Orochimaru dragged his seriously injured body and walked east for half an hour, and then saw Kakuzu waiting for him there. Although Orochimaru looked miserable and was covered in blood, But at least he still had clothes to wear, but what about Kakuzu? At this time, Kakuzu was naked on the upper body, and the pants on the lower body were in tatters. Coupled with his dark skin, he looked like an African refugee.
"I didn't expect you to survive that kind of attack..." Kakuzu said. He seemed to be expressing surprise, but his expression showed that he didn't think Orochimaru would be killed, otherwise he wouldn't have to wait here.
"It's a matter of luck. The opponent's technique hasn't been completed yet. He's just using it reluctantly. He may not be so lucky next time." Orochimaru said.
"The first time I teamed up with you to carry out a mission, we failed. It seems that the compatibility between us is not very good."
"Really, but I don't think this is my problem... As far as the previous battle is concerned, the strength you showed did not even exceed Kakashi." Orochimaru did not have any respect for the senior Kakuzu.
Orochimaru's emotional intelligence can be higher, but it's not necessary.
These rude words instantly made Kakuzu's eyes look dangerous, "Be careful what you say, because careless people often don't have the chance to speak again."
An internal strife seemed to be about to break out, but at this moment, an origami butterfly floated in front of the two people. It flew around Orochimaru and Kakuzu twice, then flapped its wings and flew high, landing on a horizontal branch of a big tree.
For some reason, a large amount of paper suddenly flew out of the air, and they flew towards the place where the butterfly was. As these things gathered together, a figure appeared.
"You actually failed in a very promising mission. You must know that the organization paid a considerable price to obtain the location of Sasori of the Red Sands...'Three Legendary Sannin' is just a ninja from the old era in the final analysis. It doesn't seem to be anything special."
The person who appeared in front of Orochimaru and Kakuzu was Konan. It was obvious that she did not want to waste her emotional intelligence in such a place.
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes. He was sinister, cunning, dangerous, deceitful, etc. He had received various evaluations in his life, but this was the first time he had been told "you are too good" by someone in person.
He was about to say something (or prepare to do something), but after he inadvertently raised his head and glanced at Konan's appearance, a certain feeling of déjà vu made him stop his impulse. Of course, this was not Orochimaru saw Konan for the first time. He knew before that Konan was the person that the leader of the organization truly trusted. However, now that he saw the other person's profile, a certain familiar feeling seemed to emerge from his long-lost memory.
"The organization's intelligence capabilities? This intelligence did not tell me that I would be obstructed by Konoha Ninja during the mission." Kakuzu snorted coldly.
The mission itself was to capture Sasori of the Red Sands, but in fact they had been fighting Konoha Ninja and had no contact with Scorpion at all. In theory, they should have overcome all difficulties to complete the mission, and just kicked Konoha Ninja away, but they didn't do it.
So you have to make excuses when you should. There is obviously something wrong with your organization's intelligence.
Orochimaru remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking in his mind.
"I saw the battle between you. I didn't expect that after Fourth Hokage, Konoha would still have such ninjas..." Konan watched the entire battle.
In fact, we are all acquaintances, and Konan has indirect contact with Yuhara.
"Let's abandon this mission right now. Sasori of the Red Sands's strength is only this and is not strong enough to join our organization. But I hope you can keep this lesson in mind and don't fail again next time."
Konan didn't care whether Yuhara's ability was restrained by Yuhara. She only saw that was beaten violently by Yuhara, and she couldn't even resist. In this case, she just felt that Shinobi World's rumors about Sasori of the Red Sands's strength were exaggerated, so she didn't want a ninja of this level.
There is also a superior-subordinate relationship within the "Akatsuki" organization. Although what Konan said is not polite, in many cases she represents the leader of the organization, so this is advice from a superior to a subordinate, and Kakuzu can't say anything to refute it.
After a while, Orochimaru seemed to have figured out something, so he also showed his "submissive" side.
"Is there nothing wrong with your injuries?"
Konan didn't want to ask this, but she was afraid that bringing two wounded people would delay their return Amegakure.
"Haha," Orochimaru laughed hoarsely twice, and then said, "It doesn't matter."
As he spoke, he started coughing violently, as if he was about to choke. Just when Kakuzu and Konan suspected that this man was about to hiccup, with a cough, an arm spit out from Orochimaru's mouth.
The five fingers of that hand moved and touched Orochimaru's face. As if to confirm something, he continued to stretch out. When the hand reached the elbow position, the other hand also stretched out from his mouth.
At this time, Orochimaru's breathing had become like a broken bellows. As his body twisted strangely, painful breathing sounds continued to echo in the woods.
