Encounter

Uzumaki Hane wandered alone through Orochimaru's base, visiting each laboratory and data room one by one. After spending half a day, Uzumaki Hane finally found what he was looking for in a secluded room.

Uzumaki Hane carefully placed the scroll into her bosom, then left without looking back.

"I've completely lost track of Tobi this time, but Tobi's goal is to capture the Three-Tails, so as long as I stay near the Three-Tails, I'll run into him again," Uzumaki Hane thought to himself. "Let's go back to the Three-Tails' side now. Anyway, Orochimaru has already been killed by Sasuke, so there's nothing to do here."

Uzumaki Hane went to Orochimaru's base, quickly determined the direction, and then returned the way he came.

While Uzumaki Hane rushed back to the beach, Kakashi and his group were running through the forest on the other side.

"Kakashi..." At this moment, Might Guy, who was behind Kakashi, woke up, still feeling somewhat weak.

Upon hearing Might Guy's words, Kakashi paused and stopped in the open space ahead. The others also saw that Might Guy had awakened and followed suit, landing in the open space.

"Teacher Kaido, are you alright?" Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten asked in unison, having never seen Might Guy so weak before, and had been worried about him ever since.

Kakashi put Might Guy down from behind. Might Guy stood up, gave everyone a thumbs up, flashed his two rows of gleaming teeth, and said passionately, "Of course I'm fine." However, everyone could tell from Might Guy's still pale face that he was still very weak.

"Let's rest for a while before continuing our journey," Kakashi said in a deep voice.

Seeing that Kakashi wanted him to rest, Might Guy waved his hand and said, "No need, let's keep going. This is nothing to me. The sooner we find Yamato and the others, the sooner we can formulate a strategy."

"Alright then, let's continue." Kakashi knew Might Guy's temperament and knew that he Fudō persuaded like this, so he didn't try to dissuade him further and led everyone to continue on their way.

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In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. Because the original markings were destroyed by the waves stirred up by the Three-Tails, and thunderstorms kept appearing in the sky, Kakashi and the others were still unable to find Yamato and the others.

At this moment, the weather is unusually good, a rare occurrence these past two days.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the bushes ahead. Kakashi immediately stopped everyone and looked warily at the bushes.

A moment later, Hinata emerged from the bushes with Yamato, Kiba, Shino. The group was naturally excited to see each other and immediately went to greet them. They exchanged pleasantries for a while before stopping.

According to Yamato, they had been searching for Orochimaru's subordinates but had no news. In the morning, they suddenly discovered that Kakashi and the others had left behind meeting and coded messages along the way, so they caught up with them.

Kakashi explained to Yamato and the others what had happened on their side these past few days, Yamato and the others were also surprised that so much had happened.

"What do we do now, Kakashi?" Yamato frowned deeply. The situation was quite dire; the Three-Tails had been captured by the Akatsuki.

"We can only do our best to find that Tobi, but he's extremely dangerous. Once we find him, we'll notify the others and then act together. Everyone must be extremely careful." Kakashi looked around at everyone and said in a serious tone. Kakashi gave Naruto, in particular, a stern look.

Then Kakashi began assigning teams. In order to find Tobi as soon as possible, Kakashi decided that the two of them would be in a group, and that they should always leave a secret signal in case of emergency so that the others could come to the rescue immediately.

"Naruto, Sakura, you two are in a group; Sai, you're in a group with me; Guy, you're in a group with Neji; Tenten, you're in a group with Rock Lee," Kakashi said, then looked at Yamato and the others, "Yamato, you're in a group with Hinata; Kiba, you're in a group with Shino; we're leaving now, and we need to contact each other every half hour. Also, everyone, be careful."

"Yes, Kakashi (teacher)." The others replied in deep voices, and then they immediately dispersed and began searching the forest inch by inch for Tobi's whereabouts, like casting a net.

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Uzumaki Hane returned to the original beach. There was no trace of the Three-Tails anymore. The sky was clear, seagulls flew overhead, and a cool sea breeze blew in her face. Everything seemed very peaceful. Only the messy beach proved that the Three-Tails had indeed existed before.

"Hopefully, the Three-Tails has only left this place?" Uzumaki Hane muttered to himself. Tobi had led him to Orochimaru's side, probably not only to stop Orochimaru from taking Sasuke's body, but also to prevent him from stopping Orochimaru from capturing the Three-Tails. So Uzumaki Hane secretly hoped that the situation hadn't gotten to the worst. Thinking this, Uzumaki Hane left his spot and walked along the coastline forward.

Meanwhile, about a hundred meters away in the forest to the left of Uzumaki Hane, Kakashi and Sai were there.

At this moment, Sai's expressionless face revealed a look of shock, and Kakashi's eyes were also filled with shock. The culprit behind all this was the secret message Kakashi had just received from the Hokage, which clearly stated. "Sasuke killed Orochimaru."

"Orochimaru is dead," Sai murmured in shock. After all, he had seen Orochimaru before, who was like a venomous snake, filling him with dread that lingered for a long time. He never expected him to die like this.

"Orochimaru is dead. I never thought that one of the Sannin would be killed by Sasuke." Kakashi was also very surprised. At this moment, Kakashi didn't know whether to feel fortunate that Sasuke was able to survive or to feel sorry for Orochimaru's death. In the end, he could only sigh.

"Kakashi-sensei, what should we do next? Should we tell Naruto about this?" Sai looked at Kakashi, Kakashi was wearing a mask, Sai didn't know Kakashi's expression at that moment. He asked Kakashi softly.

Kakashi hesitated for a moment before speaking, "No need. Let's find the Three-Tails first. Our main task right now is to stop the Akatsuki from capturing the Three-Tails. We can't be distracted by this. We can deal with the rest later."

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Uzumaki Hane walked along the coastline, but still couldn't find any trace of the Three-Tails. The expression on Uzumaki Hane's face became serious.

"Yu, what are you doing here?" At that moment, Naruto's voice came from the forest on the left Uzumaki Hane looked over and saw Naruto and Sakura walking out of the forest.

"Naruto, Sakura, I didn't expect to run into you two. What are you doing here?" Uzumaki Hane greeted them with a smile.