The Red Moon of Konoha

Chapter 97 is finally here!Mr. Sarutobi
"Have you got anything to do with Orochimaru? That's it... Alas!!"

Minato sighed deeply.

The air in the room was a little heavy.

"Master Hokage, you... have you known for a long time that the disappearance is related to Oshemaru-sama?" Shisui asked cautiously.

"I've known for a long time... No, how is it possible? It's just that... Orochimaru has behaved strangely in the past six months. I know that he has small actions in private, but I didn't expect him to be involved in the disappearance case. Getting involved, this matter is really a headache! Alas!!"

He let out a deep sigh again.

Minato kneaded the center of his brows in distress, relieved the pressure, and his brain was running at full capacity, sorting out the beginning and end of the whole incident.

Disappearance of villagers.

Half a month ago, a villager reported that his husband was missing. Since then, people have reported that so-and-so among his relatives and friends has disappeared. Up to now, 26 people have been confirmed missing.

Including children under the age of five...

Judging from the situation reported by Shisui, Orochimaru is estimated to be behind the disappearance case. The most important point is that no matter what Orochimaru did with the missing people, their end will definitely not be very good.

And the case has already fermented in the village.

It is impossible to cover up for Orochimaru, and Minato is not willing to help Orochimaru cover up this bloody evil.

However, once this matter breaks out, it will undoubtedly be a huge scandal. One of the dignified Konoha Sannin, Orochimaru, known as the "Wind of Calamity", actually killed the villagers in his own village... ···Konoha's face will definitely be stripped.

If it's just a matter of face, it's not in Minato's consideration.

What he was thinking about was how to explain this to Mr. Jiraiya and the third generation, especially Mr. Jiraiya. Minato knew very well how much Mr. Jiraiya valued the bond between him and Oshemaru. The more he knew this, The more I worry about how heavy this incident will be to Mr. Jiraiya.

He can't think of it.

I don't want to think about it either.

But I have to think about it.

He glanced at the clock hanging on the wall.

Time is running out and a decision must be made as soon as possible!

"Shisui, go find Teacher Jiraiya and tell him the whole thing... Teacher Jiraiya should be near the women's bathhouse in the east of the village right now, and you are on the rooftop around the women's bathhouses nearby Look online, it's not hard to find." After thinking about it, you can't hide this matter from Teacher Jiraiya, and with Teacher Jiraiya's temper, if you can't make a deal with Dashewan face to face, maybe things will change Endless.

"······Yes."

Zhishui answered blankly.

Women's bathhouse?
This place... is a bit restless!

At the age of 15, just before puberty, when he is most curious about the things between men and women, even a good boy like Zhishui can't help but have a little curiosity under the influence of his peers.

Shisui left with a delicate and indescribable mood, summoned up courage, and headed towards the women's bathhouse.

After Shimizu left, Minato sat on the chair and thought for 3 minutes, then opened the drawer, took out the spare ninja tool bag from it, and tied it on his body.

Gotta be prepared.

Judging from the current situation, [-]% of them may fight next.

If there is a fight, that guy Dashewan will not be easy to deal with.

Speaking of it, it’s also a bad time. Before Nagarjuna made a big disturbance in the village, he killed Danzo and escaped, and now something like Orochimaru happened... The masters in the village are about to reduce their staff again!This is not good news.

Thinking about the future of the village, Minato used the Hiraijin Jutsu to go directly to a cherry tree opposite Sarutobi's mansion.

He has been here many times and left his coordinates.

The door is open.

Before the water gate entered, a burst of noise floated out from the house.

"······Stinky old man! I want to run away from home!!!"

The young man's voice was full of vigor, and the male duck's voice sounded familiar.

Immediately afterwards, the young man with the hedgehog head rushed out from the gate, without seeing the water gate standing at the gate, he rushed forward like a frightened wild boar, and disappeared in a flash.

"Ah! I made you laugh, Minato."

The third generation stood on the steps of the door, his face was not very good-looking.

The youngest son's disobedience really troubled him.

"This little bastard is not obedient at all..."

Minato smiled and didn't intervene. It's okay for a father to beat and scold, but it's never the turn of outsiders to intervene. However, the matter is urgent now. If you continue to listen to the three generations of such parents, it will delay the matter. It's troublesome.

"Minato, what do you want me to do?"

