The northern border of the Fire Nation.
In the dense forest.
A slightly pale man wearing a bright yellow kimono was paying careful attention to his surroundings. The man had a thin face, with bangs covering his right eye. His eyes were narrow and slit, with black eyeliner and purple eyeshadow, and his pupils were weird golden vertical pupils. Wearing blue magatama-shaped earrings on her ears.
It was Orochimaru who had defected from Konoha.
There was a big battle with Jiraiya yesterday, and Orochimaru's chakra was consumed a lot.
"Damn Jiraiya, I haven't done anything for several years, but my strength has improved so fast." Orochimaru secretly cursed in his heart. Although he defeated Jiraiya, he did not feel relaxed.
Although Orochimaru did not kill Jiraiya, he did not show mercy. Jiraiya, on the other hand, did not try his best in the battle.
But if he waits until his Yamata no Jutsu and Fuzo Reincarnation are completed, Jiraiya and the Third Generation will be nothing.
Human beings have limits after all, and short life is meaningless.
In a few decades, he will still have a young and fresh body, while others will have become old.
Time will prove him right.
As soon as Orochimaru walked out of the dense forest, he turned into a trail. There was a secret stronghold of his nearby.
He came here, on the one hand, to rest and recuperate his strength, and on the other hand, he also wanted to take away the supplies from the stronghold.
"Um?"
Arriving not far outside the stronghold, Orochimaru's face suddenly darkened and he turned around.
Looking at the white-haired man behind him, his pupils shrank suddenly.
"Sakumo, I didn't expect that the third generation would send you to hunt me down!"
The visitor was none other than Hatake Sakumo who came from the City of Fire.
Orochimaru knew that although the third generation let him go, he would soon send people to hunt him down.
As Hokage, he had to do this.
It's just that Jiraiya's arrival should be his own idea.
The appearance of Hatake Sakumo was completely unexpected by Orochimaru.
If before the battle with Jiraiya yesterday, Orochimaru asked himself that even if he was no match for Hatake Sakumo, he could still protect himself and escape.
But in this current situation, I'm afraid...
"I am taking you back under the orders of the Sandai, regardless of life or death." Hatake Sakumo's eyes were a little complicated, and he slowly pulled out the ninja sword from his back, "Come back with me Orochimaru, I will plead with the Sandai!"
He never thought that one day Orochimaru would defect from Konoha.
Feeling the powerful momentum emanating from Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru's body tensed, and a dangerous arc flashed in his eyes.
Hatake Sakumo is his good friend.
When he was still a chuunin, Hatake Sakumo was his senior and often took care of him.
But even if he is a good friend, Orochimaru will not be captured easily. He still wants to explore the truth of the ninja world, how can he fall here.
Feeling Orochimaru's weak chakra, Hatake Sakumo's momentum stagnated, and sheathed the ninja sword again, "Let's go."
Orochimaru was slightly startled, "You let me go?"
"I was still thinking about whether I could force you to go back, but it seems I can't." Hatake Sakumo sighed, "In your current state, I don't want to kill my friends! Even if you have become a traitorous ninja."
Orochimaru looked at Sakumo deeply. He was not angry at Sakumo's statement because he was telling the truth. Even if Orochimaru was in good condition now, he would not be Sakumo's opponent.
If he takes action, he may really die here.
Thinking of this, Orochimaru sighed softly:
"Sakumo, you have changed."
"It's hard for people to stay the same, isn't it?"
"But you are Hatake Sakumo."
"I don't know when my mentality changed."
"You just let me go, over there in the village..."
"The war is not over yet, the village still needs me, doesn't it?"
"You have really changed..." After hearing Hatake Sakumo's answer, Orochimaru finally confirmed, "It was Nobuhiko who told you about this stronghold, right?"
Hatake Sakumo had a look of regret on his face, "He told me that you would never go back with me, and I still want to try to save him."
"Nobuhiko..."
"Let's go quickly. Don't stay here. All ANBU ninjas have been dispatched. They will be discovered here soon." Hatake Sakumo pointed to the right front and said: "There are no ninjas following my line yet. You Take the two o'clock direction, cross the border and enter Tianzhi Country, and it will be safe."
