Missing-nin Inside Orochimaru's Base

Emiya Tsuchihara was in a good mood.

Even though Emiya Tsuchihara could always remain calm and composed, secretly obtaining a Ten-Tails inevitably made him feel a little more relaxed.

Black Zetsu was in a good mood too.

Because Obito Uchiha Wanted List were everywhere.

To avoid suspicion from the village's ninjas, the Konoha High Command even went so far as to expose Obito Uchiha in causing the Nine Tails Riot in Konoha.

The Konoha ninjas, who were originally condemning Itachi Uchiha for his heinous crime of massacring their clan, immediately turned around and began to condemn Obito Uchiha for the Nine-Tails massacre.

Rice Country.

Orochimaru's new base.

Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha were ordered to monitor Orochimaru here, and this base had become a stronghold for Konoha's missing-nin.

Obito Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Orochimaru.

With three S-Rank Missing-nin from Konoha, plus Anko Mitarashi and Yakushi Kabuto, two ninjas who haven't yet left Konoha, this lineup is enough for them to get together often.

Nature-

They were also aware of the Wanted List issued by Konoha.

"It seems that Teacher Minato revealed quite a few secrets before he died."

When Obito Uchiha learned of this, he also realized that his teacher, Minato Namikaze, had revealed some of his information before his death, which allowed Sarutobi Hiruzen to combine the information brought back by Kakashi Hatake to obtain the truth about the Nine Tails Riot.

Itachi Uchiha secretly gripped his Kunai.

The culprit who caused the Nine Tails Riot!

Although the Uchiha Clan did not suffer significant losses in the Nine Tails Riot, it created an irreparable rift between the Uchiha Clan and the Konoha High Command.

"I can't understand it."

Uchiha shook his head and asked softly, "Why did you cause the Nine Tails Riot in the village back then?"

"There's nothing incomprehensible about it."

"I just want to get the Nine-Tails and destroy Konoha while I'm at it."

Obito Uchiha looked up at the moon in the sky, as if reflecting on what he was thinking at that moment. Perhaps he wanted to say goodbye to his past as Konoha ninja, or perhaps he simply wanted to do evil.

When Lin died, and when he obtained the Eye of the Moon Plan, the existence of everyone else in this world became irrelevant.

It didn't matter whether it was his former teachers Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki who had taken care of him, or his former companions in the village.

"Like—"

Obito Uchiha seemed to sense the hatred in Uchiha's tone, and he casually remarked, "I also can't understand why you suddenly invited me to help you kill all our clansmen on that night more than two months ago."

A hint of red appeared in Itachi Uchiha's eyes.

"Would you two like some tea?"

Yakushi Kabuto appeared before them carrying two cups of tea. Behind his glasses were a pair of smiling eyes, making him look exceptionally kind.

A lot has actually happened to Yakushi Kabuto during this period.

Ever since Shirou Emiya disappeared, Yakushi Kabuto has been feeling uneasy, worried that he will be blamed by Orochimaru.

Result.-·

Orochimaru did not reprimand him.

Orochimaru himself had also fallen into Shirou Emiya's control.

Orochimaru, who Shirou Emiya, ended up becoming a pawn in Shirou Emiya's hands instead.

The speed of this reversal was so fast that even Yakushi Kabuto found it somewhat strange.

However, after Yakushi Kabuto learned from Orochimaru about the inner changes of Shirou Emiya, the medical ninja,

He decided to pretend nothing had happened and resumed his role as Orochimaru's assistant. Perhaps that medical ninja had never truly cared about him, just as Obito Uchiha wouldn't care about a nobody like him.

"Snort-""

Obito Uchiha was indeed too lazy to Yakushi Kabuto Yakushi Kabuto was just an ordinary medical ninja, and his power was extremely weak. He had no value to Obito Uchiha.

"Thank you, Mr. Kabuto."

Itachi Uchiha nodded politely.

Do you have any desserts?

Anko Mitarashi appeared next to Yakushi Kabuto while yawning, casually grabbing a cup of tea. "Which lab is Orochimaru in today? I'm going to keep an eye on him."

Yakushi Kabuto's smile took on a slightly strange tinge, but he still had to remind him, "Lord Orochimaru is in the Third Laboratory, but it's best not to assassinate him today. At least let him complete one set of experiments—"

"Okay, okay."

