Chapter 21 Mission Report

Land of Rice Paddies.

It was a vast forest spanning hundreds of miles, and deep inside, it was a suspicious-looking hideout with a gloomy aura looming around it.

"Hehe…. Interesting… never expected such a good harvest…"

Deep inside the hideout, the gloomy laughter could be heard as the camera spotted its origin.

The figure was pretty tall with pale skin and golden eyes; he had yellow pupils and waist-length black hair.

Orochimaru laughed as intense interest and curiosity could be seen in his snake-like pupils.

Just now he received some news from one of his snakes planted in one of his many experimental bodies.

He knows after unlocking the power of the curse seal, the strength of those two should be around Elite Chunin, but according to the report, the opponent took them down in one strike.

But this wasn't the reason for his interest; what caused him to be curious was that according to the snake, the person who killed them was a Konoha Genin with white hair and a black cloth covering his eyes.

A Genin can kill two elite Chunin with a single move; if this doesn't arouse his interest, then what else would?

*Gurr*

"I leave the rest to you, Kabuto"

Orochimaru opened his mouth wide and took out a scroll as he handed it to a white snake who swallowed it and disappeared immediately.

"Hehe~ I can't wait to know who you are?"

Laughed Orochimaru again as the camera finally moved away from him, and only the gloomy laughter could be heard.

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Land of Fire.

Inside the forest,

"Guy Sensei, what just happened, why are we going back, and what about the mission?"

Leaping from tree to tree Team Guy was moving back towards Konoha, and Neji and Lee were confused about the situation.

Lee asked Guy as he wanted to know what had just happened overnight.

When they woke up, they did see the devastated Inn proving that a fight had occurred while they were sleeping.

So, when he wanted to know about the situation, Guy didn't give him an answer and ordered him to quickly leave.

"Lee, the situation is urgent…we need to reach the village quickly…you'll know everything then"

Guy, with a solemn expression on his face, answered Lee.

Neji, who was curious, also suppressed his curiosity since Guy had said they would know it soon, then all he needed to do was wait.

With their top speed, Gojo, Guy, and others arrived at the village in a day, and Guy didn't give them a chance to rest and took them straight to Hokage Office.

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Konoha.

Hokage Office.

"What! Did you say Orochimaru?"

Sarutobi stood up from his seat as he looked at Guy with a shocked expression on his face.

A few minutes ago, Sarutobi was busy monitoring the Konoha Bath House as it was his duty as a Hokage to protect his villagers.

Just when he was happily performing the sacred duty with blood running down from his nose due to overwork, the room of the door was knocked heavily, and Sarutobi nearly died from the sudden shock.

After sorting his loose robe and putting the demeanor of Hokage, Sarutobi allowed the person to enter the room.

But after seeing the solemn expression on the face of Guy, Sarutobi knew immediately that something serious must have happened.

*Back to present*

"Yes, Lord 3rd, the enemy Satoru defeated himself spoke his name during the fight"

"Satoru, tell me every detail about what happened?"

Hearing his words, Sarutobi looked at Gojo, curious for the details.

"It seems this old man really cares for his student"

Gojo seeing the impatient Sarutobi concluded that Orochimaru should have a unique position in his heart.

Gojo didn't conceal anything and quickly told everything he saw and heard during the fight.

"Black marks..."

Hearing Gojo mentioning the black marks that increased the sisters' strength, Sarutobi fell into contemplation as the figure of a girl appeared in his mind.

"Curse Seal..."

Like Anko, Sarutobi concluded that those two sisters also had a curse seal mark on them.

"The talk here is classified as top-secret; you cannot divulge it."

"And because you brought such important information back to the village, the mission is raised to an A-rank task"

"You all did well"

Sarutobi knew only Guy and Gojo dealt with the enemy, but he had to cheer up Neji and Lee, who were also present in the room.

"But this kid... did hide deep enough"

Sarutobi looked at Gojo as he never expected him to be so strong that he could easily take down Orochimaru's subordinates.

Soon, Gojo, along with Neji and Lee, left the Hokage Office, and Guy had already gone before since he wanted to deliver the corpses to the Interrogation department.

"Did you hide... your strength back in the academy?"

Walking on the streets of Konoha, Neji looked at Gojo, as his white eyes had a complex look in them.

"Hmm~, let's see... it's... because...not gonna tell you...haha!!"

Gojo put a thoughtful expression on his face, and just when Neji thought he was about to say to him, Gojo stuck his tongue out and ran away while laughing loudly.

Gojo actually wanted to tell him that no one back in the academy was strong enough to have him fight with his real strength.

But this would have surely hurt the fragile heart of Neji, so he didn't and just laughed it off.

"This guy... is really mysterious"

Seeing Gojo running away, Neji was stunned for a moment before he let out a helpless sigh.