socalfunplaces Chapter 269 Orochimaru's Defection
Chapter 269 Orochimaru's Defection
Happy times always pass too quickly. After his picnic with his friends, Kyosuke received a mission the very next day.
Inside the Hokage's office, Minato Namikaze sat behind his desk, while the Third Hokage sat in a chair in the other corner of the room.
"Kyosuke, this is our target, Jonin Okaru."
Kyosuke took the personnel file from Minato Namikaze and quickly browsed through it.
Okaru, a 31-year-old Jonin of Konoha, is skilled in taijutsu and earth-style techniques and has carried out thirteen S-rank missions.
Based on the information, he is an elite member of Konoha.
After noting down all the information, Kyosuke placed the file back on the table, stood quietly, and awaited orders.
At this moment, the Third Hokage exhaled a smoke ring, put down his pipe, and began to explain information that was inconvenient to write in the archives.
This information is the real secret.
"Okaru is Orochimaru's confidant and controls some secret strongholds. Your mission is to find and destroy these strongholds within two days, and the sooner the better."
At this point, the Third Hokage paused slightly, then emphasized, "At all costs."
Kyosuke nodded: "Understood."
The meaning of the third generation is very simple: as long as the mission can be completed, it doesn't matter whether Okaru lives or dies.
To kill fellow Konoha ninja in the struggle for power, one can only entrust the task to a trusted confidant; otherwise, it will cause many hidden dangers and create confusion within Konoha.
Kyosuke is both a disciple of the current Hokage and strong enough to be suitable for this kind of dirty work.
After Kyosuke left, Minato Namikaze saw the Third Hokage getting up to leave and said in a gentle voice, "Why don't you leave this matter to me?"
The Third Hokage paused, then laughed heartily, "Haha, don't underestimate these old bones of mine. Dealing with Orochimaru is still a piece of cake."
After Minato Namikaze became Hokage, Danzo, the Uchiha clan, Orochimaru, and others began to stir. Other ninja villages also began to send people to test Konoha's strength. The Hokage's direct subordinates were mobilized one after another. Under the leadership of the Third Hokage, the two advisors, and Jiraiya, they eliminated various hidden dangers and maintained the stability of Konoha.
Now, after much planning, the Third Hokage and others have officially begun to purge Orochimaru's forces.
There was no other way. As a disciple of the Third Hokage, Orochimaru naturally had the right to claim the title of Hokage. In addition, he was powerful and had made outstanding contributions. If he had any improper thoughts, he had to be eliminated.
Otherwise, those with ulterior motives will see Orochimaru as a valuable investment target, automatically gathering around him for profit, causing division and internal strife within the Hokage lineage.
The Third Hokage sometimes fantasized that if Orochimaru weren't so outstanding and were more ordinary, unable to pose a threat to the Fourth Hokage, perhaps everyone could live happily together.
The Third Hokage knew that Minato Namikaze was worried about putting him in a difficult position, but eliminating Orochimaru was his responsibility and duty as Hokage, and the Third Hokage would not shirk it.
Back at his lodgings, Kyosuke changed his clothes, removed all markings, put on a mask, and went to a residential area in Konoha.
"Mom, come look at my drawing..."
An eight- or nine-year-old girl burst into the room, holding a piece of paper high in her hand. On the paper, a family of three was sketched in scribbled strokes.
As soon as she entered the room, the little girl was struck in the neck, lost consciousness, and fell to the ground.
A few steps ahead of the little girl was her mother, who was also unconscious.
They were Okaru's wife and daughter.
Kyosuke created two shadow clones and, with the mother and daughter in tow, carefully led them away from Konoha's ninja patrols.
Early the next morning, Okaru led three of his men on a run through the forest.
"Keep up the good work, everyone. We'll be home tonight."
Gangliu smiled as he encouraged his subordinates, but a thick cloud hung over his heart.
In the past two years, many ninjas who were close to Orochimaru have been sent to other places to guard. Because of the cover of the war, Okaru didn't think much of it at first.
However, at the crucial moment when Minato Namikaze was elected the Fourth Hokage, these ninjas who openly or secretly sided with Orochimaru were suddenly dispatched in large numbers, which was an open act of targeting.
At this time, Orochimaru was still stationed on the border and unable to exert influence in Konoha, a situation that was very unsettling.
After walking a while longer, they encountered a group of four Konoha ninjas, all of whom wore the Uchiha clan insignia on their clothes.
Police force? What's their business?
Seeing that the other party had stopped in front of them, clearly indicating that something was amiss, Gangliu and the others also stopped and asked, "What's the matter?"
Okaru wasn't familiar with the Uchiha people, so his tone was somewhat indifferent.
An Uchiha ninja took out a scroll, unfolded it to reveal a portrait inside, and showed it to Okaru and the others.
“We are chasing this man. He fled in this direction. Have you seen him?”
The person who spoke was rather impolite, displaying the arrogance of a powerful clan. Gang Liu merely frowned, but still replied, "We haven't met before."
After thinking it over, since everyone was a Konoha ninja, Okaru specifically reminded them: "We came from the northwest and found nothing. You can check other directions."
Ignoring Okaru's warning, the Uchiha squad put away the scroll and continued their pursuit, running past Okaru's squad on the right.
Okaru's men were somewhat indignant, but Okaru said nothing and led them onward.
