Naruto Orochimaru: I must win this time

Chapter 265: The Eve of the Chunin Exam

9 years in the North, 64 years in Konoha.

Red Bean is about to lead the team to Konoha, the Land of Fire, to take part in the Chunin Exam.

Things were not as smooth as she had imagined, and she had experienced a series of setbacks before that.

Ever since they knew that Beidi Village had taken in and sheltered many rebellious ninjas, the villages with rebellious ninjas in Beidi began to attack Beidi. Even villages like the Land of Lightning, which had no rebellious ninjas, did not mind adding fuel to the fire.

The first to launch the attack was Ōnoki of the Iwagakure Village, who sent his right-hand man, his son Huangtu, to the north.

The purpose was naturally self-evident, and Orochimaru did not prevent him from meeting Deidara.

However, the two did not have a pleasant conversation, and in the end Deidara did not leave with the other party.

People grow up. I was originally fooled here by Orochimaru, but after meeting all kinds of people in society, I found that everyone here is pretty good.

He also witnessed the North's gradual prosperity, to which he contributed a lot. It is impossible to say that he had no feelings for the country.

In addition, there are many things he wants here. Orochimaru gave him popular scientific knowledge and conjectures about various bomb theories, which gave his art higher pursuits and goals.

More importantly, the North has two "nuclear energy sources". Deidara feels that his artistic life will be valuable if he can develop more powerful bombs.

People always despise the poor and love the rich, so he was somewhat reluctant to return to a bitter and cold place like the Hidden Rock Village. A true dragon cannot be raised in shallow water. He felt that he was a true dragon, and the North was the big river that could give birth to him.

Huang Tu was naturally extremely angry when he learned that his own children looked down on his hometown.

If they didn't want to fall out on the spot, they would have probably started fighting.

But Orochimaru knew that the stubborn old man Ohnoki would not give up so easily, so he personally went to the Iwagakure Village with Huang Tu.

Outsiders do not know what Ōnoki and Orochimaru talked about or what happened between them, but since then, the Iwagakure Village has withdrawn the bounty on Deidara and promised Orochimaru that it will no longer be obsessed with Deidara.

The same thing happened to Anko, but things got even more intense.

"Hand over our traitorous ninja Hongdou today, otherwise our village will take strong measures on its own. I hope your village will consider it carefully!"

Orochimaru laughed when he saw the letter. Konoha, which had always been cautious, actually told him that it would take tough measures.

Konoha is the most powerful of the five major ninja villages. Others may be afraid of him, but Orochimaru is not. There is no need for him to give them face, so he immediately wrote a letter back to them.

He explained that Hongdou had offended him and needed to work for him here for a hundred years. If Konoha still pestered him, he would send troops to the border in five days and start a war directly!

This piece of news made Konoha unable to sit still, and he immediately called everyone to a meeting.

I originally thought it was just a small matter, but I didn't expect the other party to escalate it to the level of a village war.

The two sides have just started trading and there aren't many conflicts of interest. It would be unwise to start a war just for a red bean!

Before they could come to a conclusion, another piece of news reached their ears. In order to resolve the issue of Deidara, who was also a rebel, the Golden Kage went to the Iwagakure Village in person to negotiate with Ōnoki.

Afterwards, the Iwagakure Village withdrew the bounty on Deidara, and Kinjaro escaped unscathed.

When Konoha received this news, they quietly calmed down their restless hearts. They didn't know the Golden Shadow, but they knew the old man Ohnoki.

There was someone in the past who could make the other person so docile and shut up, and that was Uchiha Madara.

When he was a child, Ōnoki and his father came to Konoha to meet the first Hokage, and were then given the cold shoulder by Madara.

At that time, Ohnoki could only be angry but not speak out. Even though Ohnoki had grown up, he still had a deep shadow in his heart towards Madara.

After receiving this news, Konoha's top leaders could only put the matter aside for the time being and resume trade with the North as if nothing had happened.

Things just passed in a muddle, the tense situation eased instantly, and Orochimaru withdrew the ninjas from the border with great fanfare.

When they discovered that the other side had really gathered troops at the border and dared to go to war with them, all the Konoha high-level officials were a little worried.

Don't think that they can be aggressive just because they call themselves a great ninja village. The one that is most qualified to declare war on the North is still the Hidden Mist Village.

Because people have discovered that there is more than one Kirigakure rebel ninja in the north.

The second is the Iwagakure Village. After all, Deidara is Ōnoki's apprentice.

Although Red Bean is Orochimaru's apprentice, strictly speaking she can also be considered the third generation's apprentice, but there are many such apprentices. There is one in the next village who calls himself a god, and each one is more filial than the other.

If Orochimaru was also hiding in the North, this reason would make sense.

Originally, many high-ranking officials of Konoha had also had this guess. After all, Red Bean and Orochimaru were inseparable when they were young, and now they might be able to find out something by following the clues.

But the other party refused to hand over the person, so there was no way to force him to confess.

In addition, the Sandaime was very sure that Orochimaru was not in the North, so the few people gave up this idea.

Because Itachi had already sent back the news that Orochimaru had joined the Akatsuki organization, but later defected, and his current state was suspected to be dead.

These things all happened before the Chunin Exam, and after these problems are resolved, the time for the Chunin Exam will be approaching.

The system in Orochimaru's mind, which had been silent for a long time, responded again!

"Host is detected to trigger the plot, Chunin Exam + Konoha Collapse Plan!"

Orochimaru had expected the mission to be triggered ahead of time.

Because he has too many things to prepare, whether he prepares for the Chunin Exam or not is not important to the overall situation, but the Konoha Destruction Plan cannot be implemented just by saying so.

If the original plot had developed, he would have used Orochimaru's identity, first hooked up with the Sand Village, and then killed Rasa.

Although cooperation with Rasa is not easy without the support of the ninjas from the Sound Village, as long as he kills Rasa, becoming Rasa will not be a problem.

Anyway, the Sand Village didn't cause many casualties to Konoha, and the most important thing was to promote the development on his side.

He had been looking forward to the battle between Orochimaru and the Sandaime for a long time.

"But having only one third generation is not enough. We also need to randomly pick a lucky audience member to perform on the same stage with us!"

Thinking of the old man who kept saying that he wanted to dedicate himself, sacrifice himself, and shed his last drop of blood for Konoha, Orochimaru wanted to help him.

"The host has the following choices: 1. Continue to implement the plan, the reward is unknown (Note: rewards are issued based on final performance); 2. Suspend the plan, become a pacifist, the reward is unknown (Note: I had no choice before, now I want to be a good person)"

After looking at some system rewards, Orochimaru encountered the first time that rewards were given out based on performance. It seems that the system also knows that the beginning of a new era is not easy!

He made the choice without hesitation and asked his clone in the laboratory to stop the experiment.

The research on Uchiha Madara's cells has been progressing quite a bit these days, and some results have been achieved.

However, there is still a long way to go before the cells can fuse with Hashirama's, so for now we can only deal with more urgent matters.

After arranging matters in the village, Orochimaru's clone headed towards the Land of Wind first, while his original body headed towards the Land of Lightning.

"Konoha is so lively, Kumogakure can't just watch the show!"