Shock! Orochimaru, a direct disciple of the Third Hokage and one of the three ninjas, defected to Konoha after being suspected of being controlled by Madara Uchiha's genjutsu.
Early the next morning, with the official announcement, Orochimaru was discovered for conducting illegal experiments, and the news of defecting to Konoha became the headlines in Konoha.
Jiraiya, who knew the news, immediately found Kizaru.
Jiraiya couldn't believe that his comrades who once fought alongside him would defect to Konoha.
Faced with Jiraiya who came to his door, Kizaru did not hide anything and told him the inside story of Orochimaru's defection.
Like Sarutobi Hiruzen who knew the inside story last night, Jiraiya first breathed a sigh of relief, and then became worried about Orochimaru's safety.
That's Madara Uchiha! If Orochimaru's defection and infiltration plan was discovered by Uchiha Madara, he would most likely die.
Regardless of Jiraiya's concerns, Sarutobi Hiruzen's opinions, or Kizaru's rare tough attitude, he suppressed them all.
In Kizaru's view, both of them were worried too much. Orochimaru's life-saving ability was definitely among the best in the ninja world.
In this life, Orochimaru's various experiments have all-round support from Konoha, and the depth and results of the research are much higher than those in the anime.
The only thing Orochimaru is not as good as himself in the anime is perhaps his experience in life-and-death battles.
Of course, as the head of the Konoha Research Institute and the leader of Konoha scientific research, Orochimaru's "defection" also had a considerable impact on the village's scientific research projects.
After Orochimaru defected, Kizaru appointed his deputy, and Konoha jounin Beiruhu took over the position of head of the scientific research institute.
This classmate of the Sannin, the rebel ninja villain in the Naruto movie, changed the fate of the rebel village in the original plot because of the appearance of Kizaru.
The combined ninjutsu Kimera he developed to plunder the Blood Succession Limit has also become a key project in Konoha's secret research project.
On the afternoon of the second day after Orochimaru's defection, the daimyo of the Fire Country, as well as some high-ranking officials and nobles, arrived in Konoha one after another under the protection of the ninja clan and samurai guards.
Regarding the arrangement of the daimyo and nobles, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo, including the brothers Tobirama and Hashirama, all proposed from the perspective of safety that these nobles be placed in a secluded place with fewer people.
Kizaru did not agree to this, but instead proposed to arrange these people in the bustling business district in the center of the village.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and others didn't quite understand Kizaru's arrangement. In their opinion, safety could not be guaranteed in a commercial street with a large flow of people. Once someone assassinated daimyo and nobles, it would not only be difficult to protect them, but also easy to cause harm. confusion.
He understands the thoughts of a few people, but Kizaru's starting point is completely different from theirs. In his opinion, daimyo and nobles are very valuable and control a lot of wealth, and are extremely high-quality consumer groups.
It would be a waste of money not to take advantage of the period when the daimyo and nobles were taking refuge in Konoha to generate income for the village.
Not only the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire, Kizaru planned to make such arrangements. When the daimyo and nobles from other countries came to Konoha, Kizaru also planned to arrange for them to live in the business district.
To this end, Huang Yuan also specially sent people to notify various entertainment venues in the business district in advance so that they could be fully prepared for the reception.
The merchants who can open a shop in the central business district of the village basically have the background of the ninja clan or the middle and high-level people in the village.
These businessmen often deal with nobles, so of course they know what kind of money is easy to make.
As soon as they got the notice from Kizaru, everyone started making preparations excitedly.
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At the border of the Country of Fire, Orochimaru and Black Zetsu stood side by side, and in front of them was the boundary of the Country of Grass.
"Are you ready? Orochimaru." Black Zetsu asked with a cold smile.
"Isn't it you who should be prepared? If anything happens to me, Kizaru will come to you." Looking at Black Zetsu with his eyes like a snake, Orochimaru rebounded the pressure.
The smile on his face disappeared, and Hei Jue suddenly became unhappy.
"At least I'll die later than you."
After saying that, Black Zetsu walked towards the Kingdom of Grass ahead.
Taking Orochimaru with him, and spending about half a day, Black Zetsu returned to the underground base.
Madara, who was sitting on a wooden chair, felt the chakra of Black Zetsu and Orochimaru when they approached.
Seeing Black Zetsu leading people to the base, Madara was not angry, but showed an interested look.
Black Zetsu is a derivative of his own consciousness. Madara believes that Black Zetsu cannot betray him, and the people he brings must be related to the tasks he has assigned.
"Madara-sama, this is Orochimaru, a disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the perfecter and the only master of the Earth Reincarnation Technique." Walking into the empty hall, Black Zetsu directly introduced Orochimaru.
After hearing Black Zetsu's introduction, Madara looked at Orochimaru with a little more interest.
