"It's an ultimate enjoyment to sit here and listen to the rain occasionally."
In a room located on the top floor of the central tower, the rain outside poured towards the window, and there was a rhythmic sound of pattering and slapping on the window.
The handsome man with waist-length black hair and purple eyeshadow was sitting on a loose and soft single sofa, holding a teacup in his hand. Judging from the look on his face when he spoke, he looked very comfortable at this time.
"Mr. Orochimaru's leisurely drinking tea is also rare."
Nagato sat opposite Orochimaru, sitting on a soft sofa of the same standard. Looking at Orochimaru's leisurely drinking tea, he let out a rare emotion.
"Don't say that. Even I sometimes need to temporarily stop what I am doing, combine work and rest, and enjoy my leisure time. And this village is a rare place where people can calm down."
The continuous rain outside washes away all the noise and filth in the world, unnaturally making people feel peaceful.
Orochimaru said calmly with a faint smile on his strangely pale face.
"Really? But for the people of this village and country, what they desire most is to get enough sunshine."
Nagato sighed, with a hint of helplessness in his smile.
For people who don't often live in this country, it does have a curious and interesting mentality.
But for people who have lived in this country all their lives, facing such abnormal weather all day long may not be considered a blessing.
Because of this abnormal weather, planting is impossible in many areas of the Country of Rain, and food that is very important to the people must be imported from abroad.
From the day he took over Yuyin Village, he was troubled by the problem of food shortage every day.
After hearing this, Orochimaru smiled and said nothing.
As Nagato said, this kind of weather that makes him feel calm is not something to be thankful for for the citizens of the Land of Rain.
On the contrary, the reason why the Rain Country is so barren and difficult to develop is also related to this abnormal weather.
A country that has difficulty growing food will be restricted by outsiders in international diplomacy once it is choked by foreign forces on the issue of food survival.
Until now, the Kingdom of Rain has not been able to completely solve this problem.
If even survival problems become difficult to solve, let alone the future development path.
Unless the weather in the Kingdom of Rain can be reversed.
But as far as Orochimaru knows, human technology and power are currently unable to change a country's climate problems.
Even a powerful ninja like Nagato with the Eye of Reincarnation cannot change the weather of a country.
"Compared to this, is the deal with the Kingdom of Ghosts completed? Chiba Shiraishi is a guy who eats people without spitting out their bones."
Orochimaru asked after taking a sip of tea.
Nagato nodded slightly, with a hint of seriousness in his tone.
"The negotiations have been initially completed. After all, at this time, the climate of the Ghost Country has become established, but we are a little unprepared. To unilaterally break the agreement is not a good thing for the organization."
Facing the traditional five major countries, Nagato has a certain courage to fight.
This is because everything in Akatsuki is done in secret rather than in the open.
When the enemy is overt and we are covert, as long as the layout is careful, the difference in intelligence between the two sides can be used to successfully capture the tailed beasts one by one.
But facing the Kingdom of Ghosts, Nagato did not have the confidence.
Until now, he didn't know how much power the Kingdom of Demons had secretly accumulated, and how far it had learned about the Akatsuki organization.
If the Demon Country, which has become the sixth largest nation, is also involved when dealing with the traditional five major countries, Nagato will know that the Demon Country will be the biggest variable in the action of capturing the tailed beasts.
"This kind of consideration is just the basis, but this agreement, I think you also understand Nagato, if the Demon Country does not take the initiative to target the organization, it must have other plans. For example, secretly fueling the flames, allowing the Akatsuki organization to take a step further in capturing the tailed beasts. , when necessary, take the initiative to expose everything about the Akatsuki organization, causing conflicts between the Akatsuki organization and several major powers."
Orochimaru had something to say.
This method is not something difficult to predict in country-to-country diplomacy.
However, the Kingdom of Demons happened to have caught the weakness of the Akatsuki organization. Even if they knew that the Kingdom of Demons was taking advantage of this to instigate conflicts between the organization and the big powers, as members of the Akatsuki organization, they had to jump into this trap.