Although he is retired, his observation skills honed over the years have not deteriorated, and he noticed the subtle embarrassment hidden in Minato's smile.

Something is wrong!
"It's Oshemaru senior."

Minato heaved a sigh of relief, didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"Do you know about the recent disappearance?"

Hearing Minato's words, Sandai's complexion turned ugly in an instant, as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Are you saying that those missing cases were done by Orochimaru?" Sandai's tone was very gloomy, and his sharp eyes could poke two holes out of the granite.

Orochimaru is his favorite apprentice.

"Nine times out of ten."

The water gate stood firm.

"Wait for me." Sandai turned and went back to the house, but within half a minute, Sandaifu, who had changed into a military uniform, came out again, "Mizumon, can you leave this matter to me? Orochimaru...let me make a break."

He didn't doubt what Minato said.

I don't know when it started... Probably from the time when Tsunade left the village, Orochimaru became weird. Many times, he didn't know what his beloved disciple was thinking. I just know that Orochimaru does have some small tricks secretly, and he hooked up with Danzo.

But out of trust in his disciples, he didn't investigate in detail what Orochimaru had done.

Did you do something wrong at the beginning?

There are more wrinkles on the third generation's face.

"...Then I will trouble you."

Watergate didn't say no.

Seeing Sandai's expression of being able to eat people alive, he felt that if he said "no", maybe Sandai could really turn his back on him.

The relationship between the two generations of Hokage has become very stiff because of the matter of Nagarju before, and it took half a year to gradually ease it down. If there is another conflict because of Orochimaru... Minato will try his best avoid conflicts.

Let’s not talk about whether it is possible or not, in case I kill Orochimaru myself, it will be a hard job to explain to Mr. Jiraiya at that time... Besides, it is also difficult to judge the depth of that guy Orochimaru , relying on the technique of flying thunder god can be invincible, but want to defeat or even kill Orochimaru...
Minato faintly felt that it was by no means a simple matter.

Even if the three generations do it themselves, there may not be results.

----

North of the village, below the forest.

Orochimaru's secret laboratory is hidden here.

"right here?"

Three generations stand on the treetops.

He looked around and didn't find anything unusual, so he asked with some doubts.

"The smell of blood disappears here." Inuzuka Zuo nodded vigorously.

Inuzuka's nose is impossible to go wrong.

"Hai Yi, did you find anything?"

Sandai did not doubt Inuzuka Chou's ability, he turned his head to look at Kaiichi Yamanaka.

"Underground, there is an enchantment underground that blocks my perception."

Yamanaka Kaiichi lived up to the expectations of the third generation and gave the result.

"Underground?"

The third generation looked down at the ground without any abnormalities. He jumped off the branch, bit his right thumb, and quickly completed the seal with both hands. Using blood as a catalyst, his right hand slapped the ground violently, "Spiritualism" Come out, ape demon."

The chakra that erupted formed white smoke.

A gust of forest wind blew past, the smoke dissipated, and a tall ape with white hair and beard, majestic face, and wearing a tiger skin skirt appeared in front of everyone.

This is the psychic beast of the third generation, the ape demon.

"Sarutobi, what happened?"

The ape demon glanced at Kaiichi and Inuzuka Chou who were standing around, and then looked at the third generation in military uniform, a little puzzled.

This is in Konoha Village, right?

Why do you look like you are facing an enemy?

"...It's Orochimaru." Sandai hesitated for a moment, but still answered.

"I see."

The ape demon suddenly showed a clear look, "Sarou Fei, have you finally seen through the nature of that brat? Fortunately, it's not too late."

Three generations did not say a word.

It's just that his face is quite ugly.

The relationship between the ape demon and Orochimaru is very bad.

A long time ago, the ape demon said that the essence of Orochimaru was filthy, and that it was a monster covered in human skin... For this reason, Sandai and the ape demon had debated countless times.

"Get ready."

The three generations did not talk nonsense, they formed seals with their hands, and used the extremely brilliant earth escape technique. A deep gap was cracked in the ground without sound. movement.

"Amazing!"

"As expected of the third generation!"

Inuzuka Zuo, Yamanaka Kaiichi and others remained silent, exchanging opinions with their eyes, silently admiring the powerful strength shown by the third generation.

The sun shone down along the cracks in the ground, exposing half of the passage, and the ape demon jumped down first without hesitation. It is a very special psychic beast that can be transformed into a weapon, and its body is hard enough to face the Kusanagi sword head-on.

