The illustrious Konoha Sannin lounged half-reclined without a shred of dignity. Jiraiya spoke up:
"Orochimaru, when did you get so shameless? You actually sneaked a head start on the food while Tsunade and I were talking."
Tsunade chimed in beside him:
"Exactly. Where did the old, aloof Orochimaru go? Did you have a change of personality today, or are you not really Orochimaru?"
Orochimaru himself had not expected to do something like this.
But he had thought of the barbecue Ye Feng had made before. Its aroma seemed to linger in his mouth, and when he smelled these dishes, he had unconsciously picked up his chopsticks.
Not wanting the two of them to keep teasing him, Orochimaru said:
"Jiraiya, don't forget why we came here."
At Orochimaru's words, Jiraiya's joking expression turned serious, and he said:
"Danzo's forces are currently being purged and absorbed. I'll stay in the village to oversee things afterward. The main issue now is that Sunagakure's army has already invaded the Land of Fire's border region. Orochimaru plans to lead the Ninja Forces out to meet them tomorrow."
Orochimaru picked up the conversation:
"But the village has a limited number of top ninja right now. I want to take Ye Feng and Minato Namikaze with me, while Tsunade stays in the village to help Jiraiya."
Ye Feng lowered his head in thought. Sunagakure currently had quite a few powerful fighters: the Third Kazekage, Chiyo, Ebizo, and Sasori of the Red Sands, both now and in the future. Moreover, Sunagakure Ninja were more skilled in using poison.
With Orochimaru's strength, he could actually match quite a few of their experts, but Ye Feng did not want this war to be too easy. Only then would the enemy underestimate Konoha and even launch the Third Shinobi World War.