"I have also thought about this kind of problem. That's why I feel that Chiba Shiraishi is a very scary guy. He knows that the tailed beast is so powerful, but he still ignores it and holds back... Mr. Orochimaru, Do you think Chiba Shiraishi has some kind of absolute killer move against tailed beasts?"
Nagato's guess seemed reasonable to Orochimaru.
The power of one tailed beast is debatable, but with multiple tailed beasts and the bodies of the ten tails, it is not as simple as adding up the power of the tailed beasts.
Under the catalytic effect of the outer demon, the tailed beast will undergo a qualitative change from quantitative change.
However, the Kingdom of Ghosts has not been very active in this matter. It has only turned a blind eye to the actions of the Akatsuki organization and has not interfered excessively.
This operation to capture the second tail caused a conflict with the Kingdom of Demons only because Kumogakure suddenly intervened, causing the Kingdom of Demons to temporarily change its tactics. It is conceivable that in the initial plan of the Demon Country, they planned to target Konoha Village, not Kumogakure.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this is very unreasonable.
But it turned out that this kind of unreasonable thing happened to the country of ghosts, which inevitably made Nagato wary.
"This kind of hidden hand card is generally not announced to the outside world. Just like the trump card in our hand, we can only see which side's hand card is more deterrent. Now we have two tailed beasts, Next, there are only seven tailed beasts left...the focus should be on the three-tailed, seven-tailed, and eight-tailed jinchūriki."
Both the Three-Tails and the Eight-Tails are extremely rare perfect Jinchuuriki in the ninja world.
The former is the fourth generation Mizukage of Kirigakure Village, and the latter is the adopted brother of the fourth generation Raikage of Kumogakure. It is not easy to deal with these two people.
As for the Seven-Tailed Jinchuri Rinnohara Rin, she belongs to the Kingdom of Demons. If she wants to attack her, it will be even more troublesome than the first two.
"Reviving the Ten-Tails does not necessarily require all the chakra of the tailed beasts. During the Third Ninja War in the past, Bai Zetsu had intercepted a part of the Seven-Tails Chakra from Nohara Rin and saved it. However, the Nine-Tails The strength is the top priority.”
Having said this, Nagato glanced at Orochimaru.
Now Konoha Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki has graduated from Konoha Ninja School and serves as a genin in the team led by Hatake Kakashi.
As for Hatake Kakashi, he remembered that he was inextricably linked to Orochimaru.
"The existence of the Nine-Tails is indeed a bit special. Its chakra strength is different from other tailed beasts."
Orochimaru nodded.
He has studied the chakras of many head-tailed beasts and found that the nine-tailed chakra has the strongest self-awareness, and the malice contained in the chakra is also the strongest.
Tailed beast-level chakra is just a vague concept of level, but it does not apply to all tailed beasts, nor does it mean that the amount of chakra of all tailed beasts is the same. There are also differences in strength and weakness among the tailed beasts, just like ninjas, there is a hierarchical concept of strength and weakness.
The Nine-Tails has always been called the strongest among the tailed beasts, and its chakra is naturally much higher than that of the other tailed beasts.
In the notes left by the first Hokage, it was also mentioned that the most ferocious of the tailed beasts is the Nine-Tails. Its powerful power broke the balance between the tailed beasts to a certain extent.
In the era when the Ninja Village was first established, thanks to the sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan, except for Konoha, the rest of the Ninja Village did not have the ability to suppress and seal the Nine-Tails.
The carrier of the Nine-Tails' Jinchuuriki must be selected with a quality that exceeds that of the other Jinchuuriki in order to serve as a container for sealing the Nine-Tails.
Judging from the fact that the containers that sealed the Nine-Tails for three consecutive generations contained the blood of the Uzumaki clan, it shows how powerful and terrifying the Nine-Tails is.
Orochimaru did not deny this.
"However, I don't think there is anything to worry about with this generation of Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki."
