Orochimaru's Stronghold
At the village entrance, Kakashi and the two classes were having a short discussion.
Nara Shikamaru's eyes were no longer dead fish eyes. Instead, they were filled with seriousness as he said," If it was just a simple search, the fifth-generation leader wouldn't have needed to gather us. He wouldn't even need to gather Teacher Kakashi. With Yusuke's strength, Hatata, and Shino's search capabilities, they could easily complete this mission.”
"So, allow me to say something unlucky! We have to be prepared for a tough battle." Nara Shikamaru deliberately stared into Kakashi's eyes."The enemy is likely to be the Otoshi Village, the legendary Sanin Orochimaru, and…Sasuke Uchiha.”
"I believe that the fifth generation leader also considered this point, which is why he gathered us together.”Nara Shikamaru looked at Kakashi and reminded him,""If the opponent has Sasuke Uchiha, I hope that Teacher Kakashi will not show mercy.”
"Because I don't want my companions to get hurt again!”
Among the Twelve Roaches, other than Naruto Uzumaki and Haruno Sakura, the rest of them did not have much of a problem with Sasuke Uchiha.
Even Ino Yamanaka, who had once competed with Haruno Sakura for Sasuke Uchiha, only had an impression of him as a teenager.
Nara Shikamaru did not have a good impression of Sasuke Uchiha at all.
The mission back then failed because of Sasuke Uchiha.
If he had been captured by Orochimaru, it would have been fine.
However, he took the initiative to join Orochimaru, causing his companion to almost be killed by the four of them.
It was enough to suffer such a loss once. Nara Shikamaru would definitely not allow anything to happen to his companion because of Sasuke Uchiha.
"Ah…if he's our enemy, I'll deal with him!”
Kakashi understood the meaning behind Shikamaru's words and nodded.
Nara Shikamaru nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to Shino, Hatata, and Ino Yamanaka."I'll leave the search to you! If Shino's bug fails, Hatata's White Eyes will take over, or just like last time, I'll use my Shadow Binding Technique and Ino's Heart Turning Technique.”
After that, Nara Shikamaru looked at Yagyu and smiled.""I'll leave the aura of the surrounding enemies to you, Yusuke!”
Liu Sheng nodded.”
Kakashi, who was watching from the side, was slightly surprised as he watched Nara Shikamaru command the team and Liu Sheng, who had complete trust in Nara Shikamaru and did not fight for the command.
The two of them working together was indeed a matchless combination.
The fifth-generation Eye Fire Shadow had asked him to come over purely because he was worried.
Otherwise, just by relying on their two classes to work together, they could complete a high-difficulty S-rank mission.
After Nara Shikamaru made the necessary arrangements, the group of seven began to move. They left the village entrance in a flash.
According to the information sent back by the Dark Group, Orochimaru's stronghold was in Tian Zhi Guo.
The Ninja's Instant Movement Technique was used to travel quickly. In just a little more than a day, he could cross from the Country of Fire to the Country of Wind.
Although Tian Zhiguo was far away, it didn't take much time.
Ling Ye hurried on his journey. It was past two in the morning.
Liu Sheng and his group of seven had already entered Tian Zhiguo's territory.
In front of them was a dense forest. Liu Sheng and the others landed on the top of a towering tree.
Shino stretched out his hand from his pocket. The back of his hand was covered with black bugs. He said indifferently,"I'm releasing a large number of parasites to search for the largest chakra fluctuation one kilometer away.”
Nara Shikamaru took out a map from his backpack and pointed at a location that had been marked in advance before he set off. He analyzed,"Based on the information sent back by the Dark Group, I have made dozens of speculations about the exact location of Orochimaru's stronghold. This should be the most likely place.”
"However, please don't be happy so quickly!”Nara Shikamaru said with a serious expression,""The possibility of the Dark Group being harmed is very high. Fifth Generation said that the time for Orochimaru's reincarnation is almost up, and this period of time will be his weakest.”
"If the stronghold is discovered, he will most likely choose to move or ambush us in the stronghold.”Nara Shikamaru put away the map and said,""The former is fine, we're just wasting a little time. If it's the latter, then they have the intention of killing us. Please do not let your guard down.”
After hearing Nara Shikamaru's words, other than Yagyu, the other members of the two classes, including Kakashi, all had grave expressions on their faces.
Then, the seven of them flew into the depths of the forest.
Half an hour later, the seven of them found the entrance to the Orochimaru Stronghold.
The few of them did not go in. Nara Shikamaru turned his gaze to Yagyu.
" There's no need to go in and look," Liu Sheng said calmly." There's no aura fluctuation inside."”
"It looks like…they have moved.”
Nara Shikamaru wasn't disappointed. Instead, he heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at Kakashi and asked,""Teacher Kakashi, we've found Orochimaru's stronghold. The worst didn't happen. What should we do next? Retreat or continue?"
Their mission was to find Orochimaru's stronghold.
Now that the stronghold had been found, the people had moved away.
The mission could be considered a success or a failure.
For this mission, he was only in charge of the manufacturing plan. Kakashi was in charge of the rest.
Hearing this, Kakashi pondered for a few seconds before suddenly saying to Shino,""Shino, use your bug to scout the way down there. See if you can find the aura of the others.”
"Understood." Shino nodded, then raised her hand slightly. Tens of thousands of insects surged into the entrance like locusts.
Nearly two minutes later, Shino said with a trembling voice,""There are corpses all over the place! However…fortunately, I didn't fail my mission. I found a few scents that didn't belong to corpses.”
Nara Shikamaru grinned and patted Yagyu, who was looking up at the sky, saying,""Looks like the mission isn't over yet.”
Liu Sheng frowned." The breathing is heavy and wet. It's going to rain soon."”
As soon as he said this, the expressions of Kakashi and the others changed slightly.
"Chirp…"
At this moment, a few bats flew over the heads of Liu Sheng and the others.
Liu Sheng narrowed his eyes and immediately ordered,""Shino, use a few bugs to remember their auras. Let's find a place to hide from the rain first.”
"Yes."
Compared to Kakashi and Nara Shikamaru, Shino was more obedient and trusted Yagyu's words more.
"Hualala…"
Sure enough, in less than half an hour, heavy rain poured down from the sky above the forest.
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