Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

Although Jiraiya lived in the Rain Village for a period of time, it did not mean that he was isolated from the news, especially during the period of ceasefire between countries.

Jiraiya knew that at this time, the countries had just made peace and should have shared what they had, discussed war reparations, strengthened contacts, and traded with each other.

Anbu ninjas should prioritize the safety of each village. After all, hatred is not so easy to resolve. Although there is peace now, friction is most likely to arise when villages communicate with each other during this period.

There is no reason for a single Anbu ninja to come to the Rain Village alone. Firstly, he has no security guarantee, and secondly, he has no negotiating posture.

Jiraiya was too familiar with that figure, it was obviously Orochimaru!

In Jiraiya's impression, Orochimaru still belonged to the Anbu. He had only heard the news that Danzo had established the Root, but he did not understand it, and he did not know that Danzo had also brought Orochimaru to the Root.

However, if it involves an Anbu mission, Jiraiya wouldn't be able to just go up and grab Orochimaru and chat with him.

"Teacher Jiraiya! The big fish is ready!"

Yahiko raised his two little fists and called out to Jiraiya who was stunned at the door, and brought Jiraiya back to his senses.

He looked at Yahiko, his eyes filled with admiration for Jiraiya.

Yahiko's desire for peace and his admiration for Jiraiya are quite deep. In Jiraiya's novel Heroic Tales, he even imitates Jiraiya's actions and calls himself the toad spirit Senso Dojin of Mount Myōboku.

Since there was no toad, he even asked Xiaonan to make a cheap toad out of paper and stand on it.

"Coming, coming~"

Jiraiya calmed himself down, chose to trust his companions, and walked towards the kitchen of the dilapidated house.

......

"Orochimaru, what are you doing in my Rain Village?"

In the secret base of Rain Village, Hanzo, wearing a respirator, looked down at Orochimaru who was coming below.

Orochimaru smiled slightly, raised his arm gracefully, and circled the base.

"Hanzo, known as the demigod of the ninja world, can only hide in this dark underground. And as your defeated opponent, I come to visit you, but I have to go through layers of barriers before I can even see you. Don't you feel humiliated, Hanzo?"

"Humph......"

Hanzo snorted coldly, and a faint purple poisonous gas leaked out of his respirator.

He slowly stood up with the help of his hands on the armrests, and stretched his hands behind him. The sickle made a faint sound under the stimulation of chakra.

"Did you come here to ask for a beating?"

Orochimaru didn't care about Hanzo's threat at all, still maintaining his elegant smile, and instead took a few steps closer to Hanzo.

"Demigod Hanzo...you're scared."

bass--

Needless to say, the sickle on Orochimaru's white neck already shows Hanzo's mood at the moment.

Hanzo's exposed eyes twitched involuntarily, just like his nerves that were constantly being provoked by Orochimaru. His patience was almost exhausted.

"Orochimaru, do you want to die?"

Orochimaru looked directly at Hanzo while raising a finger and gently pushed away Hanzo's sickle. The sharp sickle even left a trace of blood on Orochimaru's fingertips, but neither of them cared about this little flaw.

"Danzo sent me to contact the Rain Ninja. What the Rain Ninja Village lacks, Konoha can provide."

It was not until this time that Orochimaru revealed his purpose, and it was not until this time that Hanzo was able to look squarely at, or even had to look at, this former defeated opponent.

Swah——

The sickle and the chain swung half a circle in the air and returned to Hanzo's back, not an inch off. Hanzo's strength was still at the top of the ninja world.

The person Danzo was trading with was not Hanzo, but Amegakure. This did not mean that he did not value this demigod of the ninja world. On the contrary, sending Orochimaru had already demonstrated Danzo's sincerity.

"Tell me the conditions."

Hanzo lowered the curtain and stared at Orochimaru again. The face with the curled mouth corners made him inexplicably feel annoyed.

The two stood face to face, discussing the conditions Danzo offered to the Rain Ninja.

As expected, Danzo made an offer that Hanzo could hardly refuse, both for the Rain Ninja and for him personally.

"Shimura Danzo, you are indeed the Dark Ninja of Konoha. You make me jealous, but also make me want to kill you."

Hanzo turned around and returned to his seat, and only after turning his back did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Although he agreed to cooperate, he didn't want his former defeated opponent to see any sign of weakness in him.

"You can go back now, Orochimaru. I need sincerity. Once sincerity is shown, cooperation can begin."

Hanzo sat back in his seat. Compared to his lazy contempt just now, Hanzo now looked more majestic and more like the true leader of Rain Village.

Orochimaru didn't move a step after hearing this.

"Before that, I want to make another deal with the demigod Hanzo."

"Excessive."

Hanzo narrowed his eyes and looked at Orochimaru below, and couldn't help but feel real murderous intent.

But he knew that Danzo sent Orochimaru here alone to prevent the information from being leaked. If Orochimaru died here, it would mean that the cooperation talks had broken down, and after that, the Rain Village would face not Danzo, but the wrath of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"How about you just listen to me first?"

Hanzo maintained his posture and did not respond to Orochimaru. He was weighing whether to kill Orochimaru or not. Once the scale in his heart tipped to the other side, he would immediately explode.

"I have a companion named Jiraiya. He is in the Rain Village. I believe that the demigod Hanzo will not miss such information."

"Humph."

Hanzo's cold snort already meant that he knew Jiraiya was in the Rain Village.

"If you let him live, I will personally reward the Rain Village with at least ten S-rank missions. How about that?"

There was a tone of negotiation in Orochimaru's voice, but there was no sign of humility in his expression.

Hanzo softened his expression, thought for a moment, and nodded in agreement.

He was just Jiraiya, a defeated opponent, a jonin. One jonin in exchange for ten S-rank rewards, it was not a loss no matter how you calculated it, and...

Hanzo looked at Orochimaru in front of him and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

People with ties are the most vulnerable and have the most flaws. The three ninjas of Konoha are nothing special.

After Orochimaru received Hanzo's reply, he immediately left the secret base without looking back.

Time flies and it is the 39th year of Konoha.

Outside the Rain Village.

Hatake Sakumo cautiously hid here with two companions.

Mission intelligence shows that the Rain Village has signs of secretly colluding with the Sand Ninja, and evidence needs to be investigated. This mission involves two hostile ninja villages during World War II and is set as an S-level mission, which is accepted by Hatake Sakumo and two senior ninjas.

"Lord Sakumo, we have been lurking here for two days without being discovered. The Rain Ninja probably hasn't noticed Konoha yet."

Hatake Sakumo frowned. He always felt that there was something weird about this mission. But it was just as his teammates said. For two days, there was no special reaction from the Rain Village. They probably didn't expect Konoha to notice anything.

"Go into the village, be careful, I'm here to get evidence and intelligence, you guys help me observe and support me."

"It's Sakumo-sama."

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