Just as Shinji was organizing his thoughts in the second-floor private room of the yakiniku restaurant, Guren once again used the pretext of posting a commission to openly enter Konoha.
Because of the combat-readiness martial law, very few merchants could now freely enter and exit Konoha, and all of them had to undergo strict registration and screening, making it very difficult to sneak through. On the contrary, if someone came to Konoha to post a commission, the screening would be much more relaxed.
Therefore, in order to enter and exit Konoha without being wanted by the village, Guren had already posted several small commissions at Konoha's mission center one after another.
Once inside Konoha, Guren immediately followed their previous agreement and left a contact code at a specific location.
Not long after, Kimimaro, having spotted the contact code, arrived as promised in a nondescript grove to meet with Guren.
Kimimaro asked, "Are we making a move?"
Guren first shook her head, then briefly explained how "A" had proactively approached them, wanting to trade half of the Nine-Tails in exchange for Orochimaru.
Hearing this, Kimimaro thought to himself, Why would the leader want to trade the Nine-Tails for Lord Orochimaru?
Seeing Kimimaro ponder in silence, Guren said, "What the Akatsuki Organization needs isn't Konoha's Jinchuriki, but the other half of the Nine-Tails sealed inside the belly of the 'Reaper' alongside Konoha's Fourth Hokage. Moreover, only Lord Orochimaru understands the 'Reaper Death Seal', so we must first find a way to contact Lord Orochimaru!"
Kimimaro asked, "What are your plans?"
Guren said, "Right now, if we want to contact Lord Orochimaru, we must infiltrate Konoha's law enforcement agency. The ANBU is out of the question; Kabuto's idea is for you to infiltrate the Konoha Military Police Force recently re-established by Shinji Uchiha,