In the office, the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen rushed here overnight to deal with the sudden attack on Konoha Hospital.

There are currently two squads of ANBU stationed at Konoha Hospital, dealing with traces of the battle. As the new head of ANBU, Kakashi came over to report on the mission to Hiruzen.

After listening to Kakashi's report, Hiruzen's frown relaxed slightly.

Because in this attack, no one was killed in the line of duty. Asami Masumi, the director of the pharmacy department, was attacked and slightly injured and is currently recuperating in the hospital.

As for the attackers... Hiruzen was holding the medical ninja files that were urgently transferred from the hospital.

—— Dashan Shun.

He is the eighth student of Konoha Ninja School's medical ninja training class. He is twenty-three years old. His parents died due to the war in his early years, so his personality can appear withdrawn. But he has no bad habits. After graduating from the ninja school, he has been working hard for the village.

Work.

If this incident hadn't happened today, Hiruzen would have thought that this was a medical ninja who was loyal to Konoha.

"Are you sure he is from Qianye Baishi?"

Hiruzen was silent for a moment and asked Kakashi.

No wonder Hiruzen would think so.

Oyama Shun is the eighth student of the medical ninja training class, and Chiba Shiraishi is the first student of the medical ninja training class. If the other party wants to leave a shadow in the village, as a junior, and it is Chiba

Shiraishi is familiar with the field and can easily find opportunities to attack Dashanshun.

Now that Dashan Shun has been exposed, it is easy to think that the country of ghosts has begun to take action.

Kakashi answered truthfully: "It's not certain yet. According to Asami Masumi's testimony, Oyama Shun seems to have the power of the curse seal. And by the time I chased him... the other party had already been captured in the secret passage leading outside Konoha.

The detonating talisman was blown up, and only a few incomplete body parts could be found."

"Curse seal?"

Hiruzen's relaxed brows knitted together again, thinking.

He didn't know if Chiba Shiraishi had ever studied curse seal-type techniques, but when talking about curse seals, he quickly thought of his disciple Orochimaru who had defected from the village.

When the other party was in Konoha, he studied the cursed seal very deeply.

His disciple Anko Mitarashi also had traces of curse seals on his body. Even if he used sealing techniques to suppress it later, he could not stop the erosion caused by that curse seal technique at all.

It can be said that it is a very tricky technique and difficult to resolve.

"Yes. It will take some time for the specific analysis results to come out. If it is determined that the power of the curse seal on Oyama Shun's body and the curse seal on Mitarai Anko's body are from the same source, then it can be determined that it was Orochimaru.

"

Kakashi replied.

Hiruzen nodded. Since it was a curse seal, he had to suspect Orochimaru.

Moreover, Orochimaru also has the ability to deploy personnel in the hospital without anyone noticing.

Compared to Chiba Shiraishi, Orochimaru was more prestigious when he was in Konoha, and it was easier to recruit subordinates.

But now Orochimaru has also intervened in the situation, giving Hiruzen quite a headache.

It’s really like one wave after another.

"Continue the search and try to find more of Dashan Shun's accomplices."

Whether it's Chiba Shiraishi or Orochimaru, these two guys are not easy to deal with.

The spies they left behind in Konoha must be dug out as much as possible and eliminated as soon as possible.

If you stay here for one more day, there will be no peace inside Konoha.

"yes."

Kakashi took the order and went down.

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It's quiet at night.

This is an extremely empty street. The cool night wind blows the extinguished lanterns hanging in front of the store, and there is a whistling sound in the ears. The atmosphere is particularly cold.

This is the residence of the Uchiha clan.

Kabuto naturally knew this place. After the genocide incident, he sneaked in several times, but found nothing, so he didn't pay more attention.

The main reason is that people from the Anbu and Roots often pass by here. If you are accidentally discovered by these people, you will not be able to explain how many people are there.

After all, the Uchiha clan in Konoha was not completely wiped out. There was still one last survivor - Sasuke Uchiha.

Kabuto didn't expect that Orochimaru would bring him to this place, and for a while he couldn't figure out what Orochimaru's purpose was.

