Chapter 180: lust for power
Chapter 180 The Desire of Power
The three of Shiraishi jumped off the body of the water dragon god, and kept watching Nagato's back.
"You are Akatsuki's Nagato, Madara is dead, maybe we can have a frank talk now."
Shiraishi was the first to break the silence and spoke to Nagato.
Facing Shiraishi's invitation, Nagato did not respond with words.
He stood there pondering for a moment, then suddenly started running forward, apparently not wanting to negotiate with Baishi at all.
Seeing Nagato leave without saying a word, Shiraishi and the others didn't think too much, and immediately stepped forward to catch up.
If peaceful negotiations are not possible, coercion by force is also a way, and it is the most direct and effective method, which can save some unnecessary troubles.
"Shenluo Tianzheng!"
Nagato's extremely flat voice spread through the air.
Seeing that the surrounding air was highly distorted at a speed visible to the naked eye, the three of Baishi immediately felt as if they were blocked by an invisible wall in front of them, unable to move forward a step, and then their bodies retreated sharply because of the sudden repulsion, and dust billowed around them.
When the three of them turned their heads to look again, Nagato's figure had gone away and turned into a black spot in the vision of the three of them.
"Chase!"
Shiraishi didn't say much, and chased in the direction Nagato was moving.
Although the biggest threat in the plan has been eliminated, the problem of reincarnation eyes cannot be left alone.
The true potential of those eyes is still unknown to Shiraishi.
Nagato ran forward with all his heart, but he also noticed that the three Shiraishi were chasing him closely.
Compared with him, these three people actually care more about the pair of reincarnation eyes he has.
Once this legendary power is noticed, it will attract the covetousness of all ambitious people like bees and butterflies.
"Master Nagato, I don't recommend you to fight them now. Even if the new power is stimulated in the body, it may be feasible to deal with two people, but three people are too reluctant for you now."
Hei Jue's voice rang in his ears, and he had come to his side at some point.
Heijue is integrated with the earth and trees, and can move freely in any environment, and his movement speed is much faster than that of Baijue.
He was worried that Nagato would gain a lot of power, the newborn would swell, and he would fight the three Shiraishi behind.
In Heijue's view, that is a very dangerous thing.
"Don't worry, I don't have such a plan." Nagato's tone remained unchanged, and he had his own plan: "I urgently need to find a quiet place to let my body get used to the newly acquired power. Whether it's the ability of the reincarnation eye, or the abilities of the Wood Dun and Uzumaki clan, it will take a long time to sort out."
And this adaptation process may take one to two years to fully adapt and grasp the part of the power that suddenly appeared in the body.
Reincarnation eye aside, he needs to start learning the secret arts of the Wood Dun and Whirlpool clan from the basic stage.
It is extremely dangerous to fight against a strong enemy in this unskilled state.
"That's right, there's no need to compete for a while. As long as you completely guide the power of the Samsara Eye, it won't take a few years. Even these three people can compete with each other and even suppress them."
Heijue agrees with Nagato's statement, and is loyal to Nagato's consideration.
Based on Nagato's development of Samsara Eye at the moment, including the development of Mutun and Uzumaki's abilities, it is impossible for Shiraishi and the three to be opponents.
It is very difficult to suppress one of them, and it is barely feasible for two of them.
Facing the combination of three people, they will definitely lose.
"How is Xiao Nan?"
"Please rest assured, Nagato-sama, Xiaonan has already moved to another stronghold in advance, and it is safe now."
"Take me there."
"Yes, before that, I'll get rid of these three guys first. It's not an option to keep them chasing after me."
Heijue intends to do it himself, dragging Shiraishi and the others with his own strength, buying time for Nagato to escape from here.
"No, I'm in a hurry now, and I happen to have a trick that is very suitable for this situation. I want to try the power of this sealing technique."
Under the surprised eyes of Hei Ze, Nagato put his hands together suddenly, and a large amount of chakra began to gather towards the palms, and then the two palms opened a distance, and a small black finger-sized inconspicuous ball appeared between the two palms.
"this is!?"
The astonishment and shock in Hei Jue's eyes were even worse, as if he was amazed by Nagato's power at the moment.
"Go."
Nagato murmured softly, and the black finger-sized ball quickly flew away from Nagato and flew towards the sky.
"Earth Explosion Star!"
The three Shiraishi who were chasing after Nagato, suddenly felt a strong suction force around their bodies, and their bodies froze, unable to take a step forward.
