Chapter 13: Konoha Anbu Attacks

Swish, swish, swish!

Figures appeared outside Orochimaru's base.

Looking at the tightly closed gate not far away, Kakashi looked around and said in a low voice:

"According to the intelligence, Orochimaru should not be inside right now!"

"So our target is only the data and intelligence within the base; we must resolve the battle at the fastest speed!"

"Yes!!"

Everyone was on high alert.

The enemy was the former pillar of Konoha, one of the Legendary Sannin, Orochimaru.

Even if he wasn't here, it still made them feel heavy pressure.

Kakashi took a deep breath and said solemnly: "If Itachi discover Orochimaru, retreat immediately!"

He turned his head to look at Itachi, who was following him, and instructed:

"Itachi, stay by my side!"

"Yes!"

Itachi was also somewhat nervous; after all, this was his first time fighting a powerhouse of Orochimaru's level.

"Move!"

Boom!!!

As the explosive tag attached to the gate was detonated.

The gate shattered!

Swish, swish, swish!

Kakashi and the others quickly rushed into the base.

"Who is it?!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Quickly go notify Lord Shi Yuan!"

"Immediately eliminate all intruders!"

The people left behind in the base immediately roared.

Dense footsteps came from the depths of the base.

"Leave a team to deal with them; Itachi and the others, continue deeper with me!"

Kakashi just glanced at them, then led the people to quickly rush into the depths of the base.

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap...

In the long, dark underground passage.

Kakashi and the others advanced quickly, checking all the doors along the way.

"Empty room, nothing!"

"This one neither!"

"This one neither!"

The Anbu and Root organization members advanced quickly.

They didn't encounter any obstruction at all.

"Too quiet, something is wrong here!"

Itachi had visible nervousness on his face.

Even if Orochimaru wasn't here, the defense here shouldn't be so lax.

It was more like a trap!

Kakashi gripped the kunai in his hand and took a deep breath.

"Continue deeper, everyone stay alert!"

He was also somewhat uneasy.

But this was a mission, a mission concerning the extremely dangerous missing-nin Orochimaru.

As members of the Anbu and Root organization, they couldn't give up!

Eliminating missing-nin was work within their scope of duty!

Otherwise, there would be no good outcome after returning to Konoha.

As they continued to go deeper, they gradually smelled the scent of blood.

Kakashi immediately tensed his nerves, "We're almost at the core area, increase vigilance!"

If the intelligence was a trap, then they might very well encounter Orochimaru.

Thinking of Orochimaru's terrifying strength, Kakashi couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Fight it out!

The speed of the group slowed down.

Guarding each other, they hid their figures at the corners of the walls, and only advanced quickly after finding no enemies ahead.

"There's someone ahead!"

"Hide!!!"

Kakashi gave a low roar, and everyone immediately hid, ducking into the lateral passage.

He poked his head out to look forward, and his gaze immediately fixed.

Only to see ahead, a large number of personnel were transporting ninjutsu scrolls and experimental equipment to the depths of the base!

He even saw a few corpses being carefully carried away.

"This bastard Orochimaru, he really hasn't stopped his experiments!"

Kakashi was incredibly angry.

He had investigated Orochimaru's experimental bases within the Land of Fire many times.

He knew how inhumane Orochimaru's experiments were!

Countless living people were used as test subjects, eventually dying miserably.

"Act, seize the data, Pingzi, obtain the intelligence at the fastest speed!"

Kakashi gave the order, and a group of people quickly rushed out.

Bang, bang, bang!

How could these ordinary ninjas be opponents of Kakashi and the others? They were easily dealt with.

A group of people looked at the deformed corpses on the ground, feeling cold in their hearts.

"Too miserable!"

"What kind of experiment is Orochimaru doing?"

"This monster!!"

Even though they, as Anbu, had seen much of the darkness of the ninja world, they couldn't help but feel incredibly angry at this moment.

"Orochimaru!"

A cold light flashed in Itachi's eyes.

Although they hadn't met yet, his impression of Orochimaru was extremely poor, and he had already developed killing intent.

Kakashi picked up the seized scroll to check it, and couldn't help but feel horrified!

"Curse mark?! Damn it, what on earth is this guy Orochimaru developing?!"

He put down the scroll with a grim face and picked up another one to check, his expression changing in horror.

"After training according to the method for one week, physical fitness has significantly improved; after one month, it has improved significantly!"

"Chakra volume increased significantly, physical strength, speed improved..."

"Has this guy Orochimaru's research on ninjutsu reached this level?! Konoha is lagging too far behind!"

Kakashi looked at the name of the scroll in horror: [Body Tempering Technique Research Report].

The effect of the Body Tempering Technique was simply incredible!

Even he couldn't help but feel greedy after seeing it, wanting to obtain it.

Furthermore, this secret technique was incredibly important to the entire village!

Itachi stood behind Kakashi and also saw the content on the scroll, feeling somewhat shocked in his heart.

"As expected of Orochimaru, he has actually researched the human body and chakra to this extent."

He naturally understood the effect of this secret technique on the village, and his heart pounded.

The captain of the Root organization next to him leaned over, and after seeing the content on the scroll, his breathing became rapid.

He stared at Kakashi with red eyes and roared in a low voice:

"This thing, its effect on the village is too great!!!"

"We must obtain it! Even if it costs the lives of all of us!!"

As long as one is a ninja, they understand the terror of the Body Tempering Technique.

It is a secret technique that can directly improve the combat power of an entire ninja village!

If they had heard it from someone else, they definitely wouldn't have believed it.

But this was Orochimaru's experimental data!

It couldn't be fake!

Kakashi took a deep breath and nodded heavily, "I understand!"

He looked around and gathered everyone, a total of more than a dozen people, and said sternly with a grim face:

"Everyone listen, the first target of the mission is changed to obtaining the Body Tempering Technique secret technique!"

"At all costs!"

"Yes!"

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, their expressions solemn.

They understood what Kakashi meant, which was that they had to be prepared to die in battle at any time during this mission.

"Wait a minute, new discovery!"

Just then, Yamanaka Pingzi, who had been probing memories, had his expression change drastically and hurriedly called out.

Kakashi and the others had their expressions change slightly and hurriedly looked over, "What's wrong?"

Yamanaka Pingzi took a deep breath and said somewhat incredulously:

"According to the intelligence I probed from their memories, the developer of the Body Tempering Technique that Kakashi mentioned is very likely not Orochimaru!"

"But Orochimaru's disciple, Shi Yuan!!!"