Naruto: The Savior of the Shinobi World is a Liar?

How long had it been.

  When the scarred ninja awoke from his unconsciousness, the severe pain from his wrist made his face twist in agony, but he also saw the four figures in front of him.

  "Damn it! You're not Amegakure ninja at all!"

  Now completely awake, he lay on the ground, raising his head and roaring, "No matter who you are, let me go now! The patrol will be here soon!"

  He was tied up tightly, his entire body wrapped up like a worm, writhing and struggling.

  But all his efforts were in vain, his voice couldn't reach the outside at all.

  Damn it! How long has it been, why hasn't anyone come to save me?

  The commotion was so big back then, so many people saw it, didn't anyone report it or warn them?

  "Don't shout."

  Hatake Kakashi picked at his ear, his dead-fish eye staring at the scarred ninja, "kindly" explaining, "We walked out swaggeringly, and the tavern owner even personally sent us out, so no one will come to save you."

  Hearing this, even Kakashi couldn't help but smile, seeming to find it a bit absurd and ridiculous. Even the usually expressionless Tenzo had a strange expression, looking at Hyuga Kumo, who was silent to the side.

  "...What?" The scarred ninja's expression was blank, and he blurted out, "Those guys are crazy? They didn't inform the patrol, and they just watched you take me away?"

  Kakashi was too lazy to explain it to him, and simply asked, "Speak. Tell us all the information you know."

  "Don't even think about it!" The scarred ninja growled, "I won't betray…"

  "Let me handle this."

  Before he could finish speaking, Hyuga Kumo suddenly stepped forward, smiling gently, "Don't worry, I'll do it like before, crushing your bones little by little until you tell us the answers we want to hear."

  Hearing this, Kakashi and the other two exchanged glances, looking at the scarred ninja with pity, and then left the scene in unison, leaving the two of them there.

  Looking at Hyuga Kumo's smile, the scarred ninja shivered, his face instantly turning pale, and his whole body shrank back.

  "You, don't come over here, you… Aah!!"

  After a moment, Kakashi and the other two, who were guarding outside the door, heard the shrill screams and wails gradually stopping, falling into a terrifying, deathly silence.

  Crack.

  Hyuga Kumo walked out of the abandoned house, meeting the probing gazes of Kakashi and the others, and nodded, "I've squeezed him dry."

  The interrogation and coercion went smoothly. Under his methods, the scarred ninja spoke of the current situation of Amegakure and Hanzō, as well as the information such as the number of resident personnel and the number of standing weapons in Amegakure. He spilled everything he knew like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

  In the end, he even confessed to peeking at the girl next door taking a bath when he was a child. If Hyuga Kumo hadn't finally stopped him, he probably would have confessed his wife's fetishes.

  Hatake Kakashi pushed the door open and took a look, seeing the scarred ninja whose bones were almost completely crushed, unrecognizably rotten into a pool of mud.

  But his expression didn't change. Ninja were never kind people, and Amegakure ANBU was not a humanitarian organization. He directly set it on fire and burned it clean.

  "Now we can confirm that something has indeed happened in Amegakure as we guessed. Hanzō's personality has also changed drastically, and the root cause is that organization called 'Akatsuki'."

  Kakashi summarized the information and instantly grasped the key point.

  Akatsuki.

  Unfortunately, those in the know were tight-lipped about this, and Hanzō himself was tight-lipped about it, so the scarred ninja didn't know much, and neither did the other three Amegakure ninja.

  "Isn't the focus of this mission to investigate Hanzō and Amegakure's existing strength?" Tenzo asked.

  "Yes." Hatake Kakashi said calmly, "But the premise is that the only threats existing in the Land of Rain are Hanzō and Amegakure."

  The essence of the mission was not to investigate the strength of Hanzō and Amegakure, but to figure out how much threat the Land of Rain still posed to Konoha.

  With the continued expansion of the war situation, Sunagakure and Iwagakure were very likely to intervene.

  At that time, the Land of Rain would be the shortest route for the two major ninja villages to attack the Land of Fire. Konoha had to figure out the current situation in the Land of Rain ahead of everyone else.

  Information is the most important thing for ninja.

  Just like Jiraiya's battle against Nagato controlling the Six Paths of Pain in the original work, if Jiraiya knew the information and abilities of the Six Paths of Pain, he might not have been able to handle Jiraiya if Nagato didn't risk his life.

  Another example is Hidan, whose technique was terrifying but had fatal flaws. With enough information, even Shikamaru could kill him, but Sarutobi Asuma, who didn't know the information, could only die in Hidan's hands.

