Although the size of the Anbu seems to have expanded several times now, the scope of responsibility has also become much larger. Especially as the military strength of various countries has not decreased all year round, but is on the rise. As the most elite force in a village, it is necessary
The ANBU is responsible for providing the village with information on the specific movements of ninja villages in various countries, and the high-level spies lurking in the major ninja villages.
Therefore, despite the fact that the number of Anbu has expanded to hundreds of people now.
But in fact, there are only so many people who can be mobilized at any time, and quite a few members have fixed tasks that need to be performed.
This time, the Third Hokage was able to mobilize two teams with a total of 50 Anbu to carry out the search mission, which was already a large number.
After a week's full search by these Anbu, although they still failed to catch the real traces of the person behind the scenes, from the information that can be collected, it is certain that the real murderer has not left Konoha.
In other words, this guy is now 'tied' to the Konoha Ninja Village.
And there is a high probability that there are other people cooperating in the cover.
Although there is no definite evidence to prove this, judging from various indications, it is difficult for one person to do this alone. At least the Third Hokage cannot do it with all his strength in the five great ninja villages without the help of others.
In the case of a search, it can also provide such perfect cover.
And the more so.
The Third Hokage became even more afraid of it.
Because this means that the person behind the scenes is either covered by a senior cadre in his own Ninja Village, or he is simply pretending to be a senior cadre in the Ninja Village.
For this reason, the heads of some important departments in the village, as long as those who have left the village in the past year, have all been put on Sarutobi Hiruzen's temporary blacklist, and they have directly ordered their ANBU to focus on investigating these few people.
A person’s whereabouts in the past year.
The final news we got was – nothing was out of the ordinary!
Not only that.
in the past week.
The person behind the scenes seemed to have seen through the helplessness of Konoha ANBU, and arrested two people who patrolled at night. This blatant provocation really made all the ANBU members involved in this incident
Everyone felt indignant, but Shoji was the only one who remained unmoved. In his opinion, the more arrogant and arrogant he was, the more it proved that Orochimaru-senpai, one of the three ninjas, was planning to run away.
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After all, ordinary people know the truth - the more you do something, the more traces it may expose.
Moreover, this is completely different from the previous crimes.
This is completely said to be a crime committed against the wind!
With all the ANBU teams on alert, Orochimaru's attack would still allow the ANBU to catch some clues.
Unless Orochimaru stops immediately.
Otherwise, the ANBU will find Orochimaru sooner or later. This can already be explained in the original work. What we have to see now is whether Orochimaru will be the first to complete his final experimental plan in Konoha and leave early, or whether the ANBU will be led by the Third Hokage.
Blocking the door forcefully is the latter in the original work. It must be said that this is the only thing Orochimaru made wrong.
He thought he had enough time, and even said that he was confident that he could escape smoothly even if he was blocked. However, he really underestimated his teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen. Although he was close to sixty years old, he could show his ability
The strength that emerged can still steadily suppress Orochimaru in this period, coupled with the siege of ANBU.
In the original book, the Third Hokage had a high probability of strangling Orochimaru, an S-level rebellious ninja, in the cradle. However, in the end, the Third Hokage relented. After facing his most valued disciple,
International.
He chose to let him go with his own hands.
This is Orochimaru's luck and Konoha's greatest misfortune.
It was one of the biggest crimes the Sandaime committed when he grew old.
After all, in terms of his own philosophy, whoever threatens the collective interests and justice of Konoha, as the Hokage, he should destroy the other party at all costs, but he still let Orochimaru go, which cannot be washed away at all.
dropped error.
Jiang Si has no way of knowing what the situation is like in this life.
But in his thoughts over the past few days, the only thing he could conclude was that from the standpoint of the Uchiha clan, it was best for him to ensure that Orochimaru left Konoha safely. After all, his arrival had already begun to change.
In the plot of the original work, no one can guarantee whether Orochimaru will be able to retreat as smoothly as in the original work.
the most important point is.
Even if the probability of success is not very high.
But Shoji still plans to try to make a deal with Orochimaru.
The target is the first Hokage's wood escape cells.
As for the items being traded, Shoji has also prepared them in advance. It depends on whether Orochimaru will take the bait. Even regarding his own identity, Shoji is also prepared. He will definitely not foolishly use his identity to contact Orochimaru.
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No matter what, this person is a heavyweight and dangerous person.
So, it’s time to make some necessary preparations.
In the 49th year of Konoha, one night near the end of December.
Early in the morning.
Shoji escaped from his home base, dodged numerous patrols, and hid in the night, walking along the shadowed paths of Konoha, heading straight to the northeast until he came to a flat-bottomed house.
This is the residence of Orochimaru, one of the well-known Sannin in Konoha Ninja Village.
The original work did not explain where Orochimaru's secret base was in Konoha. During this period of investigation, not to mention that Shoji was in the Anbu, no very effective information was collected. Even if there was, it would definitely not be the turn of the current Shoji.
One person arrived early.
This is the only visible residence.
It is information that the general can obtain in the shortest possible time.
The reason why I chose today is because Orochimaru rarely appeared in the Hokage's office building today. Although it is not 100% accurate, Shoji guessed the probability of this 'research madman' returning to his normal residence to rest.
It should be very high.
The worst thing is to do it again.
The worst outcome is simply not being able to reach the top. In the final analysis, this is just an additional auxiliary plan that General Si thought of. It will have no impact if it fails.
At this moment, Shoji was dressed like the big boss character in the original work. He was dressed in black. The fire cloud pattern engraved on it was so conspicuous. He also wore a spiral mask on his face, with only one pupil exposed.
The shape of a four-cornered windmill slowly rotates in the single pupil.
That’s right!
Tonight Shoji intends to pretend to be Uchiha Obito to test Orochimaru. It doesn't matter whether the final result is successful. The most important thing is not to let his true identity be exposed.