Chapter 226: The Notebook
Ishiro cast the genjutsu, Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change, on the small green snake.
The genjutsu succeeded, but for some unknown reason, the constructed space was not stable. The small green snake's resistance to genjutsu was quite high, so much so that the genjutsu space Ishiro could maintain was very small.
Ishiro simply constructed a narrow, sealed laboratory.
In the genjutsu, Ishiro, in the guise of Orochimaru, was conducting an experiment. The small green snake, caught by Ishiro, happened to emerge from a corner.
Ishiro, following his memory of the original story, mimicked Orochimaru's appearance, extended a long tongue to lick his lips, and without turning his head, said in a cold voice, "Spit it out."
This was Ishiro's intelligence advantage. He knew that Orochimaru liked to hide things in snakes' bellies. The principle might be related to the summoning jutsu; Ishiro couldn't figure it out. But that didn't stop him from bluffing the little green snake.
In the genjutsu, upon hearing "Orochimaru's" words, the small green snake subconsciously wanted to act but instinctively seemed to resist. For a moment, it was hesitant.
At this moment, Ishiro, disguised as Orochimaru, turned his head and looked at the small green snake with eyes full of killing intent.
The small green snake's body visibly stiffened. It lowered its head towards Ishiro and then obediently opened its mouth to a clearly unreasonable angle, spitting out a scroll a size larger than its own body.
In the process of spitting out the scroll, the small green snake, due to the violent chakra fluctuation, suddenly broke free from the genjutsu.
Realizing what it was doing, the small green snake's first reaction was to eat the thing back.
But how could Ishiro let it have its way? With one punch, he directly smashed the little snake's head flat. Then he released a small Fire Release jutsu, burning the snake's corpse to ashes.
Only then did Ishiro turn his gaze to the scroll the small green snake had spat out.
Ishiro wiped off the snake's saliva slightly, then opened the scroll on the spot.
After opening the scroll, Ishiro was somewhat disappointed. What was recorded in the scroll was not the ninjutsu he wanted most. But it wasn't bad either, because what was written inside were some of Orochimaru's training insights.
Ishiro estimated that Orochimaru had prepared these notes for someone specific, as they were clearly targeted. The scroll mainly described the process of Orochimaru learning and developing Fire Release ninjutsu in his youth.
This was naturally beneficial to Ishiro, but he wouldn't be able to use it in the short term.
Holding this scroll, Ishiro spent several more hours completely memorizing it, then another small Fire Release jutsu burned the entire scroll. Ishiro didn't dare to keep Orochimaru's things with him. Moreover, being in Konoha, he didn't dare to carry any items related to ninjas.
After scanning the surroundings with his eyes once more and confirming there was nothing else of value, Ishiro turned and left the basement.
This time, Ishiro truly left. After using the Moving Underground Technique to return to Orochimaru's house on the surface, Ishiro once again relied on his Mind's Eye's reconnaissance ability to sneak back into the tavern.
Although the night had some minor twists and turns, the result was still satisfactory. Ishiro had obtained ninjutsu insights that he could use for developing Fire Release in the future. He had also gotten several referenceable genjutsu for the village.
The next day, Ishiro wandered around a relatively remote area of Konoha Village again. When he strolled near the Uchiha clan's territory, Ishiro deliberately slowed his pace, but unfortunately, this time he still did not encounter Uchiha Izumi or Uchiha Sakai.
After returning to the tavern before dark, Ishiro felt a bit anxious. Tomorrow was the last day. Should he directly enter the Uchiha clan's territory?
The only person in the Uchiha clan Ishiro was wary of was Fugaku Uchiha. Ishiro wasn't sure if Fugaku was in the Uchiha territory during the day or at the Police Force headquarters. But Ishiro didn't dare to take the risk.
For an Uchiha child, Ishiro was willing to take a risk. But the probability of Fugaku being in the clan territory was not small. This risk was a bit too big, and Ishiro couldn't make up his mind.
That night, Ishiro went to the Senju clan's territory. The Senju clan had already integrated into Konoha. The only ninja still active in the ninja world under the Senju name was Tsunade.
Therefore, the so-called Senju clan territory was actually just a relatively large courtyard.
There was no one inside either. Ishiro entered without causing any commotion. But what made Ishiro frown was that it was too clean inside. Apart from some daily necessities, there was nothing extra.
"Could it be that Tsunade gambled it all away?"
Refusing to give up, Ishiro searched the courtyard meticulously and finally confirmed that there was really nothing of value inside. Forget ninjutsu, Ishiro didn't even see anything related to ninja training.
Moreover, there were no secret passages or hidden rooms in this Senju clan territory. Tonight, Ishiro was destined to gain nothing.
What Ishiro didn't know was that when Tsunade left the village, there were many things related to ninja training here. But Hiruzen Sarutobi knew Tsunade wouldn't be back for a while, so he put away all the valuable and relatively confidential things on Tsunade's behalf.
Having gained nothing from Tsunade's side, Ishiro thought of taking advantage of the long night to visit Jiraiya's house.
But this time, an accident occurred.
Through his Mind's Eye, Ishiro could detect chakra fluctuations within a 200-meter range. So with Ishiro deliberately avoiding them, ordinary patrolling ninjas couldn't discover him.
But this time, Ishiro encountered no ordinary patrolling ninjas; he ran into the Inuzuka clan.
From three hundred meters away, the other party smelled his scent and quietly alerted its master.
