Obito stood with his hands on his hips and said in a flippant tone, "Sasori, Orochimaru, Hiruko, I've looked everywhere, but neither the Kazekage nor the Jinchūriki is in the village."
Sasori's voice grew colder. "If they're not in the village, where are they?"
Obito replied, "They seem to be setting up a formation outside the village, hoping to use this opportunity to change Jinchūriki."
Hearing Obito, Orochimaru appeared with the Body Flicker Technique after dealing with the Sand Ninja unit. He smiled at Obito. "Since the Jinchūriki is outside the village, should we keep attacking Sunagakure to force them to retreat, or head outside and seize the tailed beast directly?"
Obito chuckled. "I'm fine either way. I'll leave everything to my seniors."
Orochimaru stared at Obito's mask. Both the organization and Konoha knew that he had attacked Konoha and caused the Nine-Tails' Rampage, yet he kept pretending to be a youngster. There was also the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai mentioned in the intelligence reports.
Flicking out his snake-like tongue, Orochimaru felt an ever stronger urge to lift that mask.
The covetous gleam in his eyes vanished in an instant, and Orochimaru turned to Sasori, waiting for his opinion.
Noticing the amusement in Orochimaru's eyes, Sasori considered for a moment before saying, "We can't waste time here. We'll head outside the village immediately and pursue the Kazekage and the Jinchūriki. I'm going to turn them both into puppets!"
Orochimaru offered no objection and instead called out to Hiruko in the distance.
Destroying Sunagakure offered him no benefit, but Sasori still seemed to have some attachment to his hometown.
Becoming a missing-nin yet remaining attached to one's village was hardly the behavior of a proper missing-nin.
After giving Sasori a meaningful look, Orochimaru followed him, preparing to leave Sunagakure.
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