Naruto: The Primal Hyuga Pierces the Shinobi World

As Minato Namikaze had predicted, Orochimaru disappeared without a trace shortly after his experimental base at the front lines was discovered, without even waiting for Orochimaru to receive the Third Hokage's letter.

Since the fighting on the front lines was not intense and the Mist Ninja were adopting a defensive posture, there was no chaos at the front even though Orochimaru was missing.

Even Orochimaru's disappearance wasn't discovered by the middle management until three days later.

They didn't notice anything unusual at first, but it wasn't until Orochimaru, their supreme leader, was no longer presiding over the weekly meetings that they realized something was wrong.

After realizing that Orochimaru was missing, the front-line troops quickly reported the situation to the village. Even at this point, they were still unaware of Orochimaru's defection and even thought that their leader had been assassinated by the Kirigakure ninja and had disappeared.

Minato did not disclose Orochimaru's defection to the front-line troops to avoid shaking morale. While hastily dispatching Nara Shikaku to the front lines to stabilize morale, he also secretly informed the village's Jonin to issue an arrest warrant for Orochimaru.

However, this so-called wanted notice was ultimately ineffective. Konoha had no way of knowing Orochimaru's location, and the so-called wanted notice was just a simple statement.

Orochimaru's defection had a significant impact on the village's mid- to high-ranking ninjas, but for the lower-ranking ninjas and ordinary people, life remained completely unchanged.

Perhaps only Orochimaru's close friends and business partners would care about his life or death.

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The Mist Ninja Front.

A week after Orochimaru's defection and disappearance, Danzo finally learned of the news through various means.

When Danzo first received this news, he was completely stunned. He had close ties with Orochimaru, and he didn't know how much the village knew about him.

However, the village has not taken any action against him so far, and Danzo knows that the village has limited knowledge of Orochimaru's situation.

At the very least, they should be unaware that they funded and participated in Orochimaru's human experiments.

If Orochimaru had simply been conducting human experiments, he wouldn't have needed to defect.

His biggest mistake was using the village's ninjas as test subjects.

Danzo chose to remain silent and observe the situation before it involved him, believing that doing or saying too much would only draw attention to himself.

However, in reality, Minato Namikaze had already taken notice of Danzo after news of Orochimaru's defection spread to a small circle.

However, Danzo's lack of unusual activity prevented Minato from using this as an excuse to cause trouble.

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What happened in Konoha Village could not possibly reach Mount Myōboku, but coincidentally, Jiraiya was not on Mount Myōboku due to laziness.

Jiraiya, who enjoys gathering information, frequents nightclubs and bars. Although these places are a mixed bag, they are also the places with the most information.

Minato did not order a silencing of Orochimaru's affairs, and the wanted posters were held by all the Jonin of Konoha. They inevitably talked about Orochimaru during their leisure time, and most of the time they were incredulous and sighed.

It's hard for people of their level to understand why a ninja of this rank would choose to defect from the village.

Jiraiya heard the news by chance, and his initial reaction was the same as that of the other ninjas who received Orochimaru's wanted poster for the first time: disbelief. However, after identifying himself and asking questions, Jiraiya hurriedly returned to Konoha Village.

In this world, Jiraiya was one of the few people who truly cared about Orochimaru. He simply couldn't believe that his friend and comrade-in-arms of so many years would leave Konoha.

After learning of Orochimaru's defection, Jiraiya felt obligated and responsible to bring Orochimaru back to the village.

His thoughts were exactly the same as Naruto's when he wanted to win Sasuke back.

Jiraiya hadn't completely forgotten about Kushina and the others who were training at Mount Myōboku. Before leaving to track Orochimaru, he specifically informed Minato about Kushina's current training progress.

Minato was unable to stop his teacher, or rather, he had no right to stop Jiraiya.

Konoha suffered a significant loss by losing Orochimaru, a ninja with both strategic acumen and formidable individual strength. Orochimaru's departure also diverted Jiraiya's attention, and during this period, Konoha's strength clearly experienced a substantial decline.

