0617 weasel squirrel awakens to its source (Ch 0617)

Although the soundproofing barrier prevented the Itachi’s voice from being heard, there were still sounds of startled birds flying away from the surrounding woods.

Itachi’s breathing gradually evened out and his fingers twitched slightly.

Dong Si placed his hand on his wrist. His pulse was still weak but he was out of danger. “The chakra is running disorderly, but the curse seal has been suppressed for the time being.”

Itachi’s eyelids trembled a few times, and after slowly opening, his dark pupils gradually focused and met Dong Si’s solemn face.

“Sorry.” He tried to stand up by supporting himself on the tree trunk, but Dong Si held his shoulders.

Seeing that Toushi was shaking his head to indicate, Itachi still said, “I’m sorry to trouble you, Senior.”

“Did we meet Orochimaru? What happened?” Dong Si was anxious to know what happened.

“Tonight, I intended to explore Danzo’s laboratory as usual…but I was ambushed by the Root.” Itachi began to recount his experience.

“Let’s leave here first.” Dong Si suddenly helped Itachi up and put him on his back, “Let’s talk while we walk.”

But as soon as Dong Si carried Itachi on his back, he noticed something unusual, so he suddenly activated his chakra and activated the maximum power of the instant body-switching technique, disappearing in an instant.

Perhaps they did not notice that something was moving in the shadows of the beams on the front eaves of the shrine.

When Dong Si flew past the torii, a white snake emerged from the cracks in the tiles, its vertical pupils reflecting the two people’s receding silhouettes.

“Puff!” A shuriken nailed the white snake to death.

From the shadows further inside the shrine, a clone of Toushi walked out, “Orochimaru…”

A little further away, Dong Si was silently carrying Itachi on his back, moving through the woods. All that could be heard was the rustling of leaves in the night wind and the occasional hooting of an owl.

Itachi seemed to have recovered and started to tell his story again:

“At first, I followed the clues and found an abandoned hot spring hotel in the western suburbs. There was no one on duty there, and the basement with the entrance open contained culture tanks and surgical instruments.”

“I immediately felt something was wrong. Those instruments were more like bait…”

“Although I quickly realized it was a trap, the moment I hesitated at the entrance to the hotel basement, I was surrounded.”

“There were probably more than thirty Root ninjas. They caught me off guard.”

“Afterwards, Orochimaru’s sudden appearance seemed more like an attempt to help me escape. Although I suffered seemingly serious injuries, without his intervention, I would not have been able to escape from his trap. However, during the fight, he suddenly bit my shoulder.”

Itachi touched the back of his neck where the curse seal was. “The influence of the curse seal has made my chakra difficult to control. But Orochimaru doesn’t seem to have any intention of killing me. He stopped the Root ninja from chasing me.”

“Oh, by the way, when I was running away, although I was a little confused, I still heard him talking to himself. He called me a perfect vessel and said there was some gift…”

“It seems that the Root has already noticed my investigation. I have walked into their trap tonight.”

Dong Si could probably figure out the whole story. “So you dragged your cursed body back to the clan land before you fainted?”

Itachi said nothing, but nodded.

Dong Si also felt Itachi’s acquiescence. He recalled the miserable state of Sasuke after being cursed in the original work, and couldn’t help but admire Itachi’s willpower.

“The fact that Orochimaru dared to attack in the outskirts of Konoha Village shows that Konoha’s defense is indeed terribly weak.”

“Ah! Konoha is like a leaky house now, all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants can get in.”

“And Danzo, that old guy only appears to be restrained on the surface, but he is still rampant in reality.”

Thinking that nowhere was safe and there was no good hiding place, Dong Si took Itachi directly back to an empty house in the Fengjie clan.

He told Itachi not to leave the house, set up an anti-perception barrier, and went to the basement where he usually observed Umibozu.