No matter what kind of traps are in the ground, it is not afraid.

The ape demon stepped into the passage, there was no explosion, no flame... It was very quiet below.

"No problem, Sarutobi! You can come down now."

The voice of the ape demon floated up.

Only then did the third generation lead a group of people to jump into the cracks in the ground one after another.

Standing in the underground passage, with the help of the sunlight falling from above, you can barely see the surrounding scene clearly. There are similar stone corridors in front of you and behind you. There is no special place, so it is difficult to judge which direction to go.

Sandai turned his gaze to the people standing behind him.

"The smell here is very mixed, the smell of blood, the smell of corpses, the smell of formalin... and the smell of Oshemaru-sama, but it's very messy, the smell of formalin is too strong." Dog Tsukazu shook her head, her face paled a little.

An overly keen sense of smell is sometimes a nuisance.

The smell here is really not very pleasant, and the one-eyed bulldog named Kuromaru riding by Inuzuka Chou is also flicking its tail irritably.

"just in front."

Yamanaka Kaiichi did not lose the chain this time.

After coming underground, he broke through the barrier that blocked perception-like ninjutsu, and his perception came in handy again, "And..."

"What else?"

The three generations were all ready to sprint, but Kaiichi Yamanaka said "There is still".

Finding that everyone's eyes were on him, Yamanaka Hai swallowed his saliva, "And... that... There are still a lot of chakra fluctuations here, and several of them feel very uncomfortable. Debilitated, as if about to...be about to die."

The voice fell, and there was a dead silence all around.

The complexion of the third generation, which was already difficult to see the extreme, broke through the limit and reached a new height.

"...Go to Orochimaru first."

The third generation gave the order.

No one objected, a group of people ran quickly in the corridor under the command of Kaiichi Yamanaka, and found several rooms along the way. There are some messy human body parts hanging on the wall, and I found many depressing landscapes along the way.

Like the fourth room they found.

Inside were jars of formalin.

And the human being soaked in formalin, the body becomes deformed, like a monster.

Especially when Hai Yamanaka recognized a missing villager, the air became even heavier. The adult male villager had already lost his vitality, and was quietly soaking in formalin, his limbs seemed to be turned into branches. It was distorted, and circles of annual rings could even be seen from the cracks at the waist.

Maybe this is the real vegetative?

Yamanaka Hai thought about it, but he didn't dare to say a word, because they were keenly aware of the low pressure that enveloped Sandai.

"... In the front room, Master Orochimaru's Chakra stays in the room." Yamanaka Kai stretched out his finger and pointed to an unclosed door on the right side in front of the corridor, a faint halo came from the door. It flowed out from the gap, making everyone raise their hearts in an instant.

After seeing the horrific scenes in each room, no one questioned the relationship between Orochimaru and the disappearance case.

However, what will the three generations of adults do with Orochimaru?
Everyone cheered up, clenched their weapons, stretched out their claws, and were ready to fight. After all, the target they were hunting this time was Orochimaru, one of the Sannin. The top powerhouse who made great achievements in the three wars, one of Konoha's big signs.

Everyone who participated in this operation had personally experienced the third Ninja World War, and they had witnessed the power of Orochimaru with their own eyes.

Being careless in front of Orochimaru is like buying a ticket to hell.

"Ape Demon."

"Leave it to me! Sarutobi."

The ape demon rushed forward and knocked open the half-closed door with a bang. The third generation rushed in and blocked the door with the ape demon.

Then--

They saw a scene like hell.

Human beings, whose limbs were bound, hung on the left and right walls, one next to the other, densely forming a human wall. Some of them were disemboweled, some were stripped of their skin, and some Still alive, some are dead.

Orochimaru stood in front of the operating table in the center of the room with his back to the door. He unhurriedly rolled up the unfolded seal scroll and put it in the pocket above the vest specially used to store the scroll.

He is now wearing Konoha Jominin's standard vest and black pants.

After putting away the scroll, he slowly turned around and looked at the third generation and the ape demon blocking the door, as well as Haiichi Yamanaka and the others outside the door.

"...It's finally here! Sarutobi-sensei."

Orochimaru smiled as usual.

Yes,

With the same smile as usual, the blue jade earrings hanging under the ears are shaking slightly, shining with a strange light.

(End of this chapter)