“Did you win?”

The waves receded, revealing two people in the center of the battlefield.

Hoshigaki Kisame fell to the ground and coughed out water weakly:

“I’m sorry that I couldn’t make Lady Tsunade use her full strength.”

“My ninja way will end here…”

Volume 113: Prime Minister Gojo’s Tips: [Orochimaru will definitely fight back]

“Gojo Kegetsu is dying.”

“Is it true or false?”

For two or three days, Orochimaru thought about this problem seriously.

As for Orochimaru, he has long been at odds with Konoha.

Having witnessed the deaths of Tsunade’s younger brother Nawaki, Kato Dan, and his parents, Orochimaru felt the extreme fragility of life.

A detonating tag can take the life of “Konoha’s legitimate heir” Nawaki. Such a ninja world is too absurd.

It seems that death is the only fate of a ninja. No matter how great their achievements are or how powerful they are, a ninja… will die in the end, no different from an ordinary person.

All the fame, wealth and status you have achieved in your lifetime may disappear with the detonation of a detonating talisman.

It was from that time that Orochimaru suffered from death anxiety.

I was afraid of disappearing, and thus fell into an unsolvable dilemma. Once I had a clear understanding of the concept of “death”, I began to feel that everything was meaningless.

Orochimaru found it hard to accept that one day he would no longer exist, and that all the knowledge, ninjutsu, interpersonal relationships, etc. that he had learned would be wiped out in an instant by the Dust Release, and there would be no trace of him in the world anymore.

After this, Orochimaru’s ninja way changed.

No longer centered on Konoha, no longer aiming to increase one’s own strength, everything done is for the sake of immortality.

Eternal life and immortality. The body is just a shell, but the consciousness continues forever.

Perhaps it was possible to be pulled back on track, but after failing to compete with Minato for the position of Hokage, Orochimaru lost the last bit of concern in his heart and was completely desperate.

He sneaked into Konoha’s forbidden technique base, looked through the sealing techniques and a large number of ninjutsu scrolls, just to seek the ninjutsu of immortality.

Among them, what Orochimaru was extremely fascinated by was the ultimate forbidden technique of Impure World Reincarnation invented by the Second Hokage. Therefore, Orochimaru began to spend a lot of time learning Impure World Reincarnation and studying other immortal ninjutsu.

This morbid ninja way became more and more extreme, and Orochimaru began to be dissatisfied with conventional experiments.

They began to secretly carry out the terminated Hashirama cell transplantation experiment, kidnapping the village’s Genin, Chunin and babies from villages around Konoha, and extracting Hashirama cells from the body of the First Hokage and injecting them into the babies in order to seek the possibility of immortality.

If it weren’t for the high risk of capturing a jonin, Orochimaru would have thought of taking the risk. Perhaps, his experiment could yield results on jonin, or even higher-level materials!

But with the coming to power of the Fourth Hokage and the martial law policies proposed by Gojo Kegetsu, Orochimaru’s experiments became increasingly difficult.

Even though he is one of the few people standing at the top of Konoha Ninja.

But it is no longer possible to obtain live materials as frequently as before without being caught.

If it was just that living materials were difficult to obtain, Orochimaru could still tolerate that.

Then the following points will make Orochimaru’s already stubborn ninja way even more impatient and distorted.

The development progress of Impure World Reincarnation has stalled;

Danzo failed in the political struggle and was expelled from Konoha’s core power circle by Gojo Kegetsu. He could not get the support of “roots” in Konoha, and his risk of exposure was greatly increased;

Gojo Jieyue’s ambiguous hostility and the inappropriately increased patrol intensity…

All the unfavorable factors are trying to provoke Orochimaru’s sensitive heart.

After embarking on this path, Orochimaru had already prepared himself mentally. These things he did could not be concealed, and sooner or later they would be exposed due to some coincidence.

Perhaps, it will be the next time when we deal with the scrapped experimental materials.

With this mentality, an extremely bold idea emerged in Orochimaru’s mind –

[Rebel Village]

Yes, as long as I can leave Konoha.

