Remnant bones

Facing the devastated scene in front of them, it was obvious that they were one step too late.

"Tsk tsk, Orochimaru is really a big deal~" Looking at the village that has been smoky so far, Kisame who is on the high ground has a panoramic view of the scene below: "It's just that we still lost in the end...even our cute little Things' didn't have time to take away, it's really embarrassing to lose~"

On the street that has not completely recovered its calm, as if he was responding to what he said, from time to time there were a few screams caused by the collapse of a house.

Although the attackers including Orochimaru and Sand Gakure retreated, the giant pythons that had been summoned in large numbers were left as tools for the end and were resolutely abandoned.Without the close command of the contractor, the helpless boa constrictor ran around aimlessly.Although there is no targeted attack, the destructive power to the house has doubled.

Although the living "meat shield" with thick skin and rough skin can only simply charge and strangle, its IQ is not much higher than that of non-poisonous grass snakes in the ordinary wild.However, that huge size alone is enough to cause a lot of trouble for Konoha.

Moreover, as low-level psychic summoned beasts, they are almost used as one-time consumables.In addition to the advantage of being huge, which is barely an advantage, Orochimaru will never feel the slightest pity about throwing them away.This also makes the rule that the summoner CKL will return to the original place when the summoner CKL runs out of summons before death, which does not apply to them.

The judgment of "death" is judged by the exhaustion of CKL and life breath.Snakes are creatures that can survive for a short time after their heads are cut off. It is definitely more troublesome to kill them than to trouble the summoner.What's more, it is said that they have thick skin and rough flesh. If you want to stab them to death with a knife the size of a human, you don't know the year of the monkey.

For the "victim" Konoha, who is short of personnel and has a large number of casualties, it will take two or three days to clean up the "trophies" left by these enemies.

But at this time, the Junin who was able to kill these giant snakes with one move was either injured, or was busy directing and clearing up the scene. The work of hunting and rounding up could only be entrusted to the more numerous Chunin.Its efficiency... most of it can be felt from Kisame's emotion.

"It's so slow that people can't stand it... I said Itachi-san, are the people in Konoha so weak?" Kisame who thought he could meet a few masters, and took advantage of the chaos to fight was a little disappointed.I couldn't help turning my head, looking at the silent partner beside me who was analyzing the situation with his head down: "Hey, do you want me to 'help'?" Compared with the group of Chunin, the giant "little earthworm" is more interesting. Watching.

"Don't be troublesome, Kisame." Itachi opened his eyes suddenly, and his already cold expression became even more gloomy at this moment: "Don't challenge my patience."

Sensing that the atmosphere was not right, the blue-faced man who never thought anything could happen, finally became a little more serious.Among other things, at least the current partner is obviously not to be messed with... Guixie muttered a few words softly.

Sure enough, there are lovers but no partners...

Having partnered with Itachi for a few years, he has never seen the other party get irritable for anyone other than Jun Mai, and he doesn't talk enough on weekdays.But in the end enough calm, patience is not bad.As for his croaking habit of gradually approaching Ah Fei due to lack of normal communication due to his long-term relationship with Bingshan, it is basically a state of laissez-faire.When he is in a good mood, he will reply a few words, but such an obviously irritable reply is rare.

Although he doesn't know, it seems... Itachi seems to have some way or item to determine Jun Mai's current situation, and the results obviously indicate that the situation is not good.

Indeed, since the bone bell broke three days ago, Itachi has been trying to use the bone on the chest pendant to confirm the location of the maker, but has not received any response.

In the previous relationship, Jun Mai once explained to him the special features of his own bones.The bone bell in the hands of each member of Akatsuki is not his own "bone setting", but an artificial bone that is condensed with calcium substances through a small piece of bone residue as a medium.The shape can be whatever you want, and it also has a part of its own "bone-setting" sensing ability, but its relative bearing capacity is a little bit harder than ordinary bones, which is far from the "Bai Ji" material he usually uses.

