Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens

"I can feel it," Orochimaru continued, "You look at us as gods look at humans, or as humans look at monkeys."

Without waiting for Rofu to speak, Orochimaru went on, "Don't deny it, because I trust my own judgment more than your explanations and rebuttals. This is the experience I gained after struggling on the edge of life and death countless times."

Seeing Rofu fall silent, Orochimaru said, "I don't know what exactly caused you to have such an interesting mentality, but I hope you can come back alive from this mission. If you come back alive, perhaps you will become my companion and witness the power that truly belongs to gods and demons with me."

Rofu sneered at Orochimaru's remarks in his heart.

Although Orochimaru is a rare existence in the ninja world who pursues science, the ninja world itself is an unscientific place.

And Orochimaru's dream of immortality is like a mirage, unattainable.

Even the Impure World Reincarnation technique he researched will weaken the soul with each reincarnation.

From the moment he felt the fragility and brevity of life and conceived the idea of pursuing eternity, Orochimaru was no longer a pure human being. His mind had begun to distort itself, or rather, transcend.

And Rofu was one step further than Orochimaru.

"Thank you for your attention, Lord Orochimaru," Rofu said delicately, changing the subject. "However, I am very curious, Lord Orochimaru, does what you said mean that this mission is dangerous?"

With a mysterious smile, Orochimaru said, "Whether you can come back alive from this mission means whether you are qualified to be my companion."

The moment the words fell, Orochimaru casually threw Pakura's mission of Scorching Release to Rofu.

The moment he saw the mission intelligence report, Rofu understood.

Although he didn't know what happened in the middle, originally, the Sand Village should have been unable to hold on. In order to seek peace, they had to treat their own heroes as sacrifices and actively send them to the Mist Village to kill in order to end the war with the Mist Village.

But this time, Konoha clearly intervened.

If he guessed correctly, I am afraid that the real target of this mission is not only Pakura, but also himself.

Let him intercept and kill Pakura in the Land of Water on her inevitable path. No matter who wins between him and Pakura, I am afraid that they will have to bear the siege of the Mist Village next.

Pakura's killings in the war against the Mist Village made the Mist Village hate her to the bone, but wasn't Rofu the same?

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that when he had just returned from the shared space, he accidentally exposed the Mist Village's plan to raid the Konoha ninja army's base, was enough to make Rofu a thorn in the side of the Mist Village.

You must know that the raid included ninjas with bloodline limits such as the Hozuki clan, Kaguya clan, and Yuki clan.

In any ninja village, the existence of a ninja with a bloodline limit means that there is a huge power behind them.

Rofu made the Mist Village's mission fail, and the ninjas of the Yuki clan, Hozuki clan, and Kaguya clan were all wiped out.

This also means that once the Mist Village learns about the process, he is afraid that he will jump to the level of Pakura and be hated by the Mist Village.

Seeing Rofu remain silent after reading the mission intelligence report.

Orochimaru said with great interest, "What's wrong, Lord Rofu, don't you have the confidence to complete this mission?"

Shaking his head, Rofu said, "I suddenly have a bold idea."

Orochimaru's eyes lit up, and he said with great interest, "I am very interested in hearing your bold idea."

"If I can instigate Pakura, and even let her return to Konoha with me, wouldn't that be considered completing this mission?"

Orochimaru was stunned.

Looking at Rofu in surprise, Orochimaru said after a while, "Your idea is really shocking. At least I have never thought that there is such a way to complete the mission. However, I can tell you that your idea is impossible!"

"Why?"

"There is no why," Orochimaru said quietly; "A ninja from another ninja village cannot be accepted by the village."

"I understand," Rofu nodded and said, "The time for this mission is very tight. In order to ensure the smooth completion of the mission, Lord Orochimaru, I will take my leave first."

"Go ahead, I look forward to seeing Lord Rofu again."

After watching Rofu leave, Orochimaru quickly began to ponder the strategic issues of dealing with the Rock Village again.

Although he was indeed very curious about Rofu, who did not treat his Konoha companions, villagers, or even the humans of the ninja world as his own.

But that was only if Rofu could survive this mission.

As the existence who has not only remained in Konoha so far, but even faintly has a high voice to become the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru knows very well about Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura.

The moment he saw this mission, Orochimaru had already clearly judged that this was a cleansing of his own ninja in the village, or rather, it was a trap.

Rofu's sudden mastery of powerful swordsmanship was indeed surprising, but Orochimaru was not optimistic about whether he could escape from this trap.

