"In a few days, Kabuto will attack the Root..."
Before Orochimaru finished speaking, Shisui's expression changed suddenly, and he raised his head in disbelief.
Orochimaru, as if he didn't see Shisui's expression, continued to speak,
"This matter has nothing to do with you, but when the village sends people to chase after him, I hope you will slack off."
"It's best not to run into him."
These words were spoken naturally, as if they were not talking about the evil deed of killing village comrades, but some ordinary task.
While Shisui felt this was reasonable, he couldn't help but ask, "But why..."
Moreover, he had seen Kabuto when Jinsuke trained him. How could he possibly have the strength to attack the Root?
"This is all for the village... although that's what I'd like to say."
Orochimaru smiled, "But this time it's a personal vendetta, Kabuto's and Danzo's, my and the Root's personal vendetta..."
He briefly explained Kabuto's background and recounted how he was attacked by the Root while recuperating,
"Danzo has gone too far this time. I need to retaliate against him, and..."
Orochimaru glanced at Shisui and said slowly, "This is also for the Uchiha."
Shisui was about to refuse and persuade Orochimaru to give up this action, but he was slightly surprised to hear this. What does Yakushi Kabuto's attack on the Root have to do with the clan?
"Before attacking me, the Root stole the body strengthening surgery data."
Orochimaru said slowly, "And to complete the body strengthening surgery, now besides training in Sage Art, one must rely on the Sharingan. Guess which method he will use?"
Shisui's face darkened upon hearing this. Without thinking, he directly concluded that it was the second option.
Sage Art. Throughout the entire history of the ninja world, very few people have successfully learned it. In comparison, the latter is much simpler.
"Danzo's target is the Sharingan. One or two eyes won't satisfy his appetite, but he aims to be Hokage, so he will definitely not betray the village because of this."
Orochimaru spoke calmly, guiding Shisui's thoughts,
"In comparison, it's more in his interest, and much simpler, for you Uchiha to cause trouble."
"Not to mention, the Kumogakure envoy incident has given him some excuses."
Shisui's expression was ugly. He wanted to argue that this was just a guess, or that Orochimaru had deliberately leaked it.
But when he thought about Danzo's past actions against him, he fell silent.
Even without the body strengthening surgery, Danzo, and even the two Hokage advisors, already had a deep dislike for the Uchiha. Now, they just have another reason.
Moreover, putting aside the clan, Danzo's invasion of the underground laboratory and attack on Orochimaru in order to get the body strengthening surgery chilled him to the bone.
Shisui didn't know what to do. He could advise Orochimaru to put the big picture first, but Danzo wouldn't do that.
Although Orochimaru didn't use this to persuade him, Shisui felt that it would benefit the village if Danzo's power was weakened.
After pondering for a moment, Shisui looked at Orochimaru,
"How far do you intend to retaliate against Danzo? What do you intend to do if Yakushi Kabuto is pursued by Anbu ninjas?"
"You don't have to worry about that..." Orochimaru's lips curled up slightly, already knowing Shisui's position.
...
The next day, in front of the Konoha gate...
Orochimaru scanned the two ninja squads and nodded slightly.
Not to mention Kakashi and Hyuga Hizashi, the remaining six were also elites from the Anbu, all temporarily drawn over by him.
As a peace talk squad, this lineup was a bit too luxurious.
Jiraiya, who came to see him off, asked in surprise, "Tell me the truth, are you really just going to talk to the Raikage this time?"
"What you can't get on the battlefield, don't even think about getting at the negotiating table."
Orochimaru grinned, revealing a dangerous arc, "I will appropriately show my strength."
"At least, that signed peace agreement can't have all the terms rejected by Kumogakure, otherwise, wouldn't I have to add the bad name of 'bully at home'?"
Jiraiya was a little embarrassed upon hearing this. With the Third Hokage and Danzo promoting it secretly and openly, the villagers and ninjas' criticism of Orochimaru was in full swing, no less than the old Hatake Sakumo incident.
This could not be helped. Orochimaru was single-handedly taking on the fallout of the peace talk leader's death in Konoha for the village, and it was only natural to bear these things.
And even though he was going on this mission for the benefit of the village, he was also seen by the outside world as cleaning up his own mess, so facing risks was his own fault.
Although Jiraiya felt that Orochimaru didn't care, he still came over, secretly observing his reaction.
Now he could finally rest assured that Orochimaru was still Orochimaru.
In the ninja squad, Kakashi rarely wasn't reading a book, and was also very concerned about Orochimaru's state.
Seeing him still looking calm and composed, Kakashi's eyes flickered, wondering what he was thinking.
Orochimaru naturally didn't care about Kakashi's thoughts. He looked around at everyone and, seeing that everyone had arrived, directly ordered,
"Let's go!"
...
Land of Hot Water, inside an underground stone cave.
Obito was naked, his whole body immersed in a white, paste-like liquid, with only his neck left outside, sleeping with his eyes closed.
More than a month ago, his heart was pierced by Orochimaru. Although he didn't die directly, it was still an extremely serious injury.
To heal his injuries, he had been in this state for a long time. Eating, drinking, and excreting all depended on the White Zetsu living together with him. If he didn't clearly know that this thing didn't count as a human, Obito would have to endure another layer of mental stress, which would be quite difficult.
At a certain moment, two pitcher plant leaves slowly rose from the ground, with a strange half-black and half-white face in the center of the leaves.
Obito opened his eyes, his gaze falling on Zetsu, "What's the situation outside?"
"Konoha and Kumogakure's talks failed. Orochimaru is personally going to negotiate..."
Zetsu recounted the information he had discovered, "Although it's different from what you imagined, it seems like this plan was successful."
"Orochimaru..."
Obito's eyes flickered when he heard this name, and his right hand unconsciously pressed against his chest.
Although the wound had healed, it still felt faintly painful.
His judgment was completely different from Zetsu's. Having witnessed that man's danger, he was deeply convinced that the peace talks would succeed.
Obito glanced at Zetsu and said slowly, "Go and deal with that old Kumogakure ninja. If Orochimaru goes to the Land of Thunder, he will definitely be exposed."
"How dare Orochimaru? Aren't you scared out of your wits?"
Zetsu said in surprise, "Not to mention in Kumogakure, even in the Land of Thunder, he would be in danger of dying if he was ambushed."
"You don't understand that man's courage." Obito waved his hand, "Just do it."
Seeing that Obito was so afraid, Zetsu could only nod. But White Zetsu, seemingly thinking of something, curiously asked,
"Is Sage Mode really that powerful? Is it so fast that you couldn't even use 'Izanagi'?"
Obito glared fiercely at Zetsu, seemingly a little embarrassed and angry.
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