The number of people has increased.

About a week has passed since Orochimaru was 'invited' to this stronghold in the name of training.

Zuosuke clearly felt that this stronghold was different from other strongholds that were not taken seriously by Orochimaru. When he first came, there were already more than a hundred elite ninjas patrolling here 24 hours a day. Until now, the number of people has continued to increase.

Go up, there are at least five hundred ninjas stationed in this stronghold.

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And among them, quite a few ninjas were imprinted with a cursed seal by Orochimaru.

Although Orochimaru's curse seals are divided into many types, the two curse seals of 'Heaven' and 'Earth' are the most advanced, but there are also other curse seals that increase power, but the effect of increasing chakra is far less than the former.

Even so, humans who are successfully planted with a curse seal, even if they are just beginners of chakra, will immediately have power beyond ordinary genin. If you are lucky, after a period of training, it will not be a problem to reach chunin.

Such a level of power is naturally not a big threat to Zuosuke, but with the number of five hundred people, even he would have to spend a lot of effort to do so.

What's more, among these hundreds of people, there are still jounin.

Zuosuke even wondered if Orochimaru had mobilized all the defense forces of Otogakure Village?

However, Zuosuke didn't pay much attention to this matter.

In Otogakure Village, apart from Orochimaru, there has not been another ninja worthy of his attention.

Although the power of the curse seal is powerful, after it is developed to a certain extent, the upper limit it can reach is not high. In the final analysis, it is just a special chakra produced by mixing the inferior version of natural energy with chakra. It is not something amazing in nature, and it is easy.

Leaves a legacy in the body.

At this moment, Dongdong's knock on the door came, causing Zuosuke, who was sitting by the bed and meditating, to subconsciously raise his head. The red three-magatama Sharingan appeared in his eyes. In the dim room without lights, it was particularly eye-catching and dazzling.

, looking directly in the direction of the door.

Without waiting for Zuosuke inside to respond, the person who knocked on the door opened the door familiarly, and Jugo's tall figure appeared at the door. By the way, it blocked the light in the corridor, and only a small amount of light squeezed into the room through the gap, dissipating it.

Part of it is dark.

"Zosuke, it's time to practice in the afternoon."

"Where's that guy Orochimaru?"

There was no respect in Zuosuke's tone, and he was quite calm, as if he was asking about a trivial matter.

"He said he went out to buy some things and should be back soon."

"It seems he can't wait any longer. It just so happens that I'm a little tired of staying in this snake cave."

Picking up the Kusanagi sword next to him, Zuosuke touched the ground with the scabbard and supported his body to stand up from the bed.

Chonggo stood at the door of the room, his expression slightly hesitant, as if he had something to say.

"What's wrong?"

"Sasuke, are you going to take action against Orochimaru?"

Jugo looked at Sasuke's Sharingan and asked this question.

Zuozhu didn't respond and accepted this answer by default.

"Although I don't like Orochimaru either, he is undoubtedly a scary guy. If possible, I still hope you can stay away from him."

This was said out of concern for Zuosuke's safety.

Compared to Orochimaru, Zuosuke is now more worthy of his following.

Moreover, the relationship between him and Orochimaru was not originally a boss-subordinate relationship, but came from a transaction.

But precisely because of this, he felt that Orochimaru was scary and needed to remind Zuosuke not to act recklessly.

"Thank you very much for worrying about my safety, but I will take care of my own affairs. If anyone else comes to disturb me, please help me stop them."

Sasuke passed by Jugo and walked out of the room, leaving behind these extremely dull words.

"I see."

After a moment of silence, Jugo nodded, followed in Zuosuke's footsteps, and started today's training.

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At eight o'clock in the evening, when night fell, Konoha Village was enveloped in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.

The commercial street not far from the Hokage Building also conveys the excitement of the night market to the Hokage Building, allowing the hard-working employees inside to feel the relaxation they have not seen for a long time.

However, Tsunade couldn't feel this kind of relaxation at all.

At this moment, there was probably only the word 'work' left in her mind.

Among them, the most tasks to be handled are the tasks entrusted by clients from all over the world. Such matters occupy most of Naruto's time in a day.

