Orochimaru's Allah's Lamp

Chapter 270 Intrigue (Two in One)

Suspicion and sensitivity are the basic qualities of a leader.

They can't simply believe in everything, nor can they easily deny everything. After all, leaders have to make decisions, not only to themselves, but also to the big guys, so they need to think more.

This extra cost of thinking is worthwhile. For example, if a butterfly flaps its wings, and a light command is placed on it, the subordinates may be forced to endure an unimaginable storm.

The responsibility of the leader is to avoid this, to find a relatively suitable option among many options, and to think more is the responsibility that must be fulfilled.

The third Tsuchikage Ohnoki is thinking about it now.

The information of the whole incident was clearly on his desk, and all kinds of clues hinted that it was Konoha ninja who attacked Lao Zi, but there were still some doubts about what he had to say.

For example, Konoha's purpose for doing this, and for example, why this incident spread so fast, he, Tuying, knew about it a little later than the villagers... Is there someone who can promote it?If so, who are these people?
Here is a question to think about. Who will benefit the most from the conflict between Yanyin Village and Konoha?
A name flashed in Ohnoki's mind - Kusanagi Village.

Since Kusanagi Village's behind-the-scenes Mafia Akatsuki organization was exposed to the major ninja villages, Kusanagi Village must take the initiative to fight against Konoha in order to bear the pressure of the Fire Nation for the Nation of Thunder and the Nation of Earth in exchange for living space.

Grass Ninja Village has to do this, otherwise a country that is resurgent among the great powers will be a thorn in the eyes of all Ninja Villages.

Under this kind of international situation, if the land of earth declares war on the land of fire, the pressure on grass ninja village will be reduced a lot at once, which is an obvious benefit.

The Third Tsuchikage Onoki frowned, suspicions of Kusanagi Village and Akatsuki's organization slowly rose in his heart.

Will it be them?
Ohnoki pressed his swollen temples and felt a headache.

Even at his age, he still has to fight against young people like them, alas... that old man Yuan Fei is still resting, but he has been working continuously for decades.

But so what, Yanyin Village is inactive, and for the time being, there are no people with the potential of 'shadow' by xinxing means.

"Huangtu, contact Konoha." Ohnoki told the door, "Now I want to talk to Hokage."

"Yes, Lord Tuying!"

……

After a quarter of an hour, contact the room.

Ohnoki was suspended on the seat, and after the screen in front of him changed from black and white to reveal Sarutobi's old face, he yelled loudly,
"Sarutobi, what did you Konoha do to Lao Zi, send him back quickly, otherwise Yanyin Village will never let it go..."

The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiraku's face was serious, and he waited for Ohnoki to finish his chatter and a series of words before he said in a deep voice, "Is this a misunderstanding?"

"Misunderstand?"

This reaction made Ohnoki's heart sink, but he still said inhumanely, "What kind of misunderstanding can make the Jinzhuli in my village hit Konoha?"

"Four-tailed Jinchuriki old purple is not in Konoha!"

The Third Hokage emphasized emphatically, and said word by word, "Those rumors are also driven by people with a heart, and I, Konoha, are also investigating."

Onoki stared at Sarutobi's old face, and couldn't see any flaws, but he still said aggressively, "Except you Konoha, who else can capture Lao Zi in such a short time, stop pretending here!! "

"Indeed, a Jinchuriki who can completely transform into a tailed beast is quite difficult to deal with."

The Third Hokage paused, and said slowly, "...But besides the Jiraiya mentioned in the rumors, there are at least five fingers to deal with him. If there is a siege, the number of people will be even more. I think you have something in your heart." Several suspect targets, such as..."

"Enough, I don't want to hear your nonsense!"

Ohnogi had a stern face, and said coldly, "If you don't see Lao Zi back to Yanyin Village tomorrow, you will be at your own risk!"

As soon as the words fell, the small screen in front of the third Hokage turned into pitch black.

"Onoki, this old fox, is really not easy to fool..."

Hiruzaru Sarutobi sat in the liaison room and breathed a sigh of relief, "But it's okay, the goal has been achieved."

……

"Old Fox!"

Ohnoki finished the video conversation he personally initiated, fell on the wooden chair, and fell into deep thought.

Huang Tu waited on the side, and after waiting for a full quarter of an hour, he asked, "Father, is it really Konoha's fault that Master Lao Zi was captured?"

