Chapter 299: Toad Sage Jiraiya

"Remember to find more people."

As Luke ordered, Orochimaru's eyes darkened.

When he opened his eyes.

Orochimaru looked at the Death Forest blocked by the Anbu members and fell into deep thought.

When he died, Zabuza was too lazy to collect his body.

After the master took away the soul, the two immediately returned to the Soul Society to report.

This also caused Orochimaru's body, which was cut into two pieces, to remain in the same place.

In order to quickly evacuate after meeting the student Red Bean, Orochimaru asked his subordinates to leave the Death Forest early.

Unexpectedly, now that the body is left here, Konoha will naturally stay here to block the scene.

Fortunately, ordinary people can't see him now, otherwise Orochimaru will face several Anbu teams as soon as he leaves the Soul Society.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru couldn't help but tighten his death suit and carefully evacuated the Death Forest.

His current condition is not very good. Although he can use the power of the Soul Society, his soul is weak. If he uses it for a long time, it will further accelerate the speed of soul collapse.

However, Orochimaru suddenly thought of a very serious problem.

How to use the forbidden technique of Impure World Reincarnation without chakra, and conquer Konoha Village with a broken soul?

Orochimaru's mouth twitched.

Or, call Kabuto Yakushi back in advance?

Hokage Building, Office.

The Third Hokage waved his hand, and the scene presented in the crystal ball gradually misted until it was completely transparent, reflecting the expression of the Third Hokage.

"Old man, Orochimaru..."

Jiraiya, who always laughed and laughed, did not see any joy on his face at this time.

The Third Hokage sighed.

Jiraiya's body shook, he raised his head, and the Third Hokage was hunched at this time. He really looked like an old man in his twilight years.

"The autopsy team has checked it, and it is indeed Orochimaru."

The voice of the Third Hokage sounded a little exhausted.

He originally thought that his student returned to Konoha this time to show him the correctness of the path he took.

But he never expected that Orochimaru would die on the way before he even stood in front of him.

According to Hongdou, the target is suspected to be Zabuza, who has been confirmed dead, and the ice ninja beside him.

Kakashi and Tenzo have just come here, and they are sure that Zabuza and his duo are dead.

How could they not confirm whether the two of them are still breathing and have a heartbeat when they buried them with their own hands.

"Orochimaru"

Jiraiya stammered, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Go to avenge Orochimaru?

No, ninja is a job that is precarious.

No one dares to guarantee that he can see the sun rising tomorrow.

In addition, Orochimaru is now a traitor to Konoha.

His self-willed behavior will only arouse the vigilance of other ninja villages around.

Give up the pursuit?

Thinking of the efforts made in these years, and the deep friendship between the two since childhood

Jiraiya's expression was complicated.

He and Orochimaru, like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha in the past, ended up on opposite paths because of their different ideas.

Even so, after so many years, Jiraiya still did not give up the idea of ​​making Orochimaru "reform".

Jiraiya has been away for so many years, and the third generation Hokage said that he went out to collect folk songs for writing, and he was sent out to perform secret missions to collect intelligence.

But in fact, Jiraiya has only two goals.

One is to find the child of destiny predicted by the big toad sage.

The second is to find his partner.

He always wanted to go back to the past, and he always wanted the ninja world to move towards a better future.

Sannin, without anyone, it would not be called Sannin.

But now, this expectation has disappeared.

Orochimaru, he is dead.

Jiraiya thought that he would die, and his teacher would die, but he never thought that Orochimaru would die in the village.

Just like he couldn't imagine his disciple dying in the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

Jiraiya remained silent.

Orochimaru had indeed done a lot of wrong things over the years, but if he had to pay for it with his death, Jiraiya couldn't accept it for a while.

"I have sent an Anbu team to investigate the whereabouts of Zabuza and the others."

Jiraiya didn't respond either.

The Third Hokage lit his pipe, took a puff, and exhaled the smoke.

The room was silent for a long time.

"When you come back this time, stay and take my place."

The smoke blocked the face of the Third Hokage, making it difficult to see his expression for a while.

Jiraiya hesitated for a while.

Shaked his head.

"Old man, you know I'm not suitable"

"You are my student! If you are not suitable, who is more suitable? Do you want Danzo to take my place?!"