Fortunately, the Mist Ninja was already preoccupied with its own problems. The reason they were still fighting Konoha was because Orochimaru was pressing them relentlessly for experimental materials. Now that the frontline commander had changed, Konoha had stopped taking an offensive stance and instead gathered its ninjas to consolidate its gains.

The Land of Whirlpools, which was originally used as a battlefield, has now been incorporated into the Land of Fire. That island has become the first line of defense for the Land of Fire, and the Land of Fire has gained tangible benefits from the war.

With the conflict with the Mist Ninja subsiding, a large number of ninjas who were on the front lines returned to the village in glory. The return of a large number of ninjas with strong purchasing power also made Konoha's commercial district more lively and prosperous.

Meanwhile, the Cloud Ninja learned that the Leaf Village had repelled the Mist Ninja, rendering their deployment of troops along the border pointless.

Previously, the two families were still arguing after Konoha killed the Cloud Ninja envoy, but after such a long war of words, the "audience" had long been exhausted, and there was no longer any need to "fight for pride".

Even if they withdraw their troops, it will not have a significant negative impact on the Cloud Ninja.

Furthermore, the deployment of troops on the border is extremely resource-intensive. Compared to the potential threat posed by Konoha ninja to the village, the people of Kumogakure are more concerned about the threat of the tailed beasts and the increasingly stagnant trade.

Under pressure from within the village, the Cloud Ninja also chose to withdraw their troops, leaving only regular border troops on rotation.

Konoha was put on the high ground by the Cloud Ninja's troop deployment. Now that the Cloud Ninja has withdrawn, Konoha can breathe a sigh of relief. Although they have reported the situation to the village, Minato has no intention of sending Danzo's Root members back to the village. Instead, he first sends some Chunin and Genin squads back to the village.

The elite troops remain on the battlefield, while the "cannon fodder" can return to their villages first.

With this, Konoha finally emerged completely from the quagmire of war and could truly begin to recuperate.

After the two battlefields ended, Minato rewarded those who had contributed, promoting a large number of new Jonin and Chunin. These ninjas promoted by Minato naturally became his supporters and extensions of his Hokage power.

After the war ended, a large number of ninjas returned to the village, which alleviated Minato's personnel problem. Not only did he promote a group of outstanding ninjas, but Minato also secretly established his own ANBU.

Hiruzen Sarutobi has a firm grip on the Anbu. The current leader of the Anbu squad is Hiruzen Sarutobi's son. For Minato, he is someone who can be used but not someone who can be completely trusted.

Re-establishing the dark areas best meets Minato's current needs.

The newly established secret service squad does not have a squad leader yet. Instead, squad leaders are temporarily appointed when missions need to be carried out. The purpose of this is to "decentralize" the squad and prevent it from becoming the personal property of a squad leader.

Everyone in the Anbu is equal in status; they simply carry out different missions according to the Hokage's needs.

In order to get his newly established Anbu on the right track as quickly as possible, Minato also had his student Kakashi join the Anbu. At the same time, in order to expand the strength of the newly established Anbu as soon as possible, Minato even contacted Hiashi Hyuga of the Hyuga clan and Fugaku Uchiha of the Uchiha clan, asking them to send their best clan members to serve in the Anbu.

This was an unprecedented level of trust for the Uchiha clan. For so many years since Konoha was established, the Uchiha clan had been trapped within the so-called Konoha Police Force.

The new Anbu established by Minato essentially gave the Uchiha clan a new path for development.

Not all members of the tribe were content to stay in the village as members of the guard force; they also longed for military achievements, glory, and fame.

The Uchiha clan cooperated fully with the Fourth Hokage's actions, sending a total of twenty Jonin with three tomoe to the Anbu. The list also included Uchiha Shisui and his young, genius son.

Minato accepted everything without question, and even personally met with these Uchiha clansmen, explaining the Anbu's current policies to them.

The Hyuga clan was quite surprised to receive this news.

In fact, previous Hokage had been wary of the Hyuga clan. The Hyuga clan's ninjas regarded the main family's orders as the highest command. To prevent infiltration by the Hyuga, certain core positions in Konoha were not open to the Hyuga branch family.

