From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

"No, the Bird Kingdom is a buffer zone between the Wind Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom. Now it is also a war zone. It is a chaotic place. How can there be a lack of opportunities to make money? Whether you want to collect corpses or participate in the war between the two major countries as a mercenary, it is all up to you." Scorpion said calmly.

This was very insightful, and Kakuzu had no other objections.

Diarmuid asked with a smile, "You're inviting us to your secret base. Does that mean you've thought about my proposal?" (Please give me flowers.)

Scorpion was silent for a moment, then said, "Because I can't think of any reason to refuse at the moment."

“Hahahaha…” Diarmait laughed loudly. Although his words were arrogant, they also meant that he admitted it. In a good mood, Diarmait said, “Well, let’s go to the Land of Birds first. I’m also curious about the Sharingan and other things. How will you arrange your human puppets? Do you mind if I come along and take a look?”

"No problem." Scorpion nodded.

In this way, the three of them happily decided on the destination of the next wave, carrying the Uchiha Mirror and began to head towards the Land of Birds.

After the three of them left, about half a day later, the Konoha ninjas found the battlefield again, and then they were a little surprised, Uchiha Kagami and the vanguard troops disappeared?

There is no doubt that the blame was put on the Hidden Cloud Village.

On the other hand, support troops from the Hidden Cloud Village also arrived soon and fought a fierce battle with the reinforcements from Konoha, which ended hastily.

The people in the Hidden Cloud Village also thought that Konoha had killed all of their ninjas.

After all, when the reinforcements arrived, they saw Konoha's ninjas exploring the surroundings, as if they were cleaning up the battlefield... If this wasn't done by you, who did it?

The words are divided into two parts.

When it comes down to it, Diarmait feels that the size of this world is far from being as big as the world of pirates.

Just relying on a pair of legs to run, even if the speed of the ninja is fast enough, it will not take too much time to go from the Land of Fields to the Land of Rain and reach the Land of Birds. Half a month is enough.

If this happened in the world of pirates, half a month might not be enough to sail to the next island!

Indeed, in just over ten days, Diarmait and the other two had entered the territory of the Rain Kingdom.

In order to save trouble, they directly crossed the border of the Fire Nation. It can only be said that they are skilled and courageous. Fortunately, the three of them are all powerful guys and did not cause any trouble.

But carrying the Uchiha Mirror and running around in the Land of Fire is indeed quite arrogant.

The Land of Rain is always drenched in rain. Under a pavilion, Diarmuid and the other two sat around a stone table. At Scorpion's feet lay a long, wrapped object, which was the still-unconscious Uchiha Kagami. Scorpion had been giving Kagami an injection every now and then, and Scorpion didn't know what method he used, but for the past few days, Kagami had refused to eat, drink, or defecate, yet he remained alive...

"Kannabi Bridge?" Diarmait stroked his beard and looked at the map on the table in front of him with some surprise.

As a newcomer, he was basically clueless about the geography of this world. He only knew the locations of the five major countries and might have heard of others, but had never paid attention to them.

For example, Kannabi Bridge. I have the impression that this was the only logistical route for Iwagakure Village during the war between Iwagakure Village and Konoha. It was a strategic location.

He originally thought that this Kamubi Bridge should be in the Land of Grass or the Land of Water Taki.

But no one expected that the Shenwubi Bridge was actually between the Bird Kingdom and the Rain Kingdom, closer to the Wind Kingdom.

However, the facts were before him, and Diarmait quickly analyzed the general situation from the map.

At the time of the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, the Third Shinobi World War had basically reached its end. This battle also truly laid the foundation for Konoha's victory in the war against the Iwagakure Village.

From this perspective and geographical conditions, the two sides should have been fighting for dominance in the melee within the Land of Rain at that time, and the direction from which the Iwagakure Village invaded Konoha was not from the northeast, but from the northwest.

From the Land of Birds, walk across the Shinmubi Bridge and enter the Land of Rain. Break through the Land of Rain, and you can attack Konoha or defend the buffer zone of the Land of Rain.

And from a strategic point of view, Kamubhi Bridge is not only aimed at the Land of Fire.

