Chapter 625

Lu Chen looked to the side at the other person and spoke calmly.

That Root ninja bowed slightly to Lu Chen. After confirming Lu Chen's identity, he said, "Lord Danzo ordered me to monitor the Rain Ninja camp from a distance. The Rain Ninjas fully evacuated from here two days ago. I received Lord Danzo's order to meet you here."

"Evacuated?"

Lu Chen frowned slightly and asked, "In which direction did they retreat?"

The Root ninja said in a deep voice, "My companions continued to track them, but no intelligence has been sent back for a day. Perhaps they have already been discovered... According to the last intelligence sent yesterday, the Rain Ninjas' forward direction seems to be returning to the Rain Village."

Returning to the Rain Village?

Lu Chen revealed a thoughtful expression.

Hanzo of the Salamander shouldn't have known he was coming in advance, causing him to lead the army in retreat, right? He probably just didn't want to stay stationed in one place for too long.

The Rain Village is merely a small ninja village, with a total number of ninjas only around two thousand. With the necessity of leaving some forces to guard the village, the maximum they could mobilize was only fifteen hundred. Stationing such a force on the border of the Land of Rain, there was reason to worry about being suddenly surrounded by Konoha.

"Is there a specific route of advance?"

Lu Chen looked at the Root ninja and asked.

The Root ninja said in a deep voice, "Only the movement route from one day ago..."

While speaking, he tossed a scroll to Lu Chen. Inside the scroll was a map of the Land of Rain and the Rain Ninjas' marching route.

After taking a look, Lu Chen nodded and said, "I understand."

The Root ninja crouched down, then used a Body Flicker Jutsu, turning into a puff of white smoke with a 'Poof!' and disappearing.

Watching the other person leave, Lu Chen carefully examined the path on the map again. After determining his own position, he pursued in the direction of the Rain Ninjas' retreat.

Konoha camp.

Orochimaru looked at the sand table map in the center of the tent and placed a flag down, saying, "As expected of that Hanzo's style of doing things. It seems that not long after the failed negotiation with you, he decisively evacuated the camp where he was stationed, not wanting to leave us any possibility of an attack at all."

Danzo sat on a chair to the side and said calmly, "If it were me, I would do the same."

Orochimaru looked at the map for a while and said, "Based on the understanding of that person, he should lead the army back to the Rain Village to wait for the next opportunity to act. It seems Lu Chen's assassination plan will have to be aborted halfway."

Unless Lu Chen could catch up to Hanzo of the Salamander halfway, otherwise, if Hanzo led the Rain Ninjas back to the Rain Village, then basically there would be no possibility of an assassination.

Because ninjas generally find it difficult to set up sensory barriers in temporary camps, but a ninja village operated for many years inevitably has sensory barriers. Konoha has them, and the Rain Village has them too.

It is very, very difficult to break through this kind of sensory barrier silently.

Under the coverage of such a sensory barrier, once one enters the Rain Village, they will definitely be discovered by the Rain Ninjas, and naturally, there will be no possibility of an assassination.

"Hmm."

Danzo also nodded and said, "However, Lu Chen doesn't intend to give up. He has continued to pursue."

The Rain Ninjas evacuated two days in advance. The possibility of Lu Chen catching up to the Rain Ninjas halfway is not high, because the other side did not walk in a straight line; a slight deviation would lead to chasing in the wrong direction, and the ninja he sent to tail them was also killed.

To ensure he can run into the other side, he would have to head straight to the Rain Village, but launching a sneak attack outside the Rain Village is also impossible. Hanzo of the Salamander cannot sleep while having his subordinates carry him into the village.

"Young ninjas are always quite persistent."

Orochimaru spread his hands and smiled.

Although Lu Chen is young and confident, his style of doing things is still relatively cautious. If he finds there is no opportunity for an assassination, he probably won't rashly take risks to act. In short, it's just a wasted trip.

Land of Rain.

Lu Chen followed the route of the Rain Ninjas' retreat and tracked all the way to the location of the last intelligence, then chose a direction based on the map to continue the pursuit. After chasing for half a day, he still hadn't found any traces.

It looks like he chose the wrong direction.

Lu Chen was too lazy to go around looking aimlessly, so he simply changed this route to head straight for the Rain Village. Anyway, Hanzo of the Salamander's final destination was to return to the Rain Village.

As for the problem of the Rain Village having a sensory barrier and being difficult to infiltrate... he actually never considered infiltration and assassination at all.

Just as Orochimaru and Danzo said, Hanzo is an extremely cautious ninja. Even when sleeping, he sets up extremely meticulous defenses. A sneak attack is almost non-existent.

Lu Chen never considered a sneak attack from the beginning.

A frontal battle will suffice!

There is no need to consider the number of Rain Ninjas at all. Just like when he fought one-on-one with the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage, ninjas who are not fast enough simply cannot intervene!

Dealing with Hanzo of the Salamander is the same. Except for Hanzo, the other Rain Ninjas are basically trash and don't need to be bothered with. It's just like clearing a dungeon; there's no need to clear the small mobs, just head straight for the final BOSS.

Lu Chen is also not in a hurry to rush to the Rain Village immediately.

At his speed, if he rushed to the Rain Village at full speed, he could arrive in half a day, while Hanzo of the Salamander leading the Rain Ninjas around in the Land of Rain would probably take three or four days to circle back.

If he went too early, he would have to be rained on outside the Rain Village for a few days. It would be better to just find a small town to stay in for a few days, and once Hanzo of the Salamander has almost returned to the Rain Village, then rush over.

"... Just here then."

After flipping through the map he was carrying, Lu Chen found the nearest small town.

In a certain small town.

Lu Chen took a bath in an inn, changed his clothes, then took out a scroll and sat in the room to study it carefully.

The scroll recorded the secret technique of the Third Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Of course.

It was incomplete.

This secret technique was information extracted from the Third Raikage's brain by ninjas from the intelligence department when they were processing his corpse. However, because the Third Raikage was already dead, the things regarding this aspect were also quite fragmented. After being organized, a large portion was still missing.