Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 383 I've become the Star Forger Dragon King!?

Inside Ryūchi Cave, Bane reappears in the cave.

Orochimaru was waiting there, and as soon as he saw Bane appear, he asked curiously, "What happened?"

"You mentioned before, the Hidden Rain Village in the Land of Rain. Jiraiya went there to cause trouble for them but failed, so he called me over." Bane shook his haori and said casually.

"Pain?" Orochimaru raised an eyebrow. "He was indeed a formidable opponent. Jiraiya was sometimes too reckless. So, what happened in the end?"

"There will be no more Amegakure," Bane said casually.

Orochimaru was slightly taken aback, but quickly suppressed his surprise. It was normal, after all, Jiraiya had already summoned the Spirit Lord, so it was completely understandable.

Then, Bane took out two scrolls and tossed them to Orochimaru, saying, "One is Konan's Paper Release technique. It's the complete set, and it should also include that 'God's Paper Technique,' which is a technique that can turn paper into explosive tags. Take it and check if it's correct. If there are no problems, teach it to Nami and combine it with her Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags technique. The other is Tsunade's unique secret technique, Yin Seal. You should know this very well. Whoever is interested can take it and learn it."

Orochimaru accepted the two techniques, a hint of wistfulness in his expression, and clicked his tongue, saying, "Has Tsunade already become the Fifth Hokage?"

He had been holed up in Ryūchi Cave causing trouble all this time and hadn't noticed these changes in the outside world.

To be more precise, since Orochimaru started working with Bane, his interests have shifted away from the ninja world. He no longer cares about the grudges and conflicts between villages and the Five Great Nations, so he's too lazy to pay attention to them anymore.

"As luck would have it, during your brief absence, Miss Robin called via Den Den Mushi, but you didn't bring it, so I answered it," Orochimaru said after putting away the two scrolls.

"Robin? It's been a while since we've been in touch. How's she doing lately? Is she having a good time traveling?" Bane asked curiously.

"I'd say it's not bad, is it?" Orochimaru said with a strange expression. "She crossed the sea to the Land of Water and discovered the Three-Tails Isobu in a lake there. She's currently secretly investigating another Six-Tails Jinchuriki. It's said that the Jinchuriki has defected from Kirigakure, so Kirigakure is essentially without a single Tailed Beast."

"Have you found the Three-Tails?" Bane raised an eyebrow. "With Robin's strength, dealing with the Three-Tails would be quite difficult, wouldn't it?"

Although Robin is currently a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit user and also possesses the Flower Flower Fruit, and understands and is proficient in Haki, even so, perhaps due to prejudice, Bane always felt that her strength was still somewhat weak. In fact, now that Nami has shed her status as the weakest member of the team, she could easily defeat Robin.

"Perhaps," Orochimaru said, shaking his head.

He didn't know much about Robin's strength, so he didn't jump to conclusions. However, Orochimaru soon said with that strange expression, "But Miss Robin said that she has successfully reunited with Mr. Zoro in the Land of Water."

Bane?

Bane, who was just about to sit on the couch, suddenly looked surprised and asked with a puzzled expression, "Zoro?"

"That's right, Mr. Zoro," Orochimaru replied earnestly.

Bane's lips twitched slightly as he said, "If I remember correctly, didn't Zoro go to find Kumogakure? Waver almost got him into the village back then, so how did he end up in the Land of Water?"

"According to Mr. Zoro, he suddenly lost interest in Kumogakure, so he went to the Land of Water," Orochimaru said.

"But what actually happened?" Bane didn't take it seriously at all and continued to ask.

"According to Miss Robin, after she inquired, she concluded that after parting ways with Waver, Mr. Zoro lost his way on the way to Kumogakure. He spent three days there, and somehow ended up at the seaside. Then, inexplicably, he decided to cross the sea. After drifting at sea for about two months, he coincidentally arrived at the Land of Water. While lost in the swamp, he encountered Miss Robin, who was collecting natural samples there to investigate the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's movements and was planning to communicate with the uncivilized primitive tribes in the swamp." Orochimaru himself found this statement absurd when he said it.

But after hearing the answer, Bane immediately accepted it.

"This is the kind of stupid thing Zoro would do. He has the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and such strong Observation Haki, but he still gets lost." Bane couldn't help but complain.

In other words, he has everyone's Vivre Cards in his possession. Even if Zoro really gets lost, Bane can find him with some time. That's why Waver was able to accept letting Zoro go to find Kumogakure alone.

"With Zoro around, Robin shouldn't have any problems. Have Ain contact them and find the Six-Tails Jinchuriki as soon as possible, and also retrieve the Three-Tails Isobu." Bane smiled and waved his hand as he gave the order.

"I understand," Orochimaru replied immediately.

After a pause, Orochimaru tentatively asked, "Spirit Lord, what are the arrangements for the two Yugitos?"

The reason why Yugito Nii was left in Ryuchi Cave was because Ban was in seclusion. Now that Matatabi has been taken out, Yugito Nii is no longer necessary.

"It's up to her," Bane said dismissively, waving his hand. "If she wants to stay, she can stay; if she wants to leave, she can leave. It's no big deal."

Even if she really left, learned a lot of things, and brought them back to Kumogakure, Bane wouldn't care at all.

If the Hidden Cloud Village discovers that the Tailed Beast was stolen by Ryuchi Cave and wants to settle scores with him, it will only take a few more minutes, and Bane has that much time.

Thinking of this, Bane added, "If she leaves, have her tell the Hidden Cloud Village that if they really want to come to my Ryuchi Cave to demand an explanation, please bring the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki with you. That way, we'll save ourselves trouble."

