From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

…ask for flowers.

"To the Land of Birds, will we exchange gold?" Orochimaru touched his chin and murmured with interest.

Kakuzu couldn't possibly expose Scorpion's secret base, so he chose the relatively suitable place of the Bird Country Gold Exchange as the meeting point.

Then he destroyed the scroll, picked up the tube of blood, and prepared to leave Konoha and go to the Land of Birds to meet Kakuzu.

See what is going on?

In fact, during this period of time, Orochimaru had begun to suspect that this blood was Kakuzu's blood.

Because he noticed that Kakuzu was not only an old ninja who had been active for decades, but he was also very likely to have remained young. Could it be that he had achieved immortality or broken through a certain lifespan limit?

Is it related to this blood?

Although it was just suspicion and speculation, when it came to this kind of thing, Orochimaru would not let it go as long as there was any sign.

He wanted to meet Kakuzu and find out what was going on.

After walking a few steps, Orochimaru stopped again, thought again and again, returned to the laboratory, took away a sample of Hashirama's cells from the laboratory, and left.

His departure did not cause any commotion.

After all, Orochimaru was not imprisoned here. He was nominally Danzo's subordinate, but in fact, he and Danzo had a mutually cooperative relationship.

O Danzo did not dare to force Orochimaru too much. On the one hand, it was because Orochimaru himself was very powerful and had many means, so Danzo had some concerns about him. On the other hand, Orochimaru was now also a ninja of Konoha and a disciple of the Third Hokage, so his identities and status were very different.

In addition to his reputation as one of Konoha's three lucky treasures, his prestige in the village is quite high, otherwise he would not have had the opportunity to run for the next Hokage.

So Orochimaru is a very free person at this stage, and no one dares to stop him from leaving.

Without even saying hello to Danzo, or even saying anything to anyone in the village, Orochimaru left Konoha and went to look for Kakuzu.

Just a few days after Orochimaru set out on his journey, many disturbances occurred in the Ninja War.

First, the Hidden Rock Village said that a guy named Rodriguez Diarmait inexplicably appeared in the Land of Earth and killed the Third Raikage.

The Hidden Rock Village then designated the mysterious Rodriguez Diarmuid as a target to avoid.

Unless necessary, do not have any contact with such dangerous guys.

This strange practice also confused the other villages.

The first to jump out was the Hidden Cloud Village, angrily accusing the Hidden Iwa Village of being shameless. In their opinion, the Third Raikage died at the hands of the Hidden Iwa Village.

But this is a war after all, there is nothing much to say.

But no matter what, the news of the Third Raikage's death in battle still swept the entire ninja world like a storm.

The Iwagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village each had their own opinions, but it was precisely because of this dispute that the name of Diarmait swept the ninja world for the first time.

It is suspected that a figure from one of the five major countries died in his hands.

Although the Hidden Cloud Village didn't believe it, they still issued an S-rank wanted order for Rodriguez Diarmait.

This time, although Diarmuid did not become an S-rank rebel ninja, he became an S-rank wanted criminal...

It’s a bit funny to think about it. After all, he is a former admiral of the navy, but now he has become a wanted criminal.

The bounty offered by the Hidden Cloud Village was actually just average. Perhaps they were just doing it to save face, and they still felt that it was the Hidden Cloud Village that killed the Third Raikage.

At this point, Diarmait's S-rank bounty was '50 million taels', equivalent to 50,000 taels of gold.

It’s no different from the money Sasori gave Kakuzu to buy Uchiha Kagami’s life.

It really underestimated a lot.

Chapter 490 Orochimaru is finally here!

At the Gold Exchange in the Land of Birds, Kakuzu was selling some of the corpses he had collected from the battlefield.

After taking out the scroll containing a large amount of money from the gold exchange boy, Kakuzu raised his eyebrows and said, "Has anyone named Orochimaru come here to see me recently?" The gold exchange boy was stunned for a moment. Orochimaru was very famous in the ninja world, much more famous than Kakuzu, the old driver. Of course he knew who he was.

"No." The guy from the gold exchange shook his head.

"Really?" Kakuzu didn't show any emotional change, he just nodded in response.

Then he took the scroll and turned away.

Coming out of the gold exchange and walking on the path, Kakuzu was thinking secretly in his heart.

Such a long time has passed, and Orochimaru still hasn't made any movement, which means that he may not be interested in Diarmait's blood.

It seems that Diarmait's plan to seduce Orochimaru has failed.

The body of the Third Raikage has been handed over to Scorpion, but Scorpion did not say that he could definitely crack it. He just said to give it a try. After that, he came to the gold exchange to exchange money. I don’t know if Scorpion succeeded?

But Kakuzu always felt that there shouldn't be any such thing. After all, the Third Raikage was also the Kage of one of the five great nations. Could the secrets in him and the shackles in his head be broken so easily?

Anyway, Kakuzu felt that Scorpion's level in this area should not be good enough. Even though he was willing to admit that Scorpion was a very talented and gifted person, from his usual performance, he only focused on puppetry. On the contrary, Scorpion was not proficient in many ninjutsu, and was even worse than himself.

“I don’t know when it will be done…” Kakuzu smacked his lips.

However, after he took two more steps, his figure stopped in place, his expression did not change, but he suddenly said: "Orochimaru?" "Hehehe, your perception is really sharp..." Not far away, Orochimaru's slightly feminine laughter suddenly came from a big tree.

