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  Hidden Laboratory.

  Orochimaru kept a close wat Tsunade's vitals and he was beginning to see slight improvement. 'Her fever has gone down and vitals are slowly climbing. Her body is starting to adapt. It won't be long now. A day. Maybe two. By then her genes would evolve into new ones. I don't o wait for it to be pleted. I extract what I need and then perfect it at my b.'

  The Snake Sannin's sinister gaze then turo the sleeping Shizuhe young medic was mentally and physically tired after using almost all her chakra to keep her teacher alive. Orochimaru almost sighed as he thought about what he would do with her.

  'It's a shame to kill someoh such talent in mediinjutsu. But if I let you live then your only goal in life would bee revenge. I won't make the mistake of letting a potential threat live unlike my foolish sensei.'

  The pale skinned man turned his attention back to the unscious Senju. 'In a way, killing her is a kindness. I'll be sparing her of all those years of misery.'

  Orochimaru decided to take a little break himself and quietly exited the room. He looked at the nearby clo the wall and frowned. 'There is still from Guren. So either she hasn't captured Daichi yet or she failed.'

  Orochimaru sat in his chair and thought about the mission he assighe woman. 'She's strong. Even Kakashi would have a hard time against her alone. Let alohe whole team with her… So she must not have gotten her hands on Daichi yet. Is sensei ed for his safety because of what happened with Tsunade? Is the boy's movements restricted?'

  As he on the movement of the Leaf vilge, Sakon appeared and kneeled.

  "Has there been any developments?" Orochimaru asked his subordinate.

  "Some my Lord. The patrol squads from the Hidden Stone have increased. Especially he border and they've increased security." Sakon replied with his head down.

  "Has aered the barrier?"

  "No. They haven't even e close. Sihis area falls uhe Minister's jurisdi they are careful."

  Orochimaru nodded. "Make sure to keep an eye on the surroundings. I don't want any ued surprises."

  "Yes my Lord." Sakon was silent for a few moments before he spoke again. "Lord Orochimaru. Was Guren successful? Did she capture the boy?"

  A few moments of silence passed before the Sannin decided to answer. "I haven't received any information from them yet. But I have no doubt that she'll plete the mission."

  Sakon nodded. He wao ask more but refrained himself. A moment ter he disappeared from his master's side and was on the uppermost floor keeping an eye on the defenses around the barrier.

  "That wasn't smart. Questioning our Lord." Sakon heard a small voiing from behind.

  "Ukon. You're awake."

  "Yes. The side effects of that drug have been purged from my system." Ukon replied.

  Sakon could feel the ges in his brother's body. "I just wao know if there were any plications with the p in pce." He told his brother.

  Ukon was "Hm… Daichi Hekima. I'm curious to see him in a. After all, he's going to be Lord Orochimaru's new vessel. Gureer be careful and not mess this up."

  Sakon agreed with that se. "Do you really think the boy will survive the curse seal and the new woodstyle serum iion?" He wao know what Ukon thought.

  "Based oa collected so far that probability is high. His body is strong and his growth is far beyond that of an ordinary ninja. It's exactly why Lord Orochimaru decided to make him his new vessel. Guren just has to plete her task. Capture the boy and bring him to that location."

  Sakon crossed his arms and just sat in the middle of a plex sealing array. His brows furrowed as ahought entered his mind. "I'm more ed with what the Leaf might do. After Guren captures the boy the Hidden Leaf will no doubt unch a widespread search to locate him. If they find that base they could capture Guren and save the child."

  Ukon wasn't as ed as his brother. "No. Lord Orochimaru already has a tingency for that. Even if the Hidden Leaf ninjas find the base, Daichi will be moved from that location via the snake summon. Besides, should there be an attack, the Leaf will only be sending their shinobi to their deaths. sidering the two guarding that location."

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  T .

  With Inoichi Yamanaka.

  While Ibiki went to work on Rinji, Guren was transferred to the intelligence se on the lower floors. Soon she was unscious and trapped inside a strange mae semi circur in shape. Only her head was visible.

  There were numerous seals all over the mae and numerous wires were running to a trol desk in the back. Three ninjas had their hands pced on the seals located on the trol desk.

  A retly promoted Yamanaka in looked at the mae in awe. 'So this is the Mind reading amplifiae huh. This will increase the strength of the Psyind Transmission. After this device is turned on, Captain Inoichi will stay in direct tact with the target while the rest of us help by releasing chakra into the seals located on the device.'

  As Inoichi got ready to mind read his target, Aoba Yamashiro came near him. "Captain. You should be careful. If it's anything like Mizuki she'd have powerful barriers too."

