Kimimaro's voice was slightly hesitant.
"Just what?"
"It's just another voice in my head that's always talking to me, making it hard for me to calm down."
"snort"
Orochimaru sneered, and then said: "Don't have too many worries. The Shoggoths regard you as their master, and everything will be considered for you."
"If it weren't for the Shoggoths, your body would be almost exhausted by now."
"Okay, let's go."
In the dark passage, Orochimaru walked in front, Kimimaro followed silently.
When he reached the end of the passage, Orochimaru stood on the high platform and saw the other four people of the five Sound Ninja standing under the high platform.
Jirobo, Kidomaru, Sakon Ukon, Tayuya.
"Okay, everyone is here."
"The plan to collapse Konoha is activated!"
…
The peaceful Konoha Village is always an ideal place to live.
"Really, who asked you to be brave?"
"It will cause us trouble."
Kakashi Ban, who had just returned from his mission, was walking on the street.
Among them, Kakashi held "Intimate Paradise" in one hand and walked in front with a walking method that could not be imitated by non-jounin without looking at the road, while Naruto was covered in injuries and struggled to move forward with the support of Sasuke and Sakura. .
Although only Naruto was injured at this time, no one from Kakashi to Sasuke and Sakura had any intention of pitying Naruto, because Naruto was responsible for all this.
In the task of walking the dogs of the Inuzuka clan just now, Naruto had to try his best to choose a giant dog. As a result, the giant dog forcibly dragged Naruto into the trap area and exploded him. Like this.
But what is surprising is that when ordinary people enter a trap area of that level, they will basically die, and genin will basically be seriously injured if they enter it.
But Naruto just came back from walking his dog and walked on the street for a while, and he immediately became lively and even had the strength to threaten Sasuke.
Kakashi glanced at Naruto and guessed some possibilities.
Such amazing recovery ability should be the power of the Nine-Tails.
To this day, Naruto doesn't know that the power of the Kyuubi resides in his body.
Although this is very good for maintaining the stability of the Nine-Tails' power, Kakashi was once a disciple of Namikaze Minato and knew that the teacher's intention was not just to use his son, Naruto, as a container to seal the Nine-Tails.
Based on Minato-sensei's temperament, he would probably prefer Naruto to control the power of the Nine-Tails.
So I still don't know about the existence of Kyuubi, and Kakashi doesn't know whether it is good or bad for Naruto.
But since Shimura Danzo came to power, the seal on the existence of the Nine-Tails in Naruto's body has been even stricter than during the Sarutobi Hiruzen period.
In this case, it would be harder for Naruto to recognize himself.
Kakashi sighed and said, "It's almost time to disband, and it's time for me to go back and submit the mission report."
After hearing this, Sasuke immediately closed his eyes with a bored look on his face, "Then I'll withdraw too."
Looking at Sasuke's leaving figure, Sakura still wanted to stay, but Sasuke had no intention of paying attention. He derogated Sakura as being inferior to Naruto, and then left.
Kakashi looked at the increasingly disorganized team spirit and could only shake his head helplessly, thinking to himself.
It's hard to lead a team these days.
With a bang, Kakashi disappeared from the spot.
At the mission transfer center, Kakashi handed the mission report to Iruka.
After Iruka received the report, he asked with some embarrassment: "Naruto, do you get along well with your companions?"
Iruka's question was a little sudden, which made Kakashi stunned for a moment, "Uh, okay."
"But Mr. Iruka, you also know that that boy is with Uchiha Sasuke, who is regarded as his mortal enemy, and this has improved his strength a lot."
"So don't worry."
At this moment, Kakashi's ears suddenly heard the sound of paper being placed on the table next to him.
Kakashi turned around subconsciously and saw a person next to him submitting a mission completion report.
It was such a light step that I didn't notice it at all.
As a jounin, Kakashi is always vigilant about the auras of the people around him.
But at that moment, Kakashi didn't notice anyone coming next to him at all.
This is already very shocking to Kakashi, because the only person who can make himself unable to sense the breath as a jounin is someone who also has the strength of a jounin.
Looking up at this person's face, Kakashi also happened to recognize this person's face.
This is
The second son of the Moonlight family, Moonlight Hayate's younger brother, Moonlight Folding Mirror.
