Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

Orochimaru told Uzumaki Chigusa that Mito had proposed to the Konoha high-level officials to build the Spiral Tower.

"Orochimaru……"

Uzumaki Chigusa put away her playful thoughts and looked at Orochimaru's somewhat gloomy face. She finally understood why her chakra had become like that. Thinking of the efforts Orochimaru had made for Lord Mito, she couldn't think of how to comfort her for a moment.

Orochimaru smiled and said with relief: "Chigusa, you don't need to comfort me. Grandma Mito has made a decision, and I will respect her decision."

"Mito-sama is not young anymore. Even the Uzumaki clan's vigorous vitality will eventually run out. However..."

Uzumaki Chigusa thought of the Nine-Tails sealed in Mito-sama's body, sighed softly, and did not continue.

Perhaps before Lord Mito dies, Konoha will come to the Land of Waves to find a Jinchūriki to succeed Lord Mito.

Uzumaki Chigusa did not want her clansmen to become the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, and with the destruction of the Uzushiogakure, the friendly agreement between the Uzushiogakure and Konoha had become invalid.

Why did the Uzumaki clan let one of their own become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and become Konoha's weapon?

Uzumaki Chigusa would rather let the Nine-Tailed Fox leave this world together with Lord Mito's death. Even if the Nine-Tailed Fox will be resurrected somewhere, so what?

The Hidden Uzushio Village has already paid a huge price for its sealing technique and its physique that is naturally suitable for being a Jinchūriki!

"No one can force you to do anything you don't want to do, Chigusa. This is my promise to you and the people of the Uzumaki clan who live in the Land of Waves."

Orochimaru seemed to have guessed what Uzumaki Chigusa was thinking and made his own promise.

She would not allow such a tragedy as the Jinchūriki to happen to the Uzumaki clan.

As for whether Uzumaki Naruto will exist in the future, she doesn't care. She doesn't need him to deal with the Otsutsuki clan.

I didn't say anything, but Orochimaru guessed what I was thinking...

That's too sensitive!

Uzumaki Chigusa looked at Orochimaru's extremely serious expression, and his cold face became even more charming at this moment. It was a unique charm that radiated from the inside out.

"You...what are you suddenly talking about!"

Uzumaki Chigusa turned her head to the side, trying to restore her racing heart to a normal pace, and pressed her straw hat down to prevent her hot face from being seen.

"Humph! Just treat it as if I'm talking nonsense."

Orochimaru snorted and handed the manuscript he had written all night to Uzumaki Chigusa. "I don't know when the next book will be published. Judging from the current situation, I will be busy soon."

It's busy enough now though...

Orochimaru was considering whether to contribute some of his research results to help Konoha. With her research in biotechnology, she could already regenerate severed limbs, but she couldn't achieve perfect cloning. The cloned bodies could not survive for a long time, and would die in minutes if they left the culture tank.

Therefore, when she conducted experiments on chakra toxins, she could only use her own shadow clones.

"Orochimaru, with your strength, nothing will go wrong, but I still have to say, you have to be careful, war is not a joke..."

Uzumaki Chigusa took the manuscript handed to her by Orochimaru and held it tightly in her hand. She did not participate in the First Ninja World War, but witnessed its occurrence and end.

"Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore. I might even grow taller than you in the future."

Orochimaru compared the height difference between himself and Uzumaki Chigusa. She is now almost the same height as Uzumaki Chigusa, who is about 1.7 meters tall. Maybe she can grow taller in the future and reach about 1.8 meters.

"Orochimaru, lower your head."

Uzumaki Chigusa waved.

"Ok?"

Orochimaru lowered his head and felt something warm and soft touching her forehead. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Uzumaki Chigusa who was covering her mouth and laughing.

? !

Hinata Mio and Uchiha Hikaru happened to see this scene.

The Uzumaki clan's leader wouldn't be...

Hinata Mio seemed to be lost in thought.

Uchiha Hikaru opened the triple-magatama Sharingan in both eyes.

"Oops..."

Uzumaki Chigusa noticed the gazes of Hinata Mio and Uchiha Hikaru, and when she saw Uchiha Hikaru's three-magatama Sharingan, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

The fact that the Three Magatama Sharingan appeared on a 12-year-old child was enough to explain the problem, coupled with the chaotic chakra in her body.

It is well known that the Uchiha clan's Sharingan needs emotional stimulation to open. As the number of magatama increases, the power of the eyes is also constantly improving. The appearance of each magatama is accompanied by emotional stimulation.

"Her name is Uchiha Hikaru. She is a child I found in a seal. She does not belong to the Uchiha clan."

Orochimaru saw Uzumaki Chigusa looking at Uchiha Hikaru and briefly introduced Uchiha Hikaru's origins.

"Seal... Could it be that? That's impossible..."

