"It's just that Orochimaru is too good at hiding. I still haven't found his exact whereabouts."
"Hmm..."
Uchiha Minamoto nodded, accepting that explanation, then asked another question.
"Then how many of Orochimaru's bases do you know the locations of?
"Especially those in the western part of the Ninja Continent... I mean farther west than the Land of Wind."
"Well..."
Jiraiya thought for a moment and gave the name of a small country.
"The Land of Swamps?"
Chapter 295: To deal with Orochimaru, you can't just deal with Orochimaru
As the saying went, a cunning rabbit had three burrows.
But Orochimaru had no fewer snake nests than a rabbit had burrows.
In his quest to learn every ninjutsu in the Shinobi World, and to achieve immortality, Orochimaru had traveled to who knew how many countries.
Not only had he visited all the Five Great Nations, he hadn't overlooked the small countries with unique traditions either.
Orochimaru spent years wandering abroad, and naturally had dug out who knew how many snake nests.
Ordinary people couldn't discover the secret bases Orochimaru had set up.
But Jiraiya was no ordinary person!
"The Land of Swamps is almost at the westernmost edge of the Ninja Continent. Farther west, there's nothing but an endless ocean."
Jiraiya first gave a rough introduction to the Land of Swamps, then spoke about its legends.
"Orochimaru has some very unusual interests. He's obsessed with myths...
"According to legend, an immortal demon called Moryo is sealed within the Land of Swamps. That little country also has a bizarre form of ninjutsu known as 'dark medical ninjutsu.'
"Orochimaru might have gone to the Land of Swamps for those two things.
"I followed those leads and discovered Orochimaru's secret base in the Land of Swamps."
Jiraiya's expression didn't change at all as he