Escape From Konoha

"It's an ultimate enjoyment to sit here and listen to the rain occasionally."

In a room located on the top floor of the central tower, the rain outside poured towards the window, and there was a rhythmic sound of pattering and slapping on the window.

A handsome man with waist-length black hair and purple eyeshadow was sitting on a loose and soft single sofa, holding a teacup in his hand. Judging from his expression, he seemed very comfortable at this moment.

"Mr. Orochimaru's leisurely drinking tea is also rare."

Nagato sat opposite Orochimaru, sitting on a soft sofa of the same standard. Looking at Orochimaru's leisurely drinking tea, he let out a rare emotion.

"Don't say that, even I sometimes need to temporarily stop the work in hand, combine work and rest, and enjoy a leisurely time. And this village is a rare place where people can calm down."

The continuous rain outside washes away all the noise and filth in the world, unnaturally making people feel peaceful.

Orochimaru said calmly with a faint smile on his strangely pale face.

"Really? But for the people of this village and country, what they desire most is to get enough sunshine."

Nagato sighed, with a hint of helplessness in his smile.

For people who don't often live in this country, it does have a curious and interesting mentality.

But for people who have lived in this country all their lives, facing such abnormal weather all day long may not be considered a blessing.

Because of this abnormal weather, planting is impossible in many areas of the Country of Rain, and food that is very important to the people must be imported from abroad.

From the day he took over Yuyin Village, he was troubled by the problem of food shortage every day.

After hearing this, Orochimaru smiled without saying a word.

As Nagato said, this kind of weather that makes him feel calm is not something to be thankful for for the citizens of the Land of Rain.

On the contrary, the reason why the Rain Country is so barren and difficult to develop is also related to this abnormal weather.

For a country where it is difficult to grow food, once foreign powers get stuck on the issue of food survival, it will be restricted by outsiders everywhere in international diplomacy.

Until now, the Kingdom of Rain has not been able to completely solve this problem.

If even survival problems become difficult to solve, let alone the future development path.

Unless, the weather in the Land of Rain can be reversed.

But as far as Orochimaru knows, human technology and power are currently unable to change a country's climate problems.

Even a powerful ninja like Nagato with the Eye of Reincarnation cannot change the weather of a country.

"Compared to this, is the deal with the Kingdom of Ghosts completed? Chiba Shiraishi is a guy who eats people without spitting out their bones."

After taking a sip of tea, Orochimaru asked aloud.

Nagato nodded slightly, with a hint of seriousness in his tone.

"It can be considered that the negotiation has been initially completed. After all, at this time, the climate of the ghost country has become established, but our side is a bit unprepared. It is not a good thing for the organization to unilaterally tear up the agreement."

Facing the traditional five major countries, Nagato has a certain courage to fight.

This is because everything in Akatsuki is done in secret rather than in the open.

When the enemy is overt and we are covert, as long as the layout is careful, the difference in intelligence between the two sides can be used to successfully capture the tailed beasts one by one.

But facing the Kingdom of Ghosts, Nagato did not have the confidence.

Until now, he didn't know how much power the Kingdom of Demons had secretly accumulated, and how far it had learned about the Akatsuki organization.

If when dealing with the traditional five major powers, the kingdom of ghosts, which has become the sixth largest country, is also involved, Nagato will know that the action of capturing tail beasts, the kingdom of ghosts, will be the biggest variable.

"This kind of consideration is just the basis, but this kind of agreement, Nagato, I think you also understand that the kingdom of ghosts must have other plans if they don't take the initiative to target the organization. For example, to add fuel to the flames secretly, let the organization go further in capturing the tail beast, When necessary, he took the initiative to expose everything about the organization, causing conflicts between the organization and several major countries."

Orochimaru had something to say.

This method is not something difficult to predict in country-to-country diplomacy.

It's just that the kingdom of ghosts just caught the weakness of the Akatsuki organization. Even if they knew that the kingdom of ghosts was using this matter to provoke conflicts between the organization and the big country, they, as members of the Xiao organization, had no choice but to jump into this trap.