However, thinking about Orochimaru's failed sneak attack on Uchiha Itachi and being injured by the opponent and escaping, Kabuto felt slightly awe-inspiring.

Is it for the Sharingan?

Apart from Oni no Kuni and Akatsuki, Konoha is the only one left with a successor to the Sharingan.

Thinking about it this way, it is not surprising that the last Uchiha survivor in Konoha was targeted by Orochimaru.

Losing to a boy who is more than thirty years younger than himself is undoubtedly a shame and sorrow for a genius among the Sannin.

Although there was no frustration at all on Orochimaru's face, Kabuto subconsciously thought so.

He semi-retired from the organization and never met Uchiha Itachi because he was afraid of him.

Kabuto followed Orochimaru calmly and jumped to the roof of a residential building. He looked past the guardrail and the window of the residential building next door. He could clearly see the boy sleeping in his bedroom - Uchiha Sasuke.

There was a steady sound of breathing coming from the other party's nostrils, and he was sleeping deeply. Even though he was watched by Orochimaru and Kabuto, he showed no sign of waking up.

Kabuto pressed the frame on the bridge of his nose and asked with a smile: "Does Lord Orochimaru like this orphan of the Uchiha clan very much?"

Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, then looked at Sasuke, who was sleeping soundly, with a look of covetousness in his eyes.

He did not hide his true intention and answered Kabuto's doubts: "Yes, I like him very much. Kabuto, don't you think it is a waste of his talent to cultivate this child in Konoha? There is no such thing as him here.

Room for rapid growth.”

After listening to Orochimaru's words, Kabuto didn't know what his plan was, but he still nodded.

There was also a hint of sympathy in the eyes he looked at Sasuke.

But this trace of sympathy quickly disappeared from his eyes.

Unlike himself, who had nothing from the beginning, Uchiha Sasuke always gained something and then lost it. The feeling of despair of being forced to the edge of a cliff, ready to fall into the abyss at any time, and fall into a situation of no return, has always been with Uchiha Sasuke.

about.

And until revenge is successful, this despair will not leave Uchiha Sasuke.

This is the life of an Avenger.

But on the other hand, he felt that Sasuke was happy.

At least he knows who his enemy is and has a clear motivation for revenge.

And I don't even have a goal of revenge.

I can only be like an empty shell without a soul, searching for my true self in this world full of hypocrisy and pretense.

"What does Orochimaru-sama mean?"

Kabuto asked.

"Let's list him as an observation target."

Orochimaru said lightly, with an unpredictable smile on his face.

Kabuto's body was shaken, and a look of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

Being listed as an observation target is not something that can be easily brushed off.

This means that Orochimaru has really paid attention to this orphan of Konoha Uchiha, and may even use forbidden techniques to invade the opponent's body and take over the opponent's blood inheritance limit as his own.

"Are you surprised, Kabuto?"

Orochimaru looked at Kabuto sideways and asked with interest.

Kabuto quickly lowered his head and replied calmly: "No, I just think this is too hasty? In any case, the other party is just a child under ten years old. The talent he has shown is on par with that of his contemporaries.

Compared with Uchiha Itachi...if it's for the Sharingan, I think Uchiha Itachi's body is better."

Indeed, although Uchiha Sasuke is also called a genius, there is a gap between geniuses.

In terms of ninja talent, Uchiha Itachi is almost comparable to the fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato.

At least when Namikaze Minato was thirteen years old, it was difficult to fight against ninjas of the Sannin level.

But Uchiha Itachi was able to defeat Orochimaru with the power of Sharingan.

I have to say that the blood inheritance limit is overbearing.

But Kabuto believed that as long as Orochimaru wanted to get Uchiha Itachi's body, there were many ways, and he didn't necessarily have to defeat the opponent head-on and then plunder the body.

"It's too troublesome, and Itachi is still useful to the organization, so it's not easy to start now. I originally wanted to get the secret of the Sharingan from Uchiha Ruri, but after I saw the tip of the iceberg of Hyuga Ayane's strength, I knew

Uchiha Ruri is not a ninja I can deal with for the time being. The War in the Kingdom of Wind also proved this."
To be continued...