What level is he now? I seem to remember that I was still a chuunin, right?
At this time, Moonlight Mirror also looked up at Kakashi as if he had just seen Kakashi.
"Hey, isn't this Kakashi-senpai? What a coincidence."
Origami greeted Kakashi nonchalantly, but Kakashi was stunned again before nodding in response.
"Ah, um"
At this moment, an eagle whistle came from the sky outside the window.
This whistle was very harsh and immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the mission transfer center.
The people here are all ninjas in Konoha who are at least chuunin level. Of course they know that this is a voice specifically notifying the jounin to assemble.
"Kakashi-senpai, I originally wanted to chat with you, but it seems that time does not permit it."
"Well, let's talk some other time."
With a bang, Kakashi disappeared again.
Seeing Kakashi disappear suddenly, Orijing also knew what this meant.
Zhejing did not stay at the mission handover office and rushed home immediately.
In fact, Orijing was mentally prepared for the Chunin Exam, but based on the information Orike obtained from Spider Vision, this Chunin Exam seemed not to be as simple as imagined.
Because this time Orochimaru didn't attack and kill the Fourth Kazekage Rasa on the way!
According to the original world line, Sunagakure Village and Otogakure Village should have united to attack Konoha, but Orochimaru attacked and killed the Fourth Kazekage Rasa halfway, and then pretended to be the Fourth Kazekage and entered Konoha Village.
However, according to the intelligence obtained by Orikage, Orochimaru did not attack Rasa this time. Now it is Rasa himself who follows the team taking the exam from Sunagakure Village into Konoha Village!
For this reason, Zhejing has a guess.
That is because Orochimaru retained Rasa, an important combat force, out of consideration for the existing strength of Konoha Village.
It turns out that the third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen is in charge of Konoha Village in the world line.
And Orochimaru knew very well that Shimura Danzo was dissatisfied with Sarutobi Hiruzen and coveted the position of Hokage. In addition, Orochimaru had been cooperating with Shimura Danzo since his defection, so Orochimaru would only deal with Sarutobi Hiruzen alone. .
But the current world line is that Orochimaru never contacted Shimura Danzo after his defection, and Shimura Danzo also did not look for Orochimaru again because he had obtained the Hokage position he wanted.
The partnership between the two ended completely after Orochimaru defected with the Cthulhu statue.
In addition, the current Hokage of Konoha Village is Shimura Danzo, and Sarutobi Hiruzen is the assistant Hokage. The identities of the two people have been reversed. Based on Orochimaru's understanding of the teacher, it is naturally clear that Sarutobi Hiruzen cannot be the Hokage for the sake of the position. Give up supporting Shimura Danzo.
So if Orochimaru were to attack alone, he would face the two Kage-level members of Konoha Village, Shimura Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Because of this, in this world line, Orochimaru did not kill the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, but chose to cooperate with Rasa honestly.
It seems that this Chunin Exam will be different than expected.
The Chuunin Exams hosted by Konoha Village will officially begin in less than three days, and ninjas from various ninja villages have entered Konoha Village one after another.
Nowadays, on the streets of Konoha Village, you can see ninjas wearing forehead protectors from other ninja villages, or "ordinary tourists" wearing costumes of other countries.
Of course, these ordinary tourists are not real tourists, but daimyo, officials from various countries who come specifically to watch the Chunin Examination, as well as mission clients who have the need to dispatch missions all year round.
In terms of the composition of ninja combat power, most ninja villages are similar.
Although the number of genin is large, their strength is low, and the number of jounin is too small, so chunin is the backbone of a ninja village.
The Chuunin Examination can measure the strength of the new generation of Chunin in each Ninja Village, allowing mission clients headed by the great names of various countries to have a more direct judgment standard when dispatching missions.
Therefore, the Chuunin Exam is actually an arms race between the ninja villages, an "ultimate test" in which the glory and future of the village are staked.
Especially in recent years, the historical legacy of the Third Ninja World War has been gradually weakened, and each ninja village's requirements for the training and selection of chunin are also increasing.
In addition, this is the first Chuunin exam open to the outside world after the Third World War. It is believed that this Chunin exam will attract a lot of attention and excitement.