Orochimaru nodded, decided not to enter the stronghold for repairs, and went directly to Tian Country.
In the end, the two of them didn't say anything goodbye.
Because from now on, Orochimaru will be an S-class traitor on Konoha's must-kill list.
From now on, even if other villages kill Orochimaru, Konoha will not be able to pursue him.
If we meet again, I'm afraid I won't be able to let Orochimaru go like today.
...
The square below the Hokage Building.
A large number of ninjas and villagers gathered here.
Because today is the succession ceremony for the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.
Although Orochimaru's defection was regrettable, everyone responded with great enthusiasm to the new Hokage.
Especially for ninjas who came from civilian backgrounds, Namikaze Minato was a legend.
An orphan whose parents both died, without any background, relied on his own efforts to become the powerful 'Golden Flash' in the ninja world, and first became Hokage.
Even some opponents who think that Minato Namikaze is too young to become Hokage have to admit that Minato Namikaze has a good reputation among civilians and middle- and lower-class ninjas and is very popular.
"Four generations!"
"Four generations!"
As Minato Namikaze officially gave his inauguration speech, a burst of cheers erupted from the crowd below.
Nobuhiko in the crowd applauded calmly.
On the other hand, Kakashi and Uchiha Maki were in high spirits.
Kakashi naturally respects Namikaze Minato.
As for Uchiha Maki, it was because Namikaze Minato had a good personal relationship with Uchiha Fugaku, the leader of the Uchiha clan, and he had always treated the Uchiha clan fairly.
Namikaze Minato became the fourth generation, which was the best news for the Uchiha clan.
She promised Yashiro Uchiha that she would protect her clan.
But the more he learned about the situation of the Uchiha clan, the more Uchiha Maki felt his own powerlessness.
The upper management has suppressed and targeted Uchiha for a long time, and it cannot be changed by her opening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
After all, not everything can be solved with force, and her force is far from being able to solve a problem.
Uchiha Maki applauded and turned his gaze to Nobuhiko aside.
Ever since she had a heart-to-heart relationship with Hinata Mio, she had confidence in her heart.
It's just that in the month since she returned to the village, Nobuhiko hasn't even come to see her once.
Although he knew that he was very busy after becoming a Jonin, he clearly had no mission this month.
"Fool!"
Thinking of this, Uchiha Maki cursed inwardly.
Not proactive at all.
It seems that she can only take the initiative herself.
Uchiha Maki thought of the previous training that helped Nobuhiko improve his mental power and had been using illusions on him.
Now that she has activated the Mangekyō Sharingan, her genjutsu has gone to the next level.
It seems that this can be used as a reason to come to the door.
The succession ceremony ended soon, and Nobuhiko was ready to go home.
"Nobuhiko, do you want to practice together later?" Kakashi stopped him.
"Next time, I have something to do today." Nobuhiko smiled slightly and rejected Kakashi.
Nobuhiko has been conducting experiments recently since Orochimaru handed him the half-finished Yaqi no Jutsu.
Yamata no Jutsu has some similarities with Kiyara no Jutsu in some respects.
The Fuzo Reincarnation was developed based on the Yamata no Jutsu and the Spiritual Transformation Technique, and the improved version of the Onimera no Jutsu is somewhat similar to the Fuzo Reincarnation in some respects.
Nowadays, Nobuhiko's experiment has reached a bottleneck, so the experiment must be intensified.
Seeing this, Uchiha Maki on the side looked like he was hesitant to speak.
Kakashi has been rejected, how can she tell her about inviting Nobuhiko to practice together.
But when she thought of Hinata Mio's encouragement to her, Uchiha Maki gritted her teeth and stepped forward: "Nobuhiko, can I come to your house to sit down? It's been a long time..."
"OK!"
Nobuhiko agreed before Uchiha Maki's reasons were fully thought out.
Kakashi's dead fish eyes widened slightly.
This is too true!
"Let's go." Nobuhiko didn't explain much. He didn't value sex over friends, but just wanted to give Uchiha Maki a detailed physical examination.
After all, after Uchiha Maki opened her eyes, Nobuhiko had learned about her pupil technique from Hyuga Mio, but he had not yet experienced it personally.
