Avengers of the Whirlpool Family

"untie!"

He simply formed seals and cancelled the spiritual communication technique, allowing Qi Tu to return to his clan's exclusive spiritual communication space to recuperate.

In this battle, Qi Tu's injuries were somewhat serious.

in the next period of time.

Menma will definitely not summon Urushi, at least let him rest for a while, as for the other lizards.

Ok.

This will take time until you get familiar with it.

This time I really got a treasure.

Menma thought with a smile on his face.

In the distance, after seeing Menma successfully conclude the contract, Karin leapt up and rushed over quickly.

When seeing Menma's happy face, Karin also showed a happy expression. In her opinion, Menma's joy was her own joy.

"Menma, everything went well? Should we go back next?"

Karin widened her eyes and spoke with a tone that seemed to be a little bit resistant.

When Menma heard this, he was stunned at first, but then he reacted immediately.

The atmosphere at Orochimaru's place is indeed a bit eerie.

It makes sense that Karin doesn't like it.

However, they still have to go back eventually. Even though Menma's plan requires them to build their own power, it is definitely not the right time. First, the timing is not right, and second, they do not have the corresponding ability and strength.

Therefore, Orochimaru's place is still a necessary stop for him.

"Well, I have to go back, but it's not that early yet. The time I spent coming here is less than expected, so I plan to deal with another matter as well."

Menma said with a slight smile.

When Xianglin heard the first half of the sentence, her mouth pursed and she was obviously a little unhappy, but after hearing the second half, an obvious look of happiness appeared on her face.

"Well! Shall we set off now?"

Xianglin asked with sparkling eyes.

No matter where they go, as long as she can be with Menma and doesn't have to go back to that gloomy place, Karin will definitely be happy.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 143: Movements on the Other Side

"Haha, there's no need to be so anxious. It's getting late today. Let's rest in a nearby town for a night. It won't be too late for us to set off tomorrow. Besides, we also need to collect some intelligence. The ninja world is not peaceful right now."

Menma smiled and shook his head, looking at the Hidden Leaf Village far in the southeast, and then spoke with a solemn look.

With the help of Orochimaru's platform.

During the few days in the Land of Rice, Menma had a relatively comprehensive understanding of the outside world's intelligence. Orochimaru did not deliberately restrict the inflow of information to Menma in this regard, which seemed completely meaningless to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru even thinks that letting Menma know more about the current dangerous situation in the ninja world will be more beneficial to increase his side's bargaining chips. After all, Menma is alone, and with the eyes of the entire ninja world focused on him, Orochimaru believes that Menma will rely more and more on himself.

This was a blatant conspiracy by Orochimaru.

Menma is of course aware of this, but he is destined not to do as Orochimaru wishes.

Because in Menma's plan, these people, these forces, these groups, are all thresholds that he needs to face and cross. How could he possibly succumb to this? If this were the case, there would be no need to choose to leave Konoha in the first place.

The current situation in the ninja world is becoming more and more dangerous, just as mentioned before. Although some plots are still the same as before, Menma's own defection has obviously led to a completely different development.

Menma has no way of predicting whether a new round of Ninja World War will break out among the five major countries. He can only make a judgment based on the current situation. Every step needs to be taken more cautiously.

"Let's go, Karin."

"Ok!"

The figure is vertical.

Menma also took Karin and headed towards a town in the northeast.

Silent all night.

After resting for a night in this small southeastern town in Takikuni.

The next morning.

When the first ray of morning light shone above the earth, Menma woke up early and used the art of transformation to enter the town. Menma had no fear of his identity being exposed and could enter and exit public and underground places at will.

Gathered as much useful information as possible.

Although this method does not allow Menma to collect very detailed and comprehensive information, some basic intelligence can still be obtained.

For example, the movements of large forces of Cloud Ninja and Rock Ninja are the easiest information to obtain. After all, it is not a small number of troops transferring, but a large force of at least a thousand ninjas.

Ordinary intelligence dealers can still accurately obtain this level of information.

After confirming that there was no further conflict among the three major ninja villages, Menma felt a little disappointed.

Perhaps it was because Konoha's overt and covert responses were timely and correct, or perhaps it was because of its past prestige and foundation that other ninja villages were still cautious, and the large forces of the Rock Ninja and the Cloud Ninja simply gathered at the border and did not take any further action.

Honestly.

This was not what Menma wanted to see.

No matter it is the complete revenge on Konoha in the future, or the realization of another ambition in his heart, the renewed war among these major ninja villages is the development that best meets Menma's expectations. He wants to see the five major ninja villages weakened more than the Akatsuki organization and Obito and others.

Rather than continuing the confrontation in peace.

But if they didn't start a war, Menma couldn't do anything. He couldn't go and provoke the five major ninja villages, could he? He was already walking on a tightrope. If he wasn't careful, he would be in trouble. How could he ask for trouble?

Not to mention, he is now a hot commodity in the eyes of all the major ninja villages. Konoha is determined to capture him, and the Iwagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village, the two ninja villages whose strength is second only to Konoha, will definitely find ways to get him.

Nine tails!

This is a temptation that no ninja village that aspires to hegemony in the ninja world can resist.

Menma had no doubt that there must be tracking teams from various major ninja villages searching for his exact location throughout the ninja world.

Everyone wants to get the first-hand advantage.

So, before I become completely strong.

When facing any ninja village, Menma must think twice before acting and use his cautious attribute to the extreme.

Even in the Konoha collapse plan, Menma was able to actively restrain himself, let alone now. Moreover, Menma had anticipated such a situation in the ninja world from the very beginning. It is impossible for a ninja world war to break out so easily. It is like clapping; one hand cannot make a sound.

Therefore, Menma quickly adjusted his mentality.

After further confirming the current situation in the ninja world.