After explaining the matter concerning the two Yugito, Bane sat cross-legged on the couch with great interest and said, "I just developed a new Sage Technique in Amegakure. While I'm still interested, I need to study it carefully and record it, and also see if there's anything that can be improved. Don't bother me for the next few days."

Orochimaru was puzzled by this. Wasn't the original plan to go to the Pure Land to have tea with the Grim Reaper?

However, seeing Bane's elated appearance, Orochimaru didn't say anything more, nodded, and left the cave.

Meanwhile, Bane began to ponder his "Celestial Art: Earth Explosion Star Technique". Although he had instantly returned to Dragon Cave from the Land of Rain, he had not lost control of the still-flying Earth Explosion Star.

Even if it no longer needs to provide chakra to Chibaku Tensei, it can continue to grow and expand on its own, but the connection between the Sage Chakra and the dark element still exists. Bane can use the dark power in his body to pull Chibaku Tensei back from the sky at any time.

Of course, what he needs to do now is not these things, but to further deepen this connection, and after it officially flies out of the atmosphere and arrives in the so-called universe, he wants to see if he can further increase the output of Sage Chakra to it, further enhance its attraction, and absorb all kinds of messy things in the universe, such as debris, meteorites, and planetary fragments, and expand it.

Simply put, Bane wants to see if he can create stars, just like a child who has just received a fun new toy, and now he is very interested in it.

And so, Bane began to work on his star-making techniques.

A few days later, at night, at the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire, several Jonin from Konoha were anxiously waiting.

Meanwhile, the former Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was also here. Clearly, they had all received Jiraiya's message and were here to meet him.

"They're here!" Hyuga Tokuma, perched in a tree, used his Byakugan to pierce through the dense forest ahead, as if sensing something, and exclaimed, "It's definitely Jiraiya-sama!"

"Are they here?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, perking up.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Jiraiya's message was too general, but it pointed out several very important things, so much so that Konoha had to take it seriously.

First, he captured Deidara, the S-rank rogue ninja and the personal disciple of the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, as well as Sasori, the S-rank rogue ninja of Sunagakure.

Secondly, he used the power of the Spirit Lord to destroy the Akatsuki organization, or more precisely, the Akatsuki's headquarters. According to Deidara's account, some Akatsuki members were not eliminated, and it is unknown what will happen to them afterward.

But none of that matters. The most important thing is that the Spirit Lord wiped out the entire Rain Village with a single move, which is a very serious matter.

It's important to know that Amegakure is extremely powerful. Although it's not one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, it's definitely the sixth strongest. In fact, it could be said that they are stronger than Sunagakure, which is one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, to some extent.

It just didn't become a major ninja village due to geographical, political, and other reasons.

Just like that, a ninja village was gone. Even Konoha, which was ranked number one, would find it terrifying and frightening!

Therefore, in order to obtain accurate intelligence as quickly as possible and communicate face-to-face with Jiraiya, even the retired Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, personally came to the border to meet Jiraiya.

Soon, Jiraiya and his group of four emerged from the dense forest. It was clear that although Jiraiya had treated his injuries multiple times along the way, he was still not in good condition.

In contrast, Deidara, Sasori, and Konan were in much better shape. Normally, given their unruly personalities, they should have already tried to run away in this situation, but they seemed to be treating Jiraiya with great respect.

Hiruzen Sarutobi understood perfectly well that what they were revering was not Jiraiya, perhaps Konan was, but Deidara and the others certainly weren't; rather, they were terrified of the Spirit Lord standing behind Jiraiya.

As the parties involved, they witnessed the horror firsthand, and the impact of that experience cannot dissipate in a short period of time.

"Jiraiya!" Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly rejoined Jiraiya. Ignoring Jiraiya's injuries, he said, "Record team, from now on, write down every single word of our conversation and keep it classified as top-priority intelligence."

Jiraiya didn't make a fuss about his injuries; with a serious expression, he recounted the situation to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

It took about half an hour for the two of them to finish communicating.

Then Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but look up at the night sky.

A few days ago, an astronomical phenomenon occurred: a small asteroid appeared inexplicably at a distance not too far from their planet.

During the day, it's not very clear; there are only some faint, blurry images.

But at night, just like the moon, it can refract light and become a star that, to the naked eye, is second only to the moon in size and is extremely bright, which has surprised and puzzled people from all over the world.

Although there has been no impact yet, many scholars believe that this strange star may cause a series of changes in the tides, climate, and other aspects of their planet, which should be taken seriously.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was also curious about this situation before, but after hearing Jiraiya's explanation, he was even more shocked.

Good heavens, according to Jiraiya's description, that mysterious asteroid was created by the Spirit Lord with his bare hands?

Furthermore, it also contains a pair of Rinnegan and a very strange summoning beast.

Kakashi, standing nearby, gazed at the starry sky in awe after hearing this. After a long while, he said, "When I was little, my father told me a story. He said that the stars in the sky were actually created by a god called the 'Star Forger Dragon King.' Although I know this story has nothing to do with what's happening now, don't you feel a strange sense of destiny about it?"

"The Star Forger Dragon King, the Spirit Lord?" Hiruzen Sarutobi murmured upon hearing this, his tone full of wistfulness.

Well, if it were anyone else, Hiruzen Sarutobi would definitely have doubted this claim, but after learning that the asteroid was created by the Spirit Lord, Hiruzen Sarutobi not only didn't doubt it, but believed it immediately.

(End of this chapter)