At the entrance to Otogakure's underground hideout.
The Konoha shinobi were lying in wait some distance from the entrance to the underground hideout.
They still didn't know how strong Otogakure was.
So Tuoye didn't launch a reckless attack. He and the others waited near the entrance while their sensory ninja assessed the shinobi inside.
Suddenly, a frail ninja wearing a hood and sporting orange hair charged toward the entrance.
A trap on the ground caught the ninja with ease.
The ninja was left dangling in midair.
Three figures appeared moments later.
"Foolish and reckless. Lord Orochimaru is in the middle of transferring into a new body. Let's see who would dare disturb him at a time like this."
One of them stepped forward and pulled off the frail ninja's hood.
To his surprise, long hair spilled loose. The frail ninja was a cute girl with purple eyes and orange hair.
"Sasame?"
"Fuma Arashi, Kagerou, Jigumo? Where's Big Brother Arashi? Where did he go?"
Sasame wasn't strong enough to free herself. As she hung upside down, her pretty face soon turned red from the blood rushing to her head.
Even so, she ignored her own safety and pressed the three men for answers.
The three were all from Sasame's clan, the Fuma Clan.
But she had come here for someone else.
Fuma Arashi, a promising young shinobi of the Fuma Clan.
He was Sasame's cousin.
A few days ago, some of the clan members said they had finally made contact with an influential person and secured the chance to join Otogakure.
If they brought the Fuma Clan's prodigy along, that person would help the clan rise again!
So the three men before her, another kunoichi, and Sasame's older brother, Arashi, had joined Otogakure.
Sasame had thought it over again and again,