Having said this, Orochimaru changed the subject again, with a smile on his lips.
"From the intelligence point of view, there is really nothing worth noting. The cycle of cultivating jinchūriki is much longer than that of ordinary ninjas. Even activating the power of the nine tails in the body requires strong emotional stimulation. He does not have the consciousness to actively control the power of the Nine-Tails, and in this regard, he lags far behind the other Jinchūriki."
Nagato told this information in detail.
It also means that he has read the detailed information about the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki word by word and analyzed such important information from it.
"So, the most threatening ones are the three Jinchūriki above. Although the Nine-Tails is the strongest, the Jinchūriki is not a threat if it is holding them back. It would be too late to catch them at the end."
Orochimaru said with a smile.
"Is it because of the agreement with Hatake Kakashi?"
Nagato's eyes fluctuated.
"Abstracting the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki at this time will only make Kakashi's situation in Konoha awkward and make the Sandaime target him. Before he completes what he wants to do, he is not completely like me. People on one side.”
Orochimaru said.
"It would be best to win him over...if he doesn't have too much involvement with Qianye Baishi."
A bright light flashed across Nagato's emotionless Rinne eyes.
Orochimaru raised his eyebrows and said nothing to refute. He also wanted to know if there was any involvement between Kakashi and Chiba Shiraishi.
Although Kakashi's performance is currently normal, and he has worked hard for him over the years and delivered a lot of important information about Konoha to the Akatsuki organization, the matter is so important that neither he nor Nagato dare to be too concerned about it. Too sure.
Once he is involved with the name Chiba Shiraishi, even Kakashi's camp affiliation will become suspicious.
"I will make arrangements for this matter."
At this point, Orochimaru sensed something, turned his head, and glanced aside.
Nagato's eyes also focused there, and a White Zetsu emerged from the floor, grinning at Nagato: "Nagato-sama, Itachi and Kisame are back with the new guy named Hidan. Do you want to see each other now?"
Upon hearing Bai Zetsu's message, Nagato didn't show the slightest surprise on his face. Counting the time, Itachi and Kisame did indeed bring the newcomers to Amegakure around this time to join them.
Unlike Scorpion and Deidara's mission, Itachi and Kisame's mission is to recruit newcomers to the organization to further supplement the organization's combat effectiveness.
"I'll go over to entertain you later. How's the situation with Scorpion and Deidara?"
Nagato asked.
"Things over there have been settled. The two of them are returning to the headquarters with Erwei. In about two or three days, they can return here to seal Erwei. Moreover, behind their backs , and also followed by a tail.”
"Tail?"
"It's Jiraiya from Konoha. He once again targeted members of the organization. Fortunately, Deidara has the ability to move in the air, and I deliberately interfered during the journey, and finally got rid of the other party's tracking."
Bai Jue replied.
Nagato thought about this quietly for a moment and said in a calm tone:
"Since there is no actual interference with our actions, we don't need to worry about him for the time being. It's not time to deal with Konoha yet. No matter what the other party says, he is still a Sannin with the same name as Mr. Orochimaru. Even if I take action personally, There is also a risk of failure.”
"..."
Bai Jue wanted to complain, but didn't know how.
However, he also knew that there was a very complicated entanglement between Nagato and Jiraiya.
Compared to the so-called risk of failure in attacking Jiraiya, Bai Zetsu prefers Nagato, and has not yet made the decision to kill his mentor in his heart.
This made Bai Jue, who was eager to see the master-disciple fight against each other, feel a bit disappointed.
Orochimaru sat aside and drank tea quietly, as if he was not interested in the topic between Nagato and Bai Zetsu.
Jiraiya... this name was so kind once upon a time. But now when I say it in my mouth, it feels like a familiar and unfamiliar feeling.
Perhaps it is because I am so familiar with the owner of this name that I feel that this name has become extremely strange.
So much so that even the memory of Konoha, the village that held countless precious memories, began to become blurry, slowly fading from his mind and turning pale.
