Konoha 60, May 20th.
Sound Ninja Village.
Underground laboratory.
Orochimaru was lying in a glass chamber filled with nutrient solution.
A few months have passed and his physical injuries have fully recovered. However, the nutrients required by his new body are too huge. He enters the nutrition bin on time every day, but his body is still like a bottomless pit, hungry for nutrients.
"At the stage of third-class apprentice, is the mental power already so strong? Sure enough, the most important thing is the Otsutsuki chakra of the first type."
After Orochimaru absorbed all the nutrient solution in the glass chamber, he sat up and felt the gradual fullness in his body. He felt that the time had come.
After several months of training, Orochimaru not only fully recovered from his mental damage, but also made breakthroughs in such a short period of time, being promoted to a third-class apprentice, and accelerated the absorption of the Otsutsuki chakra of the first style.
At this time, Orochimaru could feel that his soul was undergoing some kind of qualitative change, and it was slowly affecting his body.
"Whole body, new strength."
Orochimaru felt that he had completely surpassed the level of the five shadows in the world. This was a brand new field. Every move and every move in his body was filled with terrifying power.
With veins popping out at the corners of his eyes, Orochimaru opened his Byakugan and looked through his body.
After his transformation during this period and the integration of Yi Shi's power, his physical energy and mental energy were further improved, and the amount of chakra was further increased.
Although his chakra amount was not small before, after undergoing cell activation training and software transformation, his chakra amount was relatively large among ninjas of the same level, but he still had to use it carefully.
But now Orochimaru only feels that he has become a humanoid tailed beast, and even compared to the tailed beast, his chakra amount is definitely at the forefront among the tailed beasts, not to mention higher than the Nine-Tails Lower, but not inferior to the Eight-Tails.
For the same ninjutsu, the difference in chakra output can result in huge differences in the power of the ninjutsu.
Orochimaru closed his eyes, and his pure white eyes turned bright yellow again. Then, his eyes turned scarlet, and the three Magatama Sharingan appeared.
The Sharingan and Byakugan, which he had coveted for a long time, are now easily obtained after fusing them with one move. Immortality is not just a beautiful expectation, but is right before his eyes.
After Orochimaru got familiar with his body again, he walked towards the outside of the laboratory.
In the long and narrow corridor, he encountered a letter coming hurriedly towards him.
"Lord Orochimaru, there is a reply from Sunagakure Village." The letter came to Orochimaru and he saluted respectfully.
Because Orochimaru regarded Nobu as one of his own, he did not hide anything from Nobu about his revenge plan against Konoha.
Orochimaru was very satisfied with this new disciple and said with a slight smile: "It seems that Sunagakure Village is not willing to give up such a good opportunity."
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru." Nobu took out a scroll from his arms, bowed slightly, raised the scroll with both hands above his head and offered it to him. Although he had been accepted by Orochimaru as a disciple, Nobu still took Orochimaru as before. As a boss.
Orochimaru didn't say anything about this. After all, it's no longer the same situation as it used to be. The only disciples who would show closeness to him were Nashu and Anko, and Bai Yu could only count half of them.
"Luo Sha really can't resist this temptation."
Orochimaru opened the scroll and looked at it. The information inside was very brief, but the seal and signature of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa at the signature were enough to prove the importance of this information.
If this scroll is given to Konoha, the relationship between Sunagakure and Konoha may immediately deteriorate.
Of course, Orochimaru would not do this. He just wanted to use the power of Sunagakure to make the Third Generation and Konoha pay the price.
Although Orochimaru seems to immediately seek revenge on the Third Generation and Konoha, his current strength has also undergone earth-shaking changes from before, but he is still ready to hold on.
After all, the reason why he successfully swallowed the first move before was because he had thought of the worst possible outcome, and thus narrowly won.
Unexpectedly, things developed beyond Orochimaru's expectations. He just sent someone to contact the Fourth Kazekage Rasa. Sunagakure showed great interest in his plan and directly gave such a Great sincerity.
Since Sunagakure can be used, Orochimaru will naturally not be polite.
After reading the contents of the scroll, Orochimaru put the scroll away with him.
Luo Sha had already given a reply, so he had to go to the border of the Country of Fire in person to make arrangements in advance.
It's just a good time to test what level his current strength has reached.
Orochimaru wanted to see how long it would take to kill Rasa, one of the five powerful figures in the world.
"Lord Orochimaru."
After a while, four ninjas from the Sound Ninja Village came to the underground laboratory together.
