Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

An elder from the Rain Country had a solemn expression on his face. Being a small country sandwiched between big countries was so humble. Once the big countries made any small moves, the small country had to be prepared to respond.

Hanzo looked at the scroll in his hand and nodded slightly. "Judging from the amount of food purchased by Sand Village, Sand Village may be preparing for war."

"If war breaks out, our Rain Country's food production may be affected. We should reject the Sand Village."

Another elder suggested that the impact of years of war on the Rain Country could not be eliminated in a short period of time.

Now that everyone can finally have enough to eat, no one wants to go back to the days of having no food to eat.

"Wouldn't it be too bad to just refuse like that? I wouldn't be able to explain this to the Sand Village."

The old bald elder said in a deep voice.

"What's there to explain?! We rely on the company, not the major powers! Why should we consider the feelings of the major powers?"

An elder with a strong personality spoke loudly.

"Quiet!"

Hanzo growled, and the four elders who were about to start arguing suddenly quieted down.

They may be the oldest elders in the Rain Country, but in front of Hanzo, the mighty ninja, they are just elders who give him advice and suggestions. If he feels that they are in the way, he can replace them at any time.

This is not only because he is Hanzo of the Salamander, but also because of the changes he has brought to the Rain Kingdom.

"The Rain Nation is not afraid of war, but it will not provoke war, let alone intervene in it. Wars between major powers have nothing to do with us."

Hanzo's eyes swept over the faces of each elder and continued, "We promised to sell a lot of food to the Sand Village. We will also strengthen patrols around the White Snake Electric Town and the White Snake Hub Town to prevent the war zone from affecting important residential areas."

In Hanzo's view, the big powers can fight however they want as long as it does not affect the Rain Kingdom. If it affects the Rain Kingdom and the business of the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company, and shakes the foundation of the Rain Kingdom, then don't blame him for disrupting the situation.

Konoha, in Orochimaru's laboratory.

Orochimaru shook the test tube in his hand. This was an enhanced chakra toxin made by adding a substance separated from the blood sample of the Blood Pond Clan.

If the chakra toxin can be successfully made to have the effect of pollution and proliferation.

Then, chakra poison will become a very terrifying and deadly weapon against ninjas and all beings that use chakra to fight!

What is Orochimaru doing...

Uchiha Hikaru was playing with the plush wallet of a Q-version white snake with a red snake tongue in his hand, secretly glancing at Orochimaru who was not sure what he was doing.

"Did you fail..."

Orochimaru looked at the liquid in the test tube and saw that it had not merged, but had distinct layers like a cocktail.

"It seems that improving chakra toxins is not that easy."

Hinata Mio took the test tube from Orochimaru's hand and destroyed it. If this thing was accidentally leaked, it would cause a lot of trouble.

"Yeah, my thinking is correct, I must have made a mistake somewhere."

Orochimaru went over all the steps in his mind. In order to find the problem, he needed to conduct continuous experiments. Fortunately, she had no shortage of time now, as she would go to the battlefield once the war broke out.

"Take a break?"

Hinata Mio walked up behind Orochimaru and placed her hands on her shoulders, kneading them gently, the chakra released from her hands stimulating the acupuncture points that relieved her fatigue and relaxed her.

"I have to go to the Ninja School to teach the students in the Sealing Class later..."

Orochimaru's face was filled with reluctance, and he said insincerely: "Rest? Only those who are useless to the ninja world need to rest..."

"Then...come on?"

Hinata Mio thought for a moment, but couldn't find any words to comfort Orochimaru, so she could only make a gesture to cheer him up.

Volume 156: Chapter Danzo, take the blame with me!

"Ninja school? Is Orochimaru a teacher at the ninja school?"

Uchiha Hikaru walked to Orochimaru's side. She remembered that Konoha's Ninja School was a school where children learned how to become ninjas. They started at the age of 4 and graduated at the age of 12, with a total of 8 years of teaching.

