I will use the ninja world to aid my cultivation of immortality.

The main reason was that the incident involving the Death Scorpion clan reminded him of the immortal arts inheritance in this world.

Like Sage Mode, the inheritance of Sage Techniques in this world lies in the combination of natural energy/spiritual energy and chakra.

Spiritual energy is something others can't handle, but it's not a problem for Naraku.

Therefore, he could certainly try to develop the inheritance of immortal arts.

He himself naturally has no need for it, but if he can develop the inheritance of immortal techniques, then both the Death Scorpion Clan and the Star Ninja Village will undoubtedly be able to obtain an important inheritance.

"I'll try developing it when I get back."

After thinking for a while, Naraku quickly made a decision.

If someone like Nonou could learn Sage Mode, she would undoubtedly have a greater chance of joining the ranks of the top combatants in the ninja world.

That alone makes it worth the effort for him.

Because Naraku left behind shadow clones as a way of saying goodbye before he left.

Therefore, nothing changed in Hoshigakure during the time he was away.

"You really went to Konoha and killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others?"

Inside the office, when Nono learned what Naraku had done while he was away, she couldn't help but show her astonishment.

Seeing the other person's slightly parted cherry lips, Naraku raised his hand, grabbed the other person's hand, pulled him into his arms, and then kissed the other person's cherry lips hard.

"Yes, and I also managed to get my hands on the complete Book of Sealing" After giving him a kiss, Naraku leaned back lazily on the sofa.

When Nono was kissed, she had already recovered from her shock.

Sitting on Naraku's lap, she looked at Naraku's nonchalant demeanor and for a moment didn't know what to say.

Finally, she came up with the phrase "high skill and great courage".

Only such a description can match Naraku's feat of storming Konoha overnight and killing the Hokage.

"Okay, I can roughly imagine what Konoha's current situation is like." Nonou leaned against Naraku's chest and said with a sigh.

“However, we also need to be careful. Although the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others will likely make the Land of Fire a target of other countries’ covetousness, we also need to guard against their loyalists coming to seek revenge.” Nono raised her pretty face and reminded Naraku.

He kissed the other person on the forehead again and said with a light laugh, "Don't worry, I've already arranged that."

"How so?" Nono asked curiously.

Naraku briefly recounted how he subdued the Death Scorpion clan upon his return.

At the same time, after returning to the Bear Kingdom, he summoned a large number of dead scorpions and distributed them throughout the Bear Kingdom for surveillance purposes.

This deployment means that as soon as any foreign ninja enters the Land of Bears, Naraku will receive an immediate notification from Sasori.

"You should sign the contract later too. That way, you'll have more protection if you encounter battle in the future," Naraku instructed Nonou at the end.

“Okay!” Nono naturally wouldn’t refuse.

Through Naraku's explanation, she had learned about the excellence of the Death Scorpion clan, and that the opponent was definitely an outstanding summoning beast.

"By the way, news has come from Iwagakure that they want to ransom Huang Tu and Han, and they have already sent an envoy here," Nonou said.

Naraku smiled and said, "It seems that Onoki can't ignore the father-son relationship either. Let's talk to them slowly and remember to raise the conditions a bit. Anyway, the longer it drags on, the better it will be for us."

“No problem, leave it to me!” Nono also smiled.

Now that they have the upper hand, they can negotiate with ease.

After exchanging words with Nonou, Naraku then went to the ninth floor to begin the new allocation of his True Qi Shadow Clone.

The main practice is naturally the nameless cultivation method.

The other minor subjects are quite numerous.

In addition to his original ones, he also allocated a portion of his True Qi Shadow Clone to be responsible for developing the inheritance of immortal arts and researching various techniques in the Book of Sealing, including sealing techniques, that he had not yet studied.

After being busy until nightfall, Naraku leisurely headed to the residence where he lived with Nonou.

As before, when he returned home, Nono was already waiting for him, all clean and fresh.

"Really? The Hokage of Konoha was assassinated?"

"Of course it's true, and it's said that the assassin was Naraku, the leader of the Star Ninja Village."

