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

Chapter 48 Visiting Orochimaru's Base
Kado rummaged through the bookshelf piled high with scrolls for a moment, then found a few yellowed maps and respectfully spread them out on the table in front of Menma.

"My lord, these are national maps of several western countries. Please take a look." Kado bowed slightly.

Mianma picked up several maps from the table, opened them, and began to examine them carefully with the keen eyes of a hawk.

As a world-class corporation, Cardo has operations in various countries. Its simplest business strategy is to buy local specialties at low prices in one country and transport them to another country to sell at higher prices.

For example, tea from the tea-producing country can be transported to the capitals of various countries and sold at very high prices.

This trade model naturally required familiarity with the geographical environment. Major chambers of commerce, companies, and fleets all had their own maps and nautical charts, which were also a kind of rare resource.

However, highly accurate map drawing is difficult to achieve; most maps are like ancient maps, requiring the use of professional guides or experienced merchants.

"Prepare some supplies to send to the Land of Bears. The organization plans to build a base here." Menma tapped his fingers on a map of the Land of Bears.

Kakuzu also came over and looked at the map on the table.

The Land of Bears is located between the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, and borders small and medium-sized countries such as the Land of Demons, the Land of Darkness, and the Land of Birds.

The country is long and narrow, with large plains in the western part, which borders the Land of the Dark and the Land of Demons, suitable for agriculture.

The central and eastern parts are vast forests and mountains, and in the east there is even a treacherous chasm called Hell Valley, filled with poisonous gas.

“Yes, sir.” Kado bowed even lower.

"Do you need me to clean up Hoshigakure?" Kakuzu asked, licking his lips.

“No need.” Menma shook his head: “You will work with Kado and be responsible for escorting supplies. As for the cleanup mission in the Bear Country, it will be handled by other teams.”

Although we've captured Angle and Gato, we can't let those two do everything, lest we expose the organization's manpower shortage.

Upon hearing that the organization would send other teams ahead, Kakuzu's blue pupils narrowed slightly, and he became somewhat expectant.

Since joining the organization, he has only acted with Kado and has never met the other members of the organization. This time, he will have the opportunity to see them.

What powerful ninjas would belong to such a mysterious organization?

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After giving new orders to Gato and Kakuzu, Menma left the capital of the Land of Fire.

The organization is currently in dire need of manpower, and Menma is preparing to recruit some rogue ninjas to join the organization.

'However, at this point in time, Pakura is already dead, Zabuza and Kisame should not have defected yet, Deidara is still in Iwagakure, and Sasori is hiding somewhere...' After counting them up, Menma realized that he could find very few capable rogue ninja.

After all, he didn't want to recruit a serial killer like Hidan.

'Kurosuki Raiga and Ranmaru should be in the Land of Rivers right now. They're at least Jonin-level fighters, and it seems Kurosuki Raiga's entire clan defected from Kirigakure.'

Although the Kurosuki clan doesn't have any bloodline limits, it is still a ninja clan with a certain foundation.

'Oh right, and there are also the Uzumaki clan members who have been separated from their clan.' Menma thought of Karin Uzumaki and her daughter in Kusagakure, and Hino Uzumaki in the Land of the Sea.

"But for now, we can go to the Land of Rice Fields to find Orochimaru."

In the darkness of the forest, Menma, wearing a fox mask, sped through the trees. 'If I remember correctly, the Sound Village should be located in the central-northern part of the Land of Rice Fields.' Menma activated his Kagura Mind's Eye, sensing the chakra within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

Menma learned this secret technique, unique to the Uzumaki clan, from Kushina during the 'Limited Tsukuyomi World'.

Kagura's Mind's Eye has a different range of perception depending on the amount of chakra the user has, but even Karin can cover a range of thirty to forty kilometers, while Menma can cover a range of over a hundred kilometers!

Within this range, he can perceive all changes in chakra.

When Menma fought Orochimaru last time, he marked Orochimaru's chakra characteristics.

Not long after entering the Land of Rice Fields, Menma's Kagura Mind's Eye sensed several fluctuations containing Orochimaru's chakra, but they were very faint, and there was very little other chakra in the vicinity, so they were probably just some backup bases or warehouses.

Heading north, as they approached the capital of the Land of Rice Fields, Menma sensed a large amount of chakra energy north of the capital, very similar to Orochimaru's chakra, but with some differences.

"So eager already, Orochimaru?" Menma guessed that Orochimaru had already undergone the Reanimation Jutsu.

After all, his body was already over forty years old and had been severely damaged by three generations. Although it could be repaired, his physical performance and reaction speed would definitely decline year by year.

Taking this opportunity to perform a corpse-reincarnation is reasonable.

"Found it!" Menma rushed out of the forest, and the view suddenly opened up before him.

This is a small village located on the edge of a forest. On the surface, it is an ordinary rural village, but in reality, Orochimaru has hollowed out the ground to build a secret base.

Under the cover of night, Menma, wearing a white three-eyed fox mask, made no attempt to conceal himself and walked straight into the village.

The bright moonlight shone coldly on the mask, and the black coat fluttered in the wind. The appearance of such a mysterious person immediately drew out Orochimaru's subordinates.

Several ninjas jumped out from various places and stood on the rooftops of the village, staring seriously at the mysterious person who seemed to have ill intentions.

Menma used Kagura's Mind's Eye to sense the chakra of the three ninjas and found that they were all only at the level of genin.

That makes sense, since the ninja resources of each country are monopolized by their respective ninja villages. Even after Orochimaru established his own power, he could only start training children from a young age.

From Orochimaru's defection to the Konoha Crush plan, it took him nine years to train the Sound Five. Apart from Kimimaro, who had the strength of an elite Jonin, the others were only at the Chunin level, and after activating the Cursed Seal, they were at most at the level of Special Jonin.

There's also the unstable Jugo, and Hozuki Suigetsu, who was captured by Orochimaru.

"Kid, this isn't a place for you." A ninja with a bandage wrapped around his right eye, who seemed to be their captain, stood on a rooftop and issued a warning.

"Orochimaru sent you bunch of lackeys to your deaths?" Menma frowned slightly, wondering what Orochimaru was up to.

"You bastard! So you really came here to hunt down Lord Orochimaru!" The ninja captain, as if a switch had been flipped, ordered the other two, "Kill him!"

Two ninjas threw kunai and launched an attack on the opponent from the left and right.

The ninja captain also ripped off his right eye, which was covered by bandages, revealing a scarlet Sharingan with two tomoe, and glared fiercely at the mysterious person on the ground.

"I see." Menma saw the Sharingan with two tomoe and understood Orochimaru's intention.

This is to bring him a gift.

(End of this chapter)