Chapter 147 Things Hidden in the Dark

It was late at night, and the intense mental tension that Kakashi and Obito had been experiencing in the forest for days had turned into deep fatigue, and they fell asleep leaning against each other.

Ye Shan extinguished the stubborn flame, carried them home one in each hand, put them on the bed, covered them with a quilt, and then went to the entrance alone, holding a cup of strong tea and staring blankly, thinking about his future arrangements.

Today, the Uchiha clan is in its heyday. Not only do they control the violent organization of the Root, but they have also successfully entered the upper echelons. In theory, as long as Ye Shan is willing, it would be no problem for him to become the master of the Root, but he is unwilling to hold great power.

In the final analysis, ninjas still rely on their own strength to gain status, and improving their strength is the top priority at the moment. Ye Shan is only 22 years old this year, which is the golden age for rapid development of strength. He must practice every minute, otherwise it will undoubtedly be much more difficult to make further progress once he reaches 30 years old.

Besides, there are too many trivial matters in charge of a department with too many people, and Ye Shan is not suitable for it at all. This has a lot to do with his own experience. He has never been a small leader in his two lifetimes, so it is too much of a compliment to let him manage such a stall now.

However, he can continue to monopolize the patrol mission outside the village. Not only is the mission reward high, but it is also very leisurely. He has plenty of time to do what he wants to do. It is really killing two birds with one stone.

However, Yeshan still decided to go to the Land of Wind in person after the Chunin Exam. The puppeteer named Scorpion always made him uneasy, as if he would cause some big trouble in the future.

He would rather kill the wrong person than miss the right one. Yeshan never shows mercy to the enemy ninjas and wishes they were all dead.

As for the training of Kakashi and Obito, Ye Shan was also troubled. Obito was lucky because he had the unique secret technique of the Uchiha clan to practice, so he didn't have to worry about the lack of ninjutsu training for a while, and once he opened the Sharingan, his strength would improve by leaps and bounds. On the contrary, Kakashi made Ye Shan hesitate, not knowing how to continue to improve his strength. Ye Shan had never learned the swordsmanship of the Hatake clan, let alone the relevant training scrolls; the Xianglei Sha passed down by Hatake Sakumo was indeed mysterious and unusual, but it required a high physical fitness of the practitioner. At present, Kakashi was still young and could not exert even one tenth of its power; as for earth escape ninjutsu, Ye Shan had no shortage of it, as he himself was a senior ninja who was proficient in earth escape.

Ye Shan sighed. Originally, according to his idea, he wanted to teach Kakashi the secret technique of the five elements cultivation that he mastered. First, it was to repay the kindness of Hatake Sakumo in the past; second, he also had some selfish motives. Ye Shan still hoped that Kakashi could become a real strong man, strong enough to revitalize the Hatake clan. But the dinner at Uchiha Fugaku's house that day cut off his thoughts. Uchiha Shizan was shrewd and prepared for a rainy day. He grasped the secret technique of the five elements for the family early on and did not allow outsiders to practice.

It would be a lie to say that he had no complaints in his heart, but just as Ye Shan said that night, the favor bestowed upon him by the Uchiha clan was equally huge, and he should repay a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude, but he felt a little sorry for Kakashi.

It seems that the only option is to target Minato. What if Kakashi is a genius in space-time ninjutsu?

Just as Ye Shan was lost in thought, a barely perceptible sound of footsteps was heard outside the house, which made him alert.

"Who?"

"It's me, Uchiha Keiji."

Ye Shan narrowed his eyes, unable to understand why Uchiha Keiji visited him so late at night. He slowly stood up and opened the door.

Uchiha Keiji was stunned when he saw Ye Shan dressed neatly: "You didn't sleep?"

"I was just about to go to bed when I didn't expect you to come. Come in and talk." Ye Shan said with a smile.

Uchiha Keiji waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary: ​​"I am not here to chat with you, I have something that I need to trouble you with."

Ye Shan put away the smile on his face and asked solemnly: "What happened?"

Uchiha Keiji said in a deep voice: "I didn't want to disturb you so late, but something big has happened. This afternoon, a team of Root ninjas lost contact while sealing up the laboratory left by Danzo. The ninjas in the clan are all on missions, so there is really no suitable candidate."

