"Akado Yoroi, was it? Are you the informant Orochimaru left in Konoha?"
Jiraiya looked at Akado Yoroi, whom the ANBU had locked in the Observation Room, and slowly asked.
"I didn't expect you to discover me after all."
Akado Yoroi lowered his head, closed his eyes, and admitted it openly.
"That's right. I am indeed one of Lord Orochimaru's men."
His tone held both pride and relief. Won over by Lord Orochimaru's charisma, he was proud to be one of his men.
But after spending so long undercover in Konoha, it was impossible not to feel nervous.
And now that the ANBU had caught him, it seemed his mission had reached its end.
Lord Orochimaru, I'm sorry. This is where my mission ends.
"Kabuto Yakushi is your accomplice, isn't he?"
Jiraiya glanced at the documents in his hands and slowly asked Akado Yoroi.
"No."
"He was the caster who unleashed that large-scale genjutsu."
Looking at Akado Yoroi, who refused to divulge any information, Jiraiya rubbed the back of his head in frustration.
Seriously, when did Orochimaru get so good at fooling kids?
Back when we met Nagato and the others, Orochimaru wanted to kill them outright.
Now he's practically the ringleader of a child-abduction operation.
"Huh? I didn't know that."
Very obvious surprise appeared in Akado Yoroi's eyes as he spoke to Jiraiya.
"Enough. He already ran off with Orochimaru, so there's no need to show off your acting here."
"Still, those modifications Orochimaru made to you really are something."
Jiraiya looked at Akado Yoroi. Through Orochimaru's experiments, he had gained the ability to absorb chakra.
Though it hadn't proved useful at all when he fought Sasuke.
Akado Yoroi: Thanks a lot.
"If not for Lord Orochimaru's modifications, I wouldn't even qualify as a chunin."
Akado Yoroi spoke frankly.
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