He pulled out the Kusanagi sword that was pierced into his chest.

Orochimaru looked at Kabuto with some surprise, a look of scrutiny on his face.

"I thought you were so scared that you ran away, Kabuto!"

After hearing Orochimaru's words, Kabuto emerged from the sand without caring.

His face was pale and he was breathing heavily, and the green chakra of the palm sage lit up on his palm.

"I am loyal to you, why would I run away?"

"I just learned from you and became a patient predator..."

As he spoke, the injuries on his body healed quickly under the green chakra.

In just a moment, those injuries that were scratched by the placer gold in the ground recovered as before.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, stared into Kabuto's eyes with an incomprehensible expression.

It wasn't until Kabuto's hair stood on end that he suddenly smiled, turned around and walked towards Luo Sha, who was lying on the ground.

"Kabuto, I really like you very much!"

"By the way, congratulations, your medical ninjutsu has improved again."

"Let them all come here to disguise themselves and get ready to go."

Kabuto breathed a sigh of relief and waved to the people in the distance.

At the same time, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

There was clearly a lot more appreciation and trust in Orochimaru's eyes when he looked at him just now.

It seemed that his desperate attempt to assist finally had an effect.

As the four sound ninjas canceled the Four Purple Flame Formation, Kimimaro also lifted the Earth Curse Seal.

Orochimaru used the art of erasing face to take away the appearance of Rasa.

He asked the foursome to disguise themselves as Kazekage guards and go to Konoha with him.

Kimimaro, who was suffering from blood-stained disease, was ordered to continue hanging on a life-support device in the Echo Ninja Village.

The final Kabuto returned to Konoha early to lurk and prepare for the next plan.

night.

Orochimaru, disguised as Rasa, finally arrived in a small town outside Konoha.

And Ma Ji, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately came forward to greet him.

"Master Kazekage, you are finally here!"

As he spoke, Marky stepped aside and pointed to the road to the side.

"Please come with me. Konoha has already decided where to stay for us tonight."

As the Kazekage of Sunagakure Village, naturally he couldn't enter Konoha at night without any pomp.

The same is true for the famous people who also came after receiving the notice.

They were all arranged to stay one night in a nearby town.

Wait until the next morning to receive the welcome ceremony into Konoha together.

"Yes." Nodding slightly, Orochimaru led the guards to the arranged residence.

Just as soon as he entered the residence, Marky couldn't wait to close the door.

At the same time, he motioned to the guards behind Orochimaru to go out on guard, and then asked with confusion.

"Master Kazekage, why are plans suddenly advanced?"

"Didn't you agree to wait until the chuunin exams are over before launching?"

Orochimaru had already anticipated that Maki would ask, so he took out his prepared words and spoke.

"It doesn't matter how early or late it is, the main thing is to wait until the audience is here and the stage is set up."

"Now that the daimyo have arrived, the plan has been advanced just in time to catch Konoha off guard."

Hearing this, Ma Ji nodded, feeling that this was indeed the case.

It’s just that the last sentence seems a bit wrong.

Logically speaking, shouldn't Konoha be most vigilant in the first few days after they arrived?

Isn't it best to wait until the exam is over and Konoha is most relaxed to take action?

It seemed that he saw Marki's doubts.

Orochimaru straightened his face and continued in a cold tone.

"The Oto Ninja are also planning to take action tomorrow."

"Go down and arrange the people, and we'll take action as soon as we get the signal tomorrow."

"I understand, Lord Kazekage." Now that the matter has been decided, Marky can't say anything more.

After all, he sees the efforts of his Feng Ying, and he will definitely not harm them.

Just when Maki was about to leave, Orochimaru suddenly remembered something.

He took out a scroll and handed it to Marki, and then continued.

"Don't forget to inform Shukaku's Jinchuuriki and let him find an opportunity to attack Konoha's Jinchuuriki tomorrow."

"This is news about the Jinchuuriki of Konoha. Let him attack with all his strength and try to hold people back."

"Shukaku Jinchuuriki?" Ma Ji frowned and stared at Rasa.

After a moment, a punch with wind attribute chakra was quickly blasted out.

"Master Kazekage, I'm offended, I need to verify it!"

boom!

His fist was tightly clenched by Orochimaru, and he looked at him with cold eyes.

"Are you doubting me?"

"My subordinates don't dare." Ma Ji saw that it was not a transformation technique and there was no abnormal chakra fluctuation.

He immediately lowered his head and knelt on the ground on one knee.

"It's just that you don't call Gaara like this on weekdays, which makes me a little too nervous."

Orochimaru didn't panic at all when he learned that there was something wrong with the address.

Instead, he scolded in an impatient tone.

"You must always be vigilant and don't reveal your name or other information at will. Do you want me to teach you this again?"

"I'm so sorry!" Marky bowed his head again.

I think I am indeed a little over-sensitive because I planned ahead.

After all, ANBU also use nicknames and never use their real names.

"Okay, if I don't do this next time, go down and do your business."

Orochimaru didn't intend to punish him, so he just waved Magi away to prevent him from saying the wrong thing again.

Marki also lowered his head and quickly disappeared from the spot.

......

the next day.

That is the fourth day before the second exam begins.

Following the palanquins of the Fire Country daimyo and the allied daimyo, they entered the gate of Konoha.

Orochimaru, disguised as Rasa, also led the people in behind.

On both sides of the road were welcoming arrays, villagers watching the excitement, and ANBU maintaining order.

Soon, they followed the road and came to a huge arena.

The daimyo also walked out of the sedan chair and immediately saw Sarutobi Hiruzen standing at the entrance of the arena to greet them.

"It's the Hokage of Konoha!"

"It's great that he actually came out to greet us in person!"

The daimyo were all surprised by the appearance of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire felt that Beier had some respect, so he covered his face with a smile while holding a fan.

The Daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind glanced behind him and said in a rather sinister tone.

"It's really good, unlike those ninjas in our country who are so arrogant!"

"Even after we met, we didn't even say hello, huh!"

Seeing the daimyo, the topic turned to Rasa in Orochimaru's disguise.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Dear lords, we in Konoha have prepared spectator seats for you."

"You can use the screen to watch the qualifiers that are about to start. Please go up first."

With that said, several chuunin walked out from behind Sarutobi Hiruzen, and respectfully led the daimyo up the stairs.

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked up to Orochimaru with a smile on his face.

"It's too late to greet you from afar, Lord Kazekage!"

"After the long journey, did you have a good rest last night?"

Orochimaru squinted his eyes and smiled: "Not bad, after all, I am still young."

"But if it were you who are already quite old, it would probably be too much for you."

Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi was not angry, but laughed.

"Hahaha, no, I think I'm quite young. I plan to work for another five years."

As he said that, Sarutobi Hiruzen walked sideways and led the way.

"We won't watch the battle on the screen with the big names. Let's go to the scene together."

"Live? That's pretty good." Orochimaru followed closely.

As he moved, his body almost touched the back of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

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