Chapter 1056: Intruder

Just as Su Xiao was thinking, Obito at the side suddenly stood up.

"Someone has intruded into the barrier."

"A ninja?"

Su Xiao immediately thought that it might be the Rose who had exposed this location.

"That's right, but there's only one person."

"One person..."

Su Xiao was somewhat puzzled. If it were the Rose who exposed this location, then the attackers would definitely not be a single ninja, but a group of ninjas. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think that it seemed the automatic alchemy creatures he had set up earlier had taken effect.

"There is an intruder~"

A weak voice came; it was Karin, who was leaning against the wall with staggering steps.

"The enemy's chakra... is very abnormal, and... I have a familiar feeling about this chakra."

Karin clearly had not yet recovered.

"Let's go take a look."

Su Xiao and Obito walked toward the outside of the base.

Above the underground base, in a valley.

This valley was basin-shaped. At the bottom of the basin lay the skeleton of a large summoning beast. A figure wearing a dark red robe and a hood was standing on the skeleton.

"Is this the place? As expected of the Akatsuki, to actually set up such tight defenses in such a short time."

The figure in the red robe chuckled. He had already sensed the barrier around him. This was a small barrier, non-defensive, but it could amplify his chakra fluctuations, making it impossible for him to continue hiding.

Whoosh~

Obito, wearing a spiral mask and the Akatsuki uniform, appeared out of thin air.

"Long time no see, Tobi."

The figure on the skeleton of the large summoning beast spoke, looking down at Obito from a high position.

"No, now I should call you Madara."

The red-robed man's tone carried a hint of mockery.

Obito looked at that figure. The opponent was very young, wearing nearsighted glasses, with purple eyeshadow around his eyes, and pale skin. On that pale skin, cracks could be seen, like broken porcelain.

This red-robed figure was somewhat different from ordinary people; he had a tail, and that tail was actually a living snake, flicking its tongue.

Obito's eyes narrowed. He recognized who the opponent was, but he still couldn't be certain.

"To think you could find this place."

Obito spoke to probe.

"As a spy, I move between various countries and was once a member of the Akatsuki. Don't underestimate my intelligence network."

The red-robed man with glasses had unclear intentions, but looking at his appearance, it didn't seem like an invasion.

"You were once Sasori's spy, right."

This time Obito confirmed the identity of the red-robed man with glasses. He was once Sasori's spy, and later defected to Orochimaru—the double-crosser, Kabuto.

Kabuto's childhood was spent in flight and betrayal. He was originally a spy for Konoha, later captured by Sasori, who left a deadly poison in his body. Therefore, he became Sasori's spy, responsible for infiltrating Orochimaru's side.

Because Orochimaru helped him clear the deadly poison from his body, he became Orochimaru's subordinate. Before this, he was also a spy for many forces; he had been a double agent and a triple agent.

The former Kabuto had a face full of fake smiles, just like wearing a mask. After Orochimaru was "killed" by Sasuke, Kabuto injected Orochimaru's blood into his own body. Through his own scientific research level and the materials left behind by Orochimaru, he successfully obtained Orochimaru's power.

Not only that, Kabuto visited the White Snake Sage and obtained "Sage Art," a type of Sage Art similar to that passed down in Mount Myoboku—that is, using natural energy.

After this, the double-crosser Kabuto evolved into Orochimaru-Kabuto. He no longer had a face full of fake smiles because he knew that wasn't really him.

The current Kabuto was simply a replica of Orochimaru. His scientific research level was on par with Orochimaru's, only their research directions were different, and he had mastered the Sage Art of "Ryuchi Cave." Now, calling him Orochimaru-Kabuto was most appropriate.

After Obito recognized Kabuto's identity, he immediately knew things were bad. Being discovered by such a spy at the Akatsuki base was definitely a very bad thing.

Thinking of this, Obito stopped talking nonsense, leaped, and jumped onto the skeleton of the summoning beast, wanting to get rid of Orochimaru-Kabuto.

Orochimaru-Kabuto smiled. He immediately leaped off the summoning beast skeleton. As soon as he landed, he put his hands together.

Rumble...

The ground trembled, and four coffins rose from underground.

The coffins stood upright on the ground, and the four coffin lids slammed onto the ground, revealing the situation inside.

Inside each of the four coffins stood a corpse. The clothing they wore was the same as Orochimaru-Kabuto's—all that dark red robe. These four corpses were: Nagato, Kakuzu, Sasori, and Uchiha Itachi.

"Edo Tensei."

The eye Obito revealed widened. He felt things were even worse. If Kabuto could really reincarnate these people, he didn't even need to reincarnate them with 100% of their strength; even 70% would be enough for him to suffer.

Kakuzu and Sasori were fine, but Nagato and Itachi were a bit terrifying.

Nagato's combat power was beyond doubt, while Itachi's strength had always been hidden very deep. When he fought Sasuke, not to mention that he was already a candle in the wind, just those powerful ocular techniques alone—he hadn't even used thirty percent of them at the time. Shisui's eye, Izanami, and other ocular techniques hadn't been used at all. If he had used them, Sasuke would very likely have been killed in seconds.

Nagato had never attacked Konoha because he was wary of Itachi; this alone could explain Itachi's strength.

Back then, the three-tomoe Sasuke had at most the combat power of a Jonin to Kage level. This was still with the help of Orochimaru's power within his body. Without Orochimaru in his body, the Sasuke at that time was only at the level of a Jonin.

Now Orochimaru-Kabuto had actually used Edo Tensei to reincarnate Nagato and Itachi, which made Obito very wary.

"This is a forbidden technique that only the Second Hokage and Lord Orochimaru understood. However, adding me, there are now three people who have mastered it, and the current me is even better than the master."

Orochimaru-Kabuto was no longer the Kabuto of the past. After his strength became powerful, his backbone was clearly much stiffer.

"This is just a small show, so that you can believe in my ability."

Orochimaru-Kabuto pressed his hand on the coffin, looking at Itachi inside.

"Rest assured, I am not here to fight. The one up there doesn't need to reveal such astonishing killing intent."

Orochimaru-Kabuto looked up at the high rock wall. Su Xiao was sitting above the rock wall.

"You brat, your ability has grown."

Su Xiao, sitting on the rock wall, was looking at Kabuto. When he first met Kabuto, the opponent had a face full of fake smiles and wanted to cooperate with Orochimaru to plot against Su Xiao, only to be captured by Su Xiao and have one of his ears cut off.

"You flatter me, Mr. Bai Ye."

Orochimaru-Kabuto clearly had no malice. Although Su Xiao's left arm was injured, Su Xiao's capricious personality from back then left him with too deep a memory. One moment the opponent was still smiling, the next moment he directly cut off one of his ears, although his ear had long since recovered.

"Cut the crap, what is your purpose in coming here."

Obito clearly was not prepared to let Orochimaru-Kabuto leave, but he was unclear about one thing: whether Su Xiao above would help.

"I heard that you have declared war on the five great ninja villages, and also killed the Fourth Raikage and the Fifth Mizukage. I want to join forces with you."

Orochimaru-Kabuto's intelligence network was no weaker than the major ninja villages, so he understood the Five Kage Summit very well. In fact, he had no bottom line in his heart either—whether these people from the Akatsuki would cooperate with him. Fortunately, he had a trump card in hand, but the current situation was different from what he had envisioned. Besides Obito, there were other people present. In that case, it was best not to use that trump card. ===== CHAPTER 1057 =====