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"Yes!"

Forty entrances are enough to distribute all groups to every location.

Akabane and his group were assigned to Gate 35.

"This exam is still about intelligence gathering, and I have a feeling that the scroll might be fake."

"She didn't say I couldn't take it."

On the way, Zixiao and Shuomao spoke in hushed tones.

Akabane sat on the ground, glanced at them, and then said, "When we go in later, you two will search in pairs."

"What about you?"

Shuo Mao frowned slightly.

"I'll go steal from others and look at a few more sets of scrolls."

Akabane said.

The coordinates on the scrolls are sometimes real and sometimes fake, but Sunagakure wasn't so depraved as to have an equal number of fake and real coordinates.

The one that appears most frequently after comparison is definitely the real coordinate scroll.

of course……

Besides this reason, there are other reasons, but it's not convenient to tell them the specifics.

"I don't object if you want to be alone, but you must be careful."

Zi Xiao had no doubts; on the contrary, she was very worried. "If we fail, we can try again, but if something goes wrong, we'll lose everything."

"Don't you trust my abilities?"

Chapter 127 Cooperation, Smuggling!

As teammates, Zixiao and Shuo Mao have great faith in Akabane's abilities.

But being alone in the desert is far too dangerous.

However, the advantage of the Kurama clan's genjutsu ninjas lies in their unpredictable and irresistible abilities.

As long as there is no direct confrontation, Akabane is almost invincible in the fishpond, and besides, he is not really alone on this trip.

"Orochimaru and his group are at Exit 18... Hmm, that should be the location."

After separating from the group, Akabane determined his location and headed towards Orochimaru's group.

Halfway there, he used a transformation spell to change his appearance.

There's a team ahead.

"Yamada, don't be like this. We're just going through the motions anyway..."

"What's all this talk? You're all too cowardly. You don't even have the courage to compete for a spot. I'm going solo. Don't follow me anymore."

A commotion arose, clearly indicating that Yamada had gotten into an argument with his teammates.

"Yamada!"

"Forget it, let him be."

Yamada's teammates seemed quite helpless; in terms of combat strength, Tang Shinobu really didn't have any advantage.

They knew very well that they were a small ninja village.

According to their plan, they would hide somewhere peacefully until the end, and finally go home to live their own lives.

however……

There are always some people in the village who can't stand being alone, and Yamada is one of them.

Upon seeing this, Akabane disregarded his plans to reunite with Orochimaru and instead caught up with Yamada, secretly following behind.

He found Yamada very interesting and kept deliberately picking fights to break away from the group.

There must be some secret behind this situation.

Akabane quietly followed, and with his skill in concealing his presence, Yamada had no chance of noticing him.

After walking for a long time, there was no one around.

Standing on the sand dune, Yamada closed his eyes and muttered to himself, "I've had enough of this stupid and rotten village, letting an ordinary person act as my shadow!"

He stood there, a crazy and sinister smile on his face.

"Something's not right! Hmm... there seems to be a Sand Ninja lying in ambush over there, let's take another look."

Akabane hid behind a sandstone cliff in the distance, observing Yamada's every move.

The Sand Ninja certainly have a better understanding of the desert terrain.

The man buried himself in the sand, leaving only his hands exposed. As he manipulated his fingers, a puppet quietly approached Yamada.

They drew closer, controlled by the Sand Ninja's fingers—

Whoosh!

With a bang, the puppet spat out a poisoned arrow, which instantly pierced Yamada's chest.

Although it didn't hit the heart, it was enough to cause serious injury.

The Sand Ninja leaped up from the sand dune and flung a shuriken far away.

however……

The next second, Yamada turned around and caught the shuriken with his bare hands.

"what?"

The Sand Village ninja were stunned. Wasn't this guy afraid of pain?

He hesitated for a moment, then immediately tried to retreat, but it was too late.

Yamada pushed off with his leg and quickly leaped in front of him.