Attacking the Wind Country from Kannabi Bridge also has great geographical advantages.

It can be said that this is the core element of the Earth Kingdom's two-front war.

And Scorpion's secret base in the Land of Birds isn't too far from the Kannabi Bridge...

Thinking of this, Diarmuid glanced at Scorpion and asked in silent suspicion: "Are you living next door to Uchiha Madara?"

Chapter 480: Young Uchiha Itachi and the scientific research maniac Orochimaru.

When Diarmuid and his companions took a break on the way and studied the map.

At this time in the Land of Fire, in the Hidden Leaf Village.

In the Hokage Building, the symbol of Konoha's power center, the Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was looking at the battle report in his hand with a gloomy look.

"Impossible, Jing is a very strong guy, how could he sacrifice himself? Send people to look for him for me!" Sarutobi Hiruzen growled.

In front of his desk, a ninja wearing an Anbu mask knelt on one knee. After hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, the ninja said helplessly: "Sandaime-sama...it's been half a month."

He just said this, and the anger in Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes dissipated a little, and he became calmer. There was more sadness in his eyes.

In fact, looking at the entire Third Shinobi World War, although Konoha finally became the victorious country, in fact, Konoha also suffered huge losses, and a large number of elites died in this sudden war.

All aspects of the economy and military were affected, and the victory in the war did not bring the imagined benefits.

Internal conflicts in the village were also brewing. Under such circumstances, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally took the initiative to resign from the position of the Third Hokage.

Behind this, perhaps there is someone deliberately fanning the flames, such as Mr. Danzo Shimura.

Half a month later, Uchiha Kagami suddenly disappeared from the battlefield, suspected to have been killed by the Hidden Cloud Village...

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen was very reluctant to believe this, he had no choice but to accept this fact.

The disappearance of Uchiha Kagami has brought about a profound impact. He is a member of the Uchiha clan, and he is very outstanding and an important member of the Uchiha clan.

The kind who is very likely to succeed the Hokage.

Now that he's gone in such an unclear manner, Sarutobi Hiruzen doesn't know how to explain this to the Uchiha clan.

Even he himself had some doubts. Was Uchiha Kagami secretly persecuted by his own people?

The first person Sarutobi Hiruzen suspected of being this 'one of his own' was Danzo Shimura.

But on second thought, Uchiha Kagami and himself, as well as Utatane Koharu, Mito Kado En, Shimura Danzo and others, all came from the same generation and came out of the Second Hokage.

There is still friendship to some extent.

No matter how fierce Danzo Shimura is, he wouldn't do such a despicable thing, right?

It has to be said that although Sarutobi Hiruzen also has a cruel and ruthless side, in most cases, Sarutobi Hiruzen is still very kind and merciful, and he is a very sentimental person.

Orochimaru had caused so many troubles that Sarutobi Hiruzen at his peak could have killed Orochimaru on the spot, but he finally softened his heart and let his apprentice go, so that he was "death of filial piety" in the end.

The same goes for Danzo Shimura. After discovering his dirty deeds and several conspiracies, Sarutobi Hiruzen should have killed this guy who was destroying the stability of the village from within, but unfortunately, he only ended up stripping Danzo Shimura of some of his power and did not completely kill him.

As a result, Danzo Shimura ultimately brought a great deal of darkness and loss to Konoha.

Just like now, on the one hand, he felt that he should investigate Shimura Danzo thoroughly, but on the other hand, he felt that they were still in the war period... Doing these things would very likely completely trigger internal conflicts and even affect the battle situation on the front line, so after thinking it over again and again, he decided to let Shimura Danzo go.

"Dispatch the security department, and have Uchiha Fugaku lead the Uchiha clan to join the battlefield." Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a long time, then gave the order.

"Yes, Lord Sandaime!" The Anbu ninja responded, and then his figure disappeared in a flash.

At the Uchiha clan's headquarters, the young Uchiha Itachi was watching his father Uchiha Fugaku receiving orders in the courtyard not far away.

The one with the mask should be the Anbu ninja in the village, right?