Menma felt a little relieved and took Karin northward towards the location of the Takigakure Village.

The Takigakure Village is home to the Nanabi.

Therefore, even though it has been declining over the years, it still holds a very important position in the ninja world.

The five major ninja villages are unwilling to attack Takigakure easily. The five major nations are most aware of how destructive the power of a tailed beast is. It's not that the current Takigakure is really that threatening, but the five major nations are unwilling to see Takigakure join the camp of their hostile ninja villages because of their pressure.

That would be the worst possible scenario.

The reason why Menma chose to come to this ninja village at this point in time was to explore the way and make some foreshadowing for his next plan.

As mentioned before, if Menma wants to have his own power in a short period of time, the most direct and effective way is to occupy the nest of another. Among the several small ninja villages, Takigakure Village has the most potential and is the most controllable.

The potential comes from the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki—Fu and the legendary Hero's Water that can increase the ninja's chakra dozens of times. The controllability comes from the fact that the current leader of Takigakure Village is a very young person.

Detailed original plot and character settings.

Menma didn't remember it clearly, but he had some impression of the cowardly character of the young leader of Takigakure Village.

Compared to fighting with those old foxes, Menma is very happy to communicate with young people like this.

Because being young means having 'unlimited possibilities'.

Well, to put it bluntly, it's easy to fool people.

"Eh? Is Takigakure Village here? Menma? Are you sure!?"

Outside of Takigakure Village, looking at the magnificent waterfall in front of them, Karin asked Menma with an incredible expression on her face.

"Yes, it is in here, and I just confirmed in the surrounding villages that this is the location of Takigakure Village."

Menma said, smiling and nodding.

No matter how hidden a ninja village is, its location will eventually be known to the world. After all, ninjas need to accept missions to get paid. If you can't even find the location of a ninja village, how can an employer give you a mission! ?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 144 Takigakure Village (Part )

In the original work, Naruto and his crew entered the village directly through the waterfall.

But Menma learned from the people in the surrounding areas that on the hill on the other side of the waterfall, there is a winding path that leads to the interior of Takigakure Village. That is the real road for Takigakure Village to receive outsiders.

After all, we can't really allow every outsider, especially ordinary people, to cross the waterfall and enter the village, that would be really funny.

"Let's go, the main entrance is in another direction, and we need to change our appearance."

This time we are here to investigate, not to do anything else.

Of course, one's own appearance needs to be hidden.

Not to mention that he is now above the ninja world and is ranked at the top of the "wanted seed" of the ninja villages in various countries. God knows whether the Takigakure Village has received his accurate information. Menma does not want to cause a big commotion as soon as he enters Takigakure Village.

"Ok!"

Xianglin also nodded in understanding.

"Transformation Technique."

The two of them also used the transformation technique synchronously, each changing into the appearance of a young man in his twenties or thirties, and then they flew towards the main gate of Takigakure Village one after the other. Menma had no intention of hiding his identity as a ninja.

Because that is the stupidest behavior. Any ninja village, unless it is as small as the Hidden Star Village, is unlikely to have perception type ninjas. Other ninja villages that are slightly larger will have perception type ninjas. The levels of these perception type ninjas are of course very different.

But no matter how bad the perception ninja is.

It is also possible to detect the chakra aura of other people within a certain range.

If Menma pretends to be an ordinary traveler, then Chunchun is just deceiving himself.

The road that detours past.

Just a few minutes later, we saw the winding path. It must be said that from an ordinary person's perspective, the geographical advantage of Takigakure Village is really exaggerated, whether it is the entrance to the waterfall or the entrance to this path.

Of course there is no problem with normal entry.

But if there is an invasion by foreign enemies.

As long as the difference in strength is not too great and the Takigakure Village has made preparations in advance, no one can break into the heart of Takigakure Village.

This is the same as the defense of the narrow passage in the Sand Village.

If it weren't for the assistance of the insider arranged by Scorpion - Yura Jonin, no matter how powerful Scorpion and Deidara were, they would not have been able to invade the Sand Village silently. The same logic can also be applied to the Iwagakure Village, the Kumogakure Village, and the Mist Village. These ninja villages almost all have their own unique defense strategies.

It was only when Konoha was established that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were too strong, so strong that they didn't need to care about these details at all. Konoha was established on a large plain, which was well connected. Later, they could only rely on a large-scale perception barrier, but this could only be used to search for the enemy, and could not be used as a defensive measure to resist foreign invasions.

Although this was the first time that Menma came to the territory of another ninja village in this life, he had a relative understanding of the terrain of each major ninja village when he read the original work in his previous life.

When seeing the geographical location of Takigakure Village, one could not help but reveal a look of amazement. The natural terrain advantage, coupled with the well-placed garrison personnel, made it difficult for anyone to invade unless their strength exceeded the dimensional gap.

"Hmm? Who are you? What's the matter with you coming to our Takigakure Village?!"

Menma and Karin did not hide their tracks, and the Taki ninjas who were guarding the path immediately locked onto their locations. If they were just ordinary people, these Taki ninjas would have let them go.

But now it is obvious that the two are ninjas, although it is unclear which ninja village they are from.

Of course these Taki ninjas will show up to intercept them.

"Oh, we are envoys from Lord Tsuchikata, the Left Minister under the Lord Daimyo of the Land of Fire. We have a mission to issue to your village. Please, the leader of your village, meet with us."

Facing the scrutinizing gazes of the two Taki-nin who flashed in front of him, Menma smiled gently, and calmly took out from his arms a token that had been prepared long ago and was obviously made of special metal. After showing it to the two Taki-nin in front of him, he spoke in a calm tone.

This was the identity Menma had thought of for himself long before he came here.

Ninjas are not exclusive to ninja villages.