Those words he said to Rofu before were just a casual move.

"Lord Chiyo, isn't the mission to negotiate peace with the Mist Village? Why is it intercepting and killing someone from Konoha?" After seeing that her mission had changed from a pure peace envoy to killing Rofu, a member of Konoha, Pakura of Scorching Release immediately asked in confusion.

"We also just received the news," Granny Chiyo sighed and said, "This Starlight Fang Uchiha Rofu, although he has risen very quickly, has caused too much loss to the Mist Village, even forcing the Mist Village to shrink its forces and choose to negotiate peace with Konoha. For the sake of the Sand Village and the Land of Wind, we must destroy the peace talks between the Mist Village and Konoha. Only if they fight will our Sand Village have a chance to win. Therefore, this mission can only be entrusted to you, Pakura."

Being morally kidnapped by Granny Chiyo in the name of the Sand Village.

Pakura of Scorching Release not only did not feel any disgust or vigilance, but only had extremely pure and strong sense of honor.

After Pakura of Scorching Release took the new mission with high morale and set off, Granny Chiyo stood full of guilt at the entrance of the Sand Village, looking into the direction where Pakura had left, unable to move her feet for a long time.

"Sister, all this is for the village," Ebizo said in a heavy tone. "Our Sand Village is too barren. Sacrificing Pakura is also something that cannot be helped!"

"Alas..." Granny Chiyo sighed quietly and said, "Yes, for the village, this is also something that cannot be helped, but Pakura is the hero of the village, but for the village, we now have to sacrifice her!"

"What our Sand Village has done is not wrong," Ebizo's tone quickly became firm and said, "Konoha has just given birth to a new swordsmanship master. Even, according to the information we have personally gathered, this Uchiha Rofu, without relying on bloodline limits, has the power no less than Konoha's White Fang just by relying on swordsmanship. In any case, Konoha cannot have another Konoha White Fang. And this time, Konoha also has the same thoughts. The strongest ninja village is still like this. If we were to change to our Sand Village, we would definitely not do this if we had Konoha's conditions."

Ebizo's comfort greatly reduced the guilt in Granny Chiyo's heart.

The fact is that even Konoha, as the strongest ninja village in the ninja world, is so virtuous, jealous of the strong in their own village, and even unites with outsiders to assassinate the rising stars in their own village.

Such actions have instead reduced the guilt of the elders of the Sand Village for betraying Pakura for the sake of the village.

After all, they are different from Konoha, and they really have no choice. The Sand Village itself is the weakest of the five major ninja villages.

However, in this Third Ninja World War, because the Third Kazekage suddenly disappeared and the news was leaked, in order to avoid being preempted by others, the Sand Village originally wanted to catch other ninja villages off guard.

But who would have thought that once the Sand Village moved, it would be like pushing over dominoes. Under the chain reaction, the long and vigorous Third Ninja World War completely broke out.

As the instigator, the Sand Village, on the contrary, is the weakest. The war has continued to this day. When other ninja villages are in the midst of fierce battles, they can't hold on anymore. If they continue to fight, they don't even need the invasion of the enemy. Just the internal problems are enough to make the Sand Village collapse on its own.

Although it is indeed somewhat high-sounding to say this, it is undeniable that the elders of the Sand Village, Granny Chiyo, Ebizo, including Rasa, the current powerful candidate for the Fourth Kazekage, made the choice to sacrifice Pakura of Scorching Release out of helplessness.

Although Pakura of Scorching Release has indeed become a hero of the Sand Village with her terrifying Scorching Release bloodline, this hero of hers cannot become a qualified Kazekage. As a female ninja, Pakura's mind is full of recklessness.

Rasa becoming the Kazekage is already bad enough. If Pakura becomes the Kazekage, the consequences will be even more terrible.

Land of Water, as a country isolated overseas and not bordering other major countries.

The location of the Mist Village is shrouded in heavy fog all year round, with abundant water vapor, which is extremely suitable for the performance of Water Release ninjutsu, but also has a serious negative impact on the performance of other Lightning Release, Earth Release, Fire Release, and Wind Release ninjutsu.

According to the mission intelligence report.

After Rofu came to the misty valley, he felt that there were already densely packed, hundreds of Mist Village ninjas ambushing in the depths of the narrow valley.

As if he didn't feel the existence of the ambush, Rofu came to the depths of the valley and began to wait with great interest for the arrival of Pakura of Scorching Release from the Sand Village.

