Chapter 28

Uchiha's face wore a tension visible to the naked eye.

Even if Orochimaru is not here, the defenses here should not be this lax.

It looks like a trap instead!

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

"Continue deeper, everyone stay alert!"

He felt uneasy too.

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

As members of the Anbu and Root, they cannot give up even more!

Eliminating missing-nin is work within the scope of their duties!

Otherwise, there will be no good outcome when they return to Konoha.

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

Kakashi's nerves instantly tightened. "We are close to the core area, raise your alert!"

If the intelligence is a trap, then they are very likely to encounter Orochimaru.

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

Let's do it!

The group's speed slowed down.

Guarding each other, they hid their figures at the corner of the wall, and only advanced quickly after discovering no enemies ahead.

"There are people ahead!"

"Hide!!!"

Kakashi let out a low roar, and everyone immediately hid, taking cover in the horizontal corridor.

He poked his head forward to look, and his gaze instantly froze.

He saw ahead that a large number of personnel were carrying ninjutsu scrolls and experimental equipment deeper into the base!

He even saw several corpses being carefully carried away.

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

Kakashi was filled with immense anger in his heart.

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

He knew how inhumane Orochimaru's experiments were!

Countless living people were used as test subjects and eventually died miserably.

"Move, seize the data, Hiruko, get the intelligence at the fastest speed!"

At Kakashi's order, a group of people immediately rushed out.

Bang bang bang!

How could these ordinary ninjas be a match for Kakashi and the others? They were easily eliminated.

The group looked at the deformed corpses on the ground, and their hearts grew cold.

"It's too miserable!"

"What kind of experiment is Orochimaru doing?"

"That monster!!"

Even though they, as Anbu, had seen plenty of the darkness of the ninja world, they couldn't help but feel immense anger in their hearts at this moment.

"Orochimaru!"

A cold light flashed in Itachi's eyes.

Although they had not met yet, his impression of Orochimaru was extremely poor, and murderous intent had already stirred in his heart.

Kakashi picked up the snatched scroll to examine it, and couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine!

"Cursed Seal?! Damn it, what exactly is this guy Orochimaru developing?!"

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

"After training according to the method for one week, physical quality has improved significantly; after one month, a substantial increase!"

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

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

Kakashi looked at the name of the scroll in horror: 【Body Forging Technique Research Report】.

The effect of the Body Forging Technique is simply incredible!

Even he, upon seeing it, couldn't help but feel greed and want to obtain it.

Moreover, this secret technique is of immense importance to the entire village!

Itachi stood behind Kakashi, saw the content on the scroll as well, and felt some shock in his heart too.

"No wonder it's Orochimaru, he has researched the human body and chakra to this extent."

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

The captain of the Root organization beside him leaned over, saw the content on the scroll, and his breathing instantly became rapid.

With red eyes, he stared at Kakashi and roared:

"This thing is too important to the village!!!"

"We must obtain it! Even if we have to sacrifice the lives of all of us!!"

Any ninja would understand the terrifying nature of the Body Forging Technique.

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

If they had heard it from others, they definitely would not have believed it.

But this is Orochimaru's experimental data!

It cannot be fake!

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

He glanced around, gathered everyone together—more than a dozen people in total—and spoke with a grim, stern voice:

"Everyone listen, the primary mission objective has changed to acquiring the secret body-forging technique!"

"At any cost!"

"Yes!"

Everyone's hearts chilled, their expressions grave.

They understood Kakashi's meaning: they must be prepared to die in battle at any moment during this mission.

"Wait, there's a new discovery!"

Just then, Yamanaka Heiko, who had been probing memories, turned pale with shock and called out urgently.

Kakashi and the others' faces shifted slightly; they hurriedly looked over. "What's wrong?"

Yamanaka Heiko took a deep breath and said, somewhat incredulously:

"Based on the intelligence I extracted from their memories, the developer of the body-forging technique Kakashi mentioned is extremely unlikely to be Orochimaru!"

"It is Orochimaru's disciple, Ishihara!!!"