The Real Sun

In order to thoroughly cleansed Konoha and Land of Fire from Danzo's men, Nagasawa deliberately brought Danzo's former partner, Orochimaru, to carry out the mission together.

Orochimaru himself was also quite confused. He was in the laboratory, and Danzo suddenly disappeared overnight.

From a respected elder of Konoha to a prisoner that everyone jeered at.

However, Nagasawa gave him a hand and helped him deal with some things related to Danzo.

As a former member of Root, Orochimaru should've been a subject of Anbu's investigation as well.

However, the person in charge was Nagasawa, so Orochimaru was safe for now.

"Nagasawa-san, I have to thank you for your help." Orochimaru thanked Nagasawa as they walked in a forest not far away from Konoha.

"Well, Danzo was the one that kidnaps the villager. I don't think you're involved that deep." Nagasawa chuckled.

Of course, he would not let Orochimaru's previous human experiments be exposed.

Wouldn't that mean that all his effort for Orochimaru would be in vain? If that were the case, Orochimaru might defect from Konoha much earlier than in the manga.

After all, unlike Danzo, there was still a chance for Orochimaru to clear his name.

When the time was right, even those experiments could be made public.

When it came to Human experiments, it all depended on who the subject was and how you got them.

Human experiments under supervision should be acceptable.

"Almost there." Orochimaru reminded.

The place they were heading to was a Root base outside of Konoha.

According to Orochimaru, since Root was disbanded, Danzo had relocated some confidential information and some Shinobi who had been training there in secret, without Konoha knowing to the base outside of the village.

Yes, Root had a lot of Shinobi whom Konoha didn't know about.

Those Shinobi were basically orphans when Danzo took them in. Of course, he took in the rest through various inhumane means

They didn't receive training in Konoha, and Danzo had not reported anything about them, so Konoha naturally knew nothing about them.

Orochimaru glanced around and finally stared at a place with dense grass.

Orochimaru waved his hand, and a huge poisonous snake suddenly emerged from his sleeve. It directly gnawed the grass, revealing a square entrance.

Nagasawa looked at the entrance and saw dark stairs leading underground.

The two of them walked in openly.

Just as the two of them were about to reach the end, a group of people wearing Anbu's uniform rushed over.

(PS: Root's uniform is similar to Anbu's, but the mask is a bit more flashy.)

These Root Shinobi were stunned when they saw Orochimaru.

They acknowledged Orochimaru as an important member of Root.

As for Nagasawa, they subconsciously thought that he was Orochimaru's underling.

"Orochimaru-sama!"

The leader of the group, who wore a dark red mask, greeted Orochimaru.

Orochimaru's expression remained unchanged: "Mmm."

"May I ask what kind of business Orochimaru-sama has here? Is it on Danzo-sama order?" The dark red masked Root asked.

Since Danzo was arrested last night, he did not have time to inform the people here.

These Root members did not know that their leader, Danzo, had been arrested. They still thought that Danzo was the powerful elder of Konoha.

"Yes, Danzo asked me to take you back to Konoha," Orochimaru smirked.

"But..." The leader was a little confused. He had wasted so much time and energy moving to this place recently, and Orochimaru told him to move back already?

However, he soon knew how Orochimaru was going to bring them back to Konoha.

Orochimaru suddenly grabbed the neck of the leader and threw him onto the metal wall.

Orochimaru's sudden attack caught the leader by surprise.

The Root leader was in pain as he tried to stand back up, but he discovered that he had lost control over his body and then saw many tiny snakes biting his body.

When Orochimaru grabbed his neck earlier, he put the poisonous snake on him!

Orochimaru's sudden move made all the Root members confused. What was going on?

However, as the elite Shinobi who had been trained by Danzo in a brutal way since childhood, they quickly reacted and used their respective Ninjutsu to bring down Orochimaru and Nagasawa.

They threw Kunai, Shuriken, Explosive Tags, and also Various Techniques.

Nagasawa pulled out the short sword on his back and released his chakra together with Sun Breathing.

Upon using Total Concentration Breathing, a visible white fog came out of Nagasawa's mouth.

He also imbued the entire blade with Color of Arms Haki, dyeing the silver-white short blade black.

Finally, Nagasawa focused all of his strength on the short blade and fiercely swung it.

"Sun Breathing's Fourteenth Form, Pilgrimage of the Scorching Sun!"

The moment the short sword was swung, it set off a strong and violent wind.

Following that, a huge scorching sun-like slash entered everyone's line of sight.

The slash was like a scorching sun that emitted a bright red light, illuminating the dark Root base.

This was the new technique that Nagasawa came up with during Yoriichi Tsugikuni's challenge mission. After obtaining the same technique as Yoriichi Tsugikuni, Nagasawa further improved it and came up with this move.

After combining Chakra and Sun Breathing, the flame on the sword was far hotter.

This meant that ordinary Water Release might not be able to stop his attack no matter how many people used it because the temperature of his flame was really too high.

Nagasawa believed that it had a lot of potentials. If he kept refining and honing it, it might become Sun Breathing in its truest sense.

This was also the reason why Nagasawa had first used his Color of Observation Haki to imbue the short sword. Otherwise, the short sword might not be able to withstand the Sun Breathing's powerful force.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

The scorching sun-like slashes engulfed all the incoming attacks, be it Kunai, Shuriken, or all kinds of techniques, causing small explosions.

Although it had devoured so many attacks, it showed no sign of weakening and still heading toward the Root members.

Those Root members had never seen this kind of technique before. The incoming slash was like a small sun in their eyes.

"Water Release! Quickly use Water Release!" A Root member shouted.

A few Root Shinobi who could use Water Release immediately joined forces to use the Water Formation Wall, trying to block Nagasawa's attack.

However, before Nagasawa's Scorching Sun Slash could even touch it, the sizzling sound and a large amount of water evaporated, turning into steam.

When Orochimaru saw this scene, the look in his eyes changed slightly.

This Scorching Sun-like Slash was somewhat beyond his expectations. He knew that it's power was nothing to laugh at. Even he might die if he took this attack head-on!

At this time, Orochimaru felt like Nagasawa looked more like the samurai from Land of Iron than Shinobi.

"Bsss!"

The moment Nagasawa's attack hit the Water Formation Wall, the Water Formation Wall completely turned into white mist and dissipated.

Except for the leader, who was paralyzed by Orochimaru's poison, all Root Shinobi escaped further deep into the base without hesitation.

A snake sprang out of Orochimaru's sleeve and grabbed the paralyzed Root leader, bringing him to his side.

A Jonin was an excellent experiment subject, so he did not want to waste it.

Nagasawa's attack eventually hit a corner of the base.

Rumble!!!

A huge explosion sounded, and the powerful impact directly shook the entire Root base. Various spots were scorched black, with flames still burning on them.

Nagasawa stood in front of Orochimaru, and his whole body seemed to be shrouded in a layer of invisible armor. The impact of his attack didn't reach Nagasawa for some reason.

Seeing Nagasawa block the impact for him, Orochimaru, who planned to use Summoning Technique to summon a giant snake to protect him, changed his mind.

Then again, it was Nagasawa's attack. There was no way he didn't know the extent of his own attack.

However, seeing Nagasawa's odd way of blocking the impact, Orochimaru could not help but lick his lips in excitement.

This time, Nagasawa displayed a lot of power that he did not know.