Konoha: I, Naruto, will kill everyone here today.

"Then we just need to focus on finding Naruto's whereabouts."

Temari said after taking the scroll from Kankuro and putting it in her chest.

"Indeed, even if there is no chance next time, there will definitely be a chance after promotion."

The two of them looked up and found that Gaara had already walked out a long way. They sighed helplessly and hurried to follow.

……

Somewhere in the dark corner of the forest of death.

After gathering all his subordinates in a unique way, Orochimaru said excitedly.

"The Forest of Death is really a perfect venue."

"No matter what I do inside, no one outside will find out!"

"This is a perfect opportunity! I must get Naruto's body!"

Then, Orochimaru looked at the five sound ninjas, Kabuto's team and the three sound ninja genin, and gave instructions.

"Next, we must find Naruto's location as quickly as possible, otherwise the later the time is delayed, the higher the possibility that we will be exposed."

"We must catch Naruto before Konoha can react!"

"Yes! Lord Orochimaru!"

The crowd answered in unison.

At this time, Kabuto raised his eyes and said with an inexplicable smile on his lips.

"Lord Orochimaru, we seem to have met some guests."

As he spoke, Kabuto turned to look at a big tree not far away.

Everyone turned their heads to look over.

Behind the big tree, three genin from Sunagakure Village held their breaths, with cold sweat on their faces.

They seem to have discovered a great secret.

Konoha and the Sound Ninja Village seem to have some terrible plans!

Although I didn't hear much, it was already very suspicious that the genin from the two villages gathered together without fighting.

And they also have an absolute numerical advantage.

The genin of Sunagakure Village do not feel that they are opponents of each other.

I just hope that my whereabouts will not be discovered.

However, Kabuto's words dispelled the happiness in the hearts of the three of them.

escape!

The three of them looked at each other and had only this idea.

So, the three of them took action immediately.

However, others' movements were obviously much faster than theirs.

Kabuto said with a gentle smile on his face.

"Where do you want to go? Why not talk to us first."

"For example, how much did you hear what I just said?"

Kimimaro didn't waste any time, he directly drilled a bone blade from the palm of his hand and hacked a genin to death.

"Kill them and you won't have to worry about exposure."

Kimimaro said.

Sakon licked his tongue and said.

"It makes sense."

Being able to go on a killing spree is undoubtedly very good news for people like them.

If Orochimaru hadn't been there, I'm afraid they would have gone on a killing spree.

Three poor genin of Sunagakure Village were killed by five sound ninjas almost in the blink of an eye.

Orochimaru said casually without even looking at these three unfortunates.

"Kimimaro, take charge of the east side."

"Kabuto, your team is responsible for the west side."

"Toss, you are in charge of the south. Remember not to expose Naruto after you find him. It is impossible for you to beat Naruto."

"You must tell me the news about Naruto as quickly as possible, do you hear me?"

Everyone nodded and was about to answer.

Everyone's eyes narrowed and they suddenly moved away from the place.

The next moment, a large number of shurikens and kunai were stuck on the ground. If they were a second late, they might be stuck like hedgehogs.

Orochimaru frowned.

Being interrupted one after another obviously made Orochimaru feel unhappy.

But when Orochimaru looked up, his eyes suddenly widened.

"ANBU! Why are ANBU here?"

Has my identity been exposed?

I looked down at my disguise and saw it wasn’t there!

But no matter what, it was a fact that these ANBU were attacking them.

Wait, are these people really ANBU?

After escaping the attacks of these "ANBU", Orochimaru quickly realized that something was wrong.

People from ANBU wouldn't attack without any care, right?

This style of behavior feels more like...the roots!

Is it Danzo?

Deep doubts appeared in Orochimaru's mind.

But no matter what, since he dared to attack them and saw Kabuto talking to them, he couldn't let these roots escape alive.

"Not a single one!"

Orochimaru said coldly.

When the five sound ninjas heard this, except for Kimimaro who was expressionless, the other four all showed cruel smiles.

Kabuto had a headache. Like Orochimaru, he also thought that his identity might be exposed.

Therefore, these root people cannot be let go.

But in fact, both Orochimaru and Kabuto misunderstood.

The person who attacked was indeed the root, but the reason for the attack was because of Danzo's order.

Reduce the number of candidates.

So the root cause is just to faithfully fulfill Danzo's orders and kill the candidates he meets to achieve the purpose of reducing his number.

As for what the candidates were doing before, or even whether the candidates were from Konoha, they didn't care.

As long as the mission can be completed, they will not hesitate to sacrifice themselves.

As a root carefully selected and cultivated by Danzo, he is still very good in terms of strength.

But facing Orochimaru and the five sound ninjas who can transform into the second stage, they are still somewhat powerless.

The battle broke out quickly, but ended quickly.

After Kimimaro killed one of the roots, the other roots immediately retreated without hesitation.

"what happened?"

Orochimaru frowned as he looked at the roots that had disappeared in an instant.

"Escaped directly? This is different from what Genbu did."

"Has my identity really been exposed? Do they want to spread the word?"

"no!"

Orochimaru's eyes turned cold.

"Follow me!"

400 Everyone immediately chased after him.

However, the root left too quickly, and the direction in which the root left was deviated from Orochimaru's expected direction.

Orochimaru thought that Root was leaving the Death Forest.

So the direction of pursuit was toward the outskirts of the Death Forest.

However, they just turned a corner and went to look for other candidates.

The roots gave up on Orochimaru and the others, but that didn't mean they gave up on their mission.

Their task is to reduce the number of candidates, not to eliminate them all.

If you encounter someone you can't beat, run away quickly and change your target.

then.

Not surprisingly, Orochimaru and his men did not catch up with the roots.

But perhaps it was a blessing in disguise. Not long after chasing, Orochimaru got an unexpected reward.

"Lord Orochimaru! Target found!"

Kabuto was the first to spot Naruto and immediately alerted Orochimaru.

However, Kabuto only said the target, which immediately caused Orochimaru to misunderstand.

"If you find out, kill him!"

Orochimaru said gloomyly.

"killed?"

Kabuto was dumbfounded.

"But, Orochimaru-sama, don't you want to take away the target's body?"

Orochimaru was stunned and looked back at Kabuto.

"You mean Naruto? Not Genbe?"

Kabuto nodded and pointed to the relaxing trio of Naruto below.

"Isn't our target Naruto?"

Orochimaru was furious, but what Kabuto said was correct, but Orochimaru himself understood it wrong.

After all, I was just chasing the person at the root.

But being able to find Naruto so quickly was an unexpected surprise.

"You guys wait here, I'll go meet him."

Orochimaru looked at the unaware Naruto below, his eyes full of surprise.

"My strength is very different from before. I will definitely be able to catch him this time!"

Kimimaro asked with a frown.

"Sir, please let me clear the way for you!"

Orochimaru immediately glared at Kimimaro.

"I told you, wait for me here!"

Kimimaro lowered his head and retreated, while the others remained silent, not daring to say a word.