"I heard that Kusagakure was wiped out by Iwagakure."
Orochimaru brought up a piece of news. The fall of Kusagakure proved that Iwagakure was starting to get serious, and the coming war might become even harder to fight.
"This operational plan must succeed."
Shimura Danzō shared that guess, which was why he placed such high importance on that batch of ninja tools custom-ordered from the Land of Iron, even going so far as to arrange for Orochimaru to personally go and bring them back.
They were the key to defeating the Third Kazekage, and failure was not an option.
Only by heavily injuring the Third Kazekage would the subsequent war turn around, even pushing the frontline back to the Kikyō Mountain frontline and keeping the enemy outside the country's gates.
Turning his gaze back toward that creation, Orochimaru wore a look of pity.
"It's a pity that nearly half of the ninja clans in the ninja world are currently inside the village, otherwise this experiment would definitely be even more perfect."
Konoha had taken in many ninja clans back in the day, not only because the Land of Fire had a superior environment suitable for settlement, but also because Konoha was the first large ninja village to be established, attracting quite a few ninja clans to come and settle down.
Including those that came from various surrounding major nations, it gathered far too many ninja clans, with bloodline ninja clans and secret technique ninja clans being countless.
By comparison, the ninja clans in other nations and ninja villages were much fewer, and bloodline ninja clans were even scarcer, making it difficult even to find good raw materials.
Although the bloodline ninjas within the village were not few, they could not see the light of day after being transplanted.
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