Naruto: My version is ahead of the ninja world

After Yu Xian relayed this urgent, important, and widely known information, he immediately left the cave entrance and rushed into the dark, rainy night alone.

He stopped trying to conceal himself and started running wildly... Opportunity knocks but once, so of course he had to run for his life.

As he swiftly traversed the jungle, in the northern part of the Land of Rain, a ninja wearing a special headband resembling a helmet, a breathing filter on his face, a black cloak, and wielding a giant ninja scythe was fighting against a Jinchuriki from Iwagakure.

Even in a two-on-one situation, a Jinchuriki in normal circumstances is no match for Hanzo. After all, the Jinchuriki of Iwagakure are not perfect Jinchuriki, and at this time, these two Jinchuriki are quite young and their fighting power is particularly lacking.

Faced with Hanzo's pressure, the Jinchuriki had no choice but to "transform," and even a slight transformation was not enough.

Hanzo of Amegakure can be seen as a "mini version of Hashirama Senju" of this era. He is at his peak and his strength is unfathomable.

His immense strength also shaped Hanzo's magnanimity; he is now a ninja with "great talent and ambition" and even a perspective that overlooks the ninja world.

Unfortunately, the near-god was not the true "God of Shinobi," and Hanzo's goal could not be achieved in the end... No matter how bad the war was, the five great ninja villages were still superior to the other ninja villages.

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At the Konoha camp, although it was already past midnight, Orochimaru was still not resting. He was alone in a tent, holding a scroll in his hand, quietly reading by the flickering candlelight.

He appeared calm, but his thoughts were as active as a constantly shifting shadow under the lamplight.

Suddenly, Orochimaru seemed to realize something. He squinted and looked into the distance... Could something have happened over there?

Of course, you can't see anything here, but he has ways to gather intelligence.

During the day's battle, he left several summoning snakes at different locations on the battlefield in the Land of Rain for surveillance purposes. This method of surveillance is better than nothing, since summoning beasts can only remain in the mortal world for a limited time, but they might play a crucial role sometimes.

So he immediately formed a hand seal to communicate with the spirit, and then, a communication snake suddenly appeared in front of him.

"..."

Hmm? Did you communicate with the wrong snake?

Orochimaru was a little confused. How could a grown man like him make a mistake when using a summoning jutsu?

Then, the psychic snake spat out two more scrolls from its mouth.

"To send a message?"

Orochimaru seemed to understand something now, but the question was, who could send him a message through the summoning beasts of Ryuchi Cave? Wasn't he the only ninja connected to Ryuchi Cave?

Orochimaru suddenly realized that he wasn't as special as he had imagined.

He first unrolled the first scroll and found that the information on it came from a ninja who called himself Yugen. The other party was from Akimichi Torifu's squad. They had been separated from the main force of Konoha during the previous battle of the Land of Grass and had been trapped in the Land of Rain.

Currently, Yuzuru is trying to cross the Land of Rain to return to the Konoha front-line camp... The other party hopes that whoever receives the communication scroll can inform Captain Akimichi of the message.

Orochimaru wasn't concerned about whether Hagen could return safely; he had astutely grasped the key point:

"This ninja knew that the message could reach me, which means he was connected to Ryuchi Cave, and he also knew that I was connected to Ryuchi Cave."

However, the latter is quite normal. Although ordinary ninjas may not be able to say the three words "Ryuchi Cave", who doesn't know that Orochimaru can control summoning snakes?

Orochimaru set the scroll aside and then unrolled the second scroll, the information on which he had to take seriously.

"I see, the Jinchūriki was active... So that's the source of that heart-pounding feeling I just felt?"

Orochimaru, being a Konoha ninja, could no longer sit still. He took the two scrolls to the command post and met with Mitokado Homura, who was on night duty.

Technology in the ninja world is constantly evolving. At this time, Konoha does not have the battlefield-wide chakra monitoring capabilities that it used during the Fourth Shinobi World War. The giant water sphere-like device used back then is something Konoha cannot produce now.

But with such a commotion, a keen ninja would surely notice something. So when Orochimaru arrived at the command post, some ninjas were already reporting to Mitokado Homura about the abnormal chakra reactions on the battlefield.

"Orochimaru? What's wrong?" Mitokado Homura asked immediately after seeing Orochimaru.

"I have received intelligence regarding the activities of Jinchūriki."

Orochimaru didn't waste any words and handed the two scrolls to the other party directly.

Mitomon Homura picked up the scroll and quickly read it. He glanced at the sensory ninja and then immediately said to one of the guard ninjas, "Go and fetch Akimichi Torifu."

The ninja left quickly, and soon Akimichi Torifu was brought back here.

A major battle had just ended, and Konoha had lost many ninjas. Therefore, it temporarily scaled back its operations, and a significant number of ninjas stayed in their camps.

"Toru, the missing ninja from your team, his name is Yugen?"

"It's him? What happened?" Akimichi Torifu didn't expect to hear Yuzuru's name from Mitokado Homura.

Could it be that Yuzuru is still alive? Captain Akimichi was slightly excited.

Yu Xian has been missing for several days without any news, and can basically be classified as dead without a trace.

"He's still in the Land of Rain; this is the information he sent back."

Akimichi Torifu took the scroll, and after reading it, he was stunned. He hadn't expected Hagen to be able to send back such important news, but... how did it get back? Was it related to Orochimaru?

The person who can engage in fierce battles with Jinchuriki, even forcing them to the point of losing control or on the verge of losing control, and then unleash a deadly move like the Tailed Beast Ball, must be Hanzo of Amegakure. Danzo's previous plan seems to have succeeded... Akimichi Torifu thought to himself.

After all, the information about the Jinchuriki's activities was passed from Konoha to Amegakure.

If Hanzo manages to stop the Jinchuriki, that would certainly be good news for Konoha.

In addition to the intelligence, Yugen also explained his escape route on the second scroll and hoped that Konoha could send a ninja team into the Land of Grass to provide support...

A ninja like him would normally not be qualified to be rescued, but this time it's different; he has intelligence value.

After all, he had "personally witnessed" the battle between the Jinchuriki.

"Yugen should know more details. My squad can go and meet him..." Akimichi Torifu said immediately.

However, Orochimaru suddenly spoke up, saying, "No, we should go and provide backup."

"?"

Akimichi Torifu was somewhat confused. He knew Orochimaru to some extent and didn't think the other person was the kind of "helpful person".

"This message was passed on to me, so I have reason to be sure that the other party will return alive."

Orochimaru wanted to figure out the relationship between Hagen and Ryuchi Cave; his curiosity was getting a little too strong.

For him, this was even more important than any information about Jinchuriki.