Chapter 141: Chapter no.140
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Naruto seeing the pained yet determined looks on their faces told him that he should wrap things up before this turned into one big confession. They also needed time to think on things as a person didn't come to terms with having to kill over the course of a few minutes.
"Why don't the two of you head off to bed? It'd be best for you to think on everything that was said here. I'll be taking watch, so don't wait up for me."
The two girls normally would have argued to remain with him for the night, but with everything that they had just learned it would be best to do as he said just this once. They stood up from their seat on the logs and walked towards the direction of their tent, leaving Naruto alone under the moonlight.
He may have just cursed himself with telling them as to why he viewed human lives as insignificant, but if the outcome was them getting out alive after all of this, then he would let it slide just this once.
Seeing as how their was no one left in the clearing besides him, he snapped his fingers, resulting in the crackling fire to be extinguished. He slowly stood up and leaped onto one of the tree branches overlooking their campsite.
There was a reason that he offered to take watch for the entire night, Mikoto and Satsuki knew this reason, on nights were he was in the unrestricted presence of the moon, whether it was full or not, he was incapable of feeling tired nor could he sit still for long periods of time. He came incredibly restless and his primal instincts were brought to their fullest, making it impossible for him to enjoy these peaceful nights like normal humans were.
He shook his head from these thoughts and merely closed his eyes as he bathed in the moon's illumination. He had yet to understand all the mysteries surrounding the Ōtsutsuki and the moon, perhaps he never would...
Near the Border of Hi no Kuni and Oto no Kuni - Orochimaru's Hideout
True to their plans, the group of two genins, two chūnins, and a single jounin had made it to the border in the early afternoon and were currently preparing to commence their mission. Mikoto, Satsuki, Narumi, and Natsuki stood side by side at the foot of a large rock formation in the middle of a dense forest as they looked down at Naruto who was on one knee, using his sensor abilities to gather any information he could about what was currently happening within the hideout.
There was a general feeling of uneasiness circulating throughout the group, but they had only assumed they were nervous at how little information they had on the current conditions of their mission. They may very well be walking into a trap or whoever was inside was waiting for them to come since they had already encountered a team of Konoha shinobi earlier in the week.
Mikoto and Satsuki both had their Sharingan active as they were simultaneously watching for any movement in their surroundings with their peripheral vision. If this really was an ambush then there may as well be shinobi who would aim to silence them before they could even catch a glimpse of the experiments that were occurring within the laboratories. Though, since they hadn't been attacked yet, it could be assumed that their presence had still gone unnoticed.
Through the combined usage of his sensor abilities as well as his Kenbunshoku Haki, Naruto was exploring every hallway, room, prison cell, laboratory, library, and research room within the underground confines of the base. The place was like a maze. He was forced to burn every human experiment, every dead and tortured body, every mindless monster into his mind for the sake of the mission, there were too many things which he wished he could erase from his mind just from one glimpse over the hideout. True to their earlier worries, this hideout turned out to be connected somewhere north of the border which explained how so many Oto-nin were able to bypass the border patrol stationed by Konoha during the time of the Chūnin Exams. This would take a bit longer than expected.
The good news was that there were almost the correct number of presences expected, just over a dozen researchers and shinobi, which were accompanied by only a few dozen or so prisoners, but judging from their chakra levels, they wouldn't be any real threat. And there was the clansmen from the clan of monsters. Naruto had severely underestimated just how powerful he would be. The amount of pure natural energy flowing throughout the man was enormous and the man was easily as insane as he was made out to be. Dealing with him would be a handful.
Using his strategic mind, Naruto had already divided the hideout, more like compound, into four floors and four sections. On the first floor below were nothing more than hallways and rooms, this was the first section. On the second floor below were the library and the research facilities, this was the second section. On the third floor below were the prison cells and the laboratories, this was the third section. The entire fourth floor below them was where the large tunnel connected Hi no Kuni to an unknown location within Oto no Kuni. Each of these sections were at least a quarter of the size of Konoha. They would need a lot more firepower than anticipated to level the entire compound.
