Konoha’s Thief Hand

In the gloomy underground base, the candles were about to burn out, leaving only a short wick, still burning the last remnant.

The stern howl suddenly stopped, and a thousand books stirred up a swaying candle to light a new candle, which was obviously brighter than the remaining wick, shining a cold face.

"Throw it out and dispose of it." Orochimaru put down the lamp, his hoarse voice was impatience and unconcealed, "It's just a waste of hopelessness. This fragile life has been doomed to a tragic ending from the beginning. ."

Natsuki wiped the kunai in his hand, erased the last blood bead, and put the kunai back into the ninja bag on the side of his leg, and then summoned the ninja waiting outside, as if he hadn't heard Orochimaru's words at all.

Orochimaru was not talking to him either. At this moment, he turned around and saw that the laboratory bed was vacant. He didn't care much. His research focus had long been changed. What is being done in the laboratory is just to complete Danzo. The task of confession, although Danzo must already know the status of the laboratory.

"Master Orochimaru, if there is nothing else, I will leave first." Natsuki came to Orochimaru and said.

"Is it going to practice?" Orochimaru grinned hoarsely and praised: "Natsuki-kun is really a genius to have the strength of Jōnin at this age."

"You have a good reputation." Xia Shu said modestly.

"Haha! Too much humility doesn't appear hypocritical." Orochimaru chuckled, then moved away from the subject, and asked instead, "Do you still have that kind of purple Chakra?"

"Only one copy is left. Orochimaru-sama needs it?" Natsuki said, "It's useless for me to keep that kind of Chakra. If you need it, I'll send it to you later."

Orochimaru's respectful attitude made Orochimaru not dissatisfied, but he shook his head.

"It's just natural energy. Simple things can only cause disaster." Orochimaru looked at the boy and reminded: "You'd better dispose of that kind of Chakra, otherwise, once you get it, the consequences will be very bad."

"Thank you for your concern." Xia Shu didn't mention whether to accept the suggestion, but thanked him.

"Haha!" Orochimaru smiled hoarsely, squinting his narrow eyes, and said no more.

It's a little different from what it shows. It seems that there is not only talent, but also ambition.

The young man's figure disappeared from his sight, he frowned again, his eyes fell on the wafting candlelight, and he was a little lost for a while.

"Natural energy... Sage Mode..."

Unlike when he casually said "natural energy", his face clearly showed a cold color at this moment.

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On May 7, Konohagakure, light rain.

Namikaze Minato stepped on the stagnant water on the street, leading a small group covered in wind and dust, and went straight to the Hokage building at the end of the line of sight.

After a while, Anbu sealed off the Hokage building, and a solemn atmosphere was filled for a while.

In the root base, Xia Shu reported daily about the experimental base, and suddenly a familiar figure appeared.

Aburame Ryoma, his former teammate, has the ability to infiltrate at the roots and is known as a rare sight in a century.

It's just that he is here, why?

"What's the matter, let's talk." Danzo glanced at Xia Shu, but didn't let him back down.

Orochimaru's experiment to reproduce Wood Style gradually cooled his expectations. Today, he is already impatient. Now he is ready to learn more about it, and then see how to deal with it.

But this does not affect his trust in the subordinate in front of him, because Loulan once appeared in the Wood Style ninja that travels through time, and he has already got a positive answer from the confidential room of the Hokage building.

"Master Hokage summoned." Aburame Ryoma said.

"Oh?" Danzo raised his eyebrows and said, "Did you mention anything about it?"

"The specific information is not mentioned, but the reason is that Namikaze Minato Jōnin returned with the team." Aburame Ryoma speculated: "Maybe important information was brought back from outside the village."

Danzo pondered for a moment, and said, "You two, go to the Hokage building with me."

"Yes!" Xia Shu and Aburame Ryoma quickly responded.

When I arrived at the root base, the sky was drizzling, but now it has become a pouring rain. The clouds spread far away and enveloped Konoha. In this season of farming, it is not difficult to imagine that this year will be It is a harvest year.

Stepping on the mud on the outskirts of the land, the three moved quickly and quickly set foot on the main street.

Perhaps because of the heavy rain, the air became thinner, and there was a dignified and depressive atmosphere all around, and Xia Shu, who had the perception of the heart network below, could clearly feel the gaze from both sides of the street, and it felt like a slight scrutiny. , Obviously not from the people of Konoha Village who appreciate the rain.

Compared with the strict security along the way, entering the Hokage building was smooth. Obviously because of Danzo's identity, if it were other ninjas, even Jōnin, the mainstay of the village, would have to undergo strict inspections.

There was silence in the Hokage building, but because the sky was covered with clouds and the sun was obscured, the building looked extremely dim.

With the sound of footsteps wafting through the corridor, I could vaguely see scrolls hung on the wall in front. Behind the door there was Hokage's office.

"You stay outside." Danzo didn't look back, his voice fell, and he pushed the door in.

In the gap between opening and closing the door, Xia Shu vaguely glimpsed the scene in Hokage's office, or the people gathered here.

Although due to the angle, I couldn't see Hokage's desk, and naturally I didn't see Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, but he must be in it at the moment.

And the first thing he saw was Namikaze Minato with brilliant blond hair and Jōnin dress. The tall white-haired man beside him was Jiraiya. Although he saw only half of his face, he could appear at this moment. There is only one middle-aged woman in the Hokage office in Konoha Village, Utatane Koharu.

It was the first time that Natsuki saw this high-level Konoha consultant who had a lot of constraints on Fifth Hokage Tsunade in the original work, and since this one is here, another Mitokado Homura must have arrived.

Just as he was thinking about it, the door of Hokage's office was completely closed, and the corridor, which had only been slightly brighter, was suddenly dimmed again, and in this dimness, there was no sound at all.

He couldn't help but glanced at the door of Hokage's office. The soundproofing effect is so strong, wouldn't it be made by Senju Hashirama himself?

His thoughts diverged suddenly.

It seems that Wood Style's effect on building a house is not lost at all to the effect on tail beasts, and it has achieved top-notch in the ninja world.

At the same time, on the other side of the door, the atmosphere was solemn at the moment.

Ninja world is about to ignite the flames of war again.

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