There are only three reasons for the bone bell to shatter: external force, impact, and the disappearance of CKL as the condensed core.

The first possibility was directly rejected, while the remaining two appeared at the same time.Itachi obviously felt the strange CKL burst at that moment. The bone bell was completely shattered because it couldn't bear the impact and the core disappeared immediately.The pendant on his chest only had some slight cracks, plus the variegated colors rendered by CKL.

And the vaguely existing connection between that and the main body, although unstable, even extremely weak, is not undetectable with Itachi's CKL sensitive constitution.

Jun, it's all right...

Itachi is so convinced, or, he has to use this statement to comfort himself.

However, even at such a short distance, it is obviously impossible to use such an unstable and weak CKL for positioning.The black-haired man, who tried several times but failed to get the desired result, had a cold face, and even his own emotions could not help being affected and fluctuated, resulting in the occasional Sharingan, which was enough to show his inner confusion and anxiety.

Since you can't locate it, you can only use the most direct method - to find it.

"Onisame, search for the mission target with all your strength, the starting point..." Looking up to the southwest of the village, Itachi said slowly, "Uchiha's old house!"

"Hi~" After receiving the task, Kisame stretched his neck, which was a little sore from the continuous rush, and moved his hands and feet, but his attitude was not in the slightest.Anyway, he has a good impression of Jun Mai~ Although finding someone is boring, he has been able to find ghost places like Qiongshangou for missions before, and this is not bad.

The treetops under his feet shook slightly, and in the next second, the two figures turned into afterimages and disappeared on the branches.

The chaos in Muye Village at this time has both advantages and disadvantages for them.

The advantage is that there are two more "outsiders" roaming around the village with great fanfare. Even if they are discovered, most of the other parties are too busy at this time, and no one has any spare time to report to their superiors.

The downside is that, after all, Jun Mai is named as Konoha's ninja, so no one will know the details after the accident.If it caused considerable chaos, it would be the most obvious target in a peaceful village.However, it is so chaotic everywhere now, even if there are any obvious signs, they can't be seen.

In the end, the most stupid, laborious and time-consuming method of human search is the most effective.

There was no one in the Uchiha Mansion, and Sasuke and Naruto were temporarily dispatched to track down the runaway "Issei Jinchuriki Shukaku", but they hadn't come back at all, and they were still in the outskirts of the village more than ten kilometers away.However, no one does not mean that there are no clues at all.

According to information obtained by abnormal means from a nearby family, the whereabouts of Jun Mai, the elder brother of the Kaguya brothers, is uncertain. He usually works at the Konoha Hospital, but recently he seems to have been transferred to the main examination department of the Chunin Exam part-time.And his younger brother, Junmaro, was also hospitalized a long time ago because of his serious illness... and there is only one hospital in Konoha.

"Hey, Itachi-san?" Kisame asked, letting go of Neighbor A who was so frightened by his face, "Which place should we go first? Hokage, or..."

"Konoha Hospital." Itachi said decisively.

Now that there are three clues in front of his eyes, and two of them overlap... Recalling the somewhat ambiguous plan of the other party and himself, he frowned and decided to use Junma Lu as a breakthrough point.

What's more, they came in a hurry and haven't figured out the specific loss of Konoha. If the third generation is also in Hokage Building and confronts that Kage-level old man head-on, he can't find a reason not to fight the opponent.And if it doesn't work from Jun Ma Lu, he will find another way to sneak in to obtain information.

"Understood." Kisame habitually followed the other party's instructions, but suddenly found that neighbor A on the ground had a wrong expression.

"You, you are not... the one who killed the clansman... Yu, Uchiha..." The neighbors of the Uchiha clan have no reason not to know the former young master of the Uchiha family.

The brown-haired man opened his eyes wide in horror, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the pair of bright red eyes hidden under the bamboo hat from the angle of looking up. , Isn’t he rebellious? Why are you here...you, what do you want to do? Uchiha, Itachi...ahhhhh!!!"