  So, in the ninja world, there has never been an iron rule that "Genin" cannot defeat "Chunin" or "Chunin" cannot defeat "Jonin."

  As long as you know yourself and your enemy, and collect enough information, you can make targeted arrangements based on the enemy's shortcomings, and a Genin can also kill a Jonin.

  "So Kakashi-senpai thinks that Akatsuki may pose obstacles and threats to Konoha's future war situation?" Hyuga Kumo suddenly asked.

  Seeing Kakashi nodded, another ninja frowned, "It's just an organization being chased around by Amegakure, and only a few remnants are left. Is it worth paying so much attention to?"

  "I think Kakashi-senpai's idea is right."

  Before Hatake Kakashi could explain, Hyuga Kumo, who was standing to the side, smiled, "Hanzō's reputation is genuine, earned on the battlefield."

  "Even if he is really old, he shouldn't be so cowardly."

  "Being able to force that Hanzō to be so fearful shows that the so-called 'Akatsuki' is by no means simple."

  Hearing this, Tenzo and that Konoha ninja were thoughtful, and also agreed with Kakashi and Hyuga Kumo's judgment.

  "Then what do we do next?" Tenzo asked.

  Hatake Kakashi pondered for a moment, and slowly said, "With Hanzō's current personality and situation, his attitude towards Konoha may not be as hostile as before. We can try to talk to him."

  "While understanding Akatsuki's information, propose to help him solve this trouble, and hope to conclude a covenant with him. In this way, the Land of Rain may become a barrier to help Konoha resist Sunagakure and Iwagakure in the future."

  Speaking of this, he paused, and added, "Of course, the premise is that Third-sama agrees, otherwise we must not act without authorization."

  Hyuga Kumo nodded in agreement, but at this time, his gaze suddenly paused slightly.

  He suddenly had a feeling.

  The scroll that he had Orochimaru take away had been triggered.

  In other words, Orochimaru had met the conditions to unlock the seal, and could now see the subsequent content.

  "Has he finally developed 'Living Corpse Reincarnation'?"

  Hyuga Kumo's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled, "I've been waiting for a long time, Orochimaru-sama, don't disappoint me."

  He had left some interesting content behind on that scroll.

  Or rather, lies.

  Or perhaps, "rules."

  Hyuga Kumo was no longer limited to manifesting ninjutsu and items, he wanted to try to implant the underlying "rules" in the ninja world.

  This was a huge lie, enough to make the entire ninja world dance to it.

  At the same time, in the experimental base hidden in the cave at the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain,

  Orochimaru's pale face looked particularly cold under the light, but the madness and fanaticism on that face were particularly scorching.

  "Finally, finally completed! Living Corpse Reincarnation! I…"

  "Hiss!"

  Before he could finish speaking, a snake tongue suddenly protruded from his mouth, and his voice turned feminine, mocking, "Useless Orochimaru, even if you develop a technique to change bodies, what good will it do? Are you willing to give up this body that can use Sage Mode?"

  "How much you gained in Ryūchi Cave, how much you must pay the price hiss, you'll never be able to get rid of…"

  "Shut up!" Orochimaru's voice changed again, his eyes and expression becoming resentful, and he said hatefully, "Tagitsuhime, sooner or later I'll eat your body and soul clean!"

  With that said, he turned around and walked towards the scroll placed on the table.

  No, it shouldn't be said "walk."

  It should be said, "crawl."

  Orochimaru had now lost his legs, replaced by a white snake tail.

  On that day, in order to survive, he made a deal with the White Snake Sage.

  And that was the price he had to pay.

  Fused with the body of "Tagitsuhime," one of the three great Snake Princesses of Ryūchi Cave, he gained the ability to use Sage Mode, but was also unable to escape the control of Ryūchi Cave.

  However, all of this was worth it.

  "Hiss."

  Orochimaru subconsciously stuck out his snake tongue, his eyes burning as he looked at the scroll in his hand.

  The subsequent content that he had never been able to see no matter what he did, could now be easily unfolded with a gentle tug.

  "As expected, only by mastering the soul and natural energy can the seal behind the scroll be released."

  Orochimaru's eyes became even hotter, and he couldn't wait to scan the subsequent content of the scroll, but his eyes froze after seeing the first two sentences.

  [For the passing of all souls, their path home is not one. When the body dies and the soul departs, it either vanishes into the wind, or returns to the Pure Land of the Six Paths, or falls into my illusory realm.]

  [The Illusory Realm, a place of refuge for souls, its realm suspended in the gap between the present world and the Pure Land, shrouded in eternal night all year round…]

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