It was the experimental subject who survived after Orochimaru planted the curse seal.
The four people are collectively called the Four Oto Ninjas, namely Kidomaru, Tayuya, Sakon Ukon, and Jirobo.
They are young strong men trained by Orochimaru in the past few years, and they can work together to use the 'Four Purple Flame Formation', an advanced barrier-type sealing technique. Even top-notch shadow-level strong men cannot easily break this seal.
At least Orochimaru couldn't break the Four Purple Flame Formation from the inside before swallowing the first move.
"Kabuto sent the information." Tayuya respectfully presented the scroll.
Orochimaru took the scroll and looked at it. Inside was the deployment of Konoha ANBU obtained by Kabuto, as well as the agreement with Kakashi.
"Eight Gate Dungeon, Matt Dai, the old man is still the same as before..." Orochimaru looked at the mention of Matt Dai in the scroll and couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Even Bai Yu thought this was extremely powerful. It's a secret technique, so Orochimaru doesn't dare to neglect it.
Moreover, there are rumors that the second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama came up with the concept of Eight Gate Dungeon, and Matt Dai developed the Eight Gate Dungeon on his own based on this concept alone. He obviously also has amazing attainments in physical arts. .
Orochimaru was also a little afraid of the power of all eight doors being opened.
Speaking of which, he is not afraid of physical attacks on his body, especially after completing the software transformation and developing the Orochi Style Substitution Technique. Even if he is fatally attacked, he can recover from his injuries in a way similar to a snake shedding its skin.
The only flaw of the Orochimaru Substitution Technique is that it consumes a lot of chakra, and Orochimaru himself does not use it often.
But after changing his body in the Devouring Style, with Orochimaru's current amount of chakra, he can use Orochimaru's Substitute Technique as a normal ultra-high-level ninjutsu on the spot, and there is no problem if he uses it more than a dozen times.
But Orochimaru is still afraid of sealing techniques and soul attacks.
Judging from the current situation in Konoha, not many people can cause fatal harm to Orochimaru.
"Stay back." After Orochimaru read all the information in the scroll, he signaled Kidomaru, Tayuya, Sakon Ukon, and Jirobo to leave.
"Yes." The four of them bowed out respectfully, looking at Nobu who had been staying by Orochimaru's side with envy. They felt in their hearts that this guy was really lucky. Even though he was so weak, he was able to be valued by Lord Orochimaru.
At this time, Orochimaru was deep in thought. Kakashi was able to trick Mattei away, which was naturally the best choice.
If possible, Orochimaru would not want to face off against Naoki, his former disciple.
"Lord Orochimaru?"
Just when Orochimaru was in a trance, the letter beside him suddenly spoke cautiously.
"What's wrong? Letter."
Orochimaru came to his senses and looked at the letter.
Xin couldn't help but said: "Orochimaru, if you want to go to Konoha, can you take me with you?"
"Of course it's okay, it's just..." Orochimaru nodded, looking at the letter with a thoughtful expression.
Nobu looked at Orochimaru in confusion.
"There are many strong men in Konoha. When the fight comes, I may not be able to care about you, so you have to improve your strength before I go to Konoha with me." Orochimaru added, since he is a disciple, then Shin's life Safety was on his mind.
Although Xin has a special physique and can transplant any cells without rejection, his previous transplants were first-generation cells with low activity, which helped improve his physique, but the improvement in strength was very small.
Strictly speaking, when Nobu took the initiative to find Orochimaru, he was not even a ninja. He was regarded as a special experimental subject by Orochimaru only because of his special physique.
The chakra in his body now is basically improved through cell transplantation.
In the past few months, Orochimaru took the time to coach Nobu and make him resemble a ninja.
Nobu's strength is probably only at the chuunin level, and it may be dangerous to go to Konoha.
Although Orochimaru is very confident in his own strength, Konoha's ninjas are not easy to underestimate. If he is held back and Shin is killed, he cannot accept it.
"Let's do this...I will first transplant some of my cells into you, then clone a body for you, and then I will use a curse seal to seal part of your chakra and consciousness into the new body."
Orochimaru said after pondering for a moment.
It's a pity that Nobu's body has no rejection at all, which also prevents Orochimaru from planting a curse seal on him, especially the Earth Curse Seal and the Sky Curse Seal, which can greatly enhance his strength. After being planted into Nobu's body, he will soon be Treated as negative effects and digested by the body.
Although he was very confident about this trip to Konoha, he could not guarantee that there would be no accidents.
Not only was Xin his disciple, his special physique was also a great help for him to continue his experiments in the future.