Ishiro's hearing was naturally not bad. In this state of high alert, he immediately realized something was wrong.
Without any hesitation, Ishiro directly activated the Lightning Release Stimulation Method and rushed out in the opposite direction of the dog's bark at the fastest speed.
After twisting and turning for five hundred meters, a patrol squad of three Chunin happened to pass in front of Ishiro.
Fortunately, the Mind's Eye discovered the enemy in advance, and the Inuzuka clan member over there seemed not to have raised the alarm yet, so the three Chunin were not on high alert.
Facing three people at once, Ishiro didn't have many options. He had no weapons on him and didn't dare to make too much noise.
Helplessly, he could only use his Porcelain Release, which could easily expose his identity, to transform dozens of kunai and turn the three into hedgehogs before they could react.
Then, while collecting the dozens of kunai transformed from his Porcelain Release, Ishiro charged forward again. After running another few hundred meters, Ishiro used the Camouflage Jutsu and the Light/Heavy Rock Jutsu. Floating in the low altitude, he quickly returned to the tavern.
At this point, the best thing Ishiro should have done was actually leave Konoha. But Ishiro was somewhat unwilling to give up, still holding onto the idea of trying his luck tomorrow. So, in the end, Ishiro chose to take the risk and stay in Konoha.
The three bodies were quickly discovered, and Konoha immediately entered a state of alert. A large number of ninjas skilled in reconnaissance were dispatched.
Fortunately, Ishiro had long since cleared his scent and used the jutsu to suppress his chakra, making himself look like a civilian.
The tavern where Ishiro was staying had many outsiders and was a key point for Konoha's investigation and surveillance. Not only did four waves of ninjas come to check everyone one by one, but Ishiro's Mind's Eye also discovered eight ninjas staying around the tavern.
Among the eight, two were Jonin and six were Chunin; these were two complete Anbu squads.
On the third day, the people in the tavern were required not to leave, and Ishiro could only obediently stay inside. Ishiro was not in a hurry; delaying by one day didn't matter, and the merchant caravan's postponed schedule had no effect on him.
In the morning, two more batches of ninjas came to inspect Ishiro and the others. By the afternoon, no more inspecting ninjas appeared. But the surrounding Anbu did not disperse.
By the fourth day, Konoha lifted the restrictions on everyone's movement, but Ishiro knew that the hidden guard force was only greater than before.
Time was running out, and there was only one chance. He would go to the Uchiha clan's territory one last time. If there were still no gains, Ishiro could only fly away.
Today, Ishiro did not wander around as before. Having just experienced a lockdown yesterday, being in the mood for strolling today would be underestimating Konoha ninjas too much.
Ishiro went to a shop on the edge of Konoha, bought some materials for building a house, and then walked straight towards the Uchiha clan's camp.
This time, Ishiro did not hesitate and directly entered the Uchiha clan's territory. With an enemy invasion in Konoha, the Uchiha clan couldn't be idle. Fugaku Uchiha would most likely be in command at the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters.
However, Ishiro did not go too deep either. Being surrounded by a group of Elite Jonin and Jonin was not what Ishiro wanted.
After entering the Uchiha clan camp, Ishiro came to a house under construction and slowly took out the things he was carrying one by one.
Many Uchiha clan members came and went, but none paid attention to Ishiro. The construction workers didn't look much in Ishiro's direction either.
Ishiro just stood there, handling the pile of things he had bought.
After a while, the sound of a group of children playing came from a distance. Ishiro's heart stirred. He picked up some of his things and walked in that direction.
Turning a street corner, Ishiro indeed saw a dozen or so children wearing clothes with the fan symbol playing. It looked like they were playing a ninja game.
Ishiro only needed one glance to recognize a little boy among them, who was one of his targets, Uchiha Sakai.
Taking a deep breath, Ishiro calmed his fiercely beating heart and walked towards the group of children.
But an accident happened at this moment. In the perception of his Mind's Eye, a Jonin was walking towards them.
"Am I exposed? It seems not. If I were exposed, it shouldn't be just one Jonin coming over. I did silently kill three Chunin last night. Is it a coincidence?"
While guessing the reason for the Jonin's approach in his heart, Ishiro continued to approach the Uchiha children without changing his expression.
When Ishiro was still dozens of meters away from the children, the Jonin seemed to have sensed something. He frowned slightly and looked in Ishiro's direction.
Ishiro cursed inwardly. Then his foot twisted, and his body very naturally fell to the ground.
Then, the materials in Ishiro's hands fell to the ground with him.
Ishiro quickly got up from the ground and began to handle the scattered materials.
This scene was naturally seen by the children and that Jonin. The Jonin felt something was off and was about to step forward to question Ishiro when a child suddenly ran out from the group of children.
The person who came was Uchiha Sakai. He ran up to Ishiro and nimbly began to help Ishiro pick up the materials.
Ishiro smiled to himself, "Just as the intelligence said. This scene is making me feel a bit guilty."
Seeing the fish run right up to him, Ishiro reached out a hand, and with a light pat, he knocked Uchiha Sakai unconscious, then slung him over his shoulder and ran.
The Jonin initially thought Uchiha Sakai and Ishiro knew each other, so he hesitated for a moment. But the moment Ishiro raised his hand, he realized something was wrong.
But it was too late. Although he rushed over at the fastest speed, he was too far away, and Ishiro had already succeeded.
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