"But having said that, among the five major ninja villages, only Sand Hidden Village and Konoha Village participated this time. Kumogakure Village, Iwagakure Village and Kirigakure Village did not participate. It always feels like it is missing some flavor."
"There is nothing we can do about it. These three villages are all villages that have fought with Konoha Village during the Third Ninja War. They are definitely not willing to send ninjas to Konoha Village."
"Well, it's no wonder, and since the fourth Mizukage announced his death, the fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure Village has yet to make a decision."
"According to the first-hand information I received, a total of 153 people took part in the Chunin Exam this time. Among them, Konoha Village has the largest number of people, with 72 people, followed by Sunagakure Village, with 30 people."
"There are still some ninjas from Xiaonin Village left, 21 from Amegakure Village, 15 from Kusagakure Village, 12 from Takigakure Village, and 3 from Oto-nin Village."
"Wait a minute, what is the Sound Ninja Village?"
"You don't even know this. Sound Ninja Village is a new generation ninja village established in Tian Country. It is a mysterious ninja village that even the village leader doesn't know who it is."
"The newly established ninja village dares to take the chunin exam? What a bunch of country folk who don't know what the world is like."
"Hahahaha! Who knows what those people are thinking. The peripheral betting market is about to open, and I want to bet that the people in the Sound Ninja Village will not pass the first test."
"Me too!"
In a small booth of the restaurant, a pair of good brothers were walking out side by side.
But they didn't notice that right next to the cubicle where they were sitting, and in the cubicle separated by only a wall from them, there were people from the Otogakure Village.
The number of people participating in the Otogakure Village is the smallest among all the ninja villages. Including Orochimaru disguised as the leader jounin, there are only four people in total.
Of course, these are just the people on the surface.
When Sak heard the people at the table next to him mocking him, he slapped the table and was about to chase him out, but was immediately stopped by Jintu and Tos next to him.
"My lord is still here, what are you doing out there?"
"But they."
"Shut up! Sit down."
Jintu seemed to have the aura of being a big sister among the three of them, and he made the impulsive Sak sit down with just a few words.
But more of the majesty comes from the person sitting opposite the three people.
Although it seemed that this handsome man with a good face was just an ordinary Otogakure village jounin, who only came to serve as the leader of the Otogakure team, all three of them knew that the person sitting in front of them was the village chief.
Orochimaru!
At this time, Orochimaru's face was not angry because of Sak's impulsive behavior just now. Instead, he calmly brought the food picked up with chopsticks to his mouth, and then showed a smiling expression.
“The food in this restaurant still tastes the same as before.”
"Why don't you eat? Eat."
Although in the eyes of normal people, Orochimaru was just smiling, in the eyes of these three ordinary Otogakure ninjas, this smile contained an infinitely sinister chill and dangerous aura, which even made the three of them unable to help themselves. There was a cold war.
The three of them looked at each other and quickly picked up their bowls and chopsticks to eat.
But Orochimaru put down his chopsticks at this time, looked at the decoration around the store, and remembered the days when he, Jiraiya and Tsunade drank and had fun together after the mission.
Although Orochimaru was not good at drinking and always substituted other drinks for alcohol, it was quite fun to watch Jiraiya and Tsunade in various strange drunken states.
But now that I have returned to Konoha Village, everything has changed.
This time Orochimaru was invited by Rasa, the fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure Village, to implement the Konoha Collapse Plan.
Although Orochimaru is not too interested in the plan itself, after all, Orochimaru's ultimate goal is to collect the Silver Key and the Necronomicon.
As for the old grievances such as the Third Hokage passing the position of Hokage to Namikaze Minato but not to himself, Orochimaru didn't take it too seriously.
Besides, the current Hokage is no longer Sarutobi Hiruzen.
What really moved Orochimaru was the other "values" of Konoha Village.
Based on the information provided by Sunagakure Village to express their sincerity in cooperation, Orochimaru learned that Konoha Village had obtained a special biological sample near the country of Takumi.
The Country of Takumi is close to the Country of Wind, so it is not surprising that there are spies from Sunagakure Village surrounding it.
Although the information from Sunagakure Village did not specify how "special" it was, Orochimaru was now fully interested in any special creature.
And according to the information sent back by Kabuto Yakushi, who has been lurking in Konoha Village, the night of the Uchiha clan's genocide does not seem to be that simple.
