it can easily cut through the strong wind on both sides, and walk against the wind with thunderous momentum.

Sitting on the head of the giant beast is a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a red and white maiden costume. She spreads out one hand, forming a wind protection wall on the back of the giant beast to isolate the surrounding wind layer, preventing the strong wind from blowing around from disturbing Shiraishi who is opening the lunch box behind her to prepare for supper.

The black monster under the two of them was not so lucky.

Although half of the body has been turned into machinery and steel, the other half is made of flesh and blood. Flying at an altitude of several thousand meters, one can still feel a slight coolness, like needles pricking the skin.

I really miss the good old days squatting on the shoulders of sister Tianyu. Lei Mingwan, who has turned into a giant beast, uttered such a sigh of emotion in his heart.

Unfortunately, those days are gone forever.

Not only that, the positions of the two have been completely reversed at this time, and it has become the mount of Tian Yu Nu.

While he was thinking, the hot scent of food had penetrated into Lei Ming Wan's nostrils through the air, causing him to subconsciously twitch his nose twice, sniffing the delicious smell. For a while, the teeth filled with thirst for food.

Without thinking about it, I know that my father is on his broad and stable back, enjoying the night snack made by Tianyu girl at home, and admiring the moonlight at the same time.

What a calling father.

With such a huge resentment, Lei Ming Honmaru flapped the steel wings on both sides even more vigorously, flew into the sky, and headed towards the direction of Tian Zhiguo.

(end of this chapter)