It can be said that if there is no so-called task delegation, Naruto's work will undoubtedly be much easier, and he will not have to be busy very late every night before he can go home from get off work.

"It's so late, are you still working? Hokage's job is indeed very troublesome."

A silly voice sounded from the window on one side, and Tsunade knew who was coming without looking at her.

Jiraiya carried the ramen he just bought and placed it on Tsunade's table.

"You went out to gather information for a long time."

Tsunade didn't pay attention to the hot ramen on the table. Although she was very hungry, she was more concerned about the information Jiraiya was about to explain than the dinner issue.

However, before Jiraiya revealed the information, she still made some sarcasm as usual.

After all, Jiraiya went out to collect intelligence in March, and did not return until nearly three months had passed. Thinking about it with his toes, he knew that Jiraiya must be collecting intelligence while being at ease outside, going to various romantic places and

The escort girls there are talking freely about life.

As a friend, she knew Jiraiya's lustful temper all too well.

"If you continue like this, you will die on a woman's belly sooner or later."

"Hey, hey, Tsunade, are you slandering me? I'm still a virgin!"

Jiraiya quickly waved his hand to explain, saying that he was still keeping his body as pure as jade, not even a leaf touched him among the dense flowers.

"This shouldn't be a heroic deed worthy of praise."

Tsunade's subtle eyes looked at it.

"That's not true." Jiraiya blushed, stared at Tsunade's fair skin that was still like that of a young woman, sighed, then put away his disappointed mood, and said solemnly: "Compared to this,

Let’s get down to business. It’s true that Orochimaru is about to be reincarnated. As for the stronghold that Scorpio mentioned before he died, I also secretly patrolled outside and found that there was a very strong defense there.

But since there hasn’t been any action here yet, I didn’t alert the enemy, and I also confirmed that Uchiha Sasuke is staying in that stronghold.”

Although with his strength, it is not difficult to break through the stronghold where hundreds of ninjas are stationed, but that will definitely alert Orochimaru and move the reincarnation ceremony to other strongholds. At that time, Konoha will be very

It is difficult to confirm Orochimaru's whereabouts, let alone arrest him.

A ninja like Orochimaru would not make the same mistake.

If you want to arrest the other party, you must succeed in the first attempt.

"What about Orochimaru?"

Tsunade is concerned about this issue.

Uchiha Sasuke was found, so all that was left was to confirm Orochimaru's whereabouts.

She is more concerned about the whereabouts of Orochimaru than Uchiha Sasuke.

"Judging from the conversations I overheard in that stronghold, Orochimaru is currently not at that stronghold. He seems to have gone out to do business. But if Orochimaru really plans to perform the reincarnation ceremony on Uchiha Sasuke at that stronghold,

I should return to that stronghold in the near future and launch corresponding actions."

Jiraiya's words were stern and serious.

"In that case, please continue to keep an eye on that stronghold. In the name of holding the joint chuunin exam this year, I will send invitations to the other villages and ask Sunagakure and Kumogakure to send people over."

Although you can directly ask Sunagakure and Kumogakure to secretly send people over, but if they are discovered, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of outsiders.

In addition, there might be Orochimaru's spies in the village. At this juncture, such uncontrollable accidents must not occur.

In the name of the joint Chunin Examination, invitations have been sent to the other villages. At that time, the ninjas supported by Sunagakure and Kumogakure can be allowed to settle in Konoha openly and without raising suspicion.

"Okay, I will release the shadow clone later and send the information to the main body."

Jiraiya's words also prove that what is here is just a shadow clone of him.

"Speaking of which, how is Naruto doing?"

Having said this, Jiraiya scratched his head in embarrassment.

Three months ago, he clearly promised to go out for a few days and then come back to train Naruto personally, but now three months have passed before he returned to Konoha.

It doesn't take much to imagine how Naruto would arrange himself in the corner.

"Don't worry, that kid only came here to make trouble a few times. I used the excuse that you were looking for Uchiha Sasuke to stabilize him."

Tsunade felt that compared to what was going to happen next, Naruto was just a trouble and not worth mentioning.

"So how's Kai's training going with him?"

Jiraiya continued to ask.
To be continued...