Nobuhiko wants to see the changes in different people after turning on the kaleidoscope.
He still has the essence of eight Mangekyō Sharingan there.
Uchiha Maki is one of our own, so we can check her eye power first.
Indra, the son of the Sage of Six Paths in the original work, is so powerful that he can open the complete Susanoo when he has three magatama.
Therefore, in theory, as long as the pupil power reaches a certain level, ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan will not go blind.
Of course, in terms of hardware conditions, Uchiha Maki is far from comparable to Indra.
After all, Indra inherited the blood and chakra of the Sage of Six Paths.
However, Uchiha Maki's kaleidoscope eye technique 'Tamazu no Ming' is very similar to Madara's ability, which makes Nobuhiko very concerned.
In addition, 'Takamagahara' is extremely capable and can develop stronger supporting tactics.
The stronger the people around him, the better it is for Nobuhiko.
In the past half month, due to Orochimaru's defection, the village had investigated all the ninjas who had been closely related to Orochimaru one by one.
I want to rule out the possibility of Orochimaru leaving a spy in the village.
Many lower-status shinobi are now in the Torture Department's prison cells.
Some jounin were kicked out of the political center and sent to various borders.
As a disciple of Orochimaru, Nobuhiko naturally accepted the inquiry. After all, Orochimaru used ninjas from the same village to conduct experiments. If Nobuhiko knew about it, the nature would be different.
Of course, Nobuhiko couldn't admit this.
But the higher-ups are probably still worried.
When he traveled recently, he had noticed that ANBU ninjas were secretly following him.
It was relatively subtle before, but in recent days it has become a bit too much.
When they reached the corner of the street, an ANBU ninja suddenly appeared in front of Nobuhiko and Uchiha Maki and said:
"Hyuuga Nobuhiko, please come to the interrogation department with me."
The other party's attitude was not bad, but it was not polite either.
Uchiha Maki looked shocked when she heard this. She also knew how big the impact of the recent defection of Orochimaru was, but she didn't expect that the village would suspect Nobuhiko.
"Nobuhiko..."
"It's okay, go to my house and wait for me first." Nobuhiko smiled slightly and handed the key to Uchiha Maki.
Seeing Nobuhiko's relaxed look, Uchiha Maki felt relieved, took the key, and watched Nobuhiko follow the ANBU away.
Nobuhiko paused when he saw that the ANBU ninja did not take him to the ANBU headquarters, but instead walked towards the west gate of the village.
"I'm afraid this isn't the way to the interrogation department, is it?"
"Just follow me!" the ANBU ninja emphasized.
"Who do you belong to? If you are the third generation, I can cooperate with the investigation."
"Danzo-sama has your destiny, how dare you disobey it?!" the ANBU ninja's voice deepened.
Nobuhiko narrowed his eyes, "As the newly promoted elite Jonin in the village, it's already a great honor for me to be willing to go with you. Now my direct leader is the Fourth Hokage, so what if I don't obey Danzo's orders?"
"Presumptuous!" The ANBU ninja was furious.
Nobuhiko looked slightly cold and said in a calm tone: "You don't want to fight with me, do you?"
A terrifying momentum rose from Nobuhiko's body, and Samehada, who turned into a jagged sword behind him, responded instantly.
A feeling that seemed to be suffocating appeared in the ANBU ninja's heart.
Nobuhiko seemed to be about to strike at the slightest disagreement, and the ANBU ninja had a hunch that he might not be able to catch even one move.
The last luck in the ANBU ninja's heart disappeared.
As an elite member of the Root Anbu, he has always thought highly of himself.
As a jounin, ordinary jounin is not at the same level as ninjas like them who have received hell-like training.
However, after feeling Nobuhiko's chakra, he realized that there are no virtual warriors under the famous name.
Nobuhiko put even more pressure on him than the Third Generation and Danzo-sama.
Now the ANBU ninja knew where Nobuhiko's confidence came from.
With such strength, even if Nobuhiko is really colluding with Orochimaru, the village will not easily take strict measures against such a strong man.
Thinking of this, the ANBU ninja turned around and left without even saying harsh words.
