Chapter 171 Orochimaru's Transformation

   "Teacher! This rock ninja team has been wiped out!"

  The frontier border, deep in the woods, Rope Tree walked back slightly excited.

  Orochimaru and a few Konoha ninjas are waiting for him.

   "That's right, you have a really strong talent for water spears. I'll help you get the water to break the waves after you go back."

  Orochimaru reached out and touched Shengshu's head. Although his face looked gloomy, he was already familiar with his Shengshu, but he could easily sense the care and relief in his demeanor.

  Unconsciously, he has been apprenticing to Orochimaru for five years.

   "Let's go, clean up the battlefield, and see if we can get information, as well as the latest developments over Iwagakushi..."

Orochimaru looked to the west, which was the direction of Shayin Village, and thought to himself: "The team led by Tsunade is fighting Shayin, and the situation is easy now, but this is not normal. Three years ago, Shayin suffered heavy losses. , no no..."

   "Teacher, I'll take a look!"

   Joachim, who was still in a state of excitement, heard what he said, and immediately ran to Iwanin, who was on the ground.

   "Wait! Don't be reckless! First..."

  Orochimaru came back to his senses from his thoughts, and saw the figure of Naoshu rushing out again, and just said the reminder.

  Suddenly, a bright light lit up in the darkness, right at the foot of the rope tree!

   "Boom!—"

   A strong explosion engulfed the rope tree.

Orochimaru:"……"

   "rope...tree..."

   He didn't scream or panic, just walked over with a gloomy expression and squatted down beside the **** rope tree.

"I'm very sorry…"

   "Orochimaru... teacher... teacher..."

  Rope tree bleeds from his mouth, and slowly closed his eyes, forever.

  Orochimaru just watched silently without saying a word.

   "Master Orochimaru..."

   The other ninjas dared not approach him, as if they were not facing the commander of this frontline unit, but a raging basilisk.

   "I didn't expect...you would die suddenly."

  Orochimaru's hoarse voice suddenly sounded.

   In this short moment, he remembered many past experiences with this disciple.

  For five years, this child is like a warm flame that melts his cold heart.

  Zhafufu, full of ideals, determined to be Hokage...

  Rope tree is almost the opposite of his character, but like another side of him, he couldn't help but feel close.

   He is a pure pragmatist, but Rope Tree is a complete idealist.

   But Shengshu is always happier than him, because there is such a selfless ideal, Shengshu seems to be shrouded in a layer of brilliance.

   "Ninjas are really fragile."

life…

What exactly is it?

  If you are destined to die, what's the point of coming to this world?

  Orochimaru took out the scroll and sealed the corpse of the rope tree inside.

   then slowly got up, opened his mouth wide, and swallowed the scroll.

  Other Konoha Ninja: "..."

   "Come, follow me to the frontline gathering place of Yanyin."

  Orochimaru, as usual, moves forward at an even speed and maintains the best shot state.

   Only the pair of apricot-yellow snake pupils flickered faintly with the most indifferent light in the world.

   From now on, I, Orochimaru, don’t need fetters, justice, and… villages.

   As long as eternal life!

   I will not die young like my parents were like rope trees.

  I want to learn all ninjutsu, no matter good or evil, right or wrong.

   Even if people all over the world die, let yourself live to the end.

Until then…

   Maybe I can answer that.

   What is the meaning of life?

  …

  The Land of Rain.

"came back?"

When    Yahiko, Nagato and Konan returned to the wooden house, they saw the most familiar scene.

   Under the eaves, Sun Xiang Wuye was lying on the couch, his legs raised high on the windowsill, and he was holding the book "Research on Chakra Stimulating the Growth of Body Parts" in his hand.

   For three years, it seemed that he was always working on this, and occasionally let out a weird laugh.

   "Well, I'm back."

   Yahiko and Nagato tacitly took a step behind Konan and let her walk in the front.

  There is a wooden stool under the window sill. It was originally a couch. Unfortunately, Rixiang Wuye seems to prefer resting his legs on the window sill.

  Xiao Nan walked over to him with a calm expression, sat down on the wooden bench, and took his legs down and placed them on his thighs, forming a fist with his small hand and tapping lightly.

   Yahiko and Nagato turned a blind eye to this.

   "Teacher, today we got rid of the defected ninjas from the three towns in the west..."

  Xiao Nan said, without much ups and downs in his voice.

   Compared with the crispness of three years ago, his voice seems to be much cooler now.

  Rixiang Wuye also thought about it, with his own careful care and company, Xiaonan may become lively.

   but not.

  A person's temperament is mostly derived from innateness, and only a small part is influenced by the day after tomorrow.

  With his care, Xiaonan just acts more relaxedly and maintains the most comfortable life.

   But recently, she has clearly started to get anxious.

   Wuye sighed in his heart.

   Their current experience is nothing to evaluate, because before departure, he had already checked with his eyes in advance.

   And during their actions, there are paper clones with half chakra lurking nearby, just in case.

   Therefore, he saw everything Xiaonan and the others did.

   Including Xiaonan deliberately fell into danger…

   "Are you going to keep doing this?" He suddenly said calmly.

  The three of Yahiko were stunned for a while, unable to understand what he meant.

  Rixiang Wuye glanced at Xiao Nan, lifted his legs from hers, and sat up straight.

"I mean…"

   He hesitated for a moment, glanced at Xiao Nan's gentle and quiet face, and moved away.

   "If I'm not by your side, what are you going to do?"

   His soft words cut through the sky like a bolt of lightning.

  Xiao Nan's face suddenly turned pale, his two little hands were tightly cluttered together, but he slowly let go after deliberately taking a deep breath, and his expression returned to calm.

Yahiko saw all the changes in Xiaonan's face, sighed in his heart, took a step forward, and said to Sun Xiang Wuye seriously: "Teacher, we want to find some like-minded partners, and work with them to change this country and make it stop crying. ."

   Wuye did not nod or shake his head.

   Jiraiya appeared under the eaves at some point, leaning against the wall with his arms folded, wondering what he was thinking.

   In the past three years, many of the ninjutsu suitable for Nagato and Yahiko to learn were personally selected by him.

   There is only Xiaonan, who develops paper secret techniques completely by himself.

   What Nagato, who has Samsara eyes, wants to do, and what kind of changes it will bring to the ninja world, Jiraiya also wants to know.

   "Our organization is not an enemy of Ninja Village, and we do not compete with big countries. We only do things that are good for this country and civilians..."

   Yahiko spoke of his ideals, and his whole person seemed to be shining: "One day, people will understand us, believe in us, and we will go to peace together."

   "How about you?" Wuye asked again.

   Nagato just looked at Yahiko's profile and said softly, "I will always follow Yahiko."

   Xiaonan was silent.

  Hyuga Wuye skipped her and smiled at Yahiko: "Have you thought about the name of the organization?"

   Yahiko was startled, his face turned slightly red: "There are only three people, it's too shameful to name them."

  Xiao Nan suddenly raised his head and said calmly, "Teacher can help us choose an organization name."

   Yahiko and Nagato heard the words and immediately looked at Wuye with anticipation.

  Rixiang Wuye was stunned for a moment, and then the corner of his mouth twitched, as if he had witnessed history.

   "akatsuki, Akatsuki."

  His voice was very soft, but it was like a fire, shining in the boundless darkness.

   "Dawn, the first light that cuts through the night."

  Hyuga Wuye looked at the three of them.

   The sound is soft.

   "If there is no light in this country, then you..."

   "Just be the only light."

   (end of this chapter)