The Land of Rice was a small country in the Naruto World. It had nothing special about it until Orochimaru left the Akatsuki Organization and founded Otogakure there. It then became his base of operations.
At that moment, Orochimaru was in Otogakure, listening to Kabuto Yakushi report the intelligence he had gathered. When Kabuto finished, Orochimaru let out a raspy laugh.
"So that's how it is! Sasuke-kun has actually been listed as an S-Class Rogue Ninja by Konoha?" Orochimaru sneered a few times and turned to Kabuto.
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru."
"But that's fine, too. Sasuke has nowhere else to go now. He can only stay here with me. Heh heh heh..."
"Exactly. Even if Sasuke-kun wanted to return to Konoha, the villagers wouldn't accept him. After all, an S-Class Rogue Ninja is no small matter. In all the Ninja World's history, no S-Class Rogue Ninja has ever been accepted back by their village," Kabuto quickly agreed.
Orochimaru said, "Tell me exactly what happened. S-Class Rogue Ninja isn't a label given to just any defector. Only those who commit truly heinous crimes are classified at that level. Sasuke didn't do anything major before leaving Konoha, did he? Tsunade wouldn't classify an ordinary rogue ninja as S-Class for no reason, even if that ninja was Uchiha."
Kabuto said, "There is a reason, but the whole thing is strange. According to reports from our spies stationed around the Ninja World, not long ago, a small ninja village called Star Hidden Village in the Land of Bears was attacked. Many people were killed or wounded, and the village itself was destroyed."
"Star Hidden Village? The one that obtained a meteorite two hundred years ago?"
"Yes! The people of Star Hidden Village call the meteorite the 'Star' and treat it as a sacred treasure of