Chapter 308: A Tense Night
The Hidden Leaf Village.
Around two hours before midnight Kakashi and his team reached the village. The patrol squads they had met on the way had sent word back to the village and a team from the interrogation department personally led by Ibiki and Inoichi were already waiting for them at the gates to receive the prisoners.
The Jonins handed their prisoners over and the Yamanaka clan head escorted them to the T building. Ibiki came near Kakashi and his team. "Inoichi will prepare them for a mind walk. In the meantime, follow me. Lord Hokage wants to see all of you."
The group of Jonins quickly made their way to the large tower in the middle of the village. Since it was late in the night there weren't many people around the streets but the movements of several patrol squads of Chunin and Genin roaming the village could be seen.
Soon Kakashi, Genma, Asuma, Guy, Anko, Daichi and Ibiki were in the Hokage's office.
"Kakashi, what happened?" Hiruzen asked.
"Orochimaru has employed delaying tactics. We couldn't find any traces of him or Lady Tsunade that would lead us to their location. He's created false trails to waste our time and throw us off his scent. Even though it might be false trails, I've tasked the other three to look into it."
The Hokage sighed when he heard that. "Just as I feared. He's not taking any chances… What about the prisoners you captured."
"On our way back to the village we encountered them attacking Genma's team." Kakashi replied and Hiruzen turned to Genma.