"I do not know."

Onogi's answer was completely unexpected to Huang Tu, his expression changed, "But you were directly declaring war on Konoha just now."

"Just cheat him, what's so strange."

Onoki glanced at Huangtu, with a stern look in his eyes.

Knowing that he had asked another stupid question, Huang Tu lowered his head, not daring to meet his father's gaze.

Seeing his son's performance, Onogi sighed slightly in his heart, and explained,

"Insufficient information, unable to make a judgment, so I plan to get some information from Konoha, but that old fox Sarutobi is not leaking."

Whether it was the small details that took time to get in touch, or the performance in the face of his stern questioning, it was completely as if he knew the black market rumors and planned to explain.

This video exchange only ruled out a very low probability possibility - Konoha intends to use Lao Zi as a hostage to force Yanyin Village to take action against Cao Ninja Village.

"You mean, Hokage expected you to take the initiative to test, so he pretended to be like this?" Huangtu suddenly realized.

"It is possible, but there is another possibility, that is, he is not pretending."

Ohnoki said nonsense that wasn't nonsense.

If Hiruzaru Sarutobi had predicted it in advance, with his scheming, he would naturally be prepared, and if he didn't know, the appearance would be like this.

Now it is equivalent to that Sarutobi is acting and Sarutobi really doesn't know, the two states are superimposed and sealed in a black box, unless it is broken, otherwise they don't know the truth at all.

But unfortunately, now he has no way to break the box.

Looking at the still entangled loess, Onogi said slowly, "The truth can be dealt with later, the most important thing now is how to deal with the incident of Lao Zi's disappearance."

It's about the tailed beast, it's about the strength of the people, no matter how small a thing is, it can become a big one, and making a lot of noise means that there must be an explanation.

There are three options in front of Onoki, one is to confirm the rumors by the official and attack Konoha, and the other is to pin the blame on the Akatsuki organization and attack Kusanagi Village.

These two options cost manpower and material resources, and more importantly, they both have the risk of being used by black hands behind the scenes.

If it were the Fourth Kazekage of Sand Hidden Village, the prestige would not be able to completely control the village, and he had to vent the anger of the villagers, so he could only choose between these two options.

But the three generations of Tsuchikage Ohnoki are different.

He has been in power for decades, and there is not even a "Danzo", and his prestige has already reached the top of Yanyin Village. He can choose the third option-stand still, neither targeting Konoha, nor helping Caoren Village.

This is the most conservative approach, and also the most robust, adapting to whatever the truth holds.

After making the decision, the third Tsuchikage Onogi paused, suddenly realizing who would benefit the most from doing so, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

"Did this also be expected by you?"

He never gave up his doubts about Sarutobi and Konoha from the very beginning, but based on the known information, he still prefers the third option.

Because even this kind of idea may have been deliberately created by Cao Ninja Village, and the nesting of dolls will be endless.

And no matter what the truth is, this choice is the one that Yanyin Village suffers the least.

"call……"

After letting out a long breath, Onoki the Third Tsuchikage knew that he had lost a trick this time.

He tends to think that this old guy Sarutobi Hiruzen is taking risks, but Hokage is different from Tukage after all, with the Fire Country as a support, even if he is facing the encirclement and suppression of Kusanagi Village and Iwagakure Village at the same time, it is just more dangerous , not to the extent of the disaster of destroying the village.

"This old thing..."

Onoki cursed in a low voice.

Huang Tu, who heard these words, subconsciously glanced at his father with a strange look in his eyes.

……

In Yuyin Village, a meeting room in the black steeple, Payne, Xiaonan, and Obito are all in it, and the atmosphere is a bit solemn.

Payne's eyes were indifferent, and he said coldly, "You didn't do anything about the Four Tails Jinchuriki?"

Just after a consensus was reached, Lao Zi in Yanyin Village was attacked the next day. It's hard to say that it wasn't a man in a mask who was doing his best.

From Nagato's point of view, he would naturally doubt him, or rather, Nagato never trusted Obito from the very beginning.

"It has nothing to do with me."

There was a tinge of anger in Obito's voice, anyone who was sitting alone at home would feel upset if a pot fell on his head.

"Jiraiya must have brought those Konoha ninja teams to do this."

He also realized now that the other party killed Bai Jue, who was used to monitor them, not only because he learned of its existence from Orochimaru, but also because the village issued a new mission that required covert action.