Orochimaru's pair of snake eyes looking at the rainy scene outside the window were deep and dark.
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The country of waves.
At night, everything was silent. When Naruto and the three of them were sleeping at Dazuna's house, Kakashi got up as usual and walked towards the woods.
With the help of the moonlight, he saw Jiraiya appearing in the forest, waiting for his arrival.
"Jiraiya-sama, how is the follow-up on that organization?"
As soon as Kakashi arrived here, he asked Jiraiya this crucial question.
Facing Kakashi's merciless question, Jiraiya replied with a wry smile: "I lost track of you halfway. Their anti-reconnaissance capabilities are very powerful. In fact, this is not the first time that has happened. So far, I I don’t even know how I was discovered by them.”
"Even Jiraiya-sama, you can't do anything?"
Kakashi frowned.
"Although it is unbelievable, my stealth ability is already considered the best in Konoha, but it still failed. As long as I hide in the toad on Mount Myouki, I should not be noticed by anyone."
When Jiraiya said this, he felt a little helpless.
The last time he hid in the body of a toad in Mount Miaomu and was exposed was when he faced Chiba Shiraishi.
The same reason applies to following up on this dangerous mysterious organization this time. The opponent's anti-reconnaissance capabilities are very good, making Jiraiya feel quite useless.
"It seems that the danger of this organization is higher than expected."
Kakashi sighed.
"Yes, I originally planned to find their lair, see if I could rescue the two-tailed Jinchuuriki from them, and then escape. But now, I need to go back and seriously discuss with the old man how to deal with this organization next Now. Now that it’s confirmed that their organization’s target of action is related to tailed beasts, they can’t just ignore it.”
Jiraiya's expression became serious, aware of the difficulty of this matter.
"I will also ask Tianzang to tell the ANBU who are out to pay close attention to the traces of this organization."
Kakashi nodded.
Jiraiya had no objections. With the cooperation of ANBU, his workload would be reduced a lot.
"Let's not talk about this organization's affairs. How is Naruto here?"
Jiraiya looked towards the residential house not far away, where Naruto was resting.
"There was a big battle during the day, and the three of them were exhausted, and they are still resting there. However, their growth is also obvious. The three of them teamed up to kill Kumogakure's special jounin. Although there was an element of luck, but I didn't If you can do this without taking action, you should be able to shine in the next Chunin Examination in September."
Kakashi affirmed.
"Really? Although at this age, Minato was able to deal with Jonin alone, the situation in the war years was a bit special. Ninjas had a greater sense of crisis and could not be confused. Naruto can in such a comfortable environment, By doing this, it seems possible to catch up with Minato in the future.”
Hearing Kakashi say this, Jiraiya also smiled happily.
The Kumogakure ninja was targeting Naruto, and he knew this very well.
After all, it was he and Kakashi who deliberately leaked this news to the Kumogakure ninjas on the main island of Wave Country.
The reason for doing this is to give Naruto some sense of crisis as soon as possible, to temper him, and to make him stronger quickly, so as to deal with the complex situation of the ninja world in the future.
"If I'm not wrong, before he died, Minato-sensei planned to bet everything on Naruto."
Kakashi said.
Jiraiya understood that this was Kakashi's temptation, and did not deny it, but nodded and said: "I also heard about this from Toma Tora. He is in charge of the key to seal the Nine-Tails for Minato. Twelve years ago, Before Minato died, he told Gama Yin a lot of things, among which he bet his future hopes on Naruto, which were also words left by Minato himself."
"Minato-sensei, is this too hasty?"
Kakashi admitted that Naruto's talent as a ninja was indeed outstanding, but it was by no means an easy task to become an influential figure in Konoha in a short period of time.
The various public opinions and discriminations over the years have not disappeared from adults’ inherent impressions.
After all, there are only a small number of people who can think rationally.
People's words are terrible, and Kakashi is well aware of the power of such rumors.
Even if it is not true at first, after so many years of fermentation, it will become true.