And at this time.

Far away in the Land of Grass, not far from the Kannabi Bridge, underground.

White Zetsu, also known as Tobi, excitedly approached Madara Uchiha and said, "Madara-sama, Madara-sama, guess what information I've gathered this time?"

Madara Uchiha glanced at White Zetsu Tobi, not even bothering to speak.

As expected, White Zetsu Tobi couldn't help himself and proactively said, "Madara-sama, that Uchiha descendant you asked me to observe is about to die."

This time, Madara Uchiha seemed a bit curious and looked at Tobi, saying, "What's going on? Although this descendant abandoned the Uchiha's strongest bloodline limit, the Sharingan, his formidable swordsmanship shouldn't have led to his downfall so quickly."

"Yes, yes."

White Zetsu nodded and said, "Madara-sama is right, but the one who is causing this Uchiha descendant's death is not an enemy, but the Hidden Leaf Village."

After a brief pause, Madara Uchiha quickly reacted and sneered, saying, "I sensed the darkness of the village long ago, and now, as expected, the village has become what I feared.

Hashirama, although I lost in our battle, facts prove that I was right.

The ninja village system cannot change this despairing world."

"Madara-sama is right."

White Zetsu Tobi didn't seem to truly understand Madara Uchiha's words, but he quickly changed the subject and said, "Madara-sama, don't you want to see if this Uchiha descendant can survive this trap?"

After a moment of hesitation, White Zetsu Tobi's words seemed to pique Madara Uchiha's interest.

"Even if he abandoned the development of his bloodline limit, this child is still an excellent Uchiha descendant,"

Madara Uchiha said, "Tobi, go there personally.

If this child can awaken those eyes in this desperate situation, bring him back."

After a slight pause, Madara Uchiha continued, "Even if he doesn't awaken those eyes, if he can survive, bring him before me."

"Does Madara-sama want to choose this Rofu?" White Zetsu Tobi curiously asked.

"No! Whether it's age or talent in bloodline limits, he's no longer suitable.

My choice is still that Obito kid, but this child can add a layer of insurance to my plan, and besides, his talent is such that he can't even awaken the Mangekyo, let alone affect my plan."

Madara Uchiha said with absolute confidence.

"I understand.

Madara-sama, I'll go watch the fun now."

The moment the words fell, White Zetsu Tobi's figure instantly disappeared into the ground.

Ever since he saw the altered inscription on the stone tablet in the underground chamber of the Naka Shrine in the Uchiha district, Madara Uchiha firmly believed that only by using the Infinite Tsukuyomi ninjutsu could he save this extremely terrible ninja world.

And the power of the Sharingan and the Senju clan is the source and end of everything.

As an Uchiha, pursuing swordsmanship and abandoning the most powerful bloodline limit was, in Madara Uchiha's eyes, simply mistaking the casket for the pearls!

From the moment Uchiha Rofu displayed his powerful swordsmanship but seemed to abandon the Sharingan, in Madara Uchiha's eyes, he had completely lost his value as a tool.

After all, no one is clearer than Madara Uchiha, who evolved the Sharingan into the Rinnegan, about the incredible potential of the Uchiha clan's bloodline limit.

Of course, although he disdained Rofu's choice, he also recognized Rofu's strength.

Since he first noticed Rofu's existence, Madara Uchiha had specifically asked White Zetsu to investigate Rofu's situation.

White Zetsu's abilities are beyond doubt.

Perhaps in actual combat, White Zetsu's strength isn't that impressive, but in terms of eavesdropping on information and gathering news, White Zetsu's concealment methods are such that even sensory ninjas can't detect his presence.

It was precisely because of this special ability that White Zetsu smoothly investigated all of the Leaf's information about Rofu.

With White Zetsu's abilities, Madara Uchiha was probably the most knowledgeable person about Rofu in the entire ninja world.

Unfortunately, the information White Zetsu gathered was ultimately about Rofu's situation before entering the shared space, and after entering the space and sharing each other's abilities with Demon Slayer Rofu and Outlander Rofu, Uchiha Rofu had completely transformed.

And this was information that even White Zetsu couldn't gather.

Just as Orochimaru had sensed, after his strength had grown by leaps and bounds, and with the Uchiha clan's inherently easily distorted personality, Rofu's personality had completely changed.

Although he wasn't necessarily treating others like a lofty god or demon, as Orochimaru had said, he was already far removed from the values and perceptions of a normal person.

In the Land of Water, in the canyon leading to the Hidden Mist Village.