It's a pity that at that time, he felt that there would be no gain if he continued to monitor, and there was a possibility of being discovered, so he asked Bai Jue to withdraw.

Lao Zi also had Bai Jue's avatar to monitor, so he didn't wait until the rumors spread, but Lao Zi lived here in seclusion and hadn't changed places for a long time. They were transferred away. I didn't expect Konoha to take such a big action suddenly.

Jiraiya's team was able to steal Lao Zi, which was due to many chances and coincidences, and I really can't blame others.

After thinking about this point, Obito also felt angry in his heart, how could he not be angry when faced with Nagato's questioning?

"If it wasn't for you, it could only be Konoha."

There was a cold light in Payne's eyes, "Yesterday, some businesses between Land of Land and Kusanagi Village were urgently stopped, and the exchange of goods and supplies has become a limited transaction, which will create a huge obstacle to the expansion of power, so..."

Payne's eyes fell on Obito, "Go and confirm the life and death of Laozi. If he is dead, it's fine. If he is alive, find a way to rescue him from Konoha. If Laozi can regain his freedom, the dirty water Konoha poured on us Naturally it will go away."

Obito nodded slightly, his eyes flashed red, "You don't need to tell me about this, I will do it."

Collecting tailed beasts and resurrecting the ten tails has always been the highest priority in his mind, but Nagato's delay in taking action has affected him a bit, and he has become a little slack.

"Move faster."

Payne remained expressionless, and said coldly, "The war is about to begin."

In June of Konoha's 55th year, the newly established Kusanagi Village Alliance openly declared war on Konoha on the grounds of resisting unfair competition among ninjas.

The Third Hokage immediately issued a notice, scolding Kusanagi Village to stop unnecessary wars, and at the same time increased troops to the border of the Nation of Fire to fight against the Nation of Grass.

The situation in the ninja world suddenly became precarious.

……

No matter how hot the fight outside is, it has nothing to do with Orochimaru who is in the wet bone forest. He is hanging overseas like the country of water, playing by himself.

Before the splitting technique is completed, his intervention in the ninja world can only be limited to guarding the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

"Orochimaru, Orochimaru..."

At some point, a clone of the slug fairy climbed onto his shoulder and said, "That red hair, he's awake."

"Red hair?"

Orochimaru was stunned, and then came to his senses, and smiled, "You mean Old Zi of Yanyin Village? Don't worry about him, as long as he doesn't escape, the rest is up to you, I don't care."

The Slug Immortal whispered, "That's not the problem, the wetbone forest is empty, what do you want me to feed him?"

Orochimaru suddenly said, "Hey, this is a problem."

Now he is focusing on research, and what he eats is all kinds of big fish transported by the killer whale group.

The conditions were poor and there was no time to deal with it, so Orochimaru simply ate raw.

His current body is inhuman, even if it is slightly rotten, he can digest it as if nothing had happened, it's just a matter of rawness, so naturally there is nothing to worry about

But Lao Zi in Yanyin Village is still a normal human being.

Even if he becomes Renzhuli, his combat power is far superior to that of ordinary people, but his digestive system is still no different from that of ordinary people, and it is impossible for him to gnaw on raw seafood.

Those germs can cause abdominal distension and diarrhea in mild cases, and even poisoning and death in severe cases.

As the top combat power of Ninja Village, it would be too funny to be killed by a few pieces of raw seafood without dying on the battlefield.

Thinking of this possibility, Orochimaru also felt a little funny, and couldn't help but glance at the little thing on his shoulder.

It is indeed a psychic beast that has been following the medical ninja. If it were Ten Thousand Snakes, or the three Snake Princesses, they would not notice such small details.

"You want me to light him a fire, don't you, it's a trivial matter."

Lao Zi has a sealing technique on his body and cannot use chakra. Naturally, he cannot solve this problem by himself. As for the matter of drilling wood to make fire, it is too funny.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru frowned suddenly, looked around the wet bone forest,

"You don't seem to have any plants here that can be used as firewood?"

The slug fairy swayed his body and said softly, "This is the problem."

How to make a fire without firewood, you can't use it as a stove for Lao Zi Shizhan three times a day.

The lamp god laughed madly, "This is the bottom of the sea, you can dig down to see if there is any combustible ice, hahaha..."

(End of this chapter)