Normally, when the First Ninja World War was about to end, in order to make up for the lack of combat power, many students from ninja schools with good grades graduated early.

According to her understanding, Orochimaru and Tsunade graduated from the Ninja School at the age of 6.

"No, I just go to the sealing class occasionally to teach sealing techniques."

Orochimaru watched as Uchiha Hikaru put away the reluctance on his face, smelled a fragrance, and looked in the direction the fragrance came from.

"Mio, are you wearing perfume?"

"perfume?"

Hinata Mio smelled the scent on her body, she often conducted experiments in the laboratory, she had no intention of spraying perfume on herself, and Orochimaru didn't use perfume either.

"Maybe it's because I changed my shampoo?"

Hinata Mio suddenly thought of something and said, with a hint of joy on her face. She was happy that Orochimaru could notice her change.

"So this is ah."

Orochimaru picked up a strand of Hinata Mio's black hair and put it in front of his nose and smelled it.

This……

Hinata Mio opened her eyes wide and felt her face getting a little hot. She immediately used her chakra to calm the blood and energy rushing to her face, returning her complexion to normal.

"I thought you were wearing perfume, Mio!"

In Orochimaru's impression, Hinata Mio never uses perfume.

Just think about it, what does it mean if a woman who never used perfume suddenly starts using it?

Orochimaru immediately suspected that someone was trying to kidnap his important assistant, and he even thought about where to bury that person.

"I don't like wearing perfume. It will interfere with my experiments."

Hinata Mio said seriously that actually Orochimaru doesn't use perfume and she doesn't want to use it either. The skin care products Orochimaru gave her are enough.

"Mio, do you have a crush on someone?"

Orochimaru asked gossipingly, looking at the gentle and beautiful Hinata Mio.

Her long, smooth black hair was tied up on top of her head. The white coat could hardly hide her curvy and sexy figure. The gold-rimmed glasses on her face softened her white eyes.

Even with an expressionless face, she is still very charming. She is one of the most beautiful women in the Hyuga clan and even in the entire Konoha. The people who pursue her are probably lining up from the Hokage Building to the gate of Konoha.

Damn, there must be a lot of people interested in my assistant!

Can not be done!

What if Mio gets kidnapped?

Orochimaru felt a sense of crisis when he thought of this.

"what?"

Hinata Mio was stunned, staring blankly at Orochimaru, as if she was a robot that had crashed due to an overloaded program.

"Mio, you're such a charming person, so there must be a lot of people chasing after you, right? When you find someone you like, be sure to let me help you with some advice."

Orochimaru's fists stiffened at the thought that someone might kidnap his lovely assistant.

Just bury the body where Xiaoguang was buried before.

"Orochimaru, it's time for you to go to Ninja School."

Hinata Mio had a cold face and pushed Orochimaru out.

She knew what kind of person Orochimaru was, but she still couldn't help but get angry.

At the same time, she also realized that Orochimaru had never thought about the possibility that they would fall in love with her, which was why she had never noticed that Tsunade liked her.

This seemed normal to her, as she had never seen a girl fall in love with a girl in the ninja world.

At first, when she realized her feelings for Orochimaru, she doubted herself for a while.

He suspected that he was sick, that he had mental problems, and that he fell in love with her because Orochimaru had helped him.

These questions were not answered after living with Orochimaru for a long time, but disappeared as he grew older.

She found that it was meaningless to worry about these issues. She liked Orochimaru, not her gender. She would like Orochimaru just as much if he was a man.

After Hinata Mio found out that Tsunade liked Orochimaru, she wanted to bring them together, but she was reluctant to give up just like that.

"Eh?"

Orochimaru was pushed out. Seeing her expression, which was even colder than usual, he thought he was right and struggled to shout, "Mio, you are my important assistant! Who is this bastard? I want to see him!"

"The 'asshole' you're talking about doesn't exist at all!"