One punch!

cough~

With a painful cough, the Sand Shinobi struggled to run away, but Yamada stabbed him in the leg with a kunai.

"Hahaha, dedicate yourself to the evil god!"

Yamada laughed wildly, pounding kunai one after another.

He didn't kill them directly, but first crippled the Sand Ninja's limbs and tortured them bit by bit.

While torturing him, he laughed wildly and shouted "Evil God!"

It's a cult!

Akabane was shocked; so there were already cults around at this time.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that Yamada's wounds were healing rapidly, and his body was covered with strange incantations.

"What is the underlying principle of this evil power?"

Akabane didn't quite understand.

Hidan in his previous life could not die even if he was torn to pieces.

This guy doesn't look that strong, but judging from how he crippled a Sand Ninja with one punch, his punching power is probably astonishing.

"Forget it, let's capture him first."

Akabane took out his drawing board and began to work.

Ordinary genjutsu is probably useless against this kind of abnormal ninja; he immediately used the abilities of the Kurama clan.

Chakra is infused, and ink automatically emerges from the chakra pen.

As the scene unfolds, the illusion is activated.

"Huh? What's going on!"

The moment he was trapped in the illusion, Yamada immediately sensed something was wrong.

It wasn't that he was so strong that he could immediately sense the illusion, but rather that he suddenly couldn't feel the continuous power of the evil god anymore.

"My mental strength hasn't been significantly enhanced..."

Akabane sensed that Yamada was powerless to resist the spell, and roughly understood Yamada's situation.

With the help of the evil god, he gained a significant physical enhancement.

This kind of physical enhancement is probably vastly different from Hidan's immortality.

However, he did not kill him.

Orochimaru would likely be very interested in such excellent experimental equipment.

He pondered for a moment, and thus maintained the illusion.

Since the opponent's mental strength is not high and the consumption is minimal, maintaining it is not difficult.

Not long after, Orochimaru arrived at the scene from another direction.

He didn't know Akabane was there; he only came because he smelled the strong stench of blood. What he found was a Sand Ninja who had been brutally murdered and a ninja lying unconscious on the ground.

This ninja...

"What's that ninja named Yamada from the Hot Springs clan? He's wearing something."

Orochimaru was puzzled. He moved closer and found that Yamada's chakra was still circulating.

This condition is clearly not a coma.

"Are you there?"

He looked around and tentatively called out.

"Not me."

Akabane emerged from his hiding place and couldn't resist being a little mischievous.

Orochimaru glanced at him, not quite understanding the meaning of the answer. He didn't dwell on it, but instead squatted down to examine Yamada.

After studying it for a long time, he said suspiciously, "This guy is a bit strange. There is a kind of chakra in his body that does not belong to him. If we remove this chakra, his strength will probably be several times weaker."

"Yes, he must be performing some kind of ritual."

Akabane recounted what he had seen, and Orochimaru's eyes lit up as he listened. He circled around Yamada, poking him with a kunai every now and then.

At first, Yamada's body would recover quickly after being stabbed.

but……

Later, his recovery speed slowed down.

At the same time, the incantations on Yamada's body and the chakra within him were rapidly weakening.

"It seems to be related to his chakra."

Orochimaru said excitedly.

"Hmm... I think we should move to another spot first, there's another body here."

Akabane was participating in Orochimaru's experiments for the first time and was not quite used to the mad scientist's state.

"Please release him first, I want to take another look."

Orochimaru said.

"So cruel?"

After hearing this, Akabane couldn't help but feel sorry for Yamada.

This guy was really unlucky to fall into Orochimaru's hands.

“His chakra doesn’t belong to himself. According to your description, it may have come from a strange torture ritual. However, after repeated injuries, this chakra is almost exhausted, so I want to know what it is.”

Orochimaru explained excitedly.

For Akabane, this was not a difficult task. Since this guy didn't have any mental amplification, he was easy to deal with.