Escape From Konoha Chapter 387

  Chapter 387 Lituo Kingdom

  Standing on the edge of the cliff, from here you can overlook the center where rocky mountains and deserts converge, and it is an oasis full of vitality.

   Crossing the border of the desolate land of the wind, even for a character like Orochimaru, it is inevitable that the scenery will be monotonous.

   Now seeing the oasis of life in the rocky mountains and deserts, he couldn't help but smiled with relief: "I finally arrived at the destination. If this place hadn't been specially sent to pay attention, it would be easy to be overlooked."

  His skin is as transparent and fair as a candle, his long black hair hangs down, and his yellow snake pupils reveal a look of excitement.

  Beside him, a long and slender figure suddenly descended from the sky, wearing a red cloud outfit with a black background. The moment he landed, the paper wings on his back turned into white butterflies flying in the air, and he didn't know where he went.

   It is Xiaonan.

   "Just judging from the environment we are in, it is indeed a very remote country."

   Xiaonan looked at the small oasis between the rock and the desert. There was a city built by humans, which was the destination of their trip.

  "Because of its isolation, there are very few decent records about this country in the literature of the five major countries. Most of them describe this country from the side in the form of poetry. According to the ancient literature I have deciphered, it is known that the Immortal of the Six Paths stayed in this country for a long time a thousand years ago. This is the country of peace and beauty—the country of Lituo."

   Orochimaru stood there talking eloquently.

   Konan nodded slightly. Although he didn't like Orochimaru very much, his pursuit of knowledge and truth was obviously different from ordinary ninjas.

   She has never heard of a small country like Lietuo country. When Orochimaru first proposed to visit this country, both she and Nagato were shocked.

  Even in the literature left by Madara, there is no introduction about this country. It can be seen that the remoteness of this country has reached an appalling level.

   Unlike Orochimaru, he is very keen on interpreting past literature. He found out the existence of the Lituo Kingdom from the documents. As for whether the Immortals of the Six Paths had ever stayed in this country, he could only guess based on a few words in the documents.

   Therefore, compared to the profession of ninja, Orochimaru is more like a scholar.

   "However, it is peaceful and beautiful. That was a few centuries ago. Although the Litao Kingdom is located in an oasis, the water source of this oasis is not enough to supply the citizens. In addition, it has been closed for hundreds of years, and the perception of the outside world can be described as superficial. The last time I met with the ruler of this country, his perception of the world seems to be in the Warring States Period."

   Speaking of this, Orochimaru was quite speechless.

  He knows that in the ninja world, many small countries adopt self-enclosed methods to protect themselves and do not communicate with the outside world.

  However, the cognition of the world is only limited to one's own country. As far as the ruler of the country is concerned, this is very unqualified.

   "Hasn't this place been annexed by the Kingdom of Wind?"

   Xiaonan was quite surprised.

  The cognition of the world is still in the Warring States Period. How closed is this kind of country?

   "You can't say that. The main reason is that few people in this country go out, and outsiders hardly set foot on this land. For hundreds of years, the people of Lituo Kingdom have relied on this oasis for self-sufficiency. Naturally, there is no need to have any knowledge of the outside world, and thus avoid being invaded by other countries. The citizens don't even know what the purpose of the war is."

  As long as it is remote enough and the land resources are barren enough, even big countries will disdain this land, and feel that attacking such a small country is simply a humiliation to themselves.

  Hearing Orochimaru say that Lituo Kingdom has enjoyed hundreds of years of peace, and people are far away from the fear of war, Xiaonan doesn't know what to say.

  This small country that has enjoyed peace for hundreds of years is really much happier than the Country of Rain.

  In the past few decades, the Kingdom of Rain has encountered no fewer than a few wars. Every time a war breaks up the Kingdom of Rain.

  In the past, because of the existence of Hanzo, the Kingdom of Rain was preserved. Now the Kingdom of Rain needs to rely on Nagato to barely survive in the ninja world and not be enslaved by a big country.

  For Xiaonan, these two people are of great significance to the Land of Rain, and they are both great ninjas who have made great contributions.

   "But we also have to thank the closure of this country, which gave us an opportunity to take advantage of it. Over the past few hundred years, the supply of water in this oasis has become less and less. I have sent people to provide this country with a large amount of water in advance to meet the survival needs of the people of this country. Therefore, it is enough to come to contact with this country in a normal diplomatic way."

   Konan accidentally took a look at Orochimaru.

   It seems that it is very unusual for a person like Orochimaru to come into contact with the ruler of a small country through normal diplomatic methods.