After the Anbu ninja delivered the order and left, Uchiha Fugaku turned around, with a little sadness in his eyes, looking at his son Uchiha Itachi, forced a smile and said: "It's cold outside, go inside quickly."

"Father, what happened?" Uchiha Itachi keenly sensed that his father was in a bad mood and asked curiously.

Uchiha Fugaku was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Jing, your uncle died on the front line."

"Uncle Jing?" Uchiha Itachi was stunned for a moment and asked in disbelief.

Uchiha Fugaku nodded with a sad expression, but did not speak again.

In Uchiha Itachi's impression, Uchiha Kagami is a very powerful elder, and he is very kind and has a good relationship with him.

Uchiha Kagami never got married in his life and had no offspring. Perhaps it was because he really understood the essence of the Sharingan?

This is strength, yes, but also a kind of sadness.

The path to opening the Sharingan is undoubtedly very cruel. Not leaving behind any bloodline descendants, perhaps he doesn't want this curse to continue to spread after him?

However, it is true that Uchiha Kagami did have a younger brother in his early years, but that younger brother died in an accident two years ago.

And his younger brother has a child who has been taken care of by Uchiha Kagami over the years. It was Uchiha Shisui who shined in this war!

Part of the reason why Itachi Uchiha and Kagami Uchiha have such a good relationship is because he often visits them, because he and Shisui Uchiha are good friends and good brothers.

All along, Uchiha Kagami has taken care of Uchiha Itachi as his junior.

It was also because of this that, with the guidance and care of Uchiha Kagami, the second-generation master's direct disciple, Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi did not fall into the narrow-minded supremacy of the Uchiha clan.

At this time, Uchiha Itachi suddenly learned the news of Uchiha Kagami's death. His young mind was greatly shocked. That year, Uchiha Itachi was only four years old.

At such a young age, he had already personally felt the pain and cruelty of war.

The death of Uchiha Kagami planted a seed in his heart, which might one day grow into a towering tree.

After letting his son calm down for a while, Uchiha Fugaku forced a smile, rubbed his son's head, and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely win."

"Father..." There was confusion and puzzlement in Uchiha Itachi's eyes.

"Tomorrow, I will select some outstanding talents from the clan to join the war on the front line. After I leave, Itachi, you will be the pillar of the family. You must take good care of your mother, okay?" Uchiha Fugaku said.

In confusion, Uchiha Itachi nodded and said, "I will, father."

"Well, you are my pride and the pride of the Uchiha clan. I look forward to the day when you spread your wings and fly high, Itachi." Uchiha Fugaku said with a smile.

After saying this, he took his son's hand and walked into the house.

On the other side, deep in Konoha, in a strange underground building.

There was a man wearing a yukata with a renjuro tied in a butterfly pattern at the back.

He has smooth black hair and a very feminine temperament. His cheeks and skin are very pale, and there is light purple eye shadow on both sides of his nose.

Unlike ordinary people, his pupils were the vertical pupils of snakes, and under his ears hung magatama pendants.

There is no doubt that this man is the top figure among the current Konoha ninjas, Orochimaru, who took the title of one of the "Three Ninjas" after the Second Ninja World War.

Nowadays, the three famous Konoha ninjas did not participate in this Ninja World War.

As for Jiraiya, he left Konoha after the Second Shinobi World War and began traveling around the world, collecting materials for his famous "Paradise Series" while also searching for the legendary "Child of Prophecy." As for Tsunade, during the Second Shinobi World War, her brother and lover all died in the war, and their deaths were extremely tragic.

How miserable is it?

Kato Dan's internal organs were removed, and his younger brother, Senju Nawaki, was in such a miserable state that Orochimaru couldn't bear to let Tsunade see the body.

Because of the death of her brother and lover, Tsunade hated war so much that she developed hemophobia and lost interest in Konoha as a whole. As soon as the war ended, she left the village and began to wander around the various countries in the ninja world.

Gradually, a legend of a "big fat sheep" in the gambling world evolved.

Therefore, at this stage, the only three ninjas left in the Hidden Leaf Village happens to be Orochimaru.