The One Spying in the Dark

Chapter 51 The One Spying in the Dark

If Kakashi Hatake were alone here, he would definitely try to get involved in Orochimaru's affairs, regardless of any treasures or anything like that.

However, he still has Hua Ling by his side, who saved him.

After Uehara Naraku told them to leave, he then put on an act of desperately concealing the village's treasures, determined not to let the Konoha ninjas covet them.

Kakashi Hatake frowned, picked up Hana Rin from the ground, and left the place step by step, seemingly showing no interest whatsoever in the treasure that Naraku Uehara had mentioned.

Undoubtedly, once Kakashian has settled Karin, he will not easily give up investigating Uehara and Orochimaru's intelligence.

Uehara Naraku also thought of this, and when he saw Kakashi Hatake's figure disappear, he immediately wanted to get rid of Orochimaru.

"What happened?"

Uehara Naraku flew to a stop beside Hozuki Mangetsu, who was closest to him, and asked in a deep voice, "Even the combined strength of the three of you is insufficient to defeat Orochimaru?"

"..."

Hozuki Mangetsu couldn't help but glance at Uehara Naraku. Was this new boss being too picky? How much did he look down on the Sannin of Konoha!

Orochimaru is not so easy to defeat!

Towards the end of the Third Shinobi World War, Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze led the Konoha ninja to herd the Kirigakure ninja back to the Land of Water like ducks...

Why can't this boss just ask Kisame Hoshigaki next to him?

That guy was a survivor back then.

Even if the three members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were at the peak of their strength, it would be impossible for them to defeat Orochimaru in such a short time.

To be realistic, it's not really certain we can win...

Hozuki Mangetsu sighed. Uehara Naraku was naive and ignorant of the ways of the world, but he could only explain, "My lord, the power of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha exceeded our expectations. Orochimaru's ninjutsu is rather strange, and the three of us have never tried to fight together..."

The first generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist all fought as a group, but they were later wiped out. The second generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, such as Hozuki Mangetsu, basically fought alone and never cooperated to fight the enemy.

To be honest, the combat power not only failed to achieve the effect of 1+1+1=3, but it might even be less satisfying than fighting alone!

Especially Hozuki Mangetsu, who seemed to be slacking off, while Momochi Zabuza was putting in a lot of effort, but his strength was just so-so...

Uehara Naraku stared at Hozuki Mangetsu with a bewildered expression: "He's Orochimaru, you know? How come you couldn't even handle him?"

Orochimaru consistently demonstrated strength in the internal conflicts among the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, but in external battles, he always ended up as a backdrop to highlight the power of others…

Hozuki Mangetsu's expression was even more perplexed than his, even somewhat incredulous: "Does Your Excellency believe that we should be able to easily defeat Orochimaru?"

Hozuki Mangetsu did witness firsthand the power of Uehara Naraku, who killed the Fourth Mizukage Yagura with a snap of his fingers. However, Orochimaru is not as easy to deal with as Yagura!

To be honest, Hozuki Mangetsu doesn't believe Yagura can defeat Orochimaru...

Moreover, compared to the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, Orochimaru was someone they had truly long admired and respected.

"Uehara-sama..."

Seeing them discussing, Kisame Hoshigaki roughly guessed what was going on. He took the opportunity to slip away and whispered to Uehara, "There are other enemies hiding nearby...it might be him."

Using his sensory ninjutsu, Kisame Hoshigaki sensed the presence of other enemies near the battlefield, most likely Obito Uchiha…

Uehara Naraku's face immediately darkened.

No wonder Kisame Hoshigaki has been slacking off!

However, just a few seconds after Kisame Hoshigaki withdrew from the battlefield, Orochimaru seized the opportunity to release a swarm of snakes with the Kusanagi sword in their mouths!

"The Formation of Ten Thousand Serpents!"

While still fighting, Zabuza Momochi was pierced through the shoulder by a Kusanagi sword... What a hopeless piece of trash!