The body unnaturally flew towards the black ball floating in the sky, the surrounding ground cracked inch by inch, and countless gravels flew along with the three of Baishi.
The attractive force on that black ball is getting more and more terrifying, and the stones it absorbs are getting bigger and bigger.
In just ten seconds, a huge stone ball was made, suspended in the sky, and slowly flew towards a higher sky.
Boom!
There is a sound coming from inside the stone ball.
A large piece of incomplete stone suddenly protruded from the surface of the neatly shaped huge stone ball, and fell towards the ground.
Accompanied by a more violent explosion, the flames scattered across the sky, dust rose, and at the gap of the huge stone ball, the blood-red Chakra giant loomed in the smoke, covering the three of Shiraishi and standing at the bottom of the stone ball in an upside-down form.
Afterwards, the blood-red giant sword waved and slashed at the stone ball crazily. One stone after another fell.
Boom!
The stone ball shattered completely, and the blood-red giant fell to the ground. During the fall, it turned over and landed firmly on the ground, causing terrifying air waves to spread around and overwhelm a forest.
"The disappearance of Chakra's reaction is probably caused by that dark guy."
Ayane looked around with her white eyes, but didn't notice Nagato's figure.
"There is no such guy in the information, and it is the first time I have met him. It seems that he has a very good ability to hide and lurk."
Baishi frowned, feeling that things were getting tricky.
Unexpectedly, under Madara's command, there are scouts with stronger lurking ability than Bai Jue.
"It looks very similar to Bai Jue in appearance. What should I do next, should I continue to catch up?"
Ayane was carrying Madara's body, she knew that if she continued to search now, the possibility of finding Nagato was not high.
Baishi pressed his tingling neck and said: "Since the other party has such a powerful latent ability, it doesn't make much sense to continue searching. Go back, anyway, the most important goal has been completed."
Moreover, with Nagato's appearance, he knew that there was no room for negotiation.
At least for now, it is impossible to negotiate with him.
"Do you want to place the reincarnation eye?"
Liu Li frowned, she thought the young Samsarayan was more threatening than the aging Madara.
"There is nothing we can do if we can't find it. And..." Baishi raised his head, looked at Bai Yuankong, who had rolled his belly, and said, "As long as the karma between him and the Kingdom of Rain is not interrupted, we can always find his footprints in that country."
"Yeah, I didn't expect the demigod to end in that way. Now the Kingdom of Rain and Hidden Rain Village have become riddled with holes."
Liuli sighed.
Indeed, as Baishi said, as long as the relationship between Akatsuki and the Land of Rain is not severed, it is also a way to wait there.
Many towns in that country, including Yuyin Village, have military spies from the Kingdom of Ghosts.
"There's nothing you can do about the poor geographical location. The three big countries around you need these small countries to stabilize the domestic situation. This has nothing to do with justice or evil, but the need for survival. There is no peace in this world, only the survival of the strong and the weak. From this point of view, I am actually not fully sure that I can persuade the guy with the eye of reincarnation, because I am a firm non-pacifist. And Akatsuki's concept of peace has been deeply rooted."
No matter what era it is, this is the case. Countries are either in the war stage or in the war preparation stage.
In a sense, he, Madara, and Nagato are opposites who cannot convince each other.
Even the negotiation just mentioned, to a certain extent, is based on the idea of resorting to violence to make the other party submit when they cannot be persuaded.
Therefore, even heart-to-heart exchanges may not be able to reverse the other party's peaceful philosophy.
This ninja world has always been like this. Only the strong can bring peace, and the weak can only be ravaged by others.
There is no more symbolic example of a weak country that survives in the cracks between big countries than the Rain Country.
Suffering from the devastation of three Ninja World Wars, the only guardian **** of the Rain Kingdom, Yuyin, the leader of the half god, died in battle. The system of Yuyin Village almost collapsed.
The Kingdom of Rain will become a vassal state of the Nation of Fire, and Yuyin Village will also become the target of Konoha's squeeze.
The secret techniques and research materials of Yuyin Village can be imagined in the direction of the final flow.
"Let's go, the only thing left is the country of water that needs to be taken care of. Look at the progress over there, the guy Yagura launched a coup, it should be within the next two years, we must be ready to welcome our allies."
Wuyin Village is the nail in the internal system of the five major countries, and this move is particularly important.
