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A moment later, Pain spoke.

"Yes."

Konan turned her head.

"Pain."

"Zetsu will deliver the payment and detailed intelligence to him."

Pain's tone left no room for negotiation.

"Carry out the mission as soon as possible."

Demonic Illusion: Hiding in the Light was cut off.

Orochimaru's consciousness returned to his original body.

He immediately removed the Void Ring and handed it to the Shadow Clone before him.

"Swallow it."

The Shadow Clone opened its mouth and swallowed the ring.

Orochimaru then placed multiple seals in succession, completely isolating the ring's chakra fluctuations.

Pain could use the ring to summon members.

He might also use it to pinpoint Orochimaru's location.

Something like that could not remain on his original body.

After finishing this, Orochimaru began organizing his experimental materials.

Pain's willingness to increase the reward only made him take Lie Yang more seriously.

Someone capable of making a Rinnegan wielder compromise possessed immense value in his own right.

He did not immediately head to Lie Yang's location.

Instead, he first activated the agents he had planted in Konoha.

The medical department.

ANBU.

Root.

As well as several ordinary shinobi responsible for organizing mission archives.

These people might not know Lie Yang's core secrets, but they could piece together more insider information from the pursuit lists and casualty records.

The first day passed without a response.

By the second evening, Orochimaru still had not received complete intelligence.

Only a very small number of agents had sent back messages.

Their contents were all publicly released Konoha wanted notices.

Orochimaru sat in his underground base, his fingers slowly tapping the tabletop.

"Why is there no response?"

The agents he had planted in Konoha rarely lost contact at the same time.

Even if Konoha had launched an internal purge, it could not possibly have found