Orochimaru left Amegakure and headed toward Hidden Cloud.
To be honest, Hidden Cloud was one of the villages he hated most. There was no other reason—the people of that village were simply too united, leaving no room for someone like him to put his talents to use.
"According to the information I gathered, Kumogakure possesses many treasures left behind by the Sage of Six Paths. The Amber Purifying Pot that was taken before was one of them. Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who died many years ago, also seemed to possess many unusual ninja tools."
Orochimaru shot forward like an arrow, moving at astonishing speed. A few days later, he arrived in the Land of Lightning.
Mountains rose everywhere here. Perhaps it was precisely this terrain that had shaped the Land of Lightning's people into being tough-tempered and rough in manner.
"I can't sneak directly into Kumogakure. It's better to wander around outside the village first."
Orochimaru pondered this. The moment he showed himself, he would probably be beaten to death.
Hidden Cloud had recently had the Two-Tails taken by Konoha, and its hatred and hostility toward Konoha far exceeded that of others. If word got out that he, a Konoha rogue ninja, had appeared in the Land of Lightning, the Fourth Raikage would probably come personally within minutes to kill him.
Splash!
Orochimaru ran out onto the sea.
He considered that if he found nothing in the Land of Lightning, he would immediately change course for Kirigakure. Akatsuki seemed to have arranged quite a few contingencies in the Land of Water as well, and there were many Bloodline Limit ninja there for him to pick up the scraps from.
"Hmm? What are those Hidden Cloud people doing?" Orochimaru suddenly spotted a Kumogakure ship. Many Hidden Cloud ninja were using telescopes to