Once they left Konoha's walls, there was truly no way to capture Orochimaru.
After returning to Konoha, Yuhara first sent the two fellow patients to Konoha Hospital. He then informed the Anbu of the Hokage's order to clean out the trash, and told Kushina Uzumaki to bring people to "search the place."
Kushina Uzumaki did not directly participate in the operation to arrest Orochimaru. Her status made her involvement in such a mission somewhat inappropriate, so after hearing the order Yuhara brought, she immediately led the few subordinates she had and set out.
As they made their way through the narrow, winding underground passage, Kushina Uzumaki suddenly had a question. "Lord Orochimaru's... well, laboratory. His laboratory is hidden in a place like this. How did Lord Third suddenly discover it? I've never heard that Lord Third conducted any investigation before. Or rather, if Lord Third trusted Lord Orochimaru so completely, why would he conduct a secret investigation?"
It was a good question. Aside from the incident a year ago involving a missing Uchiha ninja, no other ninja had gone missing within Konoha. The village had been peaceful, and its people were stable. Why would the Third Hokage suddenly investigate Orochimaru? It wasn't as though he had lost his mind.
Because Orochimaru had captured enough ordinary Test Subjects during the previous invasion of Sunagakure, he had not caused any messy incidents within the village. Without an incident, there would be no investigation, so his sudden exposure seemed somewhat unreasonable.
"It should be... divine assistance."
Yuhara answered Kushina's question with four words. He did not know whether there had been any "divine assistance" in this matter, but he was certain that someone was pulling strings.
After passing through the twisted underground passage, Orochimaru's "laboratory" lay just ahead. Two Anbu ninjas were guarding