"I understand, Konan."
Red Sand Sasori was relatively obedient.
As a veteran member of the Akatsuki Organization, Red Sand Sasori had witnessed Konan's strength and was familiar with the organization's procedures, packing up his tools without a word.
"I'll be there soon."
Orochimaru glanced at Konan, eyes narrowing slightly.
This child was someone he had met before, one of those taken in as a disciple by Jiraiya and cared for, and later rumored to have died along with two others in the Ninja World War...
When Konan saw Orochimaru leaving, she suddenly asked, "Orochimaru, I heard your laboratory was recently destroyed quite a bit?"
"Is that something to be concerned about?"
Orochimaru's lips curved into a sinister smile as he looked at Red Sand Sasori beside him; it was obvious without guessing that Sasori was behind it.
Ever since he joined the Akatsuki Organization, Red Sand Sasori had been the one monitoring him; whenever he went out on missions, Orochimaru would visit some experimental bases he planned to abandon and collect some experimental materials in advance.
The result...
He came up empty twice.
Both experimental bases were destroyed by Fire Release.
Based on the Chakra left at the scene, it was certainly his old friend Jiraiya, who had never given up on tracking him down.
"Don't let anyone trace your whereabouts."
Konan looked at Orochimaru, a hint of displeasure in her eyes: "To avoid causing trouble for the Akatsuki Organization, if I find out anyone is tracing Akatsuki's whereabouts because of you, I'll kill you."
"Hehehe..."
Orochimaru's lips curled, chuckling as he continued, "Doesn't the leader of the Akatsuki Organization intend to help me get rid of this trouble? Can't help me eliminate the one continuously destroying my labs and tracking me down?"
As he said this, Orochimaru added, "If he finds out about the Akatsuki Organization, I guess that guy will surely bring a lot of trouble to Akatsuki..."
"Who is it?"
Konan furrowed her brow.
"Jiraiya."
Orochimaru uttered a familiar name.
"..."
Konan immediately fell silent.
The woman with light blue hair looked deeply at Orochimaru and said, "I'll mention this to Pain. If he's willing to help you handle this trouble..."
"That would be great."
Orochimaru nodded with a smile.
However, when Orochimaru turned around, his face turned somber.
Were these people really the children Jiraiya had taken in back then? They seemed to show no emotion towards Jiraiya. Was he mistaken? How could Jiraiya's disciples be so indifferent?
Orochimaru remembered the news he had painstakingly obtained.
Jiraiya had taken a new disciple, a student named Akihara Kagura.
For now, Jiraiya and that disciple were traveling the Ninja World, training.
"I must find a way to meet Kagura..."
Orochimaru felt troubled as Jiraiya continuously destroyed his labs.
Akihara Kagura was with Jiraiya; although he could influence Jiraiya through that little one, it was inconvenient due to the rules of mutual monitoring among Akatsuki members.
In a forest near a small town.
Akihara Kagura was still diligently training with the Rasengan.
A thread of Wind Release Chakra was injected into the Rasengan, twisting it instantly, forming a ring around it like a blade of wind!
Bang!
The Wind Release: Rasengan exploded instantly!
The Wind Release Chakra immediately sliced Akihara Kagura's palm!
Akihara Kagura lowered his head, feeling the cells in his body rapidly dissolve and divide, quickly healing the injury on his palm.
"Developing a Jutsu is no easy task..."
White Zetsu Awei's body slowly emerged from the ground.
This was White Zetsu's unique ability, the Mayfly Jutsu, allowing it to burrow into the earth or water and move quickly through the underground water networks like a mayfly.
"Indeed, it's not easy."
Akihara Kagura nodded, fully agreeing with White Zetsu Awei's comment.
"Let's continue developing it tomorrow. Today, we have more pressing matters!"
White Zetsu Awei spread his palms, speaking with a chuckle, "I stole a corpse from the Kaguya Clan. We now have a sample for our bloodline experiments..."
"Alright."
Akihara Kagura grabbed his clothes and draped them over himself, inquiring as he did so, "Have you found the nearest experimental base of Lord Orochimaru?"
"We've located one."
White Zetsu Awei nodded.
"Very well."
Akihara Kagura glanced at the clever White Zetsu, "Let's transform your body first, so you can do more in the future."
Orochimaru has many experimental bases in the Ninja World.
This small town is in the Land of River, undoubtedly the best place for Orochimaru to hide an experimental base, as no ninja from a major nation would come to investigate. Orochimaru must have set up a lair here.
When Akihara Kagura arrived, he discovered that the experimental base had state-of-the-art facilities, with even a few ninjas managing it.
"Let's go."
Akihara Kagura commanded.
White Zetsu Awei emerged from the ground, slowly transforming into Orochimaru's appearance, even mimicking his Chakra to be indistinguishable, thanks to its unique Transformation Jutsu.
White Zetsu's Transformation Jutsu is the best in the entire Ninja World, able to mimic even Chakra, impossible to tell apart unless in Sage Mode.