Anko Mitarashi casually waved her hand, drew her Ninja Blade, and looked at the sharp Ninja Blade in her hand with satisfaction.

For some time now, Anko Mitarashi has been constantly trying to assassinate Orochimaru, completely disregarding the occasion and time.

Fortunately, Orochimaru never managed to hold a grudge against her.

After all, Anko Mitarashi is an idiot.

This is already a consensus among everyone in the base.

This woman, who thought she was there to assassinate Orochimaru under the guise of surveillance, turned out to be the very thing Emiya Tsuchihara had to use to threaten and imprison Orochimaru.

"Mr. Kabuto."

As Itachi Uchiha sipped his tea, he asked casually, "You're going back to Konoha tomorrow to contact Danzo, right?"

"Yes."

Yakushi Kabuto smiled and nodded.

This time, he had a little something of his own to do.

Besides helping Orochimaru contact Shimura Danzo, Yakushi Kabuto also wanted to secretly visit the Konoha Orphanage where he grew up.

Thanks to Shirou Emiya's guidance, Yakushi Kabuto, whose original life goal was to follow Orochimaru, has fallen into confusion about his life again. He wants to know what his true life goal is, and he doesn't want others to know this secret.

Perhaps that important figure Shirou Emiya, knows.

However, the other party seems to have suddenly transformed from a medical ninja into a powerful figure who has begun to manipulate the world in secret, and should not care about his little secret.

"Talk? Are you going back to Konoha?"

Anko Mitarashi casually remarked, then made her request. "When you come back from Konoha, could you bring me back some of the Three-Colored Dango sold at the village's Sweet Shop?"

Itachi Uchiha's expression darkened.

"Bring some for this guy too."

Anko Mitarashi seemed to notice Itachi Uchiha and added, "I remember running into this guy and his girlfriend when I was queuing at the Sweet Shop."

Itachi Uchiha's expression darkened further.

"Cough cough—"

Yakushi Kabuto noticed that Uchiha's expression was not good. He vaguely guessed that Itachi Uchiha's girlfriend might have died on the Night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, and quickly changed the subject. "Is there anything else that needs to be brought from the village?"

"Kabuto, could you please deliver some information to the Third Hokage?"

Anko Mitarashi grinned, revealing a strange smile, "That guy named Danzo is no good. He's been colluding with Orochimaru, the missing-nin of the village. I urge the Third Hokage to deal with Danzo as soon as possible."

"Cough cough cough—"

Yakushi Kabuto coughed even more violently.

This kind of intelligence...

It's impossible for me to send him to the Hokage Building.

"I'm going to pack my things now."

Yakushi Kabuto, carrying the tray in his hands, shook his head helplessly and stepped back. He walked step by step into the depths of the base and gently pushed open the door of the third laboratory.

"The Akatsuki's surveillance is not very thorough."

Yakushi Kabuto adjusted his glasses and whispered his observations to Orochimaru: "Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha don't seem interested in monitoring Lord Orochimaru. After I leave the base, will Lord Orochimaru find a chance to leave?"

Yakushi Kabuto did not mention Anko Mitarashi.

Because Anko Mitarashi can hardly be considered a watcher.

"There's no need for that."

Orochimaru shook his head and chuckled softly, his fingers tracing the hot test tube. "If this is the kind of surveillance Akatsuki, it proves they aren't afraid of my escape either. I won't leave here until I successfully complete my new Curse Mark— "

"Pocket."

"When you come back, take a detour to the Northern Outpost and bring those children back for me, especially Kimimaro and Jugo."

"Maybe-"

Orochimaru thought of the child who was most loyal to him, and also of Shirou Emiya's reputation. "If that Lord Shirou is still willing to help, perhaps Kimimaro's serious illness can be cured."

Even though Shirou Emiya's mindset has changed, and he has begun to control the direction of the Shinobi World in the dark in order to change the world, people's attention still seems to be involuntarily focused on his legendary omnipotent medical skills.

"Pity"

Orochimaru couldn't help but recall what Yakushi Kabuto had once told him about Emiya Tsuchihara's research on the Living Corpse Reincarnation: "Back then, when I heard that Lord Shirou was researching souls, he developed a rudimentary form of a technique similar to the Living Corpse Reincarnation that allows for soul transfer—."