"Konoha doesn't need to manage it? Shall I go over and add two more fires to make them fight more intensely?"
Ayane played with a kunai in her hand, and licked her pink tongue.
"Don't worry about that side. The demigod is dead, and the Kingdom of Rain has completely become a vassal of the Kingdom of Fire. The Samsara Eye will definitely not be indifferent. He will definitely use some means to regain the power of Yuyin Village, and confront Konoha either openly or secretly."
After the Ninja World War, it might not be a bad thing for Konoha to be trapped in the quagmire of the Land of Rain. A light flashed in Shiraishi's eyes.
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The Battle of the Land of Rain ended with Konoha's victory.
When Sagakure was besieging the leader of Ugakure Village, Hanzo, the Konoha troops belonging to Konoha’s Orochimaru gave up supporting Ugakure’s troops, and turned around to attack Sagakure’s base camp in the Land of Rain. As a result, thousands of Sagakushi ninjas guarding the camp were wiped out. All supplies were either removed or burned to the ground.
In order to wipe out Hanzo's Ukakushi forces, Sagakushi also paid nearly 2,000 ninjas as a price, sacrificing on the battlefield against Hanzo.
The 7,000 sand hidden ninjas who gathered on the battlefield of the land of rain dropped by 3,000 people at once. On the other hand, Konoha achieved nearly ten times the result at the cost of hundreds of ninja sacrifices.
These hundreds of people died when they attacked the hidden sand camp.
And Kanzang, the new leader of Yuyin Village, formally submitted a document of surrender to Konoha, expressing his willingness to lead all the remaining ninjas in Yuyin Village to become Konoha's affiliated ninja village.
Yuyin Village under the rain, the center of the village.
Corpses, regardless of age, women and children, are hung on the ropes connecting the towers. As long as the ninjas and villagers of Yuyin Village pass by here, they can clearly see the existence of these corpses.
These ninjas and villagers dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, then bowed their heads and walked away.
Beside those corpses, there stood four ninjas from Konoha Anbe. They stared coldly at the ninjas and villagers of Yuyin Village who were coming and going. They wanted to use these corpses to hang out their opponents.
On a high tower, Danzo, wearing a black coat and bandages wrapped around the right half of his head, stood on the edge of the open-air overlook, overlooking the village condescendingly, and saw corpses hanging in the center of Yuyin Village.
"In this way, everything about Hanzo disappeared from this village. After many years, there will be no rumors about 'Hanzo' in this village."
"This is the result of the leadership of Danzo-sama and Oshemaru-sama."
The new leader of Yuyin Village, Kanzang, walked to Danzang and spoke in a humble tone.
He was instructed by Konoha to betray his boss Hanzo, and let Hanzo die at the hands of the sand hidden ninja. After that, with the help of Konoha, he became the new leader of Yuyin Village.
"Although we assisted you to become the leader of Yuyin Village, there are still many voices against you in this village, so be careful."
"Yes, just give me five years and I can..."
"I'll give you three years at most. I don't want three years later, there will still be hostile Konoha in this village. If you can't do it, this village will cease to exist."
Any existence that threatens Konoha must be strangled.
This is the shared will of Danzo and Anbe.
"this…"
Exploring and storing some hesitation.
"Ni Zhan has decided to expand the activities of the root, you know what this means, Kanzang."
Danzo was expressionless, staring directly at Kanzō next to him with cold eyes.
"The third Hokage-sama..."
Kanzang's face darkened slightly.
He originally thought that the matter of Yuyin Village would be directly handled by the third-generation Hokage Hiruzame Sarutobi.
Although he got the position of leader of Yuyin Village with the help of Danzo and Orochimaru, he didn't want to cooperate with these two careerists at all.
Kanzang is awe-inspiring. Although the rumored third-generation Hokage treats people kindly and has a benevolent image, he doesn’t care about the difficult situation of Yuyin Village when it comes to Konoha’s interests.
The third Hokage handed over the subsequent management of Yuyin Village to Gen, and gradually increased Gen's power, which was unexpected by Kanzang.
"Put away your little thoughts and do things well. Konoha will not treat you badly. If you do a good job, I can invite you to join Konoha and become Konoha's Jonin."
Danzo promised so.
Kanzang forced a smile, but did not answer.
He has nothing wrong with his mind. The well-behaved Yuyin was not the leader. Instead, he chose to be Konoha's jonin who has no real power.