"I have also thought about this kind of problem. That's why I think Chiba Shiraishi is a terrible guy. He knows that the power of the tailed beast is so powerful, but he still ignores it and keeps silent... Mr. Orochimaru, Do you think Chiba Shiraishi has some kind of absolute killer move against tailed beasts?"

Nagato's guess is not unreasonable in Oshemaru's view.

The power of one tailed beast is debatable, but with multiple tailed beasts and ten tailed bodies, it is not as simple as adding up the power of tailed beasts.

Under the catalytic effect of the outer demon, the tailed beast will undergo a qualitative change from quantitative change.

However, the Kingdom of Ghosts has been not very active in this matter. It just turned a blind eye to the actions of the Akatsuki organization and did not interfere excessively.

This operation to capture the second tail caused a conflict with the Kingdom of Demons only because Kumogakure suddenly intervened, causing the Kingdom of Demons to temporarily change its tactics. It is conceivable that in the initial plan of the Demon Country, they planned to target Konoha Village, not Kumogakure.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is very unreasonable.

But it turned out that this kind of unreasonable thing happened to the country of ghosts, which inevitably made Nagato wary.

"This kind of hidden hand card is generally not announced to the outside world. Just like the trump card in our hand, we can only see which side's hand card is more deterrent. Now we have two tailed beasts, Next, there are only seven tailed beasts left...the focus should be on the three-tailed, seven-tailed, and eight-tailed jinchūriki."

Both the Three-Tails and the Eight-Tails are extremely rare perfect Jinchuuriki in the ninja world.

The former is the fourth generation Mizukage of Kirigakure Village, and the latter is the adopted brother of the fourth generation Raikage of Kumogakure. It is not easy to deal with these two people.

As for the Seven-Tailed Jinchuri Rinnohara Rin, she belongs to the Kingdom of Demons. If she wants to attack her, it will be even more troublesome than the first two.

"Reviving the Ten-Tails does not necessarily require all the chakra of the tailed beasts. During the Third Ninja War in the past, Bai Zetsu had intercepted a part of the Seven-Tails Chakra from Nohara Rin and saved it. However, the Nine-Tails The strength is the top priority.”

Having said this, Nagato glanced at Orochimaru.

Now Konoha Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki has graduated from Konoha Ninja School and serves as a genin in the team led by Hatake Kakashi.

As for Hatake Kakashi, he remembered that he was inextricably linked to Orochimaru.

"The existence of the Nine-Tails is indeed a bit special. Its chakra strength is different from other tailed beasts."

Orochimaru nodded.

He has studied the chakras of many head-tailed beasts and found that the nine-tailed chakra has the strongest self-awareness, and the malice contained in the chakra is also the strongest.

Tailed beast-level chakra is just a vague concept of level, but it does not apply to all tailed beasts, nor does it mean that the amount of chakra of all tailed beasts is the same. There are also differences in strength and weakness among the tailed beasts, just like ninjas, there is a hierarchical concept of strength and weakness.

The Nine-Tails has always been called the strongest among the tailed beasts, and its chakra is naturally much higher than that of the other tailed beasts.

In the notes left by the first Hokage, it was also mentioned that the most ferocious of the tailed beasts is the Nine-Tails. Its powerful power broke the balance between the tailed beasts to a certain extent.

In the era when the Ninja Village was first established, thanks to the sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan, except for Konoha, the rest of the Ninja Village did not have the ability to suppress and seal the Nine-Tails.

The carrier of the Nine-Tails' Jinchuuriki must be selected with a quality that exceeds that of the other Jinchuuriki in order to serve as a container for sealing the Nine-Tails.

Judging from the fact that the containers that sealed the Nine-Tails for three consecutive generations contained the blood of the Uzumaki clan, it shows how powerful and terrifying the Nine-Tails is.

Orochimaru did not deny this.