  Orochimaru didn't feel embarrassed either, he laughed: "No way, apart from the ancient documents that have no meaning to the country, here are some ancient relics with unknown uses. I can easily get what I want by using the water source that this country urgently needs."

  Try to avoid troubles that can be avoided.

   This is what Orochimaru thought.

  Although the Lieduo Kingdom is a small country that is not taken seriously, if there is too much noise, it will inevitably make people suspicious. Orochimaru doesn't want his actions to be hindered.

   "I hope that as you said, what this country has can help Nagato."

   Xiaonan said.

  After the Civil War in the Land of Rain ended, she was entrusted by Nagato to follow Orochimaru to Lituo Country to assist Orochimaru in operations.

  Oshemaru is not currently considered as Akatsuki's combatant, but as Akatsuki's logistics staff, working from the front to behind the scenes.

  Compared to Orochimaru's fighting ability, his mind is what Nagato really values.

   In this way, all kinds of documents left by Madara, as well as ninjutsu materials, are available.

   "I'm not sure if it will help Nagato, but it is true that the Sage of the Six Paths once left some things in this country. With the means of that sage, the things left behind should be very precious items. Maybe it is related to the eyes of reincarnation, and at worst it must be something related to the tailed beast."

   Orochimaru is not an unfounded guess.

  In the documents that Nagato gave him, it is clearly recorded that the Sage of the Six Paths is a real person.

   Not only the holder of the Samsara Eye, but also the first Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

  The items left by the opponent are probably related to the eyes of reincarnation and the tailed beast.

   It is not unacceptable for Orochimaru to leave behind some unknown six treasures with special abilities.

   "Then what to do next?"

   Konan directly asked Orochimaru about the next arrangement.

  This operation is dominated by Orochimaru, and she is responsible for assisting the operation.

   "Because we have reached an agreement with the ruler of Lie Tuo Kingdom, we can just go through the formal process. You take this letter to the palace, and then they will send someone to take you to the library of this country, and you will transfer the documents there."

   As he spoke, Orochimaru took out a letter and handed it to Xiaonan.

"how about you?"

   "I will go to the mine in this country, and then go to the National Library to meet you."

   Orochimaru said.

   "Mine? What are you doing there?"

  Xiao Nan looked suspicious.

   Is there any precious mineral resources worth noting in this country?

  But even if that thing is mined, with their background, it is not enough to put it into use immediately, because of the lack of supporting technology.

  If it is hard currency such as gold ore, it can be calculated separately.

  Oshemaru chuckled, as if to create some kind of mystery, and said in a very casual tone: "It's nothing, it's just a pile of stones. My men went there to mine and are about to carry them back."

   Rocks?

   Konan looked at Orochimaru with strange eyes.

   "Is there something wrong with those stones? Could it be the product left by the Sage of the Six Paths?"

  If it was an ordinary stone, Xiao Nan didn't think Orochimaru would be so caring.

   Items that can be valued by Orochimaru must not be ordinary things.

  Even if it is called 'stone', it must have a special meaning.

   "Those are some secrets that I discovered by accident when I inspected the land of this country."

   "Do you still know how to read geology?"

   Xiaonan looked very surprised.

  She found that Orochimaru seemed to know a little about everything.

   Sure enough, this guy is not a serious ninja at all.

   "I know a little bit, and I have taught myself some geological knowledge in the past, but in front of real experts, I am a bit tricky. But you are wrong about one thing, these stones have nothing to do with the Sage of the Six Paths. But if my prediction is correct, using these stones well can create a powerful army."

   Orochimaru smiled.

   "Legion? It sounds very similar to the ghost army made by monsters and monsters in the kingdom of ghosts. The kingdom of Lituo is also very close to the kingdom of ghosts. Could it be the remnants of monsters and monsters?"

   "When I analyze it, you will know it then. Well, you go to the National Library of Lituo Kingdom and wait for me."

   Seeing that Orochimaru was pretending to be mysterious, Xiao Nan had no choice but to stop his inner curiosity, and disappeared from the side of Orochimaru as a white producer that turned into a sky.

   "Paper escape? It's really an interesting secret technique. Jiraiya is a naive guy, but the disciples he teaches are better than the other."

  Looking at Konan's elusive movement, Orochimaru showed interest.

  Leaving aside the dead Yahiko.

   Nagato, who has the eyes of reincarnation, and Konan, who developed the paper escape technique by himself, have all been taught by Jiraiya.

  Even the yellow flashing Namikaze Minato, whom he praised so much, is also a disciple of Jiraiya.

  Thinking about it carefully, Orochimaru has an emotion called jealousy in his heart.