The Third Hokage couldn't help it.

"Jiraiya, don't leave the village again, Konoha needs you!"

"Just think of it as being for Orochimaru and me"

The anger of the Third Hokage was only for a moment, and his tone softened.

The sudden death of Orochimaru finally broke the old waist of the Third Hokage that had been supporting him for so many years.

Although he was deeply saddened by Orochimaru's past taboo research, he was still his disciple after all.

If Orochimaru had not been too closely connected with Danzo, the Third Hokage would have really thought about giving the position of Hokage to Orochimaru instead of to the young man Minato.

Whether it is talent, strength, or fame, Orochimaru was far better than the young man Minato Namikaze.

He is more suitable to be the fifth Hokage.

Continuing the first and second generations' concept of one loose and one strict.

But unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

Orochimaru became a traitor, Minato died early, and his old friend Danzo was still watching covetously.

The remaining geniuses were far less powerful than their predecessors.

Looking around, there are fewer and fewer talents around the third Hokage.

What?

Didn't Konoha still have two Hokages to assist?

It is a rare thing for those two idiots who can't even keep up with the hot poop to not be treated like dogs by Danzo.

Moreover, Konoha today can be said to be troubled by internal and external troubles.

The four great ninja villages are eyeing them covetously, the Sand Village is making small moves frequently, and the inexplicably resurrected "dead man" is added.

The Third Hokage took several puffs of cigarettes, but he was more and more worried.

I don't know when Konoha has become a huge mess.

It needs to be patched up everywhere.

So, Jiraiya, come back.

The Third Hokage cast his expectant eyes on his beloved disciple.

Jiraiya raised his head.

Looking at the old teacher, he shook his head slowly.

The Third Hokage's face was sallow.

"Old man, you know, I have a reason to be outside."

Hearing this, the Third Hokage's eyes could not tell whether he was disappointed or had expected it.

He nodded calmly.

"Is it for the child of destiny you are looking for?"

Jiraiya nodded affirmatively.

For the child of destiny predicted by the Great Toad Sage, Jiraiya has devoted his life to this goal.

Nagato, Minato, and later Naruto.

He spent his entire life fighting for the child of destiny.

"I know."

The Third Hokage exhaled smoke.

"Before leaving, go see Minato's child."

"No problem, old man."

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief.

When he came back before, the old man had tried to get him to stay and take over the position of Hokage.

But with such a great wish in his heart, how could he be bound to a village?

After all, the child of destiny can save the future of the ninja world!

Now that Orochimaru died suddenly, Jiraiya originally thought that he would not really be forced to stay by the old man.

But unexpectedly, the old man was unexpectedly easy to talk to today.

It seems that after so many years, the old man also understands the importance of the child of destiny.

Jiraiya seems to have returned to his previous carefree look.

"Okay, old man, I'll go see the kid first. I'll tell you if there's anything."

Jiraiya waved his hand and walked out the door excitedly.

The Third Hokage did not agree, but just watched his traitor leave the office silently, his eyes dim.

Jiraiya, the child of destiny you are looking for, is he the savior of the ninja world or the savior of Konoha?

Are you a ninja of Konoha or the toad sage of Myoboku Mountain?

There was no answer, and there was no need to answer. The Third Hokage already knew the result in his heart.

Dongdongdong.

"Come in."

Not even a quarter of an hour of leisure, the mountains of government affairs came down again.

The secretary walked in quickly with a stack of documents and gently put them down.

"Hokage, the witch of the Demon Country wants to build a new shrine in Konoha."

The secretary whispered.

"Preaching?"

The Third Hokage frowned.

The secretary shook his head.

"It's just to build a shrine, it doesn't involve any affairs. The Daimyo of the Land of Demons has agreed."

"Report to the Daimyo, we won't get involved."

The Third Hokage rubbed his brows with a headache. Why did all these things come at once?

Fortunately, they don't need to worry about such affairs. The status of Shinto cannot be compared with the Daimyo and nobles of various countries, but it is much stronger than their ninjas.

If the shrine maidens of the Land of Demons want to build a shrine here, it will not divide their interests, but will bring more investment.

The relationship between the Daimyo and Shinto is relatively close.

