BAMM!

Danzou slams his fist on the table.

Danzou: I don’t care what means you use! I want whoever did this dead!

Danzou shouts angrily at his followers in front of him.

Knowing Danzou’s temper, his followers quietly give a bow and disappear into the shadows.

Danzou’s thoughts: Don’t let me know who you are… I will make sure you suffer for this!

Danzou has just came back to find that his secret laboratory has disappeared after manipulating the leader of Amegakure, Hanzou into ending Akatsuki’s rebellion. It was only discovered when one of the Danzou’s trusted personnel was ordered to retrieve documents from it.

After doing some investigation, his followers discovered it was not done by the clones might go berserk as there are no traces of chakra detected. Danzou is now frustrated by the uselessness of his follower.

Afternoon...

Two men are inside and one of them is Orochimaru who is sitting across the table while looking at Shang who is wearing glasses and writing something.

The two men remain silent till one of them starts to speak.

Orochimaru: What was that? Was that the same thing that caused the extinction of your clan?

Orochimaru questions Shang as he was the one who placed a golden cube which Shang requested into Danzou’s secret laboratory. Orochimaru originally replaces the cube with a fake and tries to dismantle it but no matter how hard he tries, he could not pry open the item, so he returns the item back to where it is supposed to be.

Orochimaru only finds out how dangerous the cube was when Danzou requests his assistance into investigating the disappearance of his laboratory. He could not blame Shang for not telling him as he himself almost got himself killed.

Shang: No… It’s something that is cannot be explained.

Shang says while scribbling something.

Orochimaru:...Cannot be explained? Can you tell me more about the item?

Shang:...Before that, would you like to hear a story?

Shang finally puts down his pen.

Shang throws a revised version of the Katanagatari story at Orochimaru.

After a few hours, Orochimaru does not speak a word.

Knowing that Orochimaru need time to analyze his story, Shang pours himself and Orochimaru a hot sizzling cup of tea.

Shang then looks at the Korean words he has scribbled. What was written are the events Shang had recalled for Narutoverse.

Shang’s thoughts: I guess this is punishment for killing all the innocent lives inside Danzou’s laboratory.

The cube which Shang has given Orochimaru was the Horadric Cube which is only known for its alchemic purposes in Diablo Universe. Shang had no idea about that it can be used as a bomb until he played Deckard Cain in the game, Heroes of the Storm.

Shang’s thoughts: The developers should have renamed it to Horadric Bomb but this does not matter. I am more worried about this...

Shang did not expect that Koharu might give birth during the same year which Naruto will be born. He is aware how dangerous it will be during the time when Danzou does not make a move and Obito attacks the village.

Shang’s thoughts: Sigh...