Senju Chen's figure was like a drop of water blending into the sea, disappearing silently in the rain curtain outside the abandoned pump room. He did not immediately return to the temporary base where Orochimaru and others were, but first made a large circle and carefully cleaned up any traces he might have left.
In this cold steel city, caution is the first rule of survival.
When he returned to his residence, he found that Orochimaru had returned.
Hearing the movement, his eyes accurately locked onto Senju Chen who walked in.
Shisui and Maruboshi Kosuke have gone to rest and recuperate.
"Back." Orochimaru's voice was hoarse and flat, with no emotion.
"Yeah." Senju Chen nodded, naturally Earth Flow Orochimaru was next to him. He handed over the mission scroll he got from Hatake Sakumo, and then spoke.
"Teacher, I got some bad information from 'Ya'."
Orochimaru took the scroll and did not open it immediately. His interest was obviously in Senju Chen's next words.
"Iwagakure has made big moves recently." Senju Chen explained Hatake Sakumo's analysis in a concise and comprehensive manner, "They secretly mobilized a large number of ninjas to sneak into Land of Rain, 'Ya' suspects that they want to take advantage of the confrontation between us and Sunagakure at Kikyo Mountain to capture Land of Rain first, and then reap the benefits."
He paused and added the most crucial point, "Moreover, 'Ya' suspects that Iwagakure's next goal is to assassinate Hanzo of the Salamander."
The air in the room seemed to become more solid and cold because of these words.
A slight change finally appeared on Orochimaru's face. He stretched out his long tongue and licked his pale lips. His golden snake eyes flashed dangerously under the dim Kakkō.
"Hehehe...Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, that old man still has such a good appetite." He chuckled softly, and the laughter seemed particularly cold in the empty room, "Assassinate Hanzō? Now, it is really a good time. Provided that we are not here."
Senju Chen looked at Orochimaru's reaction and understood. For a person like Orochimaru, as long as he is not Konoha, he doesn't care at all about the life and death of others. Iwagakure's plan not only did not make him feel troublesome, but also allowed him to see more possibilities.
"Teacher, do we need to tell Hanzō this information?" Senju Chen raised his head, playing the role of a good student waiting for the teacher's decision.
"Of course." Orochimaru's smile became more playful, "But you can't tell him so 'directly'."
He stood up and walked slowly around the campfire, his slender figure pulled like a ghost by Kakkō.
"We just helped him get rid of Kirigakure's troubles, and now we immediately send him information that Iwagakure wants to assassinate him... Hanzō is a suspicious man."
Senju Chen showed a thoughtful expression in response, and then shook his head.
"He will suspect that this is a scam we staged to increase our weight in his mind. He will even wonder if we and Iwagakure are working together to plot against him."
Orochimaru's snake pupils shone with a calculating light, "Trust is something that can be destroyed too easily. So, we have to find another way to let him discover the 'truth' on his own."
Senju Chen didn't speak and listened quietly.
"Tomorrow morning, I will go see Hanzō." Orochimaru said slowly, "I will 'inadvertently' reveal to him that we found traces of suspected Iwagakure Ninja activities near the area where Kirigakure Ninja was solved last night... That's enough."
"With Hanzō's character, he will definitely send someone to investigate immediately. And we only need to anonymously deliver the specific information about Iwagakure's stronghold that 'Ya' gave us to Hanzō's confidants."
"When the time comes, he will have both stolen goods and gains. He will be convinced of Iwagakure's conspiracy. At the same time, he will also have a greater favorable impression of our Konoha's 'unintentional act'." Orochimaru looked at Senju Chen and raised the corner of his mouth, "Little Chen, remember, sometimes, the truth that others discover by themselves is far more powerful than what we tell ourselves."
Senju Chen nodded vigorously, with an admiring expression of "I've learned" on his face.
Orochimaru is Orochimaru, born to be a top master at playing with conspiracies and people's hearts.
At the same time, the ripples caused by the killing storm Senju Chen and the others set off in Old Seventh Water Purification Tower were spreading in this rainy country at a speed far beyond his expectation.
Amegakure, Hanzō The underground secret room of the mansion.
Hanzo of the Salamander looked at the autopsy report presented by his subordinates. There was no expression on the face that had been wearing a breathing mask all year round, but the oppressive atmosphere in the secret room made the surrounding cronies dare not even breathe.
Kirigakure, one Elite Jonin, one Ninja Blade Jonin, and one sentient Jonin, plus several Chunin.
Such a team that could cause a bloody storm in a small country was wiped out overnight.
The death conditions described in the report shocked him even more.
With that sword technique Jonin, an extremely arrogant force blasted a large hole through the front and back of his chest, and his internal organs and bones were smashed into pieces.
As for the others, almost all were killed with one blow, either with their throats cut open or their heads pierced. That Elite Jonin even had his head removed.
There were no traces of large-scale Ninjutsu bombardment at the scene, and the battle was over in a very short period of time. It was clean, neat, and frighteningly efficient.
