He was in Konoha, and his domineering aura was overflowing.

Although I do give orders for the village's ninjas to use suicide charges, those are necessary sacrifices for victory!

Subsequent events proved their decision to be correct, with Iwagakure Village achieving victory after victory.

That damned old Zi, how dare he spout such nonsense about himself!

"It's just a manifestation of your incompetence."

Onoki went crazy.

"You bastard who made the village spend so much money to redeem you, how dare you say such a thing! Do you know how much the village sacrificed for you! If that money had been used for the construction of Rock Hidden Village..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lao Zi interrupted him rudely, sarcastically saying, "Used for village construction? I wouldn't dare hear you say that!"

He knew this dwarf better than anyone. First, he acknowledged that Iwagakure had indeed spent a lot of money on him and the tailed beast on him. Second, if that money were still in Iwagakure, Onoki wouldn't have used it for infrastructure development, but would have instead invested heavily in building up his army.

This has been Onoki's consistent strategy since he took control of Iwagakure.

If there aren't enough geniuses, cannon fodder will do.

It would be worth sacrificing five hundred ninjas if we could take down the genius on the other side!

Onoki was furious. He emphasized that his strategy was the most suitable for Iwagakure, the path for them to defeat Konoha and reach the pinnacle.

"So, did we win?" Old Purple retorted. "When have we ever won against Konoha in a direct battle? Your strategy is completely useless! A waste of resources!"

Inhale, exhale.

Onoki felt that if things continued like this, his heart condition would flare up.

Damn it, what's wrong with this bastard? His brain works so fast.

He realized with a start that he absolutely could not follow his lead!

"And what about you? What have you done for the village? You've even wasted a lot of the village's resources!"

Old Purple looked at him with a strange expression: "I am the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and I am skilled in using the power of Dream Fighting."

I won't nitpick about anything else, but with me standing here, do you dare say I'm wasting a lot of the village's resources?

If you've got the guts, try pulling out the four tails. If you can do that, I'll lie down on the ground and wait for you to do it.

"Hmph, in any case, my will will not change. Rock Hidden Village must change. I will use my will to sweep across the skies above Rock Hidden Village, urging everyone to persevere and move forward without slackening!"

Old Zi issued his final ultimatum.

Such scenes have frequently played out in Yan Yin's office over the past two years.

The Iwagakure ninjas discovered that Rōshi had changed completely ever since he returned from Konoha.

He began to frequently pay attention to children who were bullied from a young age, especially orphans, and even the descendants of fallen heroes suffered discrimination and bullying in the ninja world.

By reviewing history, he discovered that when Hashirama Senju, the first Hokage and God of Shinobi, was still alive in Konoha, none of the other four great ninja villages dared to start a war.

Even the four great ninja villages at that time formed an alliance on a practical level, tacitly resisting the pressure from Konoha.

That was the most peaceful time in the ninja world.

Finally, he came to a conclusion.

As long as there is a will at the head of Rock Hidden Village, a will that is above everyone else, anyone who disobeys will be killed or forcibly instilled with that will.

It attacks everyone indiscriminately.

Once a goal is set, everyone's attention will be drawn to that goal, and a certain degree of peace can be achieved!

He was weak and could not possess the terrifying power that the original God of Shinobi had, which could influence the entire shinobi world. However, his strength was still among the top in Iwagakure, especially after his transformation and return to Iwagakure from Konoha.

In the entire Hidden Stone Village, only the Tsuchikage surpasses him in raw strength. If they were to fight, even the Tsuchikage would not be able to defeat him.

This is also why Onoki was helpless against him.

I fought them, but I didn't win completely.

They could only watch helplessly as he unleashed the domineering will he had comprehended in Yanyin Village.

As it turned out, his theory was correct. In the past two years, most of the attention in Yanyin Village has been focused on him. Those who were keen on bullying others have been taught a lesson by him to some extent, and all eyes are now on him.

But that's not enough.

He knew that as long as the inherent weaknesses of Yanyin Village remained, this situation would be broken when he grew old or someone surpassed him in strength.

Therefore, he needs money, lots and lots of money! Money to improve the village!

To this end, while spreading his will of dominance throughout the village, he also had the ninjas gathered around him conduct a major investigation into the nobles of the Land of Earth.

In a few blinks, they arrived at the precipitous cliff behind Yanyin Village, gazing at the distant green beyond the village.

silence.

In terms of talent and strength, he was far inferior to that child whose talent surpassed that of everyone in the ninja world. Over the years, he had often heard rumors about him.

His strength and age were the most prominent features, followed by his methods with the nobility.

Everyone was speculating about how much money he had gotten from the nobles.

He was curious too.

So, for the sake of the village, for that future where everyone sees themselves as a goal to surpass, approach, or defeat and replace, Igogen-kun! I will learn from you little by little!

"Four-tailed Fox, help me."

"You're saying too much."

Inside the sealed space, the much more relaxed Four-Tails grinned: "Moreover, I'm also very curious about the future you described."