However, Minato broke this convention, and Hiashi naturally could not object to it. Instead, he strongly supported clansmen with ideas to enter the Dark Side to serve the village.

After being filled with members of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, as well as some elite ninjas from the battlefield, the newly established Anbu under Minato's command expanded rapidly, soon reaching a size of nearly one hundred people.

While this size of the Anbu (Anbu) might not be able to monitor the entire Land of Fire, it is sufficient to monitor the entire Hidden Leaf Village. Minato's daily investigations of any intelligence would not be thoroughly investigated by the Third Hokage.

Having successfully emerged from the war, Konoha has undergone a tremendous transformation in its internal structure.

But overall, everything is moving in a positive direction.

Meanwhile, Kushina, who was training at Mount Myōboku, also re-planned her training.

She couldn't control the power of the Four-Tails for the time being, so she focused all her training on Sage Mode. Due to the special nature of Mount Myōboku, Minato was often able to use Summoning Jutsu to meet with Kushina at Mount Myōboku.

Sometimes it's Minato alone, and sometimes Minato brings Naruto along.

This made Kushina's originally somewhat monotonous training life more colorful.

As for Shinichi and Shisui, they are at an age where ninjas grow rapidly, so training anywhere is training nonetheless.

As time went by, Kushina also began to master the use of Sage Chakra. During this period, Kushina also needed a sparring partner to help her adapt to Sage Chakra.

The original sparring partners were Fukasaku and Shima, both Great Toad Sages, because only the Toad Sages who also possessed Sage Chakra could match Kushina, who had mastered Sage Chakra.

However, in reality, Shinichi Hyuga, who was born into the Hyuga clan and mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, was able to fight against Kushina when she entered Sage Mode.

Even after Shinichi opened the fourth gate of the Eight Gates, he was still able to suppress Kushina, who had just entered Sage Mode. This powerful strength made the Toad Sages look at him in a new light, and the task of sparring with him fell to Shinichi Hyuga.

Shinichi Hyuga, engrossed in improving his strength, was unaware of the passage of time.

All he knew was that his height was gradually increasing, his strength was rapidly growing, his chakra was also increasing dramatically, and at the same time, his combat power was becoming stronger and stronger.

As Kushina became more and more familiar with fighting in Sage Mode, Shinichi Hyuga became increasingly relaxed in dealing with her.

The Eight Gates Formation also successfully broke through to the fifth gate.

Shinichi Hyuga's strength grew even faster than Kushina's, who practiced Sage Mode.

Before we knew it, several years had passed in a flash.

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Chapter 124 An Invitation from the Dark Guard! (Please Subscribe)

Mount Myoboku is spring-like all year round, and those who devote themselves to spiritual practice there find it hard to feel the passage of time.

However, Shisui and Shinichi were at the age where they were growing, and several years passed in the blink of an eye, and the two of them had grown into teenagers.

Spring of Konoha 59.

Kushina spent two and a half years successfully mastering Sage Mode, and on this basis, she was able to skillfully apply Sage Mode in actual combat.

While Kushina's speed in mastering Sage Mode was far inferior to Minato's, it was still considerably faster than Jiraiya's. Furthermore, due to her vast chakra reserves, Kushina could gather more Sage Chakra, allowing her to maintain Sage Mode for longer periods and at greater strength.

Moreover, Kushina's talent was outstanding. Even after entering Sage Mode, the traces of her frog transformation were very few. In the eyes of Fukasaku and Shima, Kushina was a more perfect "Sage" than Jiraiya.

Kushina has made great progress during this period, and her training is about to enter a new stage.

During those two and a half years, Jiraiya returned to Mount Myōboku very rarely. Orochimaru's defection greatly affected Jiraiya, and he had been tracking Orochimaru ever since, hoping to bring him back to Konoha. The two even had a major battle during this time, which resulted in Jiraiya's defeat.

Orochimaru seems to be a sentimental person. After defeating Jiraiya, he did not choose to take Jiraiya's life, but merely warned Jiraiya not to pursue him anymore.

The bond between these two was far deeper than others could imagine. Even Orochimaru, who was capable of cruelly killing fellow village ninjas, did not have that same murderous intent when facing Jiraiya.