Actually, when he saw Orochimaru summon snakes, the Fourth Raikage had already anticipated the situation.
He wasn't stupid. When the other side had an extra boost, the balance of attack and defense had already shifted.
Whether regarding the current Orochimaru or the future Konoha, Kumogakure's strategy had to change.
But... this is strange!
If Kumogakure had the support of Ryuuchi Cave, they would never waste time here. Instead, they would look for an opportunity to launch a lightning strike and take down the powerful enemy Konoha in one go.
But Orochimaru didn't do that.
He deliberately exposed his whereabouts, jumped into the encirclement himself, and then, before the war started, showed his trump card to Kumogakure, avoiding the fighting.
Orochimaru is right, he is very sincere, so sincere to Kumogakure that it's strange.
Thinking back to the previous battle, he chose to seriously injure himself when he could have killed the Raikage, which is confusing.
The Fourth Raikage felt more and more that he couldn't understand Orochimaru.
This probing, apart from learning some information about Ryuuchi Cave, still revealed nothing about Orochimaru's thoughts.
But as the leader of his village, he doesn't have time to dwell on the reasons.
Since he can't be enemies with Konoha, then he will target the mastermind behind the scenes.
"Your sincerity, I have seen it."
Although admitting that he is inferior, the Fourth Raikage was unwilling to admit defeat and said in a muffled voice,
"The agreement can be discussed later. You said Guroya was controlled by a mind trick. That's not just a guess, right?"
Orochimaru nodded slightly, and didn't comment on the Raikage's attitude. He had already gained the substance, and the superficial things didn't matter, so he said, "When Hiashi killed Guroya, the Byakugan clearly captured unusual Chakra in his brain."
"Then after so long, has Konoha found out who did it?"
The Fourth Raikage asked knowingly, "Could it be that with Konoha's abilities, you haven't found out after all this time?"
"Tsk tsk... That's not the case." Orochimaru's mouth curved slightly. "I met the mastermind behind the scenes. He has a strange time-space Ninjutsu."
He roughly described Obito's abilities, but didn't reveal everything, only saying that it was similar to 'Flying Thunder God' in its long-distance movement.
But even so, it made the Fourth Raikage frown, and he instantly understood how Torune died.
Having fought against Minato Namikaze, he knew how difficult powerful ninja possessing time-space Ninjutsu were to deal with.
"In order to prevent the enemy from repeating the same trick, Konoha is upgrading the village's barrier and sealing formulas."
Orochimaru said meaningfully, "Soon, it will make him have nowhere to escape."
"..."
The Fourth Raikage was silent for a long time before suddenly saying,
"Kumogakure can sign this agreement, but in exchange, we want to share Konoha's sealing technique results."
Preventing that mysterious ninja was secondary; he was clearly retaliating against Konoha. Kumogakure was just caught in the crossfire.
But Orochimaru's danger cannot be ignored.
Kumogakure cannot survive by relying on his unprovoked goodwill; that is a way to court death.
"Tsk... This is an additional condition."
Orochimaru rested his chin on his hand, with a playful expression, "Extra conditions require extra costs. If you want to add this to the agreement, Kumogakure needs to exchange it for all the sealing techniques you have in your collection."…
The Fourth Raikage frowned, "Isn't Konoha's Sharingan enough with the Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques?"
Orochimaru shook his head, "You can never have too much knowledge. It's also great as a collection."
Compared to the Four Symbols Sealing, Kumogakure's iron armor sealing effect is indeed weak. Gyuki often easily breaks the seal, requiring successive Raikage to reseal it.
But it should be known that the Uzumaki Clan is needed to maximize the power of the Four Symbols Sealing, and the same is true for other things like 'Adamantine Sealing Chains'.
In comparison, Kumogakure and Kirigakure's sealing techniques can show extremely strong binding force when used on ordinary people, which is very valuable for reference.
"..."
The Fourth Raikage didn't hesitate for too long this time and quickly nodded in agreement.
Unlike other Ninjutsu, sealing techniques and barrier techniques are more inclined to defense. Now that Konoha is so strong, they are just a burden in the short term and don't count as helping the enemy.
Moreover, the Raikage didn't think that his own sealing techniques had any advantage over Konoha's.
"Very good."
Orochimaru's mouth curved slightly, and he nodded to the person behind him, "Now that we have reached a consensus, let's sign the agreement directly."
The Fourth Raikage naturally had no objections.
At the same time, in a laboratory somewhere in Konoha.
A white snake slowly woke up from a corner of the room and lazily swam to the figure sitting with crossed legs, flicking its forked tongue.
Yakushi Kabuto, who was originally training, suddenly opened his eyes. He glanced at the white snake and, rarely, showed a sincere smile.
Then, instantly, he disappeared from where he was.
…
It was late at night, the moonlight was bleak, and a dim and yellow half-moon was faintly visible in the dark clouds.
After Yakushi Kabuto came out of the laboratory, he ran wildly all the way. Before long, he arrived at the Root base.
He had lurked under Danzo for many years and was familiar with various rules and regulations. Although the Root ninja responsible for guarding and defense had changed, they were still within the rules, which could be guessed. Not to mention that he was already different from what he used to be.
Crack...
Easily breaking a Root ninja's spine, Yakushi Kabuto formed a hand seal, and earth and stone surged up, swallowing him into the ground, leaving no trace.
In this underground darkness, the killing was silent but efficient.
Faced with Yakushi Kabuto's sudden attack, Root's reaction was a bit slow. It wasn't until four or five Root ninja teams were lost that they confirmed the enemy attack.
But it was already too late. Under the guidance of the white snake, Yakushi Kabuto had already arrived at the depths of the Root base and found Danzo's location.
Boom!
With a loud noise, thousands of earth spears shot out like electricity, turning a small building embedded in the mountain rock into a hedgehog.
The building collapsed, dust rose, and in the smoke, Danzo fled in a panic, his face extremely gloomy.
But he couldn't afford to be angry. The rock layers above his head, the ground beneath him, the surrounding rock layers... one sharp spike after another frantically emerged as if they had a life of their own, pressing in from all directions with a must-kill determination.
Danzo struggled from left to right, fleeing in a panic, but soon fell into danger, his eyes scanning all directions fiercely like a hungry wolf.
"Protect Danzo-sama!"
"The enemy is on the plaza..."
"..."
With the interference and support of the Root ninja, Danzo finally gained some breathing space. His eyes fell on the center of the underground plaza, and his face suddenly changed,
"Kabuto, it's actually you!?"
Sage Mode turned Yakushi Kabuto's body pale, but his body didn't change as drastically as in the original timeline, and he was recognized at a glance.
Seeing that the ant that he could have crushed with one finger before now possessed such powerful power, Danzo couldn't tell whether it was shock and fear, or jealousy and greed. He was furious and shouted sharply,
"You dare to kill my Root ninja, you are really audacious! Doing such a thing, Orochimaru can't protect you."
"Danzo-sama, isn't it ridiculous to say this now?"
Yakushi Kabuto strolled leisurely through the Root ninja's attacks, a smile on his lips. "I'm here to seek revenge from you."
Revenge?
Hearing this word, Danzo's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly thought of the invasion a month ago, and said angrily,
"Orochimaru, did Orochimaru send you here?"
"Tsk... This really makes me angry. It seems that Danzo-sama has already forgotten."
Yakushi Kabuto pointed to himself, "My name is Kabuto, but before that, I had a last name."
"The benefactor who gave me my last name is named Yakushi Nono."
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