It was interesting to say that in this life, Itachi had never come into contact with Akatsuki, but the battle between him and Orochimaru was delayed!
Moreover, more people knew about it, which also brought great prestige to Itachi.
As for the unlucky Orochimaru, it was difficult to escape the punishment of losing an arm, but the problem was not big. With Orochimaru's scientific technology, it was not difficult for him to connect an arm to himself, at most, it was not very useful.
However, Aoba was thinking, should he add another fire to Orochimaru to make him move faster?
But on second thought, he still decided to wait for Orochimaru for a while. When this guy really couldn't figure out anything, he would use his identity as the 'savior' to guide Orochimaru on a bright path.
This also saved Orochimaru from thinking of getting rid of him, and he would do it alone.
Then, with a plop, he interrupted his thoughts.
After doing a thousand push-ups with all his might, he finally couldn't hold on any longer and directly lay on the ground, gasping for breath.
"Rest for half an hour and learn the sealing technique," Aoba said as he looked at his empty wrist.
After all, he was not a devil. Everyday, he gave Karin time to train and a full 8 hours of sleep and rest time. However, since he invested so much time and energy and money, of course he had to see the return.
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At the same time, Orochimaru was more decisive than Aoba imagined.
After returning to the Otogakure, he did not start to study Sharingan, because just this little bit of material could not support his research at all.
Therefore, he only used the immature cloning technology to connect an arm to himself.
Then, he directly set off for Land of Wind.
In order to obtain more Sharingan, the best way to get rid of Uchiha Clan once and for all.
However, after a painful lesson, Orochimaru knew that he and his forces alone could not do this.
He needed help!
After fighting with Akatsuki, the only helpers he could find were the other villages.
After the internal strife, Kirigakure was severely lacking in strength, and he eliminated the first one.
Onoki was an old fox. It was difficult for the two sides to trust each other. They might even be stabbed in the back. Therefore, unless it was absolutely necessary, they would definitely not choose to cooperate with him.
In the remaining Kumogakure and Sunagakure, Kumogakure was too strong and was watched by many people. He might not be willing to tear up the peace agreement and attack Konoha.
Only Sunagakure was the poorest, and also the best to use.
There was no large force that coveted Konoha's fertile land and resources more than Sunagakure!
One of the great five great Ninja Village actually had to rely on Kazekage to accumulate Sand Gold to sell to maintain their domestic life.
Orochimaru was very confident that he could trick Fourth Kazekage, and conspire with him, Konoha.
Only by defeating Konoha would he have the chance to use Sunagakure to directly destroy Uchiha Clan.
As the saying goes, greed makes people crazy. Not only did Orochimaru eat the bait that Aoba threw out, he also swallowed all of it.
It was estimated that even Aoba, who threw out the bait, did not expect that the development would suddenly speed up so much, which also caught him off guard. After all, according to his original plan, he was ready to seize the position of Hokage two years later.
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A month later, a piece of heavy news came out of the oven.
In order to show the peaceful and friendly relationship between Suna and Konoha, Sunagakure would have to work together to prepare a century-long goal - Chunin Exam!
The time was on the 1st of July, and the location was placed on Konoha.
At that time, not only would the examinees from Suna head to Konoha, but they would also welcome the students from the other villages to register and participate!
This news could be said to have shocked countless people. The main point was not the joint Chunin Exam, but the news revealed by Sunagakure.
In any case, it was still one of the five great villages. Was there a need to rush to curry favor with Konoha?
Even if you are poor, you have to be poor and have dignity!
What benefits did Konoha give you to make you cooperate so much?
Did you want to follow Konoha's lead? Where is your integrity?
After the other three villages received Konoha's invitation, they all revealed disdainful sneers. It was obvious that they were not prepared to let their own people participate in this bullshit joint Chunin Exam.
If they sent someone over, wouldn't they indirectly acknowledge Konoha's position?
Therefore, each of the shadows replied that they could participate, but the venue of the event had to be with them!
Although Konoha had already said that the next session could be arranged in turns to be held in other Ninja Villages, no one was willing to give in. The meaning was very clear. What should be fought had to be fought. Otherwise, you can play by yourselves. Forgive us for not keeping you company!
After all, not everyone had no integrity and no backbone like Sunagakure. Did they forget all the beatings they had suffered before?
Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure were all angered half to death by Sunagakure's actions, but there was nothing they could do.
They could only secretly contact Sunagakure. They wanted to stop the joint Chunin Exam and also promised to Kazekage. As long as he changed the location of the joint Chunin Exam to them, there would be great benefits!
Even Kirigakure, who was busy with its own affairs, promised a lot of empty checks. When the time came, whether he could take them out or not would be another matter. He would first trick them over.
But what made them extremely angry was that Sunagakure seemed to have hardened its heart and wanted to cling to Konoha's thigh, not changing his mind no matter what.
It even helped Konoha publicize it, which made many of the little villages moved. They rubbed their palms together and wanted to make a name for themselves in this joint Chunin Exam.
After all, fame was very important for Ninja Village. With fame, it could attract people who came because of fame to issue missions, and with a mission, there would be money. With money, it could develop better.
Previously, other than Konoha, the few big Ninja Villages had also developed through this method, so the small Ninja Village like them naturally had a chance to rise up.
Otherwise, even if they had the strength, it would be useless. Who would recognize it?
Therefore, Konoha suddenly became the center of attention for the entire Ninja World.
The importance that Sarutobi placed on this matter could be seen from the number of meetings he had been in these past few days. This was a good opportunity for Konoha to return to his peak. He absolutely could not drag anyone down, let alone allow anyone to destroy it!
Because once there was a problem, not only would Konoha not be able to get any benefits from it, he would instead become the laughing stock of the entire Ninja World, so it could not afford to lose anything!
The only flaw was probably that the other three great Ninja Villages would definitely not send people to participate. Otherwise, Sarutobi was confident that he would be able to hold this year's joint Chunin Exam into a grand event that was worthy of being remembered in history, and let everyone acknowledge that Konoha was the boss.
And the sand that was sent to assist also became the most important ally for Konoha at present, without a doubt!