After taking over the snake uncle's foundation, Sasuke came to surrender on his own initiative.

Guessing that Dou was most likely going to resurrect Uncle Snake, Yin Zhu was no longer in a hurry.

Dou's behavior actually gave him a wake-up call.

But the next day he issued a mission to the Sound Ninjas, asking Kimimaro Neji and the others to lead their own teams to the base of Orochimaru that he knew of, and bring all the supplies, equipment, and most importantly, the experimental subjects back to the Sound Ninja Village.

As long as someone who has undergone genetic modification from Snake Uncle survives, there is absolutely no problem for him to become a Genin. If someone survives after being implanted with a curse seal, then he is a very lucky person, and it will not be difficult for him to have the strength of a Chunin in the future.

In this way, the lack of number of Genin in the [Hidden Dragon Ascension] mission can be more or less made up.

In the Sound Village, the Sound Ninjas who were not out on missions also took quick action.

Captained by elite ninjas such as Kimimaro, Ningci, and Suigetsu, they headed to Orochimaru's underground bases throughout the ninja world.

Less than a quarter of an hour.

Nearly ninety Sound Ninjas in the Sound Village gathered together, divided into five squadrons, and rushed to the neighboring countries via several routes.

Zabuza, the only remaining elite jonin in the village, was sent to the Land of Hot Springs by Ototake to carry out a secret mission.

The orders he gave to Zabuza and Haku were: hide their identities, secretly contact the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs, use the Yu-Yu Village as their base, and develop the power of the affiliated ninja village belonging to the Oto-Yu Village in the Land of Hot Springs.

Yin Zhu himself once again set out on the road of gaining experience points, and by the way, see if he can find the crystal escape girl - Honglian.

......

"Have you heard that the small island east of Kusagakure Village lights up all over the sky at night, floating in the night sky, like the legendary ghost lanterns!"

"Isn't that a prison? The glowing lights, are you talking about the ghost lantern grass that can be seen everywhere? The fruit of this grass is indeed blood red, and it emits a faint light at night. What's so strange about it?"

"Tsk! What is Ghost Lantern Grass? Don't you know? The news has spread around the Kusagakure Village that Ghost Lantern City...eats people at night! Those red lights floating in the sky are the souls of those who died unjustly!"

"what!?"

In a simple izakaya near Kusashi Village, several local residents were talking in low voices, with looks of fear on their faces, as if they had heard something terrible.

Most of them were wearing dark coarse cloth, and judging from their faces full of deep wrinkles, they should be farmers from the nearby village.

Several people were sitting around a table, looking like those gossipy village aunties.

At this time, a slender figure walked in from outside the pub. It was Yin Zhu.

The farmers who were drinking turned their heads to look at the door. When they saw a handsome young man, their expressions changed slightly and they all stopped talking at the same time.

Then they quickly glanced at the young man's forehead and saw that there was no familiar forehead protector on it, but a white area. Only then did they feel relieved.

They looked at each other, both with lingering fear on their faces. "Fortunately, they are not Kusagakure ninjas. If those Kusagakure people heard what we just said, they would definitely beat us up again, and there is even a possibility that we would be thrown into jail!"

"Yeah, the Kusanagi are all inhuman bastards..."

At this time, a young man in black shorts came to a table next to a few farmers and sat down, then turned around and gave instructions.

"Boss, give me a pot of wine and some food, and hurry up."

A loud voice came from a distance, "Okay, please wait a moment, it will be ready soon."

The farmers looked at each other and thought that the young man was just passing by on his way to do business, so they continued to lean closer and gossip.

"I heard that the prison has been acting strange lately. There's always the sound of a woman crying at night..."

Hearing this, Yin Zhu, who was sitting at the table next to him, tilted his head slightly and glanced in the direction of the few people.

I only heard a few people talking in low voices.

"I heard that the prison is not just for holding prisoners. Any lone outsiders will be targeted by the guards there and then taken to the prison! I even heard that many villagers nearby have gone missing..."

At the end of his speech, the plain-looking middle-aged man's eyelids twitched, and an indescribable fear flashed across his eyes.

Hearing this, Yin Zhu's face showed a thoughtful look, and he murmured in his heart, "Ghost Lantern City, Paradise Box......"

......

night.

On a small island surrounded by the sea.

Da da da--

The tall Yinzhu swooped down vertically from the wall on one side of the tall tower-like building.

He was holding a rope in his hand, and there seemed to be a few human figures tied to the rope. They were not very clear in the night, but they were following him and falling rapidly.

He stepped down quickly from the steep wall tens of meters high. When he was about to land on the ground, Yin Zhu spread his arms, moved his toes up and down a few times to slow down, then landed lightly on the ground, completing the landing.

Then he lifted up the falling black shadows in a string with one hand and held them firmly in the air. A muffled groan was heard, and then Yin Zhu placed the black shadows firmly on the ground.

Falling from such a high right-angled wall, carrying three ordinary people with him, this kind of chakra control, if someone could see it, would give people an extremely strong visual impact and gap.

"It's about time to go back..."

Yin Zhu turned his head and silently glanced at the three figures behind him whose hands were tied with ropes, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

It was just a guess at first, but after Yin Zhu searched the prison in this Ghost Lantern City, he actually found Honglian and Youguimaru, mother and son.

And judging from their location and order in the prisoner cells, they would soon become "food" of the Box of Bliss and be devoured.

Now that he has found Honglian and the others, Yinzhu is no longer in a hurry to gain "experience points" in the cell. He wants to get these people out of the island first.

Just now.

In this originally dark night sky, a blood-red light suddenly shot out from a distance and landed dozens of meters above the heads of Yin Zhu and others. Then, the red light suddenly surged, illuminating the space blood red!

"Huh? Have you been discovered?"

Yinzhu looked surprised, but did not hesitate, crossing his fingers. "Shadow Clone Technique!"

A cloud of white mist exploded on the spot. Yin Zhu handed the rope to the shadow clone and said, "Take them out of this island and protect them. Wait for me in a safe place."

"understand!"

The shadow clone responded, dragging the three people who had remained silent, and quickly crossed the dark night, leaping to a cliff on the west side of the island, then walking along the waves, and soon disappeared on the vast sea.

Yin Zhu stood motionless at the foot of the tower-like building, looking at the object with a large red light above his head with interest.

It was a hollow black lantern, emitting a flickering, enchanting red light from inside the lantern, giving off an ominous aura. No wonder the villagers felt scared when they saw these "ghost lanterns".

Combined with the rumors of missing villagers, anyone would feel that this island was cursed by evil spirits.

"Is it some kind of perception ninjutsu?" Yin Zhu became interested.

Although the ninjutsu makes a lot of noise, it seems to be quite useful.

If it weren't for the low muffled groans coming from Honglian and the others just now, he would have almost managed to lead his people away silently, but he was still discovered by this little thing, and it emitted a red light to warn him.

Not long after.

Yin Zhu vaguely heard the sound of dense footsteps in the night wind.