"However, I don't think there is anything to worry about with this generation of Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki."

Having said this, Orochimaru changed the subject again, with a smile on his lips.

"From the intelligence point of view, there is really nothing worth noting. The cycle of cultivating jinchūriki is much longer than that of ordinary ninjas. Even activating the power of the nine tails in the body requires strong emotional stimulation. He does not have the consciousness to actively control the power of the Nine-Tails, and in this regard, he lags far behind the other Jinchūriki."

Nagato told this information in detail.

It also means that he has read the detailed information about the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki word by word and analyzed such important information from it.

"So, the most threatening ones are the three Jinchūriki above. Although the Nine-Tails is the strongest, the Jinchūriki is not a threat if it is holding them back. It would be too late to catch them at the end."

Orochimaru said with a smile.

"Is it because of the agreement with Hatake Kakashi?"

Nagato's eyes fluctuated.

"Abstracting the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki at this time will only make Kakashi's situation in Konoha awkward and make the Sandaime target him. Before he completes what he wants to do, he is not completely like me. People on one side.”

Orochimaru said.

"It would be best to win him over...if he doesn't have too much involvement with Qianye Baishi."

A bright light flashed across Nagato's emotionless Rinne eyes.

Orochimaru raised his eyebrows and said nothing to refute. He also wanted to know if there was any involvement between Kakashi and Chiba Shiraishi.

Although Kakashi's performance is currently normal, and he has worked hard for him over the years and delivered a lot of important information about Konoha to the Akatsuki organization, the matter is so important that neither he nor Nagato dare to be too concerned about it. Too sure.

Once he is involved with the name Chiba Shiraishi, even Kakashi's camp affiliation will become suspicious.

"I will make arrangements for this matter."

At this point, Orochimaru sensed something, turned his head, and glanced aside.

Nagato's eyes also focused there, and a White Zetsu emerged from the floor, grinning at Nagato: "Nagato-sama, Itachi and Kisame are back with the new guy named Hidan. Do you want to see each other now?"

Upon hearing Bai Zetsu's message, Nagato didn't show the slightest surprise on his face. Counting the time, Itachi and Kisame did indeed bring the newcomers to Amegakure around this time to join them.

Unlike Scorpion and Deidara's mission, Itachi and Kisame's mission is to recruit newcomers to the organization to further supplement the organization's combat effectiveness.

"I'll go over to entertain you later. How's the situation with Scorpion and Deidara?"

Nagato asked.

"Things over there have been settled. The two of them are returning to the headquarters with Erwei. In about two or three days, they can return here to seal Erwei. Moreover, behind their backs , and also followed by a tail.”

"Tail?"

"It's Jiraiya from Konoha. He once again targeted members of the organization. Fortunately, Deidara has the ability to move in the air, and I deliberately interfered during the journey, and finally got rid of the other party's tracking."

Bai Jue replied.

Nagato thought about this quietly for a moment and said in a calm tone:

"Since there is no actual interference with our operations, we don't need to worry about him for the time being. It's not time to deal with Konoha yet. No matter what the other party says, he is still a Sannin with the same name as Mr. Orochimaru. Even if I take action personally, There is also a risk of failure.”

"..."

Bai Jue wanted to complain, but didn't know how.

However, he also knew that there was a very complicated entanglement between Nagato and Jiraiya.

Compared to the so-called risk of failure in attacking Jiraiya, Bai Zetsu prefers Nagato, and has not yet made the decision to kill his mentor in his heart.

This made Bai Jue, who was eager to see the master-disciple fight against each other, feel a bit disappointed.

Orochimaru sat aside and drank tea quietly, as if he was not interested in the topic between Nagato and Bai Zetsu.

Jiraiya... this name was so kind once upon a time. But now when I say it in my mouth, it feels like a familiar and unfamiliar feeling.

Perhaps it is because I am so familiar with the owner of this name that I feel that this name has become extremely strange.