"Why are you here? Orochimaru!" While asking, Madara slightly released his momentum.
Under the pressure of Madara's powerful momentum, Orochimaru remained calm, "I am wanted by Konoha. Only with you can I escape the capture of Konoha and Kizaru."
"Why?" Madara continued to ask.
"I violated the village rules and conducted human experiments, and was discovered by the village ninjas." Orochimaru explained.
With a faint smile on his face, Uchiha Madara left his seat and stood up.
Stepping forward and walking in front of Orochimaru, Uchiha Madara carefully looked at the Konoha ninja in front of him.
"Hashirama and Tobirama were reincarnated by your dirty soil?"
"Yes!" Orochimaru replied.
"Then you summon them now." Madara ordered.
"It can't be done!" Orochimaru replied truthfully.
"Is it because I can't do it, or because I don't want to do it?" Madara asked.
"It can't be done! Master Tobirama masters the solution to the reincarnation of the dirty land. From the moment he was reincarnated by me, he got rid of my control."
"Which pillar is it?"
"Hashirama-sama is so strong that he used chakra to break free from my control."
"Then you seem to be of no use to me?" Looking at Orochimaru with a sneer, Madara asked critically, "Why should I protect you?"
"I still have the remains of thousands of ninjas in my hands, including the dead Kage from each village." Orochimaru replied calmly.
"Very good! You are valuable now." As he spoke, Madara patted Orochimaru on the shoulder, then turned and walked towards his seat.
Sitting back on the wooden chair, Madara looked at Orochimaru below, "No matter what your purpose here is, as long as you can help me build a ninja army that is reincarnated from the dirty land, I can guarantee your safety."
"A reasonable deal," Orochimaru said with a smile.
"Deal? Hahahahaha!" Madara found things more and more interesting.
Just when Orochimaru temporarily broke into Uchiha Madara, on the Konoha side, the third Tsuchikage Onoki and the third Raikage Ai seemed to have made an appointment. Almost at the same time, they escorted their daimyo and noble officials to arrive. Konoha.
If it wasn't for the purpose of escorting the daimyo and nobles, with the speed of Onoki and the Third Raikage, they would have arrived in Konoha two or three days ago.
The two Kages who came to Konoha heard the news of the defection of Orochimaru, one of Konoha's three ninjas, before they had time to take a breath.
Regarding this matter, to be honest, if it were not for the critical period of jointly fighting Uchiha Madara, Onoki and the Third Raikage would definitely be happy.
Even at this time, the two of them were still having fun in their hearts, but they were just pretending to be comforting and sympathetic on the surface.
Kizaru and other senior officials are very clear about the state and thoughts of these two old foxes.
Kizaru didn't make the two happy for long, and made them really uncomfortable with some bad news.
The master of the forbidden technique of summoning the first and second generation Hokage, the Reincarnation of the Earth, is Orochimaru!
If it weren't for the back door left by the second generation Hokage, Orochimaru would have defected to the village with the first generation and the second generation.
At the same time, Orochimaru may have the remains of many powerful ninjas in his hands. Once he takes refuge in Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Madara's men will immediately have an undead army.
Extreme joy led to sorrow. After hearing the news, Ohnoki and the Third Raikage suddenly stopped being happy and became anxious.
It's so difficult to deal with just one Uchiha Madara. Wouldn't it be even more difficult if there was an army of undead ninjas under his control?
"The Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru defected, why didn't you take action to arrest him?" An anxious Ohnoki began to accuse.
"The Fourth Hokage, you are not showing mercy on purpose, are you?" The Third Raikage also accused him.
In the face of the two people's accusations, Kizaru still kept a smile on his face. Sitting in his seat, he calmly replied: "Orochimaru's defection is an internal matter of Konoha. If you two have any opinions, you can choose to withdraw." Alliance, just leave.”
"The Fourth Hokage! What do you mean? Orochimaru's traitors are very likely to cause huge losses to the Ninja Village Alliance in the future. Shouldn't Konoha be responsible?" Onoki asked.
"Responsible?" Kizaru nodded, and then showed an apologetic expression, "The two seniors are right, Orochimaru's traitor is Konoha's responsibility, and it is also my negligence as the Hokage. I feel deeply guilty! In order to take responsibility, I have decided to resign as the commander-in-chief of the Ninja Village Alliance and lead Konoha to withdraw from the alliance."
"That's not what we meant!" Onoki said quickly.
Kizaru and Konoha withdrew from the Ninja Village Alliance, so what's the point of this alliance to conquer Uchiha Madara?
The others came together, just to deliver food to Uchiha Madara.
Spreading his hands helplessly, Kizaru said: "Isn't that enough? You two don't want me to resign as Hokage, do you?"
