Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 31 Divine Might Cannot Hide Tears

The Hokage Building, the Anbu base.

With his silver hair and no mask, Kakashi stood silently among the many ANBU ninjas wearing various animal masks, and silently applied a patch to the wound on his forehead.

After Orochimaru escaped, he immediately went in pursuit and encountered Orochimaru outside the village's protective barrier.

However, Kakashi is still not over the trauma of Rin's death and is somewhat mentally disoriented. His Sharingan is also greatly depleted, which has significantly weakened his fighting power.

Therefore, they were no match for Orochimaru and failed to capture him.

However, the explosive tags left by the Third Hokage also injured Orochimaru.

In other words, Kakashi's three-tomoe Sharingan was transplanted, so the injured Orochimaru did not intend to take Kakashi's Sharingan and let Kakashi go.

After being stared at by those snake-like eyes, Kakashi did not continue the pursuit but returned to the village.

squeak-

The heavy, dark gate slowly opened.

When the Third Hokage and Danzo walked out one after the other, Kakashi also lowered his hand and put on his white cat mask.

Under the moonlight, Hiruzen Sarutobi took two steps forward and solemnly addressed the Anbu ninjas below the steps: "This emergency summons is to capture Orochimaru, who escaped during the previous operation, as soon as possible."

"According to intelligence, Orochimaru is injured and must be captured before he leaves the Land of Fire!"

"Listen carefully! The information, knowledge, and technology that Orochimaru possesses are invaluable assets to Konoha!"

"I hope you can bring him back alive!"

"Once he leaves the Land of Fire, it will be a very heavy blow to Konoha!"

"Therefore, we must capture Orochimaru before he leaves the Land of Fire! Everyone! We must search with all our might!"

"Disperse!"

After the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, finished his speech, dozens of elite Anbu ninjas dispersed!
Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around and walked into the Anbu building.

"Someone like you actually failed." Danzo's voice rang out.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had stopped walking, did not answer.

"I will fully assist in the capture operation." Danzo added at the end, "For Konoha."

Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes: "Well, thank you for your trouble."

After saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his eyes again and slowly walked into the Anbu building.

Danzo remained standing behind him like a vulture, his single eye fixed on the dimly lit Konoha Village under the night sky.

outside the village.

Twenty ANBU ninjas launched attacks in various locations.

The Anbu, including Root, has a total of more than seventy elite ninjas.

However, it's impossible to mobilize everyone.

This time, Hiruzen Sarutobi mainly deployed squad leaders and platoon leaders from each class, with the lowest level of strength being Special Jonin.

Because he knew very well that his disciple was not someone that an ordinary ninja could deal with.

Even the Anbu operated in pairs, carrying signal flares. Once Orochimaru's trail was spotted, they would immediately fire the flares to signal nearby Anbu ninjas for support.

Furthermore, the fact that Orochimaru was injured gave us the opportunity to capture him alive.

Soon, the twenty ninjas, sensing Orochimaru's escape route from Konoha through the barrier, began tracking him from that direction.

Some of them ran through the forest, some searched along the river, and some even dived into the river, trying to find Orochimaru's whereabouts.

As Kakashi sped through the forest alone, he seemed lost in thought.

'He doesn't take me seriously at all...' Kakashi recalled his fight with Orochimaru. Even after being injured by the explosive tags, Orochimaru didn't take him seriously and walked past him indifferently.

Kakashi, however, was so frightened by those cold, snake-like eyes that he dared not move. He only felt relieved after Orochimaru disappeared.

'Next time! I definitely will…'

Kakashi landed, quickly formed hand seals, and then slammed his right hand on the ground.

"Psychicism!"

boom!
A cloud of white mist dissipated, revealing eight ninja dogs led by Puck.

"Hey, what's up, Kakashi?" Puck asked, sitting atop the head of a large, dark brown dog, his face scrunched up with a smirk.

"I need you to help me track Orochimaru's scent!" Kakashi stood up and said to Pakkun and the other ninja dogs.

Upon hearing this, Parker, who already had a sullen face, frowned even more, and complained in his tone, "Snakes are hard to find because they don't sweat."

"Orochimaru is injured and has lost a lot of blood." Kakashi thought of the explosive tag.

“In that case, we can give it a try.” Parker jumped out first.

The other seven ninja dogs also sprang into action, searching the forest for Orochimaru's scent and the smell of blood.

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On the outskirts of Konoha Village, a spatial vortex slowly twisted on the branch of a large tree, revealing Obito's figure.

From here you can see the Hokage Building in Konoha.

"Oh dear, so many Anbu members have been mobilized. Anyone who didn't know better would think that another mysterious ninja has attacked Konoha."

"It seems Orochimaru has defected."

The pitcher plant's essence also seeped out from the tree trunk, and it said to Obito with a grin, "Kakashi seems to be injured too."

"That guy better not die." Obito glanced at Zetsu.

He then asked, "Has it been investigated thoroughly?"

The pale white Zetsu to the left of the pitcher plant spread its hands dramatically and said, "We lost four White Zetsu. The approximate route was from around the Root base to the orphanage, and then to the gate of Konoha Village."

"The Root..." Upon hearing that it was this path, Obito immediately began to suspect Danzo.

'Could it be that Danzo and Orochimaru are conducting some kind of experiment? Did they capture some powerful ninja who then escaped?' However, because Root is inherently mysterious, Obito has very little information about them.

He then asked, "What about the boy from the orphanage?"

"Oh dear, I almost forgot." Jue slapped his forehead and muttered, "I heard she was adopted, but I don't know the exact location."

"You mean, you lost White Zetsu?" Obito's voice, slightly angry, came from behind his mask.

The White Zetsu managed to lose track of its target.

"After all, I never expected such an accident to happen. I've already notified the other White Zetsu. As long as that kid is still in Konoha, we'll definitely be able to find him." Zetsu shouted, "However, if Danzo captures him for experiments, then it's hard to say."

"Hmph, well, he's just unlucky." Obito didn't care whether the child lived or died; he just wanted to see the brothers kill each other.

If you calculate it, that child is only three years old. How could he possibly stop his revenge plan against Konoha or his Eye of the Moon plan?
"You continue to investigate the situation in Konoha. I have some other things to take care of." With that, Obito's figure gradually disappeared into the vortex of Kamui.

"Oh my, you really know how to order people around." Zetsu revealed a meaningful smile.

Konoha Cemetery.

Under the cover of night, Obito arrived at Rin's gravestone and laid a bouquet of flowers.

This is a place he visits every time he returns to the village.

Looking at the smiling face of the girl in the black and white photo on the tombstone, Obito's Sharingan under the spiral pattern trembled slightly.

"Wait a little longer... Rin... wait for me..." As Obito activated his Kamui, a tear fell onto the inscription.

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