Seeing that things were not going well, Kisame Hoshigaki hurriedly rushed forward again to block the formation of ten thousand snakes, but because of the outsiders' observation, he still obediently paddled the Meisui.

The person spying on us is very likely Obito Uchiha.

Moreover, Kisame Hoshigaki knew that the most important thing was to plant a spy next to Obito Uchiha.

Upon hearing Kisame's words, Uehara Naraku subconsciously frowned and scanned his surroundings. He was not confident that he could defeat Obito.

Of course, Uehara himself could easily escape. As long as he activated the Holy Judgment Time and used the Mayfly Technique, he could hide underground and escape Obito's pursuit.

However, how could Uehara easily abandon the Seven Ninja Swordsmen he had painstakingly recruited in the Land of Water, and the Kaguya Kimimaro and Haku he had also acquired?

Uehara Naraku's eyes darted to Orochimaru in the center of the battlefield, a smile spreading across his face: "Tch, Orochimaru, you're lucky this time..."

The center of the battlefield.

Orochimaru was bored as he dealt with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. His ninjutsu and genjutsu might not be very effective against Itachi Uchiha, but he felt that he could easily handle three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Just as Orochimaru was about to defeat Kisame and the others one by one, he suddenly felt uneasy. Then he heard a voice calling out, "Orochimaru-senpai, if you hand over the information about Tobi-senpai and the Ring of Sky, I don't mind letting you go..."

"Just you guys?"

Orochimaru chuckled evilly, glanced sideways at Uehara Naraku, and then at Kisame and the others who were wielding strangely shaped ninja swords. Suddenly, he spat out a Kusanagi sword that was over a hundred meters long, sweeping away everything around it!

Although Orochimaru didn't know what danger Uehara Naraku and the others would bring, the feeling of unease he had just experienced made him decide to immediately eliminate Uehara and the others and leave the Land of Water to avoid any potential harm.

Snakes are always very sensitive to danger.

"You lot, step back!"

Uehara Naraku stepped forward, grabbed the hundred-meter-long Kusanagi sword in one hand, and said coldly, "I'm here to have a good chat with Orochimaru-senpai."

"Yes, sir."

Hozuki Mangetsu and Kisame Hoshigaki exchanged a glance, while Zabuza Momochi clutched his wounds, and the three of them retreated from the battle.

"..."

Orochimaru's snake-like eyes froze for a second as he stared at Uehara Naraku approaching. Even with the sharpness of his Kusanagi sword, he couldn't do anything to the brat in front of him!

As expected, none of the ninjas who were able to join Akatsuki were ordinary ninjas!

Even though Uehara Naraku was just one of the interns.

"Orochimaru-senpai, don't be so impulsive..."

Uehara Naraku approached Orochimaru, looked up at his cold, serpentine eyes, and chuckled as he spoke, "Don't underestimate me just because I'm an Akatsuki intern... If you tell me about Obito Uchiha and hand over the Ring of Sky, I won't mind sparing your life!"

Orochimaru glanced at Uehara disdainfully and snorted, "Hmph, if you want to threaten me, you'd better call Pain!"

Every single member of the Akatsuki organization.

Aside from Pain and Itachi Uchiha, Orochimaru didn't take any of the other members seriously, because he had suffered greatly at the hands of those two.

"Then let's follow Orochimaru-senpai's advice!"

Uehara Naraku chuckled softly; Orochimaru's words were exactly what he wanted to hear.

Suddenly, a black rod appeared at Uehara's fingertips. He stabbed the rod into his arm, his face contorted in pain as he clasped his hands together in a hand seal: "Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!"

A psychic spell formed beneath his palm!

After the black chakra rod entered his body, Uehara instantly felt someone else's chakra enter his body and probe his location!

The creation of the Six Paths' chakra sensors is extremely powerful!

As the abnormal chakra within Uehara's body gradually dissipated, the smoke from the summoning jutsu rose, and a figure appeared before everyone from the summoning circle!

It is Pain!

Pain slowly raised his Rinnegan, his icy voice reaching everyone's ears: "Uehara, what trouble have you run into?"

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