  Although he also accepted disciples, but with the disciples taught by Jiraiya... Shaking his head, Orochimaru sighed helplessly.

  Perhaps he is really not as good as Zilaiye when it comes to treating successors.

  In the capital city of Lituo Kingdom, in the hotel.

   "Lin, do you know who I saw when I went out just now?"

   After Obito entered the hotel room, he said to the young woman sitting in the room mysteriously, as if he was intentionally whetting her appetite.

  Lin, who was packing her luggage, tilted her head and looked at Obito with a mysterious face. She sighed helplessly and said, "Obito, we are going back to the kingdom of ghosts soon. If you have time to play guessing games with me, why don't you come over and help me pack my things."

  For Obito's jumpy temperament, Lin is really insensitive.

  Last year, at Shiraishi's suggestion, she and Obito started traveling in various countries in the ninja world, and the country of Rita was the last stop of their journey.

   Originally, I really hoped that this ancient country that has been passed down for thousands of years could bring me some novelty.

  But after coming to the capital of Lituo Kingdom, I found that this ancient country is actually not as peaceful and beautiful as described in the poem.

  Peace is true, but this country has nothing to do with beauty.

  Because of the lack of water, the oasis that has supported the country for thousands of years has also begun to desertify, and there have been several droughts in recent years.

  Water resources have become extremely scarce in this country, and even hot spring shops have closed because of this.

  So, after staying for a few days, Lin didn't want to stay in the Lituo Kingdom anymore, and wanted to return to the Ghost Kingdom as soon as possible and return to normal work.

   "Don't be so anxious, Lin, I really found a great person in this country. I thought I was wrong at first, but then I found out that it was that person—one of the Sannin, Orochimaru, the snake man who always spits out disgusting things from his mouth. He also came to this country."

   Obito didn't hold back, and told Lin directly that he saw Orochimaru when he went out just now.

"Orochimaru?"

  Hearing this familiar address, Lin was stunned.

   For her, Sannin is not an unfamiliar title.

  Speaking of which, she used to guide the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, who was also a disciple of Jiraiya, one of the Sannin.

  Strictly speaking, there is a relatively close relationship between her and Sannin.

  However, this kind of intimacy was limited to Jiraiya and Tsunade in the past.

  As for Orochimaru, like Obito, she doesn't want to make contact.

   It is really the fighting style of this Sannin, which is too ingenious and daunting.

  As Obito said, Orochimaru can always spit out messy things from his mouth, which makes people feel extremely nauseated.

  Girls have certain cleanliness both physically and psychologically. Orochimaru's ingenious fighting style made Lin really not like Dashewan.

   "Yes. When I went out for a stroll just now, I stumbled across the trail of Orochimaru."

  Obito definitely nodded.

   As he spoke, he began to guess strangely again: "However, what is strange is, what is Orochimaru doing in this kind of place? Could it be that he came here to travel like us?"

   "Obito, that's Orochimaru, he wouldn't do such a boring thing."

   "However, Orochimaru is also a human being, so he wants to come out to relax for a while while working."

   Obito guessed like this.

   "No, do you think this country is really suitable for tourism?"

  Let's not talk about the large area of ​​rocky mountains and deserts that surround this country. Normal people may lose their way in the boundless desert and die of thirst or starvation in the desert without going to this country.

  Combined with the closed nature of the Lituo Kingdom, neither the Five Great Nations nor the Kingdom of Ghosts paid attention to this country.

  Because the location is too remote, it is so remote that people feel that conquering such a country is also a waste of effort.

  The Kingdom of Lituo is not so much a country as a city.

  Just like the country of Loulan in the Kingdom of the Wind, the country is so small that even today's standard ninja world maps would subconsciously omit this place.

  She also found out about Lituo Kingdom by accident based on some poems.

  But in order to find the location of Lituo Kingdom, she and Obito almost lost their way in the desert.

  In this kind of country, not to mention tourism, it is difficult for outsiders to obtain the location of this country.

   Therefore, it is obvious that Orochimaru came to this country for some purpose.

  For example, want to get something in this country.

   "Then what is Orochimaru here for?"

   "Maybe, there are some secrets in this country that even we don't know. It seems that our return to the ghost country will be delayed for a while."

  Lin pondered for a while, put down the packed salutes in her hands, and planned to stay in the hotel of Lituo Country for a few more days, to find out what the purpose of Orochimaru came to this country.

   "Do you want to fight with Orochimaru? If the opponent is Oroshemaru, I don't really want to fight. His ninjutsu is always sticky, and it looks disgusting."

