Orochimaru, who was wearing an ordinary kimono, shuttled through the major towns in the land of water alone with a playful face.
Because of the scorpion, he didn't leave the kingdom of water as originally planned, and because there were almost no enemies in the kingdom of water that needed him and the scorpion to deal with together, he didn't stay with the scorpion.
The turmoil in Kirigakure has lasted for a long time.
And this turmoil almost exhausted all of Kirigakure's vitality. The famous blood successor families in Kirigakure, such as Kaguya, Yukiichi, etc., were all wiped out one after another.
Fortunately, the country of water is located in a remote corner, and its neighbors Konoha and Yunyin are in the process of confrontation and peace talks, and they have no energy to take care of other things. Otherwise, it is unknown whether Wuyin Village can survive.
Suddenly, a strong man with a sharp knife stopped Orochimaru's path, with a fierce expression on his face: "Hand over the money!"
Orochimaru stretched out his slender tongue, wiped it slightly on his lips, and said in a hoarse voice: "Idiot who can't even feel the danger, how sad."
The strong man was furious: "You are courting death!"
bang dang...
Before the strong man finished speaking, the sharp blade in his hand slipped from his fingers and fell to the ground.
Looking down with difficulty, he suddenly realized that at some point, a green snake as thin as a finger had bitten his throat firmly.
Orochimaru passed by the strong man, and from the beginning to the end, his hands never left his pockets.
The strong man fell to the ground slumped, breathless.
After wandering around the Land of Water for so long, very few people dare to find trouble with Orochimaru, because even the most infamous Kirigakure ninja can feel the chilly aura on Orochimaru that no strangers should get close to.
Only a pure civilian murderer like a strong man would foolishly step forward to seek death.
It can also be seen from this that the turmoil in the country of water is not limited to the ninja class, the lives of the common people have also been seriously affected, and the whole country of water can be said to be in chaos.
Walking through a corner, Orochimaru stopped suddenly, his eyes were attracted by a garbage dump in the corner.
In front of the garbage dump, a child in ragged clothes was squatting on the ground, tearing up a small ball of blackened bread and distributing it to several thin wild cats. The little wild cats meowed, showing incomparable affection for the child.
"Hey, what a nice chakra!"
Orochimaru licked his tongue, and walked slowly towards the garbage dump.
The sudden approach of Orochimaru made the child feel afraid. He curled up and wanted to hide in the corner, but when he thought of the little wild cats under his feet, he gritted his teeth and opened his arms to protect the little wild cats.
Orochimaru looked at the scrawny child in front of him, then glanced at the crumbs of bread the child fed to the wild cats, and asked, "What's your name?"
The child replied cautiously, "My name is Bai."
Staring at Shiro's pure and clean eyes, Orochimaru shook his head, then turned and left.
The child was skinny, and he distributed the little food left to the little wild cat. Even if he had good chakra, such a kind child was not suitable to be a ninja, so just looking at each other, Orochimaru gave up the idea of taking the child away.
But after walking a few steps, he stopped suddenly, because he remembered the child named Chongwu.
Chongwu is a child who can absorb natural energy, and it is precisely because of this child that another experiment called "Curse Seal" has been added to the research project of Orochimaru.
Looking back at Bai, Orochimaru murmured: "Maybe such a pure child can carry that kind of power."
At this moment, a figure landed beside Orochimaru, he was none other than Orochimaru's partner Xie.
Xie slightly glanced at the thin and small Shiro in the corner of his eyes, without stopping his gaze, turned to Orochimaru and said, "Let's go, the person I'm looking for has appeared!"
Orochimaru smiled and said, "Are you sure you're looking for a person, not a corpse?"
Scorpion gritted his teeth and said, "I will turn him into a corpse!"
Orochimaru rarely sees Xie so annoyed, so he pretends to be casual and asks: "Who are you looking for? I don't have the time to follow you around!"
"A ninja from Konoha!"
The country of the wind.
With the help of Kusanagi, after a month, Hyuga Kyou finally found the traces of the survivors of Loulan.
After turning over a sand dune, Kusanagi Kamino Ryulan pointed to the conspicuous oasis at the far end, and said to Hyuga Kage, "The survivors of Loulan you're looking for are right there!"
Hyuga Kyou looked over and saw a caravan parked around the oasis. Sparse figures were coming and going in the workshop, some were fetching water in the oasis, some were looking after camels and sheep, and some were cooking fire.
Frowning, Hyuga Kyou asked doubtfully, "Why are there only so few people?"
The entire convoy next to the oasis is only two or three hundred people, far below Hyuga Kyou's expectations. In his opinion, there may not be many Loulan survivors, but it shouldn't be so small that there are only two or three hundred left.
A local guide brought by Kusunin quickly explained to Hyuga Kyou: "Since the Loulan City was abandoned, these Loulan survivors have lost their livelihoods, walking and dying, and now that's all that's left."
Hyuga Kyou asked again: "Even if there is no town, their life will not be so miserable, right?"
Just as the guide was about to explain, he suddenly saw something, so he pointed to the far end: "Look!"
Hyuga Kyou looked in the direction of the guide's finger, and saw two shinja ninjas coming to the oasis and negotiating with the Loulan survivors there.
The two sides seemed a little unhappy. After a quarrel, the two ninjas of Sha Yin left the oasis, and their figures gradually disappeared in the wind and sand.
Hyuga mirror asked, "Why did the ninja of Sand Hidden appear here?"
The guide said with emotion: "I heard that Sha Yin has been collecting taxes from these Loulan survivors. The two Sha Yin ninjas just now should be the ninjas who came to collect taxes."
After thinking about it for a while, Hyuga Kyou understood Sand Yin's intention.
How much tax can a team of two or three hundred people collect
Shayin did this, firstly, using this as an excuse to monitor the survivors of Loulan. Secondly, it may be hoped that through economic pressure, the survivors of Loulan will completely submit to Shayin Village.
In this way, Sha Yin can legitimately occupy the dragon's veins.
Hyuga Kyou thinks these small actions of Sagakure are normal. After all, if Sagakushi doesn’t care about such a huge source of chakra like dragon veins, it is really abnormal!
Long Lan of Kusanagi asked: "Mr. Mu, do you need to go over and confirm the person you are looking for?"
Hyuga Kyou shook his head: "No need."
Long Lan said: "In that case, what about our commission this time?"
Hyuga Mirror didn't say much, and directly handed over the final payment of the entrustment to Long Lan...
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