So much so that even the memory of Konoha, the village that held countless precious memories, began to become blurry, slowly fading from his mind and turning pale.

Orochimaru's pair of snake eyes looking at the rainy scene outside the window were deep and dark.

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The country of waves.

At night, everything was silent. When Naruto and the three of them were sleeping at Dazuna's house, Kakashi got up as usual and walked towards the woods.

With the help of the moonlight, he saw Jiraiya appearing in the forest, waiting for his arrival.

"Jiraiya-sama, how is the follow-up on that organization?"

As soon as Kakashi arrived here, he asked Jiraiya this crucial question.

Facing Kakashi's merciless question, Jiraiya replied with a wry smile: "I lost track of you halfway. Their anti-reconnaissance capabilities are very powerful. In fact, this is not the first time that has happened. So far, I I don’t even know how I was discovered by them.”

"Even Jiraiya-sama, you can't do anything?"

Kakashi frowned.

"Although it is unbelievable, my stealth ability is already considered the best in Konoha, but it still failed. As long as I hide in the toad on Mount Myouki, I should not be noticed by anyone."

When Jiraiya said this, he felt a little helpless.

The last time he hid in a toad in Mt. Miaomu and was exposed was when he faced Chiba Shiraishi.

The same reason applies to following up on this dangerous mysterious organization this time. The opponent's anti-reconnaissance capabilities are very good, making Jiraiya feel quite useless.

"It seems that the danger of this organization is higher than expected."

Kakashi sighed.

"Yes, I originally planned to find their lair, see if I could rescue the two-tailed Jinchuuriki from them, and then escape. But now, I need to go back and seriously discuss with the old man how to deal with this organization next Now. Now that it’s confirmed that their organization’s target of action is related to tailed beasts, they can’t just ignore it.”

Jiraiya's expression became serious, aware of the difficulty of this matter.

"I will also ask Tianzang to tell the ANBU who are out to pay close attention to the traces of this organization."

Kakashi nodded.

Jiraiya had no objections. With the cooperation of ANBU, his workload would be reduced a lot.

"Let's not talk about this organization's affairs. How is Naruto here?"

Jiraiya looked towards the residential house not far away, where Naruto was resting.

"There was a big battle during the day, and the three of them are exhausted, and they are still resting there. But the growth is also obvious. The three of them teamed up to kill Yun Yin's special Jonin. Although there is an element of luck, but in my case If you can do this without taking action, you should be able to shine in the next Chunin Examination in September."

Kakashi affirmed.

"Really? Although at this age, Minato was able to deal with Jonin alone, but the situation in the war years is a bit special. The ninjas have a sense of crisis and cannot be confused. Naruto can in this comfortable environment, By doing this, it seems possible to catch up with Minato in the future.”

Hearing Kakashi say this, Jiraiya also smiled happily.

The Kumogakure ninja was targeting Naruto, and he knew this very well.

After all, it was he and Kakashi who deliberately leaked this news to the Kumogakure ninjas on the main island of Wave Country.

The reason for doing this is to give Naruto some sense of crisis as soon as possible, sharpen him, and let him become stronger quickly, so as to deal with the complicated situation in the ninja world in the future.

"If I'm not wrong, before he died, Minato-sensei planned to bet everything on Naruto."

Kakashi said.

Jiraiya understood that this was Kakashi's temptation, and did not deny it, but nodded and said: "I also heard about this from Toma Tora. He is in charge of the key to seal the Nine-Tails for Minato. Twelve years ago, Before Minato died, he told Gama Yin a lot of things, among which he bet his future hopes on Naruto, which were also words left by Minato himself."

"Minato-sensei, is this too hasty?"

Kakashi admitted that Naruto's talent as a ninja is indeed outstanding, but it is by no means an easy task to become an influential figure among Konoha in a short period of time.

The various public opinions and discriminations over the years have not disappeared from adults’ inherent impressions.

After all, there are only a small number of people who can think rationally.

People's words are terrible, and Kakashi is well aware of the power of such rumors.