Although Uchiha Keiji's words were vague, Ye Shan still realized the meaning of the right person. The Uchiha clan was the largest clan in the ninja world. Not to mention the top strongmen in the clan, there were still many jonins. However, since Uchiha Keiji asked him for help, it was obvious that ordinary jonins were not qualified for the search mission. I'm afraid that the missing team of Root ninjas was a reorganized jonin team.

Ye Shan's eyes flickered a few times, and without saying anything, he turned back to the house, picked up the forehead protector and put it on his forehead. After thinking for a while, he decided to put a bulging ninja tool bag behind his waist before walking out of the house.

"Let's go."

Uchiha Keiji nodded, and the two of them ignored the village rule that prohibited ninjas from running at full speed on houses. They all jumped onto the house and ran towards the east gate at a high speed.

During this time, several Anbu ninjas who were in charge of night patrol showed up and were about to scold them, but when they saw it was Ye Shan, they fell silent and pretended not to see them and let them leave.

There are not many ninjas in the village who don’t know Yeshan now, and they naturally know that he killed Danzo, so no one would make things difficult for himself.

Soon, the tall and majestic East Gate of Konoha appeared in Yeshan's sight. Standing under the gate were four ninjas dressed in security department uniforms. Yeshan knew them all. They were all captain-level jonin.

"Lord Keiji, Lord Hayama."

The four jonin made hand seals and saluted. Uchiha Keiji nodded and said, "The mission is urgent. Let's go now."

After saying that, he ran out of the village first, and the others followed closely.

The laboratory left by Shimura Danzo is quite far from Konoha Village, located in the southeast of the Land of Fire, adjacent to a medium-sized city. The forest coverage rate here is extremely high, and there are a lot of minerals, resulting in a dangerous terrain. Hills of all sizes are covered with tall trees, making it extremely hidden.

Several people stopped at dawn and stood beside a dry well hidden under a tree. If the Root Ninja had not left the specific location, it would be hard to say whether they could find this hidden entrance.

This dry well has been abandoned for a long time. The well mouth is covered with moss and appears to be very deep. Looking down from above, it is pitch black and you cannot see the bottom at all.

Ye Shan frowned and looked at the surrounding terrain, muttering in his heart. Could it be that Shimura Danzo was born in the year of the rat? Why did he keep burrowing underground? If this happened on Earth, he would definitely be a tomb raider.

The Uchiha clan's Sharingan's reconnaissance capability is not strong, and is far inferior to the Byakugan, which is also one of the three major eye techniques. Naturally, they are powerless against things in the well. If they want to know what is happening down there, they have to take the risk and go there in person.

Ye Shan thought for a moment and said calmly, "The well mouth is too narrow and can only accommodate one person at a time. I mean to leave three people to guard it in case someone blocks the well mouth. What do you think of the three people going down to explore?"

After hearing this, Uchiha Keiji thought for a moment and agreed with Ye Shan's suggestion, so he ordered: "Team Katsuhisa stays on the ground, and the remaining person follows me."

"Yes!"

The three Uchiha jonin followed the order and hid themselves. Ye Shan bent down, picked up a small stone, walked to the well and let it go.

One second, two seconds...it took a full five seconds before the sound of an object falling to the ground was heard in the well, which meant that the well was nearly fifty meters deep, which was really surprising.

Ye Shan's face showed a bit of solemnity. He looked at Uchiha Keiji and said, "I'll go down first to confirm whether it is dangerous. You wait for my signal."

Uchiha Keiji breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Brother Yeshan, be careful. If it doesn't work, there's no need to be serious. At worst, we can just blow this place up and seal it up."

Ye Shan nodded, and then jumped into the well under the gaze of the two.

A height of nearly fifty meters is enough to smash an ordinary person into a pile of meat paste, but ninjas are not ordinary people. The existence of this profession is specifically to slap Newton in the face, so after Ye Shan landed, his feet just felt numb and he held his breath and explored the surroundings.

The smell in the well was very bad. The strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of mold made Ye Shan frown unconsciously. It was obvious that someone had died here, and the death would not have been long, only a few hours.

After confirming that there was no danger, Ye Shan blew a whistle, and immediately there was a sound of objects falling from the sky. It was Uchiha Keiji and the remaining Uchiha Jonin.

