But the next moment, new questions appeared in Orochimaru's heart...

That’s not right either…

With the nature of this mysterious masked man, how could he be so willing to retreat?

He was a madman in Konoha Village who was besieged by a large number of ninjas who all wanted to take away the Kyuubi.

Although he has never seen it with his own eyes, he can tell from the description that this guy cannot be judged by common sense.

But I didn’t expect it to be evacuated so easily this time?

No, this is not normal.

With his strength, ordinary ninjas are nothing more than chickens and dogs. Even a jounin cannot be a threat under the powerful illusion of the Sharingan. It is impossible for him to retreat just because of mere reinforcements.

There must be some other reasons for this.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru glanced at the approaching ninja from a distance, and found that the leader was Kakashi Hatake, whom he had thought of before and compared with Itachi.

"Forget it, it's not appropriate for them to discover my identity."

Orochimaru thought secretly, then looked at Itachi behind him, and found that the other person had fainted?!

"Is your mental quality so poor?"

Orochimaru frowned slightly. After all, Uchiha Itachi was also the son of Uchiha Fugaku, the eldest son of the clan. How could he be so weak-minded? He fainted after being frightened?

No, it could be...?

Thinking of this, he looked at the approaching Konoha ninjas again, and then left directly with Itachi...

As for the Jounin Minazuki Yuzuki, let Kakashi and the others take him back to Konoha.

And not long after he left, Kakashi and others finally arrived.

"Damn, I didn't expect to leave so soon!"

Kakashi's heart skipped a beat when he saw the scene in front of him, but when he looked around, there was no one around, which made him even more angry.

"Kai, you go and see if there are any survivors around. I'll go and see the Daimyo."

Kakashi sighed softly. The daimyo is the source of the village's income. If something happens to him, Konoha will be very uncomfortable. I don't know who dared to attack the daimyo of a country after eating the courage of a bear and a leopard...

Although Jiraiya had previously known that Obito's target was the daimyo of various countries, this was Konoha's secret after all, and Kakashi was not qualified to know it.

He entered the carriage and found that the daimyo had fallen into a coma. When he took a closer look, he found that he had been affected by an illusion.

"really."

Kakashi secretly said to himself, then pulled back his forehead protector, revealing the three magatama's Sharingan, and unlocked the genjutsu on the daimyo's body.

Seeing that the daimyo was still sleeping, Kakashi left gently and happened to find Metkai coming over.

"Kai, how's it going? Did you find the teak?"

"Well, he's right there, but he's also in a coma."

Kai touched his head, "And I also found one of his students. According to her, there should be two more genin here, but I searched for a long time and couldn't find them."

"Huh?" Kakashi was stunned. Two genin were missing? What does this mean?

If there is less, then Yuzuki should be missing as well, right?

Kai's face looked a little ugly, and he whispered, "Among those two genin, there is one from the Uchiha clan."

"And he is also the son of their clan leader, Itachi Uchiha. You should have heard of him."

Hearing this name, Kakashi's pupils narrowed.

Uchiha Itachi, of course he has heard of this name!

The genius of the Uchiha clan graduated from the Ninja Academy in just one year. People often compare him with his former self.

But what Kakashi is most concerned about is his identity, that is the eldest son of the Uchiha clan!

Nowadays, the relationship between Uchiha and the village has finally eased a bit. What would they think if they knew that the son of their family leader had disappeared during a mission?!

Thinking of this, Kakashi began to become anxious. He quickly said to Kai, "Please pass the news to the Hokage as soon as possible. I will search here. The man must not have gone far."

"Huh? No, I have to stay here with you." Kai said without thinking, "Just let others go back and report. You can't deal with that guy alone."

Although I don't know who did it, he was able to quietly deal with the convoy guarding the Daimyo. Even the Jonin Yuzuki Yuzuki was dealt with in an instant. His strength is by no means easy.

Naturally, it was impossible for Kai to trust Kakashi to stay here alone to look for enemies.

"I'm not stupid, I will definitely not conflict with others." Kakashi complained, but he did not object to Gai's words.

"It doesn't matter if there are two of us. Let's send the daimyo back to his mansion first, and then go out to look for Itachi and the mysterious man."