Even if it is not true at first, after so many years of fermentation, it will become true.

This is the horror of rumors, a cruel and bloodless blade.

Naruto's road in Konoha was very bumpy and difficult.

Faced with Kakashi's doubts, Jiraiya also showed a very complicated expression.

"In fact, I'm a little skeptical about this kind of thing. However, since Minato has made such a decision, he must have a reason for doing so. Moreover, one thing is certain, that is, the potential of Jinchuriki is very strong. Being able to get the right guidance. Whether it is guiding Jinchuriki or guiding ninjas, the most important thing is to torture the soul. If you can’t lead Naruto to the right path, you will only become Chiba Shiraishi and Orochimaru in the end , and walked down an evil path that will never be restored."

Jiraiya cannot evaluate the quality of the Demon Country becoming the sixth largest country.

However, deliberately provoking war, and then oppressing other countries and destroying the foundation of peace in the ninja world, in order to lay the foundation for the kingdom of ghosts to become the sixth largest country, this matter has always been a thorn in Jiraiya's heart. I often brood over this and feel guilty and uneasy.

In his opinion, whether it is Chiba Shiraishi or Orochimaru, they are all ninjas who have gone astray. They will do anything for their own benefit. Sooner or later, they will bring huge disasters to the ninja world.

The former is far more harmful than the latter, because Orochimaru can only hide in the dark and cannot see the sun. Chiba Shiraishi is completely different. He can stir up troubles in the world openly and without anyone to stop him.

Sooner or later, the opponent's claws will reach out to other major countries.

"Jiraiya-sama means..."

Kakashi paused slightly.

"I plan to take over Naruto's teachings and teach him how to use the power of the tailed beasts. If necessary, I will take him to Mt. Myoboku to learn senjutsu."

It's not that he can't trust Kakashi, but that Naruto's identity is too special, and Kakashi's energy is limited. Naruto is not the only excellent seed with potential in the team, and sometimes he will definitely be too busy and lose sight of others.

"I see, is it the legendary magic? If Naruto can learn the magic, he will indeed be greatly improved in just a few years."

Kakashi touched his chin and nodded in agreement.

Jiraiya also said the same, and he must have communicated with the third generation. On the issue of trusting him or trusting Jiraiya, Kakashi has his own evaluation criteria in mind.

The thorn in his heart means that no matter how close and trusting the third generation is to him, there is always an invisible gap between the two of them that cannot be removed.

"Sorry, Kakashi."

An apology appeared on Jiraiya's face.

"Don't worry, Ziraiya-sama, in fact, you didn't take the initiative to ask, I also consider doing so. In fact, during the day when he was fighting with Yunyin Jonin, when Naruto saw Sasuke and Sakura in crisis, his emotions were briefly strongly stimulated , took the initiative to leak the nine-tailed chakra in the body. It’s okay now, just leaked a little bit, but I’m worried that if this continues, Naruto will suffer the same thing again, causing more chakra leaks, and then turning into a violent situation .In that case, I might also be helpless.”

Kakashi said seriously.

Jiraiya thought for a moment and nodded seriously.

What Kakashi said is indeed a problem. Fortunately, Miaomushan holds the key to the nine-tailed seal in Naruto's body. It is the best choice for him, the orthodox contractor of Miaogishan, to teach Naruto himself.

He hopes that Naruto can become a character like his deceased disciple Minato in the future, with the will of fire as the foundation of his life, always moving towards the goal of Hokage, and never giving up.

"Then, since things here have settled down, there is no need for me to sit here personally. Next, you can arrange the affairs of the Kingdom of Waves. The damage to the military factory in the Kingdom of Ghosts is no longer a concern. I Now we need to return to Konoha immediately and report the situation here to the old man. We also need further confirmation about that organization."

"I understand, please walk slowly, Jiraiya-sama."

Kakashi watched Jiraiya's figure gradually leaving. He didn't turn around until Jiraiya's figure disappeared from sight.