   Obito waved his hand, very repulsed to fight with a disgusting guy like Orochimaru.

   "Even so, we can't let Orochimaru go. Moreover, we don't need to fight with Orochimaru, as long as we find out what his purpose is in this country. For you Obito, this shouldn't be difficult."

  Lin looked at Obito and said.

   "That's okay. In fact, I'm quite curious about the purpose of Orochimaru appearing in this country."

  According to the information collected by the Demon Kingdom, Orochimaru has mastered many strange forbidden techniques, and can even pull the dead from the world of the underworld to the present world, assisting the practitioners to fight together.

   Fighting with such a character is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing.

   Obito may find it difficult to confront Dashemaru head-on, but if it is just surveillance, it is not difficult for him.

  He is confident that his time-space pupil technique, even Orochimaru, is hard to detect.

   "Oshemaru, I'll leave it to you. I will also contact the headquarters of the Kingdom of Ghosts immediately to collect more information about the Kingdom of Lituo."

  However, since Lietuo Kingdom really doesn't have much presence in the ninja world, Lin can't guarantee that the Ghost Kingdom can investigate anything useful.

  The deeds of the Lituo Kingdom are all understood through poetry, but the poems also record the Lituo Kingdom several centuries ago.

  The current Lituo Kingdom may be peaceful, but because of the severe desertification of the environment, the domestic livelihood is getting more and more difficult.

  Water has become the most precious resource in this country.

  Lin really can't think of anything in this country that deserves Orochimaru's attention.

   Obito nodded, the air around his body began to twist, and then turned into black spots and disappeared from Lin's eyes.

  In Lietuo Country, in the cave where the mine is located.

   Stones of different sizes piled up together to form a rock pile, and Orochimaru appeared here next to him, followed by many ninjas.

  These ninjas wear uniform ninja uniforms, and the ninja foreheads worn on their foreheads are marked with musical notes, representing their identity as Yinyin Village ninjas.

   Yinyin Village is a ninja village established in the territory of Tian Zhiguo by Oshemaru wooing Tian Zhiguo's daimyo.

  Because it is a ninja village that was established recently, it is not very popular in the ninja world, but everything in this village, Orochimaru is undoubtedly the work of his passion.

   Moreover, unlike other ninja villages, Yinyin Village is a private ninja village established to serve his research work.

   "Master Orochimaru, this is all the stones. Next, workers will come and move all these stones to the designated place, and our people will receive them."

   A voice called the ninja to take a step forward, and respectfully said to Orochimaru.

   "Thank you for your hard work. In short, you have to move these stones back to the base of Yinyin Village as soon as possible."

  Oshemaru couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction with the efficiency of his subordinates.

   But not only all the subordinates understood Orochimaru's move, one of them couldn't help asking:

   "Speaking of which, Oshemaru-sama, what is the use of these stones? Could it be building materials used to build a village? But the shape of these stones..."

   As far as building materials are concerned, these stones are all deformed and completely irregular.

  But apart from building materials, none of the Otogakure ninjas understood what Orochimaru was going to do with these stones.

   And they have also checked, this kind of stone does not respond to Chakra, and it does not help the ninja at all.

   "These stones are not ordinary stones. Your task is to safely transport these stones back to Yinyin Village. If there is a mistake, I will be angry."

  Oshemaru licked his tongue, and the yellow snake eyes were full of indifference.

   The Otonogakure ninjas were in awe.

   "Yes, I promise to complete the mission of Oshemaru-sama!"

  Everyone is serious together and promises to Orochimaru.

   "Okay, I will leave this to you for the time being, I still have things to deal with."

  Compared to these stones, the National Library of Lieduo Kingdom is the ultimate goal of his trip.

  These stones are, after all, just a by-product of this operation.

   After Orochimaru and a group of Otogakure ninjas left temporarily, the air suddenly twisted, and the figure of Obito appeared in the deepest part of the mine without a sound.

  Looking at all kinds of strangely shaped stones of different sizes in front of him, Obito took a closer look. With his knowledge, he couldn't see what was so strange about these stones, which deserved so much attention from Orochimaru.

  But thinking of Orochimaru Sannin's name, he would never deliberately look for some ordinary-looking stones.

  The more ordinary these stones are, the more they are not simple.

   "Take it back and show it to Lin, maybe Lin can see something."

   Obito thought for a while, and the time-space ninjutsu of the kaleidoscope was activated, distorting the space in front of him.

  The few unremarkable small stones in the stone pile were immediately taken into a different time and space, and the space around him was reversed again, and Obito's body disappeared, as mysterious and unpredictable as when he came.

  (end of this chapter)

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