Chapter 255: Remnants Of The Vortex
Yamanaka Ruri received the White Crane mask.
“Purple Cat, for this action, you stay in Anbu and train White Crane. She is not yet familiar with Anbu affairs. Rashly heading to the Land of Hot Water might encounter danger.”
“Understood, Captain.”
White Crane on the side said: “Captain! Please let me go to the front line! I can fight for Anbu!”
Yoru thought to himself, you can fight for Anbu, but I dare not let you fight for me.
My little matters, which one could see the light of day.
Yoru said coldly: “White Crane, this is the last time I emphasize!
You are an Anbu Ninja. No matter what order I give you, you have only one choice, and that is to execute it.
I do not wish to see you refute me a second time; otherwise, the consequences will be severe.
I have the power to make you retire from Anbu immediately, even send you to trial, lose your ninja registration number, and be unable to be a ninja anymore.”
Hearing the Fox Captain’s reprimand, White Crane lowered her head.
After the Fox Squad assembled, Aries and the other 4 squads set off toward the Land of Hot Water.
In the Root Base, Prop reported to Danzo.
“Lord Danzo, Sakumo Hatake has taken four battalions out of the village, heading to the Land of Hot Water border.
Anbu’s Fox Squad has also left.
However, Fox did not bring White Crane and left her in the Anbu Base.
It is possible that Fox has trained White Crane and knows her combat level is poor, so left her in the base.
It is also possible… that Fox discovered something.”
In the darkness, half of Danzo’s face appeared in the light:
“From the normal operations of other Anbu spies, Fox should not have discovered the Tongue-Cutting Flower Seal I placed on him. Otherwise, with Fox’s loyalty to Kiiroinu, he would definitely report it.
More likely, it is to let the Yamanaka sisters reunite and temporarily avoid danger.
Leaving aside White Crane’s matter, what about Orochimaru? What is the situation on his side?”
Prop said: “Advisor Mito Mon’en and Lord Orochimaru have already taken the Lynx Squad to the Land of Grass. They should have just arrived in the interior of the Land of Grass by now.”
Advisor Mito Mon’en and Lord Orochimaru, after more than ten days of travel, entered the Daimyo of the Land of Grass’s camp.
Advisor Mito Mon’en went to liaise with the Daimyo of the Land of Grass and appease the daimyo, while Lord Orochimaru began the investigation.
Several Guardian Ninjas hurriedly came forward. Guardian Ninja Hyuga Shin handed over a scroll containing the preliminary investigation report obtained by them.
Lord Orochimaru had long seen Root’s report; Hyuga Shin’s report was merely more detailed.
Lord Orochimaru entered the daimyo’s tent.
The tent was kept as is, even Shimura Kabi’s corpse was in place, sprinkled with preservatives, undisturbed.
Lord Orochimaru first came to one side of the tent and saw the tent slashed open by a knife.
Hyuga Shin hurriedly said: “Lord Orochimaru, the culprit rushed into the tent from here.”
Lord Orochimaru followed the direction of the tent’s tear and looked toward the daimyo’s chair.
Using the assassination of the daimyo as bait to lure Shimura Kabi close?
Then swiftly killed Shimura Kabi.
Suppressed Shimura Kabi in taijutsu, and finally added a extremely fast Fire Release at close range.
Shimura Kabi’s Body Flicker Technique proficiency was very high, yet he did not dodge, proving the culprit’s Fire Release was very fast.
Lord Orochimaru came to the place where the battle occurred and looked down at the footprints on the ground.
“The battle between the culprit and Shimura Kabi almost all happened in the air for one or two seconds. On the ground, only the footprints of the two leaping off once can be seen.” Lord Orochimaru said:
“The enemy’s Fire Release is very strong. In such a short time, it must have simplified the hand seals.”
Lord Orochimaru suddenly thought of the Water Iron Cannon Secret Jutsu exchanged from Fox.
That secret jutsu was very difficult to learn; Lord Orochimaru had not mastered it yet.
Judging from the scorch marks, the culprit used Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
Fire Dragon Flame Bullet was the signature ninjutsu of the Sarutobi Clan.
