Chapter 68 Main Mission 4: Explore the Snake Cave and Destroy the Base
Shingon told Naruto the mission of the new Team 7 and also mentioned the new members.
When Naruto heard Shingon talking about the new Team 7 and the new members, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Shingon, how long will Sasuke have to study in Sound Village?"
Zhenyan thought for a moment and said, "It should be soon."
Judging from the comic update this time, a new story should be about to begin. Shingo guesses that Sasuke's study abroad life should be coming to an end soon.
After telling Naruto about the mission, Shingon used the Flying Thunder God Technique and went to Orochimaru's base first.
Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and the new member Sai headed to Oto Village under the leadership of Captain Yamato.
Sai, who was born in the Root, was taught from a young age to only obey orders and complete tasks, which was completely different from Kakashi's Team 7's educational philosophy of focusing on companions. So along the way, Sai had a lot of friction with Naruto and Haruno Sakura.
However, both sides have their own goals, so even though the new Team 7 seems to be in harmony with each other, they still end up arriving at Sound Village after some setbacks.
Before setting off, the Tsunade gave Yamato information about Orochimaru's base, so after arriving at the destination, Yamato directly used earth escape to open a hole in the ground and sneaked into Orochimaru's base.
As soon as they entered Orochimaru's base, Naruto left the team on the pretext of looking for Sasuke, and Sai also said he wanted to explore Orochimaru's base and chose to act alone.
Yamato was unable to stop the two, and after sighing helplessly, he also took action together with Haruno Sakura.
Because of the emergence of the new Team 7, a big drama was staged in the Orochimaru base. This drama has many elements, including conspiracy, suspense, undercover, chase, assassination, family affection and so on.
The family affection part was provided by Shingon and Sasuke.
Just as the new Team 7 was exploring the base, Sasuke, who had completed today's training mission, found Managao and asked a question hesitantly.
"Brother Zhenyan, have I surpassed him now?"
Shingon was stunned for a moment, then realized that the "he" Sasuke was referring to was Itachi.
Shingon looked at Sasuke in front of him. Like Naruto, Sasuke had also grown a lot. He knew that in the past two years, both of them had grown not only in height, but also in strength.
However, he could not give an accurate answer to Sasuke's question because he only had a vague concept of the fighting power of ninjas.
Shingo didn't know how to describe it, but because of Sasuke's question, he recalled the time when he challenged Itachi to a fight in order to open his eyes.
"I once fought with Itachi, and I was knocked down in less than three seconds." Shingon said to Sasuke. He couldn't help but smile when he talked about the past.
When Sasuke saw Managao's look, he was a little dazed.
"Brother Shingon..." Sasuke seemed to be unable to find the right adjective. He paused for a long time before continuing, "Don't you hate Itachi? After all, Itachi..."
Shingon looked at Sasuke and gave a positive answer this time: "Not annoying."
"Why?" Sasuke asked again.
Shingon didn't answer, but suddenly looked towards the door. Sasuke also sensed it, his expression froze, and he grasped the Kusanagi sword at his waist.
As the two were watching, the half-closed door was pushed open, and a huge ink-and-wash tiger rushed in.
Sasuke swung his sword, and the ink-wash tiger and the door behind the tiger were cut off...
Outside the door, a dark shadow flashed by, and Sasuke chased after it...
The attacking shadow is none other than Sai, a new member of Team 7. Sai has accepted two missions from Shimura Danzo, the first is to send a message to Orochimaru, the second is to assassinate Sasuke. Shimura Danzo wants to cooperate with Orochimaru, but he is somewhat afraid of him.
Danzo Shimura knew that Orochimaru could use the Realm of Corpse Reincarnation to change his body. He was afraid that Orochimaru would become difficult to control after taking over Sasuke's body, so he ordered Sai to assassinate Sasuke.
On the way to Sound Village, although Sai did not get along well with Naruto and Haruno Sakura, the atmosphere of Team 7 made him unconsciously recall his brother Nobuyuki, with whom he had a good relationship when they were in the Root.
The Root wants to train ninjas into emotionless tools, so when selecting members, they will let the two members of the team fight each other. Only those who kill their opponents will be considered qualified.
The one who teamed up with Sai was Nobu. Nobu wanted Sai to kill him to help Sai, but Sai couldn't do it. In the end, Nobu died of a serious illness. Before his death, Nobu told Sai to forget his feelings and become a person without emotions in order to let Sai survive in the Root.
Later, Sai really became a tool without emotions, who only knew how to carry out tasks.
But Sai's lack of emotions does not mean that he is truly emotionless. He is just born in the roots, and in order to survive, he follows Shin's wishes and deliberately forgets his emotions.
In the short time in Class 7, he had already been unconsciously infected by the atmosphere of Class 7, otherwise he would not have thought of his brother Xin, who was the most important to him.
Sai noticed that Naruto and Sakura Haruno cared about Sasuke, and he was very curious about what kind of person Sasuke was that made Naruto and Sakura Haruno care about him. Curiosity is not an emotion a Root member should have, so when Sai attacked Sasuke, he hesitated...
Sai's hesitation, coupled with Sasuke's strong strength, directly led to the failure of the assassination.
Now the two of them are chasing somewhere unknown, and Zhenyan did not follow them because he is still in the main storyline.
Shingon stayed alone in Sasuke's room, and soon, Orochimaru arrived.
Orochimaru first took a look at the broken door, and he couldn't help but say: "Sasuke's move is really..."