……………………

"Sure enough, the second Magatama Sharingan has been opened."

In the secret laboratory in the capital of the Fire Country, Orochimaru casually put Itachi on the bed and thought carefully.

When he came, he specifically looked at Itachi's eyes and found that the Sharingan inside had changed from one magatama to double magatama, and the chakra was also changing. He thought that when he woke up, he would be able to fully master the double magatama sharingan.

.

"If you can achieve this level at such a young age, I'm afraid that in a few years you will be a genius like Shishui."

"It's Orochimaru, you're finally here."

He didn't sigh for long, because Beiliuhu had already noticed his entry, opened the door of the room from the outside and walked in.

"Didn't you say that the Oni Yaluo Technique is about to be successful? At this time, I naturally have to come and check it out."

Orochimaru no longer cared about Itachi, but turned to look at Beiruhu and asked, "What is the success rate?"

"Eighty percent." Bei Liuhu said with certainty, "And as long as the right time and place are chosen, and no major accidents occur, I can increase it to 100 percent."

"Huh? Who is this kid?"

Beiruhu saw Itachi behind Orochimaru and raised his eyebrows.

"A funny little kid."

Orochimaru smiled calmly, "He belongs to the Uchiha clan."

"Uchiha!"

Beiruhu's eyes widened, "Sharingan, this is indeed a perfect fusion material!"

"Hmph, this brat is not here to let you perform blood fusion rituals." Orochimaru snorted coldly, "I hope this brat is still useful."

Hearing Orochimaru's almost reprimanding words, Beiruhu was not angry. He just smiled and said, "What are you thinking? I have already integrated the Sharingan. What's the use of having such a brat again?"

When Beilihu took refuge with the demons, he had already devoured the blood succession boundary he wanted through the blood fusion ritual. As he said before, he just thought Orochimaru wanted a Sharingan.

"The Sharingan is indeed a perfect blood successor, but there is no need to get it from this brat."

Orochimaru licked his lips, "I want to form a team that is truly hidden in the darkness of Konoha to do things for me that are inconvenient for the public to see."

Although Hokage has ANBU, its members are not secrets to the old guys in the village, which makes Orochimaru feel a little constrained.

What he wants to form is a shadow that truly only takes orders from himself and that no one knows but himself.

The old man who ordered Danzo to form the third generation was completely a group of failures. Orochimaru looked down upon him, and he even disdained the people who used Danzo.

"Oh? A new organization?" Bei Liuhu was stunned and asked curiously, "What is it called?"

This question made Orochimaru fall into deep thought. He only came up with a temporary idea, but after thinking about it, he still came up with a good name.

"Let's call it a mask, that is, a person who wears a false mask. Their true identity is hidden under the mask. They are just ordinary people at ordinary times, but after putting on the mask, they become the sharpest sword in Konoha."

He thought of Aizen's Arrancar Legion with this name, so he playfully called it the Masked Legion, and it sounded very interesting.

And this masked army belongs to him, Orochimaru's 'root'!

"That's a good idea." Bei Liuhu touched his chin. "Relying on Gui Yaluo's technique, it is easy to improve a person's strength. Maybe some incompetent person that people will be familiar with in the future will be in Gui Yaluo."

With the help of the art, he will grow into a master, so no one can imagine the true identity of the person under the mask."

"indeed so."

The more Orochimaru thought about it, the more excited he became. He was still worried about how to deal with those three old guys before, but now this masked army might be able to help him.

"Then, how about letting me join this legion?"

Hiruhu smiled and said, "After all, I was also a part of Konoha."

?

Orochimaru looked at Hiru suspiciously and called out, "You?"

"Why did you think of joining the Masked Legion?"

The next moment he suddenly realized it and sighed, "I guess it is nothing more than a seal on your body."

When Orochimaru released Beiruhu from the seal of the Third Hokage and Jiraiya, it was naturally impossible not to take any protective measures.

After all, this guy is a fusion of five blood inheritance limits and has an almost immortal existence. If it weren't for his poor combat awareness and experience, he wouldn't have been sealed by Jiraiya.

For such a master, Orochimaru certainly had a backup plan.
To be continued...