However, Soji felt no joy at Orochimaru's arrival this time. Instead, his brows furrowed deeply.
As for sneaking in a little rest, that was even less likely. Soji was in no mood for it now.
"Is Orochimaru planning to launch the Konoha Crush Plan again?"
Soji thought with a considerable headache.
But soon afterward, Soji immediately shook his head and dismissed the idea.
Leaving aside how much stronger Konoha was in this life, even Fourth Kazekage Rasa could not possibly be brainless enough to cooperate with Orochimaru and directly clash with Konoha, could he?
That would simply be asking for trouble!
Even Fourth Kazekage Rasa himself would most likely be left behind in Konoha.
Besides, Kirigakure was involved this time.
What gave Orochimaru the confidence that Kirigakure would not help Konoha?
So, the chances of Orochimaru launching the Konoha Crush Plan like in the original story were truly very low!
Even so, Soji still found it extremely troublesome.
The reason was simple.
He knew his bargain-bin teacher's personality far too well.
Orochimaru absolutely never acted without profit!
To put it plainly, Soji believed that Orochimaru was definitely about to stir something up again. In Soji's estimation, the odds of that were one hundred percent!
After all, this was Orochimaru. It was that simple!
Yet Soji was also certain that Orochimaru could not possibly launch the Konoha Crush Plan.
That left Soji, who had no idea what Orochimaru was after, feeling somewhat irritated.
Still, since Orochimaru had come to his door voluntarily, Soji had to meet him.
At this time, the three little ones and Gaara's three siblings had already gone out to explore Konoha before Orochimaru came to visit.
Soji had Hyuga Kiyoka bring Orochimaru and the others to the reception room.
This time, Soji was the one waiting in