"Naraku? Hiss. It seems that only a powerful figure like him has the ability to assassinate the Hokage of Konoha. After all, he is someone who can even defeat Iwagakure."

"On another note, the fact that Naraku's bounty was raised from 80 million to 150 million ryo is probably not something that Iwagakure did, but could have come from Konoha."

"What? A bounty of 150 million ryo? My god, that's on par with the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages."

“I heard that after Naraku defeated the army of Iwagakure, he was given the name ‘Silver Flash’ by ​​the people of Iwagakure, and they even compared him to a second Hanzo.”

"Breaking news: Sunagakure and Kumogakure have ceased hostilities and are now gathering their forces toward the Land of Fire."

"It's not just Sunagakure and Kumogakure. I just came from the Land of Grass, where there are people from Iwagakure everywhere. They're probably preparing to send troops to the Land of Fire as well."

"This must be due to the death of the Hokage of Konoha."

"The real war is about to begin, and judging from the situation, because of the death of the Hokage of Konoha, all countries have set their sights on the Land of Fire."

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Inside the gold exchange, where information circulates extremely quickly, one can see all sorts of people engaged in heated discussions.

The main topics of discussion revolved around Naraku, Iwagakure, and Konoha.

Especially the last one.

As new developments in the war emerged, they immediately caused an uproar among everyone.

As the country with the most fertile land in the ninja world, the Land of Fire is definitely the focus of attention for all nations.

Similarly, it serves as the military core of the Land of Fire.

Any movement in Konoha will attract the attention of various forces.

Chapter 89

Konoha did not want to hide the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others, but it was impossible to hide them.

After all, the chaos that night had already alerted spies planted in various ninja villages.

The deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and others naturally shocked all the factions.

After all, this is the Hokage of a village, and the Hokage of Konoha, which is known as the strongest ninja village.

It is absolutely unbelievable that he was assassinated in the village.

After the incident was confirmed, the reactions of the various forces can be basically categorized into two types.

One reason is fear of Naraku's power.

The story of Naraku single-handedly defeating three thousand Iwagakure ninjas has also been widely circulated.

Such a record alone is enough for all factions to classify Naraku as a top-level dangerous being.

Now Naraku has demonstrated terrifying assassination abilities.

Such formidable strength and assassination abilities, along with the inherent danger they exuded, directly elevated Naraku's reputation above that of Hanzo, who had always served as a point of comparison.

It can be said that the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and others made Naraku a shadow over the leaders of various forces, who feared that they would also be targeted by Naraku and suffer the same fate as Hiruzen Sarutobi and others.

As for the second reaction...

That was aimed at Konoha.

The fact that no one from any faction cheered or celebrated the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and others was already considered extremely dignified.

The reason is simple: the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and others gave various factions an opportunity.

War is about to break out.

With Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others dead, no one was willing to let such a golden opportunity slip by.

Villages like Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village) and Sunagakure (Hidden Sand Village), which were already at war.

Both sides tacitly stopped fighting and immediately turned to attack the Land of Fire, both wanting to take advantage of the fact that Konoha was leaderless and seize a piece of the spoils from the Land of Fire.

The same goes for Iwagakure Village.

Even with the problems of Hoshigakure still present, Onoki couldn't hold back any longer and immediately mobilized a large number of Iwa ninja, passing through the Land of Grass, to participate in this grand event.

As for Konoha, which is the target.

Before they could recover from the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others, they were already swamped with wars on multiple fronts.

Even when dealing with Naraku, the only solution was to simply increase the bounty by exchanging gold.

"The progress of the negotiations has not changed much. Iwagakure is still seeking our lowering of demands."

Inside the Star Shadow Pavilion office, Nono reported to Naraku on the progress of negotiations with Iwagakure.

Although the upheavals in Konoha meant that Onoki had to focus most of his energy on invading the Land of Fire, he clearly hadn't forgotten his son.

Yes. Not only is he a son, but Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, is also an important force that Iwagakure cannot afford to abandon.

Therefore, when Iwagakure launched its attack on the Land of Fire, their delegation arrived at Hoshigakure as scheduled.

At this point, the two sides had been negotiating for more than half a month.