Chapter 150: CH 150
Naruto sat down, tapping his chin before Shizune placed a sheet of paper and a pen in front of him, "Time has pretty much taken a sledgehammer to the minute details, but other than the unholy garbage I have on the Cursed Seal I have a few of his lieutenants' names and the coordinates of a few bases spread out all over the place. That man really got around." He said as he wrote out some of what he knew on the paper provided.
Tsunade waited for him to finish before taking and reading what he had down, "This isn't bad at all. It's definitely more information than anyone else had been able to scrounge up on Orochimaru's workings for years before this. It's definitely settled then. You will be accompanying a contingent of Anbu on search and destroy missions against the bases you've just listed for us."
Naruto had to grin at that, "Finally." He mumbled out, "Are you going to promote me now or what?"
Tsunade lowered the paper and frowned at him, "Maybe. We'll see when you get back. I'll summon you in a few days to get your full briefing for the mission. Tell no one what exactly you're doing. I'm sure you know this."
Naruto had a question, "What about my money? It's been two weeks and I never got my money for Sasori."
Tsunade rubbed her temple, "Since he turned his body into a puppet there was no biological evidence of it being Sasori himself despite his signature poison coating the weapons you sent."
Naruto blinked, "You need DNA? Why didn't you say so? I kept the tatters of the shirt I used when I fought him, it has his blood from my final attack all over it. I'll send it right to you before I set out on this trip. I want my money, Suna's not shafting me on this one."
Tsunade sent a look to Shizune who nodded and left the room, probably to prepare correspondence to Kaze no Kuni. She then returned her attention to Naruto, "I'll handle it if you get me the DNA. Now get rested and ready for the mission. No training, and get your affairs in order before you leave. This one's going to be a long one."
"Understood Tsunade-sama. Consider the bases raided and sacked." Naruto saluted her and exited through the window.
(End Flashback)
Night had fallen as Naruto made his way further in from the edge of the cliff he had just scaled and eventually came upon a seemingly normal looking fracture in the rock wall, 'Pretty normal looking cave entrance. The man can certainly disguise his bases when he wants to.' The opening seemed unguarded, but Naruto knew far better than that. This base was still active, that meant that there was a guard or two somewhere within easy sight of the entrance.