He had only run five steps when he heard the sound of a sharp weapon cutting through the air behind him. His face changed drastically, and he leaped into the woods beside the road, hiding behind a large tree.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, he turned around and glanced at his men, only to see them all lying on the ground, their bodies riddled with senbon needles.
It was those Uchiha ninjas who made the move.
"Damn it, I was careless!"
He never expected that there would be enemies so close to Konoha.
As for whether these Uchiha ninjas were real or fake, Okaru didn't have time to think about it.
Thick, high walls appeared around him, closing in mid-air and instantly forming a huge cage that trapped him in darkness.
Inside the wall, sealing talismans were activated, releasing streams of poisonous gas. Gangliu accidentally inhaled a little and felt dizzy.
The enemy wants to capture me alive!
In an instant, Gangliu judged the enemy's purpose, gritted his teeth, pressed his hands to the ground, and a rock more than ten meters long and wide shot out of the ground and crashed directly into the stone wall above his head.
With a deafening roar, rocks splattered at the point of impact, and cracks appeared in the stone wall.
"Ah!! Break it!"
Gangliu frantically unleashed his chakra, causing the stone pillar to rise continuously, breaking through layer after layer of stone walls. However, the stone walls seemed endless, and he could never penetrate them.
Outside, four Uchiha ninjas knelt on the ground, their hands pressed against the earth, constantly manipulating the surrounding rocks to reinforce the cage.
For every meter that Gangliu broke through, they thickened it by another meter, and the rock cage visibly grew larger and larger.
At this moment, several more Uchiha ninjas appeared, dragging Okaru's family and subordinates, and stood on one side of the cage.
"We can't escape this time; we can't fall into enemy hands!"
Unable to break free of the cage and surrounded by poisonous gas, Gang Liujian smiled bitterly, pulled out an explosive tag with his right hand, and prepared to commit suicide, leaving not even his body for the enemy.
Suddenly, the rocky village in front of him collapsed, revealing a narrow gap that allowed him to see the scene outside, including his subordinates, wife, and daughters who had been taken hostage.
The kubi slashed through his daughter's arm, cutting deep into the flesh, and blood gushed out from the gap in the blood vessel.
"No! Stop it!"
Gangliu was filled with shock and anger. His eyes bulged, and his mind was in extreme shock, causing him to snap out of his high-level battle state.
Whoosh whoosh!
In the darkness behind Okaru, the attack that had been waiting for so long arrived. Countless thousand sticks were shot into his body, and the poison on them quickly entered his body.
At the same time, two ninjas jumped out from the ground on either side of him. One of them used a sword to cut off Okaru's arms, and the other dislocated Okaru's jaw.
Kyosuke only came out after Okaru collapsed to the ground unconscious, confirming that it was impossible for him to have committed suicide, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
This mission was in Kyosuke's best interest, both for public and private reasons, so he used up a lot of brainpower to set up the scheme step by step.
This place is not far from Konoha and is considered relatively safe. Kyosuke then had his shadow clones disguise themselves as Uchiha police officers. This would not only further enhance the sense of security for Okaru and the others, but also distract them with the Uchiha's typically aggressive attitude, increasing the element of surprise in the attack and ensuring the capture of Okaru's subordinates alive.
Finally, use Okaru's family and subordinates to break Okaru's spirit and cover the final attack.
Kyosuke had considered ambush Okaru himself, but since Okaru was a Jonin, Kyosuke risked failure if he failed and Okaru was determined to take them both down or commit suicide.
After quickly leaving the area, Kyosuke interrogated Okaru. After using some cruel and despicable methods to coerce him, Okaru finally relented and revealed Orochimaru's secret hideout.
The following night, Kyosuke secretly returned to Konoha after completing his mission. After taking a nap, he received some news.
Orochimaru has defected.
Unlike in the anime, Orochimaru was not in Konoha at this time, but on the northern border. The Third Hokage did not fight Orochimaru at his stronghold, but instead led the Anbu to Orochimaru's base in secret, publicly announced Orochimaru's crimes, and then led his men to surround and attack Orochimaru.
In the end, Orochimaru still managed to escape.
Kyosuke didn't know the specifics of the battle, but he couldn't help but admire Orochimaru's ability to survive.
In the following period, Kyosuke became busy with wiretapping, investigation, and assassination missions. His targets were mostly Konoha ninjas who threatened the stability of Konoha but were not convenient to deal with openly.
Orochimaru's defection was like a bombshell, shocking the entire ninja world.
On a cliff in the Land of Birds, Kakuzu used Fire Release to burn a ninja to death and began to complain in dissatisfaction.
"Another piece of trash, completely unworthy of being my companion. The time I wasted these past few days could have been used to complete several missions."
Mi Shou stood to the side, arms crossed, and said nonchalantly, "Boss, the three of us can go assassinate the Mizukage, so what exactly are you planning to do?"
Tetsuka ignored Kyosuke and said, "According to intelligence, Sasori of the Red Sand should be active in the vicinity; he's the next target."
When their leader spoke, Kakuzu and Yagami exchanged a glance and had no choice but to obey, since they were no match for Tetsuka.
After another half month, they finally found the Red Sand Scorpion.
Ironfire defeated Scorpion, and Scorpion joined the team.
Once he felt the team's strength was about right, Tiehu revealed his goal: to seize the Rinnegan.