Meeting Orochimaru
"Genjutsu: Dispel! Cough cough..."
Kurotsuchi mobilized her Chakra, causing fluctuations throughout her body, but the environment remained unchanged, Kurotsuchi Genjutsu Release had no effect.
At this moment, Kurotsuchi could only pray that it was Genjutsu. Since the Chakra release method was useless, Kurotsuchi immediately used a second method: biting the tip of her tongue. The excruciating pain brought Kurotsuchi's senses back to normal.
Kurotsuchi opened his eyes and saw that there was no raging fire or billowing smoke in the jungle. In front of him was only the Tea Hidden Village who had attacked him and his two companions. At this moment, the Tea Hidden Village stood in front of him with his arms crossed, looking down at him condescendingly.
Seeing Kurotsuchi's clear eyes, Naraku's clone realized she had broken his illusion technique, the Demonic Hellfire Technique. While somewhat surprised, he was also considering how to deal with these people.
The tall, fat man and the handsome young man, about ten meters to the left and right, also broke the illusion at this moment. They gripped their kunai with some fear and remained on guard, their eyes scanning back and forth between Naraku's clone and Kurotsuchi, as if considering how to rescue Kurotsuchi.
After Kurotsuchi broke the Genjutsu, she was filled with fear. As a genius female ninja from Iwagakure, she reacted quickly, gathering Chakra in her feet and immediately dodging backward.
Naraku realized he couldn't let these people leave so easily. He quickly pulled three talismans from his waist with his right hand, formed a hand seal with his left, and softly uttered:
"Fuinjutsu: Soul-Body Separation Technique!"
A sphere of blue Chakra light emanated from Naraku's body, its visible fluctuations spreading outwards and enveloping the three members of the Iwagakure group from three directions. Then, the sphere of Chakra light began to rotate.
"Ugh" x3
The three were instantly stunned Chakra passed through them, their Byakugan rolling back as they cried out in pain. As the Chakra sphere spun, a layer of blue, humanoid, soul-like transparent objects appeared around them and flew towards Naraku.
The soul flew into the three talismans in Naraku's hand, and characters suddenly appeared on each talisman: Kurotsuchi, Akatsuchi, Rikuto.
After sealing the three souls with Sealing Tag, Naraku casually tossed out three Sealing Tag. The talismans flew around their bodies, spun once, and then flew to the large tree and rock next to them.
"Kurotsuchi is Ōnoki's granddaughter, so normally she should be the strongest person in this Chunin Ninja Exams. It's best not to alert her."
After Narakumo's clone finished casting the sealing technique, he pondered for a moment, then stepped forward and placed the bodies of the several people together.
In this exam, Iwagakure has the most ninjas. Their Destiny depends on their own luck. As long as someone removes the three talismans, the Fuinjutsu can be broken. The prerequisite is that the three people's bodies are still alive and have not been damaged or starved to death.
Naraku's true form emerged from the lurking tree, summoning his Wood Clone Technique back into his body. After dispelling the Wood Clone's Ninjutsu, he whispered:
"Orochimaru, if you had come sooner, I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble."
One of Naraku's Sealing Tag was affixed to a large Daishi. The top of the Daishi rippled slightly like calm lake water, and a figure wearing a straw hat and an Amegakure Forehead Protector emerged from the rock.
"If I had arrived any earlier, how would I have been able to witness the mighty figure of the strongest Hokage?"
Orochimaru, disguised as a member of the Amegakure, licked his lips and smiled flatteringly.
This location is extremely remote, and logically, no ninjas should come here. The three-person Iwagakure team that just came to the Lost Wasteland from a nearby entrance, which is why they Naraku.
If Orochimaru had intervened nearby, he might have scared the Iwagakure team away, thus avoiding this whole mess.
Naraku joined this second operation mainly to find out how well Orochimaru and Rasa's ninja forces were prepared. A large-scale operation by just a few people would inevitably have limited destructive power. Moreover, once the operation started, they would be surrounded and attacked by Iwagakure Ninja, and whether they could survive such an attack was also an unknown.
Naraku carefully examined Orochimaru's disguised face for a few moments, then cut to the chase:
"Orochimaru, Ōnoki forbade me from visiting, so I had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure: to infiltrate Iwagakure and cooperate with you in this Chunin Ninja Exams for fun."
The current situation is that Ōnoki is very wary of Konoha, and many defensive troops have been added to the borders of the Land of Earth.
Furthermore, I cannot publicize such conspiracies and schemes, so I did not promote or mobilize the Konoha Ninja; only the Anbu followed me."
Naraku briefly explained the troop movements in Konoha, paused slightly, and then continued:
"Orochimaru, I can only provide support for your Iwagakure Collapse Plan. As for the rest, you'll have to rely on yourself to form alliances and maneuver around it."
Although Konoha and Hidden Sand are allies, they mostly exchange intelligence and provide information and assistance to each other regarding missing-nin. In a large-scale war between the two countries, how Hidden Sand will act is completely unknown.
Orochimaru had previously contacted Naraku, saying he was confident he could persuade Rasa to cooperate with him in a full-scale attack on Iwagakure. Naraku was skeptical of this and wanted to know how Orochimaru would form alliances and persuade the Kazekage.
"Forming alliances? No need for all that trouble. I've already discussed it with Rasa. Although Rasa is a bit hesitant and conflicted, I'll lend him a hand when the time comes, hehehe..."
When Orochimaru mentioned helping him out, he couldn't help but let out an evil laugh.
"Should we lend him a hand?"
Naraku recounted the events, and combined with Orochimaru's sinister smile and his own memories, Naraku roughly guessed how Orochimaru would help the Kazekage Rasa.
"That's right, I will help the Kazekage, Fourth Hokage. You don't need to worry about the assistance from Sunagakure at all."
All you need to do is unleash a powerful Ninjutsu during the third match, destroying Iwagakure while creating chaos.
This kind of sabotage mission should perfectly suit your requirements, right?
Orochimaru licked his lips. He was the mastermind behind this operation. When he asked Naraku for help, his goal was simply to capture a Tailed Beast.
Later, because Ōnoki forbade too many people from Konoha to come, and also forbade the Fourth Hokage to come, the plan changed. Fortunately, Orochimaru was well-informed and knew that Iwagakure had changed to jointly hold the Chunin Ninja Exams with Hidden Sand.
Orochimaru secretly contacted Sunagakure in time, and the communication with Rasa went very smoothly. Rasa had made all the necessary preparations.
Their only problem is that Rasa isn't very decisive; if the Iwagakure Collapse Plan succeeds, that would be ideal.
However, if the desired effect is not achieved, it is unknown how much wealth the Sunagakure Ninja will be able to plunder from the Land of Earth, and what will inevitably follow is a war between the Sand and Iwagakure kingdoms.