After learning that Konoha had taken the initiative to start a war, the Land of Fire's daimyo personally rushed to Konoha.
He was genuinely anxious now. Konoha had completely slipped out of his control.
The Land of Fire's Daimyo
They dared to start a war today; tomorrow, they would dare to rebel!
However, by the time the Land of Fire's daimyo arrived in Konoha and demanded that Konoha stop the war, Konoha had already won.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, you absolutely cannot go to war with Cloud Hidden Village. Otherwise, the Land of Fire will lose its dignity as a great nation!"
In the Hokage's office, the daimyo waited for a long time before finally meeting Orochimaru, who had finished his experiment, and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
A mere Hokage had actually made him, the daimyo, wait this long? But the war was too urgent for him to fuss over such details.
The fact that they had forced the daimyo himself to come here already proved many things.
For example, Konoha and the Land of Fire had quietly switched positions without anyone noticing.
Though "switched" was not quite right. Perhaps it was more accurate to say they had returned to their proper places.
Ninja possessed immense power. To ordinary people, ninja were no different from gods. All they lacked was someone willing to shatter traditional notions.
It could only be said that this was Japan's tradition, but that did not mean everyone would submit to it.
Orochimaru's goal was immortality. Once he had that goal, he realized that nations and dynasties were all nonsense, fleeting things that would pass in the blink of an eye.
With the goal of living freely and forever while exploring every secret, how could he possibly bow his head to the Land of Fire?
From the moment Hiruzen Sarutobi