As soon as Kizaru said these words, Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen, who were standing behind him, also glared at Ohnoki and the Third Raikage in a timely manner to express their dissatisfaction.
"The Fourth Hokage, you are the backbone of the fight against Uchiha Madara, and the safety of the ninja world depends on you." Ohnoki began the moral kidnapping.
Unfortunately, this trick only works on moral people. Kizaru sat back on his chair and said sarcastically with a smile: "Oh ho ho! So you guys know this too? I thought Konoha and I were just insignificant people in the alliance. Strength.”
"I was just worried about the losses of the coalition forces. I said the wrong thing. Please don't worry about it, the Fourth Hokage." Ohnoki said softly, being able to bend and stretch.
Seeing Onoki's surrender, Kizaru looked at the Third Raikage standing aside with a smile.
Under Kizaru's gaze, the Third Raikage's face turned a little red. He held it in for a long time and said, "Me too!"
"Very good! Let's get down to business then!" Without further pressure, Kizaru entered the main topic of today's meeting, "Amegakure is expected to arrive in Konoha tomorrow morning, and Hanzo will directly bring a thousand Amegakure ninjas there. Come. Sunagakure will also arrive tomorrow and can bring about 1,500 ninjas. As for Kirigakure, he is expected to arrive the day after tomorrow, and the number of people is uncertain."
"Iwagakure can send two thousand ninjas. The team has already set off and will arrive tomorrow afternoon." Ohnoki reported.
"Kumogakure can send out 1,500 ninjas." The Third Raikage followed and reported.
In fact, with Kumogakure's peak strength, he could produce more than three thousand ninjas. Unfortunately, after being annihilated several times by Kizaru, his vitality was severely damaged, and the number of ninjas dropped seriously.
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"Konoha can send three thousand ninjas. Excluding Kirikage, we now have nine thousand ninjas. What do you think about the division of command among these ninjas?" Kizaru asked.
"Use proficient ninjutsu attributes to divide, carry out group operations, and maximize the advantage of numbers." Onoki suggested according to Iwagakure's combat method.
"How should we classify taijutsu melee-type ninjas?" the Third Raikage asked.
"Melee-type, reconnaissance-type, and medical-type ninjas are divided separately." Ohnoki replied.
Nodding in approval, the Third Raikage, who usually led his men forward in battles, said: "I think it's okay."
"Not bad!" Kizaru said with approval.
After determining the combat division of the coalition forces, the next command arrangements were temporarily put on hold because Kirigakure and Sunagakure had not yet arrived.
During the rest of the time, Kizaru, Onoki, and the Third Raikage discussed the tactical design of the crusade against Uchiha Madara.
Eager to defeat Ohnoki and the Third Raikage who killed Uchiha Madara, they proposed to send a large number of reconnaissance ninjas to find Uchiha Madara's location as soon as possible.
Kizaru, who was not at all anxious, had no objection. Finding Uchiha Madara and defeating Uchiha Madara were two different things.
The key to defeating Uchiha Madara is to see how much effort Kizaru is willing to put in.
As long as Kizaru doesn't want Uchiha Madara to die for a day, then the Ninja Village Alliance will not be able to defeat and kill Uchiha Madara for a day.
After the meeting, Kizaru, who had other plans, found the rope tree he was studying.
Huang Yuan looks for the rope tree for two main purposes.
One is what Shengshu recently reported. His research on improved rice has yielded results. The latest experimental field has reached a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu.
The overall diet structure of the Naruto world is relatively oriental, and the staple food consumed most by people is rice.
The success of super rice means that Kizaru's long-gestating plan can begin.
"Get ready for Rope Tree. We have reached cooperation with some nobles of the Fire Country. Next year, their fields will be planted in large quantities with the rice and wheat you developed."
"Will those nobles be willing to sell food to everyone at a low price?" Having just returned from the farmland, the rope tree had a lot of mud on its body.
"Yes! Not only the Country of Fire, this food will be sold to countries that are more food-deficient at super low prices, even to the other big countries that are hostile to us." Kizaru replied with a smile.
"Really?"
"I promise you!" Kizaru promised.
High-yield food and large amounts of food can be a treasure that saves all peoples, and can also become an invisible blade that kills people without blood.
The easiest way to control a country is to control its food.
This is what really happened in Kizaru's previous life.
He laughed heartily, and what Kizaru promised was exactly what the rope tree expected.
"Don't focus all your energy on rice and wheat. The cotton and other cash crops I mentioned must also be researched as soon as possible." Kizaru reminded, "With such a large increase in grain production, grain prices will fall a lot. Farming Farmers will have no income, and we need to provide them with new ways out."
Nodding seriously, Shengshu promised: "I will definitely develop it within half a year."
Patting Naoki's shoulder with satisfaction, Kizaru took his brother-in-law and walked towards the main house of the Senju family.
