Orochimaru's Grand Plan

As night fell, the earthen-yellow town was shrouded in darkness, with low-hanging clouds obscuring the moon's radiance.

The houses along the street are old and dilapidated, and are generally built with yellow mud.

'Whoosh whoosh whoosh...'

The wind howled, and dust flew everywhere on the streets.

The Land of Wind is located in the desert, and there's little shelter around the towns. The days are fine, but at night, sandstorms rage. Even the most ruthless gangsters and thugs are reluctant to venture out at night.

In a hotel room, three Kumogakure died Genin in their sleep.

"Summoning Technique!"

Orochimaru stood in the open space of the room, Hand Seals, and summoned a giant purple python, which swallowed the three corpses whose faces were no longer recognizable.

Behind Orochimaru were three ninjas who looked exactly like the three dead men.

"Don't give yourself away..."

Orochimaru gave a casual instruction and then slowly sank into the ground and disappeared.

In a small town in the Land of Wind, there is an ordinary house.

"Lord Orochimaru!"

Kabuto Yakushi looked at Orochimaru emerging from the ground and asked with some confusion, "Although I don't know what it is about Sunagakure that has attracted you, replacing our people with them now will inevitably attract attention!"

Since Orochimaru regained his hands, he no longer relies on Kabuto Yakushi as much as before.

However, Orochimaru was very good at deceiving people. Even though Kabuto Yakushi had some suspicions, he was not surprised. Instead, he respected Orochimaru even more.

After all, Orochimaru was that kind of person.

"Kabuto! This world is truly amazing!"

Orochimaru replied, seemingly ignoring the question, "What you thought was impossible has actually happened!"

Upon hearing this, Kabuto Yakushi chuckled softly, "Isn't this the most wonderful part of this world?"

"Well said!"

Orochimaru agreed, saying, "The most fascinating thing about this world is that you never know what will happen next."

Kabuto Yakushi's eyes flickered slightly, and he said calmly, "Including... the exposure of those people!"

Orochimaru turned to look at Kabuto Yakushi, his hoarse voice carrying a hint of admiration as he said, "Kabuto, you're still as smart as ever. I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"

Sitting on a single sofa, Orochimaru turned his head to look out the window, his tone somewhat cold as he said, "The peace between the Five Great Shinobi Villages has lasted too long, which is not good for my plans. If the Raikage wants to collect the Impure World Reincarnation stored in other villages, then let him collect them!"

"We won't be the first to get restless!"

Orochimaru, who single-handedly brought the Impure World Reincarnation to its peak, naturally knew its Ninjutsu.

The original version of the Impure World Reincarnation, even when summoning Hashirama Senju, only had the strength of Jonin, and could only fight like an animal, relying on instinct, without any combat experience.

Of course, Orochimaru wouldn't let Kumogakure obtain the Impure World Impure World Reincarnation technique, which is his biggest Orochimaru card.

Orochimaru turned to Kabuto Yakushi and asked, "Kabuto! Do you know when a person is at their craziest?"

Combining Orochimaru's earlier words, Kabuto Yakushi chuckled and said, "This is the closest we've come to success!"

"That's right!"

Orochimaru agreed, "Apart from Konoha, the other major Shinobi Village each preserve four copies of the Impure World Reincarnation. If Kumogakure's operation this time ends in failure, then they will eventually give up."

"But what if it succeeds twice..."

"Then the Kumogakure must obtain this last one no matter what!"

Kabuto Yakushi continued, "In this way, even if it means starting a war, Kumogakure will get its hands on the last Impure World Reincarnation. And the other ninja villages will certainly not stand idly by."

"Especially... Konoha!"

Orochimaru said calmly, "Not only that..."

"Since the villages of the Shinobi World value the Impure World Reincarnation so much, how could they obtain it without paying a price?"

Kabuto Yakushi slightly, having already roughly understood Orochimaru's plan.

The room was dimly lit, with only a few candles providing a sliver of light. In the dim light, Orochimaru's face held a complex expression.

Once this plan succeeds, Orochimaru will be able to obtain the corpse of that person named 'Urashiki'... which even Hinata is extremely curious about and wants to decipher, so Orochimaru naturally also extremely curious about it.

However, the Urashiki Hyuga Clan will definitely not let Orochimaru easily obtain Urashiki's other eye.

Orochimaru knew very well that Urashiki's other eye was the final deal between the Hyuga Clan and Orochimaru.

If the Hyuga Clan had no trump cards up their sleeve, Orochimaru might not have been willing to help Hyuga Clan refine medicine. This is because the specific timeframe for refining the medicine wasn't agreed upon in their deal.

One year? Ten years? Or a hundred years?

Orochimaru doesn't want to serve the Hyuga Clan forever, and the Hyuga Clan is certainly well aware of this.

So this final deal... either the Hyuga Clan found a new substitute that could replace the effects of the secret medicine; or Orochimaru obtained enough bargaining chips to exchange for the last eye.

Before that...

We must obtain that eye from Kirigakure!

Even now, Orochimaru's interest in the Byakugan far outweighs his interest in the Sharingan.

Based on the available information, although the Sharingan has the Mangekyo level, the highest evolution is the Rinnegan.

However, the Byakugan can not only evolve into the Rinnegan, but also into Hinata's eyes.

That alone is enough to make Orochimaru desperately want the Byakugan.

Although the Hyuga Clan has many members, they are bound by the Cursed Seal of the 'Caged Bird,' and Hinata's power is too great, so Orochimaru dares not easily take action against the Hyuga Clan.

The Kumogakure wanted the Impure World Reincarnation, while Orochimaru wanted the Byakugan.

Although their purposes differ, Orochimaru and the Kumogakure share a common goal— the Kirigakure!

First, help Kumogakure obtain the Impure World Reincarnation from Sunagakure, and then join forces with Kumogakure to conquer Kirigakure.

So, for Kumogakure, of the four Edo Tensei (Impure World Reincarnation in the Shinobi World, only Iwagakure's share is still unobtained.

Just as Kabuto Yakushi said before, when a person is only one step away from success, that is often when they are at their most frantic.

At that time Kumogakure will do anything to obtain the Impure World Impure World Reincarnation from Iwagakure, and may even start a war.

In this way, the Hyuga Clan's goal will be achieved!

"Kabuto! Go and prepare!"

"Next... we still need to go to the Land of Lightning. That Raikage isn't so easy to persuade!"

Kabuto Yakushi respectfully replied, "Yes!"

Those three spies who infiltrated Kumogakure were Orochimaru's bargaining chips. Once they entered Sunagakure with the Kumogakure forces, everything would be out of Kumogakure's hands.