"Secret Technique · Memory Blocking." There is no need for Sharingan, the Uchiha clan is already a gathering place for ninjas who are good at illusion, and simple illusion can easily erase the other party's memory.

"Oh? I didn't expect him to know you~ Uh, that's right, you grew up here...the young master of the Uchiha family." Without even looking at the unconscious man, Kisame couldn't help teasing.

"Don't call me by that name." With the direction, Itachi's tone relaxed a little, but he was not interested in wasting time here with the other party: "Follow me."

"Oh~" The shark man who didn't know his way obediently followed.

The gate of Konoha Hospital was also affected, and it was in chaos.The two resolutely gave up on entering through the main entrance, and instead went directly to the archives through the corridor in the backyard, and found Jun Malu's ward, only to find that the name had already been changed.

"Huh? Made a mistake? That's right... 3·1·2, it's here." Checking the door plate, it was not written with the word "Kaguya" at all, Kisame tore down the door panel very simply , After entering, I found that there was only one white-haired old man with an oxygen mask in the room.

The other party also opened his eyes very energetically, glaring at him, the "intruder" who entered the door without knocking.

"...It seems that I really found the wrong one." Guixie exited the door, and put the removed door panel on the empty door frame.The old man's eyes stared at his hairy body.

"I said Itachi-san, here..." Just as he was about to suggest whether to go to the Hokage Building, he saw that his partner didn't care who the people in the ward were, but asked the hospital with uncertain doubts. Walk to the end of the deep corridor: "Hey, wait for me~"

Although the feeling is still very weak, but it is indeed in this direction...

As the pendant on his chest became hotter and hotter, it seemed to be accepting his guess.From the very beginning of walking, to trotting, to galloping, Itachi arrived at the destination guided by the pendant...a basement with an open door.

In the dark underground space, without any candlelight, it was difficult to see what was inside from this distance.However, at the door, Anbu and a young woman in a white coat passed out. Anbu was seriously injured, but not fatal, while the woman was slightly injured... It's just that she was dressed like a ninja. The standard uniform of the Anbu Technical Department.

Obviously, this basement is guarded by the dark department, and the people from the technical department seem to be researching something.

However, Anbu has always been in a group of two, and there is only one in front of him. There are still blood stains on the ground with traces of dragging. It is obvious that one Anbu has left to seek support.With the current chaotic situation outside, even if someone reported it, it would take the injured Anbu not to faint on the road and find the person in charge.It's just that before he completed the task, the people who did it had already evacuated...

However, this is not what itachi cares about now.

"Uh, what a bloody smell!" Kisame, who caught up with him, was choked by the strong salty smell as soon as he stopped, and covered his nose in disbelief and muttered: "Such a strong smell, even It is rare for a murderer to shed so much blood, what is in it..."

In his memory, he had only occasionally smelled such a strong smell of blood in the puppet-making room of the "Scorpion of Red Sand".And the source is the corpse that was dissected by the other party as raw material.

Itachi pursed his lips and didn't say much, but walked straight into the basement with a gloomy expression.Kisame grinned with a mouth full of fangs, and followed.

With the help of the natural light coming in from outside the door, the two could barely see the scene inside—the blood, the crimson blood that had dried up all over the place.And the obviously man-made blood grooves criss-cross regularly, forming a coquettish and complex pattern full of darkness.There is only a small part of the blank space in the center of the ground, and a slender figure who is not unfamiliar is lying on it.

"White hair, red seal, looks a few years younger than Jun Mai... He is the Kaguya Junmaro you are looking for? Why is he lying here?" And this room, no matter how you look at it, looks like Hidan The place like the blood sacrifice altar that the cultists like... Guixie, who is not very interested in such things, shivered, squatted down and carefully looked at this little ghost who was not in the intensive care unit but appeared here strangely.

