"Mr. Muzan, this is what we found."
It was not difficult to discover from the belongings left behind by the Sunagakure Ninja that they carried poison with them, sealed in small white bottles. When they needed to use it, they would carefully open the bottle and coat their concealed weapons with it.
After opening one, Muzan fanned the air with his hand and lightly sniffed outside the mouth of the bottle.
"There are some familiar poisons inside."
"You're lucky. Once we return, I'll be able to develop an antidote before long."
He only needed to analyze the ingredients of the poisons and develop antidotes tailored to them. That was not difficult for Muzan.
He had people clean up the area. At the very least, the Konoha Ninja corpses had to be taken away. The dead Sand Ninja Jōnin also knew some information, so his head needed to be delivered to the Yamanaka Clan.
"As for her..."
Muzan looked at Maki, who had fainted on the ground. He walked over, propped her against a pile of sand, then stripped an outer robe from one of the corpses.
Yet this scene seemed somewhat out of place to the Konoha Ninja. After all, she was an enemy ninja. By battlefield convention, defeated enemies could be executed on the spot.
"Mr. Muzan, we've collected all the poison."
They stored the poison inside Sealing Scrolls. Now, they only had to wait for Muzan to develop the antidote.
"Then let's leave."
Poor Maki had no idea what she would go through after returning, eventually becoming a rogue ninja!
A day had passed outside the camp. Every ninja who had approached the camp had returned and was quietly awaiting Orochimaru's orders.
At dawn, Muzan led a group back to the camp and ran into the team led