"Pata!" "Pata!" …
In the deep and dark tunnel, dense and careful footsteps sounded.
A group of people slowly walked down the dark tunnel, and they were always on guard. Tsunade, who was in the middle, had a tight face and didn't say a word.
Her beautiful eyes stared fixedly at the deep darkness below, her eyes filled with anger that was slowly accumulating.
Damned guy … As long as I catch you wantonly spreading news about him … I definitely won't forgive you easily!
As if they noticed the strange aura exuding from Tsunade, all the ninjas nervously kept a certain distance from her, for fear of angering Tsunade at this moment.
"Crack …"
At this moment, the road ahead seemed to have come to an end, and it was dark.
Some gravel slipped from the soles of everyone's feet and rolled to the front, then suddenly disappeared, and then the entire tunnel echoed with empty echoes.
Rope Tree, who was leading the way, stopped and stood in front of the darkness with a slightly puzzled expression on his face.
Seeing his abnormal behavior, Tsunade's eyes flashed, and she said coldly.
"Rope Tree, did you find something!?"
A group of ninjas also became alert.
Rope Tree's eyes were always looking forward, and his voice was calm.
"I think … we have arrived at our destination …"
"Come and see for yourself …"
Hearing his words, Tsunade and the others carefully stepped forward, stood side by side with him, and looked forward.
As far as the eye could see, there was a chasm that was as deep as an abyss. The bottom of the chasm was pitch black, making it impossible to see how deep it was.
On the other side, there was a pitch-black rock wall that looked like a cliff.
The tunnel they were in at this moment looked like a small hole casually opened in the mountain, and compared with the behemoth in front of them, they were extremely small.
Below the wall, there was a huge open place with a faint light, but everyone's eyes widened.
One of them couldn't help but murmur.
"This … this … could it be that they have emptied out the entire plains …?"
Another person murmured in shock.
"It's a miracle that humans can't create … What kind of ninjutsu can do this … We …"
At this point, his face suddenly stiffened, and his voice stopped abruptly.
The people present were also very smart. They all thought of something in an instant, and their faces couldn't help but turn ugly.
That's right, to be able to build such a majestic underground structure!
Then … What kind of enemy would they be facing in a while?!
Thinking of this, everyone fell silent for a moment. They were no longer as excited as they were when they first followed Tsunade on this mission.
Tsunade also stared blankly at the vast underground space under the dark cliff in the distance. His pupils shook slightly as he muttered.
"Could … could it be him …"
After seeing this miraculous underground structure that was almost impossible to be built by human power, the first thing that came to her mind was the man who used to be confident and calm no matter what happened.
After saying that, he shook his head hard and said calmly in his heart.
Impossible!
He's already dead, and everyone saw him perish together with Uchiha Shiino!
If … if he is alive, it's impossible for there to be only rumors about him in the shinobi world for 16 years … Wake up!
He is dead!
Thinking of this, Tsunade's eyes were cold, and his voice was cold.
"No matter who the enemy is, since we have already come here, we can no longer retreat!"
"Let's go!"
After saying that, he took the lead and jumped down.
Hearing Tsunade's words, everyone's momentum eased a little. Looking at Tsunade's back, Shinji followed closely.
Soon, everyone crossed the bottomless gully from this tunnel and reached the interior of the underground research institute.
.....
Located in the underground research institute.
Near a laboratory, in the open field outside, many young children were neatly gathered.
However, although their faces were young and tender, their eyes emitted a determination that was not inferior to that of an adult.
In the laboratory, two figures were talking about something.
"Tsk tsk, what a terrifying talent pool … If these children were released, I'm afraid that countless shinobi villages would break their heads to fight for them …"
Accompanied by a hoarse laughter in the laboratory.
A pale-faced man with long black hair was looking at the group of children who were standing upright through the glass from afar.
His eyes were narrow, and the purple eyeshadow made him look very strange, and the pair of snake-like pupils exuded greed that made people feel very uncomfortable.
Hearing his words, the woman with purple hair that reached her waist couldn't help but have a slightly cold expression as she spoke in a cold voice.
"Orochi Maru, these children were specially instructed by Aizen, and … comparing them with the trash of the Shinobi village doesn't seem wise."
Hearing the woman's words, Orochi Maru couldn't help but chuckle and glanced at her, and said with a hoarse voice.
"Don't worry, Kazumi, these children are Aizen's property, I won't covet them."
Speaking of this, he shook his head gently and said with a hoarse smile.
"And … since that guy let me stay here, I'm afraid he has already thought about everything."
Hearing his words, Kazumi was startled for a moment and didn't say anything.
Orochi Maru continued to look outside the glass and said with a hoarse smile.
"Hollow … what a beautiful future …"
"Compared to this, the reincarnation technique I created doesn't seem to be necessary …"
"Aizen gave me something I couldn't refuse, and he made a deal with me that was sure to be profitable."
Hearing his words, Kazumi couldn't help but frown and retorted.
"Since you said the word 'deal', isn't working for Aizen something to be happy about?"
In response, Orochi Maru chuckled and glanced at her, and said with a hoarse smile.
"Kazumi Shimura, perhaps it's your attitude that made him feel assured to hand over such a large and important laboratory to you."
Hearing this, Kazumi's white and cold face couldn't help but slightly blush.
Just as she was about to say something, Orochi Maru's eyes flashed slightly, and continued.
"You're right, in the coming war that will overturn the Ninja Era, as long as it's against Aizen … no … it should be said that any force that doesn't belong to Las Noches …"
"Tsk tsk … I really can't imagine how they can resist against the terrifying existence of Hollow …"
Hearing this, Kazumi was also startled and slightly silent.
At this time, Orochi Maru slowly pulled out a tube of reagent that exuded a milky white luster from his waist, and threw it to Kazumi while she was still in a daze, and said with a hoarse voice.
"This is the DX-G3 model, it can be considered as the most perfect product. This is also the reason why Aizen didn't let you use the previous model."
Hearing Orochi Maru's words, Kazumi couldn't help but murmur.
"DX … G3 … you actually developed it!"
Her voice was even trembling. Obviously, this reagent wasn't something ordinary.
Orochi Maru's eyes narrowed, and said with a hoarse smile.
"It's different from the G1 used by the children, and it's also different from the G2 taken by Aizen …"
"G3 is probably the most perfect product of the DX Hollow Reagent … the success rate is too low … but correspondingly … the effect should be much better than the previous two generations!"
Saying this, even Orochi Maru's eyes couldn't help but shine with excitement.