"Yes, thank you Lord Orochimaru." Xin looked very excited about Orochimaru's regard and concern.
...
Konoha Village.
Hokage Building.
meeting room.
As the Chunin Exams approached, Konoha's top brass gathered here.
This time the Chunin Exam is different from the past. The Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure Village wrote to the Third Hokage, hoping to deepen the alliance between Sunagakure and Konoha through this Chunin Exam, so Sunagakure hopes to hold a meeting with Konoha. Joint Chunin Examination, and invited dignitaries and high-level officials from various countries to watch.
Regarding this matter, the top management of Konoha, headed by the Third Hokage, attached great importance to it and agreed with Sunagakure's proposal. This meeting mainly discussed the details of the Chunin Selection Examination.
Because it is a chunin selection exam jointly held by two major ninja villages, it must be held on an unprecedented scale, and at the same time, each village must see the new atmosphere of Konoha.
Therefore, the third generation prepared to invite the other three major ninja villages such as Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure to participate.
All countries can participate in this Chunin Exam if they are willing.
This will be a chunin selection exam for the entire ninja world.
"Hokage-sama, all the letters have been sent out today. This is the list of dignitaries from various countries who have received the letters. Do you want to see if there is anything you need to add?" Nara Shikaku came to Sarutobi Hiruzen with the list. , handed him the list.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took over the list, which listed various ninja villages that might participate in the competition this time. The top one among them was the Uzushio ninja village.
After all, Uzushio Ninja Village and Konoha Village are nominally allies, and they are a 'close' offensive and defensive alliance.
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen really didn't want to see the ninjas from the Uzushio Ninja Village, he knew that if Konoha and Sunagakure jointly held the Chunin Selection Examination, they would have to invite the Uzushio Ninja Village.
Thinking back to the Chunin Exam that Itachi participated in alone, because Shiroha led others to disrupt the situation, the opportunity that could have greatly increased Konoha's reputation disappeared, and the final of the Chunin Exam turned into a farce.
If Bai Yu takes the Uchiha clan to participate in this exam, it will be like a naked slap in the face of him, the Third Hokage, in front of the entire ninja world.
Fortunately, there are a few freshmen in this class that Hiruzen Sarutobi values very much. The first is Naruto, who has been carefully trained by him. His strength is close to that of a jounin. After these few months of mission training, and Kaka With Nishi's guidance, Naruto will definitely become stronger.
There is also Sasuke, who is also a genius among the Uchiha clan. His talent reminds Sarutobi Hiruzen of Itachi back then.
The combination of Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin, even Kakashi dare not underestimate it. It can definitely make Konoha shine in everyone's eyes in this chunin exam and revive Konoha as the best ninja in the world. The prestige of the village.
Even the three of Shiro, Kimimaro, and Yue Xing back then were definitely no match for the three of Team 7 now.
In addition, there is Kai's disciple Rock Lee, who has also practiced the Eight Gate Dungeon to an advanced level and has explosive power comparable to that of a Jonin.
Sarutobi Hiruzen put down the list and said in a deep voice: "There is no problem with the list. Next is the issue of ninja deployment at the beginning of the Chunin Exam. We must ensure the safety and stability during this exam and avoid any unexpected situations."
"yes!"
All the Jonin present said in unison.
Since Danzo was sentenced to life imprisonment, the power of the roots has completely returned to the hands of Sarutobi Hiruzen. Although his reputation has been hit by the Uchiha incident, the power he actually controls is greater than before.
It's just that Sarutobi Hiruzen has never forgotten Danzo in his heart.
News has come from the hospital that Minato's vital signs have begun to recover rapidly and have stabilized, and he is obviously about to wake up.
Sarutobi Hiruzen hopes to successfully complete the Chunin Exam before Minato wakes up, and then do a few big things. By then he will take advantage of the situation to propose the release of Danzo, and there is a high probability that Danzo can be fished out.
As long as Danzo is not given real power, the current Uchiha will not attack Danzo who has lost his power.
...
Uzumaki Ninja Village.
"Joint Chuunin Examination, and it's with Sunagakure Village. What is this? Is the timeline closed?"
Bai Yu was in a daze when he got the invitation from Konoha.
In the past few months, he has helped Mitsuko, Taichi, and Shion advance to first-level warlocks, but he has not found Orochimaru. If the Konoha collapse plan still appears, he can see Orochimaru in Konoha.
and......
"Three first-level warlocks participating in the competition shouldn't be considered a fool, right?"
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