For the past thousand years, the tailed beasts have been free, and any humans who dare to disturb them will be crushed into dust and mincemeat.

Only two outliers emerged in the last era; otherwise, the Tailed Beasts' carefree days could have continued.

Later, it was captured by humans and stuffed into the stomach of a so-called human jinchūriki, which made it quite agitated.

Although the situation is still the same, life is much more interesting than before.

Now I know why some humans enjoy cricket fighting and beetle fighting. These little gadgets are really fun. Who researched them?

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Caoyin Village.

Sakumo Hatake frowned, his facial muscles shrinking like a dehydrated orange.

As a traditional ninja who is not so traditional, it is understandable that Isogen is too bloodthirsty, as long as he does not attack the villagers.

Even if it involves violence against villagers, as long as no one dies, everything is negotiable.

They can maintain contact with ninjas from other ninja villages.

Honestly, if this person wasn't Isogen, he would have reason to suspect any other Jonin in the village.

But the fifty strings... can only be described as universally acclaimed.

Even so, he was still worried that Isogen would be deceived, after all, ninjas were combat personnel who specialized in intelligence work.

"No, he's a very nice person. He even gave gifts to the nobles of my Land of Earth. I plan to go there and buy some local specialties later."

Orochimaru's eyes lit up when he heard "local specialty".

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Chapter 87 Parent-Child Rice Bowl

We won't go into the details of what the Land of Earth's local specialties are.

At present, the handling of the case in Kusakabe Village is more worthy of further consideration.

Kusagakure is, after all, a ninja village hidden in the Land of Grass. Although it is weak, it has all the necessary merchants and commoners.

Furthermore, given their location at the border of the two countries, which allows for greater flexibility, it's almost certain that after suffering such a significant loss, they will head towards Yan Yin Village.

So, under the watchful eyes of the person in Kusagakure who could make this decision, Isogakure gave orders to the trained Iwagakure ninja.

"Just so you know, if anyone from the Land of Earth appears with a rosy complexion, you're doomed!"

The hidden ninja nodded repeatedly.

The speed of his statement puzzled those present.

Even if three out of the four people from Konoha who appear here could instantly kill all of you, you don't need to be so afraid, right?

The young people in our village all dare to rebel.

If the Iwagakure ninja present knew this, they would only awaken their Byakugan.

Two years ago, they would have bravely charged the enemy.

Ignorance breeds fearlessness.

However, this courage had long since ceased in the past two years when Isogen would occasionally go out and unleash his Conqueror's Haki in various ways, thus ending his ability to release it in a wide area.

They were ninjas from Iwagakure who patrolled the border. They had witnessed a mountain peak that was originally located at the border between the two countries turn into a basin after Isogen left.

You expect us to deal with a monster like this?

Let's discuss how to assassinate the Third Hokage.

Ninjas are human too.

The idea that ninjas are emotionless, cold-blooded assassins is pure nonsense.

If ninjas were truly that powerful, then the major ninja villages should be like Kumogakure, whose name is written as "ninja village" but read as "gangster village," with very few rogue ninjas.

Even the Gold and Silver Brothers who launched the surprise attack when Konoha and Kumogakure signed the agreement were not traitors in essence. Well, although they killed the Second Raikage, their starting point was that they thought the Second Raikage was weak.

He betrayed his leader, but not his village.

So their attitude toward the Fifty Strings Song is like this... They don't think there's anything wrong with flattery, as long as the village doesn't directly issue the attack order, their behavior is in accordance with everything.

"Next, I will present a portion of my research findings."

Ishigaki puffed out his chest, like a child showing off his new toy.

Of course, he was a child after all.

"I named it Precision Targeted Detonation. As the name suggests, this technique involves targeting a specific group of people and detonating the explosives."

"The principle is also very simple: it is to further identify the chakra owner's relatives through the information contained in the chakra."

"You can also call it by another name: Oyako Donburi (chicken and egg rice bowl)!"

Upon hearing of the explosion, everyone was uninterested and did not react.

Explosions, detonating tags—ninjas are all too familiar with those.

Hearing the information contained within the chakra, he identified his relatives.

Everyone stared wide-eyed.

No, what did you say?

Before disbelief and fear could fully develop, the people of Caoyin Village were still mostly confused.

However, the next second, they came to their senses.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Like popping the cork of a wine bottle, rhythmic popping sounds echoed throughout Kusagakure Village.

They were in the streets, rooms, basements, lawns, forests, rivers... everywhere people lived in Kusakabe Village.

Some people watched as the person standing next to them had a red glow in their stomach, and the next second the person exploded, leaving their abdominal cavity empty, like a wall being punched through during a new house renovation, allowing them to see through the hole in the explosion to the other side.

"Ugh!"

Unable to hold back any longer, Uzumaki Rinne covered her mouth and, accompanied by Hinata Mizuki, turned around and squatted down to begin her physiological response.

Orochimaru's feelings at this moment were complicated.

Even after years of continuous research, he remains a model youth of Konoha, deeply influenced by the Will of Fire.