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Chapter 130 Night with Orochimaru, Orochimaru: "Teacher, you are really old."

The reason why Ye accepted the mission commission from the Snow Country was naturally not because he wanted to train a princess or create a female star.

After all, if he really wanted to play this kind of game, he wouldn't need to say it explicitly. As long as he showed a little bit of his intention, plenty of top female ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village would climb into his bed overnight.

There is no way, this is Ye’s current reputation and status in the Hidden Mist Village!

Of course, it is pure nonsense to talk about international reputation. A small country like the Snow Country, which is extremely poor and located in a remote corner on the edge of the Ninja World and is basically out of touch with the Ninja World, cannot gain any reputation even if it really completes some top-level tasks.

What he wanted was actually those things in the Snow Country.

Chakra technology creation!

The chakra armor used by the Snow Ninjas in the original work and the Snow Country's outstanding heavy industry are both very valuable things.

The most important thing is the hexagonal crystal and the so-called "geothermal generator" rainbow ice wall.

In the movie Snow Princess' Ninja Scrolls, Feng Hua Nu Tao used the hexagonal crystal to activate the geothermal generator. The energy generated instantly turned the snow-covered Snow Country into a country with four seasons like spring. Such terrifying power that can counter the power of nature is simply not something that the so-called "geothermal generator" can do.

Even if it is, it requires a huge amount of energy to activate it, and that energy is contained in the rainbow ice wall!

"Is it a large-scale chakra aggregation, or a crystallization of natural energy?"

Ye didn’t know, but it was obvious that the rainbow ice wall was definitely a top secret treasure!
There has never been a shortage of special treasures in this world, such as the dragon veins and Grayle Stone of the Wind Country, the stars of the Star Ninja Village, etc. These things can be regarded as the secret treasures of the ninja world.

There are even monsters and goblins that once swept the entire world!
The Box of Paradise in the Hidden Grass Village allowed Ye to obtain the key to create the void. Could the other secret treasures also be able to form some ingenious changes with the power of death that Ye possessed?
"Yondaime-sama!"

Soon, the shark-faced Hoshigaki Kisame appeared in the Mizukage's office.

At this moment, Hoshigaki Kisame has begun to show his prowess. His powerful water-style ninjutsu and swordsmanship, coupled with his sharp and decisive fighting style born from the blood mist, have enabled him to firmly enter the ranks of elite jonin.

Coupled with the village's political reforms and the cleansing of the dark intelligence system, this talented young man, who in the original work was disappointed with the village and fell into depravity due to doubts about himself, has gradually gotten back on track.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a Kirigakure who doesn't want to become one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen is not a good Kirigakure.

Hoshigaki Kisame also took the initiative to submit an application for 'Samehada', one of the Seven Ninja Swords, which shows his confidence in himself!

"Mizukage-sama!"

Hoshigaki Kisame greeted Ye respectfully. To him, Ye, who single-handedly led Kirigakure to defeat Konoha and took the position of the Fourth Mizukage, was undoubtedly his idol!
"This is the mission book for this time, take a look first."

Ye handed the mission book to Kisame: "There will be an Anbu team to cooperate with you in this mission, but in addition to protecting Fenghana Xiaoxue, there is also a secret mission for you!"

"Secret mission?"

Kisame's eyes lit up.

"I need you to obtain the chakra technology of the Snow Country, including the 'Chakra Armor', and obtain a special key called the 'Hexagonal Crystal', and then secretly investigate the Rainbow Ice Wall, the secret treasure of the Snow Country."

"Yes! Mizukage-sama!"

Hoshigaki Kisame nodded seriously and took the mission details.

"This mission is not easy. I saw that you submitted an application for Samehada before..." Ye smiled and looked at Kisame: "This time I allow you to use Samehada. If you can really use the power of this ninja sword well and complete this mission, it may not be impossible to give this ninja sword to you."

Hearing this, Hoshigaki Kisame's eyes brightened even more, and the serious man even revealed a smile of surprise.

"Yes!"

"Go."

Kisame left the Mizukage's office happily, but before Ye could continue to handle government affairs with Mizunoe Akira, a figure suddenly appeared in the office.

At that time, a beautiful figure appeared in the office.

She is tall, with birch green hair, and is wearing a special death suit that reveals her smooth and beautiful back.

On his waist, he wore a wooden token with a cross and a daffodil engraved on it.

Ye looked at Ye Cang, who was wearing a mask in front of him, in surprise. Before he could speak, Ye Cang threw the thing in his hand to him.

