Soon after, the three landed on the island.
Suigetsu stepped on the gravel beach, looked around, and couldn't help but complain.
"It's so quiet."
When Ning Xue heard Suigetsu's sigh, he couldn't help but look around. He could only say that it was really quiet.
There was no scolding from the guards, no footsteps from the patrols, not even the chirping of birds and insects.
Apart from the sound of the waves crashing against the rocks and the sound of the strong wind blowing through the cracks in the mountains, there was no other sound.
Ning Xue's eyes did not stay on those mountains.
His Byakugan was on from the beginning, and his vision penetrated the soil under his feet and penetrated layers of rock formations.
Then, his steps paused.
Beneath the gravel beach, deep in the soil, are layers of corpses.
Some have rotted to the point of leaving only white bones, some still maintain their original posture, some are curled up in a ball, some have twisted limbs, and some have heads separated from their trunks.
They are so densely packed that I can't count how many there are.
They were randomly discarded in potholes, layer upon layer, like garbage forgotten in a corner.
Ning Xue looked away and was silent for a moment.
Then, he looked at Suigetsu who was kicking gravel boredly.
"Suigetsu, where did these experimental subjects come from?"
Suigetsu smiled when he heard this and explained in a casual tone.
"Most of them are wandering ninjas, and some of them are Orochimaru's subordinates.
After all, we have to do an experiment, and ordinary people can't bear such messy things.
After being injected with those medicines, an ordinary person would die on the spot, only a ninja physique can survive."
He paused and tilted his head, as if he was recalling something.
"However, there are also some that were picked up from the battlefield, seriously injured and on the verge of death, and were used as waste by Lord Orochimaru.
There are also some... well, they are not good people anyway."
Ning Xue was silent for a moment after hearing these explanations, and then softly uttered four words.
"That's it."
His tone was very calm, and no emotion could be heard. But his eyes were lowered under the mask, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The three of them continued walking forward.
Passing through the gravel beach and across a deserted open space, a building half embedded in the mountain appeared in front of it.
The entrance to the building is a heavy iron door with rusty surfaces, and a faint light shines through the cracks in the door.
The three of them stopped in front of the iron gate.
Sasuke turned his head and looked at Suigetsu.
Suigetsu blinked, not understanding what he meant.
Sasuke looked at Kubikiribōchō behind him with half of the knife handle exposed, and then looked at the door in front of him.
Suigetsu Got it.
He stretched out his hand, pointed at Ning Xue who was silent on the side, and then pointed at the Kusanagi Sword on Sasuke's waist, and said in a resentful tone.
"Why don't you let this little brother come? And don't you have one too?"
Ning Xue replied expressionlessly.
"I don't have a knife."
Sasuke answered in a calm tone.
"Mine is too small."
"..." Suigetsu laughed angrily at these two sentences.
"Okay, use me as a tool."
Although he said this, his hand had already reached behind him and grasped the handle of Kubikiribōchō.
The muscles in his left arm suddenly exploded, and he pulled out the big knife, and the blade drew a cold arc in the air.
"Open sesame!"
As the words fell, the sword flashed.
The heavy iron door was like paper in front of the knife, split in half, fell to both sides, and hit the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
Suigetsu looked at the door that was broken into pieces, put his arm on the handle of the knife, sighed helplessly, and said in a resentful tone.
"Don't let me do this next time."
After saying that, he took Kubikiribōchō back behind him.
Sasuke walked past him, said "Thank you" in a flat tone, and walked into the door first.
Ning Xue did not follow immediately, but stood at the door, waiting for Suigetsu.
Suigetsu put away his resentful expression, shrugged, and walked in side by side with Ning Xue.
The corridor is very long, with cells on both sides separated by iron bars.
In the cell, the imprisoned experimental subjects were lying or sitting, some were picking their fingers boredly, some were squatting in the corner in a daze, and some three people were sitting around, playing cards with pieces of paper picked up from nowhere.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, someone raised his head and took a look, then lowered his head and continued playing cards.
No one panicked, no one screamed, no one even showed any curious expression.
Of course, some people recognized Sasuke, but their expressions were completely different.
The news of Orochimaru's death had reached them. At first they didn't believe it until they saw Sasuke with their own eyes.
"Hey, are you Sasuke?" Someone rushed to the fence and shouted excitedly outside.
"It's really Sasuke!"
"Sasuke is here! Is Lord Orochimaru really dead?"
"Hey, Sasuke! Let us out!"
"Sasuke! We are all Orochimaru's people. Now that he is dead, you have to give us an explanation!"
Noisy sounds came and went, pouring out from the cell on the left, flooding the corridor like a tide.
Some people slapped the fence, some stretched out their hands to try to grab something, and some just stood there, staring at the white back with their longing eyes.
Sasuke ignored them.
He continued to walk forward without looking back, his pace was steady, and he didn't pay any attention to their shouts.
Ning Xue and Suigetsu only had time to glance at the excited, numb or distorted faces on both sides, and then they quickened their steps to keep up with Sasuke.
However, as soon as Sasuke left, those who recognized him became completely agitated.
"Hey! Don't go!"
"Sasuke! What do you mean?"
"Let us out! We don't want to be locked up here waiting to die!"
"Asshole! You killed Lord Orochimaru, shouldn't you give us an explanation?"
Some were roaring, some were cursing, some were pleading.
The iron fence clanked loudly, and the entire corridor trembled slightly from the sound.
Sasuke still didn't stop, and even the frequency of his steps didn't change.
His back was still so aloof, and he didn't care about the noise at all, and walked straight towards the depths of the corridor.
Just as he was about to pass through the middle of the corridor, a figure suddenly walked out from the corner and stopped in front of him.
That's a woman.
The long red hair is like a burning flame, hanging down on her shoulders.
There is a pair of round-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and the eyes behind the lenses are also red, sharp and unruly.
She put her hands on her hips, raised her chin slightly, and looked down at Sasuke, with a hint of a smile on her lips.
"It's really you, Sasuke."
Her voice was clear and clear, with an indescribable certainty, as if she had expected to meet him here.
Sasuke finally stopped.
He raised his eyes and looked at the woman in front of him calmly.
"Karin."
His voice was still calm, with no surprise or surprise.
Karin raised his eyebrows, his eyes swept around Sasuke, then looked over his shoulder at the two figures behind him who also stopped.
Her eyes stayed on Suigetsu for a moment, she frowned slightly with a hint of disgust, and then moved to Ning Xue.
Looking at that cold mask, Karin frowned even more tightly.
"Who is this person?"