Avengers of the Whirlpool Family

The momentum that is waiting to be unleashed, and the eerie chakra fluctuations that gradually spread out.

After witnessing Menma kill Shiranui Genma cleanly and efficiently, and when he felt the aura of Menma directly, his body trembled subconsciously, and his expression became more solemn than ever before.

Orochimaru remained calm and replied with a smile, "Why would Menma-kun think so? I am very happy with our cooperative relationship, at least for now. I just want to remind you that the ninja world is not so peaceful now. It not only refers to Konoha, but also Kumogakure and Iwagakure have taken action. As far as I know, the target is Menma-kun. I think you should know the reason, right?"

"Oh? Is that so? I did misunderstand Orochimaru-san. I have considered all these issues. Orochimaru-san doesn't need to worry about anything. I won't leave too far. I am just going to do a small thing."

Menma also nodded with an expression of 'sudden enlightenment' and replied with a chuckle.

"Oh, that's the best. Then please be extremely careful about your safety. Also, this base will be abandoned in the near future, so it's best if you can return as soon as possible."

Orochimaru said as he stared at Menma with his narrow snake eyes.

There was clearly a hint of warning in the words.

"Well, I understand. It'll only take a few days. Who knows, I might even come back before you, Orochimaru-san. Besides, there are other ways to contact us, right?"

Menma replied nonchalantly.

"Haha, it would be best if Menma-kun knows what's going on. I'd like to wish him all the best."

Orochimaru looked at Menma deeply, then nodded slowly.

No one asked what Menma was doing.

It's in vain to ask.

Through such a conversation today, Orochimaru further confirmed the positioning and relationship between each other.

In my heart, I am becoming more and more afraid of Menma.

The initial impression of Ma on the other side had long since vanished into thin air.

Mentally, Orochimaru treated Menma as an equal and would never underestimate him because of his age.

"I will take Orochimaru-san's advice here."

Menma said with a raised eyebrow.

Soon afterwards.

Orochimaru also turned around and left with Kabuto Yakushi.

Looking at the back of Orochimaru as he left.

There was also a hint of a strange color in Menma's pupils.

"Menma, are we leaving here? Where are we going?"

Sitting nearby, Karin, who had remained silent from beginning to end, turned her head and looked at Menma and asked softly after Orochimaru left.

"Well, this was decided before leaving Konoha. There is something I need to obtain as soon as possible. It will be a great help to us now. It is not far away. It is just to the west of the Land of Rice and at the border with the Land of Water Trap. It will probably take less than half a day to get there from here."

Menma replied softly.

"Taki no Kuni?"

Xianglin nodded, not quite understanding.

Menma didn't explain much.

"Let's go pack our bags, we'll leave this afternoon."

The two of them turned around and went back to the house at the back, packed up briefly, and just as Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi left, Menma took Karin and left the Otogakure Village, heading towards their intended target location.

The country of Taki.

As one of the few countries in the ninja world that has ninja villages.

The status of Takigakure is second only to the five great ninja villages. The reason is very simple. Takigakure has a tailed beast. This was allocated to Takigakure by the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, when the tailed beasts were distributed decades ago. It is obvious that this is because the strength of Takigakure was really second only to the five great ninja villages at that time. Otherwise, why didn't Kusagakure, Yugakure, and Amegakure get the tailed beast! ?

Kakuzu, the financial manager of the Akatsuki organization, was from Takigakure Village, and the forbidden technique that he relied on to become stronger also originally belonged to Takigakure Village.

This was originally a ninja village that had the potential to catch up with the five major ninja villages and even become one of the six major nations, but in the following decades, Takigakure Village continued to decline, due to both the Ninja World War and its own reasons. Kakuzu's defection was also one of the reasons.

The Takigakure Village has been declining over the years, and now it can only be tough towards other small ninja villages.

Once it faces the five major countries, Takigakure Village will have to keep a low profile.

The five major countries still maintain an absolute crushing situation when facing these other small countries and ninja villages.

The reason why these small country ninja villages can continue to exist is because of the tacit understanding between the five major countries. Before anyone owns them, or feels that they do not have the strength to flatten the entire ninja world, these small country ninja villages have a meaning of existence.

Just like the blue planet where Menma lived in his previous life, why didn't the former colonial powers localize their colonies and truly integrate them into the country?

Do those politicians have no foresight at all? Do they fully see the benefits of doing this?

The answer is obviously no.

The reason why those great powers have always maintained a large number of colonies is that doing so can maximize their interests.

This is similar to the reason why the five major powers deliberately left these small countries between them.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 138: The Kingdom of the Head (Part )

Of course, these small countries can survive thanks to their own decision-making choices.

Otherwise, from the Warring States Period to the present, over the past few decades or even hundreds of years, there have been many small countries that have been destroyed.

The most typical one is the Whirlpool Country, Whirlpool Village.

It was once one of the most powerful medium-sized countries and ninja villages among the five major countries.

Isn't it just destroyed if it's destroyed?

Although there were multiple reasons for the fall of the Whirlpool Country, and Konoha, as an ally, also played a not-so-glorious role, it is an established fact that the Whirlpool Country was eventually destroyed.