Hinata Mio pushed Orochimaru out of the house, slammed the door, and leaned against the door. The corners of her lips couldn't help but rise, feeling happy that Orochimaru cared so much about her.

"Why is this..."

Orochimaru looked at the closed door and sighed, then out of the corner of his eye saw Uchiha Hikaru jumping out of the second-floor window.

"Xiaoguang?"

"Orochimaru, I want to go to the ninja school with you."

Uchiha Hikaru ran up to Orochimaru and looked at her expectantly with his big black eyes.

"Let's go."

Orochimaru held out his hand, and Uchiha Hikaru placed her small hand in her slightly larger one.

"Hikari, do you want to go to a ninja school? You can make a lot of friends there."

Orochimaru asked, even though she had few friends when she was in the Jounin School and didn't talk much to others, seeming very withdrawn.

Uchiha Guang shook his head repeatedly when he thought of himself sitting among a group of 4-year-old children. He felt embarrassed just thinking about the scene.

Is it because of age?

Orochimaru saw through Uchiha Hikaru's thoughts. After thinking about it, she was not young anymore. If she were in a ninja school, she should be old enough to graduate and become a Genin.

"What does the Sealing Class teach? Is it the Sealing Technique?"

Uchiha Hikaru gripped Orochimaru's hand a little harder.

"You guessed it right, it's the sealing technique. I'm good at it. The Mito-san who came to our house before is the most outstanding sealing ninja of the Uzumaki clan and also my teacher in the sealing technique."

Orochimaru gently touched Uchiha Hikaru's head and comforted him, "Don't worry, no one can seal you in the future."

"Um...can I learn the sealing technique?"

Uchiha Hikaru looked at Orochimaru cautiously. In her impression, sealing techniques were ninjutsu treasured by the family and would not be easily taught to others.

"Okay, if you want to learn, I can find time to teach you. Learning the sealing technique requires a solid foundation. When my work at the ninja school is finished, I will prepare the books you need to read."

Orochimaru thought of the mountain of books and scrolls he had read when he was learning the sealing technique, and a smile appeared on his face. These things alone were enough for Uchiha Guang to read for half a year. Once she had laid a good foundation, he could teach her the sealing technique and some basic ninjutsu.

"..."

For some reason, Uchiha Guang suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Sister Orochimaru!"

Outside the Ninja School, Nawaki saw Orochimaru coming, jumped down from the high swing, landed with his body spinning, and ran in front of Orochimaru.

"Nawaki, why aren't you in school? Where's Granny Mito?"

Orochimaru patted Rope Tree's head. He didn't sense Mito-san's chakra nearby, but instead sensed Mito-san's chakra in the Hokage Building.

"what?"

Orochimaru let out a light exclamation, a little curious about what Grandma Mito was doing in the Hokage Building. He thought she was probably chatting with Sensei Sarutobi.

"Let's go, it's time to go to the Sealing Class."

Orochimaru walked into the ninja school holding Nawaki's hand with his left hand and Uchiha Hikaru's hand with his right hand.

Hokage building, conference room.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mito Kado En were looking at the blueprint of the spiral tower on the table. Uzumaki Mito held the teacup in both hands and took a sip of tea, waiting quietly for them to finish looking at the blueprint.

"Mitsuto-sama, with your current ability to suppress the Kyuubi, isn't it too early to build the Spiral Tower?"

Considering Lord Mito's ability to suppress the Nine-Tails and the fact that it had never lost control and gone berserk, Sarutobi Hiruzen thought it was too hasty to build the Spiral Tower now, as if they were worried that the Nine-Tails would go berserk.

"Mister Mito, given your current physical condition, there's no need to build a spiral tower yet, right?"

Danzo Shimura's idea was the same as Hiruzen Sarutobi's. His deeper consideration was that once the Spiral Tower was built, Orochimaru, who was proficient in sealing techniques, would definitely be able to see the purpose of the Spiral Tower. Then, it would be the Konoha high-level officials like them who would be blamed.