The Land of Hot Water daimyo's residence.
After the Daimyo Purge Plan was launched, Orochimaru first seized the Land of Rice Fields with lightning speed.
After leaving behind several trusted confidants along with Naruto's Shadow Clone, he led Otogakure's core forces—such as Kimimaro, Jugo, and the Sound Four—to capture the Land of Hot Water and construct defensive lines overnight.
This residence had now become the temporary command center.
A small number of Sound Ninja, Naruto's Shadow Clone, and Orochimaru, the country's temporary supreme commander, came and went within it.
At that moment, he stood inside before an unfolded map of the Shinobi World, his golden eyes fixed on the movements of the various forces marked upon it.
He was inwardly astonished. As expected of the wind he had acknowledged—more than half of the Shinobi World had now fallen into his hands.
Thinking about how, with the financial support of the entire Shinobi World in the future, he would be able to conduct all kinds of experiments, Orochimaru was thrilled.
"The Five Kage Summit is over."
Hearing the voice behind him, Orochimaru did not turn around. He immediately asked, "Naruto-kun, how did the talks in the Land of Iron go?"
Though he was asking, Orochimaru already knew that with the Raikage's explosive temper and that stubborn old fossil Ōnoki...
Those two definitely would not easily agree to Naruto's future.
In the end, they would have to be dealt a crushing blow before they submitted.
"Do you even need to ask?" Naruto walked up to the map and looked at the regions representing Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Iron. "The Raikage, the Tsuchikage, and Mifune chose war."
"Hehe, stubbornness is a common flaw among the strong, especially those Kage who believe they control everything." Orochimaru licked his lips, excitement flashing in