Ninja World: Change from Konoha

"Lord Orochimaru, I suspect these people are Kumo ninjas. They want to use their identities as magnetic escape ninjas to sow discord between the village and Sunagakure..."

After Orochimaru agreed to let him participate in the research, Hinata Kaede had no need to hide it and expressed his speculation about the attack.

Orochimaru was stunned at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made some sense.

Although this group of ninjas look a lot like Sunagakure, their physical skills have the shadow of Kumogakure, and apart from magnetic release, there are no other characteristics of Sunagakure ninjas, which is indeed doubtful.

"What you said makes sense, but let's find a place to repair it temporarily."

Soon, several people left the area of ​​the Country of Grass and stayed in a hotel in the town of the Country of Fire. Orochimaru also took advantage of the rest time to pass the information to the village through the psychic beast.

Faced with the news sent back by Orochimaru, the senior management did not dare to neglect it and quickly handed it to the desk of the Third Hokage.

The successful signing of the agreement with the Kumogakure Alliance was undoubtedly a good thing, but the appearance of a jounin who mastered magnetic release in Kumogakure Village made the third generation smell the atmosphere of conspiracy.

As a result, the Third Hokage quickly recalled the Orochimaru team that was sweeping the border areas.

After traveling for a week, Orochimaru's team finally arrived at the village. After staying at the border for more than a month, Hinata Kaede looked at the statue on Shadow Rock and felt an inexplicable sense of peace of mind.

No one else is lucky enough to meet an elite Jonin on his first mission.

After separating from Orochimaru, who needed to report on the mission, Hinata Kaede planned to go to the Konoha bathhouse to cleanse his body and mind.

……

Soon, Orochimaru appeared in the Hokage Building, and walked into the conference room under the gaze of the ANBU.

"Thank you for your hard work. After forming an alliance with Kusugakure, the village will be able to detect it in advance if Iwagakure wants to launch an attack in the future."

"But you were attacked by Kumogakure's magnetic escape jounin in the Land of Grass..."

After mentioning Kumogakure's magnetic escape jounin, the Third Hokage hesitated to speak.

Unlike the Murakami Sharingan and Byakugan Ketsuki, Magnetune is a Kagetsuki that can be mastered through practice. However, it is really surprising that Kumogakure can master the Magnetekekatsu without a master.

"Don't you believe me, old man?"

"I believe you, but Kumogakure has jounin who has mastered magnetic release. They should be used in the war against Sunagakure. They should not be wasted on sowing the relationship between Konoha and Sunagakure..."

This is another reason why the Third Hokage is unbelievable.

Magnetic Release Blood Successor has a huge advantage on the battlefield. It can easily restrict the use of the enemy's ninja tools. It is really overkill when used to sow discord.

"If you don't want to believe it, the old man can go to the ANBU and have a look. The body has been sent there."

Orochimaru didn't want to explain too much, and the Third Hokage didn't struggle with this aspect for too long. He believed in his apprentice, who would not joke about such a big matter.

But another thorny problem was also placed in front of him, that is, how to guard against the battlefield threat from Kumogakure.

With the strength of Konoha, one can defeat any ninja village alone and do it with ease.

The problem is that once a village chooses to attack Konoha, the other ninja villages will also respond, leaving Konoha under siege from both sides.

It can be said that in the first two ninja wars, Konoha fought against half of the ninja world.

Therefore, after the last war, Konoha worked hard to bring small countries into the alliance. On the one hand, it can avoid the cannibalization of small countries by other ninja villages. On the other hand, it does not have the idea of ​​treating small countries as buffer zones.

For Konoha, the theoretically best buffer zone is the Land of Rain.

But in the last ninja battle, Sansho Hanzo had already shown the strength of Amegakure Village to the ninja world, so Konoha had no choice but to retreat and choose Kusagakure Village.

However, the Konoha alliance system has not yet been established, and the visible threat of war is about to come.

Collecting his thoughts that were gradually diverging, the Third Hokage decided to change the subject. After changing the topic, he said: "By the way, Orochimaru, you mentioned in the mission report that Hinata Kaede and Hyuga Megumi teamed up to kill the Jonin. It seems that you I gained two good disciples."

"They are not disciples yet, but their performance is indeed good."

Orochimaru quickly denied it, but when the third generation mentioned their names, a faint smile appeared on his face.

Seeing Orochimaru's harsh words, the Third Hokage smiled knowingly.

in his impression.

Hinata Megumi is a genius in the branch family, ranking first in the class after Kakashi in both Taijutsu and Ninjutsu.

Rixiang Feng is a member of the clan. He is excellent in theoretical and medical classes, but in actual combat he is only average.

He originally just tried to arrange two genin for Orochimaru as disciples, and he was already prepared for Orochimaru's rejection.

But what he didn't expect was that Orochimaru accepted two genin, and the two genin also brought him unexpected joy.

Although he knew that Hyuga Megumi was a genius of the Hyuga clan, he did not expect that he would be able to kill a Jonin on his first mission. In this respect, he was not far behind White Fang's son Kakashi.

As for whether the enemy Jonin had been injured before, the Third Hokage didn't care. He only cared about the actual performance.

"So, how should you train your two subordinates next?"

The Third Hokage did not expose Orochimaru, but he was a little curious about how Orochimaru trained Hinata Kaede and Megumi. Since Orochimaru recognized them, these two people can be regarded as his disciples in a sense.

Orochimaru pondered for a while and did not answer immediately.

Just when the Third Hokage thought that Orochimaru would not tell him, Orochimaru said slowly: "I plan to let nature take its course and will not deliberately guide their future direction. In this way, whether they live or die has nothing to do with me. ”

After Orochimaru said these words, the atmosphere in the office became much more solemn.

The Third Hokage thought that his apprentice had emerged from the shadow of the death of the rope tree, but in fact he did not. His cold-faced and warm-hearted apprentice still cared about the death of the rope tree many years ago and blamed himself for it.

"Orochimaru, that incident is not actually your fault."

"Sarutobi-sensei, I have never blamed myself for that incident. Rather, I have seen this cruel ninja world clearly."

After that, Orochimaru had no intention of continuing to speak and walked out of the office.

Watching Orochimaru's leaving figure, the Third Hokage was melancholy for a while, but quickly came to his senses.

Being able to make the taciturn Orochimaru say so many words, they hold a lot of weight in Orochimaru's heart.

Another of his apprentices, Tsunade, had run away due to the deaths of Nezuki and Dan, and Orochimaru was obsessed with research and experiments all day long.

Should he meet these two children and let them influence Orochimaru and step out of the shadows?

But soon, the Third Hokage gave up this plan. Some things were too deliberate, which was not good, and could easily be noticed by Orochimaru. It was better to just let nature take its course, as Orochimaru said.