"No, he's trying to escape!"
As more and more ninja gathered, Kimimaro, seeing no movement for several minutes, instantly realized what was happening. In their home territory, a Hidden Mist ninja would never dare to fight a long battle with them.
"Wind Style, Great Breakthrough!"
As a ninja who had just arrived used a jutsu, the thick fog was blown away, revealing no one inside.
"Damn it!"
Kimimaro saw this and instantly flew into a rage. For him, Orochimaru's mission was now impossible to complete.
Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Jutsu to escape Otogakure. Otogakure's defenses were too weak, allowing Zabuza to leave easily.
Zabuza had originally thought that if it was simple, he would deal with it before Zero arrived. But seeing the situation, he couldn't solve it without Zero. Even if Otogakure was small and weak, it was still a village, and no matter how strong Zabuza was, one person couldn't take on an entire village.
Ten minutes earlier.
Just as Zabuza entered Otogakure to search, in a secret underground lab in Otogakure, a pale-faced, long-haired man suddenly stopped his work.
"Oh, a mouse has snuck in."
"Kimimaro, take some people and get rid of that mouse."
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru, I'll go take care of the mouse right away."
Kimimaro replied respectfully, then took the Sound Five to capture Zabuza.
Orochimaru didn't pay much attention and continued his research. To Orochimaru, Kimimaro's strength was enough to deal with some sneaky little mice. After all, Kimimaro's body was once considered for Orochimaru's reincarnation. Although he couldn't be a candidate anymore due to his bloodline illness, it still showed Kimimaro's high talent. Under Orochimaru's guidance, Kimimaro was definitely an elite Jonin.
"What exactly is this bloodline illness?" After saying that, Orochimaru continued his research. For this situation, he could only find someone else, and that person was Jugo.
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Back to Zabuza, after escaping Otogakure using the Hidden Mist Jutsu, Zabuza quickly rushed back to the Land of Fire's capital.
He arrived at the Free Trade Company headquarters the next day at noon. After entering the headquarters, Zabuza immediately went to the backyard and said to the sniper robot soldier, "Emergency situation."
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As Zabuza described the results of his investigation, Kisuke fell into thought. In the Naruto world he watched in his previous life, Otogakure was a ninja village created by Orochimaru in the Land of Rice Fields after he betrayed the Akatsuki.
The Land of Rice Fields was a small country bordering the Leaf Village. It didn't have a ninja village before. After Orochimaru left the Akatsuki, he bribed the Feudal Lord of the Land of Rice Fields and established Otogakure within its borders, but Otogakure was not employed by the Land of Rice Fields. After Orochimaru bribed the Feudal Lord of the Land of Rice Fields, he occupied the country, and the Land of Rice Fields became Orochimaru's main base.
Otogakure's strength, while not extremely strong, was not weak either. With Orochimaru, a Kage-level ninja, the Sound Five led by Kimimaro, and talents like Jugo and Kabuto, it was quite strong among the smaller countries outside the five great nations.
After thinking about Otogakure's strength, Kisuke told Zabuza, "Zero is about to arrive at the Free Trade Company headquarters. You'll meet up with her, then take her to Otogakure to meet Orochimaru."
"Orochimaru?"
"Yes, Orochimaru is in Otogakure. Zero is bringing a unit, so don't worry, Orochimaru can't kill you."
"Yes, I understand."
Zabuza's mind was filled with questions about how Orochimaru was in Otogakure. Was Otogakure really built by Orochimaru? The more he thought, the more confused Zabuza became.
"Never mind," he thought, "I'll ask Zero when she gets here."
Zabuza stopped thinking about all the confusing stuff, his head hurt. He'd just ask Zero when she arrived.
So he stayed in the backyard, preparing the supplies needed for tomorrow's trip to Otogakure. After all, Otogakure had Orochimaru, and as one of the world-famous Sannin, you couldn't be too prepared.
Orochimaru, formerly one of the "Sannin" of Konohagakure in the Land of Fire, was a student of the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, along with Jiraiya and Tsunade. He possessed extremely powerful abilities and almost immortal regeneration.
He was extremely ambitious and skilled in researching forbidden jutsu. After witnessing the deaths of Tsunade's lover Dan Kato and younger brother Nawaki, he realized the fragility of life and went astray. Therefore, he sought immortality to learn all ninjutsu and master the truths of the world.
Because his ambitions were repeatedly crushed, after the Fourth Great Ninja War ended, he was no longer listed as a rogue ninja of Konoha and was allowed to continue his experiments as long as he didn't harm others. He had now created the artificial human Mitsuki (Mitsuki), and lived in Otogakure.
At the same time, Kisuke was also thinking about Orochimaru. How to put it, in the Naruto world, Orochimaru was arguably the top scientific talent. His artificial human technology, cloning technology, genetic modification technology, Mecha-Naruto technology, and so on, all showed that Orochimaru was an excellent all-around researcher.
Kisuke wanted to recruit Orochimaru, but considering Orochimaru's personality, it was unlikely to recruit him right now. So he put that aside for now. He would cooperate with Orochimaru first, and recruiting him would need to be a gradual process.
Meanwhile, Zero also arrived at the Free Trade Company headquarters. It could be said that this journey was very dangerous. Because Zero brought 1000 special robot soldiers to the Land of Fire's capital, she only brought four robot soldiers into the city, while the other nine hundred-plus robot soldiers waited outside.
Since all 1000 were robot soldiers, they didn't stop in the Land of Fire. Even so, the Leaf Village still noticed them, but because they were all robot soldiers, traveling day and night, the Leaf Village didn't figure out who these many people were.
When Zabuza met Zero, he was training the six ninja. Seeing Zero, Zabuza couldn't help but say, "How many people did you bring? We're going to meet Orochimaru tomorrow, and that guy isn't easy to deal with."
"The troops I brought this time are enough. I'll take the lead tomorrow, you don't need to worry."
Zabuza was surprised by Zero's intelligent reply. Usually, Zero's answers were very formal and mechanical, but now there was a clear change.
Zero glanced at Zabuza, said nothing, and walked towards the office.
That's right, on the way to the Land of Fire's capital, even with Zero's caution, they were still discovered by Leaf Village ninja. After all, if 1000 people couldn't be found, the Leaf Village wouldn't exist, especially since the Leaf Village was the strongest ninja village in this world. Two squads were directly killed by Zero, but, unexpectedly, one squad leader, upon death, produced a Civilization Spark.
While Kisuke was marveling at his good luck, he immediately had Zero use it. After all, Zero's department represented a special department for intelligence management. Without intelligence, it would be very troublesome for Kisuke to manage it personally.
Now it was much better. Ninja would gather information and report it to the special robot soldiers, who would then report it to Zero. Finally, Zero would organize the information and report it to Kisuke.
In special cases, special robot soldiers could also report directly to Kisuke. But for now, with few personnel, it was fine. Once there were many special robot soldiers and the intelligence network grew large, Kisuke would need to analyze reports from the entire intelligence network, which was the job of an intelligence chief, not an emperor.
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