Kakuzu also looked up and saw a large spotted snake coiled on the tree trunk.

It was as if the big spotted snake was speaking just now.

As he looked over, the spotted snake opened its mouth, and then, as if vomiting, it spit out a slippery human figure covered in mucus.

The figure fell directly from the tree. The moment he landed, the mucus membrane on his body shattered and scattered all over the ground. On the contrary, he was clean and refreshed, and there was no disgusting feeling at all.

The man was wearing a light yellow yukata with a purple bow tied at the waist with a rope. He had long, smooth black hair, a pale skin, like a cold snake, and a pair of vertical pupils.

He had a smile on his face, even though he didn't have any ninja symbols or wear any forehead protector, but Kakuzu knew that this guy was definitely Orochimaru.

Orochimaru said that Kakuzu had keen perception, and he really felt that way.

His hidden state lurking in the body of Orochi is the same as the state Jiraiya was in when he later sneaked into the Rain Country and escaped from Pain.

If one perceives it normally, one can only sense the existence of a big snake, but it is impossible to sense the existence of this person.

Originally, Orochimaru was planning to secretly observe the mysterious Kakuzu, but he was discovered right away, which was very embarrassing.

As for how Kakuzu sensed him, Orochimaru didn't ask much. After all, he wouldn't tell you even if he asked.

Kakuzu felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the way Orochimaru appeared. Why did everyone that Diarmait liked look so weird?

When Scorpion appeared, he was hiding inside the Scarlet Amber puppet, while Orochimaru was hiding directly inside the snake's belly. ... Tsk.

He forgot that he was also a weirdo.

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

Orochimaru didn't waste any time talking to him and asked, "Is that tube of blood yours?"

It seems that this guy is really attracted by Diarmait's blood?

What's so special about that guy's blood?

Kakuzu thought about this, but said, "No, it belongs to Rodriguez Diarmait."

As soon as he finished speaking, Orochimaru's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is he the guy who killed the Sandaime Raikage in the Land of Earth not long ago?"

"That's right." Kakuzu nodded.

"So, you are also working for him? He gave me this tube of blood to find me? Is there anything he needs my help with?" Orochimaru asked after thinking for a while.

Kakuzu frowned slightly, then said, "Don't make it sound like I'm his subordinate. We're partners..."

After a brief pause, Kakuzu added, "You could say we're friends."

Orochimaru???

Is this the main point of my topic?

Before Orochimaru could speak, Kakuzu interrupted him and continued, "Yes, he needs your help with something, but it's difficult to find you right now, so he used this method to lure you out. I originally thought it was a bit far-fetched, but now it seems he's right."

"He is indeed right." Orochimaru nodded.

It seems that this guy, who he had never met before and whose name he had never heard of before the death of the Third Raikage, had some understanding of Orochimaru...

In a way, this is disadvantageous to Orochimaru because he knows nothing about the other party, but the other party knows him...

Since the blood was not Kakuzu's, Orochimaru suppressed the slightest thought that he shouldn't have had.

Originally, he thought that if Kakuzu was easier to deal with and was the owner of the blood, he would find a way to get rid of Kakuzu and capture him as a test subject.

But now it seems that Kakuzu should be very strong, at least his perception is very strong. There is a reason why he has been able to stay in the ninja world for so long.

And the blood isn't his, so there's no point in catching him.

"In that case, I am also very interested in him. I accept this invitation. If possible, please take me to see him now." Orochimaru said after thinking for a while.

Kakuzu nodded. Originally, he came to exchange gold, intending to see if Orochimaru was there. If he was, he would take him directly to Sasori's base. This was something they had already discussed, so there was no need for him to refuse.

"Follow me." Kakuzu said.

Soon, the two of them set off one after the other.

Since Scorpion often has to buy some strange materials, even corpses, to research and make human puppets, in order to make it easier to buy these things, his base in the Bird Country is not far from the gold exchange.

Kakuzu and Orochimaru walked for half a day and stopped in front of a cave in the mountains.

Looking at the cave in the mountains in front of him, Orochimaru was a little dazed.

"What's wrong?" Kakuzu felt the change in Orochimaru and asked curiously.

"Nothing, it just feels like I'm back to a place I've been before." Orochimaru shook his head, a slightly self-deprecating smile on the corner of his mouth.

Longdi Cave.

As one of the three ninjas, his summoning beast is a snake from the Ryuchi Cave.

It is a coincidence that there are three holy places in the Ninja World, namely Myoboku Mountain, Shikotani Forest, and Ryuchi Cave.

The three holy places were also willing to sign summoning contracts with ninjas from the outside world, and the coincidence was that the three holy places each contracted with the three ninjas of Konoha.

The first one was Jiraiya. Sarutobi Hiruzen taught him the summoning technique. However, this guy didn't have any contract, but he performed this technique and was inexplicably teleported to Mount Myoboku, where he became good friends with a group of toads.

Mount Myoboku can be said to be the place that changed the trajectory of Jiraiya's life. Before going there, Jiraiya was just a laggard, but after going there, Jiraiya quickly became successful.

He learned the magic arts, mastered the natural energy, and signed a spiritual contract with the giant toads, which increased his strength dramatically...

A few years after Jiraiya returned from Mount Myoboku, Orochimaru and Tsunade also found Ryuchi Cave and Wet Bone Forest for various reasons.