"That's true."

Yakushi Kabuto nodded, even going so far as to elaborate. "According to Lord Shirou's description, it's less of a soul transfer and more of a body replacement. This technique is primarily used in conjunction with another cloning technology. It clones a body from the patient's cells that can be perfectly healed but lacks a soul, then transfers the patient's soul into this perfect body. This is used to address some of the world's most intractable diseases, such as the failure of certain irreplaceable organs in the human body—."

"!!!"

A look of surprise suddenly flashed in Orochimaru's snake-like eyes.

Isn't this exactly what he wanted?

Although compared to constantly possessing other people's bodies through the Living Corpse Reincarnation, which allows one to acquire their knowledge and power, Emiya Tsuchihara's supporting technology can also achieve true immortality. What body could be more suitable than one's own?

"Pity-"

Orochimaru's face darkened again.

He believed that Emiya Tsuchihara wouldn't have much time to research cloning technology that could support the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique, at least not until the Akatsuki's plan was completed.

However, the other party also provided him with a new idea!

After all, Orochimaru's Living Corpse Reincarnation over bodies has a certain degree of uncontrollability. His body will gradually deteriorate to the point of being unusable. He can research this cloning technology and try to prepare a perfect body for himself at any time!

"Lord Orochimaru?"

Yakushi Kabuto looked at Orochimaru with a strange expression and asked another question, "Lord Orochimaru, should I go back and secretly report the information about Lord Shirou to Danzo?"

"Don't do that."

Orochimaru immediately rejected Yakushi Kabuto's suggestion, grinning, "I still want to maintain a friendly relationship with this Lord Shirou! At least until I figure out the ropes of cloning technology—."

"Although I really want to use Shimura Danzo and Konoha to deal with Akatsuki, if that idiot Danzo finds out about Emiya Tsuchihara's information at this time, Akatsuki will definitely suspect that we leaked the information, and that's when we'll be in trouble—."

"Go do your thing, Kabuto."

"This trip to Konoha is simply to re-establish normal communication."

Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and greedily licked his lips. "And we don't need to do much. If nothing unexpected happens, Danzo will definitely send his people to see me to ensure the accuracy of the information you bring back. At that time, if his people discover the existence of Akatsuki and Emiya Tsuchihara, it won't be considered a leak on our part."

"Yes."

Yakushi Kabuto lowered his head slightly.

Certainly.

They didn't even realize it.

A White Zetsu Clone had been monitoring Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto's every move, reporting their interactions to Shirou Emiya.

The entire base.

Openly and secretly, from top to bottom.

Apart from Kabuto Yakushi Kabuto, who was by Orochimaru's side, they were basically all people monitoring Orochimaru. Even so, it seemed that they could not stop Orochimaru from secretly guiding and carrying out his schemes.

"How cunning and treacherous!"

Emiya Tsuchihara couldn't help but sigh. Given his personality, he seemed helpless in the face of Orochimaru's scheme, which could be described as an open conspiracy.

"Do you need me to kill Yakushi Kabuto?"

The mind of the White Zetsu Clone is even simpler than that of its original self.

Since the main body of White Zetsu and Black Zetsu were out searching for suitable people to invite to join the Akatsuki, this White Zetsu Clone was determined to take on the important task without hesitation.

"There's no need for that."

Shirou Emiya shook his head and softly instructed, "Go and continue monitoring Orochimaru. I happen to have some time, so let me handle this personally—"

On the day of his second resurrection, a fog was left in Yakushi Kabuto's heart, causing the fog to once again shroud Yakushi Kabuto on the wrong path of following Orochimaru.

Emiya Tsuchihara opened a scroll, on which was drawn the image of a gentle, blonde woman.

This was a wisp of a soul clinging to existence that he had once saved in the Underworld.

Shirou Emiya did not deceive Yakushi Kabuto.

Because he did indeed save Yakushi Nonou's soul in the crevices of the Underworld.

"Although I'm not good at being a life coach."

"But when I finally sent your soul to the Netherworld Pure Land, I told you that the child named Yakushi Kabuto would definitely be freed from the sea of suffering in this world, and that your Orphanage would definitely be taken care of—"

[SSS-Rank Mission: When Yakushi Kabuto is feeling lost about his life, help him find a true purpose in life.]