Travel through Konoha and open treasure chests

What happened in Iwagakure Village had a great impact on the Akatsuki organization.

In order to avoid attracting the attention of the five major countries, the number of Akatsuki organization's outings decreased significantly during this period.

On Bai Mingyu's side, due to Orochimaru's death, Deidara joined Akatsuki to fill the vacant position, and re-formed a two-person team with Scorpion. However, this guy was obviously still unconvinced by the result of his defeat, especially against Xie, who attacked him from behind and took him away. Therefore, Deidara did not know how many times he challenged Bai Mingyu and Xie during this week.

In line with his obligation to train newcomers, Xia dutifully accepted Deidara's challenge.

So during this period, you can often see scenes of the two fighting in the mountains and forests using the third-generation Kazekage puppet and explosive clay.

Although Deidara's strength is pretty good, he was able to reach close to shadow-level combat effectiveness at the age of only 13, and his talent is obviously extraordinary, but compared to the red sand scorpion who has experienced hundreds of battles, he is still a bit young. , he has yet to win a challenge initiated by him, but this situation has further stimulated Deidara's competitive mentality.

Bai Mingyu was happy and relaxed.

At least with Scorpion standing in front of him, he wouldn't have to have Deidara forcefully instill his views on explosive art every day.

After watching silently for a while, Ye Cang withdrew his gaze and glanced at Bai Mingyu:

"By the way, have you noticed in the past few days since you came back? Orochimaru's forces have withdrawn from the Akatsuki organization. I heard that the leader who started the operation two days before we came back from Iwagakure Village was named Guren. She took some of the ninjas and researchers belonging to Orochimaru out of the stronghold and did not know where they went. The organization sent people to search the stronghold established by Orochimaru near Kusakure Village, but found nothing."

"Yeah"

Bai Mingyu raised his eyebrows, but there was not much surprise on his face: "That guy should have arranged a way out for himself before taking action. If the action fails, at least he can retain some strength."

This result did not surprise him.

Orochimaru's motivation for joining the Akatsuki organization was not simple. Betrayal was a natural thing. In the original book, he defected from the Akatsuki organization after failing to attack Itachi, and was included on the hunting list by Payne. When Deidara first joined the gang, he teamed up with Scorpion to hunt down Orochimaru, but failed to catch the slippery snake.

But the situation now is a little different.

Theoretically, Orochimaru should be dead.

However, as his subordinate Guren, he was able to react so quickly and withdraw the forces that originally belonged to Orochimaru from the Akatsuki organization, even decisively abandoning the secret stronghold near the Tenchi Bridge. This was too simple. The neat approach made Bai Mingyu unable to help but think too much.

Could it be

Orochimaru is still alive

If Orochimaru were still alive, it would not be surprising to see him display such amazing mobility.

Otherwise, it means that he had already made plans to seize Bai Mingyu's body before this mission to the Kingdom of Birds, and informed Honglian of the subsequent operational arrangements in advance. If that's the case, perhaps this guy has anticipated the outcome he may encounter in advance and has prepared some backup plans for this. Even Bai Mingyu doesn't know exactly how many trump cards he has that he can play.

But anyway

"Whether that guy is dead or alive, Guren and the others are in Tian Country right now."

Compared with the secret stronghold established near Kusakure Village, the Sound Ninja Village in Tianno Country is the base of Orochimaru's entrenched power, and his subordinates such as the four Sound Ninjas should be there.

But the specific location of the Sound Ninja Village is unknown.

You must know that although the land area of ​​Tian Country is not as large as that of the five major countries, it is still quite vast, and Orochimaru's actions to establish the Sound Ninja Village have always been carried out in secret, even if the Sound Ninja team was later sent to participate in the event held by Konoha Village. During the Chunin Examination, the Third Hokage and others failed to see through the true nature of the Sound Ninja Village, which shows how deeply hidden the Sound Ninja Village is.

Bai Mingyu didn't need to care about this originally. It stands to reason that even if Orochimaru was resurrected through the curse seal of the sky, after a failure experience, he would not easily make decisions about Bai Mingyu's body again. But considering the temperament of this guy's scientific geek, there's no guarantee that he won't do some tricks behind the scenes.

"In a few days, let's find a way to send this information to Jiraiya."

Jiraiya was most concerned about Orochimaru's whereabouts.

As long as he gets relevant clues, Jiraiya will definitely take the initiative to investigate the information about Oto Ninja Village and Orochimaru. If Orochimaru is really still alive, he will definitely cause a lot of trouble to Jiraiya, and he will be punished for it. A certain degree of containment. On the contrary, having Jiraiya active in Tian Country can also disrupt Orochimaru's previous arrangements, lest this guy doesn't give up and comes here to cause trouble again.

make up one's mind.

Bai Mingyu tapped his shoulder, stretched his muscles, said hello to Ye Cang, then turned and walked back.

Return to your residence within the stronghold.

When I pushed the door open and entered, I vaguely smelled a strong fragrance coming from the room inside.

Quan, wearing a plaid apron, poked his head out of the kitchen with a bright smile on his face: "Baiyu-kun, you are back, wait a moment, the soup will be ready soon, the water is a bit dry. Just add a little more.”

Bai Mingyu smiled, closed the door and walked to the sofa in the living room to sit down.

I rubbed the furry head of Eevee who was curled up on the sofa. The latter's ears moved, and a small string of electric lights emitted from his body. Then his limbs curled up into a ball in the middle, and he fell asleep with his head buried in his body.

Compared with when he first came here, Bai Mingyu and Quan have gradually become accustomed to the living environment here in the stronghold.

Life is becoming more and more homely.

Compared to Bai Mingyu, who often goes out to carry out tasks arranged by the Akatsuki organization, Izumi spends most of his time at his residence. In addition to daily training of his Sharingan ability and Magnetic Release blood succession limit ability, the remaining part of his time is spent Used it to study cooking skills. The food tastes quite good, at least it is not as unpalatable as some dark dishes.

in addition,

Ibrahimovic's ability to control thunder and lightning has also become more proficient than before under the training of Bai Mingyu and Quan.

Ever since he evolved into a thunder elf using the stone tablet of Ji Lei Mountain, Ibrahimovic's strength has improved rapidly. If it is described in terms of panel attributes, it is probably because this guy's growth value has become higher after evolving, even if he does not spend a lot of time deliberately. With training, you can naturally master various skills related to the power of thunder and lightning.

Regardless of physical attributes, the power of lightning that Ibrahimovic can now erupt is almost equivalent to the average level of a jounin who is good at lightning escape.