You can just settle down in a small country nearby. There will be endless experimental supplies, and you don’t have to worry about being targeted by Konoha’s Anbu and Police Department.

But…it’s not easy for him to go out, he has no excuse.

This relates to what he said about feeling Gojo Jieyue’s vague yet distant hostility.

Normally, ninjas are a military profession that requires violence, so they are not allowed to leave the village without reason. If they want to go out, they have to accept missions and write mission reports… This is too much trouble for Orochimaru who wants to delve into the business of immortality.

As one of the three ninjas, they can go out whenever they want. This is true for Tsunade and Jiraiya, but this is no longer possible for Orochimaru.

He was kept in Konoha by Gojo Kegetsu on the grounds that “the Fourth Hokage is still young and inexperienced, the village’s defenses are weak, and the village needs the respected Three Ninjas to take charge.”

As the most meritorious among the three ninjas, Orochimaru was almost the only one who had the responsibility to stay in Konoha.

He could have ignored such moral kidnapping, but his overly radical and unreasonable behavior would inevitably increase the suspicion of the Hokage clan towards him.

His teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen, invited him to the Sarutobi residence for tea more and more frequently.

This is hitting him!

How frustrating!

The instruments and equipment needed for the experiment and the finished materials were difficult to transport out of the village without the help of the Root, so Orochimaru endured the frustration and lay dormant.

Like a poisonous snake coiling in a dark cave, silently waiting for an opportunity to defect.

And now, the opportunity he had been waiting for seemed to have come to him?

The life or death of Gojo Kegetsu is uncertain, which is undoubtedly great news for Orochimaru.

The annoying guy died, and the deep waters of Konoha were stirred and muddied.

Although the village is under martial law again, as long as this crisis passes…

He, Orochimaru, will take his talent and disappear into the dust of the ninja world.

Orochimaru, who was sitting quietly at home, slowly opened his snake eyes. It was time to make a decision!

At this moment…

dong dong——

“Enter.”

Orochimaru raised his eyes and saw who was coming and found it was Hatake Kakashi.

“Lord Orochimaru, the Yondaime-sama wants to see you.”

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“According to the latest information collected, Hidan from Yugen Village is a six-year-old boy. Although he is only six years old, he has already shown outstanding ninja talent, but he is extremely bloodthirsty and brutal, which is completely inconsistent with the Will of Fire of our Konoha Village.”

“Although the Yugen Village has announced that it has formed a comprehensive partnership with Kumogakure, it is geographically located in the midst of our Konoha, Sand Village, and Rain Village, so Kumogakure is almost unable to provide reinforcements to it.”

“Plus, the defense of its own village is not strong. As long as we in Konoha are willing, we can take it down with lightning speed on the first day of the public announcement.”

“The only thing we need to worry about is the daimyo.”

Nara Shikaku held the intelligence book in his hand and made a report with a serious face.

After all, it is a special external military operation, so it is necessary to make a comprehensive plan internally before officially issuing a statement.

Now the outside world only knows that Konoha is tracking down the murderer and will launch the most violent revenge. Every village is in danger, but no one knows which village Konoha is planning to retaliate against.

In Konoha, the commanding ninjas and the number of ninja teams to be dispatched have already been planned, as well as the military facilities of the enemy villages that need to be attacked.

The daimyo would not interfere in the life-and-death fights among the five major villages.

But it is not certain whether to invade a small ninja village, a neutral village, or a friendly village. The relationship between daimyo and daimyo is mostly based on marriage, vassalage and master’s family.

Launching an invasion without reporting to the daimyo was tantamount to slapping the daimyo in the face and was a taboo.

No matter what kind of results are achieved, they will probably not be able to escape the reckoning from the daimyo afterwards.

“Do you, the Hokage of Konoha Village, still have regard for me, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire?”, “Today you dare to invade a friendly neighbor without the Daimyo’s permission. Will you dare to launch a surprise attack on the Daimyo’s mansion tomorrow?”

Accountability of this kind is inevitable.