Shingon didn't reply, but looked at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru walked up to Shingon, raised the corners of his lips, took out a letter and said, "Shingon-kun, is this the reason you came here this time?"
Zhenyan looked at the envelope and asked in confusion, "What is this?"
"You can take a look at it, Shingon-kun." Orochimaru handed the letter to Shingon and said, "It's useless to me."
Shingon took it and opened the envelope. This letter was none other than the one that Danzo Shimura asked Sai to pass on to Orochimaru.
In the letter, Danzo Shimura proposed cooperation, and to show his sincerity, he also gave Orochimaru a copy of Konoha's confidential information.
After reading it, Shingon put the letter back into the envelope and asked Orochimaru, "Is it really okay for you to give this to me?"
Orochimaru smiled, looked at Shingon and said, "I have found the most suitable partner."
Zhenyan also smiled and did not refuse. He wanted to say that he would give the letter to Tsuna. However, before he could open his mouth, a loud noise came and the whole base was shaken...
Orochimaru's smiling face suddenly froze...
Two years ago, the Konoha Ninja Team chased after them, but Orochimaru's base was not destroyed. In the past two years, Jiraiya and Naruto chased after them from time to time, but Orochimaru's base was not destroyed. Today, the new Team 7 came, Sasuke chased Sai out, and Orochimaru's base was destroyed...
Realizing what was happening, Shingen said, "Uncle Shewan, we are partners, right?"
Since they are partners, they should not let him lose money. Moreover, Orochimaru is also responsible for this matter.
"Uncle Snakemaru, Sasuke is your disciple now." Shingon added, "As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father. If a disciple gets into trouble, the master should be held responsible."
Orochimaru: “…………”
As a disciple, Sasuke was indeed very good, and Orochimaru did experience a bit of fun in the process of teaching Sasuke, but he occasionally had the illusion that he was accepting not just a disciple, but an ancestor who needed to be worshipped...
On the other hand, Sai failed to really assassinate Sasuke, and Sasuke's pursuit of Sai was interrupted by the appearance of Naruto, Captain Yamato and Haruno Sakura also appeared.
Several people stood in the ruins of Orochimaru's base and confronted each other. In the end, Orochimaru came forward to clean up the mess for his apprentice and brought Sasuke back.
In short, the new Team 7's mission to explore the snake cave ended with the destruction of Orochimaru's base.
Fortunately, although the Orochimaru base was destroyed, the losses were not great, because as early as after Jiraiya learned the location of this base, Orochimaru transferred a large number of equipment to a more hidden base in the north.
It can be said that what was destroyed was just an empty shell of the house, while building a house is what Zhenyan is good at.
"Uncle Shewan, if you want to build a house, you can always come to me," Zhenyan said, and emphasized, "It's free."
Orochimaru declined Shingon's kindness because his base required to be hidden and basically built underground, and the house built by Shingon's Wood Release obviously did not meet the requirements.
Shinko felt embarrassed for Orochimaru's behavior. He felt that he couldn't be completely irresponsible, so he asked, "What does Uncle Orochimaru want?"
Orochimaru smiled triumphantly, "I do want something."
Shingen blinked and waited for Orochimaru's next words.
"I want some Ten-Tails organization." Orochimaru said bluntly.
Shingon was not surprised to hear this answer. On the contrary, he felt that given Orochimaru's personality, he had been restrained in not bringing it up until today.
"I can't make a decision on Xiao Shi's behalf," Zhen Yan said, "You can ask Xiao Shi yourself."
Orochimaru seemed to have anticipated what Shingon would say, and he only said, "Then Shingon-kun, please release the Ten-Tails."
Shingon took a look at what was in front of him. Although most of Orochimaru's base had collapsed, at least a part of it was still preserved. If the Ten-Tails was released, this place would probably become a complete ruin.
In addition, the current Ten-Tails is no longer the stupid outer path demon statue that Shingon saw at the beginning. The Ten-Tails has absorbed a lot of chakra. If it is released, it is estimated that there will be a large chakra fluctuation, which may attract the attention of the five major ninja villages.
Zhenyan's debt collection journey is not yet complete, so he needs to keep a low profile for now.
However, if Orochimaru wanted to see the Ten-Tails, it was not without a way. Just like he released the Ten-Tails in the ruins that Minato Namikaze and Kushina were investigating before, he could find another independent space.
With this in mind, Shingon opened a portal and said to Orochimaru, "Uncle Orochimaru, if you want to see Xiaoju, just follow me."
After saying that, Manabu walked in first, and when Orochimaru saw the portal opened by Manabu, his expression became even more interested, and he followed in without any hesitation.
Coming out of the portal, there is a vast space full of red hills on the other side.
Orochimaru looked at the space in front of him and asked, "How many cards does Shingon-kun have left?"
"This space is not mine." Zhenyan said.
After Shingon's Sharingan was upgraded to seven magatama, he sensed the space in front of him and the other five spaces connected to the space in front of him. Shingon asked Black Zetsu, and Black Zetsu said that these six spaces were created by Otsutsuki Kaguya's ability of Heaven's Protection.
Zhenyan marveled at the boundless magical power of her grandmother, who could even create space, and created six of them at once.
If the population of the ninja world explodes in the future, grandma can become the richest person in the ninja world just by renting out the land.
And he only needs to cling to his grandmother's thighs to become a rich second generation.
Thinking about this, Zhenyan looked forward to meeting her grandmother even more...!