The Daimyo of the Land of Demons urged the shrine maidens to come back some time ago, and now it seems like he has taken over some hot yam, and he wants to send the shrine maidens here in a hurry.

Who knows what happened between him and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

The affairs of big shots should be decided by big shots themselves.

The secretary nodded and bowed and left.

After closing the door, the office was silent.

After a long time, the sound of pen writing came.

I don't know when, his disciples have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Orochimaru is obsessed with taboo research, and eventually extends his criminal hand to the villagers of Konoha and defected.

After losing her lover and relatives, Tsunade suffered from hemophobia and left Konoha.

As for the remaining Jiraiya, although he did not directly declare that he had revoked his identity as a Konoha ninja.

But since I don't know when, the mark of the ninja forehead on his forehead has changed from Konoha to "Oil".

The meaning contained in it, the third generation Hokage did not want to think carefully.

But Jiraiya's actions directly put the facts in front of him.

He was not there when the Nine-Tails attacked the village.

He was not there when Naruto grew up.

He was still not there for the Konoha collapse plan.

Until his death, his only contribution was to pass on information about the Akatsuki organization to Tsunade Senju, who was the Fifth Hokage at the time.

He is a hero, rather than a fool being pushed forward by a toad.

It's like Obito being manipulated by Uchiha Madara.

However, Jiraiya was luckier. The toad only brainwashed him and did not induce him to do anything inhuman.

Jiraiya, you want to let Orochimaru go back to the past.

But I didn’t realize that I had also changed.

For the sake of the Child of Destiny, he would give up the battlefield without hesitation and train the three Nagatos by himself for more than a year.

For the child of destiny, he would try his best to send his student to the position of Hokage.

For the sake of the child of destiny, he could ignore too many things.

"I am Jiraiya, the white-haired boy from Mt. Myoboku, Toad Sage. Kid, who are you?"

Jiraiya pretended to be serious and put on a posture in front of Uzumaki Naruto, without showing any sign of the obscene appearance he had just made when he peeped into the women's restroom.

"Hmph, I should say he is a lustful fairy, right?"

Naruto taunted.

The noisy appearance of the two made many civilians around them look disgusted.

One is the demon fox in the village, and the other is a perverted ninja who peeks into the women's bathhouse.

Neither of them is a good guy.

"Are we going to go ahead with the plan?"

Jirobo asked.

"Execute, why not execute it! Are you afraid of Jirobo?"

Tayuya is not timid at all.

The word fear does not exist in the irascible kunoichi's dictionary.

"But, Orochimaru-sama"

Before they finished speaking, several people's expressions changed.

"Shut up, idiot Jirobo! Lord Orochimaru will not die!"

Tayuya cursed.

"Do you want to die?!"

She had a seal on her hand, and she seemed ready to deal with the traitor Jirobo at any time.

This guy is as loyal to Orochimaru as Kimimaro.

However, he is just a little too crazy, and he is ready to take action if he disagrees.

Jirobo smiled sarcastically and stopped talking.

He was usually very concerned about Tayuya's swear words, and would often advise Tayuya not to use swear words, but in this case, it was appropriate for her to curse a few times.

"Shut up, Kabuto, do you think we should continue with our plan?"

Sakon asked.

Before Kimimaro died of illness, he served as the strategist, or commander, of the five sound-nin group.

After Kimimaro died of a blood-stained illness, he took over the position of captain of the five-man Oto-nin group. During the Great Ninja War, he led the team to help Orochimaru a lot.

Kabuto Yakushi was silent for a while and pushed up his glasses.

"We should wait for Lord Orochimaru's order."

He spoke softly.

"But my lord has already entered the dormant period. Can we make up for it in time?"

The Sound Ninja Team knew very well that their master could not die so easily, and his apparent death now was just paving the way for his rebirth a few years later.

But the only important point is that Lord Orochimaru has entered the reincarnation time in advance. How should they carry out the current plan to collapse Konoha? !

You can't just leave the Sand Ninja here and ignore it, right?

Although there is no problem in doing so.

Kabuto Yakushi smiled.

"Lord Orochimaru has his own plan, we just need to carry out the mission."

"Kabuto, you are still so smart."

Orochimaru praised in a hoarse voice. (End of chapter)