Amidst the thick fog, a tall figure, wearing a seductive backless outfit, arrived in the canyon at a pace that seemed slow but was actually fast.

Although her steps were quick, her open-toed ninja sandals landed silently on the ground, and even her own chakra fluctuations were suppressed to an extremely low level.

But even so, the moment Yekura arrived in the valley, Rofu still clearly sensed her arrival.

He glanced meaningfully at the Hidden Mist Village ninjas hidden to the left, right, and above the canyon.

The corners of Rofu's mouth curved into a smile as he walked towards Yekura.

As the two approached, Yekura stopped the moment Rofu entered her sensory range.

Subconsciously gathering chakra, she looked warily in Rofu's direction.

Without hiding himself, Rofu continued to walk towards Yekura, saying, "Scorch Release Yekura! You've finally come.

I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Leaf, Starlight Fang, Uchiha Rofu."

Yekura's heart tightened.

Even though she had no political wisdom to speak of other than her strength, Yekura wasn't a fool.

Upon realizing that the target of her mission had been waiting for her for a long time, Yekura immediately sensed something was wrong.

"You knew I was coming???"

"We're in the same boat.

Weren't you also preparing to ambush me here?"

Rofu smiled slightly and stopped when he entered each other's visual range, but without crossing the boundary of Yekura's inner vigilance.

A flash of inspiration entered Yekura's mind, a guess that was a little hard for her to believe.

With a wry smile, Yekura said, "It seems that you and I have both been abandoned by our villages."

"Weaklings who huddle together for warmth always hope for acceptance from the group, but the existence of the group is not necessarily a taming for powerful individuals.

You must know that only cattle and sheep, as prey, flock together, while beasts as hunters always walk alone."

There was no resentment towards the village in Rofu's tone, as if the Leaf, the most powerful village in the ninja world, was insignificant in his eyes.

"You want to abandon the mission and betray the Leaf?" Yekura's eyes narrowed.

Rofu looked at Yekura in surprise and said, "At this point, you don't think the Sand Village will accept you, do you?

From the moment you accepted this mission, you had no other choice.

Either die and earn the empty name of a Sand Village hero, or escape, but from then on become a rogue ninja of the Sand Village."

"Then what about you?"

Perhaps because she had been belittled by Rofu, a fiery orange light flashed in Scorch Release Yekura's eyes, and she said, "This Starlight Fang of yours, who has suddenly appeared and is even regarded by many as the second White Fang of the Leaf, I'm afraid you won't be any better off than me."

"Then why don't you join me?"

Rofu smiled and held out a hand to Yekura.

"What do you mean?"

Although Yekura was puzzled, she still didn't let her guard down.

Even though the two were in the same situation, they were still backed by their ninja villages, and were still in a state of war.

Yekura simply couldn't trust Rofu based on a few words.

"This world is destined to be dominated by the strong, and the weak have no room to speak.

Mastering powerful power is being strong, and being in a high position is also a kind of strength.

Follow me, and I can let you see that in the face of truly powerful power, the so-called group, the so-called ninja village, the so-called Kage of each village, are just ants that can be crushed at will!"

Yekura was really stunned.

You must know that the ultimate fate of the Leaf's White Fang, who was even more famous than Rofu back then, was suicide.

Although Rofu was a member of the Uchiha clan, the Uchiha, a thousand-year-old family, didn't have the strength to contend with an entire ninja village.

Especially Rofu himself, relying solely on his seemingly powerful swordsmanship, let alone fighting against a ninja village, I'm afraid even some small ninja villages could risk his life if they spared no expense.

Where did a ninja abandoned by his village get the courage to say such a thing to himself?

Even the First Kazekage couldn't do such a thing.

In the hearts of the old monsters of the major ninja villages, they still remember how the God of Shinobi and the Asura of the Ninja World, through their cooperation, single-handedly established the current ninja world pattern.

Even the tailed beasts, which were regarded as strategic weapons by each village, were captured one by one by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha and distributed to the major ninja villages.

Unfortunately, what humans are best at is forgetting.

Whether strong or weak, good or evil, with the passage of time, those former powerhouses will eventually be buried in the torrent of history.

The current Leaf even brazenly claims that the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi is the strongest Hokage of all time.

The Leaf is still trying its best to erase the power of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, let alone the other ninja villages.

After all, in the eyes of other ninja villages, Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju are their enemies, who would be foolish enough to deliberately promote the strength of the enemy?