This is the horror of rumors, a cruel and bloodless blade.
Naruto's road in Konoha was very bumpy and difficult.
Faced with Kakashi's doubts, Jiraiya also showed a very complicated expression.
"Actually, I'm a little skeptical about this kind of thing. However, since Minato has made such a decision, he must have a reason for doing so. Moreover, one thing is for sure, that is, the potential of the Jinchuuriki is very powerful, and it depends on whether Being able to get the right guidance. Whether it is guiding the Jinchuuriki or guiding the ninjas, the most important thing is the torture of the soul. If Naruto cannot be guided on the right path, he will eventually become the likes of Chiba Shiraishi and Orochimaru. , and walked down an evil path that will never be restored."
Jiraiya cannot evaluate the quality of the Demon Country becoming the sixth largest country.
However, deliberately provoking war, and then oppressing other countries, destroying the foundation of peace in the ninja world, and laying the foundation for the Demon Country to become the sixth largest country, this matter has always been a thorn in Jiraiya's heart. I often brood over this and feel guilty and uneasy.
In his opinion, both Chiba Shiraishi and Orochimaru are the same kind of ninjas who have gone astray. They will do anything for their own interests. Sooner or later, they will bring huge disasters to the ninja world.
The former is far more harmful than the latter, because Orochimaru can only hide in the dark and cannot see the sun. Chiba Shiraishi is completely different. He can stir up troubles in the world openly and without anyone to stop him.
Sooner or later, the opponent's claws will reach out to other major countries.
"Jiraiya-sama means..."
Kakashi paused slightly.
"I plan to take over Naruto's teachings and teach him how to use the power of the tailed beasts. If necessary, I will take him to Mt. Myoboku to learn senjutsu."
It's not that Kakashi can't be trusted, but that Naruto's identity is too special, and Kakashi's energy is limited. Naruto is not the only one with potential in the team. Sometimes he will definitely be too busy, and he will lose sight of the other.
"I see, is it the legendary magic? If Naruto can learn the magic, he will indeed be greatly improved in just a few years."
Kakashi touched his chin and nodded in agreement.
When Jiraiya said this, he must have communicated with the Sandaime. On the issue of whether to believe him or Jiraiya, Kakashi had his own evaluation criteria in his mind.
The thorn that existed in his heart meant that no matter how close or trusting the Sandaime was to him, there was always an invisible barrier between the two of them that could not be removed.
"Sorry, Kakashi."
An apology appeared on Jiraiya's face.
"Don't worry, Jiraiya-sama. In fact, you didn't ask for it. I'm considering doing this. In fact, during the day when he was fighting Kumogakure Jonin, Naruto saw Sasuke and Sakura in crisis, and his emotions were briefly stimulated. , proactively leaking the Nine-Tails Chakra in his body. It's okay now, it's just a little leaked, but I'm worried that if this continues, Naruto will suffer the same thing again, causing more chakra to leak, and then it will turn into a violent situation. .In that case, I might also be helpless.”
Kakashi said seriously.
Jiraiya thought for a moment and nodded seriously.
What Kakashi said is indeed a problem. Fortunately, Mount Myoboku holds the key to the Nine-Tails Seal in Naruto's body. It is the best choice for him, the orthodox contractor of Mount Myoboku, to personally teach Naruto.
He hoped that Naruto could become a person like his late disciple Minato in the future, with the will of fire as the foundation of his life, always moving towards the goal of being Hokage, and never giving up.
"Well, now that things here have settled down, there is no need for me to take charge here personally. It is up to you to arrange the next affairs in the Kingdom of Waves. The damage to the arsenal in the Kingdom of Ghosts is no longer a concern. I Now we need to return to Konoha immediately and report the situation here to the old man. We also need further confirmation about that organization."
"I understand, please walk slowly, Jiraiya-sama."
Kakashi watched Jiraiya's figure gradually leaving. He didn't turn around until Jiraiya's figure disappeared from sight.
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