"Konoha..."
He was satisfied with Konoha's "efficiency", which proved that the allies he found were indeed of sufficient weight. But after he was satisfied, he became more worried.
What if this silent assassination ability is used against Land of Rain?
Even he, a man known as "Demigod", dare not say that he could survive such a surprise attack.
"It seems that the cooperation with Konoha needs to be more in-depth..." He murmured to himself, his eyes getting deeper.
And this fear fermented crazily in another form in the dark corner of Land of Rain.
In a damp sewer, two Iwagakure spies disguised as civilians were huddled in a corner, communicating in trembling voices.
"You... did you see it? The corpse over there at the water purification tower... is that of Kirigakure." One of them had teeth chattering.
"I saw... the guy with Greatsword, I've seen his reward order, he was the elite of Kirigakure! He died like that... His chest felt like it was hit by a meteorite!" The other person's face was as pale as paper, "There were others, all killed with one knife! It was so clean, so clean it was scary!"
"It's 'him'... it must be 'him' who took action!"
"That's right! Except for the monster "Demigod", who can kill an entire team of Kirigakure elites so quietly in Amegakure! He is killing the chicken to scare the monkeys! He is warning us of all the nails hidden in the dark!"
Fear spread in their hearts like a plague.
They didn't even think about Konoha. In their knowledge, the only person who could do such a thing on Land of Rain's territory was "Demigod" himself.
Recalling that recently their Iwagakure strongholds had been frequently demolished and their companions disappeared one after another, these spies were completely panicked.
"The plan... our plan must have been exposed!" Demigod"The cleaning has begun!"
"Quick! Send the news back quickly! If we don't leave, we will all die here!"
Land of Rain border, Iwagakure temporary command camp.
Kitsuchi, who has a stocky build and a steady expression, is looking at the burning information coming from the encrypted channel in his hand, with big beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Commander, this is urgent information from our seventh team deployed inside Amegakure... They said that Hanzo of the Salamander has begun a large-scale purge and our infiltration plan has been completely exposed!" a subordinate reported anxiously.
Kitsuchi slapped the information on the table, his face was ashen.
"Kirigakure's team was also wiped out, and their bodies were exposed in the open... This was Hanzō's warning!" Kitsuchi paced back and forth in the tent, his normally calm mind now occupied by fear and suspicion.
His original plan was to take advantage of the war between Konoha and Sunagakure to eliminate Hanzo of the Salamander, the biggest obstacle, in one fell swoop, and then use the army to suppress the situation and quickly control the entire Land of Rain.
But now, instead of waiting for them to take action, Hanzō launched a bloody counterattack first!
What does this mean?
This means that the plan they thought was seamless may have been a joke from the beginning in the eyes of "Demigod"!
"No... we can't wait any longer!" Kitsuchi stopped abruptly, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, "Hanzo of the Salamander must have laid a dragnet by now. If we attack now, we will throw ourselves into a trap! We must stop the plan immediately!"
He grabbed the pen, wrote the highest-level secret letter as quickly as possible, and tied it to the leg of the fastest psychic eagle.
"Immediately! Send it back to the village as quickly as possible and hand it over to Lord Tsuchikage for your signature!"
In the night sky, the falcon let out a scream, broke through the rain curtain, and flew away in the direction of Land of Earth.
Far away in Tsuchikage Building of Iwagakure, Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki is suspended in mid-air, looking at the direction of Land of Rain on the map, with a confident look on his face that he has everything under control.
"Hmph, when those two idiots Konoha and Sunagakure beat each other to pieces, it's time for me to clean up the mess."
At this moment, a black shadow flashed in from the window, bringing urgent news from the front line.
Ōnoki unlocked the secret message and only glanced at it. His short body suddenly swayed in the air and almost lost its balance.
"What?! The plan was exposed?! Hanzō has started to counterattack?!"
Ōnoki's eyes widened, and the confidence on his face was instantly replaced by shock and anger.
"Asshole! How could this happen?" He was so angry that he was shaking all over, and he felt that the old problem of his waist disc was beginning to hurt again. "Send me the order immediately! Temporarily suspend the 'hunting' plan! All lurking personnel in Land of Rain, retreat immediately!!"
He didn't dare to gamble.
He knows better than anyone how terrifying Hanzo of the Salamander was in its heyday. Now that the opportunity for a sneak attack has been lost, Iwagakure's elite cannot be ruined in vain under that man's wrath.
A shocking conspiracy that could change the direction of Third Shinobi World War, just like that, because of Senju Chen and their group's "experience gain" action, they accidentally pressed the pause button.
The instigator was leaning on the back of the chair at this moment, with his eyes closed, feeling the Chakra in his body that had grown due to the kill, and an unnoticed, satisfied smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He didn't know that their first action, like flapping butterfly wings, had already stopped a storm sweeping Shinobi World in a distant place.