Orochimaru had only met the White Snake Sage once. Ryuchi Cave wasn't particularly friendly to him, which was different from Jiraiya.
In Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya received guidance from the toads. It could be said that at least one-third of Jiraiya's growth to his current level was thanks to Mount Myōboku.
As for Orochimaru, his relationship with Ryuchi Cave was merely a cooperative one. He did indeed need the great snakes as a combat force, but Orochimaru was mostly taught by Hiruzen.
"Heh heh, to expel the external, one must first pacify the internal. If they are not sensible, then we will destroy them all."
"But if Ryuchi Cave behaves well, I can't do anything to them, and besides, the Natural Energy they absorb has already reached its limit." Kazuki chuckled softly, showing no doubt about Orochimaru's stance.
After all, Ryuchi Cave had brought trouble upon itself.
"Actually, there's no need to cut down all the mountains. We just need to dig a trench near the mountains to allow water vapor to be transported through. As long as water vapor can be transported to a certain extent, we can create a large river to transport rainwater to the Land of Wind. I believe the Land of Wind wouldn't miss such an opportunity. If they are unwilling to dig canals themselves, then they have no value in being saved." Kazuki sneered.
Kazuki wasn't spouting nonsense. There truly were people who would act this way. They might even believe that your help was something you were obligated to do, while they simply enjoyed the benefits. There were quite a few such people.
"Do they need to save themselves?" Tobirama nodded thoughtfully, highly agreeing with Kazuki's words.
If those people didn't even want to save themselves, then what was the point of saving them?
"So, the Land of Wind, which has always been obsessed with invading Konoha, should actually be invading the Land of Rain instead." Tsunade sighed with emotion.
"Didn't the Second Great Ninja War begin with all the Great Nations declaring war on the Land of Rain? Among them, the Land of Wind was the most serious. Sunagakure probably really wanted to take over the Land of Rain, right?"
Orochimaru's expression was subtle, but at that time, both the Land of Rain and Sunagakure were simply beaten up by Kazuki. This temporarily dispelled the Land of Wind's possibility of taking over the Land of Rain.
It was likely that at that time, Sunagakure understood that Konoha would not sit idly by and watch them take over the Land of Rain. This was only natural, as the Land of Rain not only had abundant water but also top-tier refining technology in the Ninja World.
How could Konoha tolerate the Land of Wind devouring the Land of Rain?
Moreover, small nations inherently served as buffer zones between the Five Great Nations. Once war broke out, small nations would almost certainly become battlefields for the various Great Nations.
"We cannot let them take it, and besides, the Land of Wind may not even be able to take over the Land of Rain." Kazuki snorted.
Even though he had easily defeated Hanzō, it didn't mean Hanzō was weak.
In Sunagakure, no one could defeat Hanzō in a one-on-one fight. If Sunagakure wanted to take over the Land of Rain, it would be impossible without sacrificing five or six thousand ninjas.
Iwagakure and Konoha probably wouldn't sit idly by and watch Sunagakure grow too powerful. Sunagakure wouldn't allow itself to incur such massive losses.
"It just depends on whether the Kage and Daimyō of those nations agree." Kazuki snorted lightly, he was almost fearless now.
"Whoever doesn't will be annihilated then." Tobirama nodded in deep agreement.
"By the way, can you investigate the whereabouts of Madara?" Hashirama then asked.
"Since we have already fought the Ōtsutsuki, it's time to end our dispute with Madara. I believe if we tell him the truth, he will definitely support us."
Kazuki fell silent upon hearing this.
After a long hesitation, he said, "Previously, I planned to have Madara stir up trouble secretly in the Ninja World. We would integrate the overt forces of the Ninja World, while Madara would act as the mastermind behind the scenes, organizing a group of people dissatisfied with the Ninja World to oppose us."
Tobirama's eyes lit up, and he agreed enthusiastically, "Ah, yes, that's exactly what we should do. Madara, would absolutely be playing his true self in such a role. He should be a villain, though I don't know if his current body can support him continuing to be a villain."
"Actually, you could kill Madara, and then I could revive him using the Edo Tensei, and then we could control Madara to do whatever we want. At that time, we would portray him as the mastermind who wants to destroy the Ninja World, constantly disrupting the peace of the Ninja World. You just need to appear when necessary and occasionally obstruct him."
"Isn't that a bit unfair to Madara?" Hashirama weakly objected.
Regardless of what Madara was plotting, Hashirama trusted him. He believed that Madara was still pursuing peace.
Treating Madara as a behind-the-scenes mastermind, what kind of idea was that?
"Isn't there also Danzo? Many people in the Ninja World now know that he stole Edo Tensei. How about we make Danzo the mastermind?"
Kazuki actually looked down on Danzo and didn't believe that he had the qualifications to be the mastermind of the Ninja World.
Such roles were usually taken by Madara, Black Zetsu, Kaguya, and Hagoromo, weren't they?
Did Danzo truly qualify?
He was nothing more than a rat in the sewers, although in the hearts of many, Danzo was the darkness of Konoha, the darkness of the Ninja World. Of course, without the help of Konoha's resources back then, he wouldn't have been able to achieve these things.
He just found Danzo annoying and unsatisfactory.
Kazuki wanted Danzo to stir up trouble secretly, but what Danzo was doing now wasn't particularly satisfying to him.
He seemed to have connected with Fugaku, but what Kazuki wanted was for Danzo to establish a rogue ninja organization on the level of the future Akatsuki. If he could collude with Kirigakure and Iwagakure, that would be even better.
It's just that Danzo lacked the ability. He had a jutsu like Edo Tensei, but he didn't do anything with it.
You deserve not to become Hokage!