Two arms opened Orochimaru's mouth, and a new head poked out of the mouth. Another Orochimaru was born, and his old body turned down bit by bit, and a new body was born.
His whole figure seemed to be turned inside out, and after the turning was completed, the injuries on his body disappeared. It was a bit like a Möbius strip turning in a circle, Orochimaru's strange "rebirth" actually contained a trace of order and harmony.
"It's totally fine on my side, it's just a minor injury." Orochimaru smiled and repeated.
The scene just now was so mind-numbing that Konan, who had witnessed the whole process, could only bite the bullet and said, "That's good, let's return as soon as possible."
"Of course." Orochimaru said, as if his injuries had really completely healed.
His "transformation" just now was obviously so weird on purpose, and the purpose was to slightly stimulate this "angel" who didn't know much about emotional intelligence. It was a small response to her accusation that he was "a dishonest".
Anyway, in the next period of time, as long as Konan and Orochimaru stay in the same space, she will feel both physical and psychological discomfort. Although she has always maintained a paralyzed face, only she knows the feeling best.
After the group of three returned to Land of Rain, Konan went to Amegakure alone to report the mission situation to Nagato, while Orochimaru and Kakuzu were disbanded on the spot.
Although Orochimaru is now affiliated with Akatsuki, he is neither too close nor too far from the core of the organization. Sometimes he will come in and out of Amegakure, but he will not stay in Amegakure for a long time... This approach is beneficial to both parties. Even Nagato feels that putting these lawless ninjas in Amegakure is not conducive to his secret rule.
It's still Akatsuki's dormant period, so keeping a low profile is their duty.
Therefore, the Orochimaru secret base is only within the scope of Land of Rain. He will be summoned by Akatsuki when necessary, and he maintains a considerable degree of autonomy in his usual actions.
After returning to his hometown, Orochimaru spent a few days step by step, playing with the endless bottles and cans as always, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
But in the middle of the night, Orochimaru, who had fallen into a deep sleep, suddenly opened his eyes. Then he used Summoning Technique to summon a communication snake. He quickly stuffed a scroll into the communication snake's mouth, and then released it...
It can be seen that Orochimaru is very vigilant. After knowing that he is under the nose of Rinnegan, he naturally uses as much caution as he can.
Just when Orochimaru and Kakuzu gave up the Sasori of the Red Sands mission and were about to return to Land of Rain, Yuhara and Kakashi is still moving in the direction of Land of Wind dutifully. They fall behind the Sunagakure duo. While protecting each other, they are ready to cut off the Sunagakure duo at any time.
However, they did not go too deep into Land of Wind's territory. After all, they also knew that there was a slight possibility that they would not be liked by Sunagakure. Being too close to Sunagakure would not only put themselves in a dangerous situation, but might even cause unnecessary diplomatic disputes.
Therefore, after only escorting Chikamatsu Monzaemon for a short distance and generally confirming that she was supported by Sunagakure and that she would no longer encounter any danger, Yuhara and Kakashi began to separate from Land of Wind and move in the direction of Land of Rivers.
When they crossed Land of Rivers and just entered the range of Land of Fire, Yuhara suddenly heard a hawk's cry from mid-air.
He stopped and looked up into the air.
"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked.
"It's a message from Sunagakure, right?" Yuhara said as he raised his arms.
The eagle circled in mid-air for a few times, as if to confirm the identity of the two people below. Then it flapped its wings, swooped down in twos and threes, and landed on Yuhara's forearm.
Yuhara untied the bamboo tube tied to the eagle's talons, took out the secret message hidden inside, and after briefly translating the secret text, said to Kakashi, "We are all alive. Chikamatsu has returned to Sunagakure. The mission is a complete success."
The mission was indeed successful, but Kakashi was not without worries. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but said, "Is it really okay to keep that puppet?"
"Is there any problem? Is Sunagakure going to make formal representations to Konoha because of this matter? What should I say, asking Konoha to return the puppet made from Third Kazekage's body? You don't want to lose face? If it is an informal negotiation, why should we care about them?" Yuhara waved his hand and said.
"You can tell me both the truth and the truth." Kakashi shrugged and didn't care about it anymore.
Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with him.
"Otherwise? How long has it been since the strongest Kazekage disappeared? Sunagakure must have predicted his ending. Is it possible that they still hope that Third Kazekage will be okay now?"
"It's not a good idea to ridicule a village of shadows."
"It's not a good thing to ridicule anyone. Is it a good thing to ridicule you, Kakashi senior?"
Kakashi: "..."
I don't know why, Kakashi suddenly didn't want to talk.