There were several poisonous snakes that were tied up. The head of one of them was a white snake, which kept shaking in the cage, making a hissing sound. Its golden vertical pupils kept looking around, taking in everything around it.

"Interesting. Where did you find it?"

"Jingwu Island."

Ye Cang's indifferent voice made Ye frown slightly.

Jingwu Island is not a famous island, but a desolate place in the Water Kingdom. There is nothing on the island.

The only thing worth noting is that some time ago, this island was classified by Ye as a "place for breeding poisonous insects".

"Before you have the power to match it, curiosity will kill you."

"Orochimaru."

Along with the calm voice, Ye's eyes fell on the white snake: "Although you Konoha and our Kirigakure are allies, you trespassed into my Kirigakure land. Even if I kill you here, Namikaze Minato will not say a word."

"..."

The white snake stared at the night silently, and after a moment it spoke in human language.

"I just didn't expect that you could actually control souls as the rumors say."

"The God of Death and Seireitei... plus the soul monsters kept on Jingwu Island, you have the ambition to completely surpass the 'shadow' and the 'village', Mizuno Tsukiyo!"

"What about you?" Ye looked at the white snake calmly: "As the only remaining Sannin, you have made great achievements in the Second and Third Ninja World Wars, but you were taken away from the position of the Fourth Hokage by Minato Namikaze with an overwhelming advantage."

"Immersed in ninjutsu research every day, I don't know if you are paralyzed by yourself or you really let it go, but there is one thing I am sure of."

Ye looked at the white snake with a half-smile: "That guy Namikaze Minato won't be like the Third Hokage, who would just acquiesce to you to conduct random experiments in Konoha."

"It's nothing more than defection!"

"Konoha no longer has the bond you want."

"Bonds are ridiculous things. They are meaningless. I am no longer the hot-blooded boy who talks about so-called bonds. What I have to do now is to learn all the ninjutsu, master the truth of this world, and become the ultimate individual!"

"Oh?"

Ye looked at the white snake with a smile: "When did you develop the illusion that mastering all ninjutsu means you can master the truth?"

The white snake's body trembled slightly, and its golden vertical pupils shrank slightly, as if it was a little surprised by Ye's words.

It slowly crawled on the table, thinking about the things it had discovered, and about Ye Cang, who had fought with it on the Sand Village battlefield but now became a subordinate of Mizunoe Tsukiyomi, and was completely different from before. It fell silent for a moment.

a long time.

The legendary Sannin slowly looked at Mizunoe Tsukiyomi and whispered, "So, have you grasped the truth?"

"not yet."

Ye shrugged very singlely.

"I won't use something vague and illusory as my life goal. I prefer to divide my goals into stages and take them step by step. After all, if you set yourself a goal that is too grand all at once, if you are not determined enough, you will inevitably doubt yourself and become afraid of that goal."

"For example, my previous goal was to end this war, become the Fourth Mizukage, and then let the God of Death and the Soul Society be born in this world, step by step, and complete it step by step... So Orochimaru, I'm very curious, to what extent have you achieved the ultimate goal in your heart."

"..."

The white snake's eyes trembled and it fell silent.

"The battle for the position of Hokage has failed, scientific experiments are restricted by the village, and the ninjutsu to pursue the truth has not yet been perfected."

"Your path is not easy, Orochimaru."

Ye looked at the small white snake, and his calm voice was like sharp needles. Even "Leng Jun" couldn't remain calm.

"Under such circumstances, you didn't stay in Konoha to deal with the mess, but instead ran to my island..."

"If you want to find help in your life's direction from me, it will cost you a lot."

Orochimaru had a complicated expression.

He didn't know how Mizunoe knew so much about Konoha's situation and his situation.

You have to know that even Danzo had no idea about the progress of those secret techniques and the troubles he himself encountered, but Mizunoe Tsukiyomi, who lived far away on an island in the deep sea, seemed to know him well.

Even...he knows himself better than himself.

"What do you want?" The white snake spoke slowly.

"That depends on what you can give me." Ye Dan smiled and said, "I have dug out a lot of good things from the minds of the deceased, forbidden techniques, secret techniques, and secrets. I have all these things. So, Orochimaru, it will not be easy for you to come up with a bargaining chip that can satisfy me."

"But you don't have to rush. Many things can't be achieved overnight. You are at the turning point of your life and need enough wind to drive you. Before you stir up this wind, I also have a question for you."

“…What’s the problem?”

"Are you here to pursue immortality, or are you here because you have to pursue immortality in order to pursue more truth?"

