I teach kendo in the ninja world

Surrounded by a dense forest, lies the strongest force in the ninja world today - the Leaf Village.

Because they are at the center of the ninja continent, they occupy the richest land and are naturally coveted by the other four major ninja villages.

However, Konoha Village has outstanding people. The first Hokage was invincible, the second Hokage carefully managed it, and now the third Hokage is more than capable.

Although the name of the No. [-] Ninja Village has been challenged many times, in the end they still firmly held their position with a deeper foundation.

In the early morning, amidst the chirping of birds, Hiruzen Sarutobi sat alone in the Hokage's office, playing with his beloved crystal ball. The expression on his face was somewhat...indescribable.

"Lord Hokage! There is urgent information from Kirigakure Village!"

A masked ANBU ninja was half-kneeling at the door of the Hokage's office.

"Come in!"

The old and strong voice sounded, and the Third Hokage put down the crystal ball in his hand, and while smoking his pipe, he took the scroll from the Anbu's hand.

"This is the news from the Jonin of Youshi City. I'm afraid he has..."

"Youichi Kumate... He is also the hero of the village. It is because of people like them who are constantly burning themselves that Konoha can be illuminated so brightly!"

The Third Hokage sighed softly and then unfolded the scroll.

"What? Kirigakure sent someone to envoy Kumogakure?"

He took off the pipe from his mouth, knocked it gently on the desk twice, and after pondering for a while, he ordered:

"Go and call me the three advisors and Orochimaru."

"Yes!"

......

"What do you think about Wuyin Village sending an envoy to Yunyin Village?"

The Third Hokage leaned on his seat and puffed out smoke while asking.

"The connection between Kirigakure and Kumogakure has deepened, which is not good news for us."

After turning to bed, Xiaochun frowned slightly: "We need to figure out what they want to do."

"That's right, we should get the spies on Kumogakure's side active and try to investigate what they talked about so that we can make arrangements in advance!"

Mito Monobu's opinion is similar.

"Hmph, just investigating is not enough, we can't be so passive!"

Danzo Shimura's triangular eyes kicked up, and the fork-shaped scar on his chin bared his teeth and claws, and said in a ferocious tone: "I propose that the ANBU send ninjas who are proficient in thunder and water escape to create conflicts on the border between Kirigakure and Kumogakure, and see how they can communicate. !”

"Duanzo, we should not initiate disputes. Your method is too radical."

The Third Hokage shook his head and rejected Danzo's opinion.

"Kirigakure and Kumogakure have begun to collude secretly. Do you think they are for peace in the ninja world?" Danzo asked.

"We can investigate what they are for, instead of listening to you making unreasonable guesses here."

Faced with Danzo's questioning, the Third Hokage's tone also became a little less polite.

"Do you have to wait until they come to the Fire Country before you are willing to believe that they started the war?"

Danzo shouted angrily: "We must take precautions to minimize the damage to the village!"

"Do you mean to take precautions by provoking fights between other countries? Do you still remember the original intention of the first generation to establish Konoha?!"

Sarutobi's anger also grew.

"Hmph, Sarutobi, if you don't listen to my opinion, you will regret it sooner or later!" Danzo threatened.

"Danzo, you have to remember that I am the Hokage! Don't even think about things I don't allow!"

Seeing that the two people's anger was getting louder and louder, Mito Kadoyan and Koharu, who had gone to bed, quickly started to make peace with each other.

"Duanzo, please stop saying a few words."

"Hiruzen, Danzo is thinking about the village after all. Don't be too angry."

After the two tried their best to persuade, Danzo and Sarutobi, the old enemies, looked at each other and then turned away.

"Orochimaru, what do you think?"

The Third Hokage took a puff of cigarette, calmed down his mood, and looked at his favorite disciple.

"Teacher, I think the two consultants are right. Intelligence is what we need most right now. It is best to let the spies from the Country of Thunder obtain information from both sides at all costs."

Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth and showed a stern smile: "As for whether to destroy the relationship between them, we can wait until we get the information."

"No matter the cost..."

The Third Hokage understood that if these four words were repeated, the spy network of the Kingdom of Thunder might be destroyed, but spies, weren't they prepared for times like this?

He exhaled a puff of smoke, obscuring his facial expression.

"Then do it!"

......

root.

Danzo returned to his base camp, summoned his men and asked:

"Where is the miko performing her mission now?"

After checking the roster, the root ninja gave the answer.

"In the land of thunder."

"That's right!"

Danzo said solemnly: "Send a message to her and ask her to try her best to find out about the communication between Kirigakure and Kumogakure. If necessary, I allow her to use any means to destroy this communication!"

"Yes, my lord!"

"Hiruzhan, sooner or later you will understand that if I hadn't been protecting you in the dark, how could your position as Hokage be so secure?"

In the cold and dark underground base, Danzo thought silently in his heart.

......

in the laboratory.

Orochimaru looked at Tenchi who had been brought back by him and had not had time to relocate him, and thought silently:

"It's Kirigakure again. Their presence has been overwhelming recently. But what does this have to do with me? Human life is so fragile and short, so I'd better continue my research."

Originally, because his parents died early in the war, Orochimaru always had an extraordinary desire for survival.

In the Second Ninja War, he experienced the death of his disciple Naoki and his teammate Tsunade's lover Kato Dan, which gradually turned this desire into an obsession.

Because in his opinion, human beings themselves are too fragile. A kunai or a detonating talisman can easily take away a powerful ninja.

So, he decided not to be a human being anymore!

Of course, humans themselves are not so easy to surpass.

But fortunately, Jiraiya has his son of destiny, and Orochimaru also has the source of his own curse seal-Libra Jugo.

Jugo's powerful physique and self-healing ability due to being eroded by natural energy gave Orochimaru at this stage hope to surpass humans.

So he spent most of his time studying the curse seal, especially after he learned some information about the immortal mode from Longdi Cave.

Immortal mode is the method of utilizing natural energy inherited from the three major spiritual beast holy places.

After being cultivated, the magic chakra mixed with natural energy has all-round bonuses for the caster. It is not an exaggeration to say that the strength is directly improved by a level.

However, the general rule in the ninja world is that a powerful jutsu must be accompanied by great risks.

To a certain extent, Immortal Mode is also a forbidden technique, because the success rate of practice is too impressive, and the losers have no chance to regret and start over.

Not everyone can be as honorable as Prince Naruto, who was awakened by the immortal of Mt. Myoboku before he was about to turn to stone.

The toad statues that fill Miaomu Mountain show that the final destination of 90.00% of nine practitioners is to return to the world and be assimilated into a part of the natural energy.

With Orochimaru's caution and concern for his life, he would naturally not risk practicing this technique without any certainty.

And after analyzing and observing Jiraiya, a model who was practicing the sage mode, he consciously discovered a hidden truth.

When he asked Jiraiya what would happen if he failed to practice the sage mode in Miaomu Mountain, the answer he got was:

"It will turn into a stone toad!"

As far as he knew, if he failed to practice Longdi Cave Immortal Technique, he would turn into a snake that lost its mind.

Why is it that the same practice of absorbing natural energy has completely different consequences for failure?