An hour later...
Somewhere underground in the Land of Fire.
Drip!
Drip!
The sound of water droplets reached his ears.
After Hyuga Sho entered the underground passage...
Suddenly, a force shrouded the area.
"Hmm?"
Hyuga Sho stopped midstep.
He immediately noticed something was wrong.
"Heh heh heh... Sho-kun, long time no see."
Orochimaru emerged from the shadows.
The two met in the narrow underground passage.
At this moment...
Orochimaru was wearing a Konoha Jonin vest, an evil grin spreading across his face.
Compared to the past, he seemed even more abnormal now.
"Five Sealing Barrier..."
Orochimaru suddenly spoke.
"When you came in, I set up this barrier. Even a Kage Level expert couldn't break it easily..."
Outside.
Kano, who had been preparing to monitor Orochimaru, immediately fell into a panic.
He had not expected Orochimaru to set up a Five Sealing Barrier and completely seal off the underground area.
The Five Sealing Barrier was a C-rank barrier.
Although its difficulty was only that of a Chunin-level technique, it could not be compared with Ninjutsu like the Great Fireball.
Although it was very easy to learn, what Orochimaru said was entirely true.
For an ordinary Kage Level ninja lacking destructive power, breaking it was extremely difficult. They would have to slowly wear down the Chakra contained within the barrier.
Even a superstandard ninja like Tsunade would have to use her full strength to shatter it with one punch.
Overall.
Barriers were extremely troublesome things.
Kano stood there dumbfounded, completely at a loss about what to do.
He did not possess the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan.
He could not see through the ground at all.
If he attacked from outside by force, Orochimaru would discover him...
As for locating the five talismans of the Five Sealing Barrier... it would be extremely difficult without