Chapter 64 Laboratory

In an office building close to the central area, Ishida Kappei placed a stack of papers back into a cabinet that had been broken into, shaking his head at his two companions.

They were in the top-floor office area, where the lights were out, with only emergency lights emitting faint illumination. Fifteen minutes ago, in addition to helping the two Ninjas on the ground floor get rid of the pain of staying up late and tossing them into the front desk, there were Samurai guards lying haphazardly in every corner of each floor.

"Could the intelligence be wrong? Is this really just an ordinary small ninja village?" An ANBU asked doubtfully.

Ishida Kappei remained silent, but in his heart, he was mostly convinced of this inference.

"Captain, it's been more than an hour since we entered the village." Another ANBU reminded.

Ishida Kappei frowned. Indeed, their team had been wandering around for a long time. The intensity of the guards varied at each perimeter. Unfortunately, Logan had encountered the most dedicated group, while Ishida Kappei's team could be said to have encountered the most laid-back bunch.

After only observing for a few minutes, they got noisy, banging on tables and cursing, Ishida Kappei couldn't bear to waste any more time watching them play cards, so he entered Otogakure as if he were strolling through his own backyard.

Correspondingly, their team had the widest area to search, which is almost half of village. Despite their efforts, which makes the three of them exhausted, they unfortunately still hadn't found anything.

One hour has been a long time, and they didn't put much effort to conceal their tracks. So no matter how bad the Otogakure's Ninja is, there is a high possibility that they will notice someone is invading. Moreover, for the sake of colleagues from the other two teams who they don't know the situation of, it would be disastrous if the seven of them got stuck in a sea of people.

"We didn't get any valuable information, let's withdraw." Ishida Kappei made a decision and said to his teammates.

Ishida Kappei may have had a rough appearance, but when it came to executing missions, he was steady. Although they hadn't searched the most central area yet, all the information they had stolen about material transportation and salary settlements didn't show anything unusual. Most importantly, the document Ishida Kappei had just read was about the general outline of the Otogakure's construction, and there was no connection to Orochimaru in terms of initiators, supervisors, or sponsors.

The central office building of Otogakure might still be worth a try, but at this time, Ishida Kappei wasn't prepared to take bigger risks. The three of them quickly packed up, hoping to delay the time it took for the Otogakure's Ninjas to notice, and left the building, retracing their steps outside.

In another direction, Kakashi's team was in a similar situation. As time passed, no matter how much they bullied people, they couldn't stay any longer. If they were discovered by the Otogakure's Ninjas, even the weakest ninja village would fight back fiercely.

Since Kakashi's team also failed to find any connection to Orochimaru, there was no talk of proceeding to the second phase of the mission, 'to cause destruction'. And so, in the deep darkness of the night, except for Logan, the other six gradually withdrew from Otogakure.

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Many facilities in Otogakure were not perfect, and street lights had only just begun to be installed, so most of the streets were still shrouded in darkness. At this moment, Logan dragged a lifeless body into an alley.

"Phew..." After disposing the body, Logan wiped his sweat and breathed a sigh of relief. He had just bumped into a lone Otogakure's Ninja for some unknown reason. Fortunately, the Otogakure's Ninja reacted slowly, and Logan broke his neck before the other party could raise the alarm.

'I can't go on like this. I might be discovered at any moment. Otogakure will go crazy at that time.' Logan thought worriedly. He didn't know if the unlucky Otogakure's Ninja who had just come out was there to enjoy the moon, or for something else. Was he alone before? Logan couldn't tell, and he had already killed one Otogakure's Ninja upon infiltrating. He couldn't rely on his shadow clones to continue blending in with the memorized route for too long.

'Should I withdraw?' Logan thought unwillingly. Without finding Orochimaru's Forbidden Techniques, without encountering Orochimaru himself, let alone the Akatsuki ring. Although there would be no trouble if he went back with nothing, as he can just think about the Forbidden Techniques later and just write a note to Akatsuki about the ring and let it pass, but in the future, before officially leaving Konoha, the chance of meeting Orochimaru will be very small.

Logan stayed there for seven or eight minutes, feeling uneasy and clueless. Just when Logan was about to prepare to retreat, a building squeezed between various houses caught his attention.

'Medical clinic?'

Logan looked at the sign. This might be the place where the villagers received medical treatment. Seeing only inconspicuous residential buildings around, with an empty plot outside, Logan gritted his teeth and thought, 'Let's take a look at this last place. If there's nothing here, then I'll leave.'

As soon as his figure flickered, he jumped directly to the second-floor ledge. Through the tightly closed window, he confirmed that there was no one inside. He attached the Lightning Attribute Chakra to the kunai, and the lightning sparkled like fireflies in the dark night.

Logan could only control the electric current to remain silent under a small-scale output. After infusing the kunai with Lightning Chakra, it became extremely sharp. He swiftly sliced through the window glass like cutting a cake and skillfully got inside.

Under the moonlight, Logan saw that the room was similar to a ward, with several sick beds arranged, separated by curtains, allowing a clear view of the layout.

On this three-story-high medical clinic, although Logan didn't sense anyone, he still went out cautiously. He first checked all the wards on the second floor, and then went up to the third floor. All he found was a pile of blank medical records and a lot of medical supplies.

Logan then opened several bottles of reagents with expectation. There were clear drug instructions next to them. After confirming that they were only ordinary medicines, Logan reluctantly went downstairs to the first floor.

The consultation area was similar to the public health centers in rural villages that Logan remembered. After walking through every area, just as Logan was about to sigh, he noticed the back door on the first floor.

At this point, there was no harm in opening another door, so Logan directly twisted off the handle. When he pushed the door and went in, he was stunned for a moment. What he saw in front of him wasn't the row of residential houses he had seen from the outside, but a simple one-story building.

"Laboratory." The words on the sign made Logan's heart beat faster. He hadn't expected that there would be a single-story building hidden among the other structures.

With no guards around, Logan walked around and found that there was only a locked front door.

There is nothing to say. His kunai cut off the big lock. 'It seemed that the door locks in this world still had room for improvement.' This is what Logan thought when the door opened with a sound.

With his sight wide open, a staircase leading underground lay before Logan.