Looking at the white snake in front of him, Ye said softly: "Don't worry about answering me. If you are really ready, you can go to Wave City, and someone will come to pick you up there."

"Also, don't wander around the Water Country again before you make a decision."

As the words fell, the white snake felt the world in front of him spinning. When he regained consciousness, he was already in a grove of trees.

The white snake's heart trembled, and it quickly looked around, only to find that it was already in the territory of the Fire Kingdom!

"Water without moonlight..."

The white snake murmured, and the whole person turned into a white smoke and disappeared on the spot.

Orochimaru, who was instructing Red Bean, trembled violently at this moment, and even made a mistake in the technique he was performing on Red Bean.

The surging and extremely poisonous python pounced towards Orochimaru, and Orochimaru, who was stunned in place, was bitten by the python.

Although the snake python was killed by Orochimaru and turned into white smoke, Orochimaru's pale skin also began to turn black and purple rapidly.

"teacher!"

When this happened, even Red Bean herself was unable to react and was a little overwhelmed, but soon, the black and purple poison on Orochimaru's body dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"This poison won't have any effect on me Anko. You need to mix a poison that only you can cure, instead of using my discarded little toys all the time."

"Lord Orochimaru."

An indifferent voice sounded, and several Anbu figures appeared in the mansion: "The Fourth Hokage has something important that needs your attention."

Red Bean's face showed obvious panic. Orochimaru frowned slightly, slowly stood up, and walked towards the outside: "Let's stop here for today's practice. If you want to go out, remember to close the door."

"teacher……"

……

"I feel like there are a lot of things happening in the village recently. The teacher has been being sought by those Anbu."

Hongdou gulped down the whole bowl of red bean soup. She was in a depressed mood and turned her grief and anger into appetite. She ate and drank to her heart's content and even picked up a string of meatballs from her best friend 'Hong' and stuffed them into her mouth.

Hong helplessly ordered several more skewers of meatballs and a bowl of red bean soup, and softly consoled him, "Lord Orochimaru is a high-ranking official in the village, and he is also the commander-in-chief on the battlefield. The war just ended not long ago, and the Fourth Hokage has just taken office. There must be a lot of things that Lord Orochimaru needs to deal with."

"But the teacher hasn't dealt with any government affairs during this period..."

Hongdou grumbled subconsciously and retorted, but seemed to notice that these words might involve some political secrets, so she curled her lips and said nothing more: "I just feel like something is wrong recently. You know, I even had a nightmare last night!"

"You are under too much pressure. As a disciple of the Sannin, this is normal." Yuhi Kurenai ruffled Mitarashi Anko's hair and comforted her with an envious tone: "You are a disciple of the Sannin, so you must be under pressure. In the future, you will become a Hokage like the Yondaime!"

"Forget it, the teacher said that all I have in my head are meatballs and red bean soup, so I can't be a Hokage..."

"Well, your fighting power against meatballs and red bean soup is indeed quite strong." Hong looked at the red bean soup bowls piled up like a mountain in front of Hongdou, and then looked at Hongdou's belly that was not bulging at all, and thought it was unscientific.

"Okay, okay, you're just under too much pressure." Hong adjusted her thoughts and continued to comfort her.

In her opinion, Anko was under such pressure purely because of the election of the Yondaime.

As disciples of the three ninjas, one has become the shadow of a village, while the other only knows how to show off meatballs and red bean soup all day long.

If she were Hongdou, she would probably be under even greater pressure!
……

"I can acknowledge the existence of the 'root', but those things must also be explained!"

In the Hokage's office, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze looked at the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen who was full of sorrow in front of him and growled, "Sandake, tell me the truth, does the guy who appeared on the Higashinatsu Mountain have anything to do with our village?"

Honestly, under normal circumstances, Minato would never have gotten so angry.

After he succeeded as Hokage, Konoha did not undergo any obvious changes. He was still young and did not have enough experience to control such a large village, so he would consult the Third Hokage on many matters. With the support of the Third Hokage, he was able to stabilize his position little by little.

After all, he had just taken office and was only twenty-four years old. Although Golden Flash was famous and had outstanding achievements, some of the big clans and strong men in Konoha might not buy into his account.

Therefore, when dealing with these "sensitive issues", Minato Namikaze would often remain silent and listen to the opinions of the Third Hokage.

For this reason, he didn't even care about the Root, but completely acquiesced to the Third Hokage's action of exchanging the Root with Danzo before his abdication.