Although he is controlled by Konoha, as long as Danzo is not present, Yuyin Village is his one-word hall, which is more nourishing and free than becoming Konoha Jonin.
He has already experienced the beauty of power.
How can you easily give up what you have obtained?
"By the way, Danzo-sama, what did Sand Yin say?"
Exploring and changing the topic.
"Submit the peace document. In the near future, they have been unable to attack Konoha."
Moreover, after this battle, Orochimaru's achievements and reputation have been improved to a higher level. Coupled with the achievements accumulated in the Second Ninja World War, becoming the fourth generation of Hokage is already a certainty, and it is impossible for others to get involved.
Next, Orochimaru should take up an important position in Anbu, preparing for the fourth generation of Hokage. Danzo thought about the next step in his mind.
As the directly subordinate unit of Naruto, Anbu, selected 70 elites from tens of thousands of ninjas in the village, set up two ministers and deputy ministers, and seventeen teams, each with four people. This is the total number of Anbu.
Now the head and deputy head of Anbu are all ninjas from the Sarutobi clan, and they are also the son and daughter-in-law of the third generation of Hokage Hirzen. Although he is also an excellent ninja in the village, he is completely incomparable with Dashemaru, a candidate for the Fourth Hokage.
Therefore, for the positions of minister and deputy minister, the next position must belong to Orochimaru. Let Orochimaru have access to the management rights of Anbu, establish prestige in Anbu, and then become the fourth generation of Hokage, everything will come naturally.
After all, Anbe is the most powerful elite force in the hands of Hokage, and also the most important force in the Hokage system, which must be controlled by Hokage himself.
It is a matter of course that Orochimaru will master Anbe next, and there is no accident.
And the era of growing roots will come completely.
Danzo sees a very bright future.
Together with Orochimaru, we must eliminate conservative thinking and use absolute force to deter countries so that they dare not covet Konoha.
Any minion that threatens Konoha must be cut off!
While Danzo was imagining these bright futures, a root member suddenly appeared and knelt in front of Danzo.
"Master Danzo, there is an urgent letter from the village."
The root ninja held the letter with both hands.
Danzo didn't mind the presence of Kanzang next to him. He opened the letter and read it, frowning.
"Is Yunyin finally unable to hold back? Forget it, let Orochimaru deal with it, and it would be good to add another merit."
The content of the letter is very simple, Yunyin Ninja moves strangely in the Land of Tang, and there are signs of attacking the Land of Fire.
Probably because of the performance of Konoha on the Battlefield of the Rain Country, I am also worried that I will continue to wait and see, and there is no way to suppress Konoha's development.
The reputation of Ninja Village means being affirmed by clients from various countries in a peaceful era, and having a more stable financial income.
Yunyin Village has always wanted to compete with Konoha for the title of the most ninja village. Seeing the changes in the battlefield situation in the Land of Rain, there is a very high possibility that they will attack the Land of Fire.
"Kanzang, I'm going back to Konoha now. Yuyin is here for you. Sandyin is nothing to worry about, so don't act rashly."
"Please walk slowly, Danzo-sama, come often when you are free."
Better not come again. Kanzang said so in his heart.
The figures of Danzo and Root Ninja disappeared on the overlooking platform under the cold rain.
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Back to Konoha's Danzo, I went to the meeting room of the Hokage Building immediately without going to rest.
Yun Yin's attack let him know the seriousness of the matter, and he couldn't delay it any longer.
It is necessary to sign a peace document with Sa Yin as soon as possible, and then let Orochimaru take over to deal with Yuno Yin's troops in Tang Country.
In the meeting room, Naruto Hirzen, consultant Mitomon Yan, and Zenju Koharu are all here, and it looks like the meeting has just ended.
"You came back just in time, Danzo, we have made a decision here."
Hizaki put down the cigarette stick in his mouth, and smiled at Danzo who hurried over.
"When will Orochimaru leave?"
Danzo nodded, and asked directly when Orochimaru sent troops to Tango Country.
"Well, we actually made other arrangements for Orochimaru."
Ri Zhan hesitated on his face.
"Other arrangements?"
Hearing Hizan's words, Danzo raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Mitomon Yan and Zhuanju Koharu. They both coughed and shifted their eyes to other places, not daring to meet Danzo's gaze.
