"Urgh!"
Orochimaru finally made it back to the Secret Base and spat Kabuto Yakushi out.
"Lord Orochimaru, did we escape?"
Kabuto Yakushi panted heavily. When Deidara summoned his Bombing Squad, he had truly thought he was going to die.
"That certainly wasn't easy. It was the Akatsuki, after all. Damn it! If my hands could still use ninjutsu, I would have killed Sasori and Deidara and brought that Sharingan brat back!"
Orochimaru spoke with a somewhat savage expression.
Lin Guang's talent as a ninja was so great that, for a moment, Orochimaru's desire to obtain him even surpassed his desire for Sasuke.
"Let's wait for Lady Tsunade to think of something. You'll still have a chance to take revenge."
Kabuto Yakushi offered words of comfort.
"No, you don't know how powerful Pain is, nor do you know the Akatsuki's strength. That Sharingan brat today looked only about thirteen, didn't he? He's even a little stronger than you!"
"In his hands, the Great Fireball Technique has already begun to approach the scale of a forbidden technique. And that's only a B-rank ninjutsu."
Orochimaru spoke gravely.
"The Sharingan... That brat should be from Konoha. My strength is about the same as Kakashi's. Has that brat already surpassed Kakashi?"
Kabuto Yakushi had never thought himself exceptional. He had achieved his current strength through diligent training, one step at a time.
Yet someone with the Sharingan like Lin Guang had effortlessly surpassed all his hard work!
"I wonder how he escaped Uchiha Itachi. Even if my hands are healed, in another two years, I'll have to take a detour whenever I see that brat."
Orochimaru gave a bitter smile.
After Lin Guang and the other two returned to the Akatsuki, they went to report to Pain.
"Did you succeed in hunting down Orochimaru?"
Pain