Uzumaki Chigusa thought of something, but felt it was unlikely.

"She was sealed away during the Warring States Period and was only recently found by Tsunade and I."

As expected, Chigusa had read the history book that recorded Xiaoguang.

From Uzumaki Chigusa's reaction, Orochimaru guessed that she might have read the history book about Uchiha Hikaru from the Warring States Period.

"Sure enough...she was sealed by the Senju and Sarutobi clans together. Is the Uchiha clan's weapon nameless?"

Uzumaki Chigusa used to think that it was a folk history, in which the Senju clan was killed several times by the girls used as weapons by the Uchiha clan, and they fled in disarray, losing their armor and weapons. She didn't expect it to be true.

In other words, is the chaotic chakra in her body the result of something the Uchiha clan did to her during the Warring States Period?

"is her……"

Orochimaru nodded slightly and said, "Tsunade found a scroll in the utility room at home that recorded the place where she was sealed. We went to the battlefield where the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan fought during the Warring States Period and found her sealed there."

"Isn't she dangerous then?"

Uzumaki Chigusa looked at Uchiha Hikaru, who looked no different from an ordinary girl except for her three-magatama Sharingan. It was not difficult to see that she liked Orochimaru, while the piece of wood next to her felt nothing.

He didn't even realize that people around him liked him. He was so perceptive and insightful, but he didn't even notice this.

"What are they talking about..."

Uchiha Hikaru's cheeks bulged slightly, and he noticed that Orochimaru and the old woman named Uzumaki Chigusa were always looking at him. Just now, the old woman had kissed Orochimaru on the forehead.

If her eye power had not been sealed by the eye-sealing seal, her eyes would not be the three-magatama Sharingan, but the Mangekyō Sharingan.

"It seems to be talking about you, Xiaoguang."

Hinata Mio looked at Uchiha Hikaru's angry look. She had more love rivals than she expected. What she didn't expect was that Hikaru also became her love rival.

Orochimaru, you are deeply sinful!

"Ah!"

Orochimaru suddenly sneezed. With her physical condition, it was impossible for her to get a minor illness like a cold, let alone be immune to all poisons.

"Chigusa, Hikari isn't dangerous. The dangerous ones are the ones who use her. She's from the Uchiha clan during the Warring States Period. She's a very good child. Although there were some misunderstandings at first, they were quickly resolved."

It's just that the way to resolve the misunderstanding is a bit violent.

Orochimaru added in his mind.

"That child must have gone through a lot of pain. I sensed the chaotic chakra in her body... That child's body..."

Uzumaki Chigusa was a little worried about Uchiha Hikaru's body. Such chaotic chakra must have been caused by the Uchiha clan in the Warring States Period, which would cause irreversible damage to her body.

"I can heal her, don't worry, Chigusa."

Orochimaru said confidently that if even she couldn't cure Uchiha Hikaru, then no one in the world could.

"Well, I believe you. Looking at the entire ninja world, if someone can't even be cured by you, then there's really no hope for him."

Uzumaki Chigusa believed that Orochimaru could cure Uchiha Hikaru. After all, she even had a way to replenish the vitality consumed by performing forbidden techniques.

If one day Orochimaru suddenly said that he could resurrect the dead from another world, she would first believe it and then doubt it. What she doubted was not that she could resurrect the dead, but the way she did it.

Although Orochimaru is young, she is a very reliable person in Uzumaki Chigusa's heart.

"Chigusa, I should be heading back soon. If you need anything, please contact me using the method I taught you."

Orochimaru developed a communication method using the principles of summoning technique. Simply put, it is another way of using summoning technique and reverse summoning technique.

"If you go to the battlefield, you must pay attention to your own safety."

Uzumaki Chigusa looked at Orochimaru with tender red eyes. She believed that with Orochimaru's strength, only a Kage-level warrior could pose a threat to her. However, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and no one could predict what would happen.

The First Ninja World War had just ended and the war was about to begin again.

"Don't worry, if there's going to be a fight, it will be the four major ninja villages that will start it."

Orochimaru speculated that the war was initially a war between the four major ninja villages, and Konoha could watch the show for a while, and when they reacted, they would definitely drag Konoha into the war.

The reason is simple. They will not allow Konoha, a ninja village that poses a great threat, to preserve its strength.

While they were losing so many soldiers and generals, Konoha was watching from the sidelines. What if Konoha suddenly attacked them? You know, in the First Shinobi World War, the ninja villages of various countries joined forces to attack Konoha, and Konoha has never avenged this vengeance!

Sometimes doing nothing is a sin in itself.

Of course, the Konoha high-level officials are not stupid. They will not wait foolishly for the four major ninja villages to drag Konoha into the water. At that time, instead of being passively involved in the war, it is better to actively join the battle and seize the initiative.

What will be done specifically depends on the decision of Konoha's top management.