Danzo suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Yes, Orochimaru is a talented ninja, especially his understanding of jutsu and research ability. He is an outstanding talent in the ninja world. Therefore, we decided that Orochimaru's next move is to enter your roots to further develop new technologies and fundamentally enhance Konoha's strength."
Into the root?
Danzo didn't react for a while because the situation was reversed too much.
Not only was he not sent to the Yunyin battlefield, he didn't even enter Anbu, but instead entered a more secretive department—Gen.
Is that where Hokage candidates should be?
Gen's affairs are top secret to most people in the village.
Going there means giving up your name, giving up all your fame, giving up all your personality, and becoming a nameless contributor in the dark.
Oshemaru also joined the root before, but as a supervisor, it is fundamentally different from this time.
Frozen! Danzo suddenly thought of this possibility.
Is it because the prestige is too high, and you are worried that you will not be able to control Orochimaru? Danzo took a deep look at Hirizhan.
Danzo tried his best to restrain himself not to be angry, and asked in a deep voice to the two advisers of Mitomon Yan: "Do you also agree?"
"Yes, yes, although Orochimaru performed well on the Rain Country battlefield and managed to get Sahikaku to make concessions, the methods he adopted were not very upright, and he betrayed his allies, which has a bad international impact."
"Nonsense! War is not just a joke, and victory is the most important thing. Orochimaru's ability to make Sand Yin lose more than 3,000 ninjas at the smallest cost has already proved his military ability!"
Tuanzang stared coldly at these two centrist friends, for the first time in history he was so disappointed in them.
"This... betrayal of the allies, after all, the impact is not good. We still think it is better to let Orochimaru calm down."
Zanzhu Xiaochun resisted the pressure exerted by Danzo and expressed his views.
"You are worried that the power of your consultant will be ruled by Orochimaru."
Danzo looked directly at the two of them, his words were extremely explicit, and his eyes were cold.
"Danzo, how can you say that? We have been working hard for Konoha all these years."
Mito Menyan's face was gloomy. It was indeed a bit dishonest that they did this.
Originally they also agreed that Orochimaru would go directly to Anbu next, but when they thought that Orochimaru and Danzo had the same hard-line approach, once they mastered the power of Anbe and became Hokage, I am afraid they would not take their two advisers seriously.
Therefore, combined with Hizan, Orochimaru can become the fourth Hokage, but the Anbu power cannot be handed over to Orochimaru prematurely.
"Yeah, Orochimaru is too sharp, we are worried that ninjas from other villages will come to assassinate him."
Turning to bed Xiaochun is still justifying her unbearable behavior.
"If Orochimaru is so easy to be assassinated, it is because of his own lack of strength. But your approach may make him disappointed in the village."
Danzo's voice already contained threats.
Seeing Danzo's tough attitude, Mitomon Yan and Zhuanju Koharu sighed even more.
It was because of the mixing of these two tough fighting factions that they had to let Orochimaru go to the root to hide for a while.
"We're doing it for his own good. He needs a while to calm down after a break."
Danzo was extremely disappointed in his heart, and let out a soft breath.
He turned his head to look at Xiang Ri Zhan, who was smoking silently with a cigarette stick, without saying a word, with an extremely complicated expression on his face.
While being proud of his disciple's brilliant achievements, he was also worried about his disciple Da Shemaru's prestige in the village at the moment. It was because of these two intertwined emotions that his mood was complicated.
"Hi Zhan, are you really planning to do this?"
"No way. Orochimaru betrayed Yuyin, and I must give Yuyin an explanation. The will of the first generation of adults is that harmony is the most important thing. This is the correct management method of the village. Orochimaru lacks the talent in this area. I hope he can understand the essence of the will of the first generation of adults. Otherwise, I don't feel at ease in entrusting the future of the village to him."
Danzo calmed down the turbulent mood in his heart.
"I see, just do as you said... I hope you won't regret today's decision, Hirizhan."
Danzo left this sentence with a flat expression, and walked out of the meeting room step by step.
The meeting room fell into a deathly silence.
The three people in the conference room all knew that Danzo was really angry this time.
If Danzo writes anger on his face, it will make them feel at ease, and hiding his emotions in this way is truly terrible.
Hirizhan sighed, feeling physically and mentally exhausted like never before, sitting on a chair and muttering to himself:
"I also have my own difficulties. The village can't stand the toss of the martial arts faction now. I hope you can understand my approach, Danzo. I am also thinking about the future of the village."
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