Travel Plans

Half an hour later, at the Hokage Building.

An invisible barrier quickly spread through the office.

"Go ahead, Guy. It's absolutely safe here now."

Minato Namikaze's voice carried trust, along with a trace of gravity.

He knew that for Guy to come alone at a time like this, something important must have happened.

Guy carefully probed inside and outside the barrier with his senses. Only after confirming everything did he nod slightly.

He took a deep breath, and his very first sentence made Minato Namikaze's pupils contract as his body tensed instantly.

"Lord Fourth, be careful of Orochimaru and Danzo!"

Minato Namikaze stared intently at Guy, his voice low.

"Guy, what do you know?"

Guy then carefully organized the intelligence he had "deduced" and presented it to Minato Namikaze in a logical manner.

He made no mention of any knowledge concerning the "original story" or the "future."

Instead, he based everything entirely on his own experiences and observations, making only "reasonable inferences."

"First, the Land of the Sea."

"I once destroyed a human experimentation base there."

"Although Amachi was the main executor, I suspect Orochimaru was involved behind the scenes."

"Orochimaru has an intense desire for certain forbidden studies. He is very likely conducting some kind of dangerous human experiment."

Minato Namikaze frowned deeply, his fingers unconsciously tapping against the desktop.

Orochimaru was one of Konoha's Three Sannin.

He held great authority and possessed tremendous strength.

If Guy's suspicions were true, it would be a massive scandal and threat capable of shaking Konoha to its foundations.

Guy knew clearly that Orochimaru would defect within one or two years after Minato Namikaze's death.

Now that Minato Namikaze had not died, the exact timing of Orochimaru's defection was unknown.

But as long as those experiments continued, there would inevitably come a day