  The blonde Yamanaka nodded his head. "I know. I'm ting on her memories to have mental blocks on them. It'll take longer periods of time to probe through them but with all of us here it won't take that much time. Besides, based on the information we received, this woman is the leader of the team that attacked Genma's squad. So unlike Mizuki, she'll definitely have valuable information."

  "Our approach... Should we be delicate or… ?"

  Inoichi shook his head upon hearing that question. "No. Time is a serious factor. We're going to use brute force. We o gather as mutelligence as we , as fast as we . She has no use other than that. So let's get to work."

  Inoichi made a few seals and pced his hand on Guren's head. Instantly the Yamanaka ehe target's subscious to extract the information he needed. Guren, though physically restrained and unscious, subsciously began to resist with a mental fortitude hohrough rigorous training under Orochimaru.

  Inoichi frowned as he observed his surroundings. 'Her mind is bristling with defenses.'.

  In Guren's mind, Inoichi found himself in a vast, foreboding ndscape. It was a dark, twisted terrain, filled with thick mists and treacherous paths.

  'This mindscape is littered with traps, barriers aal structs erected to protect her deepest secrets and memories. No wohe truth serum didn't show any effect. Orochimaru's poisoanbined with defenses like these. Those serums might as well have been ordinary water.'

  Inoichi, uerred, began to navigate through the byrinth. He entered walls of imperable fog with each representing Guren's fears and doubts. It was desigo disorient and trap intruders.

  'A Genjutsu to fuse intruders using your own fears huh. That's a clever trick. But it won't be that easy to keep me away.'

  Inoichi made a seal and quickly dissipated the fog with beams of trated mental energy and he pushed forward.

  As he delved deeper, he came aore siraps. From the darkness several tendril suddenly appeared and twisted around Inoichi's arms and legs.

  The Yamanaka instantly reized the trap used. 'This is… 'Double Layered Mind Crush' jutsu. A Genjutsu attaside a Genjutsu defehis is defihat damn Ko's jutsu. But it doesn't have his finess.'

  Inoichi immediately calmed himself and didn't make any moves. 'The more the victim struggles in these binds the tighter they bee. And if the target tile for several seds, these binds won't stop tightening till the limbs are torn off.'

  Inoichi's sudden stillness and rexed posture stopped the jutsu from activating its deadly trap. Around 10 seds ter he suddenly used strong for his arms to break through the tendrils and made a Ram seal.

  'Genjutsu release.'

  Immediately the dark tendrils vanished and the Yamanaka moved ahead. Further in, he entered a series of intricate puzzles. Eae was a plex mental barrier designed based on her personality.

  'Usually these puzzles would require me to solve them through uanding the nuances of Guren's psyche, deg her fears, motivations, and loyalties. But that would take time. Thankfully Lord Hokage has given permission to move faster.'

  Inoichi gathered the chakra and begaroying the barriers. But he was still careful as to ner any traps or tingehat might have been pced in her head.

  As the man moved forward through Guren's mind he entered several challenges.

  One particurly challenging barrier was a vast, swirling vortex. Inoichi reized it as a trap meant to engulf aroy an intruder's sciousness.

  Approag it with caution, he carefully executed the ter jutsu. With the help of the Mind reading amplifiae and the ins supplying him with chakra, Inoichi quickly moved forward.

  Throughout this mindscape journey, Inoichi was careful to maintain a lifelio his own body. He was aware of the dangers of being lost in another's sciousness.

  The mind reader effitly and ruthlessly destroyed the barriers that sprung up in Guren's mind.

  'This mind-walking expedition is exhausting.' Even with outside help Inoichi had to tap into the depths of his owal aional reserves to keep going at such a fast pace.

  Outside, the other ninjas were carefully monit Guren and Inoichi. The atmosphere in this room was a stark trast with the oppressive enviro of the interrogation chamber but the air was still charged with a palpable, electrision.

  Aoba looked at the three ins who were supp Inoichi in this endeavor. "How is it? What's going on?" The man asked in a low voice.

  "Her mind is like a fortress. It's yered with several protes. It's doing a good job of slowing down the captain." One of the ins replied in a small voice as to not distribute Inoichi.

  Ihe mindscape Inoichi's sciousness approached the outer yers of Guren's psyche and soon breached through them. He entered another barrier - A swirling storm of memories aions desigo disorient and repel the intruder.

  'False memories mixed in with real ones huh. It won't be that easy to fool me.'

  With practiced ease, Inoiavigated through this maelstrom, his years of experience allowed him to distinguish between genuine memories and fabricated defenses.

  'So many mind shields… We might be uimating this woman's importao Orochimaru... I o proceed with caution.'

  Time went by and as he advanced, Inoichi became aware of the core of Guren's psyche. He saw a rge pink crystal wall blog his path.

  'This is a fortress within a fortress. So this must be it. Where her most guarded secrets and memories reside.'

  Inoichi touched the crystal defense ahe strength of the final mind barrier.