It was getting late in the day, so most of the experimentation was finished and the prisoners sent back to their cells. This was good news for them as this meant that most of the researchers were in the research facilities compiling their data or in their rooms after retiring for the day. Most of the shinobi and researchers within the facilities were either on the first or second floors, with only the prisoners to deal with down below.
They would need to split up into three teams to achieve the most successful outcome.
Naruto quickly finished up his analysis of the compound and stood up, opening up his eyes in the process, his three-tomoed Sharingan blazing. This action caught the attention of those of his team, as their attention was now focused solely on him.
Naruto's Sharingan spun idly as he looked each member of his team in the eyes, implanting the images that he had just seen into their minds. It took a certain degree of mastery over the Sharingan to be able to do something as delicate as transferring memories, proving that Naruto had finally been able to master his implanted eye.
Each of the females recoiled from shock at the memories they had just received. Orochimaru truly was a despicable being for allowing such inhumane experiments to be conducted. Nevertheless, now that they knew the layout of the compound, their job became much easier.
Naruto's pair of mismatched eyes caught the gaze of Mikoto. While she had tried to hide it, he saw just how hard she had to work to keep up with them on the way here. Was her body really in such bad condition? But even though he was worried for her, he needed all the manpower he could get at the moment.
"Mikoto, you and Satsuki will be taking the second section. Do it quickly and quietly, after you've eliminated everyone on that floor, seal all of the research and information you can find into sealing scrolls." Naruto spoke to his lover as he tossed her one of his empty sealing scrolls that he had brought along specifically for this purpose.
Naruto then turned to the two Uzumaki-Namikaze females, who were trying their best to keep a neutral expression. Though their real feelings were given away be the slight trembling of their legs and their hands clenching into fists. They were obviously still a bit nervous about what they had to do, but they were even more disturbed by the images that had been implanted into their mind. Perhaps seeing how cruel and inhumane these people were would make it easier for the girls to kill them.
"Natsuki, Narumi...You will be handling the section right below us, the first section...Do not leave anyone alive, that is the mission that was assigned to us...Can I trust you two with this?" He had purposefully assigned them the area with the least amount of people occupying it. While there were quite a few individuals in their separate room, most of the researchers and shinobi were in the research facilities going over the data that they had gathered today.
Hearing their brother ask them so sincerely and depending on them so much, the two Uzumaki-Namikaze siblings quickly shook off any doubts that they held and nodded their heads vigorously.
"I will handle the third section which contains the prison cells and laboratories. The source of where the cursed seal originated is there as well, I will deal with him, so if you hear any commotion do not panic." Naruto spoke calmly. With his assignment, all of the main sections had been taken care of and that only left the tunnel. "I will deal with the tunnel as well. With a little effort I can melt the surrounding walls and have it collapse in on itself, which will also ignite the explosives in the process."
Naruto reached into the pouch on the back of his left hip and pulled out the semi-large scroll that was pre-prepared with explosive notes. He unraveled it and unsealed five smaller sized scrolls that contained a set amount of explosive notes. He threw each member of his team one of the scrolls while placing the fifth scroll back into his pouch. After which, he ignited the scroll that contained the smaller scrolls until not even ashes remained. No sense keeping a scroll that would have only taken up more space and served no real purpose. He had a feeling that he would need every advantage he could get today.
Each of the scrolls contained fifty explosive notes. That would be more than enough to level the first three levels completely, however, the final floor was so large it would take a bit more than he currently had. He would need to deal with that personally.
"After you've eliminated all of your targets and gathered all of the research material, place explosive notes all over each of your sections. I will do the same. They are all set to go off automatically when mine do, so make sure to return in no longer than thirty minutes." Naruto turned around to face the entrance at the bottom of the rock formation as a breeze blew through his short black hair. "When you've completed your separate assignments, meet back here...Now move out!"
With those final orders given, Naruto disappeared in Shisui's signature Shunshin, fading completely out of sight, leaving no trace of either his presence or his destination. He only made his exit this way because his destination was on the lower-most floors and him running through the halls of the compound would draw more attention than he would have liked.
The rest of the team stood their silently for a moment before Mikoto grabbed Satsuki's shoulder and they disappeared in their own Leaf Shunshin, leaving behind Natsuki and Narumi. Though the girls quickly took their leave on foot, seeing as how their assignment was only on the first floor.
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