I tried snorting, and it was very stable, not like a coma, but like falling asleep.His body was clean without any stains, and his clothes looked like they had been tidied up. His hands were bandaged, and he was holding two swords, one white and one black, in his arms... It was rare to see that the material was no worse than "shark skin". Knife, although the type is far worse.

Kisame was poking at Junmaro, who was in a deep sleep, but Itachi just glanced at him from beginning to end, and stopped paying attention.His eyes were fixed on an inconspicuous pure black blade stuck in the corner.

His pupils shrank slightly, he stepped forward, reached out and grabbed the handle of the knife and pulled it out.

The moment he touched the cold handle, the pendant on his chest was so hot that it could burn him.Although the colors are different, the material, the shape, the feeling... Gently caressing the familiar streamlined blade, the blood stains on it are particularly eye-catching.

"Itachi-san, what's the matter?" Guixie asked suspiciously, noticing that the breath around him was not right.Um?The knife in his hand looks familiar...

"It's Jun's 'Bai Ji'." Itachi can be sure: "He's been here before." In other words, everything in front of him is his "masterpiece"...using his own blood.

Taking a deep breath, the fishy sweetness in his mouth seemed no longer repulsive, but it completely aroused the emotions he had been suppressing forcibly.Worried, flustered, irritable, anxious, dazed... Even when he decided to cut off the cursed family inheritance with his own hands, he was not so uneasy.

That man said that he would accompany him all the way, even if that road leads to hell... Therefore, he must not die here, one step ahead of him!Never!

The squeezed killing intent scattered wantonly, as if the real CKL flow formed a small sickle wind, but in just one breath, several wind blades destroyed the spell marks on the ground beyond appearance.And the closer to the opponent, the stronger the lethality, and only the most central position forms a small strange windless vacuum zone.

"Hey, Itachi!" Realizing that the situation was not good, Kisame subconsciously picked up Junmalu who was on the ground, and retreated to a safe range: "What are you... eh!" Only halfway through, the other party replied The staring eyes made cold sweat run down his back.

Oops... This is really miserable!

Protecting the sleeping white-haired boy with one hand, Kisame touched the bloodstain on his cheek, and then put the other hand on the handle of the big knife behind his back.Although there is a clear statement in the Xiao organization that members and partners should not fight privately, but if it involves their own safety, this rule is like a fake!

To be honest, Kisame doesn't want to do anything at all...Let's not talk about the owner of the pair of Sharingan that he can't hit himself, if he accidentally hurts Junmalu, he is likely to be killed. After waking up, Itachi peeled off a layer of fish skin, and the elder brother who protected his shortcomings was not something to mess with.

Although looking at it now, Jun Mai's life is bleak... But he is not stupid enough to provoke his running partner and missing "Kong Chen" lover again.

"Itachi, calm down, 'Kong Chen' might just leave by himself first, we can look for it again! After all, his brother is still here, we can ask him when he wakes up, or, simply wait for him here It's okay..." Guixie tried his best to calm down the other party's killing intent, but unfortunately, at this moment someone came to the door desperately.

Itachi was startled suddenly, and the wind blades around him disappeared immediately.Kisame didn't think that the crisis was resolved because of this, but followed the opponent's line of sight vigilantly and looked out the door.

"Kakashi..." There was a glimmer of light in the bottom of the bright red eyes, Itachi took off the hat, and looked at the former Anbu partner many years ago.

Kakashi, who obviously came anxiously, was panting, but it was easy to see from the other party's performance that he also recognized him: "Itachi..."

Found the clue.

"Tell me." The inexplicable premonition told Itachi that the broken red thread could find a breakthrough in the opponent.Before the brain could make an analysis, his instinct had already made a choice for him, swishing a knife across the opponent's cheek, and using the most direct and effective way - violence, in order to get the answer he wanted: "Jun... Mai ,where is he?"

Those who know but don't speak, kill!