But the problem is, just when he was taking his time, he heard a piece of news that made Minato Namikaze unable to remain calm anymore.

He discovered a living Wood Release experiment subject.

And it is within the Anbu controlled by the Third Hokage himself!
He knew that after becoming the Hokage, Konoha would not be exactly the same as he had known it before, including those things hidden in the darkness, the relationships between the big clans and the Hokage, the compromises and conflicts among the top leaders, and so on.

He can learn slowly and take his time.

Because he is still young.

But he couldn't tolerate that after he became a shadow, there were still people who took things from the villagers behind his back!
"That guy on Dongsong Mountain really has nothing to do with us. Tianzang's appearance is also just an accident!"

"An accident caused by experimenting with Konoha's future!" Namikaze Minato said angrily, "Sandake, the village can have darkness, but the existence of darkness is to allow Konoha to better absorb nutrients, not to break Konoha's new branches!"

"Third-generation sir, do you really think I don't know everything that happened when you were in power? Human experiments, development of forbidden techniques, brainwashing methods, those things one after another..."

"enough!"

The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen shouted angrily and subconsciously wanted to blurt out the words "I am the Hokage", but the Hokage hat and the Hokage robe on Minato in front of him forced him to swallow the words back.

He suddenly discovered that the fourth generation he had chosen was not as easy to control as he had imagined.

The gentle little sun actually has a dazzling and scorching side.

But when did this change begin?
"I'll take care of everything."

Sarutobi Hiruzen threw away the messy thoughts in his mind, looked at the angry face of Namikaze Minato, and whispered: "I will deal with the darkness born out of my incompetence one by one, but please give me a little time."

"Can you really do it?" Namikaze Minato said in a deep voice: "Third generation, can you really make a decisive judgment on those things!"

"Don't be ridiculous Minato!"

The Third Hokage took a deep breath, took out a scroll from his arms, threw it to Minato Namikaze, then turned and walked out of the Hokage's office.

"I will leave Tenzou to you. Also, please believe in the position of Konoha in my heart."

"I... have been the Hokage for thirty years!"

……

"So, you are here to settle accounts with me for Jiraiya's disciple, old man?"

Sitting at his seat in his own public laboratory, Orochimaru turned around calmly and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and a group of ANBU who broke in fully armed. His tone was inexplicable, as if he had been prepared for this day to come.

"Orochimaru……"

When his cloudy eyes met the pair of golden vertical pupils, Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart twitched and he clenched his fists.

How did it come to this?

Is it just because of my indulgence of Danzo, because of my control over power, because of my incompetence and neglect of my disciples!

No, it is not.

It's not his fault, but those guys who are too ambitious and have no self-control!
"Orochimaru, have you completely fallen into darkness?"

"I'm curious, if you can really judge darkness and evil, shouldn't you have dealt with Danzo before stepping down as Hokage to pave the way for the Yondaime?"

Orochimaru looked at the teacher in front of him, not seeming nervous at all: "But you didn't do that. Not only did you not hold Danzo accountable, you even returned the root to him... I originally thought that you wanted to use Danzo to make achievements for the Fourth Hokage, but now it seems that I am the naive one?"

These words were almost a direct question to Sarutobi Hiruzen, "How dare you give up your disciple like me for Danzo?"
"…When on earth did you start conducting those forbidden experiments?!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had nothing to say, growled and opened his mouth, but all he got in return was Orochimaru's sarcastic sneer.

"You really don't know? I thought you had already gone through all the things when you took over the root. After all, you are Lian Jia, oh, now you should be called Tian Zang."

"You even took the Tianzang. Don't you know anything about these things?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's fists were clenched until they turned white.

Of course he knew that, because during the time when he controlled the Root, he read all of Danzo's experimental logs, and naturally understood the various collaborations between Danzo and Orochimaru.

In his heart, he had actually let go of these things a long time ago.

After all, one is his friend of life and death, and the other is his disciple.

However, the Fourth Hokage's relentless pressure left him with no alternative.

"Orochimaru, come with me to the Fourth Hokage. I can guarantee that nothing will happen to you. The Fourth Hokage couldn't have caused these scandals when he just took over the throne!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen used the Sound of the Cicada and spoke quickly to Orochimaru.

But Orochimaru remained unmoved and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Orochimaru! Orochimaru!"

"teacher."

Orochimaru suddenly spoke up.

“You are really old.”

The next moment, several large snakes flew out from Orochimaru's hands and attacked the Anbu who followed Sarutobi Hiruzen...

(End of this chapter)