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A few days later, Tianyuan and his group passed through Amegakure (Hidden Rain Village) and officially entered their final destination, the Land of Birds.
Now, they only needed to take Saiki to the capital of the Land of Birds to complete their mission.
At this moment, Tianyuan suddenly stopped, revealing a brilliant smile, "Orochimaru-sensei."
Orochimaru shuddered at Tianyuan's address. "Tianyuan, what do you want?"
Anko and Uchiha Itsuki also looked at Tianyuan strangely.
"Um, Orochimaru-sensei, do you remember what I said I liked when I first became your disciple?" Tianyuan asked.
"Hmm." Orochimaru's pale face subtly paused. "Let me think, you said you like to search for clues of destiny."
"That's right," Tianyuan smiled. "So my eyes saw clues of destiny."
"Holy crap." Orochimaru felt like his balls were going to shatter. Wasn't that something Tianyuan said when he was being a bit chuunibyou? Why does it feel so serious now?
Don't blame Tianyuan for being serious, because he saw a high-definition signal from the player system again, not far from here.
High-definition video signals were very difficult to obtain. Besides those vital areas in Konoha, only the Hokage's office had them.
Of course, Tianyuan had never been to those vital Konoha areas; he wasn't looking for death.
But now with Orochimaru here, it was much better.
No matter how powerful the high-definition enemy was, they were definitely within Orochimaru's capabilities. Moreover, Tianyuan also had Senzu Beans, so he had some confidence.
"Orochimaru-sensei, don't worry, the target is also the capital of the Land of Birds. We're just taking a slight detour," Tianyuan quickly said.
Orochimaru gave Tianyuan a deep look and nodded, "Good."
Orochimaru also wanted to know if Tianyuan was joking, or if he really had some idea.
Of course, Tianyuan did have an idea. If they encountered an enemy at that signal location, they would have to rely on Orochimaru to hold them off.
If Orochimaru knew this idea, would he slap Tianyuan to death directly?
"Tianyuan, is there something you need to do?" Anko asked, coming to Tianyuan's side.
"How could that be? I just felt that good things would happen in that direction," Tianyuan said.
"Oh," Anko nodded.
"Putting on an act," Uchiha Itsuki said indifferently.
As for the merchant, he couldn't say anything. After all, Orochimaru was leading them towards the capital of the Land of Birds, and along the way, they had also blocked some ninja enemies.
It was probably something done by Saiki's competitors.
Then Orochimaru, with a slight hint of curiosity, followed Tianyuan's guidance towards the location where the video signal was being received.
...
On the other side.
In a forest in the Land of Birds.
"Roshi-sama, if we go any further, we'll reach the border of the Land of Wind. Should we be more careful?" A serious-looking man with two oval-shaped forehead protectors spoke to the purple-haired man in front of him.
If Tianyuan and his group were here, they would know that these ninjas were from Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village).
The leader of the Iwa-nin was named Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki of Iwagakure. He could be said to be one of Iwagakure's high-level forces.
They had come to investigate the disappearance of the Kazekage. The disappearance of a village's Kage was a very important matter for all major ninja villages.
How did he disappear, and what were the specific circumstances? All of this needed to be investigated.
So Roshi led his team to this place. They needed to pass through the Land of Birds to enter the Land of Wind.
Roshi, as a Tailed Beast Jinchūriki, was very confident, but he also needed to be careful. After all, one person's power couldn't possibly contend with a ninja village.
However, this was only true for the present. In the past, individuals like Hashirama Senju, or future figures like Uchiha Madara, could easily achieve this.
The combat power of the future ninja world was constantly increasing.
"Go, continue forward," Roshi waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to follow. Not long after, Roshi stopped, his gaze fixed in one direction.
"Ninjas, and Konoha ninjas."
"Tianyuan, have we reached the place you mentioned?" Orochimaru asked.
"We've arrived, Orochimaru-sensei." Tianyuan slowly stopped, as they had reached the location where the video signal was being received.
"There's nothing here," Anko shook her head.
"I told you it was just a bluff," Uchiha Itsuki said, dismissing it. He didn't believe someone could sense such a distant location.
"I should say there is indeed something," Orochimaru also stopped, a slightly exasperated smile on his face. "However, Tianyuan, is this thing what you wanted?"
"Iwa-nin." Tianyuan's gaze also turned to the four figures slowly appearing in their sight. The leader was a red-haired middle-aged man, wearing an Iwa-nin forehead protector.
At this moment, their gazes clashed.
The two ninja villages were not friendly, and there had been conflicts during the Second Great Ninja War.
"Four-Tails Jinchūriki, Roshi," Orochimaru said coldly. Jinchūriki were individuals closely watched by every village. Orochimaru, of course, had information on the jinchūriki of all major ninja villages.
Just like people from other villages, most also knew about the Konoha Sannin.
"One of the Konoha Sannin, Orochimaru," Roshi also slowly said.
"It seems you don't intend to let me go," Orochimaru's gaze was icy.
"Aren't you the same?" Roshi sneered, and turbulent chakra surged from his body. This was Tailed Beast chakra.
"Tianyuan, Anko, Itsuki, this time I can't look after you, so be careful," Orochimaru said. To deal with the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, Orochimaru also had to exert his full power.
"Yes, Orochimaru-sensei," Tianyuan and the others' eyes also narrowed.
Because besides Roshi, there were also three Iwa-nin, and judging by their aura, they wouldn't be simple either.
At least they were Chunin-level existence.
"Go..." Tianyuan directly hugged Anko, and his figure flashed away quickly. Uchiha Itsuki did the same.
Orochimaru had just said that he couldn't look after them, so now they could only rely on themselves.
"Chase," Roshi said coldly. "I've long wanted to see the power of the Konoha Sannin."
"Lava Release: Chakra Mode."
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu."
The battle between Orochimaru and Roshi was about to begin.