On the way out of the Kingdom of Rain.
The Third Hokage relied on his approachable appearance to learn more about the Akatsuki organization from an old ninja from Hidden Rain Village.
That ninja was originally Hanzo's subordinate, and his status in Amegakure Village was not low, but after knowing what the Akatsuki organization had done, he still resolutely betrayed Hanzo and joined the Akatsuki organization.
The old ninja from Yuyin Village recalled: "At the beginning, those children did not want to conflict with the ninjas from Yuyin Village. They just kept reclaiming wasteland in the Kingdom of Rain. You all know that the weather in the Kingdom of Rain is very bad. Most of the land cannot grow food, but under the transformation of those children, thousands of acres of fertile land appeared in the Kingdom of Rain."
"Then they recruited refugees on those deserted fields. There are not many refugees due to war these days."
Speaking of this, the old ninja glanced at the Third Hokage with a half-smile.
A considerable part of the refugees in the Rain Country are caused by the ninjas of Konoha.
Seeing that the Third Hokage was a little embarrassed, the old ninja no longer cared about those past things and continued: "After those rotten lands that no one wanted were turned into fertile farmland, a group of guys came out of nowhere and took ink stains to return them. If there is no one to prove that the land belongs to their ancestors, they will forcefully occupy the wasteland that the children have worked so hard to cultivate."
"For the first time, those kids endured it... and they chose to start a new business in a more remote place."
"The second time, those children may have wanted to endure it again, but the civilians who followed them picked up hoes and pitchforks and fought against the nobles' army."
Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen was thoughtful.
Based on his many years of experience as Hokage, he felt that the young people in the Akatsuki organization may not be as innocent as they appear.
With this retreat, the enthusiasm of the civilians they recruited will definitely change greatly.
From passively following the Akatsuki organization to actively guarding his own interests.
"Afterwards, seeing the changes that took place after following those children, more and more people in the Kingdom of Rain silently stood by their side."
"Then the war expanded and involved the entire Kingdom of Rain."
"But anyone with a discerning eye can clearly tell who is right and who is wrong. Even many ninjas from Hidden Rain Village have joined the Legion of Dawn... Unfortunately, Hanzo is stubborn and will protect the name of the Land of Rain until his death."
The old ninja felt a little emotional about the death of his old boss Hanzo, but he didn't feel sorry for Hanzo. He even felt that the former hero of the Land of Rain deserved his punishment.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed secretly.
He marveled at the changes that had taken place within the Rain Country and marveled at the achievements of the Akatsuki organization, who were also ninjas. But at the same time, I was afraid of it.
What will the ninja world look like in the future?
What is the future of Rain Country?
He didn't know these things clearly, but what he could predict was that... the Ninja War that had just stopped for a short time was about to break out again.
Perhaps some ninjas will very much agree with the changes in the Kingdom of Rain, and may even happily join the Kingdom of Rain.
But there are more than just ninjas in this world.
Whether the Great Ninja War can continue depends not only on the ninjas themselves.
Ninja action.
A lot depends on the orders of the five great powers!
Sarutobi Hiruzen has been keenly aware of this.
The daimyo of the five major countries will never sit back and watch the Rain Country grow, nor will they allow the Akatsuki organization to develop.
Even if a few realize the strength of the young man named Nagato...the opinions of those people will never be able to block the will of the entire world.
While the Third Hokage was thinking about the future situation of the ninja world, he failed to notice that something was wrong with his disciple Orochimaru's actions.
"Those eyes...the legendary reincarnation eyes of the Immortal of Six Paths...if there is a possibility of eternal life in this world, it must be related to those eyes!"
Orochimaru thought with great excitement.
"It's a pity that with the strength shown by that boy Nagato, he will never be able to fight against the entire ninja world with his eyes alone, and war will come to the Land of Rain..."
In Orochimaru's view, Nagato's combat prowess was very strong, but it seemed that he was far from being able to use the Rinnegan's strength personally.
Even with the chakra gathered by more than 20,000 people in the Rain Country, they can only exert part of the power of the Samsara Eye.
That is far from the limit that the reincarnation eye can reach.
Nagato is very strong, but he has not yet reached the level of the Samsara Eye...
"I want to get the Samsara Eye. It would be a complete waste to keep that kind of treasure with Nagato."
Orochimaru was thinking in his mind.
Try to seize this great opportunity.
He glanced at the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen with a complicated expression, and said in his heart: "We can only leave Konoha..."
He knew very well that while he was imprisoned by Danzo in Konoha, he had no chance to obtain the Rinnegan in that chaos.
Even in that process, he could cleverly use Danzo's power.
but……
"Then only the venomous snakes that hide deep enough can catch their prey. If you follow that idiot Danzo, even if you get the Samsara Eye, it may be snatched away by other gangsters."
Orochimaru knew very well how deep the water in the ninja world was.
Danzo, a guy with sky-high aspirations and paper-thin talents, couldn't compete with those people.
"Defect and hide in the dark. Only in this way can we have a chance to seize the Eye of Samsara."
Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips.
The decision was not difficult for him to make.
After Danzo betrayed him and imprisoned him, he no longer had much nostalgia for the village of Konoha.
The only bonds he has left there are with Sandai, Jiraiya, Tsunade and others.
He took a deep look at the Third Hokage.
When Orochimaru was about to leave the Kingdom of Rain, he suddenly left the team, activated the teleportation technique, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
defect.
This Konoha Sannin defected to Konoha when the Konoha reconnaissance team was on their way out of the Land of Rain!
When the Third Hokage was about to follow them, after seeing the ninja from the Country of Rain following them, he didn't know what he thought of and hesitated for a moment.
This moment of hesitation allowed Orochimaru to successfully leave his range of perception.
"Sandaime, what should we do?"
Hinata Hizashi opened his Byakugan, but only for a moment before closing his Byakugan out of breath.
The Third Hokage smiled bitterly: "We can't mobilize much chakra in our bodies, so we can't catch up."
When they entered the Land of Rain, all the chakra in their bodies was absorbed by the furious Nagato using the Hungry Ghost Path.
Later, he was sealed by Nagato with Yin Yang Escape. Within the area covered by the Rain Country Astronomical Tower, the chakra in the body will be disturbed, making it difficult to extract chakra. Even if chakra is extracted, it will not be possible to perform ninjutsu.
On the contrary, Orochimaru had some advantages under such conditions because he had transformed his body.
Even if he can't extract chakra, his physique is far superior to ordinary people.
Not to mention that they can no longer catch up, even if they catch up, under the imprisoned conditions of the Rain Country, they may not be able to defeat Orochimaru.
"become free."
Orochimaru headed east, toward the stronghold he had built during the Third Ninja War.
"It's a pity that we also lost the research equipment that Konoha spent a lot of money to prepare."
"Fortunately, when I cooperated with Danzo, I prepared for the worst."
