"Orochimaru said Naruto Uzumaki was taken away by a mysterious Masked Man..."
Hyuga Sho truthfully relayed the information to Jiraiya.
"I see..."
Jiraiya shook his head.
"Then there's nothing I can do. I can only try my best to investigate that organization called 'Akatsuki'..."
Jiraiya stood up, waved his hand, and left.
Back at the Underground Base.
Hyuga Sho found Orochimaru.
Uchiha Saotome wore a fanatical expression as he wrote and drew on a large scroll.
Saotome recorded the Cloning Technology methods Orochimaru explained verbally.
"So this is how it works... I see..."
Hyuga Sho ignored the fanatical scientist.
Hyuga Sho looked towards Orochimaru.
Orochimaru immediately understood what Hyuga Sho wanted to do.
"You want to obtain my 'face'? Heh heh... I advise you to give up. Akatsuki must already know that I've been captured... And since you disguised yourself as Jurozaemon Biwa last time, they've already taken precautions against you..."
According to Orochimaru's reasoning,
Hyuga Sho still intended to repeat his old trick.
Using the Vanishing Facial Copy Technique to take his own face, disguise himself, and infiltrate Akatsuki Organization's former base in Amegakure.
"And besides... heh heh."
Orochimaru looked around.
"Black Zetsu and White Zetsu might be watching us from the sidelines."
There was nothing wrong with Orochimaru's assumption.
Black Zetsu and White Zetsu were so elusive that even the Byakugan and Sharingan could not detect them.
"I see..."
Hyuga Sho thought it over, then decided to go directly to Akatsuki Organization's cave in his original body.
"Heh heh..."
The next moment, Orochimaru opened his mouth and spat out a ring.
"Here..."
Orochimaru said to Hyuga Sho.
"Every member of Akatsuki Organization has a ring like this. Through it, the leader of Akatsuki Organization can sense you... And when he summons the others..."
Orochimaru revealed a sinister