Ninja World

A few days later.

Uchiha Tatsu once again put on his armor, which was lined with tight-fitting black night clothes, and a mask was fastened on his cheeks.

‘White Sable’ left Konoha Village through the ANBU passage.

We returned to the huge sinkhole ten miles east of the village.

Hand seal.

A huge purple barrier emerged, opening a small gap for Uchiha Tatsu to pass through.

The young man walked in without hesitation, reached the edge of the sinkhole, and jumped down.

Faith...oh no.

The clothes shook violently.

Both feet were firmly planted on the ground.

However, there was already a person waiting there quietly at the huge disc where the cross stone bridges intersected under the patio.

Just like when we first met.

There was not much expression behind the 'White Ferret' mask, but when he saw the person in front of him, he still tensed up slightly, and then he knelt on the ground on one knee.

"Danzo-sama."

Danzo Shimura, the leader of the Roots, is waiting here.

It's still the same as before, there doesn't seem to be any big changes, but the breath is getting deeper and deeper.

Diao San's eyes fell on the young man kneeling on one knee, and he was speechless for a long time.

But Uchiha Chen's muscles all over his body were tense, and he could only feel a slight chill in his back.

Danzo's eyes held many meanings, and the crutch he was holding on with one hand tightened slightly.

The atmosphere is a little quiet.

The sound of water dripping under the patio seemed to never stop.

Then Danzo finally spoke.

"How was the last mission assigned to you?"

He didn't mention anything about the 'Sting Spider', so Uchiha Tatsu naturally wouldn't take the initiative to explain anything.

Both sides maintain this strange and natural state.

As if it never happened at all.

Power caused the 'Sting Spider' to die in an unknown manner, and even died as an enemy intelligence agent.

The Hokage single-handedly wiped this matter away.

Uchiha Tatsu still returned to the Roots, and except for Danzo, few people in the Roots knew about this matter.

The Hokage likes Uchiha Tatsumi but still wants him to stay at the root.

This decision is difficult for many insiders to understand.

Including Namikaze Minato.

He was fortunate enough to sit in for a long time, and for the first time he knew the existence of roots.

In Konoha, many people know Danzo Shimura, but most people don't know the 'root'.

It turns out that Uchiha Tatsu came out of this organization that was even more secretive than ANBU.

Namikaze Minato tried to understand the Hokage's intentions.

But Uchiha Tatsu was troubled.

This kind of thing is undoubtedly betrayal.

Uchiha Tatsu killed the ninjas of the same organization. According to the rules of the root, he must be hunted down and killed.

Danzo really wanted to do this too.

Over the years, very few people have dared to disobey themselves like this, especially an insignificant ant.

But there was a huge force standing behind Uchiha Tatsu.

Hiss~

It's like the sound of a poisonous snake spitting its message.

A slender figure came quietly behind Uchiha Tatsumi, still carrying dust from the wind, as if he had just come back from a very far away place.

There is also some fatigue in a pair of golden vertical pupils.

Orochimaru is very busy.

I don't want to waste any more time.

Ever since Uchiha Tatsu met Orochimaru, he seemed to have never seen him spend a moment in a daze, counting the time down to the minute.

But at the same time he was also very tired.

Shimura Danzo's pupils shrank slightly.

Uchiha Tatsu, who was kneeling on the ground, was about to answer Danzo's question when he saw the figure on the ground and was slightly startled.

The nervous heartbeat just now became much calmer.

His teacher is back...

But he didn't look back in a hurry, but took the lead in answering Danzo's question.

"The task you gave me has been completed."

Uchiha Tatsu didn't raise his head, just stared at the stones on the ground or the patterns on the floor, and said in a calm voice.

Danzo's eyes paused for a moment, then focused on Uchiha Tatsu again.

He originally thought that this cunning kid would find an excuse to excuse himself.

Because according to his report, this incident was entirely a collaboration between him and Kakashi.

Cooperation is tacit.

So much so that the special Jōnin who specialized in tracking fell down in their hands and could never get up again.

Although there is no evidence to show the tacit understanding of the relationship between the two, Danzo does not think that Uchiha Tatsu will betray Kakashi.

So the answer Uchiha Tatsu gave made him pause slightly.

But there wasn't too much surprise.

In the same way, he has seen more betrayals.

Then he spoke again.

"So...what's your answer?"

Danzo asked without any fluctuation in his tone.

Now that your mission is completed, you must have found useful information on Kakashi.

Uchiha Chen did not hesitate and gave a short answer.

The voice is calm and steady.

His body was wrapped by a figure coming diagonally from the side, like a poisonous snake with fangs spread.

Orochimaru stood quietly beside Uchiha Tatsu without saying a word.

After hearing the young man's calm answer, there seemed to be no surprise.

There was a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, and with the two streaks of purple eyeshadow slanting into her nose, she looked a little scary.

His long tongue licked the corner of his mouth.

But no sound was made.

Compared with the previous Orochimaru, he seems to be more crazy and less calm.

He was very satisfied with Uchiha Tatsu's answer.

But Danzo's face was filled with indifference.

He was holding on to the heavy crutch with one hand, the veins on the back of his hand bulging slightly, and his triangular eyes were full of coldness.

A long time passed.

Danzo nodded slightly.

"I see."

Uchiha Tatsumi lowered his head slightly to show respect.

Danzo turned around and dragged his somewhat mutilated body away slowly with the sound of the cane.

...

"Teacher Orochimaru."

We haven’t seen him for almost a month, and we don’t know where Orochimaru has gone.

Uchiha Tatsumi gave a slight salute.

Follow him.

He seemed to have gone to a very far away place, with a dusty aura still lingering around him.

Regarding Uchiha Chen's question, Orochimaru just shook his head and seemed unwilling to talk more.

He still looked a little tired.

Then the topic changed and it fell on Uchiha Tatsu.

"What stage has your research on chakra amplification reached now?"

Uchiha Chen was startled for a moment, then smiled awkwardly.

Chakra Amplification Technique is the name given to him by Uchiha Tatsumi. It is the bold idea he mentioned to Orochimaru before, which is to gather all the chakra in the whole body into a ninjutsu and release it.

However, a new problem was discovered during the later specific implementation phase.

Not only is the pressure doubled when performing such a huge chakra seal, but the body is also overwhelmed.

It can be seen that there are obvious lacerations on the meridians of Uchiha Tatsu's body when he extracted the maximum chakra at one time.

The amount of chakra is closely related to the body's constitution.

People with deep chakra naturally have strong meridians, and with the help of mental strength, they can perform super large ninjutsu. However, if a person with average chakra like Uchiha Tatsumi is able to carry it to the limit at once, his body will be under obvious pressure.

"so…"

"Still in the initial stages."