In addition, in various regions of the Ninja World, there are small countries of varying sizes that have been destroyed and disappeared in the long river of history, and some countries have become stronger by annexing these countries. Menma's target location this time is the original area of ​​a small country that was annexed by Takikuni thirty or forty years ago.

It was a small country called 'Shou'.

At its peak, the country only had a few cities and a population of only 200,000 to 300,000.

The reason why Menma chose to come to this small country is very simple. Although this country is small, it was once the country of the first and possessed a very precious contract scroll of summoning ninja beasts.

A scroll of a summoning ninja beast called the Suzaki Lizard.

This was something Menma had been looking forward to obtaining long before he left the Hidden Leaf Village.

A powerful summoning ninja beast can be a great help to the ninja.

Especially in large-scale group battles, the powerful and huge summoning ninja beasts are the ultimate killer.

It can be said that as long as the strength is strong enough, at the shadow level, the summoned beast can still serve as the absolute main force in the battle.

For example, Orochimaru's Manda, Tsunade's slug, Jiraiya's Gamabunta, and so on.

These summoned ninja beasts are all directly comparable to the Kage level in strength.

Therefore, before the battle intensity reaches the later stage where it can destroy everything in sight, the role of a summoned ninja beast is unparalleled.

How strong the Shuzaki Lizard is is not clearly and comprehensively shown in the original work, but no matter how you look at it, its combat power exceeds that of ordinary summoning beasts. Menma is not too greedy, as long as he can get as close as possible to the strength of the summoning beasts from the three holy places.

Even if it is really much weaker, it doesn’t matter. There are so many things that summoning ninja beasts can do.

"It's probably this area, right?"

After Menma had determined the approximate scope of the former Kingdom of the First as best as possible based on the information he had obtained from Orochimaru, he arrived at the present area.

"Is this the location of the former capital of the Kingdom of the First that Menma mentioned?"

Karin looked at the endless mountain range not far away, turned her head and looked at Menma with a puzzled look and asked.

Aren't cities supposed to be built on plains, or at least in basins? Not to mention that this was once the capital of a country, right?

No matter how you look at it, it's impossible to be built in the mountains, right?

"Haha, we can't find any trace of the capital of the Kingdom of the First now. What we need to search for now is the exact location of that First Lizard. According to the information I collected before, that First Lizard exists in this mountain range in front of us."

Menma said with a slight smile.

The memories in the original work have become less clear. After all, this is not the most important plot, but Menma still has some impression of the general content. Then, combined with the intelligence he has detected in this life, he can lock down a general area.

"Ooh!"

Xianglin also nodded as if she understood.

"Let's go. Although this mountain range is huge, the chakra of a large summoning beast is not so easy to hide. It's only a matter of time before we find him."

Both himself and Karin are of the most orthodox Uzumaki clan bloodline.

That is already a perception ability that can cover a fairly exaggerated area.

Unless this Suzuki lizard was not in this mountain range at all, it would be impossible for it to escape the perception of the two.

"whoosh"

"whoosh"

After rushing into the mountains, Ma and Xianglin went their separate ways. The overlapping perception ranges were meaningless.

Carrying out carpet searches separately can directly double the efficiency.

Menma really didn't believe that it was just a Suzuki lizard. How could it be missed under the huge perception coverage of the two of them?

In fact, it took less than an hour.

Xianglin locked onto the target.

The two people reunited and went to the giant chakra emitting point together.

When I saw the rusty black "castle" in front of me.

Karin blinked her eyes and looked at Menma with a puzzled look: "Is this the Suzaki lizard?"

"Haha, didn't you lock onto this yourself? Why are you doubting yourself now?"

Menma said with a smile.

"But? Can a summoning beast turn into a castle?"

Xianglin's brows were twisted together.

Your own perception will not be wrong.

The giant "castle" in front of him was the huge chakra body that he had sensed before. Now at a close distance, this perception became clearer and stronger.

But Xianglin still felt a little weird. A living summoned beast could transform into a castle?

It’s not that it’s impossible, but it’s this kind of visual impact that makes Karin feel a little uncomfortable.

Menma looked like he was completely used to it.

After reading the original novel for a long time, I found that strange things happened one after another.

The scene where the summoned beast turns into a castle is nothing compared to this.

"Shouzaki Lizard, I know that this castle is a disguise of yours. I want to have a good talk with you. I hope you can give me a chance!"

Psychic ninja beasts are creatures that possess high intelligence, just like humans.

Menma didn't need to worry about others not understanding what he said. Although he had made a certain degree of preparation, Menma still wanted to see if he could convince this Suzuki lizard with words.

If you can avoid taking action, it is better to do so.

However, this Suzuki lizard obviously didn't buy Menma's account.

More than ten minutes had passed after Menma finished speaking, but the 'castle' in front of him was still standing there so deep and quiet, without any reaction at all.

It can't be that this Suzuki lizard can't understand or even hear Menma's words, right?

This is so funny.

"Alas, it seems that I still need to be tougher."

Menma shook his head helplessly.

"Xianglin, please step aside first and let me handle this."

Then he turned his head and looked at Xianglin who was sitting next to him and said so.

Before coming here, Menma had made the corresponding mental preparations to defeat the Suzaki Lizard in a fight. After all, the most important thing to do in order to contract a certain summoning beast is to get the other party's approval.

And showing one's own strength is one of them.