Land of Bears Capital.
A woman with a blue afro and a tall man with an ugly face were walking side by side on the road into the city.
"Does this city have no city walls?" The blue-haired woman looked at the pedestrians on the road and the increasingly clear outline of the city, and couldn't help but sigh.
She has been traveling around Shinobi World for many years, and this is the first time she has seen a city without walls.
In Shinobi World, where wars occur frequently, whether it is a national capital, a big city, a small village, or even a ninja village, there are basically defensive buildings such as city walls or fences to protect the core area.
In some prosperous cities, some simple thatched houses are built even outside the city walls to form slums.
After all, in this chaotic world, bigger cities often mean safer ones.
At least they won't be easily involved in wars, and ninja wars rarely attack cities.
"Sister Guren, how do we convey the message of Lord Orochimaru?" The ugly man had a pair of dull little eyes embedded under his sunken eye sockets, and his tone was dull.
Guren, who was wearing a green coat, snorted softly, glanced at several Hoshinin who were rushing not far away, and folded his arms in front of his chest. "If that Asura is really here, we can just tell him."
One or three Hoshinin suddenly fell to the ground, Kunai came out of its sheath, and formed a confrontation with Guren.
"Tell me your identity and purpose, unidentified ninjas!" the leader Hoshinin warned sternly.
Seeing this, other pedestrians and travelers around him retreated, and the road became empty in a blink of an eye.
"We are ordered to find Master Asura." Guren opened his red lips lightly and directly stated his intention.
Hearing the title of "Lord Asura", the expressions of the three Hoshinin also became solemn. "Whose order?"
Seeing that the other party did not deny it, Guren knew that he had found the right place and said directly, "Lord Orochimaru's order."
The team leader Hoshinin winked at his companions.
Soon, Guren and Gozu were brought into Hoshigakure, or Hoshigakure Base.
Along the way, Guren observed the surrounding buildings and conditions, and found that a river divided the city into two, forming a sharp contrast.
The large plain to the west of the river is dotted with civil buildings and a large number of residential areas. There are also some busy people in the farmland in the distance, seeming to be using their spare time to build new water conservancy facilities.
On the east side of the river, there are buildings with gray and white as the main color, and most of the people coming and going are ninjas and officials in uniforms.
Uzumaki Fuka found Shadow Clone, the body of Menma, and reported the situation.
"Orochimaru's person?" This Shadow Clone's Menma is left here specifically for communication.
Usually, I mainly listen to reports on government affairs and construction from Uzumaki Fuka, Gato and others, and then issue some orders and instructions, "Let them come in." Menma pondered for a moment, put on White Three-Eyed Fox Mask, and sat in the main seat.
When Guren and Gozu were introduced, a wave of Coercion that was even worse than Orochimaru rushed towards them, forcing them to kneel down on one knee.
Seeing the mysterious Masked Man sitting in the main seat, Guren maintained his composure and presented a scroll. "Sir Asura, Lord Orochimaru ordered me to hand this scroll over to you."
Menma motioned to Uzumaki Fuka to bring the scroll over and thought to himself, if they could not lose their composure under his Coercion, the strength of these two people was probably close to the level of jounin.
After recalling it carefully, it seems that these two people were sent out by Orochimaru to capture Three-Tails with a kid?
You can't do it without some strength.
Orochimaru, that guy's judgment is pretty accurate."
Menma estimated that when the news of the drastic changes in Land of Bears's Hoshigakure spread, Orochimaru had already guessed who was behind it.
But he sent Guren here for more than just passing information.
Menma took the scroll from Uzumaki Fuka, opened it and took a look.
In the scroll, Orochimaru mentioned that Iburi Clan's research results have made some breakthrough progress, but some of the Iburi Clan's flesh and blood tissues and hair that were previously stored have been used up. He asked him to go to Land of Rice Fields to get the research results and send some flesh and blood tissues and hair to him.
Secondly, Orochimaru hopes to establish a stronghold in Land of Bears. He is somewhat interested in Hell Valley's poison gas and Hoshigakure's Meteorite, and wants to study it.
Finally, Orochimaru intended to go to Kirigakure and sent him an invitation to travel with him.
Sure enough." Menma put away the scroll and looked at Guren below.
He only vaguely remembered that this person seemed to be a subordinate of Orochimaru, and he was also one of Orochimaru's alternative containers. However, other containers were introduced later and were never used.
It seems that she is still the person in charge of a certain stronghold of Orochimaru. After Three-Tails failed to be captured, she lived in seclusion with a kid.
It seems that Naruto also visited Konoha during his wedding.
"There is no need to build a separate stronghold, I will just arrange a laboratory building for you." Menma said without any doubt.
He doesn't want to have any uncontrolled strongholds in his territory, where there might be some human experiments.
"..-"Guren opened his mouth and hesitated, but was finally shocked by the Coercion emitted by the mysterious Masked Man in front of him. He could only lower his head and said, "Yes, sir."
Menma speculated that Orochimaru wanted to establish a contact point here, so he sent Guren, the former first candidate of Living Corpse Reincarnation.
After letting Vanilla take Guren and Gozu down, Menma also got up and went deep into the base.
Deep underground in this base, Iburi Clan, who has been transferred, is building a new home in full swing.
"Master Asura!" When Menma arrived at the floor where Iburi Clan was located underground, he received enthusiastic cheers.
The conditions here are much better than the tree holes they dug before, and the ground is like a city, and there is no shortage of all kinds of supplies, and they have been delivered.
Just such a blind request made Iburi Clan a little worried, because Kekkei Genkai was unstable and they could not move around in the sun.
The guilt of not being able to repay my gratitude to Lord Asura always lingers in my heart.
Gota and Yukimi also put on new clothes and respectfully stepped forward. "Sir, what are your orders?"
"Orochimaru Kekkei Genkai's research on your clan has made some progress. I need some blood, skin cells, hair samples, etc. from your clan." Menma stated his intention directly.
Hearing the research progress of Orochimaru, Gota looked disgusted, but after all, it was for their family to walk in the sunshine.
So he immediately summoned his tribe members to come over.
Menma collected their blood, skin tissue and hair and put them in test tubes.
Since Iburi Clan moved here, Shadow Clone of Menma has also conducted research on Kekkei Genkai of the Iburi Clan, but the progress has been relatively slow, not nearly as fast as Orochimaru's frantic dissection.
"Farewell to Master Asura!" When leaving, Gota led the whole family to kneel on one knee and watched the figure of Master Asura disappear in the corridor.