  'This must have beeed based on the ws of her Kekkei Genkai. An inner sanctum protected by a final, most formidable barrier created based on her bloodline.'

  Inoichi examihe barrier and uood that breag this final defense will require not just skill but power. 'I o see if Orochimaru or Ko has pced any tingencies here.'

  The Yamanaka ninja examined every part of the mind and soon found something that almost made him curse. 'I o tell the others.'

  Outside, the four ninjas were watg Inoichi's still form with bated breath. They khe toll such a deep dive take on the practitiohey saw stant steam ing from Guren's head. Proof of the battle taking pside her mind.

  Suddenly they saw their captain open his eyes and e out of the Mind walk. "We have a problem. Well, teically we have two problems." Inoichi's first words caused tension to rise in the room.

  "Captain, what happened?" Aoba asked with in his voice.

  "I'm in front of the final barrier in the core of her mind. It's a rare specifid barrier created based on her bloodline. Breaking through that will require quite a bit of skill and chakra. That's problem number one."

  "And the sed?" One of the ins asked.

  "There is a failsafe trigger. A special seal pced by Orochimaru." The Yamanaka captain replied.

  "What kind of seal?" Aoba asked. He khere weren't many mind teiques or barriers that could stop the captain.

  "A miru seal. The instant we break the barrier, the seal will be triggered and her memories will start getting erased. Fast." Inoichi replied.

  "To go that far. Orochimaru really values this woman, doesn't he? She must know a lot of his secrets." Aoba instantly cluded.

  "Yes. It's precisely why we 't fail. Once we breach the barrier we'll o get as muformation out of her as possible. Aoba. I'll need your assistan this." Inoichi ordered and gave them all their tasks.

  Aoba pced his hand atop Guren's head alongside Inoichi and they both entered her mind.

  "We'll break the barrier together. Ohe crystal wall shatters the seal will activate and begin to quickly erase her memories. So we o act smart."

  Inoichi spoke and Aoba he Jonin knew what his captain was talking about. "The early memories. Her childhood. We don't hose memories, do we?" Aoba asked his captain.

  "No. The most important ones are the memories from the st 12 months. But that's what the seal will also try to destroy first. You o stall or redirect the seal to the oldest memories. While you do that I'll read through her ret memories as soon as possible. Take any and all information we ."

  Aoba nodded with the pn. They both began gathering chakra and synized with the ins outside for maximum power. Inoichi and Aoba simultaneously began f hand-seals. The instant the sequence was pleted they pced their palms on the crystal barrier.

  "Mind Barrier destru jutsu." x2

  A powerful force from both within Guren's mind and outside bsted against the crystal mind shield. Inoichi and Aoba looked on and anxiously waited.

  A moment ter cracks began to form in the middle of the crystal barrier and quickly began to spread in all dires. A sed ter the pink defense wall shattered and disappeared into fine particles.

  Instantly the failsafe seal Orochimaru pced activated. Guren's mind shook and Inoichi and Aoba clearly felt the effects. It was as if there was ahquake inside her mind.

  "Now Aoba! This is our only ce!" Inoichi shouted and immediately went toing through the ret memories.

  "Yes captain!" Aoba quickly focused on the sealing jutsu and begaing ter seals and misdire seals to slow down the Memory destru seal.

  Outside the mind, the three ihe increase in the chakra drain and saw the trated visage of the two Jonins. Seds went by and turo mihe steam formed on Guren's head increased. They saw sweat f on Inoichi and Aoba's faces.

  "How long do you think they'll st in there?" One of the in asked his panion.

  "I don't know. It might not be long now… Look at Guren."

  The other two focused their attention back to Orochimaru's unscious subordinate. Blood was slowly leaking from her nostrils and eyes.

  "It's the effect of all those jutsus. Her brain's heming. This isn't good. If Inoichi and Aoba don't get out of there before her mind colpses, they'll be buried with her."

  The trio of ins were getting teh each passing sed. Suddenly they sensed a shift in chakra and saw that Inoichi and Aoba escaped from Guren's mind.

  Aoba, seeing that he was back outside, was breathing hard and took a few unsteady steps babsp;'That was too close.'

  He took a few deep breaths to calm himself and then looked at his superior.

  "Captain. You alright?" Aoba asked. He became ed when he saw Inoichi's pale face.

  Inoichi snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the man. He slowly nodded and then straightened. "I o speak to the Hokage. In the meantime, Aoba, I want you to take her body to the medical corps. Have them perform an autopsy." He ordered and then disappeared.

  Aoba merely nodded silently. 'What did he see ihat spooked him like that?'

  Author's Note:

  So Guren is dead. Im taking her out early

  For those w, the interrogation took a few hours. And barriers were different from the ones mizuki had.

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