After returning to ANBU, he reported Nobuhiko's reaction to Danzo.
"Did he really say that?" Danzo narrowed his eyes.
"yes!"
"It seems that Orochimaru's disciple cannot be used by me. He still has the same heart as White Fang. In this case..." Danzo's face gradually became gloomy.
A top genius who also has three tails.
Such terrifying power cannot be used by oneself.
It can only destroy him.
...
On the way home, Nobuhiko first went to a ninja shop and bought several large-capacity storage scrolls.
There are too many things to carry around nowadays. If there were no large-capacity storage scrolls, he would have to carry dozens of scrolls alone.
As for Danzo's case, Nobuhiko didn't take it particularly seriously.
If it really pissed him off, he would just flip the table and stop playing.
No matter how many conspiracies Danzo had, it was useless.
But this incident also reminded Nobuhiko.
You should pay a little more attention.
The worst outcome is to kill Danzo and then defect from Konoha.
But running away in despair was not his style.
If Danzo dares to commit suicide, Nobuhiko will let him know what despair is.
If the time is almost up, it is time to rectify the Hyuga clan's internal affairs.
Anyway, Konoha is an alliance of ninja clans. If he is unhappy with his stay, Nobuhiko will directly take the Hyuga clan to leave Konoha and build a village somewhere else.
By then the senior management will probably ask him not to leave.
With his relationship with the Daimyo, it is only a matter of words to encircle a good land in the Land of Fire.
And the Daimyo is definitely willing to have a split without weakening the Fire Nation's internal military strength.
...
After returning home, Nobuhiko's mood instantly became much better when he saw Uchiha Maki taking the initiative to do housework and tidying up everything.
Now [Secondary Consciousness·Beilihu] is acting together with Ye Cang and is collecting blood inheritance limits in the Kingdom of Water.
There are many strange blood successor limits in the ninja world, and some seemingly ordinary blood successor limits can have unimaginable effects at specific times.
Hyuga Mio is traveling with Tsunade, and it will probably take about a year before she comes back.
Kakashi is also growing stronger by Nobuhiko's side, and Uchiha Maki's kaleidoscope is one of the focuses of Nobuhiko's research.
At the kitchen table, Nobuhiko was in a daze looking at the fragrant dishes in front of him.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Uchiha Maki looked at Nobuhiko in confusion.
Nobuhiko said in surprise: "Did you cook all these dishes within half an hour?"
"Of course. One shadow clone buys the vegetables, and the other washes and chops the vegetables. Then I do the cooking myself, and then let the shadow clone do the housework."
"It tastes very good!" Nobuhiko looked at Uchiha Maki with surprise. He didn't expect that although she was not big-hearted, she was very virtuous.
And before, she always seemed a bit dissatisfied with her integrity, but now she is suddenly so attentive.
I remember that when she first turned on the kaleidoscope, she always spoke with a cold attitude that made people feel distant.
After not seeing each other for a while, things have changed.
Hearing Nobuhiko's compliment, Uchiha Maki showed a proud expression on his face.
Nobuhiko was eating when he heard Uchiha Maki suddenly ask: "My attitude towards you was not very good before, you don't mind, right? Also, do you think I'm better like this now, or the way I was before..." ..."
As he spoke, Uchiha Maki's voice became smaller and smaller.
"They're all good! I like them all!" With a smile on his face, Nobuhiko swept away the dishes on the table. After finishing all the rice in the rice cooker, he finally put down his bowls and chopsticks with unfulfilled satisfaction.
His cooking skills are naturally not bad, but compared with Uchiha Maki, they seem very average.
The rice cooker seemed quite big before, but today it feels so small.
He was only three to four times full when all the rice and vegetables were gone.
Hearing Nobuhiko's answer, Uchiha Maki's eyes lit up and he was immediately elated.
By the time she came to her senses, Nobuhiko had already finished the meal.
"Are you full?" Uchiha Maki asked with concern. She knew the appetite of Hinata Mio and Nobuhiko, and could only be described as cruel.
After her strength increased, her appetite also increased a lot, but it was not as exaggerated as Nobuhiko and Hyuga Mio.
