The Chunin Exams Were About to Begin
"There will be plenty of opportunities to talk to Sasuke later. Now it's time for us to leave!"
Tianqi glanced at Karura, Karura immediately understood and, with a combination of pulling and tugging, dragged Tsunade out.
"Tsunade!" Sasuke, his face filled with reluctance as he watched his grandmother leave.
Tianqi glanced at the two children, then at Sasuke, and said calmly, "The Chunin Konoha are in a few months. If you want my approval, show me your strength on the field. After the exams, my grandmother and I will officially return to Konoha. If you are still as weak as you are now when I come back, I will completely strip you of your right to be a ninja. You'd better watch yourself!"
Upon hearing this, Sasuke clenched his fists tightly; he deeply disliked this feeling of not being accepted even by his family.
"Oh, by the way, let me remind you, Itachi already has the strength of Jonin at your age. If you continue to live like this, revenge is basically hopeless!" After saying that Tianqi turned around and left.
"Jonin! Itachi!" Sasuke's hands trembled as he clenched them tightly. He hadn't expected that the man had already reached the strength of Jonin at his age, while he was just a mere Genin. It was at this moment that Sasuke's desire to become stronger stirred again.
After leaving, Tsunade sulked and didn't say a word to Tianqi the whole time. Tianqi was happy to have some peace and quiet. The group wandered around the Land of Waves for two days, but the joyful atmosphere of the past was completely gone. They wandered around the Land of Waves in an awkward manner, especially Shizune, who was sandwiched in the middle of the group and was the most embarrassed.
Today, Kakashi and his Team 7 finally defeated Zabuza Momochi and his henchman Yuki Haku, while Tianqi successfully plundered Gato's wealth, leaving the Land of Waves with a large ship full of treasure and money, and arriving in Tanzaku Town within the Land of Fire.
After spending more than two months in Tanzaku Town, Tianqi, seeing that it was almost time, quietly summoned Karura to his residence.
"Karura, I'll be away for about two weeks. During this time, you stay here and keep an eye on Tsunade to make sure she doesn't wander off, understand?"
"I knew you'd been preoccupied these past few months, but could you tell me what you were up to on this trip?"
"Konoha has made a move against Sen'u. As Sen'u's father, I can't just ignore it. This time, I plan to go and cause trouble for Konoha, and incidentally send someone on their way!"
"I see. Then go ahead!" Having realized that Tianqi was going to cause trouble, Karura didn't say anything more.
After explaining things to Karura, Tianqi left behind a clone and immediately left Tanzaku Town Land of Fire, heading straight for the Land of Sound, the place where he had arranged to meet Orochimaru.
Upon arriving at Otogakure, Tianqi was taken by two unfamiliar Sound Ninja to a hidden underground base, where he soon encountered Orochimaru himself.
"Hehehe, Brother Tianqi, you've finally arrived! I thought you weren't coming!"
"You're overthinking it. I always keep my promises. But what I really didn't expect is that you've created a ninja village and become an underground emperor. It seems you still harbor some resentment about not becoming the Fourth Hokage!"
"After striving for decades, I still didn't get that position. Anyone would feel resentful in that situation, but I've gradually stopped caring!" Orochimaru shook his head, looking as if he had already let go of the past.
"Tsk tsk tsk, decades have passed. You can only say you bet on the wrong place. What a pity. How many decades does one have in a lifetime? You must have felt very disappointed and painful when you weren't chosen, right?" Tianqi teased Orochimaru with a lewd grin.
"Hehe, there's no point in bringing up the past now. Let's talk about our plan this time!" Orochimaru didn't dwell on the Hokage position and directly changed the subject.
"Alright, tell me your plan!"
"It's basically impossible for the Sound Ninja to cause trouble in Konoha with their strength alone, so I've decided to cooperate with the Fourth Kazekage of the Sand Ninja. With the Sound Ninja and the Sand Ninja combined, things will be much simpler!"
Upon hearing this, Tianqi pondered for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said, "Cooperating with the Orochimaru? Given Kazekage's influence, the Sand Village shouldn't trust you that much, right?"
"Of course they won't trust me that much. Although we briefly discussed cooperation, they don't intend to fully support me. But that's not important. My method is to make them listen to me!" Orochimaru said, sticking out his long tongue and licking it, a wicked smile on his face.
"You're planning to kill the Kazekage, impersonate him, and then control the Sand Shinobi to launch an attack, right?"
"Heh, as expected of you, you guessed my thoughts so quickly. That's right, I wanted to temporarily control the Sand Ninja as the Kazekage. As long as I could get rid of my good teacher, my goal would be achieved!"
"Since you already have such a good plan, why did you come to me? I really don't understand!" Tianqi asked in confusion, as he had never figured out why Orochimaru would come to him.
"Hehe, consider it insurance. You and I both know how strong Konoha is. Honestly, I'm not very confident with just one Sound Ninja and one Sand Ninja. But with Brother Tianqi, it's different. I believe that with your strength, you can definitely hold off those big clans!"
"You have quite a lot of confidence in me, which I didn't expect. I thought you, Orochimaru, had long since become arrogant and disdainful of everyone!"
"I don't really respect others, even if they are better than me, but I will always have respect for Tianqi!"
"Hahahaha... I love hearing that. You can make the arrangements. I'll follow your lead this time!" Tianqi laughed heartily, which meant he trusted Orochimaru.
Orochimaru then told Tianqi his entire plan. After understanding the plan, Tianqi wore a special mask from the Otogakure and changed into Sound Ninja clothes.
The two former teammates joined forces and annihilated the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, Rasa, who was on his way to Konoha in the Land of Land of Fire to participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams, within the territory of the Land of Wind. Although Rasa was quite strong, he had no chance of winning against Tianqi and Orochimaru.
The Kazekage was thus brought to an end by the two of them. Orochimaru, disguised as Rasa, took control of the people of Sunagakure as the Fourth Kazekage. After more than half a month of preparation, everyone went to Konoha under various identities.
Tianqi entered Konoha as Jonin Sound Ninja, while Orochimaru entered Konoha disguised as the Fourth Kazekage.
"I never imagined that Konoha would be without any top-tier experts in just a few decades. It's truly unbelievable!" Tianqi sighed as he looked at the current personnel of Konoha.
"With Danzo like Danzo and an indecisive person like the Third Hokage, it's practically impossible for a strong person to survive in Konoha. But that's precisely what gave me this opportunity!"