Orochimaru is just an ordinary jonin, what can he do?

Volume 163: Chapter : The Prelude to War, Jiraiya's Story

Jiraiya traveled around the world and witnessed the coming of troubled times. Conflicts between countries intensified, invasions and civil wars continued to break out, and the entire world was in turmoil.

The war is not only a war between ninjas, but also a war between ordinary people. Ninja villages are an indispensable military force of the country. Victory in the war between ninja villages means victory for the country.

The Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning took the first action. The Hidden Cloud Village troops led by the Third Raikage Ai landed silently in the Land of Wind from the sea and launched a surprise attack on the Hidden Sand Village.

Aiqi's purpose is very simple. Since you, the Sand Village, once said that I have ideas about your Sand Village's One-Tailed Jinchuriki, then I came here this time to snatch your Sand Village's Jinchuriki!

Another point is that it is to avenge the Kumogakure ninja who died in the Whirlpool Country. This action can be said to be settling both new and old grudges.

There is no doubt that the actions of Kumogakure ignited the fuse of the Ninja World War, officially starting the Ninja World War!

The Sand Village noticed the actions of the Cloud Village, and the Third Kazekage led the Sand Village troops to fight against the Cloud Village troops led by the Third Raikage Ai.

"Third Raikage, what do you mean?!"

Black sand iron surrounded the Third Kazekage. He glared at Ai and the Cloud Village's actions again and again. It would have been fine if the Sand Village did not take revenge on the Cloud Village, but the Cloud Village took the initiative to attack the Sand Village.

"Need I say more? Of course, I'm going to snatch the One-Tailed Jinchuriki from your ninja village!"

Ai's whole body was covered with armor formed by Raiden's chakra, but he was unable to gain any advantage against the Third Kazekage. Even his strongest Hell Stab, One-Handed Hand, was still blocked by the seemingly endless sand and iron.

The Third Kazekage also felt very difficult facing Ai. Ai was too fast, and his sand iron could hardly attack Ai. He had to concentrate on controlling the sand iron, otherwise there was a high possibility that Ai would break through the sand iron's defense. He didn't want to try the power of Ai's ninjutsu.

The black iron sand collided with the blue lightning, and it was difficult for the Third Kazekage and Ai to determine the winner in a short time.

The Sand Ninja and the Cloud Ninja are fighting a brutal war in the desert.

Just as Sand Village and Kumogakure were fighting, Kirigakure from the Land of Water tentatively sent Kirigakure troops to attack Iwagakure Village from the Land of Earth.

During the First Shinobi World War, the Second Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village, Hozuki Gengetsu, and the Second Tsuchikage of the Hidden Mist Village, Mutsu, died together. That has been the pain that the Hidden Mist Village has always suffered.

The Third Mizukage believed that taking advantage of the fight between Sand Village and Cloud Village would be the best time to take action against Iwagakure.

Revenge for the elite ninjas who died in the Land of Whirlpools and the second generation Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu.

Coincidentally, the third Tsuchikage Ohnoki also thought so. The second Tsuchikage Mu was taught Dust Release by Ohnoki's teacher. He had never forgotten his teacher's death, and he was also an elite ninja who died in the Whirlpool Country during his previous operation in the Whirlpool Country.

With new and old grudges added together, the Iwagakure and Kirigakure troops met on the way to each other's ninja villages. War was about to break out, and the Land of Hot Springs became a battlefield.

The ninjas of Yugakure Village, which had already suffered heavy losses in the battle with the ninja clan of the Land of Rice, went to drive out the Iwagakure and Kirigakure who used Yugakure as a battlefield at the request of the Daimyo of Yugakure. As a result, Yugakure Village suffered heavy losses again. The ninja village, which was originally a well-known, was now completely unable to recover.

With the outbreak of war, the invasion and civil war between countries became more intense. Naturally, the big countries had no time to send ninjas to help small countries. This was the best time for those forces that wanted to expand their territory and steal the country to take action.

The drizzle of rain extinguished the burning flames. Jiraiya walked with his bag on his back in a country that had experienced a civil war. What came into his sight was a devastated scene, the ruins of buildings emitting wisps of blue smoke, rotting corpses with no one to collect them, and abandoned broken swords.

The rain was getting heavier, and Jiraiya ran to a dilapidated temple to take shelter from the rain, where he met a man who was also taking shelter there.

"Young man, why do you want to travel?"

The man looked at Jiraiya's bag and realized that he was traveling. To travel in such a turbulent world must require extraordinary skills.

"To explore my own destiny..."

Jiraiya looked at the heavy rain outside the dilapidated temple and the ruins around him. He doubted the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage and also doubted whether his decision to leave Konoha and travel was correct.

While traveling, he also learned about the war between the four major ninja villages. If the war had not yet spread to Konoha, he would have returned to Konoha by now.