Naruto: Konoha’s Kanpu - Chapter 796: Cloning?

At the border between the Land of Rice Fields and Land of Iron, Orochimaru looked back towards the direction of Otogakure with a gloomy expression.

‘Gekkou Kanpū…

Orochimaru couldn’t remember how many times this had happened, but whenever things seemed to be improving, Kanpū would inexplicably appear, perfectly timing his interference with his plans!

‘Is Gekko Kanpū my destined enemy?’

Orochimaru secretly harbored resentment.

‘Now that Otogakure has been exposed, Namikaze Minato will definitely send Anbu into Otogakure to search for my traces… I can’t go back to Otogakure in the short term.’

‘Fortunately, the Konoha Crush Plan only exists in my mind. Gekko Kanpū and Konoha cannot possibly know about it!’

Orochimaru silently contemplated the impact Otogakure being exposed on his Konoha Crush Plan. Gradually, a cold smile appeared on his lips.

‘The exposure of Otogakure might not necessarily be a bad thing.’

‘In the future, Konoha will surely focus all its attention on Otogakure, but it is easy for them to ignore other Shinobi Villages!’

“Orochimaru-sama, what’s wrong?” Shin, who was eating chicken in the distance, asked a little nervously.

In the morning, he was suddenly brought out of Otogakure by Orochimaru. To be honest, at that time, Shin was a bit worried, fearing that Orochimaru might see through his small intentions and pull him out for some cruel punishment.

Orochimaru turned his head and showed a gentle smile: “Shin, you only need to train well, everything else is irrelevant to you.”

“Yes.” Shin showed meek expression.

The two actors exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly.

After finishing the chicken, the two continued on their way. In the middle of the night, after being drilled by Orochimaru, Shin lay exhausted on a rock, and then laboriously took out a scroll. It was the cell cloning technology that Orochimaru had given him.

Shin caressed the surface of the scroll with obsession. Since Orochimaru had explicitly instructed him to devote himself entirely to training, Shin could only occasionally take it out to look and touch the cover. This way, he had the motivation to continue his hellish training.

……

Land of Iron, Konoha Tavern’s second floor basement.

Faced with Kabuto’s impolite request, Kanpū generously agreed.

“Research can be done, but don’t transplant any random things into it.”

Kanpū said seriously, “This Arm is very useful for me. It must not be damaged in any way!”

Kabuto nodded, and assured: “Don’t worry My Lord, I will take some DNA from this arm and try to clone his cells, I…”

“Cell cloning?” Kanpū’s expression changed.

He remembered that in the original work, Shin used cell cloning to wildly clone his own cells, cultivating a large number of ‘sons’ as ‘warehouse for spare organs’!

‘If Kabuto can successfully complete the cell cloning…’

Kanpū patted Kabuto’s shoulder vigorously, and said earnestly: “Kabuto, actually, it’s not necessary to use this arm yet, so… work hard!”

“I understand!” Kabuto nodded excitedly.

Kanpū gave a few more instructions, then activated Sage Mode and teleported back to Konoha.

……

In the empty and quiet underground space, dark thought projection flickered like candle flames.

Zetsu, Hyōketsu, Hidan, Kakuzu, Kisame, Sasori, plus Deva Path Pain and Konan, a total of eight people.

“There are two things that I want to announce after everyone gathered this time.”

Deva Path Pain said, surveying the group, “The first thing, Orochimaru has betrayed the organization.”

“Pain, is that guy Orochimaru a spy like Shisui of the Body Flicker?” Kakuzu was extremely dissatisfied. Considering that Orochimaru and Shisui had applied for a significant amount of funds while they were still working for Konoha, he felt like he had fed his money to the dogs.

“He is different from Shisui of the Body Flicker, but now it’s too late for such discussions. In short, be careful when you encounter him in the future, and if possible, kill him within your capabilities.” Konan said.

In the past three days, Nagato has been trying to ‘connect’ with Orochimaru, but all attempts had failed. Needless to say, this guy is determined to be ‘independent’.

Speaking of this, Konan turned her head and looked towards Hyōketsu, and asked: “When will Taki come back?”

“Taki said that after two traitors appeared in Akatsuki and even the headquarters was destroyed, he plans to lay low in Abyss for a while to avoid being found by Konoha.” Hyōketsu improvised.

“Abyss? What is that?” Hidan asked, as he had never heard of this name before.

Unfortunately, no one paid attention to him.

“The second thing.” Deva Path Pain started to talk again, “is to let Deidara join the organization, taking Orochimaru’s place.”

“Deidara has always wanted to join Akatsuki. He would definitely be very happy after hearing this news.” Hyōketsu remarked happily.

Konan’s face twitched slightly. She suspected that Hyōketsu had known about Deidara’s order to be undercover in Abyss, so he deliberately stimulated her here.

Konan took a deep breath, suppressing the darkness in her heart, and said: “I will send Deidara’s ring to the location closest to you through postal means. Remember to check it.”

In fact, she can also directly deliver it there, but Konan is afraid that of an awkward encounter with Deidara, so she opted for the safer option.

Deva Path Pain looked towards Zetsu: “Zetsu, how is the intelligence gathering’s progress on the Biju?”

“Hehe……” White Zetsu, wearing a playful smile, was about to speak, but Black Zetsu cut in with a serious tone, “The whereabouts of Sanbi’s Jinchuriki, Yonbi’s Jinchuriki, and Rokubi’s Jinchuriki remain unclear.”

Deva Path Pain is extremely dissatisfied, but being a puppet, he had no emotions or expressions: “Speed ​​up the progress.”

Only by knowing the whereabouts of all the nine Biju, can he give up Zetsu and attack Obito!

“Understood.” Black Zetsu nodded.

White Zetsu rolled her eyes at this. In fact, he has already discovered the whereabouts of Rokubi’s Jinchuriki, and as long as he continued the search, he could pinpoint their location within half a year at most!

And the disappearance of Sanbi’s Jinchuriki seems to be related to Kanpū. This is a piece of information White Zetsu’s clone overheard while following Orochimaru and Taki during their mission in Konoha. Of course, these were Orochimaru’s one-sided words, so they couldn’t be completely trusted.

As for Yonbi’s Jinchuriki… he truly seemed untraceable!

However, since Black Zetsu chose to conceal the information, there must be a reason for it. Knowing that his intelligence was average, White Zetsu refrained from saying more, just maintaining his playful demeanor is enough.

…

After Kanpū returned to Konoha, he immediately went to Hokage Tower to find Minato and reported to him about Otogakure.

Kanpū had already prepared a script, intending to inform Minato that agents from the Abyss had discovered traces of Orochimaru in the Land of Rice Fields. Then, by drawing connections, he speculated that the sudden appearance of Otogakure in Land of Rice Fields last year was probably related to Orochimaru. Concerned for safety, he sent his shadow clones to investigate. And surprisingly, they found Orochimaru’s laboratory there!

“Although Orochimaru managed to escape in the end, I took down several trusted subordinates he was cultivating in Otogakure. It could be considered breaking one of his invisible wings.”

Inside the Hokage’s Office, Kanpū recounted the script he already prepared.

Minato was silent after hearing this.