If the situation is more serious, the daimyo’s aid allocation will be weakened on an epic scale, and he will use legal procedures to interfere with the village’s political ecology to support another faction…

In the past, the daimyo’s funding was used to tie up the ninja village, treating it like a dog’s chain so that the ninja village would not dare to have any other thoughts.

From Nara Shikaku’s point of view, there was no need to violate these taboos just for a ninja who was only six years old and had outstanding talent.

after all……

The Daimyo was still quite authoritative in the eyes of these traditionalist ninjas. This authority was even more important to the Nara clan who were allowed to go to the Land of Fire to discuss politics.

However, the authority of the daimyo did not work well with Gojo Kegetsu, nor with Namikaze Minato who was influenced by Gojo.

Minato’s face was gentle:

“In Daming, I will go to debate the scriptures afterwards, it won’t be a big problem.”

In the past, Minato would have been somewhat cautious about his duties as the Hokage. But now, looking at the economy of Konoha Village, even if the funding from the Daimyo is missing, the gap can be made up quickly.

The shackles that were once placed around the ninja village’s neck have been broken!

“That’s…ok.”

Nara Shikaku was a little helpless.

He is loyal to the Fire Country Daimyo, but also loyal to Konoha. The Nara clan needs the monarchical authority of the Fire Country Daimyo, but they need to ensure their own status as a ninja clan in Konoha.

In everything, Konoha should be put first, and the Daimyo should be considered later.

Nara Shikaku continued to report:

“The situation in Kusagakure is a bit complicated…”

The Kusagakure Village is on good terms with both sides of the ninja world. While being on good terms with Konoha, it is also on good terms with Kumogakure, and has almost become a default non-contention village.

Their internal politics are corrupt, but they are open to external affairs and are on good terms with the daimyo clans of Thunder and Fire villages. The political turmoil after the invasion is almost a foreseeable trouble.

At the same time, Kusanagi was also one of the first villages to respond to the call of the Cloud Village and join the “Cloud Alliance” militarily.

In order to enjoy the economic transfusion from Kumogakure, the price was to relax some military controls and demarcate a piece of land for Kumogakure to send ninja garrisons.

“Uzumaki Momohime’s identity is somewhat special. According to our intelligence personnel, she is used as a ‘medicine bag’ in the Kusagakure Village. She is of great significance to the Kusagakure.”

“What is likely to happen:”

“As soon as we announced that the Kusagakure Village would hand over Momohime Uzumaki, the Kusagakure Village firmly rejected our extradition statement. They started with the Daimyo and Kumogakure to put pressure on us in Konoha.”

Nara Shikaku pointed at the map.

It must be said that the elders of Kumogakure still have some strategic vision. The stationing of troops in Kusagakure has established a supply line and an outpost for invading the western world of the ninja world.

“According to my analysis, there is at least a 70% chance that a real military conflict will break out.”

“We want to achieve our goal, so we will send Konoha ninjas into the Kusagakure Village to fight.”

“In order to minimize the losses… I suggest that we dispatch elite troops to strike the Kusanagi ninja as soon as the Konoha Special Military Action Announcement is notified to the ninja world.”

“Before the Daimyo and Kumogakure can react, we must defeat the Kusagakure and Kumogakure garrisons as quickly as possible and achieve the results we have planned.”

Minato Namikaze listened and nodded repeatedly, indicating that he approved of Nara Shikaku’s plan.

As for Konoha, we should listen to Gojo on the general direction, but we should refer to the advice of the senior members of the Nara family on the details.

“In this case, we need to confirm the candidate.”

“Who will be the commander-in-chief of this blitzkrieg force?” Nara Shikaku asked himself and answered: “I suggest that Lord Orochimaru should be in charge.”

“Whether in terms of strength or prestige, Lord Orochimaru is fully qualified to lead this blitzkrieg team.”

For a surprise attack, at least the best ninja in the village must be involved to ensure that the plan can proceed smoothly.

The best is to have a ninja with high mobility. In the ninja world where communication methods are not yet developed, most of the messages have to be transmitted manually or by ninja birds and crows. As long as there is enough mobility, there are many things that can be done during the time when messages are being transmitted.