The three of them carefully groped their way inside the wide hole in the well, and soon they came to an open door. In front of the door lay three corpses, and judging by their attire, they were the missing Root ninjas.

Ye Shan squatted down, turned the bodies over and carefully examined the cause of their death, but found that they were all killed by a single blow, and the wounds were all in the throat.

Ye Shan became alert because the wound was obviously not caused by a ninja tool, but rather by a wind-style ninjutsu. He stood up again and looked at the walls around him, but he didn't see any traces of wind blades, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

You have to know that this place is very narrow, so narrow that it can only accommodate two people walking side by side. In such a tiny place, it would be very difficult to kill three Root Jonin at the same time even if you suddenly use Wind Style Ninjutsu, not to mention that there was not even a trace left on the wall.

As far as Ye Shan knows, the speed and power of Wind Style Ninjutsu are the strongest among the five conventional ninjutsu, but at the same time its range is also the most difficult to master. Unless you have really practiced it to the extreme, it is impossible to accurately control the range of the technique.

After all, whether it is a wind blade or a wind needle, they are all energy bodies composed of wind attribute chakra, and their power is naturally determined by the amount of chakra they contain. Even if it is Ye Shan now, he can't use the lightning ninjutsu to kill the jonin so accurately without leaking any extra chakra.

There is no doubt that the person who took action is definitely a master, and there are no more than five such masters in the entire Konoha Village!

So the question is, who will take action?

Ye Shan sneered repeatedly, he already had the answer in his mind.

The three continued to walk inside, passing through a pile of transparent glass containers that were as tall as a person. Without even looking at the various humanoid and unknown creatures soaking in them, they walked straight to the only room with light on.

Under the glaring light, everything in the room came into view of the three people.

The room was not big, only about 30 square meters, and was filled with various medical instruments. There was also a simple operating table in the middle. A ninja wearing a mask stood next to it, concentrating on dissecting a corpse.

Because the corpse's feet were facing the door, Ye Shan couldn't see clearly which ninja village the corpse belonged to when he was alive, but he recognized the person who dissected the corpse at a glance.

The arrival of Ye Shan and the other two did not interrupt the man's dissection. He was still concentrating on dissecting the corpse and even asked Ye Shan to help him get something.

"Ye Shanjun, can you help me get the No. 35 scalpel? This tendon is a bit stiff, so I have to be careful when I remove it."

Ye Shan picked up a small, sharp scalpel with a cold face and threw it to the man. He waited until he had cut off the tendon before speaking.

"Orochimaru, does the Third Hokage know that you are doing this?"

When Orochimaru heard this, his hands froze, he took off his mask to reveal his pale face and laughed, "Are these important?"

As he spoke, Orochimaru took off the rubber gloves on his hands, walked to the basin and washed his hands carefully, sprayed himself with disinfectant, and then faced Ye Shan.

"I didn't expect that Ye Shanjun would come in person, otherwise you would have been a corpse when you appeared at the well."

Uchiha Keiji's face was very ugly, but he didn't dare to refute. His strength was not weak, but it was not as good as Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas. He couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that it was a wise decision to invite Ye Shan.

The pair of snake-shaped pupils in Orochimaru's eye sockets looked at Yeshan who was standing not far away, and his hoarse voice echoed in the small and cramped room.

"Ye Shanjun doesn't seem surprised by this, why is that?"

Ye Shan smiled coldly: "Because I stand on the shoulders of giants?"

"???"

Orochimaru was confused, not knowing what Ye Shan meant, and couldn't help asking, "Do you know these mysteries?"

"Of course I know."

"Impossible, no one in this world can surpass me in human body research!"

"Do you know why the strength of family ninjas is inherently stronger than that of civilian ninjas?"

"Do you know that the number of times a person's cells metabolize determines their lifespan?"

"Did you know that the rate of cell metabolism can be increased?"

"No, you don't! You all don't know!"

Orochimaru spoke faster and faster, and his tone became more and more crazy, showing that he had been doing this kind of thing for more than a year or two.

"So you want to fight me to death?"

Ye Shan interrupted Orochimaru's words without mercy, releasing his powerful aura and looking like he was about to take action.