Orochimaru's Change of Circumstance

After completing the arrangements for this small world, Hyuga Shin's next task was to create a summoning scroll for it.

For Hyuga Shin, who had become the de facto controller and dabbled in spatial rules, this was not troublesome.

The main purpose of this was to serve as a key for the members of the Spark Organization.

Otherwise, unless they had the directional space-time teleportation scroll he made, Kakuzu and Hidan wouldn't be able to get there at all.

Once it was done, Hyuga Shin looked at the small otherworld, which was gradually regaining its vitality, and felt genuinely happy.

This place was good as his base.

He had originally planned to create a small space barrier himself.

Unexpectedly, he gained inspiration from a teasing remark by Orochimaru and found something even better.

Now that everything was in place, Hyuga Shin just needed to hand over the entry key and the method for using the formation to remove the Will of the Six Paths to the Spark members.

Coupled with the perfected Soul Firewall sealing method, the Spark Organization now had complete anti-virus and defense functions.

They no longer needed to worry about the Sage of Six Paths' insidious schemes.

The Spark would usher in a true conflagration!

After rechecking and confirming there were no issues, Hyuga Shin prepared to leave.

Although it would affect the recovery of the small world, it wasn't a big problem. For now, it was still developing positively, with the Natural Energy absorbed far exceeding what was lost.

It would only slow down the recovery speed; accelerating it would require Hyuga Shin to personally oversee it.

However, since there was no good solution for now, he would leave it as it was. Recovery was inevitable, it would just take a little longer.

Through a special passage connected to the Ninja World, Hyuga Shin soon emerged from a dilapidated temple hidden deep in the mountains.

It was the same location as thirty years ago, only the temple was even more run-down.

This was within the Iron Country. After establishing his village, Hyuga Shin had come here specifically to spar with the samurai experts in swordsmanship.

He had left behind a legend of a sword master.

The Iron Country was a neutral nation that had always stayed out of ninja wars.

Although they began practicing the Chakra system after the founding era, under the intentional influence of the Sage of Six Paths, they never made Chakra a mandatory practice.

They had their own samurai system. If it weren't for the extremely high talent and strong perseverance required for its practice, leading to slow results, the Six Paths' Chakra system would likely still not have penetrated.

The Iron Country could be considered the most conservative nation in the entire Ninja World.

Hyuga Shin thought about the passage connecting his small world to the Ninja World, located in the Iron Country.

Considering the Iron Country's consistently conservative traditions, it had not collapsed under the system established by the Sage of Six Paths.

Many speculations arose in his mind; the Iron Country likely held some secrets.

However, he had neither the time nor the inclination to investigate the reasons now; he had more important things to do.

Hyuga Shin withdrew his thoughts, used his Ring to check the locations of Kakuzu and Sasori, and prepared to fly to their rendezvous.

It took him over ten days to build the base, at least halving the time originally planned for creating a small space barrier.

The main reason was having a ready-made space, which saved a lot of trouble.

He wondered if Kakuzu and the others had found suitable candidates.

In this Ninja World shrouded in darkness, finding excellent sparks was extremely difficult.

Hyuga Shin understood this deeply.

After busy for over three months, he only had four members, including Orochimaru, who was still operating independently.

It wasn't that he didn't want Orochimaru to join sooner, but the Spark Organization was still in its nascent stage and couldn't be exposed.

Moreover, Orochimaru himself attracted too much attention!

If he joined the organization now, he would inevitably draw the attention of the Sage of Six Paths and the White Snake Sage.

This was not good for the Spark, which was currently in its initial phase.

However, thinking of Orochimaru, Hyuga Shin suddenly realized that he hadn't taught him the sealing method to protect his soul from corruption yet.

Previously, due to his excessive worry about the Sage of Six Paths' threat, he had been in a hurry to select and build the Spark base, causing some delays.

But it should be fine. Orochimaru sent messages on time every day, so Hyuga Shin hadn't been overly concerned.

However, what was bound to happen would eventually happen.

Hyuga Shin noticed that Orochimaru had not sent his message on time today.

A bad premonition immediately struck him.

Orochimaru was a meticulous person. Ever since Hyuga Shin made an agreement with him, he had sent messages at a fixed time every day.

He had never changed the time. The absence of a message today led Hyuga Shin to suspect that Orochimaru might have met with misfortune!

Hyuga Shin once again reviewed Orochimaru's message records from the past few days.

I've been busy until now, only glancing at it to confirm Orochimaru's safety, and didn't analyze it closely.

This time, I indeed discovered a problem.

Orochimaru has returned to the village!

"Elder Shin, I've been removed as commander of the Iwagakure battlefield, with Torifu Akimichi taking over. Hiruzen Sarutobi wants me, Tsunade, and Nawaki to return to the village as soon as possible. I wonder if there's something fishy going on."

Orochimaru's message was concise, stating his current situation and the problems he faced in just a few sentences.

Moreover, it was clear from his words that Orochimaru had his doubts.

This was the message he sent yesterday.

But Hyuga Shin discovered through the ring's tracker that Orochimaru had already appeared in Konohagakure in just one day!

As for Tsunade and Nawaki, their locations couldn't be determined because they couldn't be tracked.

This isn't normal!

What could be so urgent? Changing commanders mid-battle is a major taboo in warfare! Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't possibly not know that.

Furthermore, even if a change of command was necessary, it wasn't necessarily Orochimaru who had to be recalled; keeping him on the battlefield would also serve as a deterrent to Iwagakure.

The reason for this must be blamed on Orochimaru.

His slacking off had affected Hiruzen Sarutobi's plans, making the change of command unavoidable.

Moreover, the Sage of Six Paths, residing in the Pure Land, had also been occasionally monitoring Orochimaru, this pawn who had slipped out of his control.

This was related to his future plans.

Unexpectedly, Orochimaru was so disobedient; seeing that he couldn't escape the script's constraints, he simply gave up.

This also made the Sage of Six Paths realize that Orochimaru must have known something. Hyuga Shin, this remnant, was truly a menace!

The Sage of Six Paths, who originally felt everything was under control, lost his composure again.

He absolutely couldn't let Hyuga Shin's lingering poison spread throughout the Ninja World, so he decided to make his move in advance, using a suitable excuse.

He then influenced Hiruzen Sarutobi's thoughts, recalling Orochimaru to Konoha early to complete his plan.

A plan to completely eradicate the tumor that was Hyuga Shin!

Not long after Orochimaru sent the message to Hyuga Shin yesterday, the Sage of Six Paths made his move.

And this time, the Sage of Six Paths spared no expense, directly mobilizing most of the hidden trump cards embedded within the ninjas in the Konoha main camp on the Iwagakure front line.

These were directly condensed into a miniature chakra consciousness body of the Sage of Six Paths.

It then forcibly infiltrated Orochimaru, who had already broken free of control, influencing his thoughts and interfering with his actions, intending to pull Orochimaru's fate back onto the right track!

Just as the Sage of Six Paths had predicted, although Orochimaru had escaped his restraints, he was still within the chakra system.

While his consciousness wasn't completely eroded, he didn't have much resistance against the invasion.

Orochimaru had returned to the Sage of Six Paths' control.

This was also something Hyuga Shin had always worried about and guarded against, but it had happened due to a moment of carelessness.