When Konoha was founded, Sarutobi Clan Head Sasuke Sarutobi responded to the First Hokage’s call and taught some clan ninjutsu to other ninjas in the village.
Fire Dragon Flame Bullet and Great Fireball were the two most widely used Fire Release ninjutsu in Konoha.
The suspicion of Sarutobi Clan ninjas could not be ruled out.
A seven-seal ninjutsu; perhaps the culprit found a more efficient chakra circulation meridian, simplifying it to at most three seals… no, definitely fewer than three seals, two seals or one seal.
With this Fire Release level, always one step ahead in ninja battles.
Lord Orochimaru said to Anbu: “Collect this corpse. The intelligence on the corpse is limited.”
He asked Hyuga Shin: “Did you see the culprit?”
Hyuga Shin shook his head: “I was the first to be knocked out; I saw nothing.
The culprit always acted within the smoke bomb. He seemed unaffected by the smoke and mastered a special sensing technique.
He couldn’t possibly master dojutsu; the possibility is too low.
However, Lord Orochimaru, three decoys appeared in the southeast of the camp to draw attention.
I saw the three people, but they wore masks with special seals on them. I could not see through the masks to the faces behind.
The samurai at the camp’s edge said they saw the three from afar, and the three wore demon face masks.”
Lord Orochimaru instantly became interested: “A sealing jutsu that can block the Byakugan? An enemy targeting the Shimura Clan and Root…”
He roughly outlined the enemy’s profile.
Extremely high ninjutsu talent, accomplices skilled in sealing jutsu, sealing jutsu strong enough to counter the Byakugan, top-level sealing jutsu talent, and harbors hatred for Root and the Shimura Clan…
Lord Orochimaru suddenly laughed. Many people hate Root and the Shimura Clan, but with all these conditions together, it was not hard to guess.
The culprit’s accomplices were Uzumaki Remnants, and the culprit himself had an unknown identity but deep ties to the Uzumaki Remnants.
If Yoru knew Lord Orochimaru’s thoughts, he would surely sigh that there is no wall that does not leak wind.
Wherever one goes, there are traces.
Just from the aftermath, so much intelligence could be deduced.
Lord Orochimaru did not jump to conclusions and continued the investigation.
Concluding it was Uzumaki Remnants was simple, but finding the Uzumaki Remnants was difficult.
The Uzumaki Remnants had hidden for so long without any wind in the Ninja World.
If many Uzumaki Remnants appeared anywhere, the villages would be ecstatic—they were all prime sealing jutsu experimental materials.
Inside a certain top tent.
Lord Orochimaru slowly walked out, wiping the blood from his hands.
Inside the tent were several samurai who had seen the demon-faced ninjas.
Lord Orochimaru said to Hyuga Shin guarding nearby:
“The samurai did not lie; it was indeed three people wearing demon face masks.
One had higher recognizability, wearing the Kappa Demon Mask.
Kappa Oni, the monster transformed after the water god fell, a monster of boundless resentment from the heart.”
Lord Orochimaru continued the investigation.
One night, in the secret archive room of the Daimyo of the Land of Grass, Lord Orochimaru saw the Uzumaki characters.
“Hm? The Daimyo of the Land of Grass secretly captured an Uzumaki Remnant? Her physique is extremely special; one bite restores all injuries?”
Lord Orochimaru followed this clue and brought people to the foot of Evergreen Divine Mountain.
“A laughable myth for show; the First Daimyo of the Land of Grass actually claimed he was transformed from Evergreen Divine Mountain, heh.”
This low mountain had nothing special.
Entering the laboratory inside the low mountain, Lord Orochimaru saw the killed experimental personnel and the missing Kanon Uzumaki.
Lord Orochimaru searched nearby and immediately judged that the culprit mastered flight ability; no traces could be found on the ground.
Lord Orochimaru said to Lynx who came along:
“It’s confirmed; report to Danzo. The culprit in this recent series of cases is an Uzumaki Remnant and a Fire Release expert.
Given that the Uzumaki Clan is not skilled in Fire Release, that Fire Release expert may be a special ally of the Uzumaki Remnant.”
