The Northern Lands gained recognition from many ninja villages after the Chunin Ninja Exams.
Upon learning that nearly half of the ninjas who participated in the Chunin Ninja Exams and made it to the main tournament came from the Northern Lands, many ninja villages began to change their attitude towards the Northern Lands.
Even a glimpse through a tube reveals a lot. A ninja village capable of nurturing so many promising talents must be quite powerful.
Everyone wants to be around outstanding people, and this applies to countries as well. Birds of a feather flock together, and the Northern Lands is already qualified to be at the table.
Therefore, after the match Iwagakure expressed its intention to cooperate with the Northern Lands. With Deidara's connection, the two sides quickly reached an agreement.
Haku was in charge of these negotiations, and Orochimaru was also interested in having him take on more responsibilities.
Both sides agreed to further cooperate on tasks, goods, and even actively promote marriage between people from the two places.
After all, these two places are not like the Uchiha and Hyuga, which are eccentric clans that do not allow their Kekkei Genkai.
To strengthen cooperation between the two regions and to facilitate the flow of goods and people, the long-dormant trains in the Northern Lands came in handy.
Ōnoki specially built a railway in the Land of Earth to connect with the railway in the Land of Land of Gold.
This is much more practical than the cooperation between Konoha and Sunagakure. To get rich, you must first build roads!
The alliance between the two great ninja villages was not kept secret. When the Fourth Raikage of the Land of Lightning received the news, he slammed his fist on the table in anger.
Seeing Iwagakure, their Iwagakure enemy, find a powerful ally, the Fourth Raikage couldn't sit still any longer and decided to find an ally as well, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
After discussion among the Raikage and other high-ranking officials, they unanimously decided to extend a letter of intent to cooperate to Konoha and see how they would react.
The reason Konoha was chosen was because the two sides had almost reached an agreement during the Second Hokage's reign. If it hadn't been disrupted by Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the Ninja World would probably be a completely different place.
Although the Northern Lands is unaware of Kumogakure's plans, it will not be satisfied with just Iwagakure.
That would be ideal if all Five Great Ninja Villages could unite to develop together and achieve common prosperity.
However, things are not that simple. Without strong external pressure, it is impossible to put aside prejudices and unite as one. This is true not only in the war-torn Ninja World, but also on Earth.
The rich get rich first, but they don't help the poor get rich later; instead, they drag them away. It's like when the Fourth Raikage saw that Ōnoki from the next village had found a business partner. His first thought wasn't to join the other party, but to find an ally to counter him.
Therefore, they could only proceed slowly. The Northern Lands did not stop, and under Orochimaru's instruction, secretly contacted Mei Terumī of Kirigakure.
He can support her to become the Mizukage when needed, on the condition that they cooperate with the Northern Lands after the matter is accomplished.
The bridge connecting the Land of Gold and the Land of Water is no longer a pipe dream.
Orochimaru has been subtly pushing for reforms in the Ninja World, leaving the major ninja villages with only two choices: either cooperate for mutual benefit or remain isolated.
After reaching an agreement with Iwagakure, trains began running in the Land of Land of Gold. With two major ninja villages watching from behind, no one dared to make any rash moves.
As a result of a series of measures, the development speed of the Northern Lands accelerated again, not much different from the overnight rise of skyscrapers in Yamato.
On this day, a train slowly traveled from the Northern Lands to the Capital City of the Land of Gold. Because it had to pass through some towns, the train would take a long detour before reaching its destination.
As the train approached the vicinity of the Absolute Ice Mountain Range, a figure immediately leaped off the train.
After landing, the figure walked straight into the depths of the mountains. As he went deeper, the environment became colder and colder. This mountain range was rarely visited and was shrouded in ice and snow all year round.
If it weren't for the numerous trees and traces of wild animals, one would truly believe this was a dead zone.
This place originally belonged to the Land of Land of Snow, and few locals came here. The sudden appearance of a living person here seemed very abrupt.
They walked for an unknown amount of time before finally stopping when the figure reached a cave.
"It's been so hard to find!"
Before he finished speaking, two ninjas, one big and one small, emerged from the cave. They were none other than Orochimaru and Sasuke.
"It would be a pity to trouble you to make the trip!"
Orochimaru spoke to the newcomer, while Sasuke was also sizing up the red-haired female ninja wielding twin swords.
"I'm just following orders! You're the purpose of my trip!"
The newcomer wasn't surprised by Orochimaru's appearance; to her, it didn't matter who it was. Instead, she scrutinized Sasuke.
This person was none other than Ringo Ameyuri, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist of the Mist.
The reason she was called over was naturally to train Sasuke. On the one hand, it would be a waste of Orochimaru's talents to personally take action now; why not use someone under his command?
On the other hand, it is to allow Sasuke to further improve his control and use of Lightning Release Chakra, and Ringo Ameyuri in using the Lightning Blade: Kiba, is the best candidate.
This girl Original Work the one who beat Omoi, who was also skilled in Lightning Release, so having her as a mentor for a while wouldn't be a problem.
Yes, for a period of time. Because Orochimaru doesn't just command Ringo Ameyuri; as his strength increases, his combat experience must also keep up.
At that time, Guren, Kimimaro, Zabuza, Deidara and the like will be arranged to come and train him, so that he can broaden his horizons.
Otherwise, he'd act like he was the boss all day long, which shows he hadn't experienced the harsh realities of life. It wasn't until he met Killer B and learned a harsh lesson that he finally learned his lesson.
People can teach people, but they will definitely learn from experience!
Since Orochimaru wanted to cultivate him into the strongest person below the Six Paths, he naturally spared no expense in investing resources. Instead of letting him avoid detours in the future, he made him take those detours now!
Throughout Sasuke's life, Naruto except during his training with Orochimaru; in all other stages, he was slightly inferior.
Even in the Battle of the Valley of the End the End, some people said that Naruto held back because the opponent had no intention of killing him.
In this life, Orochimaru will give him a few more waves of power; I refuse to believe he'll remain the same.
As for his ambition to kill his master once he's grown powerful, Orochimaru wouldn't mind giving him a clone if he could do it.
"You can do whatever you want with this mountain range. Don't be afraid to kill him. As long as he has a breath left, I can bring him back!"
Orochimaru looked at Yuri and told her his request, while also giving Sasuke a playful look.
With Hashirama Cells, it would be difficult for Sasuke to die even if he wanted to. Didn't you see that Obito, who lost half of his body, was brought back to life? And after being stabbed by Madara, Kabuto also used Hashirama Cells to pull him back.
Orochimaru has now cultivated a large number of Hashirama Cells, and he can have as many as he wants. After all, mastering core technology is such an arrogant thing!
"I'm relieved to hear that. I thought the mission would be much more difficult!"
The reason she came here was because she was given a special mission by her superiors, and it was a classified mission.
Hearing their words, even the proud Uchiha felt that something was wrong, but he did not back down. He just snorted coldly, as if to say that it was still uncertain who would fight whom!
"Then make yourselves at home! If you need anything, you can come down and find me!"
After saying that, Orochimaru went back to the cave. He couldn't stay away for too long because there were more important things to do at this critical juncture.