In fact, she envied Hinata Mio. She didn't gain weight no matter how much she ate, and her body was full of sensible meat, all growing where it should.
"If we continue to maintain this level, I feel like I'm not full." Nobuhiko patted his belly.
"Then let's go shopping again?"
"Walk!"
...
Konoha's 48th year has quietly arrived.
The storm of Orochimaru's defection had a huge impact, affecting many ninjas.
As one of Orochimaru's disciples, Mitarai Anko was originally going to be sent to the border to perform garrison duties.
This mission is not very dangerous, but it is basically done every two or three years. Especially now that we have entered a peaceful period, this mission lasts longer.
For a ninja like Anko, performing this mission is tantamount to exile.
In this regard, Nobuhiko expressed strong protest.
Before Orochimaru left, he told him to take care of Anko, and Nobuhiko was always very kind to his own people.
In the end, after Nobuhiko caused a scene, the village finally sent Anko to the front line, but it was only a one-month patrol mission.
In this matter, Namikaze Minato's attitude was okay, but he just took office and didn't seem to have much power. The matter was ultimately ordered by the Third Generation and Danzo.
For a time, the ninjas who had been close to Orochimaru had to re-align themselves in order to protect themselves.
Although most ninjas are willing to sacrifice for the village, not many are willing to die in battle when they are sent to perform tasks that are beyond their level.
Especially since Jonin is the village's high-end combat force, the village will not give up at will, but they will inevitably be sent to the border.
Some small and medium-sized families only have a few jounin. If they are all sent abroad, who will fight for the interests of the family is a very real problem.
...
Night falls.
On the Hokage Rock.
There was a fluctuation in the space.
Obito and Black Zetsu appear wearing masks.
"The Fourth Hokage, hum!" Obito sneered as he saw an additional portrait on the Hokage Rock.
"Obito, don't you miss the past? You talk about cutting off the ties with the past, but you still can't let go of Rin and Kakashi!"
Bai Jue on the side said jokingly.
"It's a pity that they love each other and have completely forgotten about you!"
Seeing Hei Jue fall into silence, Bai Jue started to fight again.
A trace of anger flashed through Obito's eyes under the mask, and he said in a calm tone: "What does Lin have to do with me now? In the dream world, everyone can meet again!"
With that said, Obito activated the Kamui Jutsu.
"After you find out Konoha's defense arrangements, come and join me." Obito left an order for Black and White Zetsu before disappearing.
"It's boring, just say a few words and leave." Bai Jue muttered.
"Shut up, you talk too much!" Hei Jue said in a deep voice.
This Bai Zetsu's true form is simply a chatterbox. As long as he keeps talking, he won't stop talking.
Fortunately, this problem will be solved after tonight.
"Black Zetsu, where are we going now? Do we want to see the deployment first? I want to see Kakashi and Lin first. I saw the two of them shopping just now. I wonder if falling in love is fun?" Bai Zetsu said.
"Go to a place with me first, and let's investigate a person."
"who?"
"Hyuuga Nobuhiko."
As soon as Hei Zetsu finished speaking, he used the Mayfly Technique and went straight to Nobuhiko's home.
They had agreed to bring White Zetsu's true form to Konoha when the opportunity arose.
It's up to Nobuhiko himself to solve it.
Because White Zetsu's body can control all White Zetsu clones, since the White Zetsu secretly stored by Black Zetsu has been used up, Nobuhiko now has no White Zetsu to use.
The problem of Bai Jue's body must be solved first.
It just so happened that Black Zetsu was already annoyed by White Zetsu's true form.
So as soon as he had time, he was ready to kill Bai Jue's body as soon as possible.
"Shall we just go in? Do you want to knock on the door first?"
When White Zetsu appeared at Nobuhiko's door, White Zetsu couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, Black Zetsu did not speak, but sank into the ground, and then appeared at Nobuhiko's home.
In front of Bai Zetsu's true form was Nobuhiko with a smile on his face.
"What are you doing? Ah!"
Bai Jue felt a powerful will invade his body, and he suddenly